Ohio Court Hears Attack On Sheppard Trial Conduct
Columbus argues the Sam Sheppard murder trial lacked sufficient evidence and improper conduct during proceedings. Attorney Paul M. Herbert urged the seven judges to question circumstantial links including the absence of blood on trousers and unexplained leather fragments tied to the lakeshore home murder on July 4, 1954.
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Ohio
Sheppard
Columbus
INS
Bay Village
Sam Sheppard
Ohio Cuneamo Court
Paul M. Herbert
Oto Penitentiary
Tally
Marilyn
Lakeshore
House
Herbert
Lie Test Indicates Story Of Killing May Be True
A lie detector test indicated today that transient Harvey L. Rush might have been telling the truth when he confessed killing Bearly Potts in Cleveland three years ago. Police said the test did not definitively show guilt or innocence pending extradition decisions.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harvey L. Rush
Bearly Potts
Cleveland
Rush
Cleve
Ohio
Jnot
Contracts Awarded For School Buildings In Elyria
The Elyria City Board of Education last night awarded school contracts totalling 178,900 for Cascade Elementary School. Ohio Construction Co. won general construction and site development at 123,172, Krebs-Calkins Inc. won plumbing and heating at 103,? No, 101? and Ryan Electric Co. won electrical work at 14,263. Bids were submitted December 6 and tabulated by the administration and architects Outcast Guenther and Associates.
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Cascade
Elyria Cy Board of Education
Ohio Construction Co
Krebs-Calkins, Inc
Ryan Electre Co
Guenther, and Associates
Krebs, Calkins
Lorain Woman Killed in Florida Train Crash
A Lorain woman Casmira Pavelschak 35 died when a train struck the car she rode in at a Florida Belle Glade crossing. Her husband Michael and three children were among six injured. Also hurt were her sister Mary Marzaleski and her husband Joseph. The family members were taken to Belle Glade Memorial Hospital with bruises and contusions. two children remained hospitalized. The crash prompted a flood of condolences and a note on Ford Foundation grants to local institutions including Oberlin College and Lorain’s hospitals.
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Lorain
Belle Glade
Fla
Casmira Pavelschak
Pavelischak
Mary Marzaleski
Joseph
West 22Nd St
Allen
Dale
Ford Foundation
Florda
Deborah
Obertn College
Hargest
Pavelschak
Oberlin
Natonal
Coun Ty Be Co
Dhone
Elyria Memorial Hos
Pital
St. Jose Brothers
John
Carl
Weather brief for Northeastern Ohio and Lake Erie forecast
Mostly sunny today with warmer afternoon high 34 to 36. Tonight partly cloudy and not as cold with lows 25 to 30. Wednesday clouds with light rain or snow and little temperature change. Five day outlook shows temperatures about 4 to 6 degrees below normal, normal highs 36 to 42, lows 23 to 26. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph today, 20 mph tonight.
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Ohio
Obie
Nursery Grown Christmas Trees Sold by Hea Grafewood
Fragmentary OCR text notes nursery grown Christmas trees and a carpenter named Hea Grafewood involved in the sale or handling at a location likely related to Grafewood.
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Carpenter's
City Court Furniture Specifications Too Tight
Elyria's City Council member Warren Robinson Jr charged that court furniture specs were so tight only one bid could be received. He cited exact fractional inches and specific desk tops and chairs as excluding competitors. The board of control planned to reject the lone $3.40 bid and council aims to authorize advertising for new bids next week.
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Elyria
Warren Robinson Jr
Second Ward
Board of Control
Legislaion
Robinson
Baker Office Equipment Co
Ding
Council
Dale Kellogg
Otto John Slips Back To West Germany Twist In Cold War
Dr Otto John 46 once West Germany security chief who defected to the Communists last year slipped back across the border into West Germany under cover of darkness. He was being questioned at a secret location by a federal examining magistrate in Bonn. The return unsettles Western intelligence and may undercut Soviet gains from his prior Berlin presence.
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Bonn
Germany
Otto John
John
West Germany
Federal Supreme
Vui
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Edgar Hoover
Lorain County
Konradi
Adenauer
Trafic
Wash
Ington
Hoover
Acct
Allen Duiles
Socialist Party
Fritz
Heine
Soviet Zone
Where To Turn School Fund Up For 1956
Elyria Board reports 1,390.26 dollars available for 18356 school operations plus 546,708 more than this year. The notice lists related pages and local items such as fire, courthouse, hospital notes and multiple community columns.
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Elyria Board
Bil
Ambherst
Lorain
T. V
Wellington
Traffic Toll In County At Seven Year High
Lorain County fatal accidents have reached a seven year high with 62 deaths recorded in 1955 and 18 days remaining in the year. The prior year with official counts was 1952 when 57 deaths occurred. The One State Safety Council notes the rising toll and the safety unit began operations earlier.
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Traffe
Lorain
One State Safety Council
Lorain County Traffic Toll Reaches New Low
The record notes an all-time low toll for the year with the safest period since 198 in Lorain County. It recalls 1953 as the previous low when 29 people died in accidents. The item continues on page Pare.
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Lorain County
Acadents
Police Say Father Kills Three Babies And Wife
Dallas police report a father killed his three infants by throat slashes and head shots then killed his wife and wounded a man in the same house. Patrolman Freeman said the suspect fled. the injured man, John Warren, 19, was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Dallas
Tex
H R Freeman
Pamjot
Claque
Pajman Lou
Lolder
Bobby Lynn
Jhoes
John Warren
Lord Calhoum
Cntical
Conchs
Freeman
Mary Calivet
Proposal Tabled On Elyria Lorain Harbor Study
City council split 4 to 3 last night delaying a major industrial survey of Elyria and nearby areas. The six month committee report urged a joint Lorain Elyria study, a $20 000 Elyria funding request, and legislation to authorize the effort.
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Lorain Harbor
Elyria
Joe Cowden
Lorain
Elyna
Homan H
J. Grant Keys
N. R Damelian
Great Lakes- St Lawrence
Mrs Siemer Cleared of Conspiracy
New York Henriette Siemer 23 wife of John Siemer convicted of embezzling 30.00 in bank funds has been cleared of conspiracy in the embezzlement. At the request of U S Attorney Peter A Passalacqua charges against Mrs Siemer arrested with her husband near South Amherst Quebec July 1 have been dropped and 1000 bonds dismissed. Siemer now is serving an eight year sentence.
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New York
Henrietta Siemer
John Siemer
U. S
Peter A. Passalacqua
Wre
Siemer
South Amherst
Russia Drops U N Ultimatum on Admission of 18 Nations
Basda dropped its ultimatum to the United Nations Security Council regarding the admission of 18 nations and cleared the path for a package that includes Outer Mongolia.
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United Nations
Basda
Secants Council
Moncolia
Mielson Basketballers In Widespread Use Across Counties
An American YMCA invention described as a popular hydroxyl rapid ball game now played by thousands of men and women across many counties. Classified ads invite buyers for equipment and offer ad-writing help.
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YMC
Pol Nour
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