Harrowing Pan American flight clears Wake Island by pilot skill
Passengers of Pan American's Stratocruiser faced a crippled engine and wing failure while en route from Honolulu to Tokyo. Capt E G Kelley steered the damaged plane to Johnston Atoll for an emergency landing. The crew's calm conduct and clear communication kept panic at bay as passengers waited on the floor with Mae West life-preservers. After a safe Wake Island stop, the travelers resumed to Tokyo under a new crew.
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Tokyo
Antjy
U. S
Angers
U.S. Airforce
Pan American
Queen of the
E. G. Kelley
Johnston
Atoll
Richard Ellis Forrester
Bombay
India
Ann Harrell
Aruy
Johnston Island
Wake Island
Honoulu
Kelley
Elyria Youth Council Plans Holiday Programs At Local Hospitals
The Elyria Youth Council met at Holly Hall and recognized Bicycle Court officers for next year. Nancy Andress Karla Koehn and a vocal quartet from Elyria Catholic High school plan a Christmas program at Gales Hospital. Volunteers include Earlenne Mraz Barbara Brennan Phyllis Tomashevski and Freda Bruck. A teenage drama group may form with Miss Lynn Snyder from Playmakers. Clean up crews were named for two Youth Center events and fund raising “Club Mocambo” on December 19 will feature Bill Kaylor’s orchestra with food donations to needy families.
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Elyria Youth Council
Holly Hall
Nancy Andress
Karla Koehn
Elyria Catholic High School
Gales Hospital
Earlenne Mraz
Barbara Brennan
Phyllis Tomasheski
Freda Bruck
Lynn Snyder
Carlton Beard
Don Gallagher
Mary Ellen Schmitz
Holly Hop
Club Mocambo
Bill Kaylor
Mocambo
Earlene Mraz
Pat Mason
Jean Long
Ridgeville Band Boosters to Buy Oboe and Drums
Ridgeville North Ridgeville Band Booster Club plans to buy an oboe and kettle drums for the school band. Band director Karl Kolinsky will place the order with Montgomery Ward, aiming for early delivery to enter the concert contest. Proceeds from the fish fry and Halloween dance boosted the treasury to 686 dollars for the fall season with Kiwanis support aiding immediate drum purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
North Ridgeville
Karl Kolinsky
Kroger
Montgomery Wa
Kiwanis Club
Not Guilty Plea Entered in Mount Vernon Slaying Case
In Knox County Common Pleas Court Candido Marquez Jr. of Chicago and Roger Swigert of Louisville pleaded not guilty to murder charges connected to the fatal shooting of Richard Weidner at a Mount Vernon tavern. Both men were bound over to the grand jury. Swigert released on 5000 bond, Marquez’s bond pending.
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Mount Vernon, O
Richard Weidt
Siner
Mount Vernon
E. L. Draper
Dean
Reds
Weidner
Soviet Union
Common Pleas
Cr. Lester
Marquez
11 Year Old Admits Vandalism and Death Shooting
An 11 year old boy admits vandalism charges and implicates himself in a fatal shooting at a residence. The incident left Dean Weidner dead with another man, George Prosser, wounded. Police say the youth described the event and the subsequent plan discussions in a statement.
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Reds
Ralph D. Hedges
Compan
Sheriff's Department
Yester
Lion of Weidner
Lee Klinech
Russia
South Korea
Dean
Syngman Rhee
Pyun
T Two
ROK
Rhee
West Unity Aims Through Four-Power Crisis Talks
The Big Three accept a Soviet bid for a four power foreign ministers conference in Berlin set for Jan 4. The communique lauds Bermuda unity, pledges NATO as a base, and urges a political conference in Korea while seeking peace in Indochina. France notes fears of a remilitarized Germany are unfounded.
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Berlin
Paris
Moscow
Bermuda
Free World
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
EDC
Atlantic
Korea
Far East
Indochina
France
Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
Bidault
Laniel
Churchill
Eisenhower
Germany
Europe
Police Patrol Fines In Mayor Court For Traffic Offenses
Otis J. Tollett of 318 East Bridge Street and Mrs. Betty Jane Cusick of 14 Dilworth Street were each fined ten dollars and costs for traffic violations. Katherine Pallas of 1125 Griswold Road also paid ten dollars and costs for a safety stop violation. Cusick’s car collided with Beatrice Rothel’s at Broad and Lodi. Chester Daniel of Cleveland faced reckless driving charges for a red light crash on Broad Street December 5 and was fined ten dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Ault
Otis J. Tollett
East Bridge Street
Route 57
Foster Avenue
Betty Jane Cusick
Dilworth Street
Katherine Pallas
Griswold Road
Ohio State Patrol
Chester Daniel
Iveland
Broad Street
Hearing Date Set On Annexation Petitions By County
County commissioners set February 1 as the time for public hearings on two annexation petitions. One sought annexation of 17.7 acres in the Homewood and 36th street area, the other for 13 acres near Lorain avenue. A separate incident involved a collision at Pearl avenue and 36th street with two drivers cited, plus minor report of broken windows at the DAV hall and Ridge Plastics plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Phyllis
Racz
Roosevelt Street
Ben E. Fischer
Marseilles
Lorain Avenue
Poplar Street
Marseilles Avenue
Fischer
Homewood
36Th Street
Pearl Avenue
Carl C. Martin
Earlcourt
Herbert M. Green
Cleveland Heights
Bellefield Avenue
Cleveland Street
DAV
Oberlin Road
Ridge Plastics
Jon Clark Street
Court House Notices and Civil Filings Across Lorain Area
Reports from the county show multiple civil actions and a divorce ruling. Betty Joe Root, seven, was bitten on the knee by a neighbor’s dog, with the matter referred to the health department. Divorce actions include Laverne Newhberger vs Donna being dismissed and Ruth Salent vs Albert granted on neglect grounds. Helen Demchik sues the Lorain Employees Transit Lines for 25000 due to bus injuries on January 3 1952 at Elyria Avenue and 36th Street. The Ohio Turnpike Commission seeks land in a common pleas suit from Steve Shapura et al. Wilma Nickison seeks divorce from Kenneth Nickison on cruelty. Kenneth Hardesty Jr sues Joseph Armbruster for 500 in an Avon Lake auto crash on Lake Road.
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D. R. Root
N. Murray Ridge Road
Sheriff's Department
Betty Joe
County Health Department
Helen Demchik
E. 32Nd Street
Lorain
Employees Transit Lines
Elyria Avenue
36Th Street
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Common Pleas
Steve Shapura
Olmsted Falls, Et
Kenneth Hardesty, Jr
Buckeye Drive
Sheffield Lake
Joseph Armbruster
Button Street
Avon Lake
Lake Road
Cold War Berlin meeting aims to clarify positions
A high official summarized that the Bert mada conference will not yield formal agreements. The West expects mainly to clarify cold war positions and notes Britain’s desire for broader atomic energy information exchange, aside from the already announced sharing on atomic blast results. Jan plans noted as Laniel’s government faces transition.
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U.S
Churchill
Berlin
Joseph Laniel
Fo Wadin
Strike Halts Work On 12 Miles Of Pike
Officials report a strike by equipment operators halts a 12 mile stretch of the Ohio Turnpike in Fulton county. Frank Converse, Cleveland head of Local 18 International Union Operating Engineers, said the action aims to press Terry & Wright Contractors of Louisville to honor labor agreements.
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Toledoms
Ohio Turnpike
Fulton County
Frank Converse
Cleveland
Local 18 International Union
Terry & Wright Contractors
Louisville
Allabor Cement
Converse
Vermilion Art Group to Host Silk Screening Demonstration
The Vermilion Art Group sponsors the final lesson in Silk Screening tonight at 8:00 p m at the kindergarten rooms Frank Newman of the American Crayon Company will demonstrate textile silk screen printing showing how to repeat designs on yard goods Open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion
Vermilion Art Group
Frank Newman
American Crayon Company
Hullinger says he and Lucille want a second child
Dr John Hullinger 53 and his wife Lucille 33 born a son John Jr on January 26 with a nurse assisting. Hullinger notes in Clinton Iowa that they definitely want another child. A Bermuda meeting among Western powers stressed the talks were informal and not aimed at formal agreements amid Moscow’s four power talks lineage.
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Nt Puwes
Clinton
Iowa
John D
Hullinger
Dee
Lucille
Alantion
John, Jr
Bermuda
Russia
Moskow
Bombings Near North American Aviation Attributed To Organized Gang
Columbus police said four of five bombings during the North American Aviation strike were solved and a fifth is near. A 45 year old Reynoldsburg striker confessed to buying six sticks of dynamite and 12 feet of fuse at Canal Winchester. Explosives targeted homes and cars of non striking ringreaders. police say no union backing found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
North American Aviation, Inc
Reynoldsburg
Canal Winchester Hardware
Club Meeting Plans Ahead of January 6 Date
The next meeting of the clubs will be held January 6 to discuss further activity plans and outline upcoming programs.
Juvenile Admits Break-In and Vandalism at Farm
Deputies report a boy admitted entering a home through a window, ransacking a desk, spilling ink on a rug, scattering stored grain in a barn, and making holes in a tractor radiator and gasoline tank. He also broke headlights and damaged oil gauge and electrical equipment. The case was referred to county juvenile authorities.
Local Listings Include Residents Across Counties
The county section lists residents and addresses including Harold Porter Mary Naz el Clabarn Cook Aron Lertzman John Wells Mary Joyce Carl Stinson Martin Chenderlin Arthur Pershing Johamna K Smith Melvin Niggle Dora Smith Amherst Donna Wehlein Grafton Arthur Keller Moore Road Avon Lake Christ Justin Oberlin Morris Jones Amherst.
Death Records for James E Fairchild and Sylvia Belle Moats
James E Fairchild 2 died at his daughter's home in Oberlin after poor health. Born November 4 1871 in Nebraska he lived in Brownhelm and Henrietta Township and attended Oberlin College. Survived by daughter and grand and great grandchildren and two brothers. funeral Thursday at Amherst with burial in Brownhelm. Sylvia Belle Moats 83 died in Lorain. Funeral Wednesday at Hinman Funeral Home Berlin Heights with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
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James EH. Fairchild
Frances Cassidy
Brownhelm
James H. Fairchid
Oberlin College
Gus ‘Dragus
Fairport
Raymond Fairighild
Browinhelm
Harry Fairchild
Elyria
Emmerich
Berlin Heights
Sylvia Belle Moats
Lorain
Hinman
Joseph Dudley
North Olmsted Congregational Church
William
Riverside Cemetery
First Lady Eisenhower Ailing With Bronchial Condition
The White House announced Mrs. Eisenhower has been ill since Sunday with a bronchial condition and has cancelled all engagements. She was ordered to bed by her physician and cannot attend the upcoming diplomatic dinner at the White House. John Foster Dulles will act as hostess in her stead.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of
Elyria Man Shot by Alleged Gunman At Large
Henry West of 165 Wood Street was hospitalized with a gunshot wound after a confrontation on South Maple Street. West identified James Roberts of 1529 South West River Street as the shooter and police delayed filing a full report to aid the search while Roberts remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry West
Wood Street
Elyria Memorial, Hospital
James Roberts
South West River Street
West
Hospita
Otha McGee
South Maple Street
Roberts
Car Damaged In Freak Accident In Sheffield
Kenneth Lee Page of Sheffield suffered damage to the undercarriage and frame of his car when a manhole cover flipped up on Gulf road near Lafayette street yesterday afternoon. The cover dragged about 25 feet under the vehicle causing about 200 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Lee Page
Sheffield
Gulf Road
Lafayette Street
Page
Escape inmate praises Lorton Reformatory as best
Edgar Marshall, 35, who escaped October 30 while hunting rabbits with stones, told Judge Albert V. Bryan in Alexandria that Lorton Reformatory is the best he has seen. He was returned to the facility and sentenced to another year for escaping.
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Lorton
Lorton Reformatory
Edgar Marshall
Acld
Albert V. Bryan
Alexandria
Lerten
Marshall
I J
Wellington council sets salaries for town employees
Wellington officials passed ordinances fixing salaries for street department workers and new light and water division positions. The plan includes hourly rates from $1.20 to $2.00, semi monthly pay, and classifications from A to unclassified. A survey for additional machine operators was ordered and a taxi stand proposal was discussed at the meeting.
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Wellington
Trafffic
Paul Williams
Herlight
Brick Avenue
Tom Laundon
Exthre
Confarancs
Muniicipal Light and Water Works
Alli
Lnemen
King James Bible Distribution In Schools Banned
The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously barred the distribution of the King James Bible in public schools. The ruling overturned Rutherford board of education action authorizing the Gideon Society New Testament in classrooms. Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt wrote the opinion.
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King James Bible Distribution
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey Supreme Court
Rutherford Board of Education
Gideon Society
High Court
Association To Use Funds To Buy Equipment
Court approval granted for Lorain County Tubor meeting actions including withdrawing 2149 dollars on deposit and ordering 3400 pine trees from the Ohio Division of Forestry for use in medical equipment and piping gas needs. The extension notes funds were allocated during the 1949 street heart fund solicitation and directed by Commissioner Fred Pallas at 130 Herrick Avenue East.
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Lorain County Tubor
Ohio
Fuel Gas Company
Herrick Avenue
Street Heart Fund
Car accident damages yard and two vehicles on Lake Avenue
Ruth Rothman of 2312 North Jefferson Blvd Lorain at 2 a.m. lost control on a curve near Griswold Road and Lake Avenue. Her car crossed into the John Hogan Jr residence yard at 2074 Lake Avenue, knocked over potted trees and struck Hogan’s parked car. Deputies said police charged her with failure to have her car under control.
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Ruth Rothman
North
Jefferson Blvd
Lorain
Lake Avenue
Griswold Road
John Hogan, Jr
Hogan
Winners Named In Prince Of Peace Contest
Vermilion Erie County contest results announce Carla Widdowson as first place with Priscilla Fischer as alternate. Widdowson advances to the district contest after the first of the year following the Birmingham Florence High School assembly event.
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Vermilion
Erie County
Birmingham- Florence
Carla Widdowson
Priscilla T Fischer
Carla
Band Parents To Meet Tonight In Vermilion
The Band Parents Organization will meet tonight at 8:00 in the South Street School. All parents of band members are urged to attend.
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Vermilion
Band Parents Organization
South Street
Medina County to Play Rough With Gamblers
Medina County prosecutors vow action after a weekend raid on a Sleepy Hollow Road farmhouse in Brunswick Township described as a dice joint run by Michael Patton. Deputy Helli encountered Patton during a one man raid. 15 players were rounded up and fines issued. Police seized 17 dice, $10,000 in chips, and a marked craps table.
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Medina
Dennis Dannley
Medina County
Sleepy Hollow Road
Brunswick Township
Dannley
Michael
Mickey) Patton
Cleveland
Danntey
Patton
Steve Helli
Crou
Hell
Helli
August Eble
State Rejects Bible in Public Schools
A statement opposes distributing the King James Bible in public schools. It warns that such action would undo progress in religious toleration and freedom and rekindle old religious conflicts, urging a firm decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Jersey
Meeting Plan for Columbus YMCA Physical Section
The Columbus YMCA hosts a two day meeting January 11 and 12 for the physical section workshop. Attendees include Russell C. Gleason YMCA director Ray M. Snyder boys' physical director Bill Hyatt Akron president of the physical section and Paul Hartman Columbus area executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
YMCA
Russell C. Gleason
Ray M. Snyder
Bill Hyatt
Akron
Paul Hartman
Portsmouth Plant Gutted By Fire In Port Town
A major blaze gutted Marsha Milling Company plant in Portsmouth and damaged several small buildings owned by Harrison Walker Refractories Co. Fire crews fought wind driven embers drifting toward homes and businesses as grain storage and other structures burned. Damages are not yet estimated while investigators review records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Marsha Milling Company
Harrison Walker Refractories Co
Harsha
Markets show varied prices for fruits, vegetables, and grain
The market report lists prices for apples including Jonathan Cortland and Delicious, beets onions lettuce and other produce, plus potatoes radishes spinach squash and more. Grain and eggs prices appear for Toledo on track, with corn wheat and soybeans shown, followed by live livestock markets for cattle calves sheep hogs.
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Sralls Sbm
Jonathan
McIntosh
Cortland
Delicious
Bakts
Span
Hollonse
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Pruehaus Traile
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Glidden Co
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Kennecott
Copp
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Schmitz
Sue
Shilling
Bala
Enieidue Once
Mendes
Tarsraw
JVI
Tone Uty Sualges
Laniet Abregt
Police Dept. News
Laverne Newhberger
Donna
D. A. Cook
Ruth Salent
Albert
Wilma Nickison
W. 29Th Street
Kenneth, Sr
Birmingham
Pike
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
P. R. Smith & CO
Brokerage Service
Death Records
Moats Services
Justice Arthur T. Vanderbilt
John Duff
Cena
Warren Crandall
Lincoln
Police
Martin Luther
Capitol
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Kate
Toledo Cash Grain
Toledo
Cash Grain
Bain
Aj Brgers
Eeege
Gene’s
West Avenue
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