Twin Tree Marks 1953 Holiday For Witherell Family
At 1504 Grafton road Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Witherell display a twin trunk Christmas tree trimmed in blue lights. The full tree, among this year’s finest, draws visitors who come to see the two peak ornaments and surrounding miniature village. Luvere, Lyle, and Kay, ages 16 14 and 10, enjoy the wonder it inspires and the family interest it sparks.
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Laverne Witherell
Grafton Road
Witherell
Luvere
Lyle
Kay
Man Freed From Reformatory Under Bond Here
Karl D. Sauer, 25, of 223 Huron Street, released from the Ohio State Reformatory yesterday, placed under $500 bond here for passing two rubber checks at Outlet Clothing store in March 1952. Detective Capt. Maurice C. Flood said Sauer, who finished an 18 month term in Mansfield for bad checks in Toledo, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. He passed two checks for 100 and 35 dollars without funds to back them and was arrested and convicted in Toledo before his release.
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Karl D. Sauer
Huron Street
Outlet Clothing
Ohio State Reformatory
Maurice C. Flood
Sauer
Mansfield Reformatory
Toledo
Flood
Farm Bureau Board To Meet On Tuesday
The Lorain County Farm Bureau executive board will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the organization’s machinery building near Oberlin. Agenda includes appointing standing committees planning the January 18 membership drive and a report on the American Farm Bureau annual meeting by Arnold Keller of Elyria Township.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau Executive Board
Oberlin
American Farm Bureau
Arnold Keller
Elyria Township
Man emerges from bottle in Vienna in Christmas hit
Walter Kiernan notes a sensational tale amid holiday bustle. A man reportedly lived in a bottle for a year to the astonishment of observers in Vienna. He offered no explanation for his unusual confinement or its purpose.
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Vienna
Honest Answer Leads To Injury Incident on Cleveland Street
Steve Salanci of 460 Cleveland street told police his nephew Edward Hayas of Parma struck him after Salanci called Hayas wife a liar. Salanci said he had boarded Hayas’ children and later spoke to Hayas’ wife about a clothing bill. Hayas was charged with assault and battery.
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Steve Salanci
Cleveland Street
Salanci
Edward Hayas
Parma
Hayas
Youth Pulled From Car Beaten Near L M Bar
Paul Kistner, 17, reported an unsolved attack by two unidentified men at 11 30 last night while parked on Lake Avenue near the L and M Bar. He was dragged from his car and beaten, then transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital with a laceration above the left eye.
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Sheriff's Department
Paul Kistner
Marseilles Avenue
Lake Avenue
Kistner
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Glen Terry
Middle Avenue
William Heyd
Rescued puppy to be Yule gift to children
Wimpy the mongrel puppy spent 10 days trapped in a 38-foot well shaft before Scoutmaster W. W. Burr and Wayne Gregory coaxed her out with a bread and milk lure. The rescued pup will become a Christmas present for Burr's children, while Gregory relinquished his claim amid a crowded rescue effort backed by the Cave City Humane Society.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Wimpy
Fire Department
Boy Scouts
W. W. Burr
Wayne Gregory
Norvelle Thacker
The
Cave City Humane Society
Nixon Urges End to Racial Discrimination worldwide
Vice President Richard Nixon urged Americans to end racial discrimination to make democracy’s message clear abroad and win Asia’s support against Communism. He cited President Eisenhower’s stance, warned of Red subversion, and noted two Asians’ contrasting experiences in the United States. Nixon spoke in a radio television address following his Far East tour, and postponed visiting his ill father in Phoenix.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Free Asia
Eissenhower
Nixon
Far East
Asia
United States
Soviet Union
China
New French President Coty Applauded Quietly in Paris
Paris crowds greeted newly elected French President Rene Coty with polite applause as he toured from Versailles to the Elysee with Premier Joseph Laniel. Coty, a largely unknown conservative backed by 477 of 871 votes, faced mixed reactions from a divided public and press. Eisenhower welcomed Coty and urged unity in Europe, noting support for a European defense core amid ongoing Franco-German tensions.
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Paris
Rene Coty
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Laniel
Coty
Versailles
Elysee Palace
L’aurore
France
Eisenhower
Senate
Ident Vi
Checker Expert Traces 6 Games Blindfolded in Elyria
William F. Ryan of Buffalo known as Mr. Checkers dazzled six boards blindfolded at the Elyria YMCA last night, drawing with three Ohio opponents and suffering a single loss due to a late mental lapse. The 46 year old, undefeated in about 60 recent games, prepared for a world championship rematch in Peoria and lauded Ohio as a top checkers hub alongside New York Illinois and Pennsylvania.
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Elyria Ymca
William F. Ryan
Buffalo
Mr. Checkers
Vincent DeLong
Elyria
Ryan
N. Y
L. A. Williams
Lakewood
Peoria
Til
Walter Hellman
Gary
Ind
DeLong
Ohio
Lorain County Checkers Club
Leo Levitt
Cleveland
United States
Lee Harless
Lorain
Arizona
Pete Ferraro
Fred S. Stinson
Walt Caslin
W. Lane
Harold J. Cass
Hope And Despair At Ellis Island Christmas Scene
Visitors from around the world gather on Ellis Island for a Christmas look at hope and hardship. An ex convict paroled from Sing Sing seeks another chance, while a Chinese girl, a Serbian, and a Romanian face stateless status and uncertain futures. Immigrants plead for entry as others dream of home, with Santa and toys far from reach.
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Ellis Island
N.Y
INS
Sing Sing
Manhattan
Europe
Hong Kong
Santa Claus
Romania
U.S
Hudson River
Freedom
Status of Liberty
Italy
America
Beria and Six Others Executed in Soviet Trial
London dispatch reports Lavrenti Beria and six accomplices shot after pleading guilty to treason. The executions followed a special supreme court session chaired by Marshal Ivan S. Konyev. Beria led a plot to overthrow the Communist government and restore a bourgeois regime, with Khrushchev rising in influence as Malenkov’s ally.
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London
Iis
Lavrenti P. Beria
Napoleon
Jmoved
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Kremlin
Khruvichev
Vyacheslav Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Beria
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Avon Chief To Order 2 New Oxygen Masks
Avon Fire Chief Harold Smith was instructed to order two oxygen masks for emergency use on fire calls and accidents after a demonstration by Carl Haag of Avon Lake at Avon's council meeting. Bernard Curtis was authorized to notify funeral directors churches and cemetery sextons that police will direct traffic at village funerals if notice is given.
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Avon
Harold Smith
Carl Haag
Avon Lake
Bernard Curtis
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Jenkins
T. W. Dunstan
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H. Peterson
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LaGrange
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Khrushcchev
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