City employees seek wage increases and police 40 hour week
Elyria city employees asked for pay raises not in the 1953 budget while police demand a 40 hour week. Council's grievance and finance committees will study finances and report in a month.
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Police
Elyria
Dale Kellogg
Lorain
Ohio
Medina
Ashtabula
al- Hance
Steubenville
Girard
Painesville
Lena Mae Davis
Police Department
Council
British Move To Avert National Bankruptcy
London reports Prime Minister Churchill's government unveils a drastic economy plan to avert bankruptcy. Chancellor R A Butler details sweeping import cuts including a 25 percent reduction in unrationed foods as Churchill warns of grave, far reaching measures. A Commonwealth prime ministers conference is planned for November to address economic and financial issues.
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London
Winston Churchill
R. A. Butler
Commons
Churchill
Churchil
Elyria Plans Off Street Parking Survey and Bonds
A survey to determine best off street parking locations for Elyria and the selection of sites and bond arrangements is to be completed by October. George Grady, city parking bonds agent, said a meeting with Mayor Henry W. Ault will occur within two weeks with Harry Matthews of Segoc and Associates to start Aug 15 and finish in two to three weeks. The Ohio Supreme Court ruling on financing clears the way for bonds retired from meter income, with no impact on the city indebtedness limit.
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Elyria
George Grady
Henry W. Ault
Grady
Harry Matthews
Segoc ‘and Associates
Matthews
Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus
Supreme Court
Reds Press North Korean Talks with Threats of War
Radio Pyongyang warned that American stubbornness could wreck the Korean truce negotiations and widen the war. The second-string truce team recessed talks after stalling on minor issues for 1 hour 40 minutes while the main talks paused until next Sunday. The Reds demanded repatriation of all 116000 prisoners, while the UN says 83000 would renounce communism and refuse repatriation. The broadcast blamed Maj Gen William K Harrison and accused the UN of plans to hand captured Reds to Seoul and Chiang Kai-shek.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Pyongyang
U.N
Joseph J. Borchert
Radio
Radio Pyongyang
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai- Shek
Parliament Backs Mossadegh and Seizes Predecessor Property
In Tehran 68 of 69 MPs vote confidence for Premier Mossadegh and approve confiscation of ousted Ahmed Quavam’s property. Debate includes attacks on U S policy and calls to expel American advisers. Rioting preceded Quavam’s resignation amid clashes with Nationalists. Reports claim a communist mob seized weapons, officials say nothing confirmed.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohamed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
National Front
U. S
Britain
Majlis
Ahmed Quavam
Quaram
Other Districts Accept Pupils From Rochester
Rochester pupils from a dissolved district will transfer to Wellington Exempted Village and Huron County districts. About 75 pupils will move effective July 31 with roughly half to Wellington and half to New London. Previously Lorain County ran a two room schoolhouse for Rochester students of the first six grades. Seventh, eighth and high school students attended classes in Wellington and Brighton.
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Rochester
Wellington
Huron County
C. A. Gibbons
Gibbons
New London
Lorain County Board of Education
Brighton
Star Party To Be Held Tonight By Local Society
Rain spoiled last night’s planned event but the Black River Astronomical Society will hold a public star party tonight at the southwest corner of Lakeview Park. Members with telescopes will help attendees view constellations and other seasonal celestial features.
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Black River Astronomical Society
Lakeview Park
Cleveland Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast
Weather outlook for Northeastern Ohio calls for fair skies this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Highs near 80 degrees this afternoon. Tonight will be cooler with a low around 0 degrees. Wednesday temperatures similar to today with light northwest winds off the lake. Barometer steady at 20.03 inches.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Argentine Crowds Remember Eva Peron in Rainy Lying in State
Huge crowds braved winter rain to file past Eva Peron’s body in the Labor Ministry in Buenos Aires. The state lie in place was extended as crowds waited, while four died and over 3,000 were treated for injuries or fainting. Congress declared July 26 a national day of mourning.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Bief
Eva Peron
Labor Ministry
Juan D. Peron
Mudbound Front in Korea Hit by Heavy Rain and Skirmishes
Rain-sodden front lines in Korea report U S 2nd Division infantrymen claiming 25 Chinese killed in a dawn clash on Old Baldy with about 30 enemy wounded. A UN outpost repelled a Communist platoon in a half hour firefight near an Allied barbed wire line. Navy planes struck several power plants and a magnesium plant in northeast Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. 2Nd Division
West Central
U. N
U. S. Navy
Princeton
Bon Homme Richard
Sea of Japan
East Germans Flock to West Berlin Amid Escape Wave
East Germans poured into West Berlin in unprecedented numbers seeking freedom from Red rule. Emergency quarters raced to complete to house refugees including youths avoiding labor service and men avoiding conscription. More than 1,000 lined up at dawn before the refuge center. a prior day drew a similar count.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Heer's Invite to Stevenson Bombs Columbus Campaign
Walter F. Heer, Columbus Democratic chairman, invited Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois to open his presidential campaign in Columbus. He noted Roosevelt started his 1932 drive here and called Ohio a pivotal state that could yield victory with a Stevenson visit.
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Columbus
Walter F. Heer
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Heer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ohio
Stevenson
Skywatchers Report Phantom Lights Over Northern Ohio
Cleveland observers recounting Operation Skywatch report floating lights over Northern Ohio last night. Three watchers at the Brunswick lookout post in Medina County described lights that changed color and dodged in and out of the clouds.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Brunswick Lookout
Medina County
State Patrol Ordered To Frontline At Cambria Plant
Ohio Highway Patrol was ordered to quell disorder at Cambria Clay Products Co. in Blackford Lawrence County after reports of a bombed house and ambush fire on nearby highways. Governor Lausche issued the request amid labor dispute tensions and rising violence near the plant.
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Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Cambria Clay Products Co
Blackford
Lawrence County
Republicans Work On State Platform
The resolutions committee of the Republican state party met in Columbus to draft a platform for fall elections. The 23-member group settled on a 189 word platform in 1950. The party pledges honest fair and sincere consideration of problems affecting the common good of the whole people. The completed platform will be presented to the full state organization for adoption Thursday.
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Columbus
Republican State Party
Republican Party
Workman Falls in Scaffold Accident At Toledo
Frank M. Johnson president of a Detroit cleaning firm is charged with attempted murder after an employee Nicholas Pontonio age 55 of Detroit fell 50 feet from a scaffold into a vat of diluted acid. Pontonio suffered a broken leg and back. Johnson turned over rope samples to the Toledo crime lab and called for a full investigation of the incident.
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Toledo
Frank M. Johnson
Detroit
Johnson
Toledo Crime Laboratory
Nicholas Pontonio
Pontonio
Cold Front Douses Northern States After Heat Wave
A northern front swept from the plains dropping temperatures from 102 to 68 in minutes. Strong winds up to 65 mph hit Cleveland as Louisville, Pittsburgh, Bowling Green and Chattanooga reported dramatic heat records and storm damage. Four workers injured by a toppled building amid trees, lines, and power outages.
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Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
Louisville
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Mercury
Bowling Green
Chattanooga
Tenn
Temporary Layoffs Hit Non-Defense Factories Amid Steel Strike
Pittsburgh reports show back-to-work gains at U S Steel and other Big Six firms, but allied industries face temporary layoffs as the 53 day steel strike unsettles supply. Government warnings urge prioritizing defense outputs while producers rush restocking efforts and wage agreements test local settlements.
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CIO
AFL
Terre Haute
Ind
Allis-Chalmers
Frank Riddle
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Co
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Chicago
Inland
Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Jones & Loughlin
Washington
Bethlehem Steel
Aluminum Company of America
Sharon Steel
Big Steel
New Shock Felt In California Cities
A rolling earthquake struck Southern California at 12 am PDT, causing a fire in Bakersfield and stronger shaking near the Bear Mountain Fault. Bakersfield and Tehachapi reported higher impact than Los Angeles, with Tehachapi noting 11 deaths earlier in the templor.
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California
Los Angeles
Calif
Bakersfield
Here
San Joaquin Valley
Bear Mountain
Tehachapi
Tolday
Egypts Find More Corruption Windows in Farouk Regime
An army spokesman said documentary evidence of Farouk era graft is accumulating with many royal household members implicated. Wafd party members, meeting under Mustapha El Nahas Pasha, signaled support for Gen Naguib Bey and the ouster of King Farouk in favor of his infant son Ahmed Fuad II. Parliament, now dissolved, may reconvene to form a regency as Aly Maher Pasha discussed with Adhel Salam Fahmy Goma Pasha.
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Cairo
Farouk
Fraouk
Wafd
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Mohammed Naguib Bey
Naguib
Nahas
Ahmed Faud II
Aly Maher Pasha
Adhel Salam Fahmy Goma Pasha
National Tube Employees May Waive Vacations This Summer
National Tube Co workers may waive summer vacations under a new agreement with the union Local 1104 led by Steve Caruso. Employees must decide this week at booths at Pearl and Grove avenues from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Waivers mean vacation pay will be issued August 8.
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National Tube Co
Steve Caruso
Steel Workers Union
Pearl and Gurove Avenue
Man Hospitalized After Accidental Gunshot Wound
Andrew S Check, 20, of 19892 Eldora avenue Rocky River, was treated at Berea hospital yesterday afternoon for a gunshot wound in his left leg. The injury occurred when his gun accidentally discharged while hunting crows near Boone road in Columbia Township. The incident was reported to the sheriff's department by the hospital.
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Andrew S. Check
Eldora Avenue
Rocky River
Bereaospital
Boone Road
Columbia Township
Sheriff's Department
Misspelled Warning Painted On Gates Street
Motorists in Gates New York pause at a large mis spell on a street near a school reading SHCOOL SLOW The sign draws drivers to slow down to read it The text promotes using the Want Ads and provides the number 4751 to place a quick acting inexpensive Chronicle Telegram Want Ad for prompt results
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Gates
N.Y
4751
Chronicle- Telegram
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