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Newspaper
The Canton Repository
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1951
Page
10
Ludington city officials order nineteen Boulevard lights along the Stearns Park driveway overlooking Lake Michigan. The area, long known as lovers lane and locally called Giraffe Park, gains improved lighting for safety and visibility.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. agrees to a 12 cent hourly general raise retroactive to last Monday for 23,000 workers across Akron Los Angeles Memphis Des Moines Fall River New Castle and Noblestown with an extra one cent fringe benefit to be allocated as the union sees fit. Eight cents of the raise await federal Wage Stabilization Board approval while U R W moves to finalize deals with B F Goodrich and Goodyear. Bristol Rhode Island plant workers ratified their contract as other locals await ratification or start talks.
The largest puppy show sponsored by the McKinley Kennel Club drew 112 entries from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio as puppies aged 2 to 12 months competed at Stadium Park. Best in match was Oldeheyde Von Carla, a German Shepherd owned by Mrs. William Ker of Albany, N Y. Reserve went to Valhaven's Mari Lee, a black Cocker owned by Valhaven Kennels. Local breed winners included Rusty the Irish Setter and Ginger the Springer Spaniel among others. 30 awards were given with 17 to local dogs.
Senator McCarran announced a Senate internal security subcommittee report finding Communist agents and sympathizers with access to defense and diplomatic telegraph messages. Testimony in May and June cited seven American Communications Association officers as Communists or former Communists.
An Europe-bound Pan American airliner with 43 passengers and nine crew turned back for an emergency landing at Sydney Nova Scotia after an oil leak. The craft, from Gander Newfoundland, faced engine trouble 150 miles offshore and could not land at fogbound Gander. Engineers worked overnight to ready the plane for takeoff the next morning.
Cincinnati dairy strike ends as 1,800 AFL milk drivers and 43 dairies reach a three-year contract. Wages rise by 4.05 dollars weekly, lifting base pay above 70 dollars. ice cream truck drivers gain eight dollars. Delivery stability may take days as kinks are worked out.
A 12 day old Steubenville boy named John Bell was rushed to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh for a misplaced heart. Hospital aides report he is doing fine, eating well, and circulating oxygen adequately after his condition worsened Saturday. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell and was brought by Sheriff Clarence Ebberts of Jefferson County, Ohio.
The Ford Foundation granted 1 200 000 to a TV radio workshop to create cultural and public service programs for commercial broadcasting. James Webb Young leads the initiative, the first to mix educational aims with commercial TV and radio. Programs would be produced and offered free to stations, which may sell time to sponsors to recoup costs. The plan includes both radio and television with content for adults and children.
Thomas Hudson Oxx, 58, was granted an uncontested divorce from Cecelia Oxx, 42, on extreme cruelty grounds. The judge accepted the claim after hearing that the wife kept about 70 cats in the home, with Oxx noting the cats were “full of mango” and fleas constantly bit him.
Council President Ira A. Casper announced planned changes to city council committee assignments after Councilman George W. Branscomb’s resignation. Robert N. McAbee will lead the judiciary committee, Howard Neel will chair the traffic committee, with further Neel changes possible. Branscomb’s resignations followed his Canton civil defense director appointment by Mayor Nichols.
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon remained in Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg Virginia after a horse kicked him in the jaw at a horse show. X rays showed no fracture and doctors planned further tests as Morse’s aide said he might return home later today or tomorrow with an unclear timetable to resume duties.
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