97 Dead In Dixie Tornadoes
President Eisenhower declared Muscogee and Macon counties in Georgia disaster areas for housing. A Tennessee tornado killed three in Meigs County bringing three state toll to 27 in 36 hours. Alabama and Georgia losses rise with hundreds injured and $15 million plus in damage.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
Georgia
Muscogee
Macon
Atlanta
Tennessee
Weather Bureau
South Carolina
Alabama
Middle
Peach Belt
Meigs County
Carl Harmon
Dorris
Atlanta Weather Bureau
James R. Collier Dies After Long Illness
James R. Collier 53 longtime Elyria sewage disposal chief died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after eight months of illness. He lived at 217 Harwood St and left a wife, a daughter Marilyn Persons, a son James A. Collier, and relatives in Lakewood and Rocky River. Burial is in Lakewood Park Cemetery with Heart Fund donations requested in lieu of flowers.
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James R. Collier
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ilness
Harwood Street
Lakewood High School
Collier
Ohio State University
Cleveland Sanitation Department
Ohio Sewage and Industrial Wastes Treatment Conference
American Legion Post No
Massillon
Lora E. Collier
Marilyn Persons
James A. Collier
New York
U.S. Coast Guard
James Collier
Lakewood
Raymond L. Collier
Rocky River
Mharold Dicken Funeral Home
B. Kenneth Anthony
First Congregational Church
Lakewood Park Cemetery
Heart Fund
Weather Summary for Northeastern Ohio Weekend Outlook
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight. High near 64 and low around 44. Sunday mostly cloudy with similar temperatures. Friday temperature range 60 to 76 with trace precipitation. Humidity 74 percent at 8 am, 53 percent at 8 pm. Sunrise 6 20 am, sunset 8 28 pm. Moonrise 12 25 am Sunday, moonset 8 14 am Sunday.
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Ohio
Elyria Red Cross to Build Own Building by October
The Elyria Chapter of the American Red Cross plans a $30,000 single story brick building at the northeast corner of Ohio Street and Gulf road. Construction starts immediately and should finish by October 1, providing doubled space for home service, nursing, blood program, and volunteer training with ample parking to aid volunteers.
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RED Cross
Elyria Chapter
American Red Cross
Ohio Street
Gulf Road
Elyria
Plumb Construction
Frank P. Wei
Home Service
Mainever
Firelands High School Contracts Awarded for New Henrietta Campus
Firelands School District awards contracts for the new Firelands High School on Ver Milion Road in Henrietta. T J Hume Co. wins general contract at 346,800 while T O Murphy Co. gets heating and plumbing at 94,766 and Howe and Bickel takes water system at 1,241,85. Dunfee Electric Co. secures electrical work at 37,760. Total 480,567 85. Remaining bond funds about 135,000,000 to furnish and improve grounds. Board to meet May 11 with Beiswenger Hoch to finalize contracts. Building expected to finish August next year for 1954 fall term.
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Firelands
Vermilion Road
Henrietta
Board of Education
Firelands School District
T. J. Hume Company
Lorain
T. O Murphy Company
Oberlin
Howe and Bickel
Bimingham
Dunfee Electric Company of
Beiswenger and Hoch
Henrietta School
Judge Dismisses 4 Of 7 Perjury Charges In Lattimore Case
Federal District Judge Luther W. Youngdahl ruled four of the seven perjury counts against Owen Lattimore unconstitutional and dismissed them. The decision leaves three charges pending in the case heard in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Luther W. Youngdahl
Owen Lattimore
Rotations Keep Morale High Says Army Secretary
Lexington Virginia Army Secretary Stevens who just returned from Korea tour said the U S rotation system is expensive but plays an important part in keeping up the high morale of our combat men.
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Lexington
Stevens
Korea
U. S
Forty Freed from Communist Captivity Return to U.S. Soil
Forty men freed from Communist captivity arrived at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco at 11 09 a m EDT. Their return flight from Honolulu marked the final leg of the long journey to freedom.
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Travis Air Force
Basf
Calif
INS
Honolulu
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Strike Threatens At General Industries Plant
About 300 General Industries employees face a potential strike after wage inequities between day and piece workers surfaced. MESA Local 18 plans a Monday meeting at Eagles hall to vote on strike probability, with Ed Martin as union president. Local 15 joins in, broader talks cover Saturday holiday pay and shift differentials. contract reopens November 17.
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General Industries
Mesa Local 18
Eagles Hall
Ed Martin
Cleveland
Mesa Local 15
Bell Resigns As City Sanitarian Moving To Florida
Gordon Bell, Elyria’s chief sanitarian since June 20 1946, resigns effective June 1 to become Sanitarian in Broward County Florida. He will start June 16 in Fort Lauderdale after leaving his home at 197 Beebe Court with wife and two children Davy and Linda.
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Gordon Bell
Elyria
Norman Basinger
Elyna
Robinson
Board of Health
Pell
Beebe Court
Flynn
Davy
Linda
President Proclaims May 10 Mothers Day
President Eisenhower proclaims Sunday May 10 as Mothers Day urging prayers flag display and renewed devotion to the ideals our mothers instilled. Ad lists Ruinlt auto radios for cars from 39.95 ER Radio.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Archbishop to Lead Golden Anniversary Mass at St Marys Elyria
Archbishop Edward F. Hoban will lead the Golden Anniversary Mass at St Marys Church to open the Elyria Council 774 Knights of Columbus observance. Clergy from St Agnes and St Jude will be honorary deacons, Monsignor Saunders will MC, Rev Edward Seward to deliver the sermon, with breakfast at the church hall to follow.
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Edward F. Hoban
Cleveland Diocese
St. Mary’s Church
Elyria Council
Knights of Columbus
Elyria
James M. Gallagher
St. Agnes’ Church
John A. Carrabine
St. Jude’s Church
Monsignor Saunders
Cleveland Chancery
Edward Seward
Elyrian
J. B. Seward
St. Mary's Church Hall
Senators oppose Eisenhower defense reorganization plan
Two Democratic senators Russell B Long and John C. Stennis urged the president to restudy Eisenhower's defense reorganization, criticizing the abolition of the Office of Director of Installations and warning against a stronger Joint Chiefs of Staff. House leaders voiced doubts about expanding the chairman's power as plans move to unify the department along corporate lines with new assistant secretaries and reorganized boards. The Rockefellers advisory panel urged clear roles for the services while Secretary Wilson weighs shifts in air and naval emphasis.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Russell B. Long
D-La
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
House
Armed Services
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Nelson A Rockefeller
Wilson
Air Force
United States
Empty Safe Thieves Target City Service Allied Offices
Burglars broke into the Cities Service Oil Co and Allied Oil offices on Griswold Road and carried off Allied’s safe. The 600 pound safe contained only papers of no value, emptied by Brinks yesterday. Entryal doors were forced and an explosion was suspected though damage was minor. Police pursue a Ford truck linked to the theft.
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Cities Service Oil Co
Griswold Road
Allied Oil Company
Allied
Claude Lyman
Brinks
Allied Oil
Cities Service
E W. Moulder
Sheriffs Department
Fatal Tire Blowout Claims Life Near Xenia
Raymond Fox, 22, of Harveysburg was killed near Nena when a tire blew out and his car lost control, striking a utility pole Friday night.
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Xenia, O
INS
Raymond Fox
Harveyspurg
Nena
Terrorist Kills Tunis Official
A terrorist assassinated the deputy mayor of Tunis on a downtown street. Police raided Arab quarter hideouts and arrested several suspects but did not capture the killer, who remained at large.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Tuniis
Chedly Kastally
Two Accident Victims In Critical Condition In Elyria
Mrs. Helen Funk 26 of 6103 Pear Ave Cleveland and her son Ronald 4 remained in critical condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a collision at Chestnut Ridge and Root roads. Husband William 26 and daughter Diane 3 were reported improved. driver W C Esry 51 Lakewood was somewhat improved with multiple injuries.
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Helen Funk
Pear Avenue
Cleveland
Ronald
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chestnut Ridge
Root Roads
William
Diane
W. C. Esry
Esry
Funk
Root Road
James Howard
Mr. Funk
Esty
Baumhart Named Aide To GOP Chairman In Washington
A. D. Baumhart Jr., former Ohio congressman and state senator, is named first assistant to GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall and will become executive director of Republican National Headquarters. He led the Ohio Citizens for Eisenhower Committee during the last campaign.
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Toledo
INS
A. D. Baumhart Jr
Ohio
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Washington
Baumhart
Republican National
Ohe
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
North Korean POW Riot at Panmunjom Exchange
Four AM ambulances ferried repatriated North Korean prisoners to Panmunjom as American officers described an attempted disruption. Guards report captives exited humming and shouting while one man menaced Lt. Col. Leo J. Dulacki before being restrained by a Communist officer.
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Panmunjoal
Panmunjom
Leo J. Dulacki
Omaha
Wneb
Bus Crash Kills Ten in Porto Alegre Inferno
A speeding city bus overturned and burst into flames in Porto Alegre, Brazil, killing ten and leaving 36 people badly burned late Friday. Police and emergency crews cordoned the scene as investigators began examining the wreckage and possible causes.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
Communists push for higher talks in PK prison swap dispute
In Panmunjom the Communists called a 48 hour recess in truce talks and pressed for high level instruction as a major move looms. Nam elders asked for a halt after Harrison accused him of a false statement on custodianship of about 48 500 anti red prisoners. The UN and Communist sides clashed over prisoner disposition with India Pakistan Burma and Indonesia offered as neutral hosts but with conditions. Washington sources say Pakistan may be chosen and the US would consider both Pakistan and India. Admiral Daniel pressed for freedom of more than 375 UN prisoners unmatched in the exchange.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Nam 71
Willam K. Harrison
United Nations
India
Pakistan
Burma
Indonesia
U. N
Washington
U. WN
John C. Daniel
Consolidation Of Schools To Be Discussed Further
County Board of Education schedules a May 15 meeting at 8 30 p m to discuss consolidating small districts after Elyria High supplies tuition pupils to East and West Carlisle and Elyria Township. Attending boards include East and West Carlisle Eaton Columbia Grafton Belden LaGrange and Penfield. Also certified a new Avon School District substitute bus driver Donald Casper.
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County Board of Education
Elyria
East
West Carlisle
Elyria Township
Boards of Education of
East and West Carlisle
Eaton
Columbia
Grafton
Belden
LaGrange
Penfield
Donald Casper
Avon
Crucial Battle In Laos Near Luang Prabang
Vietminh forces may open a decisive engagement near Luang Prabang as Red columns approach two defense outposts about 12 miles from the city. Western observers view the move as part of a broader Communist plan to consolidate territory in the East under Red rule.
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Hanoi
INS
Laos
Luang Prabang
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