Dean vows to take own life pill if war returns
Army Maj. Gen. William F. Dean testified at a Marine court of inquiry about phony germ warfare confessions by POW Col. Frank Schwable. Dean, a former prisoner who spent three years in a Communist camp, said he would commit suicide rather than reveal Army defense plans for Japan and noted Goering reportedly took such pills. He also described fear of giving Reds information under torture.
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Washington
William F. Dean
Dean
Reds
Korea
Frank Schwable
Japan
Goering
Herman Goer No
Hit Skip Driver Fined and Suspended in Lorain Court
H. Shields, 44, of Wellington, fined 300 dollars, 30 days in jail, and one year driving suspension after three hit-skip crashes on Route 20 near Wellington. Victims included Paul G. Matcham, 18, and William Konicek, 19, with a third driver Paul Burns, 49, involved.
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H. Shields
R. D
Wellington
Lorain
Steve
Shields
Harold L. Winkler
Fryen Street
Norwalk
John J. Staruck
Sixteenth Street
Winkler
Trial Near Close in Cleveland Police Vice Trial
Closing arguments are heard today in the departmental trial of 11 Cleveland police officers charged with neglect stemming from an east side vice raid. They face potential dismissal from the force if found guilty.
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Cleveland
East Side
Weather snapshot for Northeastern Ohio shows mild spell
Northeastern Ohio experiences sunny skies and mild temperatures with a high near 41 and a clear cool night. Forecast calls for fair conditions on Tuesday with little to no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Humidity readings vary from 58 percent in the morning to 69 percent in the evening with sunrise at 6 51 and sunset at 6 26 in the area. Moonrise occurs at 8 24 a m Monday and moonset at 11 27 p m Monday.
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Ohio
Swepaperne
U S and Japan Sign Mutual Defense Aid Pact
In Tokyo the United States and Japan signed a mutual defense aid pact and three economic agreements to back Japanese rearma ment. The accord pledges U S aid for expanded defense forces and allows gradual U S force withdrawal. Japan will set its pace for expanding defenses and submit annual aid requests for weapons and equipment. The pact goes to the Japanese Diet for ratification. U S approval not required.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Free World
U. S
U.S
Alisson
Asia
Transportation Still Problem In Cleveland
Winter’s five day blast left Cleveland with lingering transit and parking headaches. Bus routes lagged, downtown lots stayed impassable, and many streets remained partly blocked by snow. Forecaster Kibler predicted a 41 degree high today, 28 tonight, then low 40s Tuesday as thaw continues. Highways were normal except routes around Sandusky to Painesville where ice and slick spots persisted.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
W. E. Kibler
Mercury
State Highway Department
Sandusky
Norwalk
Mansfield
Wooster
Akron
Painesville
County Snow Removal Cost Tops Half Million
County Engineer Don E. Patterson estimated the county government will spend about 530000 on snow removal, not including city village and township costs. The blast of wind and drifting snow halted ordinary plows, forcing private contractors to tackle blocked roads. total receipts await submitted contractor bills.
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Don E. Patterson
Patterson
Pleward
Elyrian Bound To Grand Jury On Shooting Charge
Scott M. Noel of Becker's Trailer Camp on Oberlin Road pleaded innocent to a shooting charge and was bound over to the grand jury. He posted 1500 dollars bond. Noel is charged with shooting Tony Brazo, another Becker Trailer Camp resident, Saturday evening. Brazo was found in his trailer and rushed to Elyria Memorial Hospital with injuries in both legs.
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Scott M. Noel
Becker
Oberlin Rd
Noel
Tony Brazo
Brazo
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dental group backs Lorain County water fluoridation move
The Lorain County Dental Society passed a resolution supporting fluoridation of county water supplies. Notification of the passage was given today by Philip J. Charvat D D S president of the society who resides in Avon Lake.
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Lorain County
Philip J. Charvat
D.D.S
Lorain County Dental Society
Dr. Charvat
Avon Lake
Crystal Clear Cleaners One Day Shirt Laundering
Crystal Clear Cleaners offers a one day service for shirts at 587 Cleveland Street. The shop promotes fast turnaround for laundered shirts and local customer convenience.
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Crystal Clear Cleaners
Cleveland St
Delayed Red Cross Drive Gets Underway in Elyria
After a week due to heavy snow, Red Cross volunteers from the Elyria Chapter House begin the 1954 campaign to raise 38970. Campaign chair H A Zealley urges all chairmen and volunteers to recruit quickly as roads clear. The first report is due Wednesday noon.
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Red Cross
Elyria
H. A. Zealley
Zealley
Bandits Net $1,143 In Cincinnati Tavern Heist
Cincinnati police report the fifth major robbery in a week as two masked men armed with a sawed-off shotgun robbed the White Horse Tavern just before closing. Cafe owner George Baker described the early morning incident and the cash taken.
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Cincinnati
White Horse Tavern
George Baker
Dental Chief Answers Fluoridation Critics
Dr. H. B. Millhoff, chief of the Division of Dental Health, State Department of Health, writes in defense of water fluoridation. The Chronicle Telegram previously published letters opposing fluoridation and now presents the opposing view in full coverage on page 15.
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H. B. Millhoff
Division of Dental Health
State Department of Health
Chronicle-Telegram
Guerrillas Raid Catbi Air Base Near Hanoi
Parises A dispatch reports Vietminh guerrillas staged a commando raid Saturday on Catbi Air Base, east of Hanoi, targeting U S built planes flown by the French. The raid follows a prior attack on Gialam Air Base near Hanoi, with the rebels claiming 78 aircraft were wrecked including 38 American built 6 26 bombers and several fighter bombers.
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U. S. Air Force
United States
Japan
Philippines
Indo-China
Do Son
Catbi
Hanoi
U. S
Gialam
Vietminh Radio
Cathi
Haiphong
Mikus Urges County-Wide Planning for Growth
Prosecutor Paul Mikus called for a county plan to guide development as townships outgrow their borders. A county building department with inspectors would extend zoning and building control to unincorporated areas, touching water, highways, sewage, health, schools, and regional services. He urged the commissioners to convene a meeting of subdivision representatives to craft an orderly growth program.
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Paul
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence Seaway
Mikus
Christie
Red Cross Motor Service needs support for volunteers
A plea urges funding for Red Cross Motor Service to sustain transportation for disabled veterans and patients to clinics and distant hospitals. It highlights last year’s monthly average of 8,200 volunteers who provided 1,320,200 hours of driving and asks for generous support to keep the service on the road.
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Red Cross Motor Service
Red Cross
Elyria to Receive Safety Council Trophy Mar 29
Elyria will be awarded the state Safety Council trophy for being the safest city of its size, at a March 29 dinner at Washington Avenue Church of Christ. The event is co sponsored by the Elyria Chamber of Commerce and Elyria Jaycees, with Joseph Smith as general chairman. HJ G Hayes of the Ohio Safety Council will make the presentation.
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Elyria
Ohio State Safety Council
Washington Avenue Church
Elyria C. of
Paul Hovey
Jaycees
H.J.G
Jim) Hayes
Ohio Safety Council
Dulles Warns Latin America At Inter-American Conference
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned Latin American nations, especially Guatemala, against letting Communist influence poison the Western Hemisphere. He supported a U.S. resolution for joint action and condemned debates over what constitutes international Communism, calling it a clandestine global force aligned with Soviet Russia.
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Caracas
Venezuela
John Foster Dulles
Guatemala
Dulles
United States
Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Russia
Group To Study State Juvenile Programs In Ohio
Ohio Welfare Director Henry J Robison announced a newly formed advisory council will meet March 9 to outline a thorough study of three juvenile institutions the Girls Industrial School at Delaware the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster and the Juvenile Diagnostic Center in Columbus The group will determine if an additional facility is needed for younger offenders and may hire one professional staff member to aid the studies Members appointed Jan 23 include Prok C F McNeil OSU Dr Harrison Evans Harding Sanitarium Alva Dittrick Addison Junior High School Judge Frank W Nicholas Montgomery County Juvenile Court and Mrs Carl Bumiller Cincinnati.
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Robison
Delaware
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Juvenile Diagnostic Center
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Fon
Welfare Department
James A. Rhodes
Prok C. F. McNeil
Ohio State University School of Social Administration
Harrison Evans
Harding Sanitarium
Worthington
Alva Ditt
Puerto Rican Nationalists Subpoenaed For Grand Jury
New York FBI says all members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury. A roundup of Nationalists and Communists continued in Puerto Rico, with six top Communist leaders detained and island-wide searches for four others. Police cited Law 53, Puerto Rico’s anti-subversion statute, linking leaders to the Communist Party, which has long backed the Nationalists. The Nationalists previously attempted to assassinate President Truman in 1950 and wounded five congressmen in Washington a week earlier.
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FBI
James J. Kelly
Puerto Rico
Poice
San Juan
Communist Party
Govern‘ment
Tas
President Truman
Washington
Shooting Report Turns Out To Be Flash Alarm Incident
Deputy Sheriffs James Howard and Steve Mohowski report a highway flare of flashes mistaken for gunfire. An excited observer saw two cars and flashes in darkness at nine last night and concluded occupants were shooting at each other.
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James Howard
Steve Mohowski
Sheriffs Department
Where To Turn Jim Resar Moves Address and Contact
Jim Resar has relocated to 552 Lod Street and a new phone number 30112 is listed. The notice records the move and updated contact details for the service.
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Jim Resar
Lod St
Council member backs Lorain harbor plan and Seaway
Dale C Kellogg states harbor improvements boost Lorain County industry and seeks Elyria city council endorsement. He urges appointing a citizens group to study the program and asks council to support the St Lawrence Seaway project as well.
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Dale C. Kellogg
Lorain
Lorain County
Elyria
Grant Keys
Kellogg
St. Lawrence
Rail Union OKs Michigan Strike
President W P Kennedy of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen announced the union authorized a strike on the Michigan Central Railroad in Illinois Michigan and Indiana. The walkout would begin at 6 30 am est Thursday affecting about 2000 BRT members over a dispute cited as numerous grievances including time claims.
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Cleveland, O
W. P. Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen
Michigan Central Railroad
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Kennedy
Elyria Playmakers Present An Inspector Calls Run
Elyria Playmakers stage An Inspector Calls at Hall Auditorium Oberlin on March 9 and 10 at 8 pm and March 11 12 13 at Eastern Heights School Elyria. Tickets from Playmakers Bell Co Elyria or Haylers Book Store Oberlin. All seats reserved.
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Elyria
Tavern Operator Reports $815 Theft at Elyria Tavern
Steven Shullick, owner of Four Corners Tavern at Elyria avenue and Route 254, reported to the sheriff Saturday that $815.73 in cash and checks were stolen from a cigar box kept for payroll- cash. He stated he withdrew $1,500 Friday and cashed checks, leaving $681.27 in checks and $815.73 in cash in the box at 11 p.m. When he closed at 2:40 a.m. he pocketed the box contents and found the cash missing Saturday, suggesting the theft occurred at the tavern before he left.
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Steven Shullick
Four Corners
Elyria Avenue
Route 254
Sheriffs Department
Shullick
Joseph Guzik
Guzik
Two Men Questioned In Slaying Of Marguerite Keota
Phoenixville police questioned two young men linked to the brutal killing of Marguerite Keota, an office worker found in a well. One suspect, 22, was detained early today by Police Chief Fred K. MacInnis. the other, with a prior sex offense record, has been questioned since Sunday. Witnesses described a green sedan, and Dr Manuel Berenes said the victim had been stabbed multiple times but not sexually assaulted.
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Phoenixville
Marguerite Keota
Fred KK. Macinnis
Manuel Berenes
Phoenix‘ville Hospital
Look to Yourself for Marriage Success Ad
Chronicle-Telegram Want Ads advertise employment offers and Work Wanted notices. The notice encourages readers to use the paper’s ad services to write effective ads for job changes or to find employment and credits a competent ad taker for help.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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