President to report on effect of H-bombs from Russia
President Eisenhower said he will report to the American people after studying the possible impact of Russian hydrogen weapon development. He noted the issue could influence world tensions and defense planning while warning about Poland’s forced retirement of Cardinal Wyszynski and the status of upcoming Bermuda and Big Three talks.
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Russia
Washington
Eisenhower
State Department
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Bermuda
Sir Winston Churchill
Joseph Laniel
Defense Department
Wellington Fire Contained After Threat to 16-Inch Gas Line
Wellington firefighters battled a woods blaze near the Backhaus property between Hughes Road and Route 20 that threatened a 16 inch gas line. Fire Chief Frank Clara said the fire began after tree stumps were burned and spread through dense woods, hindering access. A second outbreak at night drew Oberlin witnesses who alerted crews to resume suppression for several hours.
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Wellington
Backhaus
Hughes Road
Route 20
Route
Frank Clara
Clara
Missing 15 year old Ernest Manuel reported by mother
Mrs Ida Mae Manuel of 337 Wesley avenue reported her 15 year old son Ernest missing since 4 30 Monday afternoon. He left school and packed his suitcase with Donald McMullen and Allen Boyer said to be with him. Ernest is described as 15, 5 2 , brown hair brown eyes dark complexion, wearing a plaid shirt blue jacket and overalls.
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Ida Mae Manuel
Wesley Avenue
Ernest
Donald McMullen
Allen Boyer
Sheriff's Department
Weather Northeastern Ohio Fair And Cooler This Afternoon
Northeastern Ohio weather shows fair skies and cooler conditions this afternoon with a high near 84 and a night of partly cloudy, much cooler air for tonight around 50. Lake Erie winds from the northwest at 25 mph today and tonight fall to 20 mph Thursday morning and midday. Temperatures ranged from 37 to 95 Tuesday with no precipitation in the past 24 hours. Humidity stood at 44 percent this morning and 38 percent this afternoon. sunrise 6 27 a.m. and sunset 6 17 p.m. Moonrise 11 56 p.m. Wednesday moonset 2 34 p.m. Wednesday. ALSCO Combination Storm Door installed for 540 dollars. Gene ai local contact.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Emergency Water For Oberlin Seen Gone By Friday
Oberlin’s emergency supply from Camden Lake on Gorr Orphanage Road is dwindling. City manager E P Zahm says the Kipton reservoir, fed by the lake, is about half full with eight to nine million gallons total and will likely run dry within about two weeks. To conserve water, Oberlin College dorms will receive heat only during early morning and evening hours.
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Oberlin
Camden Lake
E. P. Zahm
Gorr Orphanage Road
Oberlin Village
Kipton
Zahm
Oberlin College
West Lorain Street
McClellan Feted Ends Year As Ohio Legion Chief
W O McClellan completed a year as Department of Ohio American Legion commander and was toasted at a banquet in Elyria Post 12. Nearly 200 attendees heard a This Is Your Life address by Dr James H Sivard as McClellan thanked supporters and guests including Lt Gov John Brown and Rep Alvin Weichel.
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Elyria Legionnaires
Elyria
McClellan
Phil Lustig
Cleveland
James H. Sivard
First Methodist Church
W. O. McClellan
Department of Ohio American Legion
Elyria Post 12
Y.M.C
American Legion
L. R. Ashhenbach
Elyria Post
D. B. Cordes
Norwalk
John Brown
Medina
Ohio
Alvin Weichel
Sandusky
State Region Department
C. W. Whitemeyer
Canton
State Legion
C. H. Felix
Ohio 40
Fifth District of Ohio
Ohio American Legion Auxiliary
H. G
Butch) Borchers
McClellian
Elyria Schools
New Press Officer Named at State Department
Henry Suydam, 62, veteran newspaperman and chief editorial writer at the Newark Evening News, will become State Department press officer on Thursday. He succeeds Michael J. McDermott, recently named ambassador to El Salvador.
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Washington (II
Henry Suydam
State Department
Suydam
Newark
N.J
Evening News
Michael J. McDermott
el Salvador
Eden Returns to London After Illness For Talks With Churchill
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, described by his wife as feeling much better, is expected to return to London tonight and waste no time conferring with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, also convalescent, on Russia's latest bid for a big power meeting.
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London
Anthony Eden
Eden
Winston Churchill
Russia
New York harness officials suspend two men over Hambletonian drug case
Albany UP report says New York State Harness Racing Commission suspended Wayne Smart and Carl Larson for allegedly giving medicine to a horse entered in the Hambletonian trotting classic on August 12. They are barred from driving or training horses at any of the seven trotting tracks while the suspension lasts.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Harness Racing Commission
Wayne Smart
Carl Larson
Commission
John F. Williams
Eisenhower rules out federal retail sales tax
President Eisenhower announced the administration does not plan to ask Congress to adopt a federal retail sales tax, clarifying the tax policy direction. He stated no immediate move to levy such a tax was planned.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Russia Stalling On Peace Talks
Washington officials say Moscow is stalling any real Cold War negotiations over Germany Austria and Korea. The Kremlin’s evasive reply to a Big Four meeting proposal shows reluctance to concede and suggests propaganda talks only. State Department calls the note dilatory and aims to reassess timing with President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Moscow
Germany
Austria
Korea
Kremlin
Britain
France
Russia
Lugano
Switzerland
State Department
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Churchill Seeks Big Three Talks on European Army
Paris AP Churchill plans a meeting with Eisenhower and Laniel to coordinate Western strategy and push a Big Four with Malenkov. He returns to London from the French Riviera convalescence and signals cautious openness to linking Britain to the European Defense Community while resisting full membership.
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Paris
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Joseph Laniel
Churchill
Georgi M. Malenkov
Lamid
Britain
European Defense Community
French National Assembly
London
Nice
England
French Riviera
EDC
European Army Council
Year Old Boy Struck By Car Near Oberlin
Three year old Victor E. Dewey, son of Mr and Mrs Stanton Dewey, was injured when he ran into Route 20 to reach his mother. Andrew Nelson of Detroit, 63, drove about 48 mph. his car left skid marks. The child and mother were taken to Allen Hospital in Oberlin with a cut to the right ear and abrasions.
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Victor E. Dewey
Stanton Dewey
Oberlin
Andrew Nelson
Detroit
Deputiies
Robert Vinovich
Edwin Mitchell
Allen Hospital
Nelson
Timms Named Chairman of Industrial A Chest Drive Team
R. M. Timms, Elyria industrialist, takes chair of Industrial A for the 1954 Community Chest Campaign. Allan W. Fritzsche announces the advance-phase goal of $145,835, aiming for a 6 percent increase over 1953. Timms cites civic duty and support for Boy Scouts, service center work, and aged care as core motivations. A long list of solicitors is organized, including William G. Couch and Robert Gollmar, as the division advances. Timms is president of Troxel Mfg. Co. and assistant GM of Timms Spring Co., with a history of leading Elyria community efforts.
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R. M. Timms
Elyria
Timms
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
William G. Couch
Robert Gollmar
Harold Guthman
W. J.henry
N. A. Hewitt
Stephen D.hiltebrant
Henry R. B. Irish
William Olsen
Dwight Overcash
William Parcell
C. Sheldon Rieley
Fred Reiter
Clyde J. Robinson
A. T. Rosenau
Carl Russert
Robert F. Smith
William B. Timms, Jr
Earl White
C. S. Winter
Lauren Wurster
Troxel Mfg. Co
Timms Spring Co
Elyria Community Chest
Y.M.C.A
Indian Chairman Rejects Appeal Over Ground Rules
Panmunjom Korea The Indian chairman of the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission says there is no appeal from the commission ruling on ground rules for interviewers in prisoner repatriation. Lt Gen K S Thimayya told reporters the rules, which allow counter brainwashing and voluntary interviews, were adopted unanimously by the five nation panel including Poland Czechoslovakia Sweden Switzerland and India. The UN has called the rules a sell-out and insists voluntary repatriation is being murdered by the process. The commission handed down 23 points allowing up to 22 000 prisoners to be interviewed individually or as desired. Thimayya voiced irritation at UN criticism before the group met in Panmunjom. A Tokyo UN spokesman said Gen Mark Clark is studying the ground rules but would not comment further. The UN objected particularly to No 1. Continued on Page 2
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Panmunjom
Korea
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
United Nations
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
India
U.N
N.N R.C
Reds
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Mathes Named To S Amherst Village Council
Harman Mathes will serve on the South Amherst Village Council for the remaining three months of the year after being appointed to replace Earl Bauer, who resigned due to work hours. Bauer said his duties prevented attendance, prompting the resignation. The council also accepted Hart Construction’s bid of 3,671 dollars to widen North Lake street and discussed a water line installation off Annis road.
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South Amherst
Harman Mathes
Mathes
Earl Bauer
Bauer
Hart Construction Company
North Lake Street
Annis Road
Fighting Renewed in North Sumatra
Jakarta reports the Indonesian Army sees renewed fighting with Islamist extremists in North Sumatra. Officials say more than 100 combatants have clashed in ongoing clashes. Military sources emphasize ongoing operations and regional security concerns.
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Jakarta
Sumatra
Elderly Man Struck By Car In Lake Road Crash
Albert Bertus Backus, an 80 plus resident of Jackson Street, was injured when struck by a car driven by Mrs. Almon R. Knittle on Lake Road in front of Bluebird Beach at 7 30 last night. He was taken to St Josephs Hospital with a fractured leg and head injuries. Knittle told police she swerved to avoid him but he moved back into the path. she stopped within ten feet. No charges were filed against Knittle.
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Vermilion
Albert
Bert) Backus
Jackson Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lake Road
Bluebird Beach
Almon R. Knittle
Washington Street
Backus
Bowles to keynote Oberlin Career Conference at college
Chester Bowles, U S ambassador to India and Nepal from 1951 to April, will address Oberlin College’s Career Conference for Men December 4 and 5. Bowles, a former price stabilization director and former governor of Connecticut, opens the event in Finney Chapel and joins sessions with business and professional leaders as consultants for students.
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Chester Bowles
United States
India
Nepal
Oberlin College
Bureau of Appointiments
College Ymca
Alumni Association
Bowles
Finney Chapel
Office of Price Stabilization
Connecticut
Economic Stabilization Board
County orders rock salt for roads next winter
County officials directed by County Engineer Don E Patterson ordered 30 tons of rock salt from the International Salt Co for use on county roads next winter. Salt costs 18.40 dollars per ton in 100 pound bags.
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Don E. Patterson
International Salt Co
U S and Russia in duel over Korean peace talks
United Nations debate looms as Soviet Andrei Vishinsky seeks to force discussion on composing the Korean peace conference. The United States aims to postpone talks and pursue direct talks with North Korea and China while Chinese reluctance to have Russian delegates speak for them is noted. Oct 28 set as a potential conference date amid reports Mao Tze tung unhappy over a recent $250 million Russian grant to North Korea.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
Far East
U.N
Andrei Y. Vishnn
Sky
General Assembly
Vishinsky
Washington
Red
Mao Tze- Tung
North Korea
Cormanunists
Eisenhower Names Warren Chief Justice, Warren Tapped
President Eisenhower chose Gov. Earl Warren of California to be Chief Justice, a recess appointment amid Vinson's death. Warren, 62, would be the 14th to hold the post, with Senate confirmation due in January. Warren's background includes integrity, moderation, and deep legal experience. He is a Republican and would join Justice Burton as the party's representation on the high court. The choice leaves labor secretary vacancy unresolved and signals Warren may join the court at the start of the 1953-54 term.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ear. Warren
Eisenhower
The
United States
Washington
California
U. S
Warren
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Senate
Congress
Vinson
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Truman
Supreme Court
Hoover
Benjamin Cardozo
New York
Brownell
Labor
Martin P. Durkin
White House
Lorain Man Sues Over Prank Job Loss Claim
James Byrd of Lorain files a 25,000 damage suit in Common Pleas Court against Henry Cunningham alleging a conspiracy with Laborers Local 1 and others to place whisky in his clothing pocket on Aug 18 1953 causing discharge from National Tube Co a Wilputte Coke Ovens subsidiary. Byrd was a laborer earning 100 dollars weekly when job loss occurred. Cunningham denies knowledge of the incident.
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James Byrd
West 17Th Street
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
Henry Cunningham
Cleveland Street
Byrd
National Tube Co
Wilputte Coke Ovens Corp
Laborers Loca
The
Cunningham
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