West Ave Gun Duel Leaves Two Wounded In Elyria
In a downtown Elyria Saturday night gun battle over a $4 gambling debt, Frank Hall and Willie Pollard exchanged fire from less than 25 feet. Hall, hit by five bullets, is in poor condition with possible two bullets remaining. Pollard, injured, is in fair condition with multiple wounds. Police describe perfect marksmanship by Pollard, who fled the scene with a loaded revolver as officers recovered Hall's weapon. Pollard has a lengthy criminal record across multiple states. Hall has a prior drunken driving arrest. Continued on page 2.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Frank Hall
West St
Tremont St
West Ave
Pollard
Hall
Earl Gordon
Harvey Hahn
Gordon
Hahn
Ohio
Alabama
Florida
Tremont St.West Ave
Willie Pollard
Bunny
Carl Henry Anderson
Clarence “Tiger” Moore
E. 32Nd St
Lorain
Sickroom Explosion Burns Boy in Ohio Home
Larry Benze a 16 year old boy suffered burns when a chemical mixture in his pocket exploded at Billy Soens home on Fuller and East River Road. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital in good condition and expected to go home soon. Billy Soens escaped injury and the room had slight damage.
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Larry Benze
Andrew Benze
East River Rd
Larry
Billy Soens
Billy
Soens
Fuller and
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Teens Sweep Elyria Road-E-O Winners Named
Sheldon Golecen and Earlene Mraz won first place in Elyria High School’s First Annual Teen Age Road E O for Safe Driving held at the Elyria High Athletic Field. Roy Silbaugh took second with James Flood third. winners advance to Lancaster and possibly Washington D C if they win. John Ryan led the safety committee and JC members judged the event.
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Sheldon Golecen
Caroline St
Earlene Mraz
Williams St
Elyria High School
Elyria High
Roy Silbaugh
Second St
James Flood
Warren Ave
Goleden
Miss Mraz
Lancaster
Northeast Ohio Weather Update
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a cooler yet mild high around 72. Tonight will be fair and cooler, with a low near 50. Tuesday looks fair with temperatures similar to today. Sunday’s temperature range was 50 to 78 with no precipitation over the past 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Sunday. Humidity 57 percent at 8 a.m. Sunday and 41 percent at 8 p.m. Sunday. Sunrise Monday 6:07 a.m. sunset 8:41 p.m. Moonrise 8:55 p.m. Monday, moonset 6:09 a.m. Tuesday.
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Ohio
Resar Florist ad and Resar Rentals notice
Geraniums extra fancy five dollars per dozen by Resar Florist. Also linoleum and wall tile offered by Resar Rentals at 552 Lodi Street phone 39 112. The compact ad highlights holiday greenery and home flooring options from local businesses.
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Resar Florist
Lodi St
Voluntary Auto Checkups Begin With June 1 Deadline
Police Chief James E. Boggs announced start of voluntary auto checkups lasting six weeks. Check stations on Sixth Street and Route 57 Foster Ave operate evenings and Saturdays, staffed by auxiliary officers, with inspections covering brakes steering tires and wipers. After June 1 inspections become mandatory with fines up to fifty dollars for defects.
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James E. Boggs
Sixth St
Middle
West Avenues
Foster Ave
Boggs
Weygandt Refuses To Honor Subpoena In Ohio Feud
Ohio Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt refused to honor a subpoena from Summit County Judge Walter B. Wannamaker demanding a deposition. The feud centers on Wannamaker’s dispute after the Supreme Court altered a prison sentence Wannamaker gave to noted Communist Frank Hashmall. Wannamaker accused the court of failing to administer even handed justice and the subpoena was turned over to the attorney general.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio
Carl V. Weygandt
Summit County
Walter B. Wannamaker
Weygandt
Wannamaker
Supreme Court
Frank Hashmall
Use Book Matches to Advertise Samples Call 57 044
Classified ad fragment urges advertising with use book matches and provides a contact number 57 044 for inquiries. Reads like a small period ad from a local newspaper page segment. The snippet signals promotional copy aimed at merchants or households seeking matchbox advertising.
State Officials Plan 3 Day Pike Tour Inspection
State and Ohio Turnpike Commission officials launch a three day inspection leaving the Ohio Pennsylvania line at 11 a.m. They will traverse 13 northern Ohio counties, visit Lorain County, Vermilion River bridges, and the Black River crossing dispute with Elyria. Gov. Lausche may join, with injunction proceedings set for June 2.
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State
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ohio-Pennsylvania
Lorain
Elyria
Route 10
Lombardo Brothers Construction Co
Castle-on-the-Lake
Charles E. de Leuw
Frank J. Lausche
Black River
Arthur Tudor
Kenton
Twinsburg
Fremont
Ohio-Indiana Line
E.s.t
Heavy Bodies and Minds Tied in Classy Humor Ad Lift
Psychologists link heavy bodies with troubled minds and discuss emotional eating. Chronicle-Telegram Classifieds offer quick relief for rental vacancies by calling 4751 to place an ad, promising rapid help renting out spaces.
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Chronicle - Telegram
Reds Deny Violating Agreement
Geneva report says Viet Minh rejected Western charges that it is violating the evacuation accord for wounded from Dienbienphu. Pham Van Dong said evacuation is proceeding satisfactorily and that Geneva has already dealt with the issue. France accuses Reds of blocking Vietnamese evacuees and moving troops toward the Red River delta. bombings resumed as evacuees are temporarily halted.
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Geneva
Viet Minh
Indochina
Dienbienphu
Pham van Dong
Anthony Eden
Dong
Red River Delta
Hanoi
Red River
France
Britain
United States
Eden
Washington
Paris
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Bank Robbery at Polk Sees $1800 Stolen by Two Suspects
Two young gunmen robbed the Polk State Bank at Polk, about nine miles northeast of Ashland, taking roughly $1800. Bank officials described the men in sport shirts and sunglasses as highway patrols and sheriff's deputies set up roadblocks for a light green late model Ford as the getaway car.
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Ashland
Polk State Bank
Polk
Here
Chinese Red Gunboat Sunk, Nationalists Say
Nationalist navy headquarters said a Nationalist warship sank a Chinese Communist gunboat off the Chekiang coast near the Tachen Islands south of Shanghai. The report noted a Sunday clash in which Nationalist ships damaged seven Communist craft with no Nationalist losses.
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Taipei
Chekiang
China
Tachen Islands
Shanghai
Formosa
Wine Drinking Attacker Sought After Boy Branded
Cleveland police focus on a wine drinking balding man seen near the near west side as they trace the attack on four year old Kenny Broyles. Kenny was found on the New York Central tracks near West L3rd St after going missing Friday night. He described a driver with a shiny light green car who forced him to drink wine. He remains in fair condition at Lutheran Hospital.
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Cleveland
Kenny Broyles
Near West Side
Kenny
New York Central
West L3rd St. Bridge
McCarthy Sees Iron Curtain Around Hearings
Washington reports Sen Joseph McCarthy warned that President Eisenhower's directive created an iron curtain around the Army McCarthy hearings hindering truth. Officials will refuse to testify on confidential executive advice and the Justice Department probes possible criminal law violations over an FBI letter to McCarthy. Eisenhower cited precedents and asserted executive branch candor must not encroach on others. Page 2 continues.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Eisenhower
Administration
McCarthy Army
Executive
White House
Senate
Herbert Brownell Jr
FBI
Brownell
Justice Department
McCarthy
John L. McClellan
D) Ark
Sherman Adams
William Rogers
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gerald Morgan
Army
John G. Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt. G
David Schine
Army Special
Joseph N. Welch
John Adams
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Potted Tomato Plants Offered by Resar Florist
Resar Florist at 1435 E River St advertises potted tomato plants for five cents each. Contact phone 3156 for orders and pickup.
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River St
Jim Crow Schools Held Illegal
The Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional in a unanimous decision. Chief Justice Warren said education must be available to all on an equal basis, a sweeping victory in U S race relations. The ruling, arising from four cases in South Carolina, Virginia, Delaware and Kansas, declares segregation a denial of equal protection of the laws under the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
U. S
Dred Scott
Warren
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Kansas
Guided Missiles Planned to Shield Ohio Area
Army sources reveal eight Nike missile launch sites to defend Elyria Lo Tain Akron and Cleveland in a U shaped arrangement centering on Cleveland. Each base will house two officers and 36 enlisted men with a nearby control center housing five officers and 44 enlisted aboard radar sets.
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Elyria
Lo Tain
Akron
Cleveland
Baltimore
Washington
D.C
Robert Crater
Cleveland Press
Construction Strike Enters Second Week
Cleveland’s construction strike continued into its second week as about 29,000 AFL workers paused work after the Cleveland Home Builders Association refused a 12 percent hourly wage increase last Monday.
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Cleveland II
Cleveland
AFL
Cleveland Home Builders Association
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Amherst
Elyria Comics
Farm
Hospital
Oberlin
Seeman
T.v.radio Wellington
Reds
Wang Shung-ming
Formosas
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Keelung
Crystal Clear Cleaners
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