Benson Urges Farm Markets Expansion
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson said farm prices can be stabilized by expanding markets at home and abroad and by aligning production with demand. In his 1953 achievements report he highlighted measures to cut production to meet demand, halted price declines, and a new farm program for 1954, with production controls on key crops and a forecast of continued high output and growing demand both domestically and internationally.
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Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Trapped Girl Rescued After Blast in South Philadelphia
Firefighters freed Ruby Mosely, 17, after a five hour entrapment in a telephone booth beneath a massive blast that killed five people and damaged 22 buildings in south Philadelphia. Rescue teams pulled Marion Nixon and Samuel Pearlman from debris as gas concerns prompted investigation and public alarm.
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Philadelphia
Ruby Mosely
Samuel Pearlman
Pearlman
Isadore
Isadore Pearlman
Fanny Rudolph
Marie Marone
Bruce Schwartz
Salvatoré Balbini
Robert A. Gregg
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Marion Nixon
Nixon
Ee Ae
Eisenhower blocks Eastern Colonial airline merger
President Eisenhower overruled the Civil Aeronautics Board and ordered disapproval of the Eastern Colonial airline merger. The CAB had sought approval despite findings of unlawful stock transfers. The White House said mergers must comply fully with the Civil Aeronautics Act and require advance approval.
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Washington (S
Eisenhower
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern
Colonial Airlines
CAB
Colonial
Wunlawfuol
Central
Stengthen
National Air Transport System
Training Course For Girl Scout Leaders Opens In Lorain
A training program for Girl Scout leaders and council staff begins March 8 at East Carlisle School in Lorain with evening sessions to complete the standard 16 hour course. Miss Constance Lynch and Mrs Norman Moir direct the classes with workshops led by local neighborhood chairmen at Lorain Elks Hall and Oberlin Episcopal Church.
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Black River
Lorain
East Carlisle
Route 57
Earl Brown
Elks Hall
Sixth Street
Oberlin
Episcopal Church
South Main Street
Lorrain
Lynch
Moir
Willard Ward
Elyria
Brown
Maplewood
Earl Jolly
Central
Lillian Spiess
Northwest
Frank Bedoes
Eastern Heights
Paul Wellman
Northeast
Henry Irish
Southwest
Adenauer Backs Common French German Citizenship
West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer argues for shared citizenship between France and Germany to advance European peace. In a wide interview he stresses cooperation, cautions France on EDC, and calls for patience while Russia’s intentions and NATO roles are examined.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Winston Churchill
France
Great Britain
West Germany
Berlin
Church List
Germany
Europe
Russia
Excise Tax Cuts Move Delayed In Congress
Washington lawmakers delayed a plan to cut federal excise taxes on many items including telephone messages luggage cosmetics jewelry furs theater admissions and transportation. A 10 percent ceiling may be set when Ways and Means votes resume in days. Republicans push tax relief for business to spur jobs while Democrats seek a $100 rise in personal exemptions. Treasury Secretary Humphrey questioned revenue loss, suggesting limited cuts could be feasible while opposing a broad reduction.
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Washington
INS
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
GOP
Ways and Means
Daniel A Reed
N. Y
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Humphrey
Jere Cooper
Tenn
Fiee House Committee
Elyman Held After Auto Theft Report
Burford Taylor of 1832 West River St reported a theft after finding a Chevrolet matching his description at the Steel and Tubes warehouse. Police arrested Taylor who confessed his role and said a juvenile named Tommy helped, but the youth fled for help when the car stuck in mud and could not be identified.
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Burford Taylor
West River St
Steel & Tubes
Taylor
Brand
Tommy
Wellington Post Host To Quarterly VFW Conference
Delegates from the Ninth District of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met at Wellington VFW Post 6941 for their quarterly conference. About 170 delegates attended as the event ran through a formal initiation, installations, meals, and a town hall session led by Adjutant Wendell Edgerley, with district membership up 3,000 year to date and a 1954 goal of 5,000.
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Wellington Post
Ninth District
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wellington V.F.W
Emil Szabo
Harold Eglin
Pup
Ralph Gray
Wellington
V F.W
Norwalk
Vf.w
Auuxiliary
Beard State Department
Wendell Edgerley
W.F.W. Posts
Audiliary Hoard Department of Ohio
Nancy Smith
Warren Tam
Mildred Church
Wv. F. W
Department of Ohio
Veronica Keller
9Th District
William B. Howard
V. F. W. State Department
Lloyd Bowersock
Ohio State Department
Two Men Bound To Grand Jury On Burglary Counts
Glenn Manning and Jack Goodwin were bound over to the grand jury on burglary charges. Each posted less than $3,000 bond. They were arrested at the Timbers Nite Club on routes 113 and 58 after a routine inspection at 4:19 am. Two women found in the vehicle with them remained in county custody.
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Glenn Manning
Milan Ave
Amherst
Jack Goodwin
Dewey Ave
Elyria
Justice C. C. Lord
Eugene Miller
Josépa Josso
Wanda McCoy
Elyria Ave
Lorain
Shirley Thompson
Frank Ct
Manning
Goodwin
Driver Fined For Drinking After 2 Car Collision
Arthur A. Foss of 246 Harvard Ave pled guilty in Elyria Mayor's Court to driving while intoxicated after a Broad Street collision with Francis R. Daily of 418 Cambridge Ave. Foss was fined 125 dollars plus costs, six months license suspension, and ordered to attend three traffic school sessions beginning March 6. Police questioned Foss after the incident.
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Arthur A. Foss
Harvard Ave
Elyria
Broad St
Foss
Broad
Park Ave
Francis R. Daily
Cambridge Ave
Annual YMCA Meeting Planned
The Elxha YMCA will hold its annual membership meeting on Wednesday March 24 at p.m. Officers will be elected and reports on member welfare will be presented. Members can meet one another and learn about YMCA operations. A buffet lunch will be served and the 1953 American League film will be shown.
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Elxha Ymca
YMCA
DWI Charge Placed After Strong Alcohol Odor Noted
A suspect was charged with DWI after officers detected a strong alcoholic odor on him during the stop. The incident led to immediate enforcement action and subsequent court processing.
Syria Riots Bring Death Toll Ranges In Damascus
In Damascus after four days of revolution rioters faced police fire as crowds led by Communists clashed, with reports of 12 to 30 dead and up to 50 wounded. Hasham El-Atassy was en route from Homs to form a new government and overturn the 1950 constitution. Shishekl y fled to Beirut seeking sanctuary in Saudi Arabia. Fayez Shishekl y, cousin of the deposed ruler, killed three demonstrators before his own death.
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Damascus
Syria
Hasham El-Atassy
Beirut
Lebanon
Atassa
Homs
Adib Shishekir
Atassy
Shishekly
Fayez Shishekly
Hama
Fayez
Motorist Fined After Accident in City Court
Richard E. Beam of 440 W Sixth St was arraigned in mayor's court on charges of driving without a license and failure to control after colliding with a vehicle at Broad St and Boston Ave. A passenger, Mike Pavich 23 of 518 W Broad St, was injured with a slight concussion when thrown from Beam's car. Beam’s car damage was $300. Mayor Keys fined Beam $2 and costs with $15 suspended and $10 and costs for failure to control, plus three traffic school sessions beginning in March.
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Richard E. Beam
Sixth St
Broad St
Boston Ave
Beam
Leon D. Wohiever
Amherst
Mike Barbara Pavich
S18
Elyma Memorial
J. Grant Keys
Lecture at First Church Cancelled Due to Weather
The Christian Science lecture at the First Church of Christ tonight has been cancelled because of weather. The church plans to reschedule and will announce the new date later.
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Church of Christ
Soertst Tonicht
Probation Granted for Lorain Burglary Suspect
Herman Caldwell of Lorain was granted probation by Judge John D. Pincura after a favorable report from Officer Arthur Moos. Caldwell had been arrested for breaking into the Clothing Exchange in Lorain on October 2.
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Herman Caldwell
Lorain
John D. Pincura
Arthur Moos
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