Amherst Council Eyes Salary Hikes In Busy Session
Amherst council approved plans to raise pay for mayor clerk and council members and set per meeting rates for the board of public affairs. They discussed water and sewer contracts and new rate structures, plus police equipment and street work.
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Amherst
Amherst Counci
Board ‘of Public Affairs
David Goldthorpe
Council
Board of Public Affairs
Hogrefe
Milan Avenue
Lou Heller
Street Department
Truman Eisenhower cooperation framed for liaison
President Truman and President-elect Eisenhower held a 20 minute unaccompanied talk and released a joint statement. They said the President could not share or surrender duties until January 20 when Eisenhower is sworn in, but a liaison framework for information exchange on important international issues was arranged.
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Truman
Eisenhower
Death Records Mary Tilberg Sands
Funeral services for Mary Tilberg Sands 73 who died yesterday morning at Victory Memorial Hospital Waukegan Illinois will be held Friday afternoon at three o'clock at her late home She was a resident of Wields Corners until her marriage to Roy Sands then moved to Illinois Mrs Mary Beasser wife of Leo Beasser died last evening at her home 912 Lake Avenue after a short illness She was born December 29 1888 Survived by husband one sister Mrs Joseph Petrie of Mount Hope Canada three brothers Charles William Eben Dayton Ohio and John Eben Los Angeles California Funeral arrangements incomplete pending arrival of relatives from North Dakota and California Friends may call at the home on Take Avenue after noon Thursday when the body will be removed from the Welsh Gold camp Funeral Home
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Mary Tilberg Sands
Victory Memorial Hospital
Waukegan
Ill
Chicago
Sands
iWields Corners
Roy Sands
Illinois
Mary Beasser
Leo Beasser
Lake Avenue
Joseph Petrie
Mount Hope
Canada
Charles
William Eben
Dayton
Ohio
John Eben
Los Angeles
Calif
North Dakota
California
Take Avenue
Welsh Goldcamp
Witnesses Testify As Provoo Trial Nears Closing Stages
In New York federal court witnesses return to describe John David Provoo’s alleged actions as a former US Army sergeant in the Corregidor holdout. Defense cross examines Corporal Robert M. Brown over whether Provoo aided the beating of Sgt. James Palone amid a dispute over hidden silver bullion.
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New York
John David Provoo
Provoo
Corregidor
Philippines
U. S
George Plotkin
Cpl
Robert M. Brown
San Francisco
James V. Palone
Cambridge
Brown
Palone
Provon
Elyria High awards honor guard and letters in gym ceremony
Under Miss Ebba Fosselius Elyria High School held an awards assembly in the gym with 12 girls earning pin awards for 1160 points and five earning E letters for 900 points. Seniors noted for guard awards already wore them from last year as the Elyria band led by George Wilson performed. Football letters and managers were awarded to sophomores and freshmen players and managers, with girls receiving monograms for sports and grooming awards.
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Fat Hancock
Nancy Schultz
Anne Walters
Miss Fosseliuis
Elytia High School
George Wilson
Robert Raeder
Edward Abahazi
Ace Atkinson
Joe Sakal
Marshall Novak
Foward Wingard
Clyde Butler
Joe McFarland
Jack Beal
Dick Turner
Larry Thatcher
Gene Hance
David Szabo
Jack Claycomb
Bob McPherson
Gordon Brown
Jim Butler
Charles Jones
Jimmy Brown
Carroll Read
Tom Baily
Jim Schweda
James Hoadley
Miss Fosselius
Glenda Cheesman
Barbara Hermann
Marilyn King
Molly Martin
Barbara Paton
Rose Phillips
Sally Wentz
Polio Patient to Be Home for Thanksgiving Day
Miss Mildred Ebeling age 15 a polio patient at City Hospital Cleveland will spend Thanksgiving Day with her parents Mr and Mrs George Ebeling of LaGrange. She will welcome visitors from 2 to 4 PM. She was stricken with poliomyelitis in August and has been chosen as one of the patients to be sent to Warm Spring hospital in the early part of December.
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Mildred Ebeling
Toomey Pavilion
City Hospital
Cleveland
George Ebeling
LaGrange
Ebeling
Warm Spring
Grass Fire Is Halted By Rain
Wellington and Oberlin fire departments halted a grass fire in Waite woods near Hallover road as rain arrived. The blaze started in dry grass beside the Donald Friend basement home on the Georges Watte farm in Pittsfield township. Cause unknown but a discarded cigarette is suspected. an automobile was seen parked nearby before the fire broke out.
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Wellington
Oberlin
Waite
Hallover
Donald Friend
Georges Watte
Pittsfield Township
Motorcycle crash injures Amherst rider near St Joseph’s
ln road Amherst motor cyclist Franta was admitted to St Joseph's Hospital after his bike skidded to avoid a stopped truck. Deputies report two cars driven by Michael Sullivan and Frank Knowles were damaged at Grafton and Fuller roads while Theodore Canter's vehicle ran into a ditch on Route 20 near Oberlin after being blinded by headlights.
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Franta
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sheriff Department
Michael Sullivan
Cleveland
Frank Knowles
LaGrange
Grafton
Fuller Roads
Sullivan
Fuller Road
Theodore Canter
Summerset Dr
R. D
80 Lorain County Women To Attend Luncheon
Eighty women from North Ridgeville and Fields area will bus to Cleveland for a Fields Methodist church WEWS luncheon and program. Mrs. E Zimbro oversees arrangements. The 1 15 luncheon leads to a show with several attendees performing including Mrs John Sigsworth Jr a noted local vocalist.
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Fields
North Ridgeville
Cleveland
WEWS
Fields W.S.C.S
Fields Methodist Church
E. Zimbro
John Sigsworth Jr
Ohio Edison seeks authority to issue stock
One Edison Company filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for authority to issue 150000 shares of new preferred stock at par 190 and 479846 shares of common stock on a one for ten basis. Proceeds will fund 1953 property additions. An SEC filing seeks approval to amend articles to increase preferred stock authority from 500000 to 1000000 shares and raise common stock par value from 8 to 12.
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One Edison Company
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ladies Night Dinner At First Congregational Church
Members of the Men’s Club and their wives attend a musical program by the Elyria Chapter chorus and quartet of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. The evening features the one act play Letters by Ryerson and Clements directed by Heler Cromling. Beverly Squires and Marilyn Snider perform a woman's story about removing an obstacle to her husband’s affection. Swiss steak dinner is served at 6:30, program to follow.
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First Congregational Church
Elyria
Society For the Preservation
Barber Shop Quartet Singing In America, Inc
Ryerson
Colin Clements
Heler Cromling
Beverly Squires
Marilyn Snider
Navy recruiters schedule at Elyria and Lorain offices
A Navy recruiting representative announced a Monday and Friday presence from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Elyria and Lorain post offices. Men may be sent for December physicals with no waiting list, and those about to be inducted can enlist. The Navy seeks unmarried women 18 to 25 to enlist in the Waves, requiring high school graduation. The Sandusky recruiting station operates from the basement of the Sandusky post office.
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United States Navy
Elyria
Lorain
Sandusky
Navy
Purse Lost With Bond Cash and Papers
Avon Lake police report a purse belonging to Mrs. Lester Gilbert containing a $1,000 savings bond $220 in cash and personal papers lost yesterday. She had shopped in town and believes she had the purse when returning to her car on Washington avenue and noticed it missing on the way home.
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Lester Gilbert
Chester Raad
Avon Lake
Elyria
Gilbert
Washington Avenue
Pearl Bailey and Louis Belison Jr wed in London
Pearl Bailey, the Negro torch singer with three former husbands, married drummer Louis Belison Jr in Caxton Hall London. The ceremony featured a bebop band and boogie woogie as they left the hall into a drizzle by Westminster Abbey area.
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London
Pearl Bailey
Louis Belison Jr
Miusty Caxton Hall
Ife
Westminster Abbey
Cold Freeze Likely BOSTON
William K. Freeze may feel his namesake this winter after an overcoat was stolen from the Federal Court building on Tuesday while he served on a jury.
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Boston
William K. Freeze
Freeze
1953 ACP Sign Up Plans Announced Across Townships
Robert J. Eglin announces the 1953 ACP sign up will close by January 15, not April 1. Committees distributed forms. interested residents may sign up at Room 32 Turner Building Elyria or via township committeemen. List of sign up volunteers spans Amherst, Black River, Avon, Avon Lake, Brighton, Brownhelm, Camden, Carlisle, Columbia, Eaton, Elyria, Grafton, Henrietta, Huntington, La Grange, Penfield, Pittsfield, Ridgeville, Rochester, Russia, Sheffield, and Wellington Townships with multiple named organizers.
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Robert J. Eglin
Lorain County Production & Marketing Administration
PMA
Turner Building
Elyria
N. W. Bechtel
George Hollstein
John H. Ludwig
W. Vernon Marshall
N. A. Balls
Amherst
Black River
Robert Baldauf
Albert Klingshirn
Roman Klingshirn
Adam Abfall, Jr
Ed Krystowski
Avon and
Avon Lake Township
G. Clement Greene
A. K. Baird
Earl Betts
John Burge
Donald Day
Brighton Township
Dudley French
George Reinhard
Ray Bechtel, Jr
Ralph Leimbach
Russell Miller
Brownhelm Township
Melvin H. Davidson
John Cherry, Jr
Arthur J. Blackwell
Harold S. Bowman
K. R. Jordan
Camden Township
Raymond H. Streicher
Ted E. Robson
Karl E. Simms
H. M. Penfound
M. C. Grills
Carlisle Township
Leon Rising
Clyde Rundle
Max Hitchcock
Richard Walkden
Kenneth Hawke
Columbia Township
Gordon Hales
Russell H. Carpenter
Frank Hales
Wayne Cowley
Delbert A. Smith
Eaton Township
N Y Crime Commission Nearing End of Hearings
New York State Crime Commission plans to wind up five days of hearings on shoddy city politics. Testimony links judicial nominations sale for up to 100000 and $33,000,000 in city patronage jobs. Former Supreme Court Justice Proskauer to deliver closing remarks detailing ties to racketeers and officials. Lucchese named as Costello’s successor in rackets.
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New York
New York State Crime Commission
Big City
Supreme Court
Joseph M. Proskauer
Commission
Frank Costello
Frank Erickson
Thomas Three Finger Brown Lucchese
Lucchese
Costello
New York City
Legislature Vies With Insurgents Over Election Laws
A hearing exposed alleged obstacles to insurgents seeking to unseat party district leaders. A former assistant US attorney testified he was offered 15 000 a year as a municipal judgeship if he paid 25 000 to rival contenders. He said the district leader kept 15 000 for himself and 10 000 for the campaign treasury. The leader also allegedly hinted that a Supreme Court nomination given to a nonendorsed candidate had been sold for 100 000.
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United States
Supreme Court
Bar Association
Lorain housing agency files public use petition in court
The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority filed a common pleas court petition to appropriate property for public housing in Lorain. Defendants listed include Charles and Rose Bedell, Fred and Maida Martling, and Barbara Horvath.
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Lorain
Skating Revue Benefiting Two Charities Set for Nov
A Roller Skating Revue will be held November 24 25 and 26 at the Roll Arena to benefit the March of Dimes and the Cancer Fund Chairing the event is Joe Snyder and proceeds after expenses go to the drives Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children with local talent performing
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Roll Arena
March of Dimes and the Cancer Fund
Joe Snyder
Retail Package Dealers Association Meeting at Antlers Lorain
Members of the Retail Package Dealers Association including carry out owners and representatives with C-1 and C-2 licenses will meet Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Antlers hotel in Lorain to discuss fair trade practices.
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Retail Packard Dealers Association
Antlers Hotel
Lorain
New Government Of Greece Sworn In
In Athens the new government led by Premier Alexander Papagos was sworn in. The chief of the Greek Joint General Staff and three senior aides resigned immediately. Papagos, national hero and veteran, becomes premier and defense minister as King Paul approved the cabinet Tuesday night and it took office this morning.
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Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Papagos
Paul
Big Arrest Brings Joseph Valente to Chicago Police
Chicago police arrested Joseph Valente on a disorderly conduct charge. Valente weighs 450 pounds.
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Chicago
Joseph Valente
Valente
Paroles Granted for Two Prisoners in Ohio
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission announced paroles effective Dec 17 for John Jones convicted of grand larceny and Joel Jones convicted of cutting to wound. Both are now inmates of the London Prison Farm.
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Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
John Jones
Joel Jones
London
Fifteen Acme Grange Members Visit Columbus Broadcast
Fifteen members of Acme Grange traveled to Columbus Saturday to record a 25 minute program at Worthington Broadcasting Station WRFD. The program featured Marcia Brant Patricia Allen Robert Miller Donald Wills Naden Metzner and others with Mrs Juanita Metzner and Mrs Grace Carpenter among speakers. The Grange earned a special merit award plaque from the National Community Service Foundation sponsored by Sears Roebuck and Company.
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Columbia
Acme Grange
Columbus
Worthington
WRFD
Marcia Brant
Patricia Allen
Robert Miller
Donald Wills
Naden Metzner
Juanita Metzner
Henry Metzner
Mary Cox
Earl Cox
Grace Carpenter
the Grange
National Community Service Foundation
Sears, Roe‘Buck and Company
Pleas Of Innocence In Mayor's Court
Saverio Bernino and Robert Spearmint entered pleas of innocence before Mayor Henry W. Ault. Bernino faced liquor charge and sale premises. Spearmint faced a statutory rape warrant. Bond set at 1500 dollars. next hearing November 21 at 10 a.m.
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Henry W. Ault
Saverio Bernino
Middle Avenue
Broad Street
The
Friendship Club
Ohio State Liquor Department
Larry Severs
Robert S. Spearmint
Center Street
Lorain
Virgil Burgett
Europe Construction Scandal Probed in Postwar West Germany
Frankfurt reports Allied and German authorities probe what may be Europe’s largest postwar construction scandal. They study possible bribery graft and kickbacks in 800 million dollars of United States Army defense projects in Western Germany. No charges filed yet.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
United States Army
Police Investigate Marine Model Parts Theft at Elyria High
Police traced recovered marine model parts to Elyria Model Hobby Shop on Middle venue. Owner Mrs. R E Byars said a small racing model valued at 16 95 dollars was also stolen. Two men were fined five dollars for intoxication. A list of drivers cited for traffic violations followed, with several collisions reported and one license plate issue pending for Russell Hosmer of Mind North Dakota.
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Elyria High School
Elyria Model Hobby Shop
Middlevenue
R. E. Byars
Russell F. Hosmer
Mind
North Dakota
Broad Street
Hosmer
Verdict Affirmed By Appeals Court In Lorain Pattern Case
The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed a Dom inon Pleas verdict for Lorain Modern Pattern Works partners. Nicholas Bohoric, former half owner, contested $1,176 of proceeds claiming it was owed under a sale contract. Courts ruled unemployment credit is a business benefit, not a payable fund to Bohoric.
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Court of Appeals
Dominon Pleas
John Pincum
Lorain Modern Pattern Works
Nicholas Bohoric
Michael Ward
Joseph Thomas
Chester Gilgenbach
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment
Bohoric
Unemployment Bureau
Judge Grants Probation in Non support Case and Forgeries
Judge John Pincura granted probation to Max Sab lack of Cleveland who faced non support charges after he pleaded guilty and arranged family support. Edward Kaye of Lorain saw nolled indictment after evidence showed he supported his family except while unemployed. Carey Casey of Lorain also pleaded guilty to forgery and requested probation. judge referred the request to the probation department for a report.
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John Pincura
Max Sablack
Cleveland
Edward Kaye
Lorain
Harold Ewing
Sablack
Kaye
Ewing
Carey Casey
Probation Department
Cleveland Markets Report A Mixed U S Stock and Produce Day
Market notes show livestock prices for cattle calves hogs and sheep with varying conditioners. Egg prices steady to higher while produce items across apples beets broccoli and more display wide wholesale and retail ranges in a unsettled market day.
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Cleveland
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Lorain County
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Herbert R. Stang
Earl Burrer
Arnold Keller
Elyria Township
A. B. Pfeiffer
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Ed Beriswell
Art Wesemeyer
William Gest, Jr
Grafton Township
Carl Ives
H. A. Born
Hubert Bates
E. W. Lamvermeyer
Robert Latteman
Henrietta Township
Herbert C. Wacker
Charles Hawley
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Stanton Sprinkle
Carl Haines
Huntington Township
Don Aldach
T. L. Camp
C. B. Dawson
Carl W. Seely
Russell Behner
la Grange
Charles Bligh
Paul Davis
A. D. Taylor
H. ‘Kk. Andrews
Clayton Bobel
Penfield Township
Lawrence W. Jordan
Kenneth C. Brill
Ray V. Carter
James A. McConnell
Harold F. Brandt
Diedrick von Kamp
Adelbert Schuster
Herbert Myers
Ed Symons
Robert Dreger
Ridgeville Township
Ed. K. Litchfield
Lee Conklin
Roy E. Baker
H. B. Rowland
Ralph Rowland
Rochester Township
Jonas Springer
Charles Squires
Herbert Baldauf
Leroy Fridenstine
Paul Court
Russia Township
N. Y
Crime Commission
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North Ridge Road
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Longfellow Street
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South Maple Street
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Woodford Avenue
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School Street
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Mill Avenue
Arnold J. Smith
Peter Pulos
Jefferson Boulevard
Smith
Donald M. Calkins
Berlin Heights
Lakofski
Rudy E. Mrorek
Oakdale Avenue
Jackson
Geraldine Mahlke
Hillsdale Court
East Avenue
Juhian Vineze
West Main Street
Ray A. Renz
Harvard Avenue
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Middle Ave
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