Elyria's First Baby of 1954 Nine-Pound Daughter Born at Memorial
Karen Sue Brown, Elyria Memorial Hospital's first baby of 1954, arrived at 7:22 am weighing nine pounds. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Brown she sparked a round of gifts from Read's Salyi Sun Rise Bigbee Wise and Hess Pharmacy along with celebratory prizes and dinners for the family. Peggy Louise, the Brown's 16 month old daughter, awaits at home.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Karen Sue Brown
Marion Brown
Agatha
Louisiana Avenue
Karen Sue
Read’s
Heinz
Salyi Meats Store
Sunrise Food Center
Bigbee’s
Wise Shoe Store
Berson’s
Hess Pharmacy
Chronicle-Telegram
Martin’s
Vincent Jewelry
Jack Knight
Peggy Louise
Mrs. Brown
Russians Back Malenkov Message to Americans Says Pravda
Paris papers weighed Malenkov’s New Year message. Pravda called Russian people supportive and Moscow’s diplomatic tone seen as more conciliatory than Stalin. UK papers noted cautious optimism yet doubts about fundamental shifts. Washington awaited concrete actions. In unrelated news, William G Redmond Jr., 24, of Greenville Pa., died when his car overturned on Route 5 north of Warren, Ohio.
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Paris-Presse
Washington
U.S
Malenkov
Paris L’aurore
Paris
Georgi Malenkov
Pravda
Communist Party
Sala
Moscow
London
Daily Telegraph
Stalin
Lenin
The
Manchester Guardian
Premeir
Guardian
France Soir
Paris-Normandy
Russia
Warren. O
William
G. Redmond Jr
Greenville
Itrol
Here
Withholding Tax On Dividends Proposed By Democrat
Washington (INS) A Democratic tax writer proposed that Congress authorize corporations to withhold taxes on stock dividends. Rep. Herman Eberharter said the idea should be taken up by the Ways and Means Committee in its tax revision work next month. The plan would tax dividends at up to 88 percent and aid low income stockholders while requiring information returns for enforcement.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Herman Eberharter
D-Pa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eberharter
Senate
Ways and Means
Ame Se
Russians On Spot Is U S Belief
Washington officials say they have put the Russians on the spot by accepting Berlin as the site and date for the Big Four foreign ministers conference. Moscow’s Jan 12 proposal is seen as a test of good faith, with delay risk and potential Western unity highlighted amid Cabinet concerns in France.
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Washington
Kremlin
Berlin
V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Russia
U.S
Germany
Allied Control Authority
Rene Coty
Ohio scholarships open for second semester applications
High school graduates may apply for Elementary Education scholarships offered by the State of Ohio. Students wishing to begin in the second semester should file applications by January 15 at the office of C. A. Gibbons, county superintendent of schools.
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State of
Ohio
C. A. Gibbons
Eight Columbus Firemen Hurt in New Year Blaze
A six story brick and wood building near Chestnut and High in Columbus burned New Year’s night, forcing evacuations at Reid Hotel. Firemen worked two hours to control flames, eight men injured, fire caused smoke and water damage to nearby Giant Hamburger Shop and other structures. Building owned by Leon Schottenstein.
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Columbus, C
Ohio
Walter Strickfaden
Chestnuet
High Streets
Strickladen
Reid Hotel
Columbus Chair Rental Co
Farm Bureau
Leon Schottenstein
Clothes-Thief Steals 3 Garments From Mrs Castaneda
GALVESTON Tex A clothes minded thief stole three garments including a coat a dress and a pair of shoes from the wardrobe of Mrs Fred Castaneda on New Year s Eve. The intruder left behind a worn out pair of shoes.
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Galveston
Tex
Fred Castaneda
Playmakers Plan First For New Hall Auditorium
Elyria group Playmakers will stage J. B. Priestley An Inspector Calls at the new Hall auditorium March 9 and 10 after opening at Eastern Heights School March 2 to 4. Richard Traeger directs, with a January 5 reading for actors and a call for four men and three women.
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Elyria
Little Theater Group
Oberlin
Hall
J. B. Priestley
Eastern Heights School
Richard Traeger
Germany
Elyria Boy Urges City Aid For Korea Rehabilitation
In a Christmas Eve letter from Korea Lt. Ray Brenner of Elyria asks Elyria to adopt "C" Battery 189th Field Artillery Battalion for a home-front rehab program. He explains the battalion helps rebuild schools churches and homes while providing medical aid and clothing. He asks residents to send clothing and necessities to his APO address for distribution to civilians in need.
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Korea
Ray Brenner
A. M. Brenner
Middle Avenue
Chronicle-Telegram
Brenner
Elyria Service
189Th Field Artillery Battalion
Eighth Army
Chronicle Telegram
Elyria
F. A
R. Z. Brenner
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Damage Avoided In New Year's First Fire Here
The first fire of 1954 in Elyria caused no damage. At 1:35 p.m. yesterday a fire from the fan motor of a suspended gas space heater prompted a response by Elyria fire units to the Elyria Truck and Implement Co. at 220 Oberlin road. The blaze was halted by cutting power at the entrance service box. Omer Laubenthal, president of the firm, based at 145 Berkley drive, was named in connection with the incident.
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Elyria
Engine Company 1
Quad Company
Metro
Elyria Truck and Implement Co
Oberlin Road
Omer Laubenthal
Berkley Drive
Hopes for plan to expand export market in agriculture
US Department of Agriculture backs Congress forging a plan to move government owned farm surpluses abroad and widen Americas agricultural exports. Assistant Secretary John H. Davis warns against dumping and favors continuing the currency exchange program with foreign markets. The Schoeppel bill proposes boosting exports to one billion dollars and shifts focus toward private trade, with Farm Bureau support for moving commodities through private channels before government buyups.
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Washington
Agriiculture Department
Congress
America
Secretary of Agriculture
John H. Davis
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Davis
International News Service
United States
Free World
U. S
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kan
Schoeppel
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
House
Walter Judd
R-Minn
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Thhe
Foreign Operations Administration
Democrats Plan Attacks On Cabinet Not Ike
Washington reports Senate Democrats will avoid personal attacks on President Eisenhower and focus their criticism on the Republican administration. They expect to target Cabinet chiefs like Interior Secretary Douglas McKay and Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson as public support for the administration wanes. The aggressive stance follows last year’s election gains and the Truman-era subsidy debates amid concerns over the economy.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Interior
Douglas McKay
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Meeting Set On Treatment Of Palsy Victims
A meeting of parents interested in work with children with cerebral palsy will be held Monday at 8 p.m. in the Marine Room at the Elks. The gathering aims to form a permanent countywide organization. A film provided by the Elks Lodge on treatment and care for 22 Elyria children will be shown. Temporary chairman is Don Kirkbride and temporary secretary Mrs. Ernest Watt. Attendees should enter the Marine Room via the back door off Temple court.
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Marine Room
the Elks
The
Elks Lodge
Elyria
Don Kirkbride
Ernest Watt
Temple Court
Serviceman Here For Holiday Visit
First Lt. and Mrs. Thomas B. Reid spent Christmas with Mrs. Reid’s parents at 346 Columbia Avenue before he leaves for a fourth tour abroad. They are stationed at Wright Patterson AFB Dayton. Lt. Reid will depart Monday for Germany, and Mrs. Reid will join him later this year. She has worked as a government cost accountant for the past three years.
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Thomas B.reid
Reids
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Reid
Germany
Tool Orders Down in November, Industry Slumps
The Nation al Machine Tool Builders Association reported that new orders for machine tools received by the industry slumped during November, the lowest point since the start of the Korean War in July 1950.
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Cleveland &S
National Machine Tool Builders Association
Economic Outlook Mixed As 1953 Pace Cools
Officials project continued stability and growth despite a recent cooling in activity. Weeks warns that good times lie ahead, while economists note a recession era from peak stretches but expect further gains. Commerce secretary reports first half 1953 grew too fast and second half slowed, with Fed data showing a decline from a July peak but still optimism for the year.
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Ltration
Jnhead
U. S
Commerce Secretary
Federal Reserve Board
Teacher Cleared In Action Filed By Pupil's Father
A Lorain Elementary teacher, John Pavie, was found not liable in a 10,000 lawsuit filed by Clifford Atkinson, father of 12 year old Lamont Atkinson. The jury of nine women and three men deliberated 15 minutes, acquitting the 25 year old teacher for injuries Lamont suffered when disciplined during a Lincoln school playground fight. The verdict followed a two day trial in which the judge instructed that teachers have parental authority in disciplining children and are not liable for injuries from reasonable disciplinary actions.
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Lorain
John Pavie
Lamont Atkinson
Clifford Atkinson
Lamont
Lincoln School
John D. Pincura
North-South Pike Extension Urged in Ohio
Columbus Ohio. Chairman James W Shacknessy of the Ohio Turnpike Commission urges a north south turnpike extension as work on the east west route progresses. Proposals include a line between Cincinnati and Conneaut and another from central Ohio to the Pennsylvania border south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The aim is to link southern and central Ohio with the Pennsylvania Turnpike without routing traffic to the far north. The year end statement notes hopes for complete engineering study to address all state turnpike needs.
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Columbus, O
James W. Shacknessy
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Cincinnati
Conneaut
Shocknessy
Toledo
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Man Dies in Cincinnati Tenement Fire Fatal blaze injures 11
A 24 year old Cincinnati man died after a tenement fire Friday. Eleven others were injured as residents leaped from windows to escape the flames. Edward Simmons Jr. is identified as the deceased. A 2 year old girl was carried to safety by a bystander during the chaos.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OG
INS
Edward Simmons Jr
Dorothy Owl
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