Ohio Roads Program To Be Doubled In 1955
Ohio Highway Director Linzell outlines 1954 spending of 115 million dollars, a 50 percent rise from 1953, with plans to double the program in 1955. He notes 30 projects set for February 15 totaling about 6.7 million, 5200 parcels acquired for 16.5 million, and a federal ten year plan to fund highway expansion to 1965. He emphasizes limited access and four lane plans across major routes including Route 40, 30, 18, and connectors through central and eastern Ohio.
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Linzell
Ohio Highway Director
N.S
Columbus (I
Ohio Highway Department
Ohio
Naval Highway Users Conference
Highway Department
Sway Department
Toledo
Motorist Chases Plane That Makes Emergency Landing
A reported incident in ON South Carolina describes a light plane piloted by Joc Garrett making an emergency landing on a roadway near town Sunday night. The craft allegedly cruised close to Albert Werner's car, crumpling its rear. The motorist told police he glimpsed the plane through his rear window and could not outrun it.
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S.C
Joc Garrett
Albert Werner
Poll On Finances And Buying Plans To Be Taken Soon
Official poll takers will visit residents in 54 cities and rural areas over the next two months to ask about car purchases, housing plans, current finances, and future expectations. Interviewees are randomly selected, remain unnamed, and responses are kept confidential. Results will be published in the spring by the University of Michigan survey center for the Federal Reserve.
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Washington
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Federal Reserve
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Fittsburgh
San Francisco
St. Louis
Elyria’s Opera House to Rialto Theater Evolution
In late 1878 Elyria converted its Moor hall into an auditorium adding a stage and balcony. Elsie Ester opened the opera house January 2, 1879 with A Heroine in Rags. The venue hosted school exhibitions, local shows fundraising events, and performances by notable figures like Bob Fite and James J. Corbett. It later became the Rialto Theater, hosting movies, concerts, and civic events until its demolition for a parking lot era marked by shifting entertainments and transportation changes.
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James B. Thomas
Elyria Town Hall
Court S
Elsie Ester
Opera
Elyria
Rialto (Oop. Co
Second Street
Chapel Street
DeWolff Hopper
Elyma
Cleveland Symphonys
Cleveland Orchestra
Rialto
U.S. Marine Band
Suburban Calendar of Meetings and Events Tonight
Local groups in Amherst, New London, Ridgeville and LaGrange list tonight gatherings. church meetings, scout den activities, youth choir rehearsals, and a Grange Christmas party with gift exchange. Everett Goddard touts a humorous mousetrap discovery in Portland Maine as a light feature.
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B. Amherst
St. John’s
St. John's Church
S. Amherst
Altar and Rosary Society of Nativity
New London
Moose Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
New Lordan
RAM
P.m
Masonic Temple
Cub Scouts den
Alice Ruth Ward
NEW London — College
L. A. Crawford
Ridgeville — Grange
Grange Hall
Agnes Sprague
Rhea Miller
Ridgeville
Robert Schmittgen
Case Rd
Amherst — Women's Guild
St. John Church
Cub den
Judith Lawrence
Lagrange
Hazel Adams
Portland
Everett Goddard
Not Neutralists Says Nehru Tito State Visit
Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Yugoslav President Tito insist they are not neutralists or seeking a third force. They advocate non alignment and peaceful coexistence without expanding arms. Tito is in India on a state visit to discuss world peace and mutual understanding.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press State
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Nehru
Tito
Washington BS
Govia
Harrow
Cambridge
England
Ixory
Soviet Russia
Red China
New Wool Boost Program Aims for Jan One Start
Washington reports a new program to raise wool production begins January first. The plan includes federal payments to farmers if the average price received falls below six and a half cents a pound. Differences from past policies will be shared among growers based on sale proceeds and age.
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de Tito
Tita
Nehru
Russia
Eisenhower Greeting Changes On Phone Call
White House writer reports that President Eisenhower answered a wartime call from Augusta Georgia and joked about rumors. He discusses a Thomas E Stephens portrait of his grandchildren, plans to hang it in Gettysburg when ready this spring. Also mentions meals at Augusta National Golf Club and Christmas visitors Fred Waring and wife.
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Merriman Smith
Eisen United Press
White House
Howers
Augusta
Dackstairs
Eisenhower
Thomasville
Tre
Gettysburg
Augusta National Golf Club
Club J
Fred Waring
Waring
America
Question Adds Pregnancy Query in Unemployment Benefits
Washington DC officials announce a January first rule to ask applying women if they are pregnant for unemployment benefits. The law bars payments six weeks before and after childbirth, and officials say the question is needed to enforce eligibility. They note that older women past middle age may not be required to answer.
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Washington
Columbia
Farm Leaders Predict Course Of Next Congress
In Washington three farm leaders weigh in on agricultural legislation. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson expects a balanced constructive program and hopes it stays intact. Senator Spessard Holland foresees assistance with little disruption for two to three years. Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation predicts no major changes next year.
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Washington
Mth Congress
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Rd Congress
Spessard Holland
Fla
Congress
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
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