Boy Crafts Realistic Wooden Guns In Wealthy Hobby
Richard Hergina, a junior at Amherst High, has turned wood whittling into a thriving business making realistic wooden handguns and rifles. He crafts 12 to 15 gun models from wood, including pieces with metal-like cartridges and wooden bullets, from a shop near Whiskyville Route 58. He photographs antique handguns at the Smithsonian and stocks a room filled with carved Derringers, swords, and other wooden weapons.
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Richard Hergina
Route 58
Richard
Tha Fawnann Maarmianefidant
Young Hergina
Smithsonian Institute
Whiskyville
Oak Ridge Strikers Okay Plan
Oak Ridge Tennessee workers approve a plan to end the walkout by about 80 percent of attendees at a 1,200 turnout, under urging from union leaders. Paducah Kentucky strikers reject the plan with only 10 of 400 voting in favor, risking a federal injunction to resume work.
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Paducah, Ky
CIO
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Paducah
Oak Ridge
Elwood Swisher
Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union
Joseph Joy
Swisher
Joy
James P. Mitchell
Union
Labor Department
Washington
Eisenhower
AFL
EHS Registration For New Students To Be Conducted
Elyria High School will conduct registrations next week for new students and transfers not yet registered. Ninth graders already enrolled by deans before summer do not need registration. The office on Sixth Street is open Monday through Friday 8 30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Schedule changes should be requested after August 1.
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Elyria High School
Grange to Enter Float at LaGrange Carnival
LaGrange committee appointed to arrange a float for the LaGrange Carnival on August 6 and 7. At Thursday's Old Glory Grange meeting fall projects were discussed and a recess set until the first August meeting. Shirley Darby sang two solos and refreshments were provided by Mrs. Uehkin and committee.
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Lagrange
Shirley Darby
What’s That Name. Calgary Stampede Bar Theft Report
Calgary UP report states the U R Welcome Bar at the Calgary Stampede was robbed Friday as thieves targeted customers. Police are investigating and seeking leads on suspects amid the bustling event season.
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Calgary
Alta
Calgary Stampede
Police Probe Dozens Of Tips In Miami Girl Slaying
Officials investigating the kidnapping and murder of seven year old Judith Roberts say they are facing a stone wall as they pursue hundreds of tips. State's Attorney Brautigam and Detective Eldredge note two suspects remain in custody pending lab results on stains found on clothing. False alarms included unverified TV sightings. no solid clues emerged from those tips.
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Miami
Fla
MNS
Judith Roberts
George Brautigam
Chester Eldredge
Judith
James Roberts
Baltimore
State
Brautigam
Harry Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Eldredge
Economic Items Face Big Cuts In Foreign Aid Bill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman H Alexander Smith predicts cooperation aid items will bear the 238 million dollar slash in the foreign aid bill for the year starting July 1. The panel approved cuts totaling 109 million beyond the House version, aiming to use unspent funds. He says military aid will likely be spared.
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H. Alexander Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coopera
Smith
Eisenhower
Senate Committee
House
Walter F. George
Foreign Operations Administration
Harold E. Stassen
FDA
Farm
Frank A. Barrett
R-Wye
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Far East Campaign Issue Seen in 1954 Campaign Tone
Washington observers say the Far East policy debate will shape the 1954 campaign with both parties blaming past mistakes rather than current events. Sen. Mansfield accuses bluster while Sen. Ferguson defends GOP critiques of Nixon and Acheson. The dispute centers on China, United Nations withdrawal, and bipartisanship. The week clarifies positions and hints at a unified stance opposing Communist admission while avoiding U.N. withdrawal.
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Washington
America
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Mich
GOP
Truman
Asia
Richard M. Nixon
Ferguson
Nixon
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Ohioan Sworn In as U S Mint Director
William H iBrett of Alliance Ohio a kitchenware maker was sworn in Friday as a director of the U S Mint in Washington The appointment places a business leader with manufacturing ties at a key federal financial agency.
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Washington
William H. iBrett
Alliance
Ohio
U. S. Mint
Free China vows to fight UN seat for Peiping
Nationalist China’s UN delegate Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang vowed to fight to the bitter end the seating of the Peiping Communist regime in the United Nations. He warned that admitting Red China would wreck the UN and pave the way for Communist domination of Asia, and urged Britain and France to resist the move as the September assembly nears.
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INS
China
U. N
United Nations
Tingfu F. Tsiang
Free
Asia
Tsiang
Red China
U.N
Russia
India
Peiping
Britain
France
U. S
Moscow
Security Council
Thas
Andrei Vishinsky
Texas Housing Deal Under Senate Inquiry
New York builder David Moss is to testify at a Senate Banking committee session over a reported $500,000 windfall from a Texas Billy Mitchell Village project in San Antonio. Norman Winston, Moss partner, agrees to return from Europe to testify as investigators probe activities in Texas Ohio and New York. Winston called a key witness. Moss denies the profit claim and will return next week.
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Washington
David Moss
New York
Senate Banking Committee
Texas
Committee
Homer E. Capehart
Ind
Moss
Norman K. Winston
Europe
Capehart
Winston
Federal Housing Administration
London
U. S
San Antonio
Ohio
Leach
Cleveland Detroit Boat Service Approved in View of ICC
Marine news notes little opposition to Waterways Inc now Michigan Ohio Navigation Co seeking ICC certificate to run a Detroit to Cleveland boat service. Plan calls for a 520 foot converted sea-going C-four freighter with terminals at multiple sites aided by Cleveland officials and Detroit support. Objection from a rival car ferry operator centers on passenger focus. Great Lakes coal tonnage trails last year as weekly totals dip, season-to-date also down.
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Cleveland
Marine News
Lake Erie
Detroit
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waterways, Inc
Michigan-Ohio Navigation Co
Ohio
Thomas Burke
Michigan- Ohio
St. Lawrence Seaway
Michigan-Ohio
Frank C. McCarthy
Y Meonely MacCarthy P Co
Great Lakes Fere
Fruitgrowers Committee Plans Evening Tour
The Lorain County Fruitgrowers Committee will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Agricultural Extension Office to plan an evening tour of two or three prune trees. The tour will occur late in the month and emphasize cultural practices chemical thinning and disease and insect control observed.
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Lorain County Fruitcrowers Committee
Agricultural Extension Office
Charles Dodd
Officials Back Plea For Japan Red China Trade
Washington officials supported a proposal by Governors Thornton Fine and Shivers for limited trade between Japan and Red China to help Japan build its economy. They warned against strict lines that cut off all commerce but questioned Peiping’s ability to pay. They noted Japan has eased controls recently, with 4.5 million in exports to Red China and 29.7 million in imports from the mainland, and cited Eisenhower’s warning that denying trade could push Japan toward communism.
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Washington
Persmit
Japan
United States
China
Peiping
Eisenhower
Dan Thornton
Colorado
John Fine
Pennsylvania
Allan Shivers
Texas
Korea
Red China
Draft to Take 18 From County in August Call
Eighteen men in Lorain County are slated for induction in August under the month’s draft call issued by Ohio Selective Service headquarters. A state-wide total of 1,149 men will be called to duty, 39 more than those ordered for this month.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Selective Service Headquarters
Stricter Acreage Controls Forecast To Halt Surpluses
Washington agriculture officials warn the 1954 crop outlook requires the strictest acreage controls in history to prevent surpluses. The department forecasts the fourth largest farm output, with cotton and wheat following stern limits while corn largely ignores milder restrictions. Farmers divert more land to feed grains, setting up next year’s broad curbs to qualify for price supports. Plantings total about 353 million acres, near 1953 levels despite reduced allotments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Annexation Study On Lorain City Impacts Under Way
Lorain Chamber of Commerce is studying annexation effects on the city. Secretary Fred Kreutzfeld says the Ohio Chamber will assist with John Senn and S. Samuel McGavran analyzing the Clearview Vincent area and already annexed regions. A report is due in about two weeks.
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Lorain
Kreutzfeld
United Fruit Co Strike Settled in Honduras
United Fruit Co workers in northern Honduras began returning to work after a two month strike of about 3000 employees. Four leaders accused of Communist sympathies were arrested. The settlement announced Friday night involved no wage increase and fringe benefits.
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Tegucigalp . Honduras
United Fruit Co
Honduras
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