Elyria Fights Turnpike Route At Public Meeting
About 300 people attended a city arranged meeting at the high school to hear why Elyria seeks to reroute the Ohio Turnpike away from the city. Robert J. Shoup outlined legal steps, cost savings cited by officials, and the impact on taxes, population growth, and the master plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ohio Turnpike
Robert J. Shoup
Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Columbus
Shoup
Black River
City No. 1
Austria Holds Firm on Short Treaty and Independence
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab said Vienna will reject Soviet demands to scrap the abbreviated peace treaty drafted by Britain, France, and the United States. He stressed Austria’s goal remains complete independence and did not expect Russia’s notes to alter policy, though Moscow’s move to cover occupation costs offered cautious optimism.
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Bregenz
Austria
Julius Raab
Britain
France
United States
Russia
Agence France Presse
Raab
AFP
Bankers Approve Turnpike Completion Delay
Ohio Turnpike Commission says New York bankers approved a three month delay in opening the highway now set for Oct 1 1955. Lower bids due to full 1955 construction season prompted the bankers to sign off as bids on a 12 mile Lucas Fulton County section fell 5 percent below estimates.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
New York
Commission
Lucas
Fulton
James Shocknessy
Saunders and Sons Co
Pierce Construction Co
Toledo
Kentucky
Indiana
Iowa
J Clare George Is Taken Home
Clare George editor of The Chronicle-Telegram, seriously injured in an automobile crash at Valparaiso Indiana, is recuperating at his home 219 Denison Avenue after being discharged from Elyria Memorial Hospital. He sustained a skull fracture from the July 10 accident and spent a week at Porter Memorial Hospital in Valparaiso before transfer on July 17.
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Clare George
Chronicle-Telegram
Valparaiso
Ind
Denison Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Porter Memorial Hospital
Where To Turn Amherst Church News Suburban Calendar
Amherst suburban calendar items list events for churches hospitals markets theatres and society notes. Community notices include society transfers real estate ledgers and local club activities across Oberlin and Wellington areas.
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Amherst Church News
Oberlin
Suburban Calendar Theatres Tv-Reho
Wellington
Board Approves Allotment Plan For Hedgerow Park Drive
Planning commission and zoning board members yesterday approved an allotment plat by E Lovell Jr for Hedgerow Park Drive off Chestnut Ridge, listing 55 lots. The group also tabled a zoning change petition for Fourth Street alley from Middle Avenue to East Avenue from B-3 residential to B-1 commercial pending a conference with C W Mathews of Ladislas Segoe firm city planners.
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E Lovell, Jr
Hedgerow Park
Chestnut Ridge Road
Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Fourth Street
Middle Avenue
East Avenue
C. W. Mathews
Ladislas Segoe
City Planners
Reds Claim 12 Truce Violations
United Nations observers reported twelve Chinese Communist complaints of truce violations in the Korean DMZ. Major Gen Blackshear M. Bryan said alleged Allied flights over the 12 mile zone were being checked. The commission planned a Saturday meeting as inspections continued and Civil Police were discussed for buffer zone access.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Blackshear M. Bryan
U.N
Military Armistice Commission
Bryan
Reds
Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Chodo
North Korea
Neutral Nations Armistice Commission
North
South Korea
Cardinal Stepinac Illness Deemed Serious Yet Reach Lifespan Long
In Rome two American specialists report Cardinal Alois Stepinac’s blood disease is serious but curable with timely treatment. They arrived from Trieste after embassy car transport and warn the condition is not slight, though he could live many years with proper care.
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Rome
Italy
Alois Cardinal Stepinac
John Lawrence
John Ruzic
Trieste
U. S
Prof. Lawrence
Cardinal Stepinac
Krasiom
Four Moore Babies Reported in Pasadena
Pasadena reported four more Moore births today within a week. Mrs. Donald Moore welcomed a boy, Mrs. Harlan Moore a girl, and Mrs. Glenn Moore and Mrs. Richard Moore each had a girl, all in Pasadena.
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Pasadena
Calif
Donald Moore
A Bay
Harlan Moore
Glenn Moore
Richard Moore
Britain Sets Course On Korean Issue
Acting Prime Minister R A Butler warned Britain will act on Korea only within United Nations bounds and expects U S restraint. He stated Britain does not feel bound by a U S threat to walk out of the political conference on Korea, drawing cheers from government and opposition benches.
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Britain
London
Braitain
United Nations
United States
R. A. Butler
U. S
Korea
Senate Majority in Flux After Taft Death
In Washington the death of Sen. Robert A. Taft unsettles the capital as Republicans face a potential loss of Senate control. Wayne Morse signals support to keep GOP in power, while Gov. Lausche is expected to appoint a Democrat to succeed Taft. If Morse votes with Republicans the chamber may tilt 48 to 48 with Nixon casting the deciding vote.
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Lausche
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Congress
U. S. Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Wayne Morse
Ind-ore
Morse
GOP
Ohio
Richard L. Nixon
Taft
New York
Herman Welker
R-Ida
Welker
Truman Visits Air Guard Unit in Casper
Former President Harry S. Truman serves as honored guest for a review of the W31st Light Bombardment Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard in Casper. He then heads to Camp Ripley Minnesota for a night fire power exhibition of his World War I division the 35th. Truman arrived in Casper by plane from Kansas City and was met by a large crowd at the Casper American Legion Wall.
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Casper
Wye
Harry S. Truman
W31st
Missouri Air National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Truman
Kansas City
Prisoners Readied for 200 Mile Journey to Panmunjom
Peiping Radio announced the first group of American prisoners along with British and other non Korean captives were told to prepare for a 200 mile trip toward Panmunjom and freedom. The three named prisoners include Samuel S. Thomas, Robert Greason, and Elbert Campbell.
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Victor Kendrick
United Press
Panmunjom
Korea
Peiping Radio
Frst
Freedom
Red China
Iin
Samuel S. Thoemnas
Robert Greason
Elbert Campbell
Proktong
Creat Suwho
Thie Tmie
Kaesong Shortis
United Nations
U S Plane Shot Down By Reds Off Siberia
First Lt John E Roche survivor of a U S B 50 bomber shot down near the Soviet coast. He and 16 crewmates were aboard when the aircraft went down 40 miles off shore. Roche was rescued after 11 hours in water and life boat. search for others abandoned. General Weyland said no press access yet.
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Air Force
Washington, D. C
Amman
Far East
FEAF
P Weyland
Roche
Tokyo
Vladivestock
Weyland
U. S. Air Force
Washington
Oberlin essayist Mrs. A. G. Comings dies at 97
Mrs. A G Comings of Oberlin 97 lifelong resident died at Haulk Rest Home at 8 50 am Born March 27 1856 she was a 1877 Oberlin College graduate and longtime First Church member She and husband A G ran A G Comings and Son book store She leaves son Charles and daughter Harriet Bleck with grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral arrangements await at Cowling Sedgeman.
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Oberlin
A. G. Comings
Haulk
Elm Street
First Church
Oberlin Sororis
A. G
A. G. Comings and Son
West College Street
Comings
Conneaut
Royce
Washington State
Miss Emilie
Harriet Bleck
Okmulgee
Okla
Charles
Condition of County Treasurer Improves
Walter J. Wright Lorain County Treasurer has been in St Josephs Hospital Lorain for several days and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily and may be allowed to return home tonight or tomorrow morning
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Walter J. Wright
Lorain County
St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain
End Comes Quietly For Ohio Senator
Senator Robert A Taft died in New York hospital at age 63 after a battle with widespread malignant tumors cancer was cited as the cause of death Taft had been a leading Republican figure and his passing followed a long illness with his four sons and wife by his side
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New York
INS
Robert A. Taft
United States
New York Hospital
Taft
Washington
Horace
Mary Ann
Los Alamos
N.M
Ohio
Claude Forkner
Senator Taft
Forkner
Eisenhower
Howard McC. Snyder
Senate
Luther Tucker
Cincinnati
Britain Plans Second Atomic Bomb Explosion in Australia
Britain will conduct its second atomic test in Australia in October and seeks a free exchange of atomic information with the United States. Duncan Sandys told the House of Commons the plan amid notes that no American observers would attend without reciprocity. The first British nuclear detonation occurred last October with no U S observers.
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London
Britain
Australia
United States
Duncan Sandys
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Sandys
Alen
Committee Okays Increasing Debt Limit 15 Billion
The House Ways and Means Committee quickly approved President Eisenhower’s request to raise the national debt limit from 275 to 290 billion dollars by a 17 to 6 vote. Fourteen Republicans and three Democrats supported. five Democrats and one Republican opposed. Some members did not vote. The measure faces a Senate fight and swift House floor action was anticipated.
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Washington
House
Ways & Means Committee
Eisenhower
Noble J. Gregory
A. Sidney Camp
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
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Ont
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Ontario
Department of Transport
By Lyle C. Wilson
Air Guard
STOM
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Erb Radio
Stoney’s
Rainbow Lounge
Peiping
Alles
Acme
U.S
William Howard Taft II
Ireland
Robert Jr
Lloyd
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