Elyria Halts Land Purchases Over Turnpike Route
Elyria officials, led by special counsel Robert J. Shoup, order a three week stop to right of way purchases as they seek an out of court settlement with the Ohio Turnpike Commission over eminent domain and route challenges. A conference date is being set to avoid court delays and resolve the dispute.
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Elyria
Robert J. Shoup
Cleveland
Shoup
Cleveland Transit System
Commission
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Eisenhower Endorses Bohlen for Moscow Post Amid Party Rift
President Eisenhower defended Charles E Bohlen as best qualified for ambassador to Russia and expressed sadness over GOP discord over his nomination. He noted personal familiarity with Bohlen and urged support as Senate vote looms, amid clashes involving McCarthy Taft Knowland and McCarran.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Bohlen
Russia
Bohlen
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Robert A Taft
Ohio
William F. Knowland
Galif
McCarthy
John Foster Dulles
Sen
Pat McCarran D-Nev
Taft
Rowland
Boaten
Moscow Post
Lardo Faces Life Prison Term In Wife Killing
William A. Lardo, 42, is sentenced to life in prison after his conviction on first degree murder for the October 22 killing of Louise Burns, a 35 year old waitress.
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Akron
William A. Lardo
Louise Burns
Weather Update for Northeastern Ohio
Cloudy with light snow totaling about two inches and cold conditions into this afternoon and tonight. Friday looks partly cloudy and cool with a high near 40 and low around 30. Wednesday's temperatures ranged 23 to 44 with about 0.2 inch of precipitation in 24 hours ending at 8 p.m. Moonrise Thursday at 3 12 p.m. Friday's highway conditions show normal travel with cloudy skies and light snow flurries in the south.
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Ohio
Southpias Oe
Near Final Phase of Off Street Parking Program
City committee and council committee of the whole approved plans to handle the final phases of off street parking. City agents to acquire property were approved and bonds to finance parking lots via mortgage revenue bonds await final approval. Revenue from curb meters will back bond repayments. Eminent domain remains possible if private sales fail.
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Citizens Committee
City Council
Officials Will Confer On Road Program
Lorain County and Elyria officials will travel to Columbus next Thursday for a conference with John Heirer, chief engineer in the State Highway Department planning division. County commissioners J Powell Jones J Norman Thompson and Oscar G Dunn with county engineer Don Patterson will attend, joined by city officials G Ralph Terry Dan Rothe and Jack Powell. They will discuss improving Route 20 northward from Route 10 to Elyria limits and the Elyria outlet for the new Route 57, along with other state department plans for the area.
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Lorain Crqunty
Elyria
Columbus
John Heirer
State Highway Department
J. Powell Jones
J. Norman Thompson
Oscar G. Dunn
Don Patterson
G. Ralph Terry
Dan Rothe
Safety Service
Jack Powell
Commissioners’ Office
Elyria City
State Department
Lysaght resigns after 33 years with Elyria Fire Dept
Captain James D. Lysaght, with the Elyria Fire Department since January 7, 1920, submits his resignation effective May 1. He served in France Belgium Luxembourg and Germany during World War I, later planning to work with his building contractor son Richard. He and his wife Edna reside at 700 Garford Avenue.
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Elyria
James D. Lysaght
Dan W. Kothe
Lysaght
Department
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Wyoming
Richard
Captain Lysaght
Edna
Garford Avenue
Pilot claims Czechs doubt Gottwald death story
In Frankfurt an ex RAF navigator Helmut Cermak says Czechoslovakia is tense and that many doubt the official cause of Klement Gottwald’s death. He recounts a man who saw Gottwald in Moscow four days before dying and claims the president looked healthy. He organized the freedom flight from Prague.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Prague
Helmut Cermak
Klement Gottwald
Gottwald
Moscow
Cermak
Czechoslovakia
Josef Stalin
Stills Seized Rise in Second Half of 1952
Federal liquor tax agents seized 5,189 illegal stills in the second half of 1952, up from 4,783 in the same period in 1951, the Bureau of Internal Revenue reported. Alcohol tax division chief Dwight E. Avis cited a possible uptick in bootlegging since liquor taxes rose in 1951.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Alcohol Tax Division
Dwight E. Avis
Eisenhower Mayer Meet In Washington On Strategy
President Eisenhower and French Premier Rene Mayer sail aboard the Williamsburg to map joint strategies against the Communist threat in Indo China and the cold war. A high level delegation including Dulles Bidault and Taft Wiley joins, with Adenauer soon expected.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Rene Mayer
Williamsburg
Indo-China
John Foster Dulles
Georges Bidault
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Alexander Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Mayer
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Army Says Korea Ammunition Supplies Are Abundant
President Eisenhower announced in a news conference that Korea's ammunition situation is satisfactory for current operations. The Army said supplies are so abundant that shipments meant for the Far East are being diverted, with a filled pipeline running to the front.
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Senhower
Korea
Far East
Old Baldy Ridge
Eisenhower
Japan
Senate, Armed Service
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
United Nations
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Armed Services Committee
17 Year Old Loses Drive Privilege After Crash
Elyria juvenile court suspended the license of a 17 year old boy for 30 days after police stopped him following a crash at the intersection of Cleveland Street and East Bridge Streets.
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Elyria
Cleveland
East Bridge
Amherst Calendar and Local Notes Summary
Community listings for Amherst include events, hospital notes, markets and society items. The page also covers death records, editorials, theatre listings and TV radio notes with regional notes for Elyria Oberlin Wellington and Suburban Calendar sections.
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Page Amherst
Elyria
Oberlin
Society
Spores
Wellington
Elyria Reports 14 931 Voters Registered For May Primary
Lorain County records show Elyria ending the May 5 primary with 14 931 registered voters after the deadline at 9 p m. Ruth Fox reports only 88 new Elyria registrations since the November general election while county totals lag behind the pre November level.
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Elyria
Ruth Fox
Lorain County
Lorain
Oberlin
Amherst
Sheffield Lake
Sheffield Township
Black River Township
Fox
Deadline Extended for First-Half 1953 Real Estate Taxes
Lorain County Treasurer Walter J. Wright announced an extended deadline of Monday April 6 for the first-half 1953 real estate tax period due to a statewide reappraisal. Delays in Elyria Township and Elyria City School District bill mailing required longer open book time. expected final collections range from 3.25 to 3.5 million dollars with most districts already paid.
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Lorain County
Walter J. Wright
Elyria Township
Elyria City
Wright
State Board of Tax Appeals
Eisenhower Flays Truman Aides Over Vacation Pay
President Eisenhower condemned high Truman administration officials for cashing out $709 538 in unused vacation time after leaving office. He urged a bipartisan commission study of federal state duplication and waste and defended oversight on White House appointments amid Kansas hospital sale probe.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Washington
James P. McGranery
Congress
Conference of State Governors
Kansas
Republican National
C. Wesley Roberts
Roberts
White House
Ship's Carpenter Falls 16 Feet in Scaf fold Accident
Clyde Rosa 50 of Butler Road is in St Joseph's Hospital Lorain after a fall from a Lorain bound Amer ican Shipbuilding Co scaffold that left him unconscious. He struck his head on an iron pipe, was bruised, shocked, seven stitches used, no bones broken, improving.
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Birmingham
Clyde Rosa
Butler Road
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
American Shipbuilding Co
Rosa
Lumber and Coal Truck Drivers Strike in Lorain County
Local 571 truck drivers in Lorain County walked out after failing to agree on economic contract terms with the Lorain County Lumber Coal Dealers and Builders Supply Association. The old contract ended March 1, affecting firms across Elyria and surrounding areas and about 80 drivers.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Elyria
Would Require State Employees To Testify
A bill before the House would brand as subversive any state employee who refuses to testify about whether they are a Communist or member of a front group. The measure targets individuals resisting inquiry into subversive associations.
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Columbus
Quiet Quiet Family Burial For Queen Mary Planned
London announces a private funeral for Queen Mary to be held at Windsor's St George's Chapel next Tuesday with admission by ticket only. The royal coffin will travel from Marlborough House to Westminster Hall before burial beside King George V, preserving the June 2 coronation for Queen Elizabeth II.
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London
Mary
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
George V
George
Marr
Elizabeth II
Queen's Chapel
Marlborough House
Westminster Hall
Windsor Castle
Windsor Chapel
Knights of the Garter
Britain
Edward Jit
U.N. Forces Retreat From Old Baldy in Korea Front
Chinese forces launched a major night assault on four UN hills on the western front forcing American and Colombian troops off Old Baldy. At Bunker Hill allied guards held as Chinese units swept into trenches while U.N. air forces bombed Chinese positions defending Old Baldy and MIGs were downed in air battles.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Old Baldy
Reds
Bunker Hill
Munsan
Chorwon-Yonchon
U. S
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
North Korea
Air Force
Seventh Division
U.N
20 Missing After Ammunition Blasts In Germany
In Wilhelmshaven Germany a series of explosions rocked World War II ammunition stockpiles. Police reported 20 missing and residents in nearby suburbs were evacuated as fires spread through bombs and grenades. Firefighters faced a wall of flame while attempting to reach the harbor district.
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Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Man Held on Shoplifting Charge in Kroger Mastermarket
Elyria police arrest James Elwood Boyer of 2241 Clarkwood street at 11 am today for shoplifting five cartons of cigarettes and two cans of black pepper oral value 11.44 from the Kroger Mastermarket. Manager R. R. Bordine witnessed the theft and detained him after he left.
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Elyria
James Elwood Boyer
Clarkwood Street
Kroger
Boyer
R. R. Bordine
Navy Mother's Rummage Sale at Amvets Hall
Navy Mother's rummage sale scheduled for 9:00 a m Saturday at Amvets Hall 114% Middle Ave rear of Me Carval Jewelry. Proceeds support Navy mothers and families with items for purchase.
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NAVY
Amvets Hall
Middle Ave
Carval Jewelry
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Topy
Bulletin
Army
Europe
Indo- China
Queen Mary
Zower
Resar Flonstad
Pyye Re
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