Chicago River Reversed to Save City Amid Flood Losses
Chicago officials reversed the flow of the Chicago River to floodwater toward Lake Michigan as rainfall topped 26.2 inches. Damage neared 10 million dollars with power and transit disrupted and tens of thousands evacuated in suburbs like Midlothian Alsip and Robbins.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lockport
Lake, Michigan
Don BE. Brown
Sanitary District
Commonwealth Edison Company
Union
Dearport
Union Station
Weather Summary for Northeastern Ohio
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms and warm temperatures this afternoon. Tonight and Tuesday highs near 80, low around 64. Lake Erie winds southwest 7 to 15 mph, forecast showers through Tuesday. Sunrise 6:34 a.m., sunset 5:40 p.m., moonrise today 5:48 p.m. Weather data from United Press.
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United Press
Ohio
Lake Erie
Government Discloses Loyalty Security Discharges Totals
The Civil Service Commission reports 6,926 federal employees fired or resigned under loyalty security probes from May 28 1953 to present, up from 2,486 last March. Of those, 1,743 show subversive associations, 2,272 indicate felonies or misdemeanors, and cases span agencies including the Army Air Force Navy and Post Office.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Pal Pabn
Pleleu
Sease
Eisenhower
Sen
Olin
Adminfee
American History
Jnde Eecest Central”, Intelligence Agency
Lsted
White House
Veterans Administration
Fed-lihe Post Office Department
Sral Trade Commission Today
Ac J
New York
Sugar Exchange
State Department
Ignations
Air Force
Army
Foreign Operations Administration
General Services Administration
Department of Interior
Justice Department
Navy
Post Office
Shocknessy Denounces Rhodes Over Law Firm Listing
Ohio Republican chairman James W. Shocknessy condemned Auditor James A. Rhodes as a false-hoods crier after Rhodes questioned Shocknessy membership in a law firm tied to the Turnpike Commission. Shocknessy said he never formed Shocknessy Summers and Denton as a partnership and noted past associations while stressing the audit would be properly handled by the commission.
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Columbus, C
James W. Shocknessy
James A. Rhodes
Shocknessy
Rhodes
Turnpike Commission
Directory Company
State Auditor
Martindale - Hubbell Co
Shocknessy, Summers and iDenton
Miss Denton
George H. Chamblin
Mr. Summers
Standard Accident Insurance Co
U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Summers
Denton
Turnpike Auditor
Ohio
Shacknessy
Pinky Higgins Named Red Sox Manager as Boudreau Is Fired
Lou Boudreau was fired as Boston Red Sox manager. Frank Pinky Higgins, former Louisville Colonels third baseman, was named his successor and will manage for two years. Higgins played for the Red Sox in 1936 and 1996 with a .275 average.
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Boston
Lou Boudreau
Boston Red Sox
Frank Pinky Higgins
Red Sox
Joe Cronin
Higgins
Sox
Louisville
Boudreau
Cronin
Cleveland Indians
Asone
Redfather
Bodreau
Gelued Puohuur ' Higgins
Theisenes
Red Oak
TexiCronin
Strike Settled After Eight-Week Weatherhead Walkout
In Cleveland Ohio a maintenance worker at Weatherhead Co. returned to work after an eight week strike that idled about 91 workers. The settlement ends the labor dispute and resumes normal operations at the plant.
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Cleveland, C
The
Weatherhead Co
Fear Of War Hint In French Spy Scandal
Two defendants Rene Turpin and Roger Labrusse of France's National Defense Committee staff faced spy scandal charges amid claims the Laniel government considered declaring war on Communist China last May. Sources say the men feared a war move as a major excuse in the case.
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Kingsbury Smith
INS
Paris
China
France
Rene Turpin
Rogér Labrusse
National Defense Committee
Joseph Laniel
French Defense Aides Charged With Leak In Indo China Debates
International News Service reports two aides to the defense committee confessed leaking information from a May 26 meeting. They opposed ongoing Indo Chinese war plans and feared a possible extension to war with China if Geneva failed. Turpin and Labrusse faced arrest while their superior Jean Mons was suspended.
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Laniel
Pierre Mendes-France
Thew
Fom
Indo-China
Turpin
Labrusse
Socialist Party
Joi
Progressive Union
Laniei
China
National Defense Committee
Civil Protection Department
Defense Committee
Jean Mons
Yesteryear
Iata Sain
Beare PE
Elytian
Qgl
National Defense Witare
Elyan Driving School
Bank President Retires in Wakeman
Clifford McMann, president of the Wakeman bank, retires. Kenneth Buckley is named as successor. Page references indicate local notices and sports pages across Lorain News sections.
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Clifford McMann
Bank
Wakeman
Kenneth Buckley
Eenee
Lorain News
Oberlin A
Buster
Bounlry
Tv-Radio
Wellington
Valley City Farmers Die in Sand Pit Cave-In
Roy Reusch and his son Willard Reusch perished from suffocation when an abandoned sand pit collapsed at the August Malm farm near the Lorain Medina County line on Rt. 252 around 4 p m. Claude Reusch survived with injuries as neighbors and Valley City firemen freed them. Deputy Coroner Dr. Andrew Carlson ruled death by suffocation. Willard leaves a wife and infant son. Roy leaves a wife and two daughters. The two men were longtime Valley City residents and farm partners. Willard had a five month old son and was to be drafted this fall. The service schedule and church affiliations are listed for burial in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Malm
Medina
Valley City
Lorain-Medina
Roy Reusch
Willard
Roy
Claude
Dina County
Andrew Carsom
Reusch
Farm Bureau
The
Grange
Edith
Tivo
Lorena Metti
Cleveland
Lucille Garter
Hannah
Blanche Frombaugh
Viola
Detroit
Liverpool Township High School
Mary Anna J
Armed Services
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
France
Red China
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Pathy
Daniel Bodar
Bauer
Turpin
Labrusse
Tragedy Aboard Moore-McCormack Freighter Claims 25
Coast Guard board probes sinking of the Moore McCormack freighter Moremackite after heavy seas capsized the ship off Norfolk. Survivors recount panic as crew built raft from planks and sharks loomed. 12 bodies recovered, two friends rescued after hours in water.
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Norfolk
Teltigrcomy
Ing Shin
Bej
Guard
del Vaile
Navy
Coast Guard
Farj
del Valle
Padeo del Valle
Norfolk Hospital
A. F. Crystal
Sicial
Moore-McCormack
Steamshin Line
Bank Burglars Seen Amateurs
Local police and FBI agents investigated a burglary at National City Bank in Lorain at Broadway and Fifth Street. About $25 in cash and two Coit revolvers were stolen Sunday. Entry was through a skylight, with drawers rummaged and a failed attempt to breach the bookkeeping vault and night depository box. Detective Harry Gann led the police team with Lt. William Reed and Sgt. John Tkach.
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Police Department
William Reed
Bertilion
John Tkach
Harry Gann
Lincoln Want Ads and Classified Contract Promote Biz
A playful note links Abraham Lincoln and attorney W H Lamon with a year long classified ad contract in the Middleport Iroquois Journal. The ad claims Chroni cle Telegram Want Ads improve any business, citing Mrs Kalapes for quick results and listing local contact details and prices for boards and lights.
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Abraham Lincoln
W. H Lamon
Middleport
Ill
Iroquois Journal
Lincoln
Chronicle-Telegram
Dia
Kalapes
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Louisville Colonels
American Association
Pacian Het
FTC Raps Coffee Exchange
Aroherst
Corales
Doctor's Notebook
Hospital Nolés
Mohrdainer, Son
Oider
Lorain
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National City Bank
Broadway
Fifth St
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