Police hunt for killer ex-convict George Ross in Maryland
More than 125 FBI agents state troopers and local officers comb a five mile square woods near Ellicott City Maryland after a Cleveland policeman’s murder. Helicopters planes and a dozen police units joined the dawn to locate the extremely dangerous 27 year old suspect. Fingerprints on a bloodstained handkerchief linked Ross to the scene and an accompanying first aid kit suggested a gun battle.
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George F. Ross
Cleveland
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Washington
Ross
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Chet Russell
Moxtey
Moxley
Census To Boost Official Salaries In 1953
County officials to receive salary increases based on 1980 census population gains. Auditor Frank Ayres announced new monthly salaries effective January 1953, including clerk of courts 477 to 347, coroner 187 to 281, engineer 484 to 350, prosecutor 430 to 309, recorder 470 to 462, sheriff 401 to 462, treasurer 540 to 611, equity commissioners 336 to BRA.
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Frank Ayres
Rent Director for 3-County Area Is Named
William C. Cameron, who has acted as rent director for three northeastern Ohio counties for two months, is named rent stabilization head with jurisdiction over Cuyahoga Ashtabula and Lorain counties. He succeeds Karl Duldner who served from 1945 until September.
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William C. Cameron
Ohio
Rent Central
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Ashtabula
Lorain
Cameron
Karl Duldner
Office of
Two 50Year Railroad Veterans Honored At Lorain Dinner
Lake Terminal Railroad in Lorain honored two employees for fifty years of service at a Castle on the Lake dinner. George Brand of Elyria and David J. Gethin of Lorain received pins from LR president J J Smith. Brand began as a harness maker before 1904 becoming locomotive engineer. Gethin, born in Wales, joined in 1897, rising to locomotive engineer and later supervisory roles.
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Wales
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Yidge Tool Company
Elvria
Replacement of McGrath Urged By Congressman
Rep. John Byrnes urged the immediate replacement of Attorney General J Howard McGrath amid a tax scandals probe. Byrnes, a Ways and Means subcommittee member, said McGrath failed to provide proper direction at the Justice Department as Truman prepares a crackdown on disloyal government workers. Naster and Nashan figures face federal grand jury scrutiny in a $500000 tax scheme investigation.
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John W Byrnes
R-Wis
J. Howard McGrath
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McGrath
Justice Department
House
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White House
Truman
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
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Frank Na+shan
District of Columbia
Abraham Teitelbaum
AllCapine
Nathan
Cecil R Kong
D-Cal
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56 Registrants Undergo Fitness Test in Cleveland Trip
Fifty six local draft registrants plus five transfers traveled to Cleveland today for physical and mental examinations to determine fitness for future military duty. The sixty one men were led by Howard Hogrefe of Amherst, who was named the group leader.
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Cleveland
Howard Hogrefe
Amherst
Three Arrested In $800000 Bank Shortage Case
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of J Moody Drinkard president of the Thomasville Bank and Trust Co Myrtle N McCrory cashier and W D P Stutts president of Stutts Lumber Ind Inc on warrants issued in Mobile Alabama. They face charges of false entries in bank records and misapplication of funds under federal law.
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Washington
Soviet veto sinks early Big Four disarmament hopes
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky blasted any chance for a quick Big Four disarmament agreement. He condemned the Baruch plan, accused the US Britain and France of blame for armaments, urged outlawing the atomic bomb as the first step, and said talks have dragged on for five years with no real progress. Weather: Northeastern Ohio forecast shows snow and colder conditions with varying snow tonight and tomorrow. low around 15.
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Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
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Britain
France
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Vishinsky
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Ohio House Defeats Turnpike Amendments In Debates
Ohio lawmakers rejected two amendments to the Turnpike Act aimed at easing a 310 million toll road's finances. One would have let city councils approve routes within city limits. another sought alternate bidding. A new bill debate was opened with emergency designation removed and a 90 day delay to effect.
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Ohio House of Representatives
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Bridge Commission
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UN warns on large scale release in prisoner exchange
The United Nations said the Communists may withhold sizeable numbers of captured Allied soldiers in any prisoner swap. A UN communique noted the Reds refused to provide a list of prisoners unless all 126,000 or more Communist POWs are released first. The UN urged a man for man exchange only, while warning against a bulk release that could advantage the enemy if hostilities resume.
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Korea
United Nations
Pera
Three Hurt In Cleveland Road Snow Crash
Three persons were injured in a highway collision on Cleveland Road east of Route 76 after wet snow made the pavement slippery. Mary Manns 32 of North Olmsted driving west skidded and hit Jaack Norman 24 of Chestnut Ridge Road. Manns and Norman received medical treatment and were released. Donnie Norman 24 also sustained head bruises and a cut tongue.
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Jaack Norman
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Donnie Norman
Three County Officials Overpaid Must Refund, Examiner Says
State Examiner James Main found three county officials overpaid for 35 months due to a salary miscalculation. Sheriff Carl Ro Finegan, Recorder Leata Mitchell, and Prosecutor Paul Mikus must refund a total of overpayments, with amounts ranging from small to more than one thousand dollars, tied to legislative salary raises and misapplied 1945 49 increases.
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Leata Mitchell
Paul Mikus
Entity Auditors Department
650 To Get Degrees At Ohio State Autumn Graduation
Dr Clarence Gy Stoughton president of Wittenberg College will deliver the commencement address at Ohio State University's Autumn quarter graduation exercises. Degrees will be awarded to 650 seniors and graduate students.
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Clarence Gy Stoughton
Wittenberg College
Ohio State Universty
State Names New Superintendent for Lancaster Boys’ School
Delbert Be Nix on was appointed supervisor of the state welfare department’s institutional schools and named superintendent of the Boys’ Industrial School at Lancaster today in Columbus Ohio.
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Nixon
State Welfare Department
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Senator Recuperating After Heart Attack in Reno
Senator Pay WRECAFER D Nev is recuperating rapidly from a heart attack and should be released soon. Ohio emergency board may release funds on Jan 8 for operating a new water project as Congress opens. Barnyard nights and Christmas tree ads appear in local notices with social events and store promotions.
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U S Cracks Down In Tax Bureau Scandal
A U S crackdown widens in a tax bureau scandal with indictments against three former Internal Revenue officials for spying to defraud the government. A suspended Brooklyn deputy IRS caller was indicted for bribe taking as the bureau boosts prosecutions and ousts 13 officials this year for disciplinary reasons.
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Ton of Money project to launch Friday for Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in Lorain county launches the Ton of Money drive Friday at 10 a.m. in front of the Kresge store on Broad Street with civic leaders from the Junior Chamber, Elyria Kiwanis, Rotary, Elyria Fire Department and American Legion members ring the kettle. Captain Burton Johnson urges residents to donate through War Cry envelopes, noting funds aid Christmas baskets, welfare, and summer programs for local children and armed forces, with no support for the citadel.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Henry W. Ault
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Roads Report Warns Of Slippery Conditions On Highways
Traffic advisories note slick spots on major routes in Columpus today. Weather remains mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries and temperatures near 12 to 16 degrees.
Egypt Delays Recall of Envoy to Britain
Cairo postponed the threatened recall of its ambassador to Britain citing a dispute with the British side. Officials held urgent talks for several hours to avert a break in diplomatic relations and reconfirmed retained envoy status.
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