Questionaire shows city manager government highly rated
The League of Women Voters surveyed about 30 cities using the council-manager form. Results suggest higher efficiency and less political influence, with comments from chamber leaders and editors. It notes salary figures, public meetings, and critiques of ward elections and salaries, plus plans to compare Elyria-sized cities.
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League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Ourtown
Stanley Orr
League
C-M
Enar A. Ahlstrom
Sandusky
Edward G. O'Neill
Newburgh
N. Y
Tax Commission
P. L. Heiberger
James V. Skaates
Portsmouth
Malicious Destruction Evident In Windshield Pock Marks
Elyria reports a case of windshield damage tied to malicious mischief. Al Pontelle of Al's Auto Glass Service notes 20 to 23 pock marks with molten metallic specks on a 1951 Chevrolet windshield, magnet testing confirming metal. متعدد theories, nationwide mystery, insurance implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
al Pontelle
Al’s
Auto Glass Service
Pontelle
Akron
Plan To Quiz Girl In Fatal Shooting
Police plan to question 15-year-old Beverly Ferguson about a fatal shooting of her boyfriend Jan Emery Gruber 17 at the girl’s home in Xenia Ohio. Gruber died from a stomach wound after being shot with a .22 caliber bullet while en route to Green Memorial Hospital. The girl’s father Robert Ferguson says the couple was alone and that a loaded .22 pistol was kept in the bedroom closet, known to the boy.
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Xenia
Jan Emery Gruber
Spring Valley High School
Beverly Ferguson
Gruber
Green Memoral Hospital
Robert Ferguson
Hergesheimer, Novelist, Dies in New Jersey
Joseph Hergesheimer, 74, famed historical novelist of the 1920s, died at his home in Sea Isle City after a brief illness. Once prolific, he produced a novel nearly every year for two decades.
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Sea Isle City
N. J
Joseph Hergesheimer
Hergesheimer
Light Vote Forecast In Ohio's Primary
Ohio primary races loom with light voter turnout forecast as incumbents seek six-year terms. Republican contenders face short-term judge positions and party veterans clash for treasurer and attorney general while Democrats pin hopes on unopposed paths and a few open seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vincent
Columbus
Ohio
George D. Nye
Lausche
U.S. Senate
Herbert S. Duffy
Crats
John Taylor
Salem
Nye
Lauseche
Supreme Court
John Donahey
Kingsley A. Taft
U.S
A. V. Vict Donahey
Joseph T. Ferguson
John Gallagher
Cleveland
Paul Ward
Walter A. Bolton
Newark
Edward §. Matthas
Thequatter
John Matthias
GOP
Francis B.douglass
Willard D. Campjbell
State Code Revision Bureau
Leland S. Rutherford
Mt. Vernon
Fred A. Dewey
University of Cincinnati
James Bell
Madison County
Henry IA. Middleton
Spy charge report fuels Cold War era debate
United Press reports a 200 page Senate Internal Security Subcommittee pamphlet detailing Truman Brownell dispute and FBI notes on alleged Communist links. Jenner alleges prior FBI exposure and White House inaction. notes on Silvermaster Kaplan Adler Glasser Coe Perlo Ullman White and Hiss are summarized.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Today
Herbert Brownell Jr
Truman
Brownell
White House
Trumans
Saxbe
Harry Dexterjder
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Subcommittee
William E. Jenner
R-Ind
FBI
Treasury Department
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Jenner
Silvermaster
War Assets Administration
Irving Kaplan
Jacob Adler
Harold Glasser
Frank Coe
Victor Perlo
William Ullman
White
Alger Hiss
Adler
Roosevelt
GOP Senate Nomination Battle Shapes Ohio Race
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown projected turnout by party in the statewide campaign but past and current figures show Republicans and Democrats casting over a million votes in prior primaries. The main contest centers on George H. Bender versus William Saxbe for the GOP nomination to challenge Sen. Thomas A. Burke, with Saxbe hit by Bender’s endorsement and a campaign-committee controversy.
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Ted W. Brown
Cleveland
George H. Bender
Ohio
William Saxbel
Mechanicsburg
Thomas A. Burke
Robert A. Taft
Saxbe
Bender
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ross
People
R-Lima
Vaccination Of Million Children Against Polio Begins Today
The first thousands of six to eight year olds were vaccinated in the launch of a mass polio program. By June 15 about one million children in 44 states will be immunized with three shots, aiming to prove the vaccine’s ability to induce antibodies and prevent illness. The effort costs about 7.5 million dollars by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, with states starting vaccination in Virginia, Alabama, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Michigan and upstate New York, then others daily.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Utah
Nevada
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Michigan
New York City
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Ohio
New Mexico
Ilinois
Indiana
Oregon
Elyria High Victor Wins Kent State Clinic Award Trophy
Elyria High School junior Harvey Ardman won the rotating Robert C. Dix Trophy at Kent State University’s Northeastern Ohio Scholastic Press Fourteenth Annual Clinic. The honor honors coverage of a staged death by own action with 50 area schools represented. Ardman’s win follows Cathedral Latin and Wooster-Lehman prior recipients.
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Elyrian
Harvey Ardman
EHS
Robert C. Dix
Kent Scholastic Press Clinic
Harvey Wilcox
Larry Oldenburg
Herald
Elyria
Northeastern Ohio Scholastic Press
Kent State University
Kent Courier-Tribune
Ravenna Record
Sigma Delta. Chi
School of Journalism
Cathedral Latin of
Cleveland
Woos
Ter
Lehman
Canton
Ardman
M. J. Ardman
Hamilton Ave
The
Lloyd Hennings
Ray Peterson
Wilcox
H. C. Wilcox
Columbia Ave
Chuck Noel
Cleveland Browns
Thew Dividend Voted Officers Win Reelection
Thew Shovel Co officers were reelected at the Saturday board meeting. A quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share was authorized, payable June 1 to stockholders of record May 17. Officers listed include C. B. Smythe, A. W. Smythe, Arthur C. Lundgren, E. E. Esgate, Ward V. Clark, and Harry L. Reynolds.
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Thew Shovel Co
Board of Directors
C. B. Smythe
A. W. Smythe
Arthur C. Lundgren
E. E. Esgate
Ward V. Clark
Harry L. Reynolds
Flemming to Speak at Columbus Rotary Club
Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, defense mobilization director on leave from Ohio Wesleyan University as president, will address the Columbus Rotary Club today in Columbus Mississippi. The lecture will cover national defense and mobilization efforts with Flemming sharing insights from his ongoing leadership role.
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Columbus
Arthur S. Flemming
Defense Mobilization
Ohio
Wesleyan University
Columbus Rotary Club
Medina Bar Association District Members Meet
District 10 of the Ohio State Bar Association will convene at The Oaks Chippewa Lake near Medina with eight counties represented. The program runs from 2 p.m. to evening, featuring speakers John Bowers Albert Giles Fred A. Smith Mac Lee Henney and C Kenneth Clark on motor responsibility continuing code title insurance and a profession turnpike.
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Ohio State Bar Association
Medina County Bar Association
The
Oaks
Chippewa Lake
Medina
Ashland
Erie
Holmes
Huron
Lorain
Richland
Wayne Counties
Jacob Levin
State Bar Association
John Bowers
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Albert Giles
Columbus
Ohio
Fred A. Smith
Toledo
Mac Lee Henney
State Bar Association Foundation
Ohio Bar Title Insurance
Ohio Bar Title Insurance Company
C. Kenneth Clark
Youngstown
Next Few Months Critical Says Wilson At Chamber Meeting
Defense secretary Charles E. Wilson warned the next few months in Europe and Asia could force a soul searching review of U S military policy. He called for improved manpower use to save nearly two billion dollars yearly while maintaining deterrence and noted plans must adapt as programs level off. Chamber president Bowditch warned of forces that could sap moral strength and distract from major issues, as 2000 delegates prepared to approve updated chamber policies stressing vigilance against communism.
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Dayton Moore
United Press
Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Europe
Asia
U.S
Wilson
Indochina
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Chamber
Richard L. Bowditch
Bowditch
Boston
Eight Die In Ohio Accidents Over Weekend
International News Service reports at least eight deaths in Ohio from accidents last weekend. A Shelby patrolman Walter Neans age 25 died near Shelby in a head on crash while pursuing a speeding motorist. Also listed are several other fatalities including children Mark Gentry 2, Phillip Bryan Likens 5, and Charles E Hamilton 3 ½, plus adults Robert Mechler 23 Elva McGlade 63 Richard Williams 19 and Helen Krull 17 in crashes across Marion Wayne and Masury areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Ohio
Shelby
Walter Neans
Neans
Caledonia
Marion County
Robert D. Mechler
Toledo
Toledo Mercy Hospital
Elva McGlade
Youngstown
Richard A Williams
Helen Krull
Masury
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Lore
Delos Smith
United Press Science
FHS
Kent
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