Western Powers Plan Cease Fire in Indochina Talks
United States and Britain approve French plans for immediate Indochina cease fire at Geneva. Aimed at halting fighting in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia, the proposal envisions rapid talks between opposing commanders to regroup forces and settle control details later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Britain
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Paris
Bidault
Laniel
French Nation Assembly
Struck By Train Leaves Nine Year Old Badly Hurt
Sheffield Lorain: Leonard Ray Parks 9, son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Parks of 99 Lake Breeze Rd, was struck by the steps of a passing freight engine while playing near the Nickel Plate crossing on Rt 301. He suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries. condition listed as very critical at St Joseph's Hospital. Witnesses reported the boy ignored the engine whistle despite lowering speed to 30 mph. Neighbors and responders, including Mayor Paul W Poor and Dr Wilson, rendered aid before arrival at the hospital.
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Sheffield
Shefffield Lake
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Leonard Ray Parks
Glenn Parks
Lake Breeze Rd
Nickel Plate Railroad
Rt. 301
O. C. Fazenbaker
R.D. 2
Conneaut
Joseph Tomkiewicz
Paul W. Poor
Wilson
Virginia Wilson
Tennyson School
Weather summary for Northeastern Ohio and local ads
Mostly cloudy today with temperatures near 70 and a low of 58 with scattered showers. Friday remains mostly cloudy with seasonable temperatures. Also notes a Wednesday temperature range of 51 to 68, humidity 56 percent at 8 am and 28 percent at 8 pm, and sunrise and sunset times. Local ads for florist and upcoming Elyria mobile show June 7 to 10 at Roll Arena with doors at 10:30 daily and a flavor and price list for ice cream through May 31.
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Ohio
Elyria
the Roll Arena
U S Atomic Bombers On Good Will Flight From Fort Worth
U S atomic bombers led by Brig Gen John D Ryan launched from Carswell AFB Texas for a non stop good will flight over Nicaragua as part of a joint arms and defense gesture. The mission followed recent arms airlifts to Nicaragua and Honduras amid Guatemala arms shipments described by exiles in Mexico City.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Nicaragua
Guatemala
John D. Ryan
19Th Air Division
Carswell Air Force Base
Defense Department
Italy
United States
Honduras
Mexico City
Lorain Sailor Safe After Bennington Blast
Relatives of 22 year old Maynard Cisar an electrician on the ill fated U S Bennington learn he is safe after an explosion aboard the battleship in Guantanamo Bay Cuba in April 1933. Cisar, in the Navy three years, reassured kin with a telegram saying O K a letter to follow. He is the son of Mrs Thomas Gornall Jr and lives with his aunt at 301 W 23rd St.
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Lorain
Maynard Cisar
U. S
Bennington
O. K
Cisar
U. S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Hoe
Thomas Gornall Jr
Washington Ave
Sarah Binder
23Rd St
Fatal Grafton farm shooting sparked due to accident or intent
A 14 year old Grafton farm boy, John Thrasher, was fatally shot on the John Mole farm near Grafton. Harold Wolfgang, 16, a welfare ward, fired the shotgun while the boys worked in a milkhouse. Officials delay a decision and will consult Probate Judge Malcolm Thomson, Assistant Prosecutor Harold Ewing, and sheriffs deputies before concluding if it was accidental or deliberate. Thrasher had lived on the farm since September with his divorced parents. Continued on Page 2.
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Grafton
Ray Warren
John Thrasher
Cuyahoga County
John Mole
Harold Wolfgang
Mole Farm
Warren
Harold
Malcolm Thomson
Harold Ewing
Edward Gawlik
Robert Vinovich
Edwin Mitchell
Wolfgang
Thrasher
Charles Thrasher
Lakewood
Rose No
Hilliard Rd Site Choice Revealed
The Ohio Turnpike Commission disclosed plans to build a bridge at Hilliard Rd extension during an appropriation trial for M. E. Whitman property east of Gulf Rd. Judge Arthur Tudor granted a continuance after Whitman’s attorney argued with Turnpike plans showing no bridge. The court set a new trial date for June 16.
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Ohio Turnpike Commission
Hilliard Rd
M. E. Whitman
Gulf Rd
Arthur Tudor
Hardin County
Worth Fauver
Whitman
Dan Cook
Turnpike
Fauver
Cook’s
Cook
Turnpike Commission
Columbus
Bon-Air Ave
Tudor
Bennington Disaster Port Rescue and Inquiry
Fire aboard the carrier Bennington near Quonset Point Rhode Island followed a deadly explosion that killed 91 and injured 201. A special naval board of inquiry led by Rear Admiral Hoskins convened to probe for sabotage while Secretary Thomas said no sabotage evidence. Captain Raborn praised his crew and ordered full speed to Quonset as rescue teams battled smoke and debris on the damaged ship.
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Bennington
Special
Naval Board of Inquiry
Navy
Special Naval Board of Inquiry
Navy Public Information
John M
Peg Leg) Hoskins
Charles S. Thomas
William F. Raborn
Oklahoma City
Okla
Armed Services Committees
House
Senate
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Rabom
Raborn
Lorain Man Missed Big Ben Blast On Leave
Lorain resident Steve Perkovich Jr. was on 14 day shore leave at his Lorain home when the U S S Bennington catastrophe occurred at sea. He previously helped with the 1953 Bennington boiler explosion rescue in Cuban waters and was due to rejoin his ship in Rhode Island in June.
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Steve Perkovich Jr
Pearl Ave
Lorain
U.S.S. Bennington
Perkovich
Big Ben
Cuban
Bennington
Norfolk
Quonset Point
Rhode Island
Akron elects Dr Albert Kelly as new U P Church moderator
Dr Albert Kelly of Pittsburgh was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church of North America at the 96th General Assembly in Akron on Wednesday night. He succeeds prior leaders as the church continues its work through the current assembly with emphasis on unity and governance.
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Akron
Albert Kelly
Pittsburgh
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Kelly
General Assembly
Strike Danger Fades in Lorain County Building Trade Talks
The Lorain County building trades strike dissolved as contractor groups and crafts sign wage deals. Trades secretary Russell Reisinger said most crafts accepted boosts aligning with Cleveland scales, with electricians and bricklayers winning 12½ cent rises and several others at seven and a half cents by May or June. If roofer or carpenter talks fail, remaining unions may trigger picket lines. mass settlements frustrated by some contractors. Industrial pressure eased as plumbers and laborers move toward ratified agreements.
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Lorain County Buildings Trades’Council
Home Builders’ Association
Russell Reisinger
Building Trades Council
Vladimir Nickoloff
Home Builders Association
Nickoloff
Reisinger
Ently
Cleveland
Bob Woodward
T. J. Hume Co
David Ross
Ross Plumbing Co
Lorain
Senator McClelland Charges McCarthy With Secret Data Crime
Senate debate erupts as Sen John L McClelland accuses Sen Joseph R McCarthy of receiving secret information by criminal means and says both are guilty of a crime. Roy M Cohn testifies that Army officials tried to discredit McCarthy and block inquiries into Communist infiltration. He names Robert T Stevens and John G Adams as involved. The hearing continues amid testimony and political clash.
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Washington
John L. McClelland
D-Ark
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
McClelland
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Cohn
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Adams
Stevens
Isaly's Ice Cream Deal and Arena Bake Sale Ad
An Isaly's advert offers gal fudge ripple ice cream at 79 cents through May 31. A mobile show runs June 7 to 10 at iRoll Arena with doors at 3:00. A bake sale is planned Friday morning and light details appear for a Mothers League notice and gas office listing in Littlestown.
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Italy
Isaly
Littlesat
League Mothers
South
Norwalk Man Killed By Train
Glenn Edwin Tinker, 58, of 15 Garden St Norwalk, was killed when his car was struck by an eastbound New York Central passenger train at Frailey Rd. The collision ripped the gas tank from the car and threw the vehicle into a ditch. Officials said death was due to a broken neck or skull fracture. Survived by wife and son Glenn Jr as body prepared for funeral arrangements.
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Glenn Edward Tinker
Norwalk
Edward M. Fisher
Vermilion
Tinker
Frailey Rd
New York Central Railroad
Glenn Edwin Tinker
Garden St
Bwek
New York Central
Here
Glenn Jr
R. L. Blackann
Berlin Heights
Possible 1.5 Million Drafted If U S Acts in Asia
Washington Republican Rep. Clarence J. Brown warned in a constituent newsletter that U S intervention in Indochina could trigger a large surge in draft calls. He said some 1.5 million registrants might be called within three to four months, with many expecting a June decision.
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Washington
U. S
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Clarence J. Brown
Rohio
United States
Stranahan Eliminated In British Amateur Final Run
Stranahan of Toledo Ohio, a two-time winner, is out in the sixth round of the British amateur golf championship after losing 4 and 3 to Ernest Millward of Britain at Muirfield Scotland DS Coincidentally the match ends Stranahan's streak as favorite in this event.
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Muirfield
Scotland
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Stranahan
Britain
Ernest Millward
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