Seaway ships won't be coming to Elyria
Lorain officials say improvements to the St. Lawrence Seaway and local port would cost millions and require land deals with railroads. The Black River remains shallow and narrow, limiting development near Lorain. Local leaders urge coordinated promotion and private investment to attract industry.
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Elyria
Don Miller
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lorain
Lakeside
Wallace Chapln
Black River
From Rhyl and Blythin’s Whodunit In Courtroom Tales
A column recounts Blythin’s Welsh origin and election as Cleveland criminal court judge. It notes his celebrated oratory at Harold Burton’s elevation ceremony, a vivid courtroom scene during the Dr Sheppard murder trial, and playful exchanges with reporters and jurors.
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Bob Considine
Edward Bisthin
Aksed Spry
Dr. Sheppard
Common Pleas Court
Blythin
Cleveland
Packard Motor Company
Birhin
Lear Directors Vote Dividends on Common and Preferred Stock
Lear Inc directors approve cash dividends payable Jan 2 1955 to holders of common and five percent preferred stock. Common stock receives 15 cents per share and five percent preferred 12.5 cents per share. Dividends payable to stockholders of record as of December 20.
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Lear, Inc
Bill Corrigan
Junior Red Cross Enrollment Set In City Schools
Enrollment begins tomorrow in Elyria schools marking the start of Junior Red Cross activities. A chapter committee led by Mrs. Russell Pratt coordinates programs with school sponsors and students selecting classroom service projects to aid community, country, and world initiatives.
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Red Cross
Elyria
Qhertin
Elyria Red Cross
Frank Hoffman
Red Cross Hospital
Elyria Area
Real Cross Chapter
Stas
Junior Red Cross
County Draft Quota Sets 37 Men for December Call
Lorain County selective service boards are asked to supply 37 men for the December draft, an announcement from state headquarters in Columbus states for the December call.
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Lorain County
Columbus
Elyrians Attend ROTC Training At Denison University
Two Elyrians David E. Russert and John F. Marshall are among CN cadets in the Ninth Air Force ROTC at Denison University. Maj Harm Foulavs says over 11 000 men at 2 9 6 institutions are enrolled nationwide with units across the country including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The December draft call numbers hover around 1 424 at the top and 1 033 drafted last December while alarm sirens ring for 20 year olds reporting to duty.
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David E. Russert
Carl F. Toussert
Columbia Ave
John FE. Marshall
John M. Marshall
Princeton Ave
Sophiore
Air Force Tespree
Denis Univrsity
Harm Fo
Assomate J
Demsen
Afrotc
Monttomery
Ala
Hawaii
Puerto Rica
Vermilion Boat Club honors top sailors at annual awards
Don Bever and Ray Full topped Vermilion Boat Club’s awards at the dinner dance in Moose Hall Lo Tain. Commodore Winsor and Fleet Captain Raymond Smith presented trophies for Memorial Day Series and South Shore Regatta results among Vermilion Star Fleet sailors.
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Don Bever
Ray Full
Vermilion Star Boat
Vermilion Boat Club
Moose Hall
Lo Tain
Quincy Winsor
Boat Club
Southern Lake Erie Star Fleet
Star Boat
Vermilion
Commodore Winsor
Raymond Smith
Deuces Wild
Louis Ruscitte
Duchess
Bever
George Fox
Ruscitte
Babe Meyer
Carl Myers
Ole Paint
Jack Dicere
William Miller Peery
Tarry Dobbs
McGarver
Miller + Dahl
South
Lake Erie Star Fleet Series Race Recap
Details from the Saturday afternoon series show Bever taking first in the Star Fleet division with Babe Meyer second and IBA Vick third. In the Fall Series Bever again leads with Duane second and Don Asher third, while the Rossworm Series lists Paul Stack first, Luscious Too! second, and Duane third.
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Lake Erie Star Fleet
Bever
Babe Meyer
Iba Vick
Duane
Don Asher ¢Dickery
Paul Stack
North Eaton Vets Auxiliary Holds Inaugural Meeting
Fifteen women attended the first North Eaton Veteran Club auxiliary gathering at Eaton Town Hall. Officers elected include president Mrs Robert L. Grills, secretary Mrs Carl Berner, recording secretary Mrs Lee Wieman, treasurer Mrs Herscher Eekins, with board members Mrs Viet Rusaw, Mrs Fred Law Ironee, Mrs Frank Mencl, Mrs John Sellers, and Mrs Ralph Smith. A bake sale was planned and the next meeting set for November 17 at the town hall.
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North Eaton
Veteran Club
Eaton Town Hall
Robert L. Grrls
Carl Berner
Lee Wieman
Herscher
Eekins
Viet Rusaw
Fred Law
Ironee
Frank Mencl
John Sellers
Ralph Smith
George Skull
Paul Dune
Noel Sedders
Robert Bucker
Franklin Astnry
Joseph Fekete
Bomb Explosion Wounds Four in New York Theater
Four persons were slightly injured when a home made bomb exploded during a showing of White Christmas at Tata City Music Hall in New York. The blast occurred on the 15th row, left side, amid a packed crowd with no glass damage reported.
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New York
Perisons
Tata City Music Hall
Abreial Photo of Lorain River Docks and Turning Basin
An image shows the Black River near Lorain’s Nicheonsi Tube Co plant with an oval turning basin at center. Ships circle GW return to the tide, docked along the tower side, while the tube plant docks appear on the right and a National Tube plant section is visible. The river is as shallow as six feet in places.
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Lorain
St. Lawrence Seaway
National Tube Co
American Shipbuilding Co
East 21St St
Black River
Lillian Stone
American Sharb
Chapla Aeclar
John C. Jaworski
Jauron
Sandusky
Jaworski
Lorain’s
Lake Erie
Winding River Channel
Oval
Nicheonsi ‘Tube Co
Phiwes
Dozens of Ohio Fatal Accidents Reported Over Weekend
At least 12 people died in Ohio accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday 6 a.m. including a two year old suffocating in a flash fire, a Columbus man in carbon monoxide death, and a woman who fell from a horse. Names span Cleveland, Elyria, Fostoria, Branch Hill, Hebron, Newark, Reynoldshire and Columbus with multiple vehicle crashes and a bicycle incident.
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International News Service
Ohio
Columbus
Michele Alvis
Steubenville
Cleveland
Jeannie Kitke
West Side
Larry Jones
North Benton
Alliance
Mary H. Sullivan
Newark
Fred Ojmving
Iner
Richard S. Clark
Rt. 79
Hebron
Robert Lee Moore
Reynoldshire
Angelo J. Savory
Colum 9
Homer W. Woodrum
Bilumbus
Dixon Yates contract moves to final AEC approval
The Dixon Yates dispute reaches the Atomic Energy Commission as the utility group seeks final approval to build a 107 million dollar steam plant at West Memphis Arkansas and sell 600000 kilowatts annually to the AEC for TVA delivery to Paducah Kentucky and Oak Ridge Tennessee. The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee considers legal questions and possible suspension of the 30 day review requirement.
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Washington
USP
Dixon-Yates
Cnnntact
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon- Yates
AEC
W. Sterling Cole
Senate House Atomienergy Committee
Iito
Adm
Lewis le Stauss
Congressional
Congressional Committee
Nature Das
Inilten
Congress
Chet Tolifield
D-Daly
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Johnson
Dixon-Yates Utility Group
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Energy
Paducah
Oak Ridge, Tenn
LaGrange School Open House Tonight During Education Week
LaGrange School hosts an open house from 7:30 to 9:30 p m tonight as part of National Education Week. Principal Robert Peters notes science agriculture home economics industrial and commercial demonstrations plus band and chorus rehearsals. Grade school displays and teacher demonstrations engage parents in classrooms.
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Lagan
LaGrange School
Robert Peters
Better Weather Speeds Progress On Parking Lot
Weather breaks aided work on two Seqind Street parking lots. Safety Director Michal Ika said crews would finish topping the West lot and begin grading the East lot to narrow. Adverse conditions delayed progress last week.
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Seqind St
Safety Service
Michalika
Conditios
Lotky S Aid
Mitchell Asks the Stop Vilification By Nixon
Washington sources report Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell demanding Vice President Nixon halt what he calls slanderous attacks on Democrats as soft on communism. Mitchell urged Nixon to retract and apologize for labeling Democrats traitors, while Hall challenged the accusation as campaign rhetoric. President Eisenhower sought harmony with Congress through quiet White House outreach and planned consultations with leaders on foreign policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Democratic Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Stephen A. Mitchell
Senate
House
Mitchell
Nixon
Lemard Hall
Hall
White House
Forvica
I. Sen
Als
Mike Monremey
Okla
Monreney
Fasenhower
Sam Rayburn
Pecame
Kenneth B. Keatings
RNY
Hugh Scott Paremd Oy
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