Five GOP senators retire reshaping 1958 Senate races
Retirement announcements by Jenner H Alexander Smith Knowland Payne and Edward Martin widen battlegrounds in Senate elections as Democrats gain potential seats in New Jersey California and Pennsylvania. GOP fear tight races in Arizona Maryland New York Michigan West Virginia while Indiana remains cautiously confident.
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Missile Expenditures Total Over 17 Billion
The United States has spent more than 17 billion dollars on missile research development and production since World War II with most costs incurred since 1950. Congressional committees are examining the program to assess Pentagon spending diligence and fund adequacy.
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Fire Ravages Springhill Heart of Town Business District
Wind driven blaze in Springhill Nova Scotia destroyed 15 businesses and five apartment houses along Nin street. Mayor Ralph Gilroy said the town would seek government aid, estimating losses at no less than one million dollars and noting 20 percent of tax revenue came from burned properties. One elderly man suffered a heart attack evacuated from a hotel. Fire raged 3 hours 15 minutes, likely starting in a variety store and fed by paint.
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Rabid puppy exposed Florida Southern College sorority girls
A rabid puppy smuggled into the Alpha Omicron Pi house bit seven people at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. College officials notified 82 coeds and sent letters to 2000 students as the dog’s death confirmed rabies.
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UAW Board Rules Former Communists May Hold Office
The United Auto Workers Public Review Board ruled there is no union rule barring former Communists from UAW offices. The decision affirms lower tribunals in cases involving 10 unionists who testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee. Five Detroit area locals cited Fifth Amendment protection, while five international officers admitted party membership. The seven member board, including educators judges and clergymen, said its decisions are final.
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Weather Outlook Ohio and West Virginia Report
Occasional rain and clouds sweep Ohio overnight into Saturday with colder air. West Virginia expects rain then freezing rain east with turning colder thereafter. Ohio forecast shows five day warming and cooling cycles with rain and snow chances near Lake Erie.
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Public Works Progress Marks River Crestings
In The Messenger the Hocking River crests amid ongoing public works progress and rainfall forecasts. Officials study road proposals as youths are ordered to juvenile court. Two tournaments are slated for SEO schoolboys. Pom Mid sports and women editors weigh in.
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Guatemala Elections Face Split Amid Instability
Guatemala prepares for an January 19 vote as moderates and Conservatives split. Leftist forces gain potential footing after a history of coups and a military-backed crisis that led to a provisional government. Major candidates Ydigoras Fuentes and MDN envoy Cruz Salazar contend against a fractured anti communist front.
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Nelsonville Hardware Burglaries Reported
Nelsonville two hardware stores the Cable Co and Robinette Hardware were burglarized. Entry at Cable’s was by breaking a window and unlatching a west side lock. Robinette’s shows no force entry. Items including firearms shells and a pistol were missing from Robinette’s with $8 in 50 cent pieces. Police theorize suspects fled behind the F. R. Beasley garage. Robnettes owner notes pad locked rear door and new front door lock.
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Man Drawn for Dual Jury Service in Two Courts
Edmund J. Welch of Chelmsford Mass has been summoned to serve on both the Superior Court and U S District Court juries starting January 6. Superior Court Justice Charles E Bolster called it a one in a million twin jury call. Bolster said he will excuse Welch if he wishes to serve in the federal court.
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Three Hurt in Wreck on Route 17 at Point Pleasant
Three persons were injured in a three car collision early Friday on Route 17. Taken to Holzer Hospital were Mrs. Hilda Stewart Mrs. Genevieve Higgin and Billy German all of Point Pleasant.
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Cincinnati Woman Charged with Murder in Slaying
Patsy Maxey, 35, is accused of killing her husband Denton Maxey, 29, on December 13 as he tried to enter their locked apartment. Detectives pursued her through rough back roads to a Buckhorn log cabin and Beattyville, locating her at a bus station and bringing her back to face charges.
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Star May Have to Wait a While
J B Anderson plans to light his seven foot housetop Christmas star after his family's baby arrives. He hoped for a Christmas baby and may delay the lights until mid January depending on his wife.
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J. B. Anderson
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New York Men Bound To Grand Jury Twice
James Myers and Walter J. Jankowski both of Buffalo were bound over to the grand jury on charges of intent to kill a highway patrolman and were again bound over on grand larceny and burglary charges. Combined bonds total $150,000.
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James Myers
Walter J. Jankowski
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Grand Jury
Thief Broke Into Good Will On Christmas Day
A thief entered Good Will Industries on Christmas Day and stole three suits and three overcoats. Supt. Glenn Bledsoe said the operation runs on helping those in need and the theft contradicts their mission.
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Good Will Industries
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Bank Intruder Sought After Break-in Attempt in Ohio Branch
In Middetown Ohio a man who appears to have leaped through a plate glass door was found attempting to raise a teller cage drawer at a First National Bank branch. Police searched for the suspect.
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Akron Taxi Strike Hits City Service
Akron's taxi system faced a major disruption as a strike by the City Yellow Cab Co. reduced available cabs to about one third of normal, leaving residents and riders with limited transportation options Thursday night.
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Egypt floats common market plan for Africa Asia
Cairo report says Egypt proposes a joint market for African and Asian nations to counter the European bloc and the plan is to be discussed at the African-Asian People's Conference. Delegates, many exiled, attack the West amid talks including a Soviet report. The European market begins Jan 1.
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Dayton Strikers Pause as Mediation Opens Talks
Dayton resumes a second weekend without newspapers as the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service takes over negotiations. The mailers strike against Dayton Daily News and Journal Herald halted both papers, with Local 137 of the International Mailers Union walking off last week over wages vacations and shift interchange. Union officials say wages are not the current dispute. A Thursday meeting failed to reach agreement.
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Plucky Ex-Hostess Delivers Baby Boy in Pasadena
Boni Buehler Blalack, a former airline hostess who lost an arm and a leg in a 4 year old water skiing accident, gives birth to a son weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces on Christmas Day in Pasadena. Her husband is Charles Blalack Jr, an investment broker.
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Fire kills four children Christmas morning in Zanesville
Deputy fire marshal Reed Wilson opened an investigation into a fatal blaze in Zanesville that claimed the lives of four children on Christmas morning in what authorities described as a devastating house fire.
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Zanesville
Reed Wilson
France moves to curb cabinet crisis with new plan
Premier Felix Gaillard wins cabinet backing for a three item plan to curb political instability. Proposals bar deputies from tax and spending bills, allow dissolution of the Assembly by functioning governments, and require nationwide elections. The key measure shifts confidence votes to censure motions.
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Predict 130 Traffic Deaths During New Year Stakes
CHICAGO The National Safety Council estimated 130 Americans will die in traffic accidents during the New Year celebration. It notes 180 fatalties during Christmas automobiling, with a total toll of 225. Since World War II deaths have been lower for New Year than Christmas. The 30 hour period runs 6 pm Dec 31 to midnight Jan 1.
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National Safety Council
Uncle Rescues Girl From Air Shaft
Logan Kan two year old Kay Bitter fell 12 feet down an 18 inch air shaft in her home An uncle Joe Dandera tied a slip knot in a garden hose lowered it and told Kay to place it over her head and under her arms The third followed orders and was pulled out minus a shoe She was unhurt.
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Woman Dies in Fire in Point Pleasant
Anna Adkins, 70, died from suffocation as a fire destroyed her three room home in Point Pleasant early Friday. The blaze was spotted by a passing motorist and her son-in law Harold Luikert at 4 49 a m.
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Three Steps Being Taken On Sleepy Turnpike Drivers
Ohio Turnpike deputy director Russell Deetz reports 28 total deaths on the turnpike this year, 16 of them from sleepy drivers in 13 crashes. Measures include patrol vigilance for weaving drivers, painted route numbers on bridges, and new signs warning against drowsy driving. Deetz notes fatalities this year exceed 1956 levels but Ohio’s highway safety remains favorable vs New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania.
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