A Lift For Downtown Elyria
Editorial notes Carl H. Ingner plans a modern commercial office building on Middle Ave between Temple Ct and Third St. It would reuse former Masonic Temple site and fire damaged buildings, with stores on the first floor and offices above. Construction after plan approval. some tenants may vacate by July 1. The piece urges broader downtown improvements and more off street parking to spur growth.
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Middle Ave
Temple Ct
Third St
Carl H. Ingner
Elyria
Ingner
Endley
Clayton
Ings
Ohio
Ingwer
Ridge Tool Co
First Savings and Loan Co
Court House
Traffic bottleneck on Fourth St calls for widening
Elyria residents urge rapid Fourth Street widening and bridge replacement as traffic worsens. With East Ave to East River St gridlocked before 8 a.m. and emergency vehicles blocked, council must prioritize street and bridge upgrades in this election year.
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Fourth St
East Ave
East River St
Fast River
Eastern Heights
Elyria
A Century Of The National Education Association
The National Education Association marks a century of service to U S teachers since its 1857 founding as the National Teachers Association. Once small and weak, it grew into a nationwide body with state branches and a core mission to raise teacher standards and salaries over the decades.
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National Education Association
United States
National Teachers’ Association
Teaching Qualifications and National Education Association Progress
A call for teaching qualifications notes that modern standards require four years of college training with teaching methods included. Some still hold only one or two year certificates, but such cases are shrinking. The Nation’s education quality hinges on teacher proficiency, and the National Education Association highlights a century of progress and anticipates further advances in standards and methods.
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National Education Association
Looking Sideways Daydreaming In New York
A fragmentary reminiscence about New York life and media, mentioning The True Story of Jesse James and a Minnesota tale. The piece touches on local towns, a General Mills employee, and odd anecdotes about docks, bananas, snakes, tarantulas, and advertising men, hinting at three deadly jobs in New York.
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New York
N. Y
Jesse James
Minnesota
Jesse
General Mills
Plaga
Mankato
Fragmented 1957 Chronicle Telegram page features personal essays
A late 1950s Chronicle Telegram issue presents a mix of features including editor notices and a column reflecting on New York City life. The piece surveys bus drivers taxi drivers and stage doormen, with anecdotes about street scenes and a Mexico City license plate car bearing brass animal hood ornaments and a brass eagle on the tailgate.
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New York
San Francisco
Bub
Bogart
Purple Mob
Detroit
Mexico City
Time Square
McCarthy Investigator Surine Is Fired From Office
Washington brief notes longtime McCarthy ally Don Surine is dismissed from his post as chief investigator. The piece recalls his past controversies including actions with a white slave witness, a New York trip over Anna Rosenberg, and a later modest FTC role. It also mentions related Capitol Hill items about Teamsters expulsions, Ike, and Jamestown Festival staffing.
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Washington
Don Surine
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Surine
FBI
Baltimore
New York
Anna Rosenberg
Defense
Federal Trade Commission
Federal aid to education seen as temporary by Eisenhower
Washington report argues the proposed federal aid program for education would likely become permanent. It notes history shows emergency programs often expand, citing past farm aid as ongoing despite framed as temporary and warning of entrenched government involvement in local schooling.
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Sen. Green
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Federal Housing Administration
James Richards
Middle East
Nasser
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Laws Have Long Life in Emergency Education Programs
Analyzing early 20th century emergency measures, the article traces the Smith Hughes Act of 1917 and later permanent grants for vocational training, noting a pattern of emergency programs becoming enduring. It critiques federal education expansion, forecasts budget growth, and questions the Office of Education figures supporting a national schoolroom shortage.
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Army
Congress
Television, radio and the lure of ads in a changing age
The writer laments heavy advertising on TV and radio, notes interest in quiz shows and memory tests, praises Van Doren and Strom, critiques transcript gaps and press-wire repetition, and argues radio remains superior for speech while TV is theater and ads harm romance. He also rants about female advertising jingles and cosmetic myths.
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Edgar Bergen
Charles van Doren
Robert Strom
Immigration Service
van Doren
Strom
Vivien Kellems
ABC
Profits Rise Across Big Firms in 1956 Report
The First National City Bank tally shows 2485 corporations earned 19.169 trillion in after tax profits in 1956, up 3.4 percent from 1955. Coal mining and construction led gains, while fire and casualty insurers fell 54 percent from 1955, and auto sectors declined. Public utilities posted strong margins. retail trades lagged.
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First National City Bank of New York
Amusements and Services
Public Utilities
Grandpappy Sez Health Note Skips Train at Crossing
A humorous old friend adheres to strict health routines including brushing twice daily exercising sleeping eight hours and avoiding smoking or drinking yet forgets the train at a railroad crossing. The anecdote highlights how a single lapse can undermine careful habits.
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the Chronicle-Telegram
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Clare George
Loree County Printing & Publishing
East Avenue
Elgins
Obin
Delleery
Lorain
Drew Pearson
Pennsylvania Ave
Ike
Senate
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
Sen
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
Veterans’ Organizations
Johnston
Germany
Olin
U.S
Virginia
North America
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Theodore Francis
Sumner Welles
Third Street
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Office of Education
George E. Sokolsky
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
American Broadcasting Co
Business Today
Elmer Roessner
John L. Lewis
Small Business Administration
Washington, D. C
31St St
New York 1
Department of Commerce
Scotland
Scottish Council For
Glenrothes
Fife
Girdwood & Allen, Inc
Park Row
England
Kagan Textiles, Ltd
Elland
Yorkshire
Livingston Co
Amity Rd
New Haven
Grandpappy
Sez
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