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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1953
Page
2
The Tokyo Clearing House reported that 33,508 checks bounced in the first 29 days of December, an average of 1,340 bad checks daily, marking a sharp rise in payments problems and signaling growing strain on merchants and consumers.
General Superintendent Lorain Works of United States Steel reports a record year with 12,000 workers posting major gains in production safety and quality. New annual records include open hearth 1 481 000 tons and seamless mills 847 000 tons. Two safety awards highlight reductions in accident frequency and severity. Civic activities and joint visits by United States Steel officials marked notable progress.
C Ely led Community Chest as president with L F Sattele and E F Kellerer heading key divisions while H N Hubbard chaired Red Cross and J L Opfer led YMCA membership. The year saw record giving with 95 percent plant employees contributing 49391 to the Chest and 85 percent to a 21677 Red Cross total. Dock operations hit a 1953 high with 4,529,000 gross tons of ore and limestone received, boosting inventories to record levels.
Bloemfontein poultry farmer A. M. Wessels chartered a plane for a 600 mile flight to deliver 5,000 day-old chicks in the longest such trip of its kind in South Africa.
Robert and John Carr of Whitby England aged 94 argue they are Britain’s oldest twins. The brothers say their longevity and shared birthday place them atop the nation’s aging twin list, seeking recognition and possible record status.
A Radcliffe baby named Deborah Kay arrived December 24 weighing nine pounds one ounce. The event followed the birth of Mark Andrew to another family. Holiday gatherings featured multiple visits as relatives from Elyria Cleve land and various Ohio towns celebrated Christmas with relatives and friends.
Several service men were home from their stations for Christmas. Dayton Todd arrived from Denver Colorado Neil Bauer who reports for overseas duty on January 9 came from Kansas Tom Mockler came from South Carolina and Richard Bechstein from Camp Breckinridge Kentucky Earl Hansen and Mrs Hansen came from Illinois Births Mr and Mrs Charles Coultrip are the parents of a son born December 22.
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