Explainers May Use Records in POW Return Effort
American officers may use taped pleas from families of 22 unrepatriated GIs to persuade them to come home. Indian Lt. Gen. Thimayya says there is no reason explainers cannot use personal messages in sessions with pro Communist POWs, as pace of talks slows. The explanation program ends December 23, with only two of 136 prisoners returning to non Communists.
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Panmuniom
Korea
United Press
K. S. Thimayya
U.S
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Thimayya
Elyria
Ja Commission
Toledo
James W. Shocknessy
Red Ex
Pro
Robert J. Shoup
Dana F. Reynolds
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Shacknessy
Snow Makes Four Car Pileup on West River Road
The season's first snow caused a four car collision on West River Road about three miles from Elyria at 6:45 a m. Deputy Eugene Miller said Rosella Kelling skidded then stopped, Raymond Sesila slowed, Gerald Buckingham's car struck Sesila, and a fourth car driven by George Fazekas collided with Buckingham.
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West River Road
Elyria
Eugene Miller
Rosella Kelling
R. D. J. Lorain
Raymond Sesila
Riverside Drive
Sesil
Noted bird expert Frank M. Phelps dies at 68
Frank Mills Phelps 68 a lifelong Elyria resident and renowned bird authority died suddenly at his home 312 Fifth Street He traveled across North and South America studying birds and their habits Phelps attended Elyria High School and Ohio State University He was an officer and director of a loan company and a longtime member of First Congregational Church The obituary notes his 30 years with Judge John D Pincura.
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Frank Mills Phelps
Fifth Street
Wuuay
Phelps
Elyria
Elyria High School
Ohio State University
First Congregational Church
John D. Pincura
Cleveland
City of
Streetsouth
Worthington- Launderer Inc
George W. Pacma
Bendix- Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company
Gertrude Mills Phelps
Cora Phelps
C. L. Wise
Jesse Phelps
Lorain
Arthur Phelps
Lebanon
Ore
Harold Dicken
Ridgelawn
Byron K. Anthony
Weather Update for Northeastern Ohio
Cloudy with snow flurries and cooler today with a high near 38. Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low around 38. Friday remains partly cloudy and cool. Wednesday temperature 47, 24 hour precipitation trace by 8 p m Wednesday. Humidity around 51 percent at 8 am and 5 pm. Sunrise 7 06 am Thursday, moonrise near 1 29 am and 4 18 pm Thursday.
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Ohio
Salaries Boosted for County Engineer's Department
Salary increases of 15 dollars a month were ordered for 11 employees in the county engineer department, effective from November 15. Pay ranges now run from 330 to 475 dollars monthly, as disclosed in county auditor payrolls.
Newcomers Club Hostess Burns in Kitchen Fire
Mrs. George Mallow hostess of Elyria Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club suffered second degree burns to her arm and leg and minor facial injuries when grease ignited while she cooked shrimp at 438 Cambridge Ave. Wind fanned flames as she fled. She is in Elyria Memorial Hospital with a satisfactory condition. Mrs. Mallow is active in local civic groups, including president of the Elyria Council of Church Women and former president of the Christian Women's Fellowship.
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George Mallow
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mallow
Cambridge Avenue
Elyzia Council of Church Women
Christian Women’s Fellowship of
Washington Avenue
First Snowfall Of Winter Season Shocks City
An unusually mild autumn ended as residents woke to an inch of snow. Snow covered lawns trees and cars while sidewalks quickly cleared leaving a wet surface. Motorists and homeowners faced practical tasks like coats footwear anti freeze and storm windows as winter makes a light first appearance.
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Elyria
Cleveland Weather Observatory
Dean
Eden Warns Of Far East Danger
Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons the Far East remains the most dangerous sphere for the West. He praised halting the Korean War in Korea and urged maintaining the armistice while pressing for a political conference to secure peace in Korea and reduce Far East tensions.
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Eden
London
Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Far East
House
East Land West
Korea
Painter Leaps From Slipping Scaffold Eight Floors Up
A painter for O'Donnell Paint and Wallpaper Co. on the Elyria Savings and Trust Co. building leaped through an open window when a scaffold started to slip. H Calvert was caulking windows at Rob ert H. Rice, attorney's office, when the rope on the block and tackle slipped. The scaffold fell six inches before ground crew member caught the rope.
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O'Donnell Paint and Wallpaper Co
H. Calvert
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Calvert
Robert H. Rice
Eisenhower Grants New York Final Go Ahead on Power Project
President Eisenhower issued an executive order making New York State power authority the official federal agent to build the St. Lawrence project in partnership with Ontario. The joint venture, an expensive multi million dollar undertaking, advances the long planned hydroelectric development.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York State
St. Lawrence
Ontario
Secret Talks On Peace Parley Plans Proposed
Panmunjom dispatch notes a tentative plan for secret talks between Korean advisers and American envoy Arthur Dean. The proposal aims to break a deadlock by allowing limited questions and exchanges, though it is viewed with concern by some delegates.
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Dean
Reds
Headdon
Panmunjom
Ambassa
Arthur H. Dean
Red
Leads Staff To Shelter In Air Raid Drill
President Eisenhower led the White House staff of about 170 into an underground bomb shelter during Washington’s first full-scale air raid drill since World War I. He and Mrs. Eisenhower joined staff after sirens signalled red alert at 10 a.m. The shelter’s exact location remained secret for security reasons.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Rose Garden
White
House
James Rowley
Secret Service
ALSCO
Gene
Riots in Trieste as Police Fire on Italian Demonstrators
Hundreds of shots fired by police wounded multiple Italian rioters during clashes in Trieste on day two of protests against Allied occupation. A mass in front of San Antonio Nuevo was disrupted by tear gas and water cannons as rioters hurled stones and clubs toward officers.
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Trieste
INI
Agence France Presse
Zone A
Sport
Italy
San Antonio Nuevo
Adriatic Sea
Fire Routs 185 At Hotel In Cleveland
Cleveland fire department investigators race to determine the fire origin at an east side hotel that displaced 185 people and caused about 10 400 dollars in damage. Fire crews freed a number from ladders as 150 others fled the Perkins hotel Wednesday night. Ed Berghalz aged 67, confined to bed, was carried from the burning W9 suite and taken to Mt Sinai hospital for shock. No injuries reported.
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Cleveland I
Cleveland Fire Department
East Side
Perkins Hotel
Ed Berghalz
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Dancing Has Charms in Malay Prison Reform Plan
London dispatch reports Malayan prison commissioner says square dancing helps win captured women terrorists to support democracy in Malay states. The unusual tactic aims to sway detainees by cultural engagement.
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London
Commissioner of Prisons
Russia Rejects Big Four Meeting Ends Stalin Era Hope
U.S. officials say Russia rejected a Big Four foreign ministers conference to discuss Austria and Germany, signaling the end of the post Stalin peace offensive. Eisenhower charges Moscow seeks only to create difficulties and rejects UN disarmament as a forum. The note demands a temporary all German government and criticizes West Germany while urging Spain bases be torn up and China’s UN entry.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Eisenhower
Moscow
Austria
Britain
France
Lugano
Switzerland
Georgi Malenkov
Red China
United Nations
Spain
Kremlin
America
Europe
North Atlantic
West German
Bonn
Gas Line Break Halts Service In Spencer Area
About 238 Spencer area customers including Spencer Manufacturing Co faced several hours without gas after a break in the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. feed line between Penfield and Spencer around 10 a.m. The cause was undetermined. Fred Haas of Ohio Fuel Gas Co. dispatched all available crews from Medina to Wellington, Rittman, and Elyria to restore service, with callbacks to notify customers before service resumes.
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Spencer
Spencer Manufacturing Co
Ohio Fuel Gass Co
Penfield
H. ¢. Taylor
Elyria
Taylor
Fred Haas
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Medina
Wellington
Rittman
Essary
Phony summons leads to fight and jail
A man from Dyke road, David Williams, 31, was jailed after a dispute over money triggered a fight with neighbor George Bennett following a falsified phone summons. Williams, who had been drinking, was arraigned before Justice C. C. Lord and placed under a $100 peace bond.
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David Williams
Dyke Road
George Bennett
Sheriff Department
Williams
Bertett
Bennett
Sheriffs Department
Willams
Justice C. C. Lord
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Cascade Park
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Elyria Land
Frank M. Phelps
Boston
Massachusetts Public Utilities Department
Capehart
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RARO
Amherst
Oberliner Society
Painter
N.Y
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