Notable Men Voted by U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
The 34 honorees include Maynard Malcolm Miller a Seattle geologist and organizer of the Juneau Icefield Research Project. Frans Good Clement Tennessee Governor. Walter Horace Carter publisher and Pulitzer winner. Albert Schatz Fairbank professor who found Streptomycin. Dr Bernard J. Miller surgeon aiding artificial heart work. Billie Sol Estes Texas farmer and real estate operator. Douglas String fellow U.S. Representative for wartime espionage claims. Dr Lloyd T Konitz physician developing new respiration methods. Set Hiroshi Miyamura Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Carl T Row an Minneapolis journalist. Selection limited to men ages 3 to 36.
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U.S
N. C
Albert Schatz
Fairiawn
M. J
Bernard J. Miller
Laverock
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Texas
Douglas R. Stringfellow
Ogden
Utah
U. S
Lloyd Thomas Konitz
Rochelle
Set
Hiroshi Miyamura
Galun
N. M
Carl T. Rowan
Minneapolis
Central Press
American Says 15 Died Daily In Shanghai Prison
American businessman Arnold M. Kiehn, released after 34 months in Red China, alleged that during one winter as many as 15 inmates died daily at Shanghai Ward Road Prison. He said deaths occurred while he was imprisoned on firearms charges and declined to discuss mistreatment, focusing instead on those remaining.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Shanghai
Ward Road
Arnold M. Kiehn
Santa Barbara
Calif
Kiehn
Richard Applesgate
United Press
Macao
International News Service
Don Dixon
Ben Krasner
Applegate
Dixon
Krasner
Pei‘ping
Hiehn
Formosa
China
Steel Firms Expect 2nd Best Year
The 1953 year end saw the steel industry at its slowest activity week, yet Steel magazine forecasts 1954 as the second best year in history. A 5,000 executive poll cites optimism from rising population and continued defense need, with 112.3 million net tons produced in 1953 and a 124 billion dollar forecast for 1954. Capacity stands near 120 million net tons. auto demand and stock adjustments shape near-term orders as buyers draw down inventories built during shortages.
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Cleveland, O
Steel
Automotive
The
Trade Journal
iPrice
Army Hopes Americans Won't Make Hero Of GI Who Changed Mind
TOKYO AP A 22 year old Kermit Tex soldier Batchelor who once led Gagsco in prison camp fled to Tokyo for repatriation after renouncing communism. Army officials caution against hero worship amid publicity and plan Batchelor's press conference. He may return home after processing with 21 other Americans who rejected repatriation in Korea's DMZ.
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Army
Tokyo
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Korea
Batchelor
Tokyo Army Hospital
Gagsco
North Korea
Peiping
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan
Walter Kiernan reflects on the return to normal schedules after holidays and notes small, humorous details about people like Mr. Rubirosa and Doris Duke. The column wryly observes festive gift abundance and celebrity quirks, including Zsa Zsa Gabor with an eye patch.
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Mr. Rubirosa
Doris Duke
Fort Knox
December Decrease In Coal Output Is Slight
Washington D C December coal output eased slightly versus 1952. The National Coal Association estimated soft coal production for the week ended December 6 at 6 51 million net tons, with year to date output at 445 393 million tons against 461 145 million for the same period in 1952.
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Washington
The
National Coal Association Today
Jones Named New Board President At County Meeting
County Commissioner J. Powell Jones was elected president of the board at the annual reorganization to succeed Oscar G. Dunn who presided last year. Dunn moved the selection and norman Thompson seconded. The group then voted to reemploy all current personnel under board control and postponed salary adjustments to a later date.
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J. Powell Jones
Board of Commissioners
Jones
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
J. Norman Thompson
Christmas Tree Disposal Drive Urges Safe Burning
Fire Chief W N Bates warns drier trees pose greater fire risk and asks Elyria residents to surrender trees for the annual Twelfth Night burn on January 6 in the southwest city area. Collectors will gather trees from today through Wednesday. leave in front for easy pickup by city trucks.
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W. N. Bates
Elyria
Bates
Avon Police Chief Steps Down After 11 Years
Ernest Linden, Avon chief of police for eleven years, resigned at the recent council meeting to pursue a business venture. Robert Gilles of Stoney Ridge was appointed to replace him, approved by council and acting Mayor William Gates. Gilles has served as Avon deputy for the past twelve years.
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Avon
Ernest Linden
Linden
Robert Gilles
Stoney Ridge
William Gates
Gilles
Avons
Taft seeks second term on Ohio Supreme Court
Kingsley A Taft filed for re election to a second six year term on the Ohio Supreme Court. His Republican primary petitions include about 3400 signatures from 88 counties. Taft, 50, previously practiced law in Cleveland and served in the State House in 1933 34. He was elected U S Senator in 1946 for an unexpired two month term and served 41 months on active duty in World War I.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Kingsley A. Taft
High Court
High Bench
Taft
Cleveland
House of Representatives
U. S
Wallace Urges Continued Rigid Farm Supports
Washington reports Henry A. Wallace, former secretary of agriculture and vice president, says Republicans will likely maintain high price supports for basic crops if they adopt the Democratic farm program. He notes the 90 percent parity price may persist, risking abnormal grain stocks and market disruption. GOP legislators predict no relief from the present system, with tensions between Benson and Congress looming.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
GOP
Congress
Wallace
Roosevelt
U. S. News & World Report
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Alexander Wiley
Wis
House
Ezra T. Benson
Eisenhower
Benson
Columbus Man Seeks Democratic Nomination for Ohio Attorney General
Columbus attorney Paul F. Ward, 38, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Ohio Attorney General. Ward was nominated two years ago with no opposition and will again seek the party’s approval to oppose Republican incumbent C William O’Neill, who will run unopposed.
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Columbus
Paul F. Ward
Ohio
Ward
C William O’neill
Fugitives on FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list add eight names
FBI highlighting eight men as recent additions to its 10 Most Wanted list. Suspects include Peter Edward Kenzik with a knife history, Lloyd Reed Russell noted for a Michigan State Prison escape in 1953, and Nick Frederick J Tenuto who fled Holmehurst county prison in 1947 with Willie Sutton. Franklin J Wilson dodged a $30,000 bond in 1951 for armed robbery. Alex Richard Bryant alleged in an armed robbery case and escaped from Michigan State Prison in 1952. Henry R Mitchell hunted since 1948 for a Williston bank robbery of 10,353 dollars. Jamen Diggs described as part of a violent case involving his wife and two children.
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FBI
Peter Edward Kenzik
Lloyd Reed Russell
Michigan State Prison
Nick Frederick J. Tenuto
Willie Sutton
Holmehurst
Franklin J. Wilson
Alex Richard Bryant
Henry R. Mitchell
Williston
Fla
Jamen & Diggs
UN Builds Camps To Handle 22 000 Anti Red POWs
UN Command begins constructing two large camps to hold 22 000 anti Red prisoners near Panmunjom Korea. General Hull confirms the Jan 23 deadline for their release under the Korean armistice pact, rejecting any proposal altering the date. Thimayya cautions that if no accord on release is reached, alternative actions may be needed. The situation follows Nehru and Communist objections tied to the delayed political conference and custody reports.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
U. N
John E. Hull
K. S. Thimayva
Hull
Thimayvya
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Thimayya
Commission
U.N
Nehru
Thimay
More Maneuverable Atomic Subs Planned
The Navy backs a smaller atomic submarine about 1800 tons and 270 feet long to be highly maneuverable and affordable, around twenty million dollars, rather than a six thousand ton “super” sub. Proposals split over using atomic power for attack subs and larger missile craft.
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Washington
Glas
Sea
Wolf
PUC Promises Better Utility Service In 1954
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission pledges faster phone service and more gas for homes in 1954, with Ohio Bell facing an $8,000,000 rate increase and Cincinnati Bell also boosted. The agency orders exchanges converted to dial and expands gas furnace installations, while planning a $60 mile pipeline project and a trucking safety program. The Supreme Court ruled the commission may revoke a trucker’s operating rights for good cause, citing Dworkin Inc.’s overloads as a case.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell
Cincinnati
Bell
PUC
Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas System, Inc
Ohio
Columbia
District of Columbia
State Supreme Cent
Burns Fatal To Ohioan
Elbert C. Bond a 76 year old retired horticulturist died in Mercy hospital from burns after his clothing caught fire near a stove He lived in McCullough near Portsmouth Ohio on Sunday death reported by the Portmouth news desk
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Portsmouth
O. MS
Elbert C.bond
Mercy Hospital
Bond
McCullough
May Try To Block Pool For Peace
Washington officials fear Soviet moves to scuttle the atoms for peace plan by pressing for a preliminary ban on atomic weapon use. Dulles hopes for Moscow attitude at the Big Four talks with Molotov in Ber jan. Bohlen met Molotov New Year’s Eve to discuss getting started amid insistence on an unconditional ban. Officials say no ban as price for talks.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Berjan
West
Free World
Eisenhower
United Nations
Russia
Charles E. Bohlen
U.S
Molotov
Bohlen
Dulles
Seven Major Events For 1953 Listed By Schools Head
High spots during the past year were listed today by C. A. Gibbens county superintendent of schools. The seven events include openings and constructions in Darling Elementary Firelands Avon Lake districts and district consolidations. A bond issue for a new high school in the Midview district and additions to East Carlisle and Elyria Township elementary buildings were approved. The board hopes to boost next year with the Sheffield Lake bond issue at a January 12 election.
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C. A. Gibbens
Gibbens
Darling Elemetary School
Firelands High School
Erieview
Avon Lake
Jetiaview District
Eaton
East Carlisle
Grafton
Beiden
Midview
Elyria Township
County Board of Education
Sheffeld Lake District
Firelands School Program Topic For Four Meetings
Firelands Local School District will discuss its future education plan in four consecutive nightly sessions starting tonight at Henrietta school at 3 p.m. The meetings will cover use of four district schools including the new Firelands High School opening Septem ber 1. Other sessions list Brownhelm Can d en and Florence schools from Tuesday to Thursday at 3 p.m. Superintendent C A Gibbons notes proposals to use Henrietta for seventh and eighth grades and the remaining buildings for grades one through six.
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Firelands
Henrietta
Firelars High
Cat Climbs Chimney Like Santa at Oberlin Road Home
A soot-covered cat owned by Mr and Mrs Harlan Shepard of 2000 Oberlin road climbed onto the roof and descended the chimney early Saturday morning following Kris Kringle style rounds. After a thorough cleaning the pet appeared none the worse for the scare.
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Kris Kringle
Harlan Shepard
Oberlin Road
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