Reds Charge POW Hijack Plot Congressman Declines To Seek Reelection
Congressman Alvin F. Weichel of Ohio announced by phone from Sandusky that he will not seek reelection. After six terms, he cited health considerations and his plan to return to his law practice. District leaders in Lorain Erie Sandusky and Huron reacted, noting several potential Republican candidates are weighing runs.
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Alvin F. Weichel
Sandusky
Weichel
Weicher
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Fremont
Harold Covault
Lorain County
Congress
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
House
Ohio
Ohio man dies in suffocation gas stove incident
Dayton reports a gas stove without ventilation caused oxygen depletion in a three room bungalow killing William McDonald, 40, of Springfield. Four part time roofing workers were overcome and expected to recover Thursday.
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Dayton, O
William McDonald
Springfield
Kansas Chooses Charles Mather as Jayhawk Coach
Lawrence Kansas The University of Kansas named Charles Chuck Mather former Massillon Ohio High School coach as head Jayhawk football coach today.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Charles Chuck Mather
Massillon
Ohio
Jayhawk
Northeastern Ohio Weather Outlook Cloudy and Warmer
Cloudy and a little warmer with a high near 40. Occasional light drizzle and a mix of freezing rain early, then cloudy with showers. Mild tonight and tomorrow steady, low around 3. Moonrise at 1 50 Friday and 4 47 a m Saturday.
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Ohio
Little Joe's K Sells Free I Year Service
Local ad offers one year of free service from Little Joe's K at 299 Lodi. Contact phone number 2137 for details and eligibility.
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Little Joe's
Lodi
Voice of America Needs More Money, Says Head
Washington reports the overseas information program led by Theodore Streibert, now independent as part of US Information Agency, must get more funding. He told a Senate subcommittee the system is spread thin in Latin America and other vital areas due to budget limits. McCarthy's subcommittee plans to question progress in February.
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Washington
Overseas Information Program
Voice of America
Theodore Streibert
U.S. Information Agency
Senate Foreign Relations
Latin America
Joseph R. McCarthy
Streibert
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Congress
State Department
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Republican
Double House on Clark Street Damaged by Fire
A fire struck the downstairs portion of a double house at 816 Clark Street occupied by Robert Carver. Discovered shortly after noon, the blaze originated in a living room area, burned through the floor, and caused smoke and water damage. Chris Nelson called the Elyria Fire Department. the Carver family was away. A Saturday birthday party for six year old Jimmy was interrupted.
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Robert Carver
Clark Street
Davenport
Elyria
Chris Nelson
Carver
Jimmy
Woman Walks Out On Judge In Contempt Case
Waukesha Wisconsin police seek 52 year old Charlotte Johnson after she fled the courtroom as Judge William Gramling began to fine her for contempt for refusing to clean up her yard. He aimed to sentence her to jail and still expects to deliver the last word.
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Waukesha
Wis
William Gramling
Gramling
Charlotte Johnson
Ito
Aluminum Storm Door Offer From ALSCO Door Co
Advertisement notes ALSCO Aluminum storm doors with installation at 49.50 dollars. Contact Gene for details and installation.
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ALSCO
Ph. Gene —Ady
Lausche Refuses To Intervene To Save Mrs Dean
Governor Lausche declines to halt the electric chair execution of Davie Blanche Dean, a 55 year old poison murderess, after days of case review and consultations with aides and officials. He notes seven judges and the clemency secretary all affirmed her guilt. The execution proceeds as Ohio’s second female in the chair.
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Columbus
O Lausche
Davie Blanche Dean
Harry Britton
Common Pleas Court
Clerilmont County
Ohio Penitentiary
Anna Marie Hahnlof
Cincinnati
Lausche
Ray M. White
White
Henry J. Robison
Margaret Mahoney
Commerce
W. Harper Anthree
Theiat
John W. Keefe
Ohio Supremeretary
Derhighway
Joseph
Scanlon
Hahn
Public Meeting On Elyria Bus Problem Planned
Mayor J Grant Keys announced a public meeting at City Hall to air the Elyria Transit Co crisis. The 8 p m session will invite more than a hundred leaders from Labor, PTA groups, merchants, industry, citizens, service clubs and veterans to discuss possible city transportation subsidies and future steps.
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J. Grant Keys
Elyria Transit Co
Ccivic
Keys
City Hall
Elyria
Elyria Transit
State Attorney General’s Department
Says Girl Threw Self Down Stairs
In a Cleveland man slaughter trial Mary and Matthew Barger face cross examination as Mrs. Barger testifies that her six year old niece Celia died August 19 from bruises after alleged self harm and accidents. Prosecutors say torture by the Bargers caused death while they cared for the child. the defense blames injuries on personal safety incidents.
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Cleveland
Mary
Matthew Barger
Barger
Parma
Celia
Thhe Bargers
Air Force
Bargers
Hitches To Hong Kong World Traveler Reaches Hong Kong
Tim Nolte a 20 year old from Duesseldorf Germany has hitchhiked around the world and arrived in Hong Kong after nine months on the road. He traversed Yugoslavia the Middle East and India and plans to continue to Japan as his next destination.
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Hong Kong
Tim Nolte
Duesseldorf
Germany
Deusseldorf
Yugoslavia
Middle East
India
Japan
Lincoln Niece Minnie Smith Johnston Dies at 97
Mrs. Minnie Smith Johnston, last surviving Lincoln niece and Mary Todd Lincoln’s niece by marriage, died at 97 in Springfield Illinois. Born April 28 1856 she had lived in a nursing home the past year.
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Minnie Smith Johnston
Mary ‘Todd
Lincoln
Johnson
Midnite Sons Event At Post No 32 Prompted Saturday Listing
A fragment notes the Midnite Sons at Post No 32 with a Saturday listing in January. The readable text hints at a local event or gathering time but provides limited details about place or purpose.
Nine Elyrians Inducted Into Army On January 12 1954
The Elyria Draft Board No. 72 lists nine men inducted into the Army on January 12, 1954. Names include William James Coniam Walter Goitschling William Knechtges Donald Lamvermeyer Gerald Overy John Spooner Oona Wilfong Welton White and James Yonker with addresses in Oberlin Elyria Grafton Amherst and Elyria. A correction notes seven draftees will be inducted February 2, not February 7.
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Elyria
Chamberlain Road
Grafton
John Frank Spooner
R. D
Columbia Station
Oona Arden Wilfong
Bath Street
Welton Curtis White Jr
Olive Street
Elvira
James Phillip Yonker
Amherst
See More Variety In Weather
Ohio faces varied weather as a cold front moves in from the northwest. Rains froze into ice on roads while salt and sand trucks operated at bridges. Temperatures ranged from the upper 30s to low 40s with a forecast high near 40 and a subfreezing 18 for Saturday night. Ohio schools shut in Marietta and Washington County after four inches of snow.
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Ohio
Columbus
Chillicothe
Circleville
Delaware
Dayton
Akron
Cleveland
Marietta
Washington County
Six Hurt In Darrow Road Crash Near Route 60
Six persons were taken to St Joseph's Hospital at Lorain after a two car collision on Darrow road about five and a half miles west of Route 60 at 8 p m yesterday. The eastbound driver Richard Hauff had headlights out and collided nearly head on with the westbound Strickler vehicle. Injuries ranged from facial lacerations to possible head injuries and broken bones.
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St Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Darrow Road
Clyde V. Strickler
Huron
Betty
Richard Hauff
Frederick
Vermilion
David Shimmer
Timothy Shimmer
Stanley Road
Frederick Hauff
Richard
Denies U S Plans To Recognize Red China
Washington report notes Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Wiley of Wisconsin rejected claims by colleagues that the United States intends to grant diplomatic recognition to Red China. The dispute followed criticisms of the State Department and Arthur Dean, the Panmunjom envoy. Senator Welker accused Dean of aiming to reverse U S nonrecognition policy, while Wiley denied any new policy. The item references Senators Flanders and Welker and Secretary Dulles in the debate.
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Ridgway
Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Robert T. Stevens
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Senate
Alexander Wiley
Wis
U. S
China
Ralph E. Flanders
State Department
Herman Welker
Arthur Dean
Panmunjom
Flanders
John Foster Dulles
Wiley
Dulles
Welker
Dean
America
Elyria Tops Ohio Cities in Traffic Safety Record
Elyria led Ohio cities in the 3,000 to 50,000 population bracket for 1953 with an 18 month total absence of traffic fatalities, the unofficial survey shows. Only Alliance and Cuyahoga Falls have had longer no fatality spans, and Elyria joined Newark Parma and Marion as the only cities in the group to record no traffic deaths in 1933.
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Elyria
Ohio
Alliance
Cuyahoga Falls
Newark
Parma
Marion
Warren
Zanesville
Barberton
Mansfield
Shaker Heights
Massillon
Norwood
East Cleveland
Middletown
Vanesville
Trafffic
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
National Safety Council
Public Information and Safety Organization
Department
Aiance
Cess
Steubenville
Si ‘Warren
Asteeesee
Threat to Korean Armistice Jeopardized by Red Chinese Warning
The communists warned on a Peiping radio broadcast they cannot guarantee full execution of the Korean armistice because of a U S plot to hijack unrepatriated prisoners. UN commander Hull plans to tell Indian custodial chiefs the allies will accept 22 500 anti Red prisoners on Jan 20 while seeking to restore civilian status for POWs.
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Hull
Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Formosa
Iedge
Korea
Tokyo
Radio
Peiping
John E. Hull
K. S. Thimayya
United Nations
Red China
India
Red Army
U. S
U.S
Panmunjom
Take Home Pay Last Summer At Record Rate
Washington reports Americans earned a record take home pay in last summer's third quarter with disposable income at an annual rate of 1.56 trillion dollars and personal savings at five percent of disposable income. November income eased slightly due to reduced manufacturing work, though gains appeared for farmers, small business, and professionals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
Churchill Retire Feels Stoked In Political Circles
The Recorder in London reports a belief in high political circles that Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill may retire this year. Ad notes address change for Jim Resar at 552 Lodi Street.
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London
the Recorder
Winston Churchill
Jim Resar
Lodi
Fortney Nominated for Elections Board Term in Loram County
The Loram County Democratic Executive Committee met at the County Board of Elections office and recommended Dr. R. J. Fortney for his first full term on the election board, currently serving the unexpired term of the late James B. Seward. The committee also urged Judge George Steinemann to run for Congress, and indicated Edward DeChant will seek a State Legislature seat, per committee chair Joseph Ashely.
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Loram County
Democratic Executive Committee
County Board of Elections
R. J. Fortney
Election Board
Dr. Fortney
James B. Seward
George Steinemann
Sandusky
Congress
Joseph Ashelyi
Edward DeChant
West Berlin Eyes Big Four Conference Stamp Plan
West Berlin officials prepare for the Big Four foreign ministers meeting and plan to issue a stamp showing the Allied Control Authority building as the proposed site. The step awaiting actual ministers is for them to convene in the depicted building.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Allied Control Authority
West
Auto Driver Killed in Cambridge Collision
Cpl Victor Richard Roglich 2% of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania was killed Thursday in a collision between his car and a truck on U S Route 40 near Cambridge Ohio The notice also mentions reserving tickets for Careys Clam Bake on January 27 and invites in person ticket calls.
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Cambridge Ms
Victor Richard Roglich
Wilkes Barre
U.S. Rt. 40
Cambridge
Carey
Midnight Is Deadline For Many Taxpayers
Washington authorities note about seven million taxpayers who pay quarterly taxes must complete final payments on last year’s income and adjust any underpaid estimates. It is also the deadline to file missing estimates or declare if required.
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Washington
How to Reduce Dishwashing Efforts in Home Cooking
You can cut dishware by using stove to table ware and serving from the same utensils used for cooking. Chronicle Telegram ads suggest fewer items to wash and faster profits through Want Ads with ad writers ready to help. Call 4751 for Want Ad assistance.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Fortney
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