Quake Ravages Cuzco City Killing Fifty People
A violent earthquake struck Cuzco Peru causing extensive destruction and at least 50 deaths. Thousand residents fled into plazas as rescue crews worked by torchlight to clear rubble and establish aid stations while an airlift of doctors medicines and milk prepared for arrival from Lima.
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Cuzco
Peru
Andes
Lima
Pardo
San Sebastian
Santo Domingo
Belen
National College of Sciences
Convent of
Costly Carpenter Tools Stolen
Deputy sheriffs investigated the theft of about 31000 worth of carpenter tools and other equipment from a nearly finished house at Routes 82 and 57 for Richard Bittner of Grattan. Windows were left open after painters worked until 11 p.m. the prior night, and the loss was found when workers arrived this morning. Missing items include power tools a radio paint cupboards doors linoleum and three combination doors. Fred Eady is the contractor building the house.
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Richard Bittner
Grafton
Fred Eady
Father and three children die in home fire
A father James Snay, 27, and his three children William 15 months Don 30 months and Jane 3 died in a house fire begun by a kerosene heater. Snay re entered the flames to save the children after waking his wife. Firemen found four charred bodies in the ruins.
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Fremon
James Snay
William
Don
Jane
Man Killed At Cleveland Auto Crash In Ohio City
A Chicago man, Douglas Favors, 36, was killed in an auto accident in Cleveland early today, marking the city’s 39th traffic fatality of the year.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Douglas Favors
Weather outlook with mild temps and showers in Ohio
Northeastern Ohio is cloudy with a few showers and mild temperatures today and tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change. tonight’s low around 56 and Tuesday’s high about 78. Hardware and home goods ads note Roper Gas Ranges and Colson Wheel Goods. Elyria Trading Post advertises fishing gear behind Latty's Drive In, open all day with ample parking.
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Ohio
Roper Gas
Minn
Colson Wheel Goods
Elyria Howe. Co
Elyria Trading Post
Latty
Seniors Toast Distinction Day at Elyria High
Elyria High School honored its 269 member Senior Class as "Students of Distinction" with an hours long assembly. Juniors roasted the seniors through skits and parodies including a farce titled Operation Sram. Songs and comedy highlighted the event, with perfect attendance freshmen and sophomores invited to attend.
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Elyria High
Earth
Lois Tattersall
Phil Struthers
Bob Cochrane
Barbara Brown
Yyrta High School
Chest Trustees Meet Tomorrow
Trustees of the Elyria Community Chest will meet in the director's room of the Lorain County Bank at 7 30 tomorrow evening to elect officers for the 1951 campaign year. Executive secretary Cortney Kirby announced the gathering. The group will name a president two vice presidents a secretary and a treasurer.
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Elyria Community Chest
Lorain County Bank
Cortney Kirby
Two Sisters Killed When Auto Hits Tree
A car carrying two sisters left the highway and crashed into a tree near here killing Margaret Well Jer 26 a hospital receptionist and Virginia Weller 19 a Troy high school graduate. The Gunnison home at 971 N Olive will be open for inspection this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. An Elyvia Trading Post ad promotes summer screening needs and cleaning supplies behind Larry's Drive In.
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Laoy
Margaret Well Jer
Virginia Weller
Troy High School
Gunnison
N. Olive Street
Elyvia Trading Post
Larry's Drive
Explosion death toll rises in New Jersey port blast
In South Amboy New Jersey the Friday munitions explosion toll climbed to 28 with two more missing as authorities fear hidden landmines and bombs still litter the waterfront. The blast killed at least 26 and injured 352, with insurance estimates at 7.5 million dollars.
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South Ampuy
N. J
South Amboy
Resi- Bulle
No Man’s Land
American Agriculture Co
John B. Leonard
Robert C. Hendrickson
James C. Auchineloss
Senate
House
Coast Guard
Washington
Pakistan
Reelection of J. T. U. Head Seen Assured
INDIANAPOLIS Re-election of Woodruff Randolph to a fourth term as president of the AFL International Typographical Union appeared assured today. Unofficial counts from 510 unions showed Randolph leading with 24,648 votes to C. G. Sparkman of Detroit with 20,216. ITU secretary Don Hurd noted missing votes from New York, Chicago, and Washington where Randolph reportedly added about 1,100, giving him a broad majority overall.
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Indianapolis
Woodruff Randolph
AFL International Typographical Union
Randolph
C. G. Sparkman
Detroit
ITU
Don Hurd
New York
Chicago
Washington
Oberlin Youth Bound to Grand Jury for Assault and Theft
Juvenile Charles Smith of Oberlin is bound to the grand jury on charges of assault with intent to kill and auto theft after a court examination. Dr. Mary Emily Sinclair, retired Oberlin College mathematics professor, is recovering from a fractured skull and nose at Alten Hospital following the May incident when she refused to lend her car for a dance in Sandusky. The court noted the boy’s prior probation violations and that he could be prosecuted as an adult. bond set at 5000.
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Malcolm Thomson
Charles Smith
Oberlin
Mary Emily Sinclair
Oberlin College
Miss Sinclair
Alten Hospital
Sandusky
Thomson
Smith
Juvenile Research Bureau
Columbus
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Grand Jury
Asault
Vicim
Mine Disaster Death Toll Rises in Germany
In Ulbsovailkchen Germany four more miners died raising the total to 70 from Saturday’s Dahlbusch coal mine disaster. Two additional severely injured miners are expected to die. Officials blamed a defective electric circuit igniting gas in the shaft, with 54 of 138 miners in six sections killed outright.
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Ulbsolvaikchen
Germany
Dahlbusch
Plane crash near New Philadelphia airport injures pilot
Pilot Charles Stover of East Liverpool escaped serious injury when his light plane crashed just north of New Philadelphia airport yesterday after the motor cut out during approach. He reported the incident to the State Highway Patrol.
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New Philadelphia
Charles Stover
East Liverpool
Stover
State Highway Patrol
U S Police Arrest Russians In Frankfurt Incident
U S military police arrested two or four Russians for violating travel limits imposed on the Soviet military mission in Frankfurt. A lieutenant and a sergeant were detained returning from an unauthorized trip. later released after assurance restrictions would be observed.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
G. Pavlov
U.S
Eerie
U.S. Army
Potsdam
Berlin
Mission Headquarters
Plane crashes claim seven lives across nation
Seven people die in three crashes Sunday including three military pilots and three sisters traveling to a wedding. The sisters Pauline Guernsey and A. Anderson and Lee Caffey perished with their pilot William Strum near St Charles Missouri. One Marine pilot died in Georgia as another unidentified flyer remained missing after a Half Moon Bay to Lodi flight. The Brookins AFB jet and other details are reported.
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Griffin
Dis
Halfy Moon Bay
Calif
San Francisco
Lodi
Pauline Guernsey
Oklahoma City
A. Anderson
Lee Caffey
Magnum
Okla
William G. Strum
St. Louis
St. Charles
C. H.guernsey
Brookins Air Force Base
Mobile
Ala
Air National Hard
British secret carrier moved from sight of Soviet ships
London reports the aircraft carrier Theseus was ordered to stay clear as a Soviet fleet anchored off England's southwest coast. The Theseus had entered Mounts Bay for tests and carried secret jet aircraft. British intelligence questioned Soviet vessels while radar tracked their movements as weather and storms prompted a cautious approach. Local boat owners capitalized on the spectacle offering tours of the Russian fleet.
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London
England
Mounts Bay
Scilly Isles
Admiralty
Coast Guard
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Secret Service
Bay of Biscay
Western Union
Lord Vansittart
News of the World
Officer's Wife Admits Kidnapping Hoax in Nude Ruse
Oklahoma City. Alice Raper 33 confessed to staging a kidnapping hoax to fool her vice squad husband Vernon Raper. Key evidence included a torn night gown and a staged reunion arranged by an anonymous tip, with Detective Chief Bright Brown questioning her after the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Alice Raper
Vernon Raper
Raper
Lococo
Binaggio and
Gargotta
Southwest Boulevard
Stateline
Indicted Kansas City Figures Face Tax Evasion Charges
A Kansas City federal grand jury charged Samuel Hayden, a former Missouri state legislator, and Thomas Lococo with income tax evasion. Hayden is accused of evading 1 023.30 for 1948 and Lococo of 28 057.84 for 1944 48. The men were tied by authorities to Town Recreation, a gambling outfit netting nearly 200 000 in a year, with other stake holders including Charles Binaggio. Hayden was an assistant Jackson County prosecutor when the report was made public and was terminated from his post.
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Washington
Kansas City
Missouri
Justice Department
J. Howard McGrath
Samuel Hayden
Thomas Lococo
Hayden
Lococo
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargette
Grand
Jackson County
Woman confesses she left home of her own accord
Brown questioned a taxicab driver who said he drove Mrs Raper around the city. The five foot six brunette stuck to a kidnap story for an hour before admitting she left home voluntarily. Mary Case, 48, said Mrs Raper visited midnight Saturday until 7 pm yesterday and departed in a taxi. The woman asked Case to call Raper twice and claimed his wife had been kidnapped in one call.
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Mrs. Case
Raper
Final Bird Walk Draws Crowd at Ely Woods
About one hundred people joined the last bird walk of 1950 in Ely Woods on Sunday morning. Despite leaves, 41 species were seen or heard including Chimney Swift Carolina Wren Warbling Vireo Hooded Warbler and Cerulean Warbler with Whip-poor-will noted as rare. A May breakfast followed and plans to continue next spring were announced with more guides.
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Ely Woods
Akers
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Man Dies In Fire At Akron Plant
A 40 year old porter at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co in Akron was killed when a fire swept through the xylos plant. Robert Collier died in the dryer room before aid. The blaze started about 5 0 am in the arger room and was put out by sprinklers. it reoccurred two and a half hours later and firemen fought it for two more hours. Damage was estimated in the thousands.
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Akron
Porter
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Robert Collier
Winnipeg Dikes Hold As New Rains Fail
Winnipeg flood area endures renewed showers while dikes remain tested by the Red River. Flood control authorities expect high levels to persist for a week, requiring a five foot drop to end danger. Prime Minister St Laurent toured the flood zones calling damage horrible.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red River
Flood Centrol
Weather Bureau
Louis St. Laurent
Resar Florists
Adv
Two Men Injured When Their Car Runs Into Ditch
Lorain area report lists two men injured when a car ran into a ditch on West River road near Gris swold road at 11 45 p m Saturday Edward Barker 27 suffered a laceration Elmer Catley 47 brush burns on his left knee William Starcher 25 driver not injured Other incidents include a car rollover on Route 10 near Route 30 at 4 30 am yesterday and a Saturday collision on Lake avenue damaging a truck and a car.
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West River Road
Grisswold Road
Edward Barker
Elmer Catley
William Starcher
Donald Acheson
Wakeman
Route 30
Douglas Baldt
Joseph Loftus
Anthony Yacobucci
Lorain
Lake Avenue
Elyria High seniors named VFW award winners
Two Elyria High School seniors, H. Jane Smith and Tom Farmer, will be honored for Americanism and athletic excellence at Memorial Day services at Ridgelawn Cemetery on May 30. They will receive medals from Edwin Gaillard, commander of VFW Post 1079, after selection by the school faculty.
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Elyria High School
Death Declared by Own Action in Mount Shooting
Dr William H Bensner today handed down a verdict of death by own action in the shooting last night of Eugene E Mount 37 city solicitor Family said he had malaria from the last war and recent automobile injuries Police report states Mount was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound in his office The case closes with the verdict and notes on his illness
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Tiffin
William H. Bensner
Eugene E. Mount
Mount
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Francis Sullivan
St. Mary’s
U. S. Coast Guard
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J. T. U. Head
Dr. Smith
5Th St
Ady
Elyria
Belgium
France
Italy
Juliet Low
V.F.W
East River St
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