Gallia County plant to begin construction with governor at ceremony
Gov. Lausche will break ground Thursday for a large electric generating plant in Gallia County two miles south of Cheshire on Route 7. The ceremony includes invited industry reps, a luncheon for guests, and traffic plans by state patrols. The plant will have five 200000 kilowatt units, with output slated for national atomic and peacetime use.
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Gallipolis
Frank J. Lausche
Gallia County
Cheshire
Amber of Commerce
Farmers Hotel
State Highway Patrol
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Atomic Energy Plant
Pike County
Indiana
Grand Jury and State Department clash over Yanks on UN
A federal grand jury charged the State Department with failing to root out disloyal Americans at the United Nations and accused officials of stifling inquiries. The department denied overreach, saying it only alerted the UN to suspected Communists and kept confidential files private.
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New York
State Department
United Nations
Grand Jury
Washington
Department
Federal Grand Jury
David N. Edelstein
U. S
Ment
Warmer Air Brings Rain
The weatherman forecast rain and snow across Ohio with rising temperatures tomorrow likely bringing rain. Several Greene and Athens County schools could be excused from classes due to weather. Greene County Superintendent S. O. Liming cited road issues prompting Tuesday class suspensions. State Patrol noted main highways were wet and some secondary roads slippery, with overall fair conditions.
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Columbus, O
Grand Jury Indicts Ex Tax Bureau Boss
Federal grand jury in Brooklyn charges Joseph D. Nunan Jr. former chief of the Internal Revenue Bureau with income tax evasion for 1946 through 1950. The indictment cites $19 086.60 in unpaid taxes.
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Washington
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Internal Revenue Bureau
McGranery
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nunan
Water outage hits Middleport as Pomeroy main breaks again
Middleport returned to a waterless state after a main break between Middleport and Pomeroy. C M Hennessey of Meigs W Co said repair could take hours. A relief valve failed after midnight, raising pressure and causing the rupture at Liberty Ave in lower Pomeroy. Water was hauled from upper Pomeroy and West Virginia. Businesses and services faced disruptions, renewing talk of municipal ownership of the water works.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
C. M. Hennesy
Meigs W. Co
Hennesy
Liberty Ave
Lower
Upper Pomeroy
West Virginia
Fire Wrecks Meigs Home
POMEROY Meigs County fire destroyed a one story frame house owned by Mr and Mrs James Hudson of Welshtown and all furnishings. The incident occurred around 830 am when kerosene near a stove exploded starting the blaze. Mrs Hudson and her young daughter were inside. no injuries reported. Mr Hudson worked at White Rock Sale Co in Minersville. No damage estimate released.
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Hudson
White Rock Sale Co
Minersville
Cyclone Kills Twelve in Jaffna Peninsula
A weekend cyclone in the Jaffna Peninsula Northern Ceylon killed at least 12 people and destroyed crops including food and tobacco. It ravaged nearly all land in the area over Sunday and Monday near the southern tip of India and damaged thousands of palm and tropical fruit trees.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Jaffna
India
West Virginia police chase five Pennsylvania escapees
Charleston police arrested James Milk, 25, of Duquesne, Pa, as he came to collect wire money in a Western Union office. Five other convicts from Pittsburgh's Western State Penitentiary remain at large after a two day siege that included a family hostage. An abandoned car in Wheeling tied to the suspect group.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Western Union
James Milk
Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Emile Lerby
Rea
Wheeling
UN Vote On Indian Plan For Korea Peace
The United Nations General Assembly is to vote today on India's plan to secure a Korean truce. The measure has strong support in the Political Committee and is expected to win overwhelming backing in plenary session despite Soviet bloc opposition. Delegates foresee a brief debate and a swift approval followed by rejection by China and North Korea.
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United Nations
N. Y
India
Korea
UN General Assembly
Dulles Acheson Plan Talks On World Problems
Secretary of State-designate Dulles launches talks with Acheson Lovett and Bruce on six major issues. Korea Iran Berlin France and Latin America are outlined as key items with concerns over communism, unrest and regional tensions. The discussions aim to set priorities for early U S diplomacy.
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Dulles
Police Censor Plan Favored in Congress Probe
Washington lawmakers reviewing ways to curb obscene and gruesome literature favored police censorship similar to Detroit methods. A House committee heard Inspector Herbert Case describe Detroit police operations that censor comics and pocket-size books offered for sale in the city.
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Washington
House
Detroit
Herbert Case
Michigan City
Jail Dixie Publisher Starts 30 Day Contempt Term
Reubin Clein publisher of the Miami Life began a 30 day confinement in Dade County Jail for contempt of court after refusal to disclose sources on secret grand jury hearings. Gov. Fuller Warren had granted 11 reprieves since his February 13, 1950 sentence.
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Miami, Fla
Reubin Clein
Miami Life
Dade County
Clein
Fuller Warren
United Fuel Gas to Seek Rate Increases in Several Ohio Towns
United Fuel Gas Co. says it will ask the state utilities commission for rate increases in Ironton South Point Proctorville New Boston Coal Grove Chesapeake and Hanging Rock. The firm aims to win community approval for a new rate scale.
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Ironton, O
United Fuel Gas Co
State Utilities Commission
Ironton
Southpoint
Proctorville
New Boston
Coal Grove
Chesapeake
Hanging Rock
Car crash near Newark claims Paul R. Huffman life
In Newark Ohio a fatal collision occurred Tuesday when a car driven by 53 year old Paul R. Huffman of near Granville struck a bus west of Newark. Local authorities investigated the wreck and identified Huffman as the victim.
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Newark
Paul R. Huffman
Granville
Fighters Regain Ground On Pinpoint Hill Front
South Korean troops counterattacked at Pinpoint Hill in near zero weather, regaining virtually all earlier losses. Allied artillery and air strikes supported the push as U S Eighth Army headquarters reported gains down the slopes and continued clashes along the front remained light. B26 bombers hit supply lines and B29 Superforts attacked an airfield at Pyongyang.
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Seoul
Pinpoint Hill
Pinpoint
Roks
U. S. Eighth Army
Okinawa
Pyongyang
Order Inquiry Of Lattimore By U S Jury
Sen McCarthy expects Justice Department to pursue grand jury findings against Owen Lattimore and John P Davies Jr Atty Gen James McGranery ordered evidence on Lattimore a Johns Hopkins professor and Far East expert sent to a grand jury Davies formerly on the State Department staff and now deputy political adviser to U S occupation authorities in West Germany faced possible perjury action after a year long Senate probe into subversive influences on U S policy in the Far East.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Justice Department
Owen Lattimore
John P. Davies Jr
James McGranery
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
U. S
Far East
Davies
State Department
West Germany
Red Leaders Executed in Prague Purge Trial
Prague radio announced the execution of Rudolf Slansky and 10 other Czechoslovak Communist leaders in a purge trial. Convicted Nov. 27 as traitors, they admitted leading a Zionist Trotskyite plot to overthrow the pro Moscow government. Executions carried out at Pankrac Prison after prosecutors rejected clemency. All 14 defendants confessed to treason sabotage and espionage.
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Vienna
Rudolf Slansky
Prague Radio
Kremlin
Radio Prague
Pankrac
Czech
Open Murder Trial of Ex Football Star
Testimony was set to begin today in the Wheeling murder trial of John Jack Stanton, 20, of Orrville Ohio. Stanton, a former high school football star, is charged with killing John I Sabo, a 39 year old Wheeling steel worker found strangled in the Colonial Hotel on June 8.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Jack Stanton
Orrville
Stanton
John I. Sabo
Colonial
Robbery At RK.O Theater Ends With Cash Taken
Mrs. Louise Phillips, 25, in her office at the RK.O 105th St Theatre, handed over $300 in receipts Tuesday night when a gunman forced entry and demanded money. The assailant brandished a revolver as customers watched the show.
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Cleveland
Springfield
Louise Phillips
Rk.o
105Th St
Taft Forges Rift Over Eisenhower Labor Pick
Sen. Robert Taft attacks Eisenhower’s choice of Martin P. Durkin for labor secretary, signaling possible a major rift with the incoming administration. GOP senators weigh whether the clash signals a broader fight over Taft Hartley and the future of Fair Deal style limits.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Ohio
Martin P. Durkin
Labor Post
Taft
Taft-Harvley
Capitol
GOP
Durkin
Qchican
Senate
Post
Busy Night For Gorton
Alfred New York report shows John Gorton serving in village board duties at Firemen's Hall and assisting as fire chief at a shed blaze. He then drove an ambulance to a bridge accident with minor injuries before returning to the meeting and finally to bed.
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Alfred
N. Y
John Gorton
Gorton
Driver escapes injury as train drags auto
Zanesville report credits railroad tracks for saving James Walpole 25 after his car collided with a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train engine. The locomotive dragged Walpole’s vehicle about one eighth of a mile before it stopped. Walpole was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
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Zanesville
Harry Bealmear
James Walpole
Baltimore and Ohio
Walpole
Bealmear
Union Braces For Leaders Floor Fight In CIO Race
In Atlantic City, unions backing Allan Haywood refuse to concede a contested CIO presidency while Walter Reuther maintains edge. The convention becomes memorial for Philip Murray as maneuvering continues toward a possible open roll call.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Allan
Haywood
Philip Murray
Prize Porker Picked Today
The prize porker will be picked today at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The grand champion barrow will be named at the big farm show at the International Amphitheatre, with Ohio State University owning the 1100 pound Shorthorn steer named grand champion at the exposition Tuesday. Judge A. D. Weber of Kansas State College selected the roan yearling from about 750 steers nationwide.
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Chicago
International Amphitheatre
Truman and Stevenson in White House Talks on Democratic Future
In Washington Adlai Stevenson and President Truman meet to review the 1952 Democratic setback and discuss Stevenson's future role. Party Chairman Mitchell says Stevenson should carry the standard, while remaining as chairman and touring to unite state and local leaders.
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Truman
Adlai
White House
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Stevenson
Illinois
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Budget Tops Forty Billion For Defense
AP reports the Defense Department requests a total 40.7 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year with the Air Force allotted about 1.71 billion and prospects of broader carrier projects. Robert A. Lovett defends funding scope against Gilpatric while noting possible duplication among services and advocating adequate funding for each branch.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
White House
Congress
White House and Budget Bureau
Robert A. Lovett
Forrestal
Saratoga
Lovett
Roswell Gilpatric
United States
Air
USAF
Navy
Marine
Army
Dan Kimball
Gilpatric
Vinton Sailor Waives Jury in Double Murder Case
Robert Gemmell, 28, of Vinton and former county resident, waives jury trial in Columbus Common Pleas. He faces four first degree murder counts tied to Laura Grimshaw death during burglary robbery and criminal assault. Judges Clifford King and Gessaman to preside to avoid alleged prejudice from newspaper coverage.
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Joseph M. Clifford
John R. King
Myron B. Gessaman
River Swallows Barge with 200 New Automobiles
A barge carrying about 200 new automobiles sank on the Ohio River near Henderson Islands four miles downstream. The value of each car is about 2000 dollars. The incident marks the second such accident for Commercial Barge Lines Inc. from Evansville, Indiana.
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Henderson
Ohio River
Commercial Barge Lines Inc
Evansville
Ind
Henderson Islands
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