Elyria Day Opens Lorain County Fair With Record Crowd
Thousands fill Well ington fairgrounds for the 98th annual Lorain County Fair as blue skies boost attendance to a record opening day. A saddle horse show accident left 21 year old Diane Lewis of North Olmsted with a cerebral concussion and bruises, but she remains in fair condition at Berea Hospital. In the Rescue Race rider Larry Rogers was disqualified after a fall while mounting another horse. Oberlin riders dominated the junior tractor rodeo with Paul Fridenstine winning and advancing to the Ohio State Fair.
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Wellington
Diane Lewis
Miss Lewis
Berea
Larry Rogers
Elyria
Ron Vuronich
Oberlin
Rogers
Paul Fridenstine
Bob Seabold
Fred Juvenile
Fridenstine
Lorain County
Kroesen Reappointed Ohio March of Dimes Chairman
Richard L. Kroesen of Cleveland was reap pointed as Ohio chairman of the March of Dimes polio fund drive for the 1954 campaign. He has 13 years with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and serves as president of the Cleveland area, the Cleveland Barons hockey club, and the Cleveland Sports Goods Company.
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Columbus
Richard L. Kroesen
Cleveland
Ohio
Ekroesen
Nation& Foundation For
Cleveland Barons
Cleveland Sports Goods Company
Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Today and Tomorrow
Weather ex United Press reports fair hot conditions in Northeastern Ohio with highs near 94 and a low around 65 tonight. Winds off Lake Erie from the southwest at about 10 mph through Thursday fore noon. Tuesday temperatures run 58 to 92 with 74 percent humidity at 8 am. Sunrise 6 45 am. Sunset 8 13 pm Tuesday. Moonrise 8 53 pm Tuesday. Moonset 8 51 am Wednesday.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Lewepa Perarchive
National Strike Looms Amid Longlines Toll in U S
Nationwide unauthorized walkout threats loom as 22 000 longlines telephone workers face unresolved wage contract disputes with AT and T and CIO Communications Workers. Reports of scattered walkouts and cable damage surface as union leaders claim no firm strike plan though impatience grows.
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New York
Longlines
T Telephone
Bell System
Indiana
Southwestern Bell Telephone Companies
A. T. and T
CIO i Communications Workers of America
John Lotz
New York City
CWA
Lotz
Boston
Philadelphia
Spangheld
Mass
Child Fatally Injured By Milk Truck In Cleveland
A Cleveland boy identified as David Ernst, age three, died today at St John’s Hospital from injuries after being struck by a milk truck on Courtland Avenue on the West Side. The child was critically injured Tuesday when his milk wagon ride led to the collision as the truck started up without the driver seeing him.
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Cleveland
David Ernst
St John’s Hospital
Courtland Avenue
Plan Military Review of H-Bomb Defenses
Washington D C INS Adm Arthur W Radford says Russia s hydrogen bomb will trigger a military review of U S defenses against the super weapon Air defense already receives maximum emphasis He says guided missiles will not change the defense picture soon He would not overturn the 1948 Key West agreement and notes flexible roles for Air Force and Navy He cites officer exodus and low morale as a major issue and says civilian control is expanding at the Pentagon with secretaries guiding the process
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Washington
INS
Arthur W. Radford
Russia
America
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Radford
Navy
Snd
Sign Contract To Get Rid Of Pigeons
County commissioners officially declared war on courthouse pigeons and awarded Brinnon Co. of Tiffin a $595 contract to remove them without bloodshed. The plan uses a pigeon roost treatment Brinnon says causes “hot feet” so birds relocate, not kill, though some fear they may migrate to the county jail.
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Theday
Brinnon Co
Tiffin
J. Powell Jones
Brinnon Company
Brinnon
Strike Threat Looms as 25000 Firestone Workers Walk Out
About 25,000 Firestone Tyre and Rubber workers at the MEMEGHI TONCHT plant walk off the job amid unresolved wage negotiations with management. Workers threatened a strike if talks fail to produce a satisfactory deal by that hour.
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Arron BS
Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company
Mave
Memeghi Toncht
Living Cost Index Hits New High
The Labor Department reports U S living costs rose to an all time mid July high, lifting the index to 114.7 percent of the 1947 49 average. Auto workers will gain a one cent per hour raise effective Sept 1 under escalator clauses tied to the index. The five month rise totals 1.1 percent with gains in housing medical care and transportation offset by declines in clothing and reading recreation. Fresh vegetables fall 9 percent pushing fruits and vegetables down 2.9 percent. The July index sits 0.5 percent above last year and 12.7 percent above pre Korean war levels.
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Malcolm Oliver I. N
Washington
INS
Labor Department
U. S
CIO Auto
Equipment For Printing Bogus Money Seized In Cleveland Raid
U S Secret Service agents and Cleveland detectives raided a garage at 10617 Columbia Road seizing photo engraving equipment a press and paper used for printing counterfeit money. The operation linked to four suspects arrested in Strongsville last week including John J. Carter 25 Myrtle Carter Jim mie Epps 31 and Frank Smith 31 who faced federal counts after about 1800 in bogus bills were recovered. Authorities said the notes were among the worst seen in the area and likened them to children's play money.
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Cleveland
U. S& Secret Service
Columbia Road
Strongsville
James McArthur
Secret Service
John J. Carter
Peter
Myrtle
Jimmie Epps
Frank Smith
John
Murch
Beating Proves Fatal in Cincinnati Incident
Twenty-five year old Robert Hyatt of Cincinnati died in St Mary hospital after injuries from an assault by an unidentified man. Police are investigating the Aug 16 beating and seeking leads in connection with the fatal attack.
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Cincinnati
WNWS
Robert Hyatt
Willys Teledo Cuts 1 Percent Of Staff On Inventory Shakeup
Willys Motors Inc of Teledo announces a 1 percent layoff due to unbalanced inventories impacting production. The move affects 1,000 workers and follows adjustments to demand and supply dynamics. The company cites inventory realignment as the trigger for job cuts and plans ongoing reviews.
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Toledom
Willys Motors Inc
Teledo
Britain Pledges No Major Split Over Far East Parley
UNITED NATIONS New York Britain says disagreement on Far Eastern political conference composition will not split London from Western allies. Sir Gladwyn Jebb asks South Korea to respect Geneva Assembly recommendations amid Korea India seats dispute. US favors only Korean war allies forUN seats, causing friction with Britain.
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Britain
London
Gladwyn Jebb
United Nations
U. N
Jebb
South Korea
Geneva Assembly
India
United States
Washington
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Security Council
U.N
France
Morocco
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Asia
Durkin Seeks Early TV Revision Plans Public
Washington reports Secretary of Labor Martin P. Durkin expects the administration to release long awaited proposals revising the Taft Hartley labor law. He said officials are still working on the message to Congress and hinted it will be released soon.
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Washington
Martin P. Durkin
Isoon
Durkin
Eisenhower
Soviet Parliament Debates 55 Billion Ruble Budget
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union opened debates on a 55.09 billion ruble budget new expenditures total about 13.75 billion dollars. The plan allocates large funds to social cultural and educational aims with the remainder slated for capital investment and administrative uses.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
City to proceed on first off street parking lot project
City officials and Chamber of Commerce off street parking committee resolved a snag by having bond company holders waive demands for completed bids. The bond house will accept the city engineer’s estimates while bids are advertised. Attorneys will forward legislation needed to issue bonds, expediting the first of four planned lots.
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Richard E. Baird
J. M. Powell
L. R. Ashenbach
Norris Ryder
Otto Schoepfle
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Bond Company
Elyrians
Peck, Schafer and Williams
Bond House
Cincinnati Law
Car Knocks Down Guard Rail At Route 113 Bridge
Orval Martin, 29, of 1105 East River Street, drove into 25 feet of guard rail at the Route 113 bridge after briefly taking his eyes from the road while with a friend. He said the collision occurred shortly after leaving the General Motors plant. Deputies reported fenders damaged on two other cars driven by Kathrine Doebel and Anthony Zglewski in a separate Lake Avenue collision near Elyria.
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Orval Martin
East River Street
Sheriff Department
Martin
General Motors
Katherine Doebel
Nelson Street
Clyde. O
Anthony Zglewski
West 19Th Street
Lorain
Lake Avenue
Elyria
Miss Doebel
Army Secretary Urges More Letters To GI's Overseas
Washington AP Army Secretary Robert T Stevens urged friends and kin of servicemen overseas to write to them mail call means even more to them than mess call He asked that anyone with a relative or friend serving overseas with the United States Army write a letter in the next 24 hours and maintain the mail flow noting the 8th Army is no longer in combat in Korea Also mentions well-fed clothed and equipped troops and references a Motorola auto radios advertisement with price.
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Washington
Robert T. Stevens
Stevens
Europe
United States Army
Korea
8Th Army
More Tales Of Brutality Are Told
PANMUNJOM INS reports new disclosures of North Korean brutality against war prisoners as 133 Americans are repatriated. Air Force Lt. Henry L. Nielsen says prisoners were freed and more Americans will be released in the Big Switch. Officers from Camp Two near the Yalu are returning to Kaesong. among those named are Col. Alarich Zacherle, Captain Fegnuts, and Col. McGee.
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Air Force
Henry L. Nielsen
St. Joseph. Mich
Panmunjom
Peiping
James E. Wilson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Yalu River
Manchuria
Freedom Village
Nielsen
Kaesong
United Nations Command
Panmunhom
Alarich Zacherle
Des Moines
Fegnuts
McGee
Jetter
Camp Two
Brown
E. W. Boys
Reds
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