Ohio considers constitutional bingo referendum unfold
The Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee held a lively hearing on a constitutional amendment to let voters decide on legalized bingo. Supporters cited low stakes play and social venues while opponents pressed for regulatory safeguards. Other actions included drunken driving penalties, rural phone service standards, and a trimmed state budget for schools.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert R. Shaw
R-Franklin
Senate
House
Delbert Latta
Hancock
State Utilities Commission
House Finance Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Bingo
Judiciary Committee
Shaw
Reds Release Vets of Recent Vegas Battles
FREEDOM VILLAGE Korea. Pain-wracked Allied soldiers freed today after weeks in communist captivity following brutal actions at Vegas and Reno Outposts in Western Korea. Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman recount hardships including oxygen deprivation and cave fighting as Colombians remain missing from Old Baldy vicinity.
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Freedom Village
Korea
U. S
Vegas
Reno
Old Baldy
Navy
Thomas Waddill
Ft Worth
Tex
Outpost
Son of Rebel General Dies
Samuel H. McCausland 75 of Pliny the son of Confederate Gen. John McCausland died Wednesday after months of illness. He was born May 2 1889 in Mason County and lived in Pliny as a farmer and live stock dealer. Survived by three sons, a sister, two brothers and two grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at Harmony Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with burial in the family cemetery. Friends may call Crow funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
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Point Pleasant
Samuel H. McCausland
Winfield Road
Harmony Baptist Church
M. M. Malcolm
Crow Funeral
Ohio Airman Faces More Sanity Tests
Prosecution and defense request a third round of sanity tests for 19 year old Ada Ohio airman Robert K Stober on trial for the murder of New Orleans liquor store owner George Freman. Stober admits firing during the holdup last October. He is stationed at Alexandria Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Ada
Robert K. Stober
Alexandria
Air Force Base
George Freman
Freman
Arrival of Sgt Millard C Clay from Far East
Seattle reports Sgt Millard C. Clay of Gallipolis arriving Tuesday aboard the transport Gen. S. D. Sturgis from the Far East.
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Seattle
Millard C. Clay
Gallipolis
NATO chief outlines European defense plans in urgent briefing
Gen Alfred M. Gruenther told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Western forces in Europe could cope with a surprise Soviet attack but lack reserves for long term needs. He described NATO as vastly improved, warned against deep foreign aid cuts, and noted an emergency plan for Soviet attack scenarios.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Alfred M. Gruenther
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Dulles
North Atlantic Council
Paris
ATO
Gruenther
NATO
Eisenhower
Truman
Soviet Union
Bus Stoppage In 23rd Day In Akron
Akron bus strike reaches its 23rd day as Mayor Slusser presses ACT for franchise status. Acting GM Muldoon questions city plans if franchise is canceled while Slusser says municipal ownership not pursued and a new company could be invited to operate with property transfer arrangements to be worked out.
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Akron
Charlies E. Slusser
Akron Transportation Co
William H. Muldoon
Slusser
ACT
No Sign of Break in Jet Plant Halt
Cincinnati report on a 41 day strike at General Electric jet engine plant involving 4500 CIO Automotive Workers and 1190 AF of I.M. members. Federal mediators made a third try to settle the wage dispute, but the meeting lasted only about 30 minutes.
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Cincinnati
CIO
AFI
General Electric Co
W. Virginian Among Freed U Prisoners
An 11 year old Texarkana bride Sue Lacy and 26 year old Ruth Kelley of Ashland celebrate as their husbands Corporal Jimmie E. Lacy and Sergeant Ned M. Kelley are named among 14 American POWs freed by the Communists. Mrs. D. T. Akers of Bluefield recalls prayers as her son Private First Class Charles Wesley Akers returns after being missing in action.
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Sue Lacy
Cpl
Jimmie E. Lacy
Texarkana
Ruth Kelley
Ashland
Ned M. Kelley
D. T. Akers
Bluefield
W. Va
Strike Slated By Rail Union
Cleveland The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen has set 6 a.m. EST Saturday for a strike against Nickel Plate Road and its Wheeling & Lake Erie division. The action could be delayed by the National Railway Mediation Board, potentially idling 16,000 employees across 2200 miles of track in Ohio New York Indiana Pennsylvania and Illinois. Four weeks earlier the union set a strike deadline but postponed eight hours before the deadline at the board's request.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Nickel Plate Road
Wheeling & Lake Erie Division
National Railway Mediation Board
Ohio
New York
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
BRT
Nickel Plate
Ashland Man Ned Kelley Freed in Korean War Exchange
Ashland, Ohio reports Staff Sgt. Ned M. Kelley freed in a prisoner exchange, a month after his capture by Korean Reds. His wife Ruth and four year old son Jackie react to the news on television. Kelley is the third Ohio soldier freed, joining John Robinson and Charles Sacco. The Kelleys, married six years, hail from Ashland County. Kelley previously worked at F X Myers pump plant after Savannah High School.
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Ashland
Ned M. Kelley
Jackie
Ruth Kelley
Kelley
Ned
Ohio
Pic John Leslie Robinson
Wellston
Charles Sacco
Lorain
Kelleys
Ashland County
Savannah
F. x. Myers Bros. Co
Senate shelves inquiry into Korean War atrocities
A plan to probe alleged Red atrocities against UN prisoners in Korea was shelved by the Senate Appropriations Committee after assurances to boost evidence collection for later war crimes prosecutions. Senators urged awaiting UN exchanges while noting Southeast Asia priorities and opposing premature publicity that could jeopardize ongoing prisoner exchanges.
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Washington
Korea
Senate
Army
State Department
United Nations
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ebiender
D-La
Magnuson
D-Wash
Bridges
R-Nh
Judd
R-Minn
Southeast Asia
Peiping
Pilot Seized In Dope Plot In Oakland Smuggling Ring
State narcotics agents arrested Transocean Airlines pilot Roy E. MacArthur 34 at an Oakland drive-in as he traded five ounces of heroin for 1200. He had arranged future supply for over two million dollars. Also seized was Racquel Jatica 25 known as Terry Lee from MacArthur’s apartment.
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Oakland
Calif
Transocean Airlines
Roy E. MacArthur
Vincent Chasten
Mac-Arthur
Chasten
MacArthur
Racquel Jatica
Terry Lee
Boy Locked in Rail Box Car for 3 Days
A 15 year old Cincinnati boy named James William Furst was found in a New York Central box car near Toledo after three days with only a candy bar. He was near unconscious from hunger and exhaustion and welfare authorities were to take custody on Wednesday.
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Toledo
Cincinnati
James William Furst
New York Central Railroad
Firecracker Fatality Ruled Suicide in Ashby
Medical examiner Edward T. Lilly ruled that Clifford C. Foote a local cemetery commissioner took his own life by exploding a large firecracker in his mouth. Foote had been despondent after losing an arm in a Georgia auto crash while traveling home from a Florida vacation and was released from a Georgia hospital last Sunday.
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Ashby
Mass
Edward T. Lilly
Clifford C. Foote
Foote
Georgia
Florida
Red Chiefs Plot Moscow Talks With Malenkov
Mao Tse-Tung has completed plans for a Moscow conference with General Malenkov to discuss cold war strategy, according to Ta Tao News Agency.
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Taipeh
Formossa
Red
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Moscow
General Malenkov
Interior Ministry
Ta Tao
Fund Cuts In Atomic Budget Hit
Washington congressman Price says the new administration will cut hundreds of millions from Truman era atomic energy funding starting July 1. Senator Cole notes budget reductions are not final and may not touch the heart of the program. Price warns further congressional cuts could derail expansion, urging acceptance of an honest budget.
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Washington
Rep Price
D-Ill
Kremlin
Truman
Price
W. Sterling Cole
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Cole
Congress
House
Eisenhower Eyes Major Reorganization of Defense and State
President Eisenhower weighs a broad overhaul of the Defense and State Departments to boost efficiency. Sen. Taft reports talks with White House leaders on removing Voice of America from State, transferring Point Four to Mutual Security, reorganizing Defense to cut boards, and granting closer civilian oversight of defense operations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Defense
State Departments
Sen
Taft
Ohio
White House
Voice of America
Associated Information
State Department
Mutual Security Agency
Defense Department
Vinton Man Found Dead In Car Near Prattsville Zaleski
Bar ney Durkin 40, an electrician from McArthur, was found dead in his car on Wheelabout Road between Prattsville and Zaleski. Coroner rules carbon monoxide poisoning. He had told a minister he was leaving town for a few days. Surviving wife and several children. Wrightsel funeral home handling arrangements.
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McArthur
Barney Durkin
Prattsville
Zaleski
Wlliam Brown
J. E Strong
Durkin
Jack Potter
Vinton County
Wrightsel Funeral Home
Two Ohioans Admit Stealing Mail Sack
Alphonso Duff said two Belmont County men admitted stealing a mail sack from a Moundsville railroad station platform. George Jeffreys Jr 41 of Dilles Bottom and his brother in law John L. Smith of Bellaire were arraigned before U S Commissioner Nell Moran and held for court with bond set at $2000 each.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Alphonso Duff
Belmont County
Moundsville
George Jeffreys Jr
Dilles Bottom
John L. Smith
Bellaire
U. S
Nell Moran
U S Battle Casualties in Korea Rise to 133 787
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea at 133 787 on Wednesday, an increase of 324 from the previous week.
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Washingston
U. S
Korea
NATO ministers pledge steady arms buildup amid Soviet peace talk
President Eisenhower warned NATO allies not to ease rearmament as the 14 nation council opened in Paris. John Foster Dulles urged steadfast military posture while France’s Bidault charged a new Vietminh assault in Laos. Leaders signaled no big expansion, focusing on preserving gains and planning gradual strengthening.
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Paris
Eisenhower
America
North Atlantic Alliance
U. S
John Foster Dulles
NA Council of Ministers
Aew
Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Union
Georges Bidault
France
NATO
Indochina
Korea
Bidault
Kingdom of
Laos
Western
Europe
NATO Council
Defense Plant Truce Reached in Ohio Dispute
Cleveland area officials and the Aluminum Co of America reached a month long truce over a 40 million dollar Air Force jet parts plant. Cuyahoga Heights Council approved a 456 car parking lot near Alcoa Harvard Ave plant, separating the project from tax exempt terms while Logan and others sought the site. Air Force officials favored the Cuyahoga site as most suitable.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga Heights
The
Aluminum Co. of America
Air Force
Alcoa
Harvard Ave
Logan
Cuyahoga
Engineer Dies in Cab
Youngstown reports engineer Robert Drumbelier aged 60 of New Castle Pennsylvania collapsed and died in his cab in Struthers while the engine stood in the yards. The death was due to a heart attack.
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Youngstown
Baltimore & Ohio
Robert Drumbelier
New Castle
Struthers
Germ Warfare Debate Ends at UN Sessions
United Nations General Assembly nears wind up after bitter debate on germ warfare in Korea. An American demand for an impartial UN inquiry faces strong Soviet opposition. The Political Committee approved a 45500 dollar budget for the investigation as delegates praised the UN chair and the current spirit.
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United Nations
N.y.—A
UN General Assembly
Korea
Assembly
tNet
Anavel Y
Vishinsky
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Four Aboard Missing C-46 Airliner Vanishes Over Cascades
A C-46 airliner with four crew aboard disappeared over the Cascade Mountains after last reporting near Easton Washington about 46 minutes past midnight Easton time. The non scheduled Miami to Seattle flight departed Cheyenne Wyoming late Wednesday night and was due at Boeing Field at 3 43 a m according to the CAA.
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Seattle
Cascade Mountains
Easton
Wash
Cascades
Miami
Fla
Boeing Field
CAA
Cheyenne
Wyo
Red sergeant recalls torture in Korean prison camps
South Korean sergeant Kim Ka Sung, 25, who lost all fingers after torture, described his capture in 1950 and two weeks of torment at Hoengunz prison. He spoke after exchange at Panmunjom, recounting beatings, water torture, pepper powder, and medical amputation fears.
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Freedom Village
Korea
M. Set
Kim Ka Sung
Panmunjom
Wan
Kim
Hoengunz
Reds Free More Disabled Allied Prisoners In Reversal
Panmunjom report says the communists agreed to release all sick and wounded Allied troops in North Korean stockades and those captured recently. Four days of exchanges have yielded 400 South Korean troops returned, with 119 Americans and other nationalities promised. UN has returned 2000 prisoners to date.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Mark Clark
Hommunista
UNC
Old Baldy
U. S
Fed Ffer
Lima Hospital Shift Studied
Welfare officials will meet in Lima to discuss a new 1250 bed psychometric ward at Lima State Hospital. Judge John H. Lamneck said he will confer with Warden Ralph W. Alvis, Dr. Lowell Diehn, Arthur L. Glattke, and Dr. R. E. Jushong on ward meaning transfers and how inmates will be moved from state penal units.
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Columbus
Welfare Department
Lima
Lima State Hospital
John H. Lamneck
Ralph W.W. Alvis
Ohio Penitentiary
Lowell Die Nm
Arthur L. Glattke
R. E. Jushong
Lire Tnstitation
Lamneck
Lewis Assails Choice of Mine Bureau Boss
John Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, protests Secretary McKay's pick for Bureau of Mines director. Tom Lyon of Salt Lake City is named as the candidate, with McKay saying he will forward the recommendation to President Eisenhower despite Lewis objections.
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Washington
John Evewis
White House
Interior McKasse
Tom Lyon
Salt Lake
Bureau of Mines
McKay
Eisenhower
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Rash Injuries Fatal to Denison Instructor
David Davis Lattimer, 41, a history instructor at Denison University, died and others injured after an automobile collision on Ohio 16 in Lightening County. Lattimer was rushed to Newark Hospital with injuries suffered Monday night.
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Gallia Vet
Mark W. Clark
Pvt
Louis A. Pumphrey
Cottondale
Ala
Tokyo
Pumphrey
7Th Regiment
1St
Clark
W. Virginian
Associated Press
Texas
Ohlo
Ashland Man
Rep. Zablocki
R-Wis
Far East
Zablocki
Viet Nam
Walter Bedell Smith
Aie
Red Chiefs
Defense Dept
Secretary of Defense
Armed Forces
Vinton
Orville R. Mullins
William G. Moreland
Mullina
Covington
Moreland
Atlanta
VATO
Lord Jemay
Rok
Lima Hospital
Mine Bureau
Denison
News Index
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Otter
Ainedadiaihae
Easant Vet
Middleport
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