Democrats Back High Price Supports for Farm Goods
Fifteen Democratic congressional hopefuls from Midwestern states joined a pledge for rigid price supports not less than 90 percent of parity. The move drew mixed reactions from Adlai Stevenson while criticizing Eisenhower’s flexible farm law.
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S. D
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
House
Eisenhower
U. S
Humphrey
Minnesota
Gillette
Iowa
VU. S
George McGill
Kansas
Claude R. Wickard
Charles F. Brannan
Stevenson
Hall Blames Democrats For Anti Red Program
National Chairman Leonard W. Hall denounces congressional Democrats as aiming to make anti communist legislation unworkable at a Cincinnati rally. He cites ADA opposition and warns of left wing forces while urging Republicans to stay united for the fall campaign. President Eisenhower congratulates party leaders and stresses determination and potential victory.
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Cincinnati
Leonard W. Hall
Republican Party
Congressional Democrats
Hall
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
GOP
Senate Democrats
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Communist Party
Eisenhower
America
Proprietor Urges Unionization At Cleaners Shop
Philadelphia report notes Harry Zimmerman co owner of a cleaning and dyeing shop seeks union membership for his four employees but the employer resists. A union has picketed the nonunion shop and Zimmerman says a social service agency warned him he was breaking laws by ordering joining.
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Philadelphia
Harry Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Eisenhower signs new atomic energy bill to speed peaceful use
President Eisenhower signed the new atomic energy act overhaul amid a heated congressional fight. The measure allows limited ally sharing of nuclear information and opens the door for private industry development in the United States. He warned the revision will reduce taxpayer costs while protecting public safety and boost national strength through faster peaceful use of atomic energy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
United States
Congress
Murder Charge Asked in Piqua Child Drowning Case
In Sidney Ohio prosecutor Rodney R. Blake said Robert J. Howard 44 of Troy will be charged in Municipal Court with first degree murder. Howard allegedly confessed to knocking 12 year old Leroy Urban Francis Jr. unconscious then rolling him into Loramie Creek near Piqua where the coroner ruled drowning. He reportedly confessed after lie detector results.
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Sidney
Ohio
Rodney R. Blake
Robert J. Howard
Troy
Blake
Howard
Leroy Urban Francis, Jr
Loramie Creek
Piqua
Francis
Air Force Officer Killed in Korea Crash
Columbus common pleas judge Myron B Gessaman says his son 1st Lt Richard M Gessaman 24 died in an air crash in Korea Friday. The officer was expected to return to the United States in time for Christmas according to the judge. The Air Force released few further details.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Myron B. Gessaman
Richard M. Gessami
Korea
Young Air Force
United States
Gessaman
Air Force
Television workers win five cent raise in new contract
The Cros division of Avco Mfg Corp ratified a contract with Local 1061 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers granting 1800 radio and television workers a five cent per hour wage increase. Current wage scales were not disclosed.
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Cincinnati
Cros- Division
Avco Mfg. Corp
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Ewing Mitchell 85 Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
O ffective Springfield obituary notes AA Ewing Y. Mitchell 85 a former assistant secretary of commerce under President Franklin D Roosevelt died Saturday. Born in Rolla Missouri he served in public life and was known for his work in the Roosevelt era.
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PDR
Springfield, Mo
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rolla
Disabled Ex Marine Chosen Amvets Head
A disabled former Marine Rufus H Wilson of Falls Church Va is the new commander of the American Veterans of World War II and Korea Amvets Wilson 28 is the youngest head of the 10 year old group elected yesterday Mrs Jackie Voelk of Columbus Ohio elected vice commander at large Miss Sandy Penderey of Marion Ohio named Miss AMVET of 1954 Saturday night
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Miami Beach
Fla
Rufus H. Wilson
Falls Church
American Veterans of
Truck Driver Killed After Ice Cream Truck Crash in Cleveland
In Cleveland an ice cream truck overturned killing Daniel Gaydash 18. Russell Larimer 17 riding with him was thrown clear and escaped serious injury. Larimer blamed another car that cut them off for the crash.
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Cleveland
Daniel Gaydash
Russell Larimer
Gaydash
Batchelor Defense Promises To Prove Betrayal By Army
San Antonio defense attorney Joel Westbrook said Cpl. Claude Batchelor will claim the army promised him money and later reneged as his trial opens at Fort Sam Houston. Batchelor, 22, of Kermit Texas, faces charges of collaborating with the enemy and informing on fellow POWs after staying with the Communists during the Korean War. He returned to the Allied side January 1 with only Cpl. Edward Dickenson of Big Stone Gap Virginia also rejoining. One of the 23 returned has died. 21 others face varied outcomes.
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San Antonio
Tex
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
Ce Ae
Batchelor Amoney
Batchelor
Ft. Sam Houston
Joel Westbrook
Kermit, Tex
North Korea
Edward 8
Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
United States
John Hannah
Hisenhower
Colorado
Washington
Legion
Aleo
France
Shotgun Killer’s Body Found in Ohio Ravine
The body of William Beasley of Route 1 Aberdeen was found in a ravine near his farm home. Brown County coroner ruled the death a death by own action. Beasley had been sought since Friday after his wife Mary Katherine 29 was killed and his 3 year old daughter Judy wounded. Officers said Beasley killed himself with the same shotgun used in the wife’s slaying.
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Georgetown
Ohio
William Beasley
Aberdeen
Brown County
Beasley
Mary Katherine
Judy
Police Seek Suspect After Wounding Three in Middletown
Authorities continued a manhunt in Middletown Ohio for a mystery assailant who wounded Mrs. Lee Caudill and her small son Steven on a neighbor’s porch. The neighbor Mrs. Jane Wright also sustained injuries but none were serious.
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Middletown
Ohio
Lee Caudill
Steven
Jane Wright
World Council of Churches Nears End Voices Stand on Racial Segregation and Nuclear Weapons
The second General Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Evanston, Illinois, representing 163 denominations from 48 countries, nears its closing with declarations for living together east and west, opposing racial segregation and the use of nuclear weapons. It urges international control of mass destruction weapons and defends civil liberties while condemning totalitarianism and atheistic materialism.
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Evanston
General Assembly
World Council of Churches
Church
Assembly
Indictments Seen in Phenix City Vice Probe
A grand jury report in Phenix City, Alabama, is expected to include more than 500 indictments tied to racketeering and gambling. National Guardsmen stand ready for arrests as secrecy surrounds the accused while the prosecutor says the initial report will not name Patterson murder suspects. President Eisenhower pledges a strong military reserve as a No. 1 legislative priority for 1955, urging rapid action and funding.
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Phenix City
Ala
Walter B. Jones
Circuit Court
Alabama
George C. Johnson
A. L. Patterson
Patterson
Washington
Eisenhower
The
American Legion Today
McCarthy Faces Senate Probe and WarCries for Censure
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin arrived from Los Angeles to defend himself in a new Senate investigation. A bipartisan committee planned a closed-door meeting to finalize plans for public hearings on a resolution to censure him for conduct unbecoming a senator and bringing disrepute to the Senate. Democratic members pressed to finish their minority report on the Army-McCarthy hearings before a 5 p.m. deadline as Republicans filed their majority views. The full verdict will be a bulky document printed by Wednesday morning.
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Washington
McCarthy
Bob
Senator Watkins
Utah
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Senate
Menberg
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
French Assembly Debates European Army Treaty Move
The French National Assembly briefly interrupts its European Army Treaty debate as a pro-EDC faction pushes for new negotiations with five EDC nations. Opponents seek to bury the treaty, with procedural motions dominating questions and a bid to resume talks on September 21.
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French National Assembly
EDC
FDC
Cpe
Pro DC
Fred Chapin
Lutes
Democratic and Socialist Resistance
Protocal
France
Brussels
Germany
Sear
Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
Infant Dunlap Dies in Mason County
Ann Yvonne Dunlap three months old died at Point Pleasant at 2 30 am. Survivors include two brothers and two sisters. Grandparents listed. Funeral set for Wednesday at Zion Baptist Church Crab Creek Road with Rev. Ocis officiating. Friends may call Mohr Arnett funeral home.
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Ann Yvonne Dunlap
Dan Lonn de
Anna Doss
Charleston Road
Itenday
Point Clinic
Dan
Hiness
Heis
Clyde Harry ‘Dunlap
Phillip Hens
Barbara Ellen Dunlap
Edna Bernice Dunlap
Randparents
Phillip Doss
Henderson
Harry FE
Dunlap
Brighton
Zion Baptist Church
Crab Creek Road
Ocis
Mohr-Arnett Funeral Home
State Senator Marvin Harrison Dies at Summer Camp
Former State Senator Marvin Harrison, who twice sought the Democratic nomination for U S Senator, died of a heart ailment yesterday at his summer camp in Elgin Ontario. He was 64 and a member of Harrison Spangenberg Hull law firm known for damage claims work.
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Cleveland
Marvin ©. Harrison
U. S
Elgin
Ont
Harrison, Spangenberg & Hull
54 Persons Missing After Boat Capsizes
MANILA reported 54 persons missing after a motor launch capsized and sank yesterday in Ulana Bay off Zamboanga del Sur province. Sixty people were shown aboard and six survivors were picked up today.
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Manila
Philippine News Service
Ulana Bay
Zamaga del Sur
Infant Killed in Fall in Cincinnati
Pamela Armstrong four months old died after apparently falling from a bassinet. The mother told authorities she found the child on the floor.
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Cincinnati
Pamela Armstrong
Athens Girl Wins Event At Ohio Fair
Ohio State fair attendance reached about 107000 as veterans and artillery opened the 1954 fair. Jenny Hober of Athens won the leading pony class with Popeiele, while a tragic fall during a children's show claimed four year old Elizabeth Rupp of Columbus. Other horse results included Walking Horse class winners and finalists from various farms and owners.
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Elizabeth Rupp
Columbus
Coliseum
Jenny Hober
Athens
Popeiele
Fhbony Peacock
Sug Bennett
Sidney
Florida
Ace
Thomas A. Joseph
Zanesville
Big Night
Skyline Farm
14-Year-Old Hunter Found Safe After Forest Search
RED BLUFF Calif Fourteen year old James Marshall wandered three days in rugged country. He was found yesterday in Mendocino National Forest by two Forest Service men. He became lost while hunting with his stepfather on Thursday. Dogs aided by 203 men in the search. He was reported unhurt.
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Red Bluff
Calif
James Marshall
Forest Service
Mendocino National Forest
James
Frankie Laine and wife injured in Chicago car crash
Singer Frankie Laine and his wife suffered minor injuries in a traffic accident in Chicago yesterday. Laine received treatment for a back injury and shoulder bruise, his wife for a bruise on her left arm. The driver Elmer Givens, 48, was charged with failure to yield the right of way.
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Chicago
Frankie Laine
Laine
Elmer Givens
Laines
Kelley Inland Co. executive dead at Lakewood Hospital
Arthur PB Mack 60 year old director and executive vice president of Kelley Inland Co. died yesterday in Lakewood Hospital after a brief illness. Mack led the firm in Cleveland and oversaw major operations for decades.
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Cleveland
Arthur PB. Mack
Kelley Inland Co
Lakewood Hospital
North Carolina Warned As Carol Threat Looms Inland
Hurricane warnings spread along the North Carolina coast from Wilmington to Manteo as Tropical Storm Carol moves northward with winds near 100 mph. South Carolina alerts remain precautionary while forecasters monitor the evolving storm.
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Miami
Filia
North Carolina
Wilmington
Manteo
Carol
Charleston
8.C
Grady Norton
South Carolina
Wife ends three day hunger strike over legal fee refund
Akron report states Mrs. Alice Mor, mother of two, ended a three day hunger strike after a breakfast of poached eggs, ham, toast and coffee. She did not receive the $124 legal fee refund her husband paid to a lawyer months earlier in a contemplated divorce case that was later dropped.
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Akron
Alice
Ohio Weekend Toll Sees 23 Die in Accidents
The Associated Press reports 23 people died in Ohio over the weekend due to accidents. Fifteen fatalities were traffic related, with many victims under 30 and eight children among the dead. Two elderly men over 70 also perished when struck by vehicles.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Death Probe Begun In Columbus Hospital Case
The State Highway Patrol investigates the death of a Columbus State Hospital patient, Mrs. Marjorie Cole, 45, who authorities say suffocated after stuffing paper in her mouth.
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State Highway Patrol
Columbus State Hospital
Marjorie Cole
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