European Autos Bought by Firms for Work and Pleasure
More than one in a hundred European cars are bought with company funds and used for business and pleasure, a Detroit meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers heard. Laurence Pomeroy of The Motor noted European ownership limits and the view that car choice hinges on profit, running costs, or employee transport, with the company as a tool. The GMC Truck & Coach Division unveiled a Twin Hydra-Matic system, to be installed in a 60,000 pound diesel cab-over heavy truck.
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Detroit
Europe
Society of Automotive Engineers
Laurence Pomeroy
GMC Truck & Coach Division
Air Force learned a lot in Korea says Gen Weyland
Gen O P Weyland, commander of Far East Air Forces during most of the Korean War, says the air age was born in Korea and notes the United Nations command gained essential punch there. He describes training 10,000 combat experienced pilots and crews and warns about limits and potential atomic options if fighting resumes.
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Air Force
Korea
Weyland
Far East
Gen
O. P
Opie) Weyland
U.S. Tactical Air Forces
Langley Air Force Base
Bat
U.S
United Nations Command
Korean Peninsula
Yalu River
Japan
Weekend Ohio accident deaths dip with eight traffic fatalities
A United Press survey shows at least 10 people died in accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight in Ohio, eight in traffic. Victims include Raymond King of Birmingham and Percy Brantley of Columbus, plus infants and adults in multiple crashes and a fire related death.
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Ohio
United Press
Raymond King
Birmingham
Wakeman
Percy Brantley
Columbus
Darlene Eishen
Fremont Memorial Hospital
Joan van Poppel
Bryan
Route 15
Bryan Ronnie Ray McNichols
Logan
Harry Gainor
Marietta
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Elaine Jacobs
Toledo
Betty P. Travis
Vicki L. Travis
RD i
Minerva
Waynesburg
Stars Country
Pat Rice
Dayton
Avon Lake Bands and Choruses Prepare for State Contest
Avon Lake high school bands and choruses gear up for the Euclid High School event on March 20 with a warmup march Colden Eagle March and two prepared pieces in the concert and sight reading segments. Directors Henri Zabawix and Jack Elliott lead a 70 piece band and two choruses as they perform Overture Belgique, Green Meadows, Heavenly Light, He’s Gone Away, Song of the Brook and Jesus Our Lord We Adore Thee.
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Avon Lake
Euclid High School
Wll
Henri Zabawix
Jesus Our
Lord
New Trial Motion For Wable Expected Today
GREENSBURG PA Attorneys for John Wesley Wable convicted as the phantom Kiler of the Pennsylvania Turnpike were to enter a motion for a new trial before Judge Edward G. Bauer after his murder verdict Saturday The defense argued evidence of other crimes tainted the case Wable 24 of Chropyle Pa testified claiming a counterfeiter named Jim Parks possessed the murder gun Prosecutors contend Parks is a figment of his imagination The juror indicated the death vote shifted from seven to five on the first ballot and that he believed Wable and Parks were the same man The phantom killer terrorized truckers along the 327 mile Turnpike with three shootings in seven days before Wable was captured after a Cleveland watch theft tied to him and a pistol found at his rooming house The suspect was traced to a service station hold up near Albuquerque N M before arrest
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Greensburg
John Wesley Wable
Kiler
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Edward G. Bauer
Wable
A. C. Scales
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Donegal
Woodward
Bauer
Chropyle
Jim Parks
Parks
Elyria
Sheperd
Cleveland
Ohio
Fayette County
Albuquerque
N. M
Tromp As Writ Lenten Talk Advises Elyria Church
Dr Bovynten Merrill of the First Congregational Church Columbus spoke to Elyria Council of Churches at the Sunday Evening Union service. His text from Matthew 7 24 urged following divine instructions like a weaving draft Tromp as writ. He urged obeying the Ten Commandments Beattudes Sermon on the Mount and marriage vows as life patterns and compared the wise man building on a rock.
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Tromp
Bovynten Merrill
First Congregational Church
Columbus
Elyria Council of Churches
First Congregational
Selechng
Merrill
Lyfe
Three Men Arrested For Driving Without Licenses
Three men were arrested over the weekend for driving without licenses. James E Deve Grafton received a 25 dollar fine plus 15 dollars costs suspended after pleading guilty to two charges. C. Richburg Lorain was fined 5 pounds and 15 dollars costs for driving without a license and reckless driving after being found near Rt. 57. Jessie A. Miller, 146 Morgan Ave, was titled to appear March 20 in mayor's court for driving without a license and for failing to make a safety stop at East Ave and Broad St after authorities observed him ignore a safety stop and hold a West Virginia license.
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James E Deve Grafton
Cleveland St
Perry Court
Cleveland Sr
Dave
Dove
C. Richburg Lorain
Irving
Richburg
Bell Ave
Rt. 57
Jessie A. Miller
Morgan Ave
East Ave
Broad St
Miller
West Virginia
Lorain county fruit growers set annual banquet
Lorain County Fruit Growers and Dairymen will hold their first annual banquet at 6 45 o clock at LaGrange High School. The dinner was postponed from March 2 due to a snowstorm. Lorain County Fruit Growers Committee members will meet in the extension service office Wednesday to plan tours field trips and educational meetings for the coming year.
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Lorain County Dairymen
LaGrangeigh School
Charles Coles
Lorain County Fruit Growers Committee
Extension Service
Clergy Lead Elyria Service With Visiting Dean Preacher
Presiding at the service were Rev. Byron Kenneth Anthony and Rev. Lews Novak. The choirs of First and Pilgrim Congregational Churches sang the anthem and hymn. Rev. Thomas Curtis of the host church played organ, with ushers from Pilgrim and Lake Avenue Congregational Churches. Next week Very Rev. Percy F. Rex, dean of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, will preach.
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Byron Kenneth Anthony
Lews Novak
Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church
First
Pilgrim Congregational
Thomas. Curtis
Pilgrin
Lake Avenue Congregational
Elyria
Percy F. Rex
Trinity Cathedral
Cleveland
Henrietta P T A Meeting Tuesday Night
Henrietta P T A will meet Tuesday evening with a health program at 8 30. Muscular dystrophy film show precedes the meeting. Grange members may enter the Banana Nuts Bread Contest bringing entries to the session. contest date was postponed due to bad weather.
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The
Grange
County Officials Back on West Trip for Non Support Cases
Assistant County Prosecutor Har old Ewing and Sheriff Carl R. Fine gan returned from California after two weeks chasing two men to Lorain County for non support prosecutions. Denzel Floyd and Max Worthington face extradition issues as San Diego court rulings test the new uniform dependency act. The trip also covered four additional Lorain County support matters with hearings pending. An unrelated episode details Gordon’s 2021 jail time and a beer incident ending in a 202-day tab, jail damage, and hospital X rays.
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Harold Ewing
Carl R. Finegan
California
Lorain County
Denzel Floyd
Ewing
Max Worthington
Worthington
Floyd
San Diego
Ohio
Fresno
Calif
Supreme Court
Toledo
Gordon
Oberlin Grille
Nelson Gray
Ray Warren
Destructive Macon Tornado Devastates City and Nearby Areas
The Macon region suffered extensive destruction with about 100 buildings destroyed and four churches leveled. Victims include Austin Hogan six month old Dorothy Ann Lockhart Sam Emory Loreen Wallace and Dolly Mae Wallace. Power and communications were knocked out across Columbus and Macon amid farm crop light damage.
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Macon
Austin Hogan
Dorothy Ann Lockthart
Sam Emory
Elberta
Lizella
McCarthy Subcommittee Plans Tuesday Meeting on Cohn
No 3 continued subcommittee work as McCarthy said a Tuesday meeting is likely. The Cohn affair may be concluded, while contempt citations for witnesses in the Army Signal Corps inquiry could be addressed. Both Cohn and McCarthy floated stepping down from their posts amid ongoing inquiries. Cohn admitted a loyalty pledge circulated after the Army report, denied backing it, and expressed regret. McCarthy said the public is tired of constant talking as he commented on Nixon’s remarks about investigators.
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McCarthy
Subcommittee
Cohn
Army Signal Corps
Army
Richard M. Nixon
No. 5 Arrest in Fracas Sparks New Battle in Oberlin
Police court records show Dwain E. Davis Carl Hobart Jr Hal Hahn Michael Poulos John Lantsberry James Borthwick Jr Stanley Becker and three others fined for resisting arrest fighting and disorderly conduct after a clash at Oberlin Grille. Edward Marsh also fined for fighting and disorderly conduct. Patrick Rogers released on bond. Knechtges had charges dismissed.
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Brill
Dwain E. Davis
Middle Avenue
Carl C. Hobart Jr
Stanford Ave
Hal H. Hahn
East Ave
Michael J. Poulos
East River St
John H. Lantsberry
Oakwood St
James T. Borthwick Jr
Eastern ‘Heights Blvd
Elyria
Stanley J. Becker
Graf ‘Ton
Edward Paul Marsh
George St
Oberlin Grille
Donald Gordon
Graftan St
Oberlin
Burke urges unity as Democrats rally amid Republican rifts
In a Washington report, Burke cites a trend toward more effective policy and warns that if business does not improve, top officials will act to reverse conditions. He notes intra Republican strife helping Democrats, praises Congress Democrats as Americans first, and honors Hungarians who fought for freedom while predicting Russia's rule in Hungary will not endure.
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Burke
Washington
Congress
Louis Kossuth
Russia
Hungary
Erlanger reports first traffic fatality in four years
Erlanger Ky recorded its first traffic fatality in more than four years Sunday when 35 year old Stanley W Hensley was killed as his auto rammed the rear of a truck.
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Erlanger, Ky
Stanley W. Hensley
Elyrian Oberlin Child Injured In Area Traffic Incidents
The State Highway Patrol investigated three traffic accidents in the area. Five year old Elyrian from Oberlin was a passenger when Marilyn May Osborne drove eastbound Route 20 and collided with a truck driven by Gustav Jensen. The boy suffered a mouth cut but was not treated. An Amherst man, Robert W. Vetter, lost control on Quarry Road and hit a utility pole, injuring no one. Winston R. Stewart, 25, of Oberlin, was treated at Amherst Hospital after his car collided with a State Highway Department cinder truck on Route 58 north of Route 113. Grant E. Reed, 49, of Hale Road, Oberlin, drove the truck. The accidents occurred near East Oberlin Community Church and on Quarry Road.
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Oberlin
State Highway Patrol
Winston R. Stewart
Oberlin Ave
Amherst Hospital
LaVerne Osborne
Stewart
State Highway Department
Route 58
Marilyn May Osborne
R.D. Oberlin
Robert W. Vetter
R.D. 1
Ambherst
Quarry Rd
South Amherst
Vetter
Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Co ‘Op
Military force realignment lowers Army divisions and Navy ships
Defense chief outlines reduced Army setup to 17 divisions and 122 anti-air battalions, with National Guard up to 27 divisions. Navy active fleet cut to 1,080 ships, Air Force rising to 970,000 personnel. Budget notes year 1954 spending above authorizations, 1955 projections higher as air power expands. Fulbright questions Pentagon cuts, urging justification over affordability.
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Wilson
National Guard
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Sen
J. William Fulbright
iArk
Pentagon Chiefs
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Kay Krueger
Barbara Rice
Earlonne Mraz
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Pat Wilson
East Carlisle
Bonnie Princehorn
Oberlin College
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Avon Lake Band
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Lester B. Woodward
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West Alexander
Ridgeville Druealwers
Clearview High School
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Jean Anderson
Phyllis Anderson
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Janet Alexander
Dick Laubenthal
Sandra Sharpe
Mantinas
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