1955 Likely Best Business Year Says Vartan Forecasts
New York report cites W G Vartan forecast as fulfilled with 1955 shaping up as the best business year on record. Autos and steel lead gains while railroads lag. unemployment remains high though production hits peaks. Housing and auto output surge, stock market climbs past prior highs amid wage and labor disputes.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Ohio
Budget Bond Plan Heads To First Hearing In Indiana
Columbus Indiana reports the House leadership outlines a 200 million capital improvements plan. Bonds totaling about 134 million would fund new institutions and a state office building, plus a school building authority and university construction. A Capital Planning and Improvement Division would manage a biannual six year plan under legislative approval.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Armed Service
Cuyahoga County
Survival Town Awaits Atomic Destruction
Specter of atomic destruction hangs over Survival Town Nevada as a 400-foot tower detonation is tested. More than 4,000 military and civilian observers from the United States and Canada watch as a Model T style gadget yields a massive blast of TNT. The site sits seven miles south of a hillside tower, with ten typical homes serving as mannequins for the experiment.
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Japan
America
Ohio Fatalities Rise In Weekend 21 Deaths Across State
A United Press tally shows 21 fatalities in Ohio over the weekend across traffic, drowning, and other mishaps. Among the cases a four car crash near Toledo killed three, and drownings occurred near Colina and McConnellville. Names include Alfred Blair 12 and Walter Humes 70, plus others from Columbus Cleveland and Detroit. Police investigated multiple collisions and fishing related deaths while state budget and pension debates continued in Columbus with committee action and potential floor votes.
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United Press
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Colina
Alfred Blair
Galion
Walter FL Humes
Cleveland
Wiliam Ekey Jr
Parma
Charles C Carter
Columbus
Muskingum River
McConnellville
Edward Arsh
Genevieve
Michael Janhovic
Detroit
Toledo
Bela Lugosi Quiet Gentle In Real Life
Hollywood star Bela Lugosi, long famed for horror roles, lives a quiet, gentle life in a state hospital as a narcotics addict seeking help after two decades of struggle. His past includes four unhappy marriages and a noted rise from Broadway romance to monster fame.
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United States
Frankenstein's Monster
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Senate Education Committee
School Survey Commission
House Finance Committee
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Senate
Alter Pictures
Las Vegas
Ohio Firm Wins Three State Highway Contracts
The Ohio Engineering Co of Lorain won three Lorain County highway contracts totaling 221807 dollars from State Highway Director S. O Linzell. The largest project resurfaces 52 miles of Rt. 2 and 6 through Avon Lake at 115991 dollars, due Aug. The second resurfaces 1.9 miles of Rt. 57 in Lorain city for 67818, due July 31. The third resurfaces 256 miles of Rt 611 in Sheffield and Avon for 37096, due July 31. All work uses asphaltic concrete.
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Avon
Ground Broken For Lodge At Boy Scout Camp
Ground breaking ceremonies marked the start of a new central dining lodge at the Firelands Council Boy Scout Camp. Local leaders and Cub Scouts helped turn the first earth, with about 35 people present and a fundraising campaign already surpassing half the needed $40,000 goal. The article also notes Senate Finance Committee actions on foreign trade and related economic measures.
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Mike Jones
Ed Fanning
Firelands Council
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Lorain County
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Bragg
Newsmen Alarmed by Secret Policy Meetings
Washington reporters fear a brown out trend as government industry talks on Salk polio vaccine use unsettle editors. The Eisenhower era secrecy extends to conferences, with little official comment until after events. The piece ties the secrecy to press access and public interest amid a wider debate on foreign aid and accountability.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Washington News
Brookline
Mass
Iu-Lot
Manning Couch
Friends of
Department
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J. Russell Wiggins
the Washington
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Post
Timex Herald
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the Newton Jr
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Senate Republican
Tampa
Fla
Tribune
William F. Knowland
India
Drick
Knowland
Karlal Nehru
A.m
Miesilen
Stuart Symingtonocrats
Saya
National
Serence
House and Senate Schedules Signal Dairy and Bond Reforms
The House schedule includes a milk pasteurization bill with farm-direct exemptions and a bond posting requirement for traffic arrests. The Senate schedule features a bill granting immunity to state witnesses before grand juries.
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House
Senate
Bela Lugosi Admits Self to State Hospital for Addiction
The veteran actor Bela Lugosi, age 72, voluntarily admitted himself to a state hospital after a court ordered commitment following a 20 year struggle with narcotic addiction. The Dracula star won court approval for voluntary treatment and left Los Angeles General Hospital for admission.
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Los Angelica General Hospital
Dracula
Crime Wave Sets U S Record in 1954
Washington (UP) The FBI reports a record crime wave in 1954 with an index showing a serious offense every 139 seconds. Daily data include 34 murders, 256 assaults, 49 rapes, and 902 cars stolen, plus over 1,000 robberies or burglaries. Major crimes up 5 percent from 1953 and 26.7 percent from 1950 across seven years.
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