Lorain Journal Front Page – Jan. 12, 1954

Well, we had our first taste of real sub-zero temperatures the last few days. It certainly makes things interesting, especially when so much of the country is also in a deep freeze. 

It's not unlike the weather of seventy years ago, as noted on the front page of the Lorain Journal of January 12, 1954.

As stated in the article, "The full fury of winter lashed Lorain, as the state was caught in a bitter cold wave which promised to send temperatures to zero in some parts of Ohio tonight.

"The cold front which brought snow squalls that cut visibility to a half mile along Lake Erie swung from the west shortly after dark Monday and city and state road crews were called out shortly afterward to spread cinders and salt in an effort to keep streets and highways from becoming slippery and hazardous.

"Temperatures in Lorain remained in the 20's during the night although readings as low as five above were reported from the southern section of the state, where snowfall, however, was light."

Elsewhere on the front page: a photo of the aftermath of a collision of a New York Central passenger train and a tractor trailer truck carrying pipe near Amherst; a police chase involving six police cruisers from four cities and two states in pursuit of a car driven by a fifteen-year-old; a political crisis in Rome; an effort to build another turnpike going diagonally across the state of Ohio; criticism launched at President Eisenhower's suggestions for tweaking the Taft-Hartley labor act; and the capture of four Ohioans who escaped from the Trumbull county jail.

Best story of all: the one about 'Dragnet Launched For Doughnut Con Artist."