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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1954
Page
5
Mary Sinclair, famed for dramatic TV roles, returns to television with a recurring role on an afternoon soap opera after a seven year movie contract. She plans stage work, studies ballet and music, and says this phase renews her craft while keeping her from stagnation.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland says Fourth District construction contracts for last year set a record that may stand for years. Major boosts came from the Ohio Turnpike and Pike County Atomic Energy projects, raising district totals to 3.1 billion dollars, about two thirds above 1952. Physical volume rose 30 to 50 percent over 1950 while employment fell to about 150,000 and wages rose around 6 percent.
An old style classified notice touts prosperity with a call to action to dial a number for ad services. It emphasizes money making through ads and hints at popularity of such classifieds.
Sears Roebuck chairman and CEO Gen Wood will retire April 26 ending a 30 year tenure. Theodore Houser named successor. Wood will stay as director and pension trustee and pursue hunting fishing and charity work. Born 1879 at Kansas City he built Sears to a 3 billion 1950s era business.
The Board of Tax Appeals upheld a tax commissioner ruling that St. Francis Hospital Association must pay 23,240.91 in back sales taxes and penalties for drugs. The hospital had argued drugs were part of personal services and tax exempt, but the board found drugs taxable and noted no separate accounting for drugs versus services. The hospital had increased drug markups to 500-800 percent to compete with Good Samaritan in Zanesville, while lumping drug charges with service charges to keep room costs lower.
The National Dog Welfare Guild a non profit organization comprising societies nationwide conducts a rabies control study. The group aims to identify effective methods for reducing rabies spread and improving public health through coordinated veterinary and community efforts.
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