Captain recalls Lake Superior disaster and rescue
Captain Albert Stiglin of the Henry Steinbrenner, bound for Lorain, described the sinking in a 60 mph gale as a nightmare in a black night of rain and hail. He and 13 crewmen were saved. 11 died and six are missing as nine bodies were recovered near Isle Royale.
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Albert Stiglin
Vermilion
Henry Steinbrenner
Lake Superior
Risden Road
Lake Road
Philip Minch
Kinsman Transit Company
James Lambaris
Lorain
Isle Royale
Steinbrenner
Alrmost
Great Lakes
Stiglin
Moun
Government aims to match spending with income by mid-1954
Eisenhower administration told GOP leaders it expects to cut expenditures each quarter of fiscal 1954 to reach a break-even, aiming for a balanced budget in the following year. Taft noted the optimism may not ease the 1954 deficit outlook, and tax yield remains uncertain. Meanwhile defense spending looms large in the fiscal picture. A White House briefing contrasted with Defense Secretary Wilson’s cautious stance on balancing the budget.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
GOP
Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Taft
White House
Defense
Wilson
Hisen‘hower
Senate Finance Committee
Millikin
Meeting on Consolidation of Lorain County School Districts
School officials gather to discuss consolidating southeastern Lorain County districts at 8 30 pm in the County Board of Education office on West Third Street. Attendees restricted to board members clerks and local superintendents with invited reps from East Carlisle West Carlisle Elyria Township Eaton Columbia Grafton Belden LaGrange and Penfield.
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Lorain County
County Board of Education
West Third Street
East Carlisle
West Carlisle
Elyria Township
Eaton
Columbia
Grafton
Belden
LaGrange
Penfield
Partly cloudy in Northeastern Ohio with warm temps
Northeastern Ohio experiences partly cloudy skies this afternoon with a high near 77 and similar temperatures to yesterday. Strong southwest winds 15 mph today and tonight, increasing to 20 mph Wednesday forenoon. A day with scattered thundershowers and a low around 60, 0.07 inch precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 pm Monday.
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Ohio
Freighter Sinks Off Japanese Coast Amid Bombing Reports
A 3000 ton freighter blew up and sank two miles from Iwate prefecture after conflicting claims of a mine strike or aerial bombing. Eyewitnesses cite a possible WWII mine and an unidentified aircraft. four JASDF jets bombed nearby but sightings found no vessel below. No survivors.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Japan Air Defense Force
Air Force
Misawa
United States
Pacific Ocean
Iwate Prefecture
Honshu
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Maritime Safety Board
Street Painting Program Starts in Elyria
Elyria street department begins its annual repainting of lane lines. Police urge motorists to avoid lines until dry and to heed red warning flags. Violations carry traffic fines. flags are removed once paint cures.
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Elyria Street
Clark Seeks New Armistice Plan at Panmunjom
Gen Mark W Clark flew to Panmunjom to present a counter proposal to the Communists, stressing voluntary repatriation and noting the UN will submit details soon. He met with Syngman Rhee in Seoul and planned further talks with the UN armistice delegation as the Koreas debate prisoners fate and division of Korea.
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Mark W. Clark
Korea
Clark
United Nations
Far East
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Munsan
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
U.N
Tokyo
Red Territory
Bryan Milburn
Firelands High School construction starts today
The I J Hume Co will begin work on the new Firelands consolidated high school following a board meeting at Henrietta school. Contracts total 480k plus. kitchen equipment bid awarded to Russlander & Sons. State praise and temporary charters support the project as construction proceeds.
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Firelands High School
I. J. Hume Company
Lorain
Board of Education
Firelands
Henrietta School
T. J Hume Co
T. O Murpony Co
Oberlin
Durfee Electric Co
Howe and Bickel
Birmingham
Russlander & Sons, Inc
Buffalo, NY
State Department of Education
Citizens Committee
Frank Lausche
Henrietta
Brownheim
Camden
Cold War Rift Grows Over Churchill Peace Bid
U P says Western powers reject top level talks with the Soviet Union without clear evidence of peace will from Moscow. Eisenhower position reaffirmed. Churchill urges piecemeal gains. Republicans wary, some Democrats open to trying. No White House or State Department comment.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Eisenhower Nominates Radford for Joint Chiefs Chair
President Eisenhower mounts a major military reshuffle naming Adm Arthur W. Radford as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Gen Matthew B Ridgway becomes army chief of staff and Adm Robert B Carney is selected as chief of naval operations. Ridgway will be replaced at NATO by Gen Alfred M. Gruenther, currently NATO chief of staff.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
Toedey
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
NATO
Matthew B Ridgway
Army
Adm
Robert B Carney
Ridgway
Alfred McCou Gruenther
Man Killed in Crash on U S 22 Near Foster
William Thompson 32 of Loveland died when his car pulled from a side road into a truck on U S 22 near Foster. The notice appears among ads for Looney's closing out sale offering discounts on women's dresses bras skirts blouses boys suits and children's dresses next to Eberts Drugs on Broad Street.
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Lebanon
INS
William Thompson
Loveland
U.S. 22
Foster
Looney's
Ebert
Broad St
Tornado Devastation Hits Waco and San Angelo Texas
Tornado alerts issued as rescue teams recover at least 52 bodies from wreckage in Waco and San Angelo Texas. Death toll estimates reach 150 to 200 with over 500 injured and damage exceeding 10 million dollars. Martial law imposed in Waco with 200 soldiers patrolling as downtown areas suffer extensive ruin.
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Waco
Tex
U.P
Texas
San Angelo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tyler
Lufkin
Yoakum
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Junction
INS
Sam Meredith
Fort Hood
Ralph Wolf
Elyrians Await Word Of Kin In Tornado Area
Mrs. David Crossmier of Elyria waits for news from San Angelo Texas where her daughter in law and son James D Robinson and their two children reside. Robinson serves as an Airman first class stationed at Goodfellow Air Base.
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Farley
International News Service
Courthouse Square
Waco
San Angelo
David Crossmier
Andress Court
Tex
James D. Robinson
East 21St Street
Robinson
Air Force
Goodfellow Air Base
Music Crossmier
Allen
Robbie
Wellington Calendar Notes and Local Highlights
Community listings cover events, society notes, hospital notes, markets and theater listings in Wellington and Oberlin areas. Includes calendars for Elyria, Amherst and Suburban pages with brief notices and public happenings.
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Pace Amherst
Elyria
Oberlin
Society
Wellington
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2Nd St
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