Walter Reuther to Speak at Ohio University in Athens
Walter P. Reuther, president of the UAW-CIO, will address Ohio University in Athens at 8 p.m. on the topic Building a Dynamic America. The talk, open to the public, closes a UAW-CIO regional summer school week with a graduation dinner at Lindley Hall and certificates for about 100 union students.
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America
Ohio University
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
The
CIO
Reuther
Eugene Sanders
S. College St
Lindley Hall
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agriculture Implement Workers of America
Wheling
W. Va
Wheeling
UAW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Philip Murray
St. Mary's College of
Oakland
Calif
Boston College
University of West Virginia
Detroit
Valentine
Victor
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
United Brewery Workers
Walter Reuther
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Briggs
General Motors
Coleman ,Tool and Die
Ford
Guaranteed Employment Plan Topic Highlighted by UAW-CIO Panel
A panel at the UAW-CIO Region 2-A summer school in Lindley Hall discussed Guaranteed Employment as the unit among Ford GM and Chrysler contract talks. Speakers included Ray Berndt Leonard Lesser and Herschel Davis who noted the 1955 contracts expire July 1 1955. Approximately one million auto workers could be affected by negotiations.
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Uaw-Cio
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Souders
Mine Thefts Are Charged In Hocking County
Logan charged with theft of copper products from the Emrick mine in Ward Township. Wyatt MacMillan of Nelsonville and William Warren of near Nelsonville face breaking and entering charges. MacMillan was arrested by Sheriff Waldron and Deputy Porter. The pair allegedly took copper wire armatures and other items sold in Columbus and Athens junk yards.
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Columbus
Athens
Waldron
Judgment Sought Against Shawnee Mining Co
The State of Ohio seeks a $2553.12 judgment in Common Pleas Court from Shawnee Mining Co for workers compensation payments. The state alleges the firm employed three or more workers between December 14 1952 and June 30 1953, making it subject to the state insurance law. Nancy L. Peters of Millersport is named as president of the firm.
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Common Pleas
Ohio
Shawnee Mining Co
Nancy L. Peters
Millersport
State Patrol reports three accidents with two arrests
The State Highway Patrol investigated three Thursday traffic crashes. George McKibben 27 New Plymouth Route 1 received minor facial lacerations after his car hit a railroad crossing flasher on Route 33 at Myers Crossing. Jacob M. Bernhardt 70 Amesville was cited for passing without giving an audible signal in a Route 33 north Athens collision with Noval C South 44 Athens. Wilford Sharpe 19 Athens Route 2 and Raymond S. Rodrick 19 The Plains sideswiped on Landing Road near Route 56.
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State Highway Patrol
George McKibben
New Plymouth
Myers Crossing
McKibben
Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
Jacob M. Bernhardt
Amesville
Athens
Noval C
Noval
Bernhardt
Wilford Sharpe
Raymond S. Rodrick
the Plains
Ex-Resident Jane Markeson Dies in Columbus Friday
Miss Jane Markeson age 44 died Friday morning at White Cross Hospital in Columbus after a brief illness. Funeral services are planned. the body will be brought to Athens, and friends may call at Jagers funeral home after 7 p.m. Saturday. She was the daughter of the late Charlies Markeson of Columbus and Mabie Baker Brown, long-time Athens resident now in McHenry Illinois.
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Jane Markeson
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Athens
Riends
Jagers
Miss Markeson
Charlies Markeson
Mabie Baker Brown
McHenry
Ill
Gifford Markeson
Ohio State University
Dowler Rites Set Sunday
George Dowler 90 died Friday at Nanna Rest Home Oak Grove. He was a retired janitor and former worker at Central Grade School. Survived by son Everett Nelsonville. sisters Mrs Ida Davis and Mrs Libby Young. brothers Richard New Marshfield and Wesley Columbus. Services Sunday 2 p.m. Pilgrim Holiness Church. Burial New Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call Johnson funeral home.
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Nelsonville
George Dower
Nanna
Oak Grove
Dowler
Central Grade School
Everett
Ida Davis
Libby Young
Richard
New Marshfield
Wesley
Columbus
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Raymond Simpson
New Marshfield Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Births at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Kermit Clark Coolville welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Robert Nelson Athens welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Norman Hatch Athens welcome a son. Other listed births include Mrs Katie Bickley The Plains Mrs Lucille Goins Athens Thomas Collins Athens Dick Curry Athens Tony Farankovitch Gilouster Mrs Jana Moore Athens Peer J Vogel Wellston Cecil Barnes Athens Amy Lowther Carpenter Inez Hunter Athens.
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Kermit Clark
Coolville
Robert Nelson
Athens
Norman Hatch
Katie Bickley
the Plains
Lucille Goins
Thomas Collins
Dick Curry
Tony Farankovitch
Gilouster
Jana Moore
Peer J. Vogel
Wellston
Cecil Barnes
Amy Lowther
Carpenter
Inez Hunter
Zenner Scholarships Awarded at Ohio University
Henry Zenner Scholarships have been awarded to Gayle Eve lyn Shoemaker and William Edward Brown. Both are OU juniors noted by E A Sudnick, chair of the Ohio University Scholarship Committee. Each $1500 award honors Henry Zenner and supports two McBee employees' children.
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Henry Zenner
Gayle Evelyn Shoemaker
William Edward Brown
E. A. Sudnick
Ohio University
Miss Shoemaker
The
McBee Co
McBee
Downer’s Grove
Ill
George Shoemaker
Chicago
William Brown
Richland Ave
Athens High School
Ivan
Headstones Tell Stories in Athens Old Cemetery
The West State Street Cemetery holds grave markers that reveal local history from Athens County pioneers. Notable stones include Mary Lotspeach, wife of John Walker, born 1784 in Tennessee, and Charles McGill, hanged in Cleveland for a lover's murder. Other markers honor Revolutionary War figures, early settlers, and Eliza Davidson, a former slave linked to the Custer household, whose tablet details her life.
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Athens Area
West State Street
Old
Ohio University
Mary Lotsapeach
John Walker
Athens County
Mrs. Walker
Tennessee
John Brough
Ohio
Athens
Ames Township
Rachel Springer
Baron Springer
Sweden
Mary Lotspeach
Jobn Walker
Northwest Territory
John N. Dean
James Brownlee
Frederick Townsend
Beta Theta Pi
Eliza Davidson
George A. Custer
Petit Larceny Count Dismissed in Court
Charges of petit larceny filed in Municipal Court against two Poston boys were dismissed Friday morning due to lack of prosecution. Donald Thompson and Sam Showalter had been cited by Helen Everett who claimed they stole a rooster from her home. At hearing time today the prosecuting witness did not appear.
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Poston
Donald Thompson
Sam Showalter
Helen Everett
August Still Wet Month in Athens
August remained a wet month in Athens with 4.2 inches of rain in 20 days and 0.68 inch in the last 24 hours. U S observer C L Colmer cited rainfall as a continuing pattern while high temperatures reached 98 degrees and morning lows hovered near 68. Hamley Run logged a 89 degree high and 63 degree low with a 9 am reading of 67.
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Athens
C L. Colmer
U. S
Colmer
Hamley Run
Site Reached for OU Sixth Dorm on East Green
Ohio University nears completion of its sixth dormitory with finishing touches underway and slated to open next month. Five dorms housing 989 men named Johnson, Bush, Biddle, Read, and Perkins Halls have been completed since 1951. Construction of the seventh and eighth dormitories is planned to begin this fall. The project, east of the main campus on East Green, replaces postwar frame barracks built for returning veterans.
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Ohio University
Laverne F. Lausche
Johnson, Bush
Biddle
Read
Perkins
East Green
Man burns while driving burning car through fairgrounds water holes
Willard Guseman, a former Athens man living in Tampa, was severely burned when he drove a burning 1953 two door sedan owned by Stanley Stalnaker of Pittsburgh through water holes at the county fairgrounds. He abandoned the car near the main gate and rolled into a pool to extinguish flames. Fire officials said a short circuit may have started the blaze. two hose lines were needed to suppress it.
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Athens
Willard Guseman
Tampa
Filia
Mildred Guseman
N. Shafer Sr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Guseman
Stanley Stalnaker
Pittsburgh
Carthage Geo
Stalnaker
Dalton
Fairgrounds
Guse
Betwen
China’s Sorrow Yellow River Stays Shifting Course
The Yellow River, famed for changing course five times in history and causing vast loss of life and property, continues to be described as China’s Sorrow due to its unpredictable floods and shifting path.
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Yellow River
China
Union Dispute Reported at Carthage Gap Project
A union dispute at the Carthage Gap project was reported this morning. The Athens local Cement Finishers Union representative was unavailable for comment. One source said three Athens men sought work but were discharged after day one. reports of demonstrations could not be confirmed.
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Carthage Gap
Athens
Cement Finishers Union
Local Man Pleads Innocent to Non-support Charge
Lyle Stobart of Lorain entered a plea of innocent to a non support charge in Municipal Court. Stobart was returned to Athena from Lorain by Deputy Harold Shields after the charge was filed. A preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday at 8:45 am and Stobart remained jailed for failing to post 1000 dollars bail.
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Lyle Stobart
Lorain
Stobart
Athene
lLorain
Harold Shields
Helen Docie
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Asia
General Motors Department
OPM
War Manpower Commission
Zurich
Switzerland
International Metalworkers Federation
Uvaw-Cio Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department
National Cio Housing Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People and
the Religion and Labor Foundation
the Pizza House
W. State St
Athens, Ohio
the Mutual Home 6 Savings Association
East
Washington St
Federal Home Loan Bank
the Cline Pharmacy Co
State Patrol
WK Brown
H Harris
Sisas Bingham
Delaware
Washington
Thomas Francia
West Bridge
Enoch Hannaman
Wood County
Russell Lovell
Lovells
Thomas Lovell
Barnstable
Mass
Moses Hewitt
Waterloo Township
Benjamin Brown
Joan Waltor
Yoy
Reenee
Pan
Qanren
Car Rad Bakery
S. Court St
Pel
Telephone Industy
Americas
Commonwealth Telephone Co. OF
Pmhd
Mathews
W. Union
van Dykes
Buckeye
Court St. Athens
Furniture
Mel
Lorain Man
Lovell
Athen
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
Union St
Obi
Toy Town
Swearingen
St. Court St
Sporting Goods
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