Fall Dresses Tagged Close To 1950 Price
New York July 16 AP Many fall dresses will cost about the same as last year with under $50 styles mostly unchanged. Wool outfits and outfits priced above $50 may rise 2 to 15 percent, while non wool prices stay flat or drop slightly. Labor costs up 8 to 10 percent, designers seek to date last year’s styles with new silhouettes. Uncertain world conditions and war effects in Korea press on wool prices.
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New York
Milady
American Couturies
New York Dress Institute
Women’s Wear Daily
Women’s Garment Industry
Women’s Wear
Korea
Ohio Edison Vote on 3 Cent Offer Splits Massillon
Union workers at Ohio Edison voted on accepting a 3 cent wage increase or striking. Vote results not available until Tuesday. Residents near Congress Lake Meyers Lake and north of Canton could be affected. Massillon and Alliance would not, as they are not represented by the local union. Members sought a 20 cent raise and were expected to back the negotiating committee’s recommendation to reject the offer.
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Akron
Ohio Edison Co
Congress Lake
Meyers Lake
Canton
Massillon and
Alliance
Ohio Edison
C.i.0.utility Workers
Train Passengers Rest After Flood-Delayed Trip
A group of 310 passengers aboard the Santa Fe air coach streamliner Capitan rested after five nights marooned in Kansas floods. The Chicago to Los Angeles journey was disrupted near Newton as they waited out high waters. Some feared, others stayed cheerful despite the ordeal.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Kansas
Newton
Kan
Experts Say American Family Life Is Healthy
Fifty experts at a Columbia University conference on marriage report that American family life is healthier than media portrayals suggest. Marriages are increasing, divorces decreasing, and second marriages generally satisfactory. Youth interest in counseling services from universities churches and social agencies is rising.
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New York
Columbia University
Draft exam dates set for Stark County boards
Dates of the physical examination calls have been received by the three Stark County draft boards. Board 109 will call 21 for exams Aug. 29. Board 110 will call 28 Aug. 6 and 27 Aug. 15. Massillon's Board 111 will call 19 Aug 27.
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Stark County
Board 109
Board 110
Massillon
Board
Postoffice Trucks Replaced After 20 Years of Service
Nine Ford Double A trucks retired after two decades of daily city driving totaling an estimated 219000 miles each. They are replaced by nine one ton Dodge trucks at the Raynolds plant and Court avenue post office garage.
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Postoffice Department
J. M. Provance
Raynolds Pland Court Ave
Postal Service
Provarce
Professional Newsmen Urged To Speak Out In Oatis Defense
Miami chapter of Sigma Delta Chi called for a committee with authority to defend William N. Oatis an AP chief in Czechoslovakia sentenced to 10 years for espionage. The resolution praised his pursuit of accurate reporting and urged similar journalism as public service.
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Miami
Fla
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Sigma Delta Chi
Lee Hills
Miami Herald
Associated Press
Oatis
Hills
United States
Local butcher recalls 52 years of belabored bacon dreams
Le Center Minnesota, Mike Pavek a longtime meat market operator jokes that after 52 years in the trade he has produced enough balogna to stretch from Maine to California. The remark captures a humorous reflection on a career in meat retail.
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LE Center
Minn
Mike Pavek
Maine
California
Canfield Woman Sues For $30,000 Damages
Mary Ann Sylvester of Canfield filed a Common Pleas Court suit for $30,000 personal injuries against Ward's Canteen at 788 Diehl Ave Alliance. She alleges she fell in a sidewalk hole leaving the restaurant after dinner on November 13 1949, suffering injuries she says are permanent.
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Mary Ann Sylvester
Canfield
Common Pleas Court
Ward
Diehl Cr
Alliance
Boy Twists Neck On Park Ride At Meyers Lake Park
LOUD POTTS aged 14 of 411 4 Hoover Place NW was riding the Bug ride at Meyers Lake Park Saturday afternoon when his neck twisted. Deputies said he was admitted to Mercy Hospital in a misfortune deemed an amusement ride mishap.
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Loud Potts
Hoover Pl
Meyers Lake Park
Mercy Hospital
Stalin's Daughter Weds In $900,000 Splendor
London reports claim Svetlana Stalin, 27, married Mihail Kaganovich, son of Politburo member Lazar Kaganovich, in a lavish ceremony. Reports circulated from the London Sunday Express and Italian publications, with details unclear and no mention of her prior marriage.
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Stalin
London
Russia
Svetlana
Politburo
London Sunday Express
Iron Curtain
Geneva
Mihail Kaganovich
Lazar Kaganovich
Underground Railroad Conductors Aided Massive Slave Escape
A historical note claims as many as 100,000 enslaved people in the South reached freedom in the North via the Underground Railroad led by anonymous conductors. The figure reflects oral tradition rather than firm archival support.
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North
Underground
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