Ohio GOP Endorses Non Compulsory FEPC and Highway Plan
Ohio Republicans adopt a 13 page platform backing non compulsory fair employment practices, a six year highway construction program, and a reorganized civil service. It promotes equal opportunity and calls for expanded teacher pay, local tax levy flexibility, and a state personnel plan. The platform avoids new taxes and notes farm and industry groups opposed a constitutional convention.
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Columbus
Ohio
Republicans
FEPC
General Assembly
Ohio Manufacturers Association
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
GOP
State Highway Patrol
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Department of Highway Safety
Agriculture and Conservation
Lake Erie
State
Civil Service Commission
Long supports Stevenson Sparkman ticket amid South doubts
Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana backs the Democratic ticket led by Stevenson and Sparkman while warning Eisenhower could win Southern states. Virginia’s A Willis Robertson endorses the straight ticket but criticizes the administration. Sparkman notes he did not bolt in 1948. Senator Harry Byrd declines to take a stance.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South
Long
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
John Sparkman
Alabama
Chicago
United States
Eisenhower
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Robertson
Sparkman
Senate
Truman
Harry Byrd
Oklahoma City Woman Identifies Slain Daughter
Mrs. Mabel Pennington claims the victim found near Yukon is her 20 year old daughter Tillie Mae Pennington, though police doubt the identification. A physician, however, said the girl was likely only 13 or 14, casting doubt on the claim.
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Oklahoma City
Yukon
Mabel Pennington
Tillie Mae Pennington
Crime Bureau
O. K. Bivins
Former Leon Woman Dies in Charleston
Mrs. Rachel Alice McKinney 85 native of Leon and former Mason resident died after a long illness at Charleston home of her son Rev Ottie McKinney. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Mt Zion Church with burial in church cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Rachel Alice McKinney
Leon
Mason
Ottie McKinney
Charleston
Mt. Zion Church
Mohr and Arnett
Church
Five Day Ohio Forecast Shows Cooler Than Normal Turn
The Ohio forecast predicts temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with near normal weekend warmth. Expect scattered showers Saturday night and Sunday or Monday, totaling about one quarter to one half inch of precipitation.
Police Quiz Columbus Man In Homicide
A young Columbus man was booked for investigation of homicide in the slaying of Laura Marie Grimshaw 25 mother of three. Mrs Grimshaw was beaten and strangled in her east side home after returning from a dance at Port Columbus Naval Air Station. Her husband Robert Grimshaw 26 aviation ordnance man stationed at the station was not with her and the name of the man held was not disclosed. The husband and children were away. The suspect is being questioned as police pursue leads and monitor friends of the victim.
Four Teenagers Rescued North Woods Search Party
Four teens lost overnight in the north woods near Sault Ste. Marie were found safe by a search party a mile northwest of a Black Creek hunting lodge. Rescuers said two boys and two girls were tired and hungry but unharmed after a smoke signal drew a state police plane to the group.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
North Woods
Black Creek
Cambridge Plastics Plant Sold to F C Russell Co
The F C Russell Co of Cleveland announced the purchase of the Lincoln Plastics Corp plant in Cambridge. Sale price was not disclosed. Lincoln Plastics had recently suspended Cambridge operations, consolidating with its Circleville plant.
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Cambridge
F. C. Russell Co
Cleveland
Lincoln Plastics Corp
Lincoln Plastics
Circleville
Ohio Republicans approve 25 presidential electors
The Ohio Republican convention on Thursday approved a slate of 25 presidential electors. Included are Homer Edwards of Ironton Tenth District and Jopnt Clark of Chillicothe Sixth District.
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Columbus
Homer Edwards
Ironton
Jopnt E. Clark
Chillicothe
U.S. Advances Atomic Engine Plans for Large Vessels
The Atomic Energy Commission asked Westinghouse to develop an atomic engine to power large ships including aircraft carriers. The Navy expects success with submarine engines by Westinghouse aboard the Nautilus, while GE works on another submarine engine. AEC and Navy hint at atomic surface ships with high speeds but note fuel and waste disposal limits.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Westinghouse Electric Company
AEC
Congress
Commission
Westinghouse
Arco
Idaho
Navy
General Electric
Adlai and Wyatt Hold Long Campaign Conferences
Governor Adlai Stevenson and Wilson Wyatt, a former federal housing expediter, spent most of yesterday in talks with only one interruption. Sources speculate Wyatt could play a key role in the Democratic campaign, possibly as a successor to Frank McKinney as DNC chairman. Stevenson’s office said details would be clarified after an early morning meeting today.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Stevenson
Frank McKinney
Democratic National Committee
William S. Flanagan
Hiss Presses Appeal for Third Trial
Convicted perjurer Alger Hiss urges a third trial, claiming new evidence and judicial error after his previous bid was denied. He asked the U S Circuit Court of Appeals to review Judge Henry W Goddard’s ruling. In Akron Ohio three children died of polio amid rising regional cases.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
Akron
Ohio
Picket Lines Stop Workers At Vanadium Plant
Pickets from District 50 of the United Mine Workers block access to the Vanadium Corporation of America plant at Graham Station for a second day. Furnaces at the $7,000,000 facility sit idle as workers refuse to cross the line. state police and Deputy Sheriff T. L. Morrison control traffic with no disorder reported.
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Point Pleasant
Vanadium Corporation of America
Graham Station
District 50
UMW
T. L. Morrison
Boost State Draft Quota Calls for 1710 Men in September
Columbus Ohio selective service headquarters issued a call for local boards to draft 1710 men in September, up from 1446 this month and 1646 in July. Quotas by counties include Athens 14, Gallia 7, Hocking 8, Jackson 15, Meigs 5, Morgan 3, Muskingum 10, Perry 3, Ross 16, Vinton 4, and Washington 6.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Morgan
Muskingum
Perry
Ross
Vinton
Washington
Nixon blasts false prosperity in Slaying Probe
Gallia County Sheriff intends to file first degree murder charges against Olaf Murray in the fatal shooting of Lawrence County constable Joe Rigney during a warrant service on Murray's farm. Murray is jailed for questioning. prosecutors seek delay in filing while detectives and aides pursue new evidence. Harlin Williams of Gallia County was with Murray and has an alibi. he was not at the scene.
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Murray
Warren F. Sheets
Sheets
Donald Warehime
James Baldwin
Gordon Fisher
Willams
Allied troops regain crest of Old Baldy in eight-hour fight
United Nations pilots claim three Communist jets shot down and two damaged as weather improves. Bayonet infantry recaptures crest of Old Baldy hill on the Western Front after a bloody eight-hour engagement. MiG-15s engage 32 Sabre jets in a first all-jet clash since July. Losses unknown. General Weyland notes addition of 75 F84 Thunder jet bombers to UN air strength.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
United Nations
North Korea
UU. S. Eighth Army
Old Baldy Hill
U. S
Korea-Manchuria
O. P. Weyland
U. S. Far East Air Forces
Spont
Steel Output Gains Ground At Crucible Steel Plant
Pittsburgh is seeing a production boost as Crucible Steel resumes operations after a temporary agreement with the CIO United Steelworkers. The pact returns 14,100 workers to duty with an average 21 cent hourly raise on top of the union shop for new hires.
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Pittsburgh
Defense
Crucible Steel Company
Crucible
CIO
United Steelworkers
Citizens Group Seeks Key Role in Ike Campaign Drive
Eisenhower meets with campaign team to map White House bid and decide the place of the Citizens for Eisenhower Committee. The closed session will address issues, itinerary, and strategy as GOP leaders weigh how to integrate amateur citizen supporters without friction with professional politicians.
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Denver
Dwight D Eisenhower
White House
Wag
National
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Trose
Sen
Richard Nixon
California
GOP
National Committee
Arthur Fef Summerfield
Eisenhower
Gov
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Blonde Wins Beauty Title in Ohio Pageant
Carol Koontz of Holivar-Mise, entered as Mies Dennison, won the Ohio Miss America district title at age 19. She stood five feet nine and a half inches, 139 pounds with a 25 inch waist, 35 inch bust and 35 inch hips, earning a spot to represent Ohio in Atlantic City next month. Pat Moats of Circleville trailed closely in second. Four people died in a two car collision near Delaware Thursday night.
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Painesville
Migas Ohio
Holivar-Mise
Carol Koontz
Tuscarawas County
Mies Dennison
Ohio
Carol
Atlantic City
Pat Moats
Circleville
Stevenson A Biography of a Democratic Politician
Springfield report portrays Gov Adlai Stevenson as a complex leader whose appeals span humility integrity and personal charm. He emphasizes freedom with economic justice and a robust defense of free markets while warning against communism and praising religious faith as a shield in the struggle for peace.
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Roger F. Lane
Springfield
Ill
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
St. Frances
Voltaire
Lincoln
South’s Press Gives Support To Eisenhower
An Associated Press survey of nearly 100 Southern newspapers shows 41 endorse Dwight D. Eisenhower or will do so, the highest level of editorial backing for a Republican nominee in the region. Only 22 papers endorses Stevenson and Senate candidate Sparkman, with several undecided papers expected to break for Eisenhower.
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Atlanta
Dwight D Eisenhower
South
Associated Press
Stevenson
John Sparkman
Alabama
Indian Loses Brief Tussle in Midnight Break-In
In Nelsonville, an Indian named Stanford Fishcarrier attached to the Air Force survivor camp was stopped after a midnight break in. Mrs. John Eddington awoke to a smashed back kitchen door screen and alerted Patrolman Tom Kelly who subdued the suspect in the bushes. He is charged with attempted breaking and entering.
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Nelsonville
John Eddington
Columbus St
Stanford Fishcarrier
Air Force
Here
Fishcarrier
Kelly
Lausche Bans Hog Imports to Ohio Over Swine Disease Threat
Governor Frank J. Lausche ordered a temporary embargo on hog imports into Ohio to counter a potential outbreak of vesicular exanthema. The move aims to give the state agriculture department time to act against the contagious swine disease.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture
Famed Ship Builder Andrew Higgins Dies in New Orleans
Andrew Jackson Higgins, 65, renowned for constructing beach landing craft in World War I, died today in New Orleans. Funeral services are set for Saturday. He was born August 28, 1886, in Columbus Nebraska and is survived by his widow four sons and two daughters.
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Andrew Higgins
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Higgins
Columbus, Neb
John Genegal Higgins
Annie Long O'Connor Higgins
Nixon Opens Vice Presidential Campaign In Columbus Rally
California Senator Richard Nixon kicked off his vice presidential bid at the Ohio Republican convention in Columbus. He assailed Democrats and CIO influence, urged prosperity through peace and honest government, and promised Ike would fight to election day. Nixon linked Stevenson to Truman and big-city machines, calling him a captive candidate. He urged clean government and cited the Hiss case as proof of administration corruption.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Dwight Eisenhower
Ike
Denver
Colo
Senator Lodge
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Columbus
Republic
Richard M. Nixon
California
Dwight D Eisenhower
Palace Theater
Nixon
Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Coley
Eisenhower
Arthur & Summerfield
Michigan
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft Nixon
Vinton County
Len Taft
Taft
Washington
CIO
Truman
Jack Kroll
Jake Arveys
Hiss
Washington, D.C
Xon
Alger Hiss
State Department
16 Klee Fire At Marietta
A late night blaze in Marietta, Ohio killed a woman and eight children among sixteen victims found suffocated in their clothing and beds. Fire Chief D Drennen said Augusta Knox Gluff died in an undamaged room, suggesting she suffocated before flames spread.
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Marietta
UP An
Ers
Sre
Augusta Knox Gluff
D. Drennen
Ousted West Virginia Art Teacher Missing
Des Moines police said Thursday that Dr Mundell, 38, an ousted West Virginia art teacher, is missing. Mundell's sister Mrs S R Steenson of Fort La was granted custody after Mundell was released from Fairmont jail where she had been held on assault and lunacy warrants.
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Luela & Mundell
West Virginia
Des Moines
Mundel
S. R. Steenson
Fort la
Mundell
Steenson
Fairmont
W. Va
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