Brothers Freed After Seven Years Behind Iron Curtain
Romanian brothers Peter aged 15 and Constantin 20 arrived in New York with their father on a Pan American flight, reuniting with mother after seven years in captivity. The family praised U S officials for securing release amid Eisenhower Dulles efforts, and the parents thanked the FBI for protection. The three are now naturalized citizens and embraced in a four room New York apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter
Constantin Georgescu
Romania
Valeriu C
Georgescu
Pan American World Airways
Constantin
FBI
State Department
Department
Eisenhower
Dulles
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
United Nations Assembly
U.S
Munich
Lygia Georgescu
United States
Lorain Plant Enters Pipe Expanding Field With New Mill
Lorain's National Tube Co plans expansion into pipe expansion, with a large Ellwood City built mill en route to Lorain. The equipment expands pipe diameters up to two and a half percent, supplementing its seamless mill. Officials expect the mill in place by midsummer and note overtime to meet orders, though employment levels aren’t expected to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
National Tube Co
Ellwood City
NTC
Aetna-Standard Engineering Co
Aetna-Standard
Lorain Ntc
Ike Delays Golfing To Open Baseball Season
Washington President Eisenhower postpones his golf vacation to throw the first ball of the 1954 major league season at Griffith Stadium. He opens the Senators versus Yankees then heads to Augusta for a ten day golf stay, with Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother accompanying him.
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Washington
IB S
Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Augusta
Southern Sun
Taft
White House
Georgia
Augusta National Golf Club
Ben Hogan
Ishorn
Sammy Snead
John S. Doud
Two Party System Likely Emerges in Japan
Tokyo reports that Japan may shift toward a two party system as the ruling Conservative Liberal party plans to merge with the right of center progressives. The Socialists hold talks across factions and aim to cooperate in the current parliament.
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Tokyo
Japan
Liberal Party
Eleven testify in perjury trial of former St. Louis lieutenant
In Kansas City eleven government witnesses were expected to testify in the perjury trial of former St. Louis Police Lt Louis Shoulders. He is accused of lying to a federal grand jury about handling of the Greenlease ransom money after he and Policeman Elmer Dolan arrested Carl Austin Hall in a St. Louis apartment hotel on October 5.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Louis
Bobby Greenlease
Shoulders
Greenlease
Elmer Dolan
Carl Austin Hall
Decision Awaited on Canton Route 153 Parking Plan
The State Highway Department may issue a decision next week on parking restrictions for Route 153 through Canton as resurfacing is planned. Merchants protest, saying the plan would reduce their business.
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Canton
State Highway Department
Elyria C of C Directors to Elect Officers Tonight
Eight new directors will attend their first meeting of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce board to organize for the year. New members include Harold C. Andrus of Lear Romeo Division and Arthur L. Young of Young Hardware. Carry-over members stay for one more year while retiring president Fred G. Reiter serves ex officio. The session will focus on electing officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Harold C. Andrus
Lear, Inc
Romeo
Harold J. Barres
C. E. Barres Plumbers, Inc
Robert D. Choate
Wilmot Printing Co
Leo R. Meyer
Leo R
Ray Renz, Jr
Harry L. Reynolds
W. L. Walsh
J. H. Walters
M. E. Whitman
Fred G. Reiter
Reiter
Norris Ryder
U S Businessmen Oppose Trade With Red Nations
A Commerce Department source says major American firms already reject trade with Red nations and would not change policies even if export barriers are eased. The official notes firms hold firm lines behind the Iron Curtain.
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Washington
Commerce Departmentource
U. S
Roman Letter Describes Temple Cleansing Scene
A Roman citizen recalls the city street procession and visits the Temple with guide Carus. They witness chaos at the doors as money-changers flee and doves are caged while the figure of Jesus drives out the merchants, declaring the temple a house of prayer.
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Lucilla
Carus
Marcus
House of Prayer
Sleeper Virus May Be Leukemia Cause
A panel at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting heard that sleeper viruses may trigger leukemia in mice and possibly relate to human leukemia. Dr Rudwick Gross reported early exposure to viruses caused leukemia later, with two virus sizes producing leukemia and salivary gland tumors. Dr Frank Figgee noted a breast cancer prone strain shifted to leukemia, while Dr George Woolley found cortisone extended leukemia mouse survival but caused salivary gland cancers.
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American Association For Cancer Research
Rudwik Gross
Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital
New York
Frank Figgee
University of Maryland
George W. Woolley
Sloan-Kettering Institute of New York
End secrecy on flying saucers urged by Keyhoe in Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio UP Author and saucer advocate Donald Keyhoe predicted the Air Force will reveal this year that flying saucers are machines from beyond Earth. He arrived for a Cleveland Aviation Club appearance and urged Secretary Harold Talcott to end secrecy before his talk Wednesday.
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Cleveland
Air Force
Donald Keyhoe
Keyhoe
Outer Space
Cleveland Aviation Club
Keyhoed
Harold Talcott
Soviet diplomat seeks asylum in Australia
In Canberra a Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov, described as the chief Soviet secret policy spy in Australia, was granted political asylum. He provided evidence of a Soviet spy network in the Commonwealth, implicating Australian traitors. Prime Minister Menzies said a royal commission would probe espionage, with witnesses compelled to testify, while Petrov’s current whereabouts were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Vladimir Petrov
Robert G. Menzies
Petrov
Ngh
M.V.D
British Commonwealth
Woomera
Ior
Menzies
Royal Commission
House of Representatives
Reuther Urges $200 Exemption Hike in Tax Bill
Washington CIO President Walter Reuther calls the administration’s tax revision bill a give-away for those not needing relief. He urges Congress to raise personal exemptions by 200 this year and 400 next, and to remove dividend and depreciation tax relief. He critiques trickle-down theory and Hamilton era notions, arguing for broader exemp tions to boost purchasing power and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Walter Reuther
Senate Finance Committee
Reuther
Congress
Humphrey Reuther
Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Mellon
Fines Against Union Officers Are Reversed
The Sixth District Court of Appeals reversed most of 107 fines totalling 107500 against Local 927 CIO United Auto Workers members in Columbus. They were convicted of fostering disorder during a picketing injunction at North American Aviation in Columbus last year. The court reduced or overturned all but six convictions, saying evidence against the union and members was insufficient. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Joseph M. Harter had fined the group for contempt for demanding peaceful picketing.
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Toledo, C
CIO
United Auto Workers
Columbus
North American Aviations Corp
Sixth District Court of Appeals
Franklin ‘County Common Pleas
Joseph M. Harter
Lorain poet Frye embarks on fundraising bicycle trek
Burton James Frye known as Moonsinger starts a cross state ride from Lorain to Springfield to raise funds for preserving Vachel Lindsay home. He plans poetry recitals for students, collects autographs, and accepts meals and lodging while avoiding direct fundraising requests. Frye chairs National Committee efforts with Lindsay family members.
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Moonsinger
Burton James Frys
Springfield
Vachel Lindsay
Burton James Frye
Lakeside Ave
Lorain
Frye
Cleveland Public Library
Western Reserve
Oberlin College
Carl Millers Book Shop
Sandusky
Oberlin
Lindsay
Olive Lindsay Wakefield
Ernest Ives
Adlai Stevenson
Wakefield
Abraham Lincoln
Edwin Markham
Ridgely Torrence
National Committee
Midwest
Huron
Miami University
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
Maryland
Illinois
American Weave Press
Ryan Appointed Cancer Crusade Division Leader
Denis J. Ryan Jr. was named chairman of men s organizations for the Elyma Cancer Crusade by Elyma s chairman Mrs Richard Lysaght. Ryan is president and general manager of the Porsch Lumber and Coal Company and long active in civic service including Kiwanis Elyria Chamber of Commerce Junior Achievement Elyria Country Club and the Elyma Booster Club He has chaired Red Cross Campaign and captained committees for the Elyma Community Chest where he serves as a trustee He is a member of St Mary Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyma Cancer Crusade
Elyma
Richard Lysaght
Denis J. Ryan Jr
Porsch Lumber and Coal Company
Ryan
Kiwanis
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Junior Achievement
Elyria Country Club
Elyria Booster Club
Red Cross
Elyma Community Chest
St. Mary Parish
Saxbe to meet with U S officials in Washington
Ohio House Speaker William Saxbe said he will travel to Washington Wednesday to confer with senior U S officials and Ohio congressmen as he pursues the Republican nomination for the U S Senate. He declined to identify specific people but noted top leaders are weighing the Taft seat election.
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Cleveland
William Saxbe
U.S. Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Ohio
Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
George H. Bender
Bender
Robert A. Taft
Man Dies In Crash In Geauga County
A 65 year old Chesterland man Isaac Welk was killed in a two car crash at the J intersection of Route 306 and Nelson Mills Road Geauga County late Monday.
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Chardon
Chesterland
Route 306
Nelson Mills Road
Geauga County
Isaac Welk
Local figure linked to Elks and Salvation Army trustee
The subject belongs to the Elks fraternal order and serves as a Salvation Army trustee. He and his wife Trene and children Denis and Maureen reside at 60 Park Avenue.
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The
Elks
Salvation Army
Ryan
Trene
Denis and
Maureen
Park Avenue
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Ike
C of C
Ucilla
William Ritt
King Features Syndicate
I.N.S. Science Writer
Atlantic City
N. J
Indo-China
Lorain'Moonsinger
Cancer Crusade Division
Denis Ryan Dr
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