Metropolitan Opera in Cleveland Carmen stars Rise Stevens
The Metropolitan Opera Company's Cleveland season begins Monday night with Carmen featuring Rise Stevens. A preview of season highlights appears on the Women's Feature Page. Notices of other forthcoming events are on the Entertainment Page and Women's Pages. Suburban Calendar lists future activities in surrounding communities.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Cleveland
Rise Stevens
Amherst
Lorain
Oberlin
Church
Elyria
Wellington
Turnpike Bill Shifts Route Power to Legislature
Future state turnpike routes would move final decision from the governor to a seven member legislative committee under a new bill. Editorial and features on Week-End Dividend pages offer lighter takes and broader topics from musical comedy to tropical fish.
Woman Injured Shielding Child in Lorain Crash
A woman was injured in Lorain when a car struck a tractor trailer as she shielded a child. Police said the collision occurred near a local route. The report notes bystanders assisted until responders arrived.
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Lorain
Fair Easter Weather Across Nation Predicted
Easter Sunday forecasts call for generally fair skies nationwide with rain risks limited to the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies. Major sunrise services expected in Lawton Oklahoma 80000 attendees at the Wichita Mountains pageant and a 1600 cast across 51 scenes depicting Pathways to Immortality. Others include Bald Knob Mountain Illinois Ozarks 1000-foot mound marked by a torch procession and fund drive for a 500-foot illuminated cross.
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Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Bald Knob
Alto Pass
Ilinois Ozarks
Wayman Presley
Marion, lInd
Mt. Aspen
Colorado
Mt. Mansfield
Stowe
Yosemite
Mirror Lake
Acapella Choir
College of the Pacific
Easter Prayers and Observances Across Nations
Christians nationwide mark Easter amid fears of war while 10,000 pilgrims retrace Christ’s steps in Jerusalem and 25,000 plus Catholics fill Vatican City for observances. Pope Pius XX offers benediction as Eisenhower attends Good Friday services in Washington and global celebrations continue with feasts, blessings, and charitable acts.
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Christ
Holy Land
Old City
Christ's Tomb
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St.Peter's Basilica
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Argentina
Mexico City
Buenos Aires
Scotland
Billy Graham
British Broadcasting Corp
Seven Children Die In Tacoma Fire
A Tacoma house fire killed seven children and a 15 year old boy early today. The blaze, caused by a refrigerator short circuit, destroyed the home while occupants were away at a drive in theater.
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Wash
James Eldon Clifton
Jean McCasley
Nancy
Thomas
Lucinda
Darell
Susan
Edward
Weather Outlook for Northeastern Ohio and Local Notices
Sunny and warm today with high around 66 to 70 degrees. Tonight and Sunday will be fair and mild with lows near 42 to 46. Friday’s temperatures range 26 to 60, with 32 to 68 yesterday. No precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday. Humidity at 8 a.m. Friday 82 percent, at 2 p.m. 32, at 8 p.m. 4. Sunrise 5:58 p.m., sunset 7:00 p.m., moonrise 9:48 p.m. Saturday moonset 6:46 a.m.. Sunday. Misc items sought for rummage sale. Grotto Band phone 3495. Resar's Florist, 1435 K. River St., has famous potted tomato plants on sale.
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Ohio
Resar’s Florist
River St
Fire destroys part of Sara toga Grill in Fremont
Flames caused $30,000 damage to the Sara toga Grill and Bar in downtown Fremont. Quick discovery prevented a larger blaze that could have destroyed a two block row of nearby businesses.
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Rodney Wasserstrom
Billy Ruben
Columbus
Ohio
Rodney
Fremont
Saratoga Grill
Ike To Attend Easter Service
The White House says President Eisenhower will attend Easter services in Washington on Sunday while Mrs. Eisenhower stays at Gettysburg to recover and work on their home. He will return to the capital late today and she may remain about ten more days.
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Pius XX
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Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
Washington
Gettysburg
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
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Great Lawn
Central Park
Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
la Benedicion de Los Animales
Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels
White House
Tractor Tragedy Claims Urbana Girl
Fourteen month old Virginia Collier died after her father Richard backed a tractor over her at a Urbana area farm. She died en route to Children’s Hospital in Columbus and arrived dead.
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Urbana
Virginia Collier
Richard
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Igro tto Band Show Boat at High School
The Igro tto Band performs a show boat event at the high school on April 17 with an advertisement listing details for attendees.
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Adv
Nationalists Blast Chinese Red Gunboat in Formosa Strait
Nationalist Chinese warplanes struck a 100 ton gunboat in the Formosa Strait off Fukien coast. The vessel was set afire and crewmen leaped into the sea. Officials warned Reds may try to gain air superiority as Adm Pride of the US Seventh Fleet prepared to arrive in Taipei.
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Canton
Adm
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. 7Th Fleet
French and Reds to pull troops from Indochina area
French and Communist Indochinese commanders agreed to evacuate troops north of the 17th parallel with completion by May 16 after talks in Hanoi. Separately an Easter bombing in Saigon disrupted the uneasy truce between Diem supporters and Hao Hao sect opponents, with blame exchanged between sects and the South Vietnamese army.
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Indochina
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Hanoi
Central Armistice Commission
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Tonking
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Diem
New Car Sales Boom In Lorain County In 1955
The Lorain County certificate of title department reports a 38 percent rise in new car registrations for the first three months of 1955, totaling 1 646 compared with 1 194 in 1954. Truck sales show no gain. The county clerk of courts office notes the influx of 1955 autos on roads this spring.
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Homer Fletcher
Certificate of Title Department
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H. E. Agate
Lorain County
Bus Crash Kills 16 Argentines in Andes Province
A passenger bus failed brakes and plunged into a chasm on Mount Acoriquija in Andes Province. Sixteen people died and 14 were injured among the Argentine travelers, with rescuers scrambling to reach the wreckage and tend the wounded.
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Oeras
Acoriquija
Driver Admits Lights Off In Fatal Chicken Crash
In Coshocton a 16 year old driver Norman Mizer of Warsaw said he turned off his car lights before a head on collision with James Hughes of Nellie that killed Hughes. He denied playing a thrill game called chicken. Police Lt Stern described the crash details.
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Coshocton
W. P. Stern
Norman Mizer
Warsaw
James Francis Hughes
Nellie
Soviet Moves To Cancel Mutual Aid Pacts With Britain France
Moscow announced steps to cancel treaties of mutual assistance with Britain and France citing their ratification of the Paris agreements and alleged violations by signing on to rearmament of West Germany. The Franco-Soviet pact dates to 1944 and the British alliance to 1942.
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Britain
France
West Germany
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Presidium
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England
Foreign Ministry
Great Britain
Paris
Nazi Germany
Germany
4 States See Baby Atom Bomb Flash
A small, 300-foot tower test at Yucca Flat produced a brief yellow white flash seen across four western states. Observers from Angel’s Peak report a 3,000 kiloton yield with a eight second fireball but no ground damage noted. The shot was part of the 1955 Nevada test series and preceded a second device at Frenchman Flat.
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Nev
Yucca Flat
Angel's Peak
Ground Zero
Proving Grounds
Phoenix
Ariz
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Angeles
Frenchman's At
Nevada Proving Grounds
Continental
United States
Idaffodils and Sector Ad Links to Local Garden Route
Local notice advertises Idaffodils operated by J. F. Lambert and S. of Elyria on Indian Hollow Road with phone contact 841H.
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J. F. Lambert
Mi. S
Elyria
Indian Hollow Rd
Communist Youth Defects To West Returns to East
17 year old Valery Lysikov who denounced communism fled West Berlin three weeks ago and returned to the Soviet side fearing reprisals against his parents. He entered a Soviet sedan with his mother and Russian Air Force colonel father then talked with American officials about a possible recantation. He later expressed anti American views but wore new clothes on reentry and reunited with his family in Berlin. The U.S. High Commission in Bonn announced Lysikov’s return and Molotov pressed for his transfer to his father’s unit. The State Department said it would consider the Russian demand.
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INS
Valery Lysikov
West Berlin
Valery
Frankfurt
Rhine
America
United States
Bonn
U.S
Worries differ by gender study and health link
A survey indicates women recover quicker from upset than men who ruminate longer. The text notes men have higher rates of stomach ulcers due to prolonged stress. The piece cites Ehkennielh Telegram as the source and hints at a local ad insertion.
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