Eureka Voyage review details Lorain men to California golf fields
OB Arthur Fletcher explores the Lorain County journey in Eureka from Cleveland to California 1949 50. Based on Eleazer Abbe diaries the book follows men chasing the big rush and ties to Nora Avis. CT columnists offer Cleveland Indians takes in Rustlin Around and What They're Saying pages 20 21.
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Eureka
Cleveland
California
Oberlin
Robert Fletcher
Mary Flack
Lorain County
Eleazer Abbe
Nora Avis
Cleveland Indians
Townsend Plan Revisits by Dr Francis E Townsend
The article recalls the Townsend Plan and its author Dr Francis E Townsend. It notes he remains vigorous and suggests reading Life Begins at 40 in the same column. It also directs readers to the Week End Dividend Pages on pages 20 and 21 for more family reading.
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Francis E. Townsend
Lorain
Oberlin Church
Elyria
Police Department
Hiliies
Wellington
Price Hosts Celebrity Night Despite TV Challenge
Vincent Price headlines a Celebrity Night audience in Today’s News as a TV challenge to cinema persists. The report notes mixed reception and Price’s remarks on film as a living art form.
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Vincent Price
Quick OK Expected For Study Of Jobs
The Senate and House move toward approving a measure to create a one member commission on unemployment problems. The bill, introduced by Lyndon B. Johnson, received swift, mostly unanimous support in a fast tracked procedure.
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Washington
UPI
House
Commission On
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Weather and political note from the Northeast region
Weather in Northeast Ohio remains cool with high 40s and lows in the 30s as the period closes. Congress debates a proposed on the spot study commission on unemployment with a 60 day report to the President, backed by Senate leaders and labor groups seeking expanded benefits.
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Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Senate
House
Berserk man kills three children at breakfast
In Springfield Virginia a man identified as Joseph B Matthews Jr about 40 turned on his family at breakfast killing three children with a baseball bat. The victims were Stephen 11 Sharon 11 and Susan 14. The wife was critically injured and the assailant cut his own throat.
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Springfield
UPI
Virginia
Joseph B. Matthews Jr
Stephen
Sharon
Susan
Horner Pleads Guilty After Janitor Job Application
Ernest C. Horner, 45, pleaded guilty after police arrested him for being drunk when he applied for a janitor position at a police station in Manchester England. Local officials described the incident as a disorder at the station and Horner was processed for the offense.
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Manchester
England
UPI
Ernest C. Horner
Morton Chosen GOP Chairman as Chicago Wins 1960 Convention
Sen Thruston B Morton of Kentucky was elected Republican National Committee chairman and the 1960 GOP convention was set for Chicago the week of July 25. The site order followed a unanimous site committee vote from six cities including Philadelphia and Miami Beach. Chicago was lauded as a neutral region and tied to the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s nomination, with Eisenhower signaling approval of Morton.
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Washington
UPI
Republican National Committee
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Chicago
Morton
Eisenhower
Meade Alcorn
Windy City
Bliss Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Augusta
Bliss
Alcorn
Philadelphia
Miami Beach
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chiieago
Ray C. Bliss
Abraham Lincoln
Red Troop Reinforcements Reported For Tibet Crisis
A Ta Hua Evening News dispatch from New Delhi cites sources claiming over a division of Communist troops flew to Lhasa to reinforce the Red garrison. It notes troops also reached Lhasa by road from Sinkiang and that a large air fleet is ready to move troops if needed.
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UPD
Lhasa
Ta Hua Evening News
Sinkiang Province
China
Red
Lanchow
Chengtu
Lahasa
Tibet
Evening News
Dalai Lama
India
Shillong
Communist Radio
Reds
Union Says No To Steel Proposal
United States steel industry asks the United Steelworkers Union to accept a one year wage freeze but the union rejects the plan as publicity and a move to avoid negotiations set for May 18 in New York. Industry officials cite inflation and need to keep wages, while workers urge pensions and insurance benefits.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
New York
United Press International
China
India
Jack Stevenson
Henry Kielarwski
Jones & Laughlin
William Hoffman
J&l
Tax director hears plea over dependent exemption
In Chicago the income tax office reports a man sought a higher exemption by removing his mother in law from his home. He offered to pay an extra 120 dollars if the removal could be arranged.
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Chicago
Ohio Anticipates Biggest Building Boom In Modern Era
Ohio expects more than six billion dollars of construction to begin this spring and summer, spanning public and industrial projects. The boom, led by demand for steel and concrete, could push construction workers from 123000 in February to around 150000 by July, easing the 1958 recession.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
William Papier
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Division of Research and Statistics
Papier
Former Elyria Mayor Thomas Conway Dies at 95
Thomas A. Conway 95 longtime Elyria mayor in 1911 1912 died at his Eustis Florida home 422 Washington Ave Surviving wife Stella two daughters Mrs Neal Ahlin New York City Mrs Warren B Paulson Vermilion a son Eugene Conway Oberlin six grandchildren Funeral services and burial planned in Eustis arrangements incomplete
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Thomas A. Conway
Elyria
Washington Ave
Eustis
Fla
Conway
Lorain Distret
Eusts
Stella Jr
Neal Ahlin
New York City
Warren B Paulson
Vermilion
Eugene Conway
Oberlin
Bural
Russian scientists claim dog healthy after grafted head
Moscow reports say Soviet physiologist Vladimir Demikhov created a two headed dog named Pirat by grafting a puppy head onto a grown dog. Officials describe the animal as alive and well fifteen days after the operation with both brains and nervous systems reportedly functioning.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Vledimir Deits
Mikhov
Russia
Pirat
Demikhov
Blond Vexters
Prat
Four GIs Held In Seoul Robbery Case
Four U S soldiers identified as SP A Joseph Barillo 18 Brooklyn PFC Arthur W Bell 19 Pomona California PFC Billy Hillburn 19 Kernersville North Carolina and PRC Ernie R Parker 23 Delaware Ohio are held over the assault robbery of a Korean couple in Seoul. Parker allegedly struck the man and robbed him with Bell and Hillburn. They then threw the victims into a canal while Barilo acted as a witness.
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Seoul
UPI
U. S
U.S
Joseph Barillo
Brooklyn
Arthur W. Bell
Pomona
Calif
Billy Hillburn
Kernersville
N.C.C
PRC
Ernie R. Parker
Delaware
Ohio
Parker
Bell
Hillburn
Barilo
Legless Man Nabs Intruder in Home Capture
Cleveland resident James Campbell a double amputee said he awaled by a prowler and crawled with his cane to seize the intruder Clay Cabness 30 after his wife turned on lights in their home.
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Cleveland
James
Campbell
Clay Cabness
Skunk Colony Drives Woman to Retreat in Elizabethton
Mrs. Arm Snavely called police to clear a skunk colony under her house in Elizabethton. Officers used tear gas pellets to drive the animals away, forcing the resident to retreat while ensuring others fled the scene.
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Elizabethton
Tena
Upi
Arm
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