First Contract Awarded In Storm Sewer Program
Elyria awards a $271,920 storm sewer contract to Angelo Marra Construction Co. of Cleveland for Northwest city work under the 1953 bond issue. The project, to be completed in 300 days, begins early January and pipes will drain to the Black River.
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Elyria
Angelo Marra Construction Co
Cleveland
Angelo Marra
J. M. Powell
Powell
Ers
Black River
Marra Company
Utilities Construction Co
South Euclid
Haddad Construction Co
Columbus
Dandrea
Nardini Construction Co
Lorain
Havens
Emerson
Ike Seeks Support For Legalizing Wire Tapping
President Eisenhower pushes for congressional approval of wiretap laws to fight subversives and racketeers. Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. outlines legality of wiretap evidence in national security and criminal cases. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, Rep. Harold Velde, and other leaders participate in closed door talks on the proposal and related agenda items.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCar
Harold H. Velde
MerCarthuy
Euse
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
Ataran AR Lalala
Velde
House Un-American Activities Committee
Bricker
District of Columbia
Ohio warms after bitter cold with brief respite
The weatherman declared a temporary break from Ohio's frigid spell as temperatures rise across the state. No snow is forecast but scattered showers may wash away remaining snow. highs Sunday expected 28 to 35. Main highways reported clear with some slippery spots on secondary roads.
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Ohio
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mansfield
Columbus
Dayton
Findlay
Toledo
Midwest
Mercury
Ohio Highway Patrol
Weather WARMER Northeastern Ohio Partly cloudy and warmer
Northeastern Ohio forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures with a high near 38 this afternoon and a low around 26 tonight. Sunday will be mostly cloudy with similar temperatures and a chance of light rain Sunday afternoon or evening. Friday’s temperature range from 0 to 16 with 0.03 inch of precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday. Humidity near 68 percent at 8 a.m. Friday decreasing to about 7 percent at 8 p.m. Moonrise is 5:04 p.m. Saturday and moonset 8:50 a.m. Sunday. Ohio highway conditions show slippery spots near Jefferson and Painesville with scattered slick areas near Ashland, Medina and Norwalk. other state highways are clear.
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Ohio
Jefferson and
Painesville
Ashland
Medina
Norwalk
Glenn Miller albums in stock at Kamms advertisement
Elyria Bowling Association announces a dance at Roll Arena on December 2 featuring Johnny Vadnal's Orchestra. admission is one dollar per couple. Tickets available from any league bowler.
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Glenn Miller
Kamms
Johnny Vadnal
Elyria Bowling Association
C. E. Rowland Dies Former County Agent at 62
Clarence E. Rowland longtime Lorain County agricultural extension agent from 1925 to 1929 died of a heart attack in Springfield at age 62. He previously served as Clark County agent since 1932 and was Ohio agriculture assistant director from 1929 to 1931, founding the Ohio State Junior Fair. A Roxbury Noble County native and Ohio State University graduate, he also led Columbiana County agent duties from 1920 to 1925.
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Clarence E. Rowland
Lorain County
Springfield
Mr. Rowland
Clark
Roxbury
Noble’ County
Rowland
Ohio Agriculture
Ohio State University
Columbiana County
Turnpike Concessions To Be Discussed By Commission
Columbus Ohio. Problems dealing with sale of food and gasoline along the Ohio Turnpike will be discussed next Tuesday. Members of the Ohio Turnpike Commission will meet with committees from the Ohio Hotel Association and Ohio Gasoline Dealers Inc. The commission was expected to announce soon how it plans to handle such matters.
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Columbus P
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ohio Hotel Association
Ohio Gasoline Dealers, Inc
Daniel Appointed Superintendent of Midview Schools
Daniel M. Fred of Grafton is named superintendent of the Midview School District to take effect January 1. He will leave Eaton Township School at term end in June 1954. A Navy veteran, he has led Eaton for eight years and holds degrees from Muskingum College and Kent State. He and his wife Janie reside on Grafton road with sons Toby and Bobby. He serves as Kiwanis vice president and deacon at North Eaton Church of Christ.
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Midview Board of Education
Fred M. Daniel
Grafton
Daniel
Eaton Township
Grafton Township
East Carlisle
Eaton
Midview Board
Chester Carpenter
Atlantic
Pacific
Muskingum College
Kent State University
Hopedale
McComb
Middlefield
Chardon
Belmont County
Grafton Road
Janie
Toby
Bobby
Grafton School
Kiwanis
Grafton Club
New Concord Masons
North Eaton
Nearly All Of Pike To Be Under Contract Soon
The Ohio Turnpike across northern Ohio will be nearly fully under contract by next week with bids awarded for 17.4 miles west of Cleveland. Low bids from S. J. Groves and Sons Co for Williams County and Lombardo Bros. Construction Co for Lorain and Cuyahoga counties total about 11.1 million dollars. The Commission will meet Tuesday to act on the bids and Elyria’s objections to a route through a residential district remain unresolved.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Elyria
Turnpike Commission
S. J. Groves and Sons Co
Williams County
Lombardo Bros. Construction Co
iCleveland
Lorain
Cuyahoga
Corporation
Cuyahoga County
Lorain County
Ohio Turnpike Commission Office
Christmas Trees and Local Florist Ads Highlight City Ads
Classified snippet notes Christmas trees with Botamer florist at 9% E Broad St and Crystal Clear Cleaners at 587 Cleveland St advertise shirts beautifully laundered with one day service. Compact item reflects local small business promotions in period ad section.
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Botamer Florist
Crystal Clear Cleaners
Cleveland St
Capehart Giant 24 Inch TV Screen Ad
Erb Radio features a Capehart Giant 24 inch television screen. Christmas trees offered by Elyria Nursery at 1823 Grafton Road with pine and spruce varieties. Carpenters Elyria Nursery can be contacted via phone 84-521 for holiday decor and seasonal plants.
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Capehart
Erb
Carpenters Elyria Nursery
Grafton Rd
French Fail To Elect On Fifth Ballot
Paris report on Versailles joint session failing on the fifth ballot to elect a French Republic president. Laniel and Naegelen led early but fell back with 374 and 312 votes respectively as Medecin reentered the race and bids for a sixth ballot loom ahead of the 921 valid votes cast.
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Versailles
France
Versailles Palace
Joseph Laniel
Marcel Edmond Naegelen
European Army Plan
Laniel
Naegelen
Jean Medecin
Georges Bidault
Vincent Auriol
Radical Socialist Party
Medecin
Nice
Palace of Versailles
Gun Fitted With Blanks Kills Norwalk Trucking Manager
Norwalk Ohio police report Elwood A. Thompson 45 was shot dead in his front yard by Mary Ann Smith 20 who claimed the gun had blanks. Thompson, manager of S. J. Enger Trucking Co., fired twice at street lights after a Christmas party and allegedly said he was shooting blanks. Smith said Thompson invited her outside, then handed her the gun. she shot him as she doubted the blanks claim. Police Chief Ray Chapin will question Thompson's wife and continue the investigation.
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Norwalk
Elwood A. Thompson
Mary Ann Smith
Miss Smith
Thompson
S. J. Enger Trucking Co
Rescuers Climb Mountain To Reach Airmen
Icelandic and American rescue teams trudged up the 4 000 foot Myrdalsjok glacier toward a crash site where search planes sighted several survivors from a Neptune patrol bomber. Snowmobiles ferried to aid the operation as gale winds and sub arctic weather hampered a helicopter mission.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U.S. Naval
Myrdalsjok
Neptune
Drowns After Slip Into Sewage Tank at Plant
Marysville resident John Rathbun died Friday after slipping on the icy rim of a 23 foot deep sewage tank at the Marysville sewage disposal plant. The accident occurred at the facility and authorities were investigating circumstances surrounding the slip and fall.
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Marysville, O. MS
John Rathbun
Marysville
Complete garments sale at Standard Cleaners
Complete garments for 1.99 advertised by Standard Cleaners with locations at 564 Broad St and 1500 W Ave. Offer highlights a bargain pricing event for residents seeking dry cleaning and garment care services at two area storefronts.
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Standard Cleaners
Broad St
W. Ave
Russia Plans 1955 Test Of Cobalt Bomb
The Recorder in London claims Soviet experts foresee a cobalt bomb test in late 1955. It reports a secret Russian test area near Semipalatinsk Alma Ata with vast power usage for atomic projects. The paper says C bombs could wipe out life and that the US may not test a C-bomb before 1957.
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Russia
London
INS
the Recorder
Soviet Union
The
Recorder
Egg
United States
Moscow
Observer
Atomic Energy Program
Semipalatinsk-Alma ~ Ata
Siberia
Kazakhstan
Semipaltinsk
Alma Atab
Billing Program Collects $25,000 In Tax Payments
County Treasurer Carl O Schmitkons reports a targeted effort recovered about $25,000 in back taxes this fall. By tracing delinquent accounts through levy records directories and tax maps, roughly 1,100 notices were sent and payments followed. About a third of taxpayers are on the mailing list, though owners are responsible to pay taxes even without bills.
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Carl O. Schmitkons
Schmitkons
Schmitkens
Cemetery Wreaths Special Adree Easel Large Assortment
Cemetery wreaths advertised at $5.00 included are priced at $395. Complete with easel. Large assortment available. Note shows garbled text likely listing items and pricing for a cemetery display.
Soviet Workers Demand Death Penalty for Beria Chiefs
Soviet press reports broad anger over Lavrenti Beria and his accomplices. Izvestia and Pravda note indignation meetings in Moscow Kiev Leningrad Minsk and places including Tbilisi Georgia. A Stalin Auto Works resolution calls the USSR Supreme Court to apply severe penalties.
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Moscow
Lavrenti P. Beria
Izvestia
M. Mikhailov
Korov
Leningrad
Beria
Kiev
Minsk
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Tbilisi
Georgia
Inzvestia
Stalin Auto Works
Ussr Supreme Court
Seven Airmen Die In Bomber Crash Near Nagoya
Tokyo’s Yomiuri reports seven American airmen were killed when a B-29 bomber crashed in flames near Nagoya. Four of the 11 crew members escaped death. no U.S. Air Force confirmation was issued. The bomber burned in a rice paddy near Komaki airbase.
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Tokyo
Nagoya
Yomiuri
U.S
Dean to Report Peace Talks on DuMont TV at 9 p.m.
Arthur H. Dean, U.S. envoy to stalled Korean peace talks, will address the nation in a radio television report at 9 p.m. EST over the DuMont iTV network. The briefing aims to outline progress and next steps in the ongoing negotiations.
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Washington
INS
Arthur H. Dean
U. S
Korea
DuMont
Itv
High Official to Join Amami Oshima Return Ceremonies
TOKYO, Dec. A cabinet level official will travel to Amami Oshima to take part in ceremonies marking the islands return to Japan by the United States on Christmas Day. A U S Japan transfer pact is due to be signed around Dec. 23 or 24 with the formal return to follow. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles first announced the plan during a Tokyo visit on August 8.
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Tokyo
Amami Oshima
Japan
United States
Foreign Office
U. S
Okinawa
John Foster Dulles
Local Shop Notices and Barber Shop Move
A Lorain County ad lists a Snorkel Pen debut at Lorain County Stationers on 248 2nd St. It also notes the barber shop closing at 30 E. River St to reopen at the Graystone Hotel Barber shop for friends and customers run by Kenneth Givens. Jackie Gleason tv tonight listed.
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Jackie Gleason
T.V
Lorain County Stationers
2Nd St
E. River St
Graystone Hotel
Kenneth Givens
Adv
Christmas Trees From Geo and Stella Smith
Geo. and Stella Smith offer home town fresh cut pine and spruce Christmas trees at 1187 Gulf Road, inviting local buyers to visit for seasonal greenery.
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Geo
Stella Smith
Gulf Rd
Eisenhower backs new 1955 defense plan to cut troops
President Eisenhower approves a long-range defense program aimed at trimming about five billion dollars from this year's military outlay and reducing Army Navy and Marine Corps strength by 600000 by 1957 while boosting Air Force expansion to 137 wings by mid 1957. The plan shifts emphasis to air power and atomic defense, with details to be worked out before Congress next year as federal finances remain strained.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
White House
National Security Council
Congress
Treasury
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Marines
Injuries Suffered In Fall Fatal To Factory Workman
Frank Neumyer 54 of 330 Winckles street Elyria died at 2 50 am in Memorial Hospital after a fall at Ridge Tool Company on December 7. Survived by widow Mary Law Neumyer a daughter Emil Muntz of Valley City and a son Lawrence of Elyria. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm from Valley City Evangelical and Reformed Church Rev Gruenwald Navarre OH officiating burial Rest Acre Cemetery Valley City. Friends may call Bauer Funeral Home Valley City after Sunday noon.
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Ridge Tool Company
Frank Neumyer
Winckles Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Valley City
Holiday Amnesty Clears Italian Parliament
Rome Italy's Parliament approved a sweeping Christmas amnesty freeing about 25 000 petty criminals and short term political prisoners now behind bars.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Sleep needs vary by individual says doctors
Plenty of sleep is important for staying well but hours required differ per person. Do not sleep cheat yourself or waste energy solving problems the old fashioned way. Chronicle-Telegram Classified ads offer time and effort savings. Call 4751 for a helpful ad writer to sell or rent.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Pre-Christmas Sale at Birk Lines on 2nd Street
Local notice advertises a pre Christmas sale at Birk Lines on 2nd Street featuring wonderful values and bargains. The fragment notes a promotional newspaper listing from the ARCHlve.
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Birklines
Wonderful Values
2Nd St
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