City Eyes Electrification Plan For Elyria Waterworks
An engineering firm Havens and Emerson will draft plans for electrifying Elyria Waterworks pumping station with a contract likely signed Friday. Fees range 3.9 to 5.85 percent of project cost, with $250 000 to $500 000 bracket at 4.55 percent. The firm may supervise construction if needed. funding already sits at $288 000 with a $100 000 surplus added in 1951. The station uses three steam pumps handling up to 16 million gallons daily.
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Elyria
Havens and Emerson
Safety Service
D. W. Kothe
Havens and Emerson Company
Waerworks
Taft Eisenhower Battle Is Close In South Dakota
In Pierre South Dakota Taft and Eisenhower battled to a razor edge with Taft holding a slim lead as counting halted at night only 200 of 1953 precincts heard. Kefauver led the Democratic race with 19 781 to 10 301 for Humphrey unpledged slate. A new Elyria Memorial Hospital pathologist is Dr. Robert Gilmor Thomas from Youngstown.
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Taft
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Dakota
Eisenhower
Ohio
Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Robert Gilmor Thomas
Youngstown
College of Wooster
Western Reserve University
Thomas
Bernhard Chomet
Chicago
Steel labor talks eyed as Maybank pushes emergency wage plan
Senator Maybank proposes a national emergency wage and price board to settle the steel dispute and allow government seizure if terms fail. President Truman plans a new bargaining session with industry and labor leaders, with John R. Steelman recalling six major CIO Steelworkers and top steel company heads to Washington for 11 am talks.
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Washington
Burnet R. Maybank
Truman
Maybank
D-S.c
Farmer
John R. Steelman
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Steelman
Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steel
New York
Steel Man
CIO Steelworkers Union
Steelworkers Union
Murray
White House
Benjamin Fairless
Benjamin Moreell
Jones & Laughlin ‘Steel Corp
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corp
A. B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel
Clarence Randall
Inland Steel Co
Irving Perimeter
Perimeter
350 At Appreciation Dinner for Firelands Area Council Leaders
A 350 member delegation of Lorain Erie and Huron county adult Boy Scout leaders will gather in Elyria for the 31st annual appreciation dinner of the Firelands Area Council. Principal speaker Robert W. Billington will address the event at 7 p.m. in the American Legion Home.
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Lorain
Erie
Huron
Elyria
Firelands Area Council
American Legion
Post LV
Robert W. Billington
Cincinnati
Vincent S. Hart
Oberlin
Firelands Council
Tri-County
John Pincura, Jr
Lorain County Court of Common Pleas
Northeast District
Lake Avenue Congregational Church
Paul Hardy
Southeast District
Northeastern Ohio Weather Outlook Slowly Warms After Cool Spell
Forecast calls for fair tonight and Thursday fore noon, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temperatures drop to about 47 tonight and edge up later, with a warmer trend by Thursday. Also notes extra snapdragon plants and a 25 cent per dozen price on gut.
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Ohio
Woman Held In Stabbing Of Husband
A 35 year old Colley road resident was jailed on an investigation charge after a near fatal stabbing of her husband, 49 year old George Oppman, at their home. Deputies said the husband, wounded in the chest, was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital in fair condition. The woman, described as a serious alcoholic in untreated danger, was intoxicated and unable to provide a statement. Their 15 year old son Joseph witnessed only that his parents fought.
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Anna Marie Oppman
Colley Road
R. D
Grafton
George Oppman
John Gannon
Oppman
John Wi
Eisenhower Returns to Abilene for Campaign Speech
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower travels to Abilene Kansas for his first 1952 campaign speech. Boosters predict a large crowd and a talk on foreign and domestic issues as his formal political entry begins. Government officials and boosters tout his cross party appeal ahead of November’s election.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pentagon
Defense Robert Lovett
Eisenhower
Abilene Kan
Abilene
Kan
Kansas
Washington
Town House
Kansas City
Edward F. Arn
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Harry Darby
U. S
Arnand Thornton
YWCA Trustees Elect Officers and Board Members
Jack Hannaford was re-elected to the YWCA board of trustees at the annual meeting held last night. Dorothy E. Bunting filled the vacancy from Mrs. Leo R. Meyer’s death and was elected treasurer. Officers re-elected: Howard Gollmar as chairman, R. W. Vandemark as vice chairman, and Mrs. I. L. Shephard as secretary.
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Jack Hannaford
Y.W.C.A
Y.W
Dorothy E. Bunting
Leo R. Meyer
Howard Gollmar
R. W. Vandemark
Reds Ask For Accounting Of 986 Allied Soldiers
PANMUNJOM Korea Allied truce negotiators demanded immediate accounting of nearly 1 000 United Nations troops captured by the Communists but not listed as prisoners The note from Maj Gen William K Harrison to Gen Nam II included 91 additional names bringing unaccounted prisoners to 986 The UN planned to withhold the 91 names to avoid false hope for families Nam II repeated charges of mistreatment and rejected returning only 70 000 prisoners from 169 000 held by the UN The note and broadcasts and letters provided the alleged names
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
William K. Harrison
Nam II
Harrison
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Red
Nam
Kose Island
Amherst Man Is Rescued From Sandusky Bay
A 63 year old Amherst man Peter Schuller was rescued from Sandusky Bay by State Highway Patrolman R J Falls and Cpl G C Reichert near Sandusky. He apparently fell in water while trying to start his boat motor about a quarter mile west of Sandusky. His grandson Albert Schuller Jr. reported he was fishing yesterday but unaware of the accident. Schuller is retired from the Lake Terminal of the National Tube Co Lorain and resides at 515 East Avenue Amherst. He has three children Albert Jr Mrs Peter Schandersky Lorain and Mrs Bob Lawhead Oberlin.
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Amherst
Peter Schuller
Sandusky Bay
R. J. Falls
Cpl
G. C. Reichert
Baylbridge Station
Schuller
Sandusky
Albert Schuller, Jr
Jackson Street
Chronicle-Telegram
Baybridge
National Tube Co
Lorain
East Avenue
Albert Jr
Peter Schandersky
Bob Lawhead
Oberlin
19 Young Men Take Preinduction Physical Exams
Preinduction physical examinations to determine fitness for military service were given to 19 young men of the Elyria draft area in Cleveland today. The group was led by Thomas Keller of Elyria, with a transfer registrant from another local board accompanying them.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Thomas Keller
Chestnut Ridge Road
Yanks Remove Reds Flags on KOJE Island
American troops storm three POW compounds on KOJE Island wiping out Communist symbols. They freed 17 anti Communist detainees, arrested 75 Red leaders including five commissars, and seized banners without a shot fired. Brig Gen Haydon L Bull Boamer led the operation with gas masks and bayonets, following Bosner’s ultimatum.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon L. Bull Boamer
Boatner
Col
William T. Kernan
San Antonio
Tex
Boamer
Summer Traffic Toll Rises With May Increase
May traffic accidents in Elyria rose to 82 with 11 injuries while year to date totals reach 385 with 3 deaths and 68 injuries. The May 1951 figure stood at 62 accidents with 11 injuries as summer traffic looms.
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Tate
James E. Boggs
Police Traffic Division
Elyria
Fairgrounds Levy To Go On Ballot in Wellington
Lorain County Agricultural Society asked for a two year 0.7 mill levy to fund Wellington fairground improvements. County commissioners approved placing the measure on the next fall ballot to raise about 720000 dollars.
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Fairgrounds
Wellington
Lorain County Agricultural Society
Cornerstone Of New Citadel To Be Placed Sunday
Cornerstone laying ceremony for the Salvation Army Citadel on West Broad Street is set for Sunday June 8 at 3 00 p m Captain Burton Johnson directs the local Army work Colonel Edward Carey Cleveland divisional commander will preside Special music by the Cleveland Temple Band under Bandmaster Tolhurst Representatives of nearby corps civic and fraternal groups will attend Invitations have been sent to city churches and to civic organizations All residents are welcome to attend
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Salvation Army
West Broad Street
Burton Johnson
Edward Carey
Cleveland
Cleveland Temple Band
Tolhurst
Rural Electric Customers To Get Rate Cut
Lorain county rural electric customers and other rural O P S areas will see a rate reduction under Ohio Edison Co projected schedules. The change aims at an annual saving of about 300000 for those rural customers, while the company overall would incur an 860000 increase. Affected areas exclude cities and villages with fixed rates by ordinance or contract.
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Lorain County
Ohio Public Service Co
Ohio Edison Co
O.P.5
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Edison
O.P.S
James Christie
P.U.C.O
Columbus
Christie
Russians Show Signs Of Backdown In Berlin
Berlin report says Soviet border guards allowed an Allied patrol on the West Berlin road for the first time in nine days while other patrols were turned back. East German closures still limit access as talks with Britain surface over further concessions. Authorities note mixed moves by Soviet and East German authorities amid protests by the U.S. and Britain.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Berlin-West Germany
Western
Germany
Lastern Berlin
East Germany
Nice
Resar Fiorist
Adv.j
A. Dengin
Soviet Control Commission
C. F. C. Coleman
Where To Turn Amherst Calendar Offers Local Events
A compact Amherst calendar lists upcoming events across town including Elyria Comics Death Records Editorials Grafton Page Hospital Notes and Wellington markets with notes on Oberlin radio TV and sports venues.
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Amherst
Elyria
Death Records
Grafton Page
Hospital Notes
Oberlin Radio-Tv Society
Wellington
Street Oiling To Settle Dust Continues Today
More than 13 000 gallons of oil were spread on eastern city streets yesterday with oiling trucks resuming at 9 a.m. to finish half the roads. George Carrick notes grading and packing must precede further oiling to ensure lasting, summer-friendly roads.
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George Carrick
Carrick
Vacation Dreams and Ready Cash through Want Ads
Readers are urged to sell unused furniture sporting goods and household items to fund a vacation. A Chronicle-Telegram Want Ad promises quick cash with friendly ad takers available at 4751 to help craft effective listings.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Robert G. Thomas
Bulletin
YWCA
Bell Co
Elyria Savings Bank
Adv
Yanks
Merthe
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