Fairfield County farmers sweep area plowing meets
At the Southeastern Ohio area plowing matches held with 1500 spectators at the Ohio University farm in Hebbardsville, Max Miller of Fairfield County won level land with 80.4 points and John Stabbleton captured contour with 84 points. Don Haning of Athens and Glenn Kroft of Perry also placed, with area winners advancing to the state matches September 8–9 at Fayette County.
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Fairfield County
Ohio
Ohio University
Hebbardsville
Max Miller
John Stabbleton
Athens County
Don Haning
Athens
Haning
Glenn Kroft
Perry County
Fayette County
Neal Scott
Vinton County
Stanley Custer, Jr
Everett Boycess
Albany
Lee
Norman Allen
Pleasanton Hill
Yo-ng
Junction City
Highman
Bill Shriner
Liberty Union
Logan
Hocking
Albany No. 2
Albany No. 1
Rome- Canaan
Charles Woodyard
Tom Hutchinson
Everett Boggesa
Pleasanton
Farl
Spud
Seel
Baltimore
Messenger Newsphotos
Mason Girl Victim of Shooting in Mason County
A 10 year old Mason County girl, Irene Sue Gaylor, was killed by her 8 year old brother with a 12 gauge shotgun at their Glenwood Milton road home. The gun, taken from under a bed, had no stock, and investigators said the mother had been away about an hour. The boy's motive is unknown, no inquest held, with Sheriff Roberts and Prosecutor Musgrave at the scene and the body sent to Heck funeral home in Milton.
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Point Pleasant
Whitten Ridge
Glenwood-Milton
Mason County
Irene Sue Gaylor
Thurman
Thelma Gaylor
Raymond Musgrave
Larry Gaylor
Charles A. Roberts
Roberts
Musgrave
Edna Gettles
Heck Funeral
Milton
Eisenhower previews six month record on world peace and domestic gains
President Eisenhower declares a good start toward an efficient domestic regime and broader world peace. He cites congressional actions on defense, refugees, tax relief, and lifted controls, while noting strong goodwill with Congress and Western unity abroad. He warns Russia against further aggression as Korea shows free nations’ resolve.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Executive
U. S
Korea
Russia
Asia
Eisenhower vetoes bill repealing 20 percent movie tax
President Eisenhower on Thursday vetoed a bill to repeal the 20 percent federal tax on movie tickets. He said the government cannot afford the revenue loss and it would be unfair to single out one industry. The pocket veto ends the bill as Congress was not in session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Quick Rescue Action Saves Buried Worker
A cave-in near Cleveland buried Wellington Wilson, 44, under five feet of dirt for about ten minutes. Fellow workers dug him out while Dr. Stephen Sheppard of Bay View Hospital supplied oxygen through a tube until he could be freed.
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Cleveland
Wellington Wilson
Wilson
Stephen Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Blue Suit Burial Raised After Teen's Self Estate Request
A 15-year-old high school student died Thursday from a gunshot wound in Charleston West Virginia police say is personal safety related. His sister, Janet 13, heard him call to bury me in a blue suit before the incident. no motive was established.
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Charleston
W. Va
Janet
Deportation hearing set for crooner Dick Haymes
Los Angeles reports crooner Dick Haymes, 34, faces a deportation hearing after immigration officials arrested him for entering the United States illegally last June 1 following a Honolulu visit with actress Rita Hayworth. He posted a $500 bond and argues the arrest is a technicality. District Director Herman Landon says Congress would be needed for him to become a citizen.
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Los Angeles
Dick Haymes
Argentina
United States
Honolulu
Rita Hayworth
Haymes
Continental United States
Herman R. Landon
U. S. Immigration Service
Congress
Four More Ohioans Return to Freedom
The Associated Press reports four additional Ohio prisoners of war are freed, bringing the total to seven. Released today are Cpl. Joe E. Homonia of Wadsworth Pfc. Donald C. Stewart and Pfc. Charles B. Bryant Jr. of Cincinnati and Cpl. James R. Tracy of Columbus. One West Virginian, Cpl. James H. Dick of Sandstone, W. Va., is also freed.
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Associated Press
Panel rules out probe of alleged POW atrocities
Washington House Armed Services Committee decided against an immediate investigation into reports of Communist crimes against American prisoners in Korea. Rep Machrowicz urged prompt scrutiny while Sen Potter called for Senate inquiry into alleged prisoner mistreatment. Sen Ferguson questioned the value of a probe.
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Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Machrowicz
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ferguson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
United Nations
Dulles and Rhee to Sign Security Pact Tonight
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and South Korea President Syngman Rhee will initial a draft security treaty tomorrow to aid South Korea during new Communist aggression and allow U S bases. A joint statement is expected and a news conference is planned before Dulles departs for Tokyo.
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Dulles
Rhee
Seoul
John Foster Dulles
Syngman Rhee
United States
South Korea
Tokyo
Korea
Eisenhower
U. S. Senate
Philippines
New Proposal for Color TV Backing Receives FCC Support
The FCC proposes a new compatible color television system that can be used on existing receivers. Sponsored by the National Television System Committee the plan aims to become uniform standards for color broadcasting after three years of study. If approved it would replace the Columbia Broadcasting technique FCC approved in 1950.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
National Television System Committee
FCC
Columbia Broadcasting
Eisenhower Signs Refugee Bill For 214000 Immigrants
President Eisenhower signed a compromise refugee measure admitting 214000 extra refugees orphans and other aliens over three years. He called it a humanitarian act and urged understanding among free nations in the ceremony attended by congressional leaders and proponents of the bill. The act includes screening provisions to exclude Communist agents beyond regular quotas.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Free World
State Heads End Confab
The National Governors conference closed in Seattle after talks on federal state cooperation and UN defense. Dewey criticized an anti UN resolution. Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado was elected conference chairman, succeeding Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas. New Orleans favored for the 1954 meeting.
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Seattle
United Nations
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Texas
New Orleans
Doctor Faces Second Trial in Abortion Case
In Wilmington Ohijo a second trial for Dr Herbert C Blackman was tentatively set for August after an eight hour jury deliberation failed to reach a verdict. He is accused of performing an abortion on June 12 on Blanche Day 34 mother of 10 who died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati before her husband Army Sgt Elmer Day could return from Japan. Blackman testified he treated Day for an internal ailment.
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Blanche Day
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Elmer Day
Japan
Blackann
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Temperatures
The outlook calls for near normal temperatures with highs around 83 to 87 and lows near 63 to 65. Expect cool conditions Sunday and Monday, warmer by Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are forecast tonight, Saturday, and again Wednesday totaling about half an inch.
Boating Writer Moon Absent on Sea Sickness Day
Asbury Park Press columnist Wesley Moon failed to appear for work on Thursday, citing sea sickness as the reason for his absence.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Wesley Moon
Asbury Park Press
Hiccoughing Ended For Pete the Bull
Four months of hiccoughing ended today for Pete the bull. Taken to a slaughter house, Pete was killed after vets at Ohio State University failed to stop the condition. Pete’s owner, Jerry Shanks of Martinsville, had kept the 17 month old bull in pasture since April.
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Wilmington
Pete
Jerry Shanks
Martinsville
Ohio State University
Ohio Solons Act Tonight On 12 Vetoes
The 1th Ohio General Assembly ends its session with 12 vetoed bills by Gov. Lausche and adjournment slated for tonight. Key debates center on highway funding distribution and outlawing subversive groups with investigation shifted to the attorney general, while Taft successor by election remains unresolved.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Robert A. Taft
GOP
Ray ©. Bliss
Lausehe
Republican
Taft
Lausche
Highway Department
Un-American Activities Commission
Deportation Ordered for Big-Time Gambler Joe Adonis
Joe Adonis, described as a big-time gambler, was ordered deported to Italy by the Justice Department. He contends he was born in Passaic New Jersey, while officials say he is Italian by birth and never naturalized. The order cites lack of a valid passport when he reentered the United States seven years ago after a trip to Cuba.
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Washington
Joe Adonis
Italy
Justice Department
Adonis
Passaic
N. J
United States
Cuba
Several Americans Choose to Stay With Captors in Korea
Liberated U S prisoners reveal some Americans and at least one Briton opted to stay in Communist rule near Panmunjom. Cpl Charles Bryant Jr reports others in the group returned reluctantly, while some South Koreans stayed due to propa ganda and alleged Chinese warnings. Two ex-prisoners say about seven Americans refused repatriation amid Red influence.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Ohio
Panmunjom
Cpl
Charles Bryant Jr
Cincinnati
Reds
U.S
Purge in North Korea Targets 12 Officials
Tokyo reports North Korea announced the purge of twelve high officials tied to plots to overthrow the regime and espionage for U.S. agents. Named are Rhee Syng Yup and Pak Hong Wong among others, with shifts in cabinet and security posts amid internal power struggles and Russian-Chinese influence clashes.
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Tokyo
Communist
Pyongyang
U. S
Rhee Syng Yop
Peoples Censorship Committee
Pak Hong Wong
Justice
Lee Sung Yup
Kim I) Sung
Pak
Lae
ROK
Lee Tong Kun
Red China
Kim
Yenan
Moscow
Korean Communist Party
Vast Strike Shuts France as Civil Servants Walk Out
Paris reports a nationwide 24 to 48 hour general strike by about two million civil servants against rumored budget cuts and retirement changes. Trains halted, phones dead, gas scarce, street garbage piling up as non government miners join. Paris transport limited to taxis and private cars.
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Paris
France
Joseph Laniel
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Ohio Tax Take Reported By State Treasurer
Roger W. Tracy states Ohio collected more than 188 million dollars in sales tax receipts from July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1952, signaling solid revenue performance for the state Treasury.
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Columbus
Roger W. Tracy
Ohio
Soviet Army Tanks Encircle East German Factories
Soviet tanks ring East German factories amid rumored unrest in the Russian zone. Neue Zeitung reports intensified confiscation drives, police cordons, and looting of food parcels and mail as West Berlin relief continues and crowds line up for aid.
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East Germany
Berlin
U. S
State Department
Neue Zeitung
West Berlin
Red
Big East Zone
Ers
POW Exchange In Korea Relieves Some Red Prisoners
At Panmunjom a healthier batch of 394 Allied prisoners arrived in sunlit freedom as part of Operation Big Switch. Reports claim the Reds may still hold 2000 to 3000 Americans, with further groups scheduled to be released amid ongoing tension.
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Panmunjom
Reds
Washington
Mark W. Clark
Far East
Nixon Rivals Ike in Golf at Kenwood Course
Vice President Nixon posted his best round but lost to Notre Dame figures Moose Krause and Frank Leahy in a foursome at Kenwood Country Club. Krause led with 86, Leahy shot 88, LaFortune 92, Nixon 92.
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Washington
Nixon
Notre Dame
Moose Krause
Frank Leahy
Krause
Leahy
Kenwood Country Club
Joeseph LaFortune
Interior Department
LaFortune
Search Is Continued For Fourteen Airmen
In London a new search resumed for fourteen U S airmen missing after an RB36 bomber ditched in the Atlantic. The 10 engine aircraft crashed 600 miles west of Ireland after an in flight fire on Wednesday. Four survivors and five dead have been recovered by ships.
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London
British Isles
Atlantic
Ireland
Lausche Elected to National Governors Conference Panel
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche wins a seat on the National Governors Conference executive committee. The appointment places Lausche among fellow state leaders shaping national policy discussions and intergovernmental collaboration.
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Sealise
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
National Governors Conference
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