Indicted Franklin County veterans housing case reaches grand jury
Two Franklin County commissioners C P Lauterbaugh and Harry T Vigor and former Commissioner George M Matson were indicted on 14 counts of misconduct in office in a $337 637 veterans housing program from 1946. Contractor Carl Lucas faced two counts for presenting false bills. Prosecutor Ralph J Bartlett promised early trials as the case hinges on bidding and contract procedures for 76 emergency homes.
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Columbus
Franklin County
C. P. Lauterbaugh
Harry T. Vigor
George M. Matson
Carl Lucas
Ralph J. Bartlett
Lauderbaugh
Vigor and Matson
Vigor
Matson
Veterans Housing Program
Lucas
Attorney General’s Office
Itlett
Teas
Salem Airman Amon Seven Killed in Crash
The Air Force identified four of seven men aboard a C 47 that crashed into a farm pond near Edgar Springs Missouri. Seven bodies were recovered after the pond was drained from the wreckage. The twin engine plane went down during a rainstorm Wednesday night en route to Tinker Air Base Oklahoma City from an undisclosed base.
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Edgar Springs
Air Force
Here
Pvt
Sproat
Salem
Ohio
Tinker Air Base
Oklahoma City
Circuit court convicts Taylor of disorderly conduct in Birmingham
In Birmingham a circuit court jury convicts Sen. Glen H. Taylor of disorderly conduct, fining him 50 dollars and sentencing him to 180 days in jail. The jail term is suspended. Taylor plans to appeal. The incident followed his May 1 arrest for trying to enter a Negro-only door at a Southern Negro Youth Congress meeting.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Henry Wallace
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Deal Made With Killer Says Grandmother 87
An 87-year-old grandmother testified to the State Pardon and Parole Commission that her grandson Roger Williams pleaded guilty to first degree murder after a Logan County official assured him he could avoid the death penalty. Williams, 33, was convicted for the May 28, 1947 slaying of Minta Rothwell, 25, and is slated to die April 11. The assistant prosecutor was named Meade C. Robinson. the prosecutor at the time, Mabel F. Abel, denied any deal.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Logan County
Nancy Williams
Roger Williams
Ohio
Williams
Minta Rothwell
Meade C. Robinson
Mabel F. Abel
Supreme Court
John Peck
Frank J. Lausche
Solon Doubts Budget Plans
Rep. Mc Culloch of Ohio doubts Democratic leaders sincerity in cutting about 20 percent from Army civil functions and Interior Department funding. He warns that initial reductions may be publicized for political value while later steps could restore funds.
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Washington
McCulloch
Ohio
House
Interior Department
Tragic Injury After Boy Is Fatally Pinched by Car
George Enter Jr., 12, was fatally injured when a car backed from a curb and pinned him against the front of a parked automobile. The incident occurred late Thursday in Columbus.
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Columbus
George Enter, Jr
Dow Company President Dies In Air Crash
Dr. Willard H. Dow president of Dow Chemical Co his wife and three others died when their private plane crashed near London Ontario in bad weather. Also killed were Mrs Martha Dow Mrs Calvin Campbell and pilots A J Bowie and Fred Clements all from Midland Michigan. The party left Tri City airport aiming for Boston Massachusetts to attend an MIT banquet.
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London
Ont
Willard H. Dow
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Mich
Boston
Mass
Dow
Martha Dow
Calvin Campbell
Extended Forecast for Columbus Sees Mild Warmup Next Weekend
Temperatures run 3 to 5 degrees below normal with normal highs around 55 and lows near 36. A warmer trend arrives Saturday and Sunday, with minor changes thereafter. Rain is expected from Sunday night through Monday and again on Wednesday, totaling around %% inch.
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Columbus
UN Polices Notiga: Rusk Defends UNESCO Role
Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk argued that the absence of a UN police force does not destroy UNESCO. He urged that peaceful change relies on negotiation and educated peace efforts rather than foreign troops. Jaime Torres and Mrs. Roosevelt were slated to speak at the conference opening.
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Cleveland
United Nations
Dean Rusk
U. S
Rusk
Jaime Torres
Mexico
Unesco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milton S. Eisenhower
Kansas State College of Agriculture
U. S. Commission For
Gusik Freed At Chillicothe
Thomas A. Gusik a 19 year old former private was freed from the federal reformatory at Chillicothe by a habeas corpus writ. Judge Mell G Underwood ordered release after $2000 posted. He could still face Army court martial with a life sentence later reduced to 16 years.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Gusik
Cleveland
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Chillicothe
Donald
Gusik
Strikers Fined and Banned From Picketing
Common Pleas Judge Dana F Reynolds banned all picketing at the American Zinc Oxide plant and fined 16 pickets on contempt charges. He condemned the picketing as a violation of democracy while the CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union continued a strike begun August 13.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Rain and Winds Damage Washington Cherry Blossoms
Pounding rain hail and gusty winds Thursday night damaged about a third of the cherry blossoms in Washington. Officials expect clearing weather by the weekend and proceed with plans for the annual cherry blossom festival.
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Washington
Night Spot To Close For Indefinite Period
The Club Continental in Chesapeake will close for an indefinite period starting April 10. Manager Bernard Glatt declined to give a reason or a reopening date.
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Chesapeake
Bernard Glatt
Liquor Board Freezes Permits and Reviews Regulations
The Columbus Ohio Liquor Control Board froze all liquor, beer, and wine permits today and will study existing regulations. No new permit applications will be accepted while reforms proceed, though 1649 applications remain valid. The board aims to adjust limits to align with social controls under the state act and considers hardship cases alongside public needs.
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Liquor Board
Colum
State Board of Liquor Control
Walter W. Mitchell
Liquor Department
Mitchell
Churchill Warns On Soviet Expansion and Western Unity
Churchill bluntly accuses Moscow faction of aiming to dominate the world and urges vigilance without precipitate action. He praises the Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact and notes a new Western climate while maintaining no hostility to the Russian people.
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Britain
Churchill
Russia
Europe
Fulton, Missouri
Truman
Aerial Ladders Save 20 From Fire Swept Hotel
A $25,000 blaze swept sections of the Hotel Windemere apartments in Back Bay early Friday, with aerial ladders rescuing 20 people. About 200 occupants fled to the street and a woman needed hospital treatment after smoke exposure. Two rescued women were found hysterical on the rooftop as firemen arrived.
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Boston
Windemere
Back Bay
Akron Bus Strike Settled
Public transportation returned to normal after a brief strike by Akron bus drivers and mechanics ended with a settlement, restoring service early Friday.
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Akron
Congressional Leaders Agree With Churchill
Washington informs that congressional leaders largely support Winston Churchill's views on maintaining atomic bomb secrecy, praising his speech on the Marshall Plan and unity of free peoples while facing sharp criticism from Senator Langer and others over wartime actions and China policy.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill
Boston
Congress
Langer
R-Nd
Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint
Cantonal Atomic Committee
Urchill
Taft
Ohio
GOP
China
Malone
R-New
Coal Miners Observe Mitchell Day Across Soft Mines
UMWA miners across 14,000 Ohio soft coal pits join John Mitchell Day observance with 400,000 bituminous workers out. Adolph Pacifico speaks in New Lexington as workers honor early union leaders while Illinois Progressive Mine Workers continue work and anthracite miners resume today.
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Pittsburgh
UMWA
John Mitchell
Union
New Lexington
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
The
United Mine Workers
UMW
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Truman
James Boyd
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Progressive Mine Workers
Ilinois
12th An Geauga Maple Festival Draws 50 000 Visitors
The Chardon Ohio festival runs three days and expects more than 50 000 visitors. Harsh weather lengthened maple season and syrup supply is the largest in four years selling at 5 50 a gallon.
Red protest over pact seen rejected
Washington officials forecast outright rejection of Russia’s protest against the North Atlantic security treaty. The note delivered by the Russian embassy to the State Department is unlikely to affect the treaty signing slated for Monday. Moscow denounces the pact as anti Soviet and an instrument of Anglo American world domination.
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Russa
Russia
Langer
Churchill
United States
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Atlantic
State Department
Moscow
Seven Nations
United Nations
Soviet Union
Civic Support Urged for SEC Regional Group
The Southeastern Ohio Regional Council, an eight-county body of business and professionals, seeks broad civic backing. Dean Evan R. Collins of Ohio University urged area groups to unite for regional development, education, health, and economic growth to keep talent local and capitalize on resources for tourism and prosperity.
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SEC
Southeastern Ohio
Hotel Berry
Evan R. Collins
The
Ohio University
Ohio
Dean Collins
Area Council
Chilleo
P. F. Good
Athens Board of Trade
Prison Guard Charged in London Prison Liquor Ring
State Welfare Director John H. Lamneck announced the arrest of guard Harry Carroll at the London Prison Farm as part of a liquor smuggling investigation. Carroll was jailed in Madison County on a charge linked to smuggling liquor into the prison. Six prisoners were confined to core sectional cells as investigators questioned staff and reviewed arrivals.
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Columbus
London
State Welfare
John H. Lamneck
Harry Carroll
Madison County
Lamneck
Carroll
Arthur L. Glattke
State Division of Corrections
W. F. Amarine
Harold Bidwell
Matheson County
Tornado Hits Club and Farms Near Uniontown
A baby tornado struck Uniontown Country Club and six nearby farms causing injuries to three people and heavy damage. Esther Plaski, 18, of Ronco, described a roar as three walls of the second floor clubhouse collapsed during the twister's pass yesterday. Eyewitnesses say damage ranges from 150000 to 200000 dollars.
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Blackwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Uniontown
Uniontown Country Club
Country Club
Blue Ridge Mountains
Esther Plaski
Ronco
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