Youth Confesses Slaying Parents In Columbus Home
Connie Miller, 17, confessed to killing his mother Gomer Thomas 50 and stepfather Betty 39 in their Columbus five room home after a Friday argument about a girl. Prosecutor Devine said charges may follow after further questioning by the homicide squad.
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Franklin County
Samuel L. Devine
Miller
Cambridge
Columbus
Gomer Thomas
Betty
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
State Highway Patrol
Devine
Thomas
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Delaware
Stassen Tests Governors on Bid For Military Blueprint Exchange
Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor, tested governors at the 47th annual Governors Conference on President Eisenhower's plan for reciprocal aerial inspection of Soviet military installations. The session touched highways and safety, with a dispute over bond financed road building. Governors offered little tangible progress as Democrats push for Adlai Stevenson’s nomination, while Harriman and Stevenson signaled ongoing contact but gave few specifics.
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Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
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Minnesota
Ference
United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee
Nicolai Bufference
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Stevenson
Libertyville
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Theates
POW Bully Sgt Gallagher Faces Court Martial
Testimony from former POWs paints U S Sergeant James C Gallagher as a camp bully who caused three deaths in a North Korean winter. Brooklyn native Gallagher, 23, is the only American ever tried for deaths of prisoners tied to alleged beatings and neglect. Witnesses say he favored Reds, kept warm clothing for himself, and left sick prisoners to die in 40 below weather. The trial focused on the deaths of John W Jones of Detroit and Donald T Baxter of Wau Iowa and a third inmate beaten to death.
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James C. Gallagher
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John W. Jones
Detroit
Donald T. Baxter
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Iowa
Walter J. Belinsky
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Bol
Ohio Wins Thirty Five Million Federal Highway Aid
Washington announces Ohio will receive 35,111,550 dollars in federal highway aid for the next fiscal year starting July 1. The total is part of a nationwide distribution and will be allocated to state road projects.
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Washington
Handling Salk To Be Fair In Ohio Appointment
Ohio health officials said Gov Lausche will appoint an ad hoc committee to ensure fair distribution of the Salk polio vaccine. Dr Malcolm L Robbins, acting chief of the state health department division of communicable diseases, noted federal approval of 1 177 068 shots for state local agencies and private providers.
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Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Malcolm L. Robbins
State Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Pri
Camp Reports Polio Cases At New England Camp
Massachusetts camp reports polio cases among 14 boys at a summer camp in Massachusetts today. The six New England states total rose to 1189 for 1955, up from 240 a year earlier, with 34 deaths nationwide.
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Lausche Gets Boost To Seek Presidency From Utah Governor
Ohio governor Lausche, a five term Democrat, received an unsolicited boost toward a presidential bid from Utah Governor Bracken Lee at the 47th Governors Conference. Lee said he could support Lausche if the Democrats nominate him, though Lausche dodged confirming any candidacy. He stressed the party must choose a strong candidate and cautioned against aggressively seeking the post.
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Chicago
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Lee
Eisenhower
Sec
Lausche
Democratic Party
Probe Seen Uncovering a Lot of Communists in Entertainment
In Washington Chairman Walter of the House Un American Activities Committee says many in the entertainment business have used large incomes to advance Red causes. He names 27 actors writers and Broadway figures to be questioned in weeklong hearings in New York starting Monday.
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Walter
D-Pa
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Sam Jaffe
Jerome Chodorov
My Sister Eileen
Lou Polan
Zero Mostel
Ivan Black
Joshua Shelley
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Communist Party
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Better Administration Of Labor Laws Seen
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell told a Ohio Federation of Labor convention that the Eisenhower Administration pursues a steady evolution toward better administration of labor laws. He cited that last year the labor department initiated more actions enforcing federal labor standards laws than in all prior years combined.
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James P. Mitchell
Ohio Federation of Labor
Labor Department
Man Eyes Future At 108
LOUISVILLE Ky Dan Hughes is 1 today but may take to preaching yet. He has done nearly everything else and credits a long life with no major illnesses or medicines. He recalls work on steamboats farms and dray wagons and says the Lord may be sparing him for a purpose he cannot yet grasp.
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Dan Hughes
Hughes
Helicopter Service Set For Southwestern Ohio
Cincinnati heads into a new era as Stan Valley Airways plans non scheduled passenger service across southwestern Ohio. The firm will fly between Cincinnati Dayton Middletown Hamilton and Springfield as a regional reg service.
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Cincinnati
Stan Valley Airways
Cincin
Dayton
Middletown
Hamilton
Springfield
Hazard Area Hazel Threatens Seaboard With Hurricane Winds
A hurricane named Hazel area impacting the seaboard with high winds and rising tides. Forecasters expect little movement for hours then a slow approach toward Wilmington North Carolina. Coastal residents from Savannah to Provincetown evacuate or seek shelter as storm flags warn of danger.
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Canada forecasts atomic power to rival coal in decade
Geneva reports Canada expects to produce nuclear electricity within ten years that could compete with coal and hydro in parts of the country. Experts say power may fall to seven mills per kilowatt hour, with six mills viable in southeastern Ontario where coal imports rise. Cockcroft cites plans for twelve reactors by 1965 and uranium efficiency compared to coal.
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Owever
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John Cockcroft
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Eleven U.S. airmen return home after captivity in China
Eleven airmen held for 32 long months in Red China speed toward home after a 27 hour Hawaii layover, due at Travis Air Force Base Friday morning. Daniel C. Schmidt speaks of the joy of wearing a uniform and saluting the flag, while his wife Una reveals a tangled marital situation linked to his imprisonment and remarriage. Washington says it notified Una in June of his status, and she says she learned of the POW after November 194? confusion.
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Bank Teller Claims $46,000 Disappeared
A bank teller reports $46,000 vanished from the till last week after stating he feared disclosing the incident. The man attributes the loss to a deposit mishap and is reportedly cooperating with investigators.
Ohio cities share federal airport aid totaling millions
Washington reports that the Akron Municipal Airport will receive 97 265 dollars and Portsmouth County will get 47 500 dollars among aid allocated to five Ohio cities by Commerce Secretary Weeks.
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Akron
Portsmouth County
Ohio
Commerce
Weeks
Couple Quietly Noting 76th Marriage Year
SNYDER Okla Two celebrations in one hot summer are too much says a Kiowa County couple who observed their 76th wedding anniversary. Neighbors helped the husband W A Uncle Bunch Fullin celebrate his 100th birthday a month earlier at a son's home. The Fullingims Annie 95 native Tex crossed into southwest Oklahoma in 1890s and carved a domain there.
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Uncle Bunch) Fullin
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32 000 Is Enough Son Prato Drops The 64 000 Question
New York P Shoemaker Gino Prato 55 follows his father’s advice and withdraws after winning 22 000 from the 64 000 Question. A cable from Genoa reportedly urged him to quit, asserting lifelong adherence to his father’s counsel.
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Papa Prato
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Sheriff Warns After Drowning In Springfield Gravel Pit
Sheriff J Arthur Shuman reported a man drowned yesterday in a toppled gravel pit lake near Springfield Ohio. Rescue teams searched the area as officials warned of hidden hazards at former pits.
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Ohio
J. Arthur Shuman
Chuckle: Washington Stamp Joke Turns on Backside
A humor item jokes that George Washington was never defeated until on a postage stamp, and only when his back faced away. The quip plays on a pun about the stamp image and Washington’s pose.
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George Washington
U S Troops Turn Back Korea Rioters
U S troops in Inchon repel a fresh attempt by rioters to storm the island near the port. The mob banners and chants target Czech and Polish members of neutral truce inspection teams. This marks the third assault in five days as disorders began last Saturday with an ultimatum for communists to quit by midnight next Saturday.
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South Korea
Inchon
Butcher and Leather Union Seek Merger Spurned
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen accuse the Fur and Leather Workers Congress of Communist influence and claim to have taken over the fur workers union by ousting 11 officials deemed objectionable by the AFL.
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Fur and Leather Workers Congress of Industrial Organizations
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
Fur Workers Union
AFL
Transparent Bathing Suit Sparks Psychic Injury Suit
Claudia A. Hamilton sues Glamor Shops Inc for 20000 claiming a new bathing suit caused mortification and permanent nerve injury. She says from the waist down the suit was baggy and spectators stared as she stood near Charleston town beach, a friend shielding her modesty with a towel.
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S&s
Claudia A. Hamilton
Mamie Eisenhower Resting At Home In Gettysburg
In Gettysburg Mamie Eisenhower rests in bed on doctor’s advice not ill but tired after a bustling weekend hosting guests. President Eisenhower says she is fine and will be all right, noting the heat and travel fatigued her during the weeklong visit before an expected Denver vacation.
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Dettysburg
Mamie Esenhower
Eisenhower
Ebeenhower
Cktet
Denver
Indian Nickel's Model Guilty in Drunk Driving Charge
SYRACUSE N Y Chief John Bigtree, the 7 year old Seneca chief depicted on the Indian head nickel, was found guilty in police court of driving while intoxicated. He was fined 100 dollars and his driver's license was revoked after his car struck a fire hydrant last June 3.
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N. Y
John Bigtree
James Fraser
Bigtree
What Goes On in Government Probed on Info Withholding
A congressional subcommittee examined government information policies to determine why agencies withhold material. Chairman Moss of California noted cooperation could reveal inconsistent actions and lack of definite policies. In June, Dawson of the full Operations Committee said accusations of misdirection had been raised in the inquiry.
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Representative Moss
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