Eisenhower Sends Message To Dien Bien Phu Garrison
President Eisenhower conveyed personal encouragement to the besieged French garrison at Dien Bien Phu as French forces in Indochina brace for another large Communist assault. Reinforcements parachuted into the siege, including infantry volunteers turned paratroopers, while Gen. Henri Navarre and Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries received updates on promotions and defense plans amid aerial supply and trench widening in the besieged perimeter.
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Augusta
White House
Eisenhower
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Rene Coty
France
Bao Dai
Vietnam
Hanoi
INS
Christian de Castries
Henri Navarre
Indo-China
Dienbienphu
Castries
City deals with 1.76 inch rain flood damage
Mayor J. Grant Keys and Safety Service Director Michael Lotko surveyed flood damage after a heavy storm that dumped 1.76 inches, raising total rainfall to 6.5 inches above normal. Basements flooded in Jefferson School area and several homes, with jetty crews digging ditches to speed drainage and residents urged to remove drainage pipes connected to sanitary sewers.
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J. Grant Keys
Safety Service
Michael Lotko
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Keys
Lotko
Jefferson School
Walter Meyers
Foster Ave
City Council
Alvina Pierce
Adams St
Elyria Recreation Field
Lake Ave
Spruce St
Escape Injury As Sternwheeler Sinks Steel Barge
The 200 foot sternwheeler Monongahela rammed and sank a steel laden barge on the Monongahela River near the Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh. Twenty five crewmen including five women cooks escaped unharmed. The Vulcan towed and helped secure the scene after rescuers arrived as the sunken barge trapped the vessel beneath a submerged load.
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Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Vulcan
Monongahela
William Cunningham
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Smithfield Street
Ohio Barge Line
Uo. & Steel
Monongahela River
Auto Crash Fatal in Cleveland Health Inspector James Crompton Jr.
James E. Crompton Jr., a 2 year old city health inspector, died Friday night after his car rammed the side of a truck on a downtown bridge in Cleveland. He was the city’s 36th traffic victim of the year.
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Cleveland
James E. Crompton Jr
Weather Outlook for Ohio Tonight and Sunday
Fair and cool tonight with a chance of frost mostly east portion, low temperatures 32 to 40. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures across the state.
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Ohio
Florist Ad Offers Corsages At Three Dollars
FASTER CORSAGES three dollars and up at Resar Florist located at 1435 East River Street. Store open evenings this week with extended hours for customers seeking elegant floral arrangements.
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River St
Padlock Injunction Closes Route 10 Teenage Hangout
The Valurs Drive In on Route 10 was padlocked at noon by order of Common Pleas Judge D. A. Cook after a padlock injunction filed by Prosecutor Paul J. Mikus for the State of Ohio. Defendants Otto Reichert and Audrey Lawrence held the beer license and lease. Deputy Sheriff Claude Adams was named receiver to close the property. The action accuses the drive in of operating as a nuisance by selling beer to minors and attracting teenagers, with prior Lawrence convictions cited. Wilbert and Margaret Metz own the property but are not parties.
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Valurs
Order of Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Paul J. Mikus
State of
Ohio
Otto Reichert
Grafton Rd
Audrey Lawrence
Route 10
Cook
Claude Adams
Harold Ewing
John Lawrence
Lawrence
Ewing
Wilbert
Margaret Metz
Y Wilburs’ Drive
LaPorte
Wish Fulfilled Eight-Year-Old Dies in Oberlin Hospital
In Oberlin, eight-year-old Jule Reinhold of 129 North Main Street died at Allen Memorial Hospital at 6 15 a m after a battle with a malignant tumor. His dying wish was to be taken to the hospital so his stepmother Ruth Phillips would not see him die, a moment he expressed after prayers recited while weak. He had been staying with a Brunswick family and was injured on the cheek by a No. 1.
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Oberlin
Jule Reinhold
North Main St
Allen Memorial Hospital
Jule
Ruth Phillips
Brunswick
Red Rebels Blamed In Mass Casualty Train Attack
A Cambodian railway attack blamed on Red rebels left more than 100 Indochinese dead or injured. The sabotage derailed a train between two stations north of Phnom Penh. survivors described arson, beheadings, and shootings as rebels used gasoline, knives, axes, and small arms amid jungle violence.
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Pnom Penh
Cambodia
Battambang
Here
Paint and Cleaning Ad Roundup Announcement
An advertisement mentions Resar Rentals offering day service for paint and supplies and shirt laundering at Crystal Clear St, plus Adv. Cleaners on Cleveland St. It also notes a sale for YALsco Aluminum storm doors priced at 54.50 installed by Gene with phone contact.
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Resar Rentals
Crystal Clear St
Cleveland St
Yalsco
Pedestrian struck on West River Road. driver charged
Everett Eveland 41 was seriously injured when hit by Stanley Gryzlo 23 as he walked along West River Road two and a half miles north of Route 82. Eveland admitted to Berea Community Hospital with a double fracture of the right leg. Gryzlo, of Olmsted Falls, faces a driving while intoxicated charge after the 4 20 p.m. accident yesterday.
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Stanley Gryzlo
Bronson Rd
Olmsted Falls
Everett Eveland
Jaycox Rd
Columbia Station
Eveland
West River Rd
Route 82
Sheriff Department
Berea Community Hospital
Manuel Gomez
Gruzio
Trial Set April 22 in Auto Mishap Case
William Miller of 324 13th St charged with driving under the influence reckless driving and leaving the scene will face a jury April 22 in Mayor J Grant Keys court. Potential jurors announced include Carl Turner Shir ley Rassler Ben Golecen Ethel Hannaford Esther Gilmore Leigh Stetson Bristol Olline Stearns Arthur Comstock and Edward Hess from Elyria Lorain and other areas.
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William Miller
13Th St
J. Grant Keys
Miller
Cleveland St
Elyria
Carl E. Turner
Roosevelt Ave
Shirley Rassler
Columbia Ave
Ben Golecen
Caroline St
Ethel Hannaford
Hamilton Ave
Esther Gilmore
Beverley Ct
Leigh Stetson
Bristol
Eighth St
Olline Stearns
Prospect St
Arthur Comstock
Kenyon Ave
Edward C. Hess
R. D
Lorain
Mary Pappe
Frank Lees
Myrtle Rose
James Stewart
Raymond Radde
Anna Bazelewicz
Doris Antl
Donald Woods
Amherst
Marjorie Hiscox
Oberlin
Mabel Hanes
Wakeman
Richard Jackson
Avon Lake
Probe Attempt To Burn County Home In Mercer County
The state fire marshal's office investigates an arson attempt at the Mercer County Home west of Celina. Superintendent A. Moeder woke to breaking glass as flames climbed the door to his rooms and he battled the fire, keeping it from spreading. Damage is about 300 dollars.
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Celina
State Fire J Marshal
Mercer County
A. Moeder
Senate Cold Shoulder On Using U S Troops In Indochina
Key senators oppose deploying U S troops if France quits Indochina. Saltonstall and Hickenlooper reject the idea for now while some Democrats urge firm support for complete independence of Cambodia Vietnam and Laos. A high official called the possibility a trial balloon amid debate on U S intervention and independence guarantees.
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Indochina
France
Cambodia
Vietnam
Laos
ROK Officials Silent on Rhee Delegation to Geneva
Seoul officials remained tight lipped about President Syngman Rhee’s plans to send a Republic of Korea delegation to the Geneva conference on Far Eastern problems.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Elyria Corrects Household Income Figure to 6280
The Elyria Chronicle Telegram clarifies a SRDS release error on net income per household. John A. Ramsey of SRDS confirms $6,280 is correct, 20 percent above the U S average, replacing the prior $9,118 figure.
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Standard Rate & Data Service
Evanston, Ill
SRDS
Elyria
John A. Ramsey
Chronicle-Telegram
United States
Ramsay
Nixon named as source of Indochina troop intervention claim
Washington dispatch reports London and Paris papers identify Vice President Nixon as the high administration source who warned the United States might send troops to Indochina if the French quit. French officials critique the remark while a few foreign ministers welcome the possibility to exit the war.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Indochina
London
Paris
Nixon
High Administration
United States
Indo-China
Times of London
U. S
Southeast Asia
Foreign Ministry
France
Georges Bidault
Rene Pleven
Congressman Werchel backs Baumhart in Ohio primary race
Congressman Alvin F. Werchel of the 13th Ohio district and resident of Sandusky pledges support to A. D. Baumhart Jr. for the Republican nomination. He writes to Arthur Henry of Monroeville, stating ill health prevents active campaigning but he will assist Baumhart’s campaign as possible.
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Alvin F. Werchel
Ohio
Sandusky
A. D. Baumhart, Jr
Congress
Werchel
Arthur Henry
Republican State Central Committee
Monroeville
Weichel
Baumhart
Arrest of Ohio Soldier After Over Three Years in Red Zone
U.S. Army authorities in Berlin report Sgt. Eddy J. Brown, 33, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been arrested in Berlin after more than three years in the Soviet occupation zone. He reportedly left his unit in Munich in January 1951.
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Berlin
U.S
Eddy J. Brown
Cleveland,c
Brown
Munich
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Bulletin
Wees
Vern Burnside
Elyria Church News
T.v.radio
Wellington
Oberlin Hospital
Red
Hurton W. River Rd
Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Asia
Lester C. Hunt
D-Wye
Armed Services Committee
Hunt
Hubert H. Humphrey
D.minn
Ralph E. Flanders
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
ROK
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