Congress Faces Tight 10 Day Window for Action
Washington reports Congress struggles to adjourn by July 31 as atomic bill debates drag on. Senate leaders Knowland and Johnson warn time is slipping while priority items including taxes housing foreign aid and social security await passage.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
GOP
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Homer Ferguson
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
House
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Sheffield Avon Protest Rail Crossing Plan
Sheffield and Avon villagers press for railroad crossing safety after two deaths and several accidents near Rt 254. Avon safety chairman Joseph Keller urges joint committee pressure on the railroad to remedy the site. Mayor Paul Poor directs review of a new fire station site at Routes 301 and 611, while police chief Fred Winter reports rubbish dumped near a small bridge on Route 301.
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Sheffield
New York Central
Joseph Keller
Avon
Sheffield Village
Paul Poor
Building and Lands Committee
Fred Winter
Rt. 301
Five Highway Men Must Relinquish Political Posts
Columbus reports five unpaid highway department employees must quit political posts or face dismissal. Personnel director Robert E. Wallace said four are Democratic committeemen in Toledo and one is a political candidate in Adams County. The action follows a review of 21 office holders listed by State Auditor James A. Rhodes, who alleges favoritism in state appointments.
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Columbus
Highway Department
Robert E. Wallace
Toledo
Adams County
Wallace
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Lausche
Civi
Crafts Work Featured Playgrounds Program
Elyria youths join a weekly summer crafts program directed by Mrs. Shirley Beers at ten city playgrounds. Over 1,000 children explore paper mache, wood and leather work, and jewelry making with plans for weaving, button crafts, and soap carving. The program aims to foster hand skills and creativity, potentially inspiring lifelong hobbies or careers.
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Elyria
Shirley Beers
iOberlin
Eagles District Picnic Set
The Fraternal Order of Eagles ninth district plans a Sunday picnic at Cedar Point with about 1500 attendees from Elyria Lorain Sandusky Norwalk Amherst Willard New London Huron and Wellington. A 2 to 5 pm dance at Cedar Point ballroom, 8 to 11 pm square dance in the coliseum, a moonlight Lake Erie cruise, games contests souvenirs free ice cream lemonade and child amusement tickets will be provided. Free bus transport departs Broad St club at 10:30 am.
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Order of the Eagles
Cedar Point
Elyria
Lorain
Sandusky
Norwalk
Amherst
Willard
New London
Huron
Wellington
Mel Young
Coliseum
Lake Erie
Robert D. Flynn
Elyria Area
Broad St
Eisenhower Nominates Schottland Social Security Chief
Charles I. Schottland California director of social welfare was nominated by President Eisenhower to succeed John W. Tramburg as social security commissioner.
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Washington III
Charles I. Schottland
California
Eisenhower
John W. Tramburg
Stolen 19Foot Chris Craft Recovered by Coast Guard
Coast Guardsmen at Lorain recovered a 19 foot Chris Craft Holiday Cruiser stolen Saturday from Vermilion after a passerby saw it wrecked on rocks near Lorain 31st Street bridge. The boat owned by Floyd Weigel Elyria was being sold to Bryan Kolleda Cleveland and was in transit when recovered. Minor bottom holes noted. no one injured.
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Coast
Coast Guard
Floyd Weigel
Elyria
Bryan Kolleda
Cleveland
Kolleda
Vermilion
Whch
Patrick McAlinney to debut at Edinburgh Festival
Patrick McAlinney will be the first Northern Ireland actor to appear at the Edinburgh Festival this fall. He will star in The Matchmaker with an otherwise American cast.
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Patrick McAlinney
Northern Ireland
Four Fined In Sheffield Court
Four cases heard before Mayor Paul Poor in Sheffield. Carmelo Velez of Lorain was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without a license. Angel L Archo, also of Lorain, received the same fine for the same offense. Dennis Dalton of Lorain faced 25 dollars and 9.20 costs for driving with out a license and reckless operation. His brother, a passenger, was fined 10 dollars and 9.20 costs for intoxication.
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Sheffield
Paul Poor
Carmelo Velez
East 30Th St
Lorain
Angel L. Archo
East 3Th St
Dennis Dalton
11Th St
Murder Suspect Identified By Three Witnesses
In Indianapolis three witnesses identify a hotel room photo of the suspect as Jack O'Shea, the man linked to the death of Dorothy Poore, 18, found in a dresser drawer in a sixth floor room. A taxi driver and two hotel workers named O'Shea from the files. Police issued a nationwide alarm as the suspect’s name remained withheld.
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Dorothy Poore
Indianapolis
Ind
Miss Poore
Clinton, Ind
Rouges Gallery
Jack O’shea
Ray Irvin
Ethel Fields
Jean Meredith
Belihop
Bruno Widmann
Clinton
Salvation Army Announces New Ely Pickup Schedule
Captain John T. Hansen announces a new weekly Salvation Army pickup schedule for Ely. Beginning July 22 the truck operates on Tuesdays and Thursdays. donors should call with their address for pickup on the next scheduled day.
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Salvation Army
Elyvia
John T. Hansen
Elyma
Salvation Army Qradel
West Broad Street
City Council Meeting Sees No Fireworks Despite Packed Chambers
The Lorain council session drew many expectant locals but turned calm as no fireworks exploded during the turnpike ordinance readings. Councilman John Hovis defended a plainspoken stance against being labeled rebel while Alex Moyes urged cheaper lighting for street lots and Mayor Keys proposed a charity softball game for Cascade Park pool funds.
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Ng Miller City
John Hovis
Chronicle-Telegram
Hovis
Alex S. Moyes
Bon Air Ave
Lodi
North St
Moyes
J. Grant Keys
Courcal
Lorain
Elyna
Cascade Park
Counciman
Max Polley
Doren
Coc
Eve
Heys
Permits Open for New Water Line Connections
County Santary Endineer Lester Osborne announced that residents along the Penheld High land sewer and water district lines on Toledo Oroszy and 38th Streets may obtain permits at the courthouse for water connections. Each connection will cost about 150 dollars.
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Lester Osborne
Toledo
Oroszy
38Th
Penheld-Highland
Elyria Gains From Turnpike Settlement Exceeding 135000
Elyria city officials released a three page statement detailing why the city gained more than the 135000 cash settlement in the July 7 1954 agreement with the Ohio Turnpike Commission. They outline eight principal benefits including storm water and sewer rights of way costs avoided and enhanced water and landscape arrangements.
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Elyria
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Warren Robinson
Robinson
Turnpike Commission
Common Pleas
Franklin
Lorain County
Poplar St
Gulf Rd
Akibe Rd
Elyna
Elyria High Graduate Named Star Night Beauty Princess
Elyria High School graduate Charlotte Cooke, 18, of 124 Charles Court, won Elyria’s beauty princess spot for Star Night July 25 at Municipal Stadium Cleveland. The contest drew over 35 entrants, judged by Mel Mercer of WEOL Paul Spind ler of The Chronicle Telegram and Albert Latzo.
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Charlotte Cooke
Charles Court
V.F.W
Miss Cooke
Elyria
Municipal Stadium
Cleveland
Elyria Post 1079
Albert Latzo
Mel Mercer
WEOL
Paul Spindler
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Latzo
Elyria High School
Oberlin College
Roberta France
Marseilles Ave
Earlenne Mraz
Williams St
Elsyma Cathodic Hich School
Ohio
Elsma
Hollenden
Food, Supplies Flown To Victims In Flooded Area
Coast guard helicopters delivered food and supplies to about 300 families in a four county flood zone in central West Virginia after a Nash flood dumped 12 feet of water into mountain valleys. Typhoid inoculations began amid fears of contaminated water in a community of 5,000. One man, 72 year old Thomas Martin, died of a heart attack as residents evacuated. Red Cross, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Maine and National Guard aided relief efforts as transport challenges limited rail access and town roads were swept, complicating food delivery.
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Richwood
W. Va
Coast Guard
West Virginia
James Barber
Fitchmond
Barber
Thomas Martin
Hone
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Maine
Natonal Guard
Cherry River
Nicholas
Ravion, Wooster and
Gilmer Counpier
Veteran Receives Holden Anniversary Watch at Lorain Works
Rennie Holden of Lorain was presented with a Holden anniversary watch for 50 years of service with the National Tube Co. Lorain Works. Superintendent Robert Urquhart gave the gift during an award luncheon at the plant. Holden worked in the Lorain lap and seamless mills from July 13, 1905 to May 31, 1940, retiring as seamless thread inspector. He plans to take it easy.
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Rennie Holden
Lorain
Holden
National Tube Co
Lorain Works
Robert Urquhart
Union Ballot Ends Wildcat Mine Walkout
In southwestern Pennsylvania the Nemacolin UMW local voted to end the wildcat walkout at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. mines after a 13 day shutdown sparked by a seniority dispute. Production is to resume today or by Thursday, with 15,000 miners affected across Greene Washington and Fayette counties as 22 mines were idled.
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Waynesburg
Pa. U
Wildcat
Pennsylvania
Nemacolin
United Mine Workers
John Yabionski
UMW
John L. Lewis
Nemacoln Dieters
Youngstoan Sheet & Tube Co
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Edison Ct
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Robert Corts
Bob
Council
Kkenneth Lord
Bane the Ravel
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West River Rd
Hilliard Rd
Wesley Ave
Hiliard Rd
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Wesley
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