Construction Starts Soon On Grafton Church Of The Assumption
Ground blessing and breaking ceremony held for the new Church of the Assumption in Grafton. The stone and brick edifice, designed in a traditional style, will seat about 375 and feature natural finish interior, radiant heat, and no basement. Estimated cost 125000. May 5 kickoff parish gift drive underway to fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Edward Gackowsk
Grafton Church of the Assumption
Gackowski
Ernest Thomas
Clement Klingshirn
Michael Thomas
T Steff
Snow
Church of the Assumption
Edward Gackowski
Henry Gabele
Emil Biskup
Arthur E. Rowe Associates
Cleveland
Hebing Co
Negotiations Stall Over Pension and SUB at Brown Fintube
Union spokesmen say Brown Fintube Co and UAW Local 996 have stalemated talks on a pension plan and supplemental unemployment benefits affecting about 105 members. The one year contract signed last November included a SUB cost limit of five cents per hour and a pension limit of ten cents per hour, with Apr. 9 set as a potential contract cancellation date. A membership meeting is likely to be held soon to decide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
United Auto Workers
Brown Fintube Co
Brown Fintube
UAW
C. Franklin Carr
Carr
Incomplete Cancer Drive Tally Reaches About 12000
Lorain County fund drive for the American Cancer Society reports approximately 12000 raised despite poor weather. County drive chairman Milad Abraham notes many reports are incomplete with Lorain Avon Lake Wellington Amherst North Ridgeville and Fields totals listed, Elyria not yet reported. The county goal is 28000 including later business gifts.
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American Cancer Society
Milad Abraham
Abraham
Lorain
Avon Lake
Wellington
Amherst
North Ridgeville
Fields
Elyria
Lorain County
Iran Bandit King Dead in Desert Killings
Pakistani officials report Iranian bandit king Dad Shah killed in a clash with Iranian patrols on April 3. Ahmed Shah, his brother, confessed to murdering American Mrs. Anita Carroll after she was kidnapped, during rigid interrogation. The report notes border patrols did not specify the murder method.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Dad Shah
Ahmed
Anita Carroll
Pakistan Ministry of Interior
Mohammed
Carroll
Dad
Iran
Hameeduddin Ahmad
Ahmed Shah
Inoculations Against Polio Due Tomorrow
Elyria polio inoculation station No. 2 opens tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Franklin School for the second round of shots. It serves Elyria City area south of the New York Central Railroad between Black River branches, with nearby schools including Elyria High School Franklin Hamilton Holy Cross St Mary 51 John’s Lutheran and the Mentally Retarded Children’s School.
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Elyria
Franklin School
Elyria City
New York Central
Black River
Elyria High School
Franklin
Hamilton
Holy Cross
St. Mary
Thieves Busy At 4 Places But Loot Low
Thieves hit four Elyria area sites including three filling stations and a hardware outlet. Loot totaled only a few dollars in change as windows were broken and cash draws pried open. Police report the break-ins occurred overnight with minimal gains.
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Elyna
Elyria Fence and Implement Co
Oberlin Rd
Rich
Porter
Hilliard Rd
Lorain County
Pry Association
Texaco
6Th St
Middle Ave
Biggs Sohio
East Ave
Zimmerman Cities
Fifth St
Pipe Starts Blaze Destroys Car Interior
Firemen blamed careless smoking for a late Saturday blaze that ruined the interior of a car owned by James Lumpkin at 1305 West 15th Street. The fire, reported near 5 30 p m, caused about 500 dollars in damage after Lumpkin had left the vehicle unattended for about two hours. A lighted smoker's pipe on the seat was cited as the cause.
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Lorain
James Lumpkin
West 15Th St
Lumpkin
Man of the Year honors Elyria Catholic community
J Grant Keys named Catholic Man of the Year by the Lorain deanery Holy Name Society at a banquet in Elyria. Fr. Joseph Conlon presented the chalice award, praising Keys' church work with St Marys, St Vincent de Paul, and community service. Allan W. Fritzsche spoke on Catholic Charities Cancer Hospital in Cleveland and the Dominican St Rose of Lima order. Groundbreaking for the 100 patient hospital planned for May 26 near Parmadale Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Grant Keys
Lorain Deanery
Holy Name Society
Keys
Elyria
St. Mary's
Setlows
Joseph Conlon
Farmily
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Vin- Country
Conlon
Thels Aa Unte Xtame
Cnniate
Fr. Conlon
St. Joseph
Allan W. Fritzsche
Catholic Charities Corporation
Cleveland
Fritzsche
Holy Family Cancer Hospital
St Rose of Lima
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edward F. Hoban
Cleveland Welfare Federation
Catholic Charities
Parmadale
Peter Shelleby
William L. Newton
Adrian Betesar
HNS
Nore
Xeys
Edward J. Halloran
Cleveland Chancery Office
Holy Name Societies
Richard Asmus
Cleveland Diocese
St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society
Lorain County
St. Vincent de Pauk
St. Mary Parish
St. Mary School
C-T
Two Mile Deputy Chase Nets Four Youths
A five deputy sheriffs manhunt last night ended with a two mile chase through fields and woods, resulting in four youths aged 15 to 18 being captured. Four guns including a sawed off shotgun, hunting knives and two half empty whiskey bottles were confiscated. The Massachusetts and Michigan residents were held at the county jail pending parent notification and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Michigan
James Myers
Pappas
Wilson, Mich
Heated sidewalks credited to maintenance workman
Pedestrians on Third Street near Elyria Telephone Co. praised the dry path as workers cleaned the area. Maintenance man James Mate powered the effort with his brawn, not engineers, to clear the sidewalks around the new building. Company spokesmen noted that the sidewalk heating system remains to be fine tuned before full replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Telephone Co
Third St
Middle Ave
Weill
James Mate
Telephone Company
Fire alarms in Elyria surge in March reaching sixty in city
The Elyria Fire Department logged 60 city alarms plus seven in Elyria Township in March. Chief Bates reported 200 percent more city calls than March 1956 and a sharp rise in total alarms for the first quarter, though fire losses declined versus the previous year.
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Elyria
Elyria Township
W. N. Bates
Bates
Six Hurt in Five Avon Weekend Auto Accidents
Avon police report five accidents yesterday injuring six people and leading to one driver being charged with driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Accidents and burglaries fill Lorain area report
In St Joseph Hospital Lorain Albert Darrah 41 of 1700 East 28th St was injured with a DWI charge after his car hit Ralph Henline 37 of 859 Sheffield Lake Deerfield Rd Sheffield Lake. Other injuries included knee contusions and facial injuries from various crashes and a break in at Bul's Radio and TV shop. Police investigated burglaries at Al’s Sinclair and Don’s Sunoco Stations and a restaurant on Rt 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Albert Darrah
28Th St. Lorain
Ralph Henline
Sheffield Rd
Sheffield Lake
Jerome Forthofer
Detroit Rd
Bernadine
Henline
Gordon Jury
Hamilton
Baumbart Rd
Sheriff's
Owen Wilhome
Liams
Broadway
Thomas Chancey
Aland Ray
Sinclair
French Creek
Bul
Jared
Tajtroil
Cuyahoga
Robert F. Marsh
Claribelle Ave
Lakewood
Oswald P. Lopez
Karne Ave
Cleveland
W. J. Waters
128Th St
Detroit
Joseph T. Gascoigne
Valley Forge
Arthur Flowers
South Amherst
Delbert McGlaughlin
North Ridgeville
Harold Hicks
Elyria
Thomas McIntyre
Norwalk
Israel Plans Tanker Fleet to Open Gulf Route
Israel plans to form a six ship tanker fleet to haul crude from Persian Gulf ports to Elath. Two vessels would be Israeli owned while four would be foreign owned but chartered by an Israeli oil firm. A privately owned U.S. chartered ship recently sailed through the Strait of Tiran and docked at Elath, signaling U.S. support for open traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Persian Gulf
Elath
Israel
Ore Carriers Battle Ice On First Trip To Lake Superior
Nine ore carriers of the Pittsburgh Steamship Division push through heavy ice in White Fish Bay on their first season voyage via the Soo Locks. The Arthur M. Anderson leads, having passed through the locks yesterday, with Mackinac trailing. The fleet, part of U.S. Steel,缓 continues toward Minnesota ports to haul ore for the 1957 season, an operation that may take several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Steamship Division
White Fish Bay
Soo Locks
Arthur M. Anderson
Lorain
Minnesota
Duluth
Anderson
Lake Superior
Mackinac
Coast Guard
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Division
Bradley Transportation
County Boards Set 12 Man Draft Quota in May
Lorain County Selective Service Boards are allotted 12 draftees for May with Ohio’s total May draft call at 833. The youngest May draftee must be 22 on or before May 1, 1957, with delinquents or volunteers as exceptions.
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Lorain County
Selective Service Boards
Columbus
Salvation Army Drive Launches With Breakfast Kickoff
Campaign leaders and workers will meet at 7 11 a m tomorrow at Holly Hall of the YWCA to launch the Salvation Army building fund drive. Harold Dicken, general campaign chairman, urges all volunteers to attend and promises adjournment by 8 30.
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Salvation Army Building Fund
Holly Hall
The
YWCA
Harold Dicken
Lorain County Students Excel in Ohio Speech League Contests
Lorain County entries earned top honors at Columbus with Vivian Eaton of LaGrange High School achieving superior rating. Ronald Smith and Karen Berghoff of Avon Lake plus Avon Lake High’s Sunday Costs Five Pesos cast received excellent. Clearview High School earned a good rating for The Elves and the Shoemaker cut. Thirteen individuals and two casts from Lorain County advance to state competition.
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Lorain County
Columbus
Vivian Eaton
LaGrange High School
Ronald Smith
Columbia
Karen Berghoff
Avon Lake
Avon Lake High School
Marcia Brown
Jack Russell
Martha McNutt
Patsy Gahagen
Karen Madsen
Kathryn Webster
I. I. King
Clearview High School
Shoemaker
Valerie Jenkins
Roberta Pultz
Lois Monos
Donald Monos
Elaine Simko
Marie Woziak
Gay Worden
Carol Zvara
Michele Urban
Ernest Goodsite
Eden Begins Tests In Effort To Heal Ailment
Sir Anthony Eden arrived in Boston to undergo medical tests after ending his political career due to an abdominal ailment. The 59 year old former prime minister, who had previously undergone surgery, traveled from New Zealand and was admitted to New England Baptist Hospital. Dr Richard Cattell noted Eden appeared comfortable and not in pain as he began evaluation.
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Boston
Anthony Eden
Prime Minster
New Zealand
Britain
Vancouver
B.C
New England Baptist Hospital
Lahey
Richard 8. Cattell
Eden
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Masonic Temple
Berson
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