It was the eve of the election, and despite good weather being predicted, it was unclear just how many Lorainites were expected to go to the polls.
In a front-page article, Joseph Ujhelyi, chairman of the Lorain County Democratic executive committee of Lorain County predicted "that Tuesday's vote will be light." Harold Covault, executive committee chairman of the county Republican Party "anticipated a heavier vote than usual – about 60 percent."
I love the political cartoon on the front page, with the bespectacled, weakling representing 'Lorain' being impressed by the weighty 'Heavy Vote' achieved by 'Mister America.' In the end, Lorain did have a heavy turnout that year – and the Democratic juggernaut pretty much flattened the GOP.
Elsewhere on the front page is a large assortment of news items. Communists and spies seemed to dominate the stories, which included an account on how the United Nations was going to hold Red China and North Korea responsible for 'murdering and torturing 30,000 UN soldiers and civilians in Korea."
The minor local stories are interesting as well, and add some spice to the proceedings: the awarding of the unwelcome, ceremonial "crash helmet" to a member of the Elyria police department involved in an accident; the sad story of a one-legged panhandler who skipped out on his bill at Sutter's Restaurant; a photo of a wrecked car, the result of being hit by a Nickel Plate freight train after it had stalled at the Reid Avenue crossing; and a story of a not-so-bright voter determined to punish then-former President Truman by voting for a Lorain city council president of the opposing party.
