Soviets Blast Faint Hope Of Free Unified Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Molotov's 211 page speech rejects Western plans for a free unified Germany. He demands German unity on Soviet terms, seeks US troop withdrawal, and opposes the European Defense Community. Western officials say the Berlin talks foundered on the Soviet position with little prospect of a new settlement.
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Germany
Berlin
Big Four
Foreign Ministers
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Kremlin
U. S
State Dulles
Faden
Bidault
Eden
Europe
European Defense Community
EDC
Eisenhower Stands Firm on Treaty Powers Clash
Grim Republican leaders face a possible collapse of the Bricker amendment compromise over treaty curbs. Senators Knowland Ferguson and Millikin press for language acceptable to President Eisenhower and Bricker. Bricker insists the proposal limits treaties and makes other international agreements subject to congressional action.
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Washington
Bricker
Knowland
California
Ferguson
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Eisenhower
Sen
Ohio
Senate
GOP
White House
United States
Congress
Sen. George
D-Ga
War Against State Truck Tax Launched
IRONTON Ohio Kentucky has launched a campaign against Ohio axle mile tax on trucks with weigh stations active. Kentucky demands weight tax payments and has partially canceled reciprocity agreements due to Ohio highway use tax. Checks on Ohio trucks crossing Ashland Coal Grove bridge and at key Kentucky crossings.
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Ironton
Ohio
Kentucky
P. D. Avant
Eastern Kentucky Motor Transportation Department
County schools superintendent decision pending next week
Judge James W. Lang said a verdict on Lawrence County's schools superintendent could come next week. Don Russell may keep keys and safe combination for the superintendent's office despite a temporary order halting interference. The new school board voided Russell's appointment and named William C. Paul as superintendent.
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Ironton
Ohio
Lawrence County
James W. Lang
Don Russell
Russell
William C. Paul
TAPPAN Table Top Gas Range Ad
Want ads boast bargains as shoppers bid on a TAPPAN table top gas range for 10 dollars. Dial 31674 and visit 8 Race Street to claim the item. The note highlights quick sales and the ease of placing classified ads by phone, mail, or in person.
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Tappan
Race St
Former Queen Narri Wins Divorce From Farouk in Cairo Court
Narri, former queen and 20 year old, secured a quick divorce from ex King Farouk in a Muslim religious court after a month of behind the scenes talks. She renounced custody of her two year old son Ahmed Fuad and dropped alimony and dowry demands, seeking payment from Farouk through confiscated properties by the revolutionary government. The suit cited adultery and cruelty. Farouk, living in exile in Italy, and Narriman, living in Heliopolis, avoided the courtroom crowd as the agreement was announced.
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Egypt
Narriman
Tobby
Farouk
Ahmed Fuad
Mohamed Naguib
Italy
Heliopolis
Agency Rescue Measures Hit
Washington farm state senators criticized the Agriculture Department plan to rescue the Commodity Credit Corp from a financial squeeze. The CCC faced near bankruptcy due to government loans on farm products. proposed fixes include increasing lending authority from 6 to 8 billion dollars and canceling about 741.5 million dollars of CCC notes held by the Treasury to replenish funds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Congress
Eisenhower
Agriculture Benson
Treasury
Fumes Overwhelm 21 Clerks At Suburban Department Store
In Fairview Park suburb of Cleveland a department store crowd inhaled carbon monoxide from a heating plant as 21 clerks and a young girl were overcome. Twelve women remained hospitalized at Bay View Hospital. fire officials cited the air conditioning system as the likely channel for the fumes.
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Cleveland
Fairview Park
Bay View Hospital
Orrie Baumgardner
Five Day Outlook for Ohio Warmer Than Normal
Temperatures in Ohio will run about 4 degrees above normal with mild conditions midweek. The normal highs are 35 in the north and 42 in the south, while lows hover around 20 to 24. A turn to cooler air comes Friday or Saturday with light rain likely then, possibly mixing with snow in the extreme north.
Molars Nab Thief In Dallas Burglar Case
Dallas police captured a 73 year old burglar after a toothless suspect was identified at his home. The man admitted the false teeth found at the scene belonged to him.
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Dallas
Tex
Worst Winter Grips Europe Turning Continent to Icebox
Reports say Europe endures its worst winter in seven years from the Urals to the Mediterranean. Homes for the homeless suffer as trains stall and rivers freeze. North Africa records snow in Morocco for the first time in 35 years with Meknes and Algiers area buried in ice. Over 45 deaths reported and London hits 23 degrees for 12 hours as Italian highlands see heavy drifts.
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Europe
Urals
Mediterranean
North Africa
Morocco
Meknes
Algiers
Lawrence County Indicts Homer Collins in second degree murder
IRONTON Ohio Lawrence County grand jury indicted Homer Collins of Forest Dale on a second degree murder charge for the fatal beating of David Pratt of Trenton last summer. The panel deferred action in the Charles H Wolfe case pending further investigation.
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Ironton
Ohio
Lawrence County
Homer Collins
Forest Dale
David Pratt
Trenton
Charles H. Wolfe
Wolfe
Roy Miller
Shrink Coffee Cup Proposed At Ohio Restaurant Meet
Cleveland report notes Leon E. Kuenning president of the Ohio State Restaurant Assn tells 5000 delegates at the annual convention to shrink the coffee cup instead of raising prices. He predicts eateries will offer less coffee per cup to control costs.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Restaurant Assn
Leon E. Kuenning
State Treasurer Tracy Nominates for Third Term
Columbus Ohio State Treasurer Roger W Tracy filed for nomination for a third term. His petition to the secretary of state included 5000 signatures from all 88 counties.
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Columbus
Roger W Tracy
Tracy
Secretary of
Roosevelt son says he was blackmailed over adultery charges
James Roosevelt denied adultery with 12 women and said he signed a letter admitting nine infidelities under blackmail pressure to prevent his wife from suing for divorce. He plans to decide by April 2 on a possible run for Congress in the 26th District as a preliminary hearing on support looms. The letter apologized to the nine named women, and he blamed his wife for an obsession with material security and jealousy.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Romelle Schneider Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Solon Proposes Pay Raise Plan for Congressmen
Rep Ayres Ohio suggests a $2,500 salary increase to $15,000 with an expenses ceiling of $10,000 and six paid trips per year between Washington and districts. He argues the plan would raise pay and compensate for costs not covered by a regular job.
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Washington
Rep
Ayres
Ohio
Commission On
Judicial
Congressional
Liner Strikes Rock In Dangerous Seymour Narrows
Coast Guard said the Canadian passenger liner Prince George struck a rock in Seymour Narrows between Vancouver Island and the mainland about 200 miles north of Seattle. The ship reportedly called only for a tug and did not issue a general SOS.
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Coast Guard
Prince George
Seymour Narrows
Vancouver Island
Seattle
Vancouver
B.C
Inventor of FM Dies In 13 Floor Plunge
Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong, renowned inventor of radio patents including frequency modulation, died after falling from his 13th floor New York riverfront apartment. He also created the superheterodyne and regenerative circuits foundational to modern receivers.
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New York
Edwin H. Armstrong
Swanky River House
Armstrong
Brown Killed in Auto Crash Near Mansfield on Birthday
Frank R. Brown aged 41 from near Mansfield died in a crash on U S 30 when his car left the road struck a guard rail and overturned on his birthday.
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Marion
Frank R. Brown
Mansfield
Smith Urges Target Date for U.S. Exit From Japan
Sen. H. Alexander Smith proposes setting a withdrawal deadline for U S troops in Japan. He suggests four to five years for homecoming and argues a date could spur Japan to accelerate defenses while warning against renewed dependence on the United States or closer trade with Communist China. He supports aid to Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa and sees Formosa as a potential counter to Chinese democracy. He doubts a renewed Communist Korea conflict will start soon.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
United States
Japan
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Asia
New Jersey
China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Korea
U S May Ask Reds To Renew Peace Parley
The United States may urge the Communists in Korea to set aside past grievances and begin preliminary peace talks. State Department officials work on wording for a reply to Red demands that Special Ambassador Arthur H. Dean return to Panmunjom. Dean walked out December 12 after Red accusations over prisoner releases.
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Washington
United States
Korea
State Department
Arthur H. Dean
Panmunjom
Department
Panmunjom Dee 12
South Korea
Pastor Linked To Racketeer Case Prompts Sentencing
Cleveland judge set sentences for Frank Jones new ordained minister and Ernest Render longtime police figure after their conviction as partners in a clearinghouse gambling ring. Render 38 faces seven years and a $1000 fine. Jones testified he was ordained August 28 in Detroit and could get ten months in the workhouse and a $500 fine. Jury verdict followed 55 minutes of deliberation.
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Cleveland
Frank Jones
Ernest Render
Benjamin Nicola
Render
Jones
Detroit
People’s Spiritualist Temple of
Applied Christianity
Weirton Man Dies From Rare Skin Disease in Ohio Valley
Steubenville Ohio Valley Hospital said a 31 year old Weirton steelworker Benjamin Compton died Sunday from lupus erythematosus a rare skin disease with only six prior U.S. cases. He had been ill three months after a hunting trip in southern West Virginia. Doctors stressed he likely did not spread the disease to others.
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Steubenville
Ohio Valley Hospital
Benjamin Compton
Weirton
W.va
West Virginia
Compton
Gas Blast Fatal in Baltimore Remodeling Site
Max Williams 25 of Baltimore died from burns after a gas explosion and fire at a building he was remodeling in Baltimore. The incident occurred Monday and the victim was identified today in Lancaster Ohio.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Max Williams
Baltimore
Turkish President Bayar Arrives in Cleveland for Visit
Gov Lausche and Cleveland leaders greet President Celal Bayar of Turkey as he arrives by train from New York. A motorcade will take the party to Terminal Tower. Baseball star Bob Feller and Browns quarterback Otto Graham plan to present Bayar with a baseball and a football before his Toledo tour.
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Frank J. Lausche
Bob Feller
Otto Graham
Celal Bayar
Turkey
Anthony J. Celebrezze
New York
Greenbrier
Walter. Touhy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Feller
Graham
Bayar
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Browns
Toledo
Republic Steel Corp
Bail Sought for Perjurer in Sixth Circuit Appeal
Government attorneys plan to file a memorandum with the Sixth Circuit arguing against bail for Melvin Hupman of Dayton who was convicted of perjury for denying Communist ties on an affidavit. Hupman, sentenced Jan 18 by Judge John H. Druffel to five years and $5000 fine, has been jailed in Hamilton County. Defense contends membership in the Communist party cannot bar bail. The court will decide after further government memo as defense answers.
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Cincinnati
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Melvin Hupman
Dayton
Hupman
John H. Druffel
Hamilton
Marshall Perlin
Communist Party
Fire marshal reshuffles name state prevention bureau head
In Columbus Ohio Wayne C Jenkins of Cardington becomes chief of the state fire prevention bureau while Fox H Gragg of Bainbridge moves to a role as state fire inspector covering Gallia Jackson Pike Ross and Scioto counties. Jenkins will also remain as rural fire prevention specialist.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wayne C. Jenkins
Cardington
Marion
Fox H Gragg
Bainbridge
Gallia
Jackson
Pike
Ross
Scioto
Jenkins
Gallia Chamber Names First Woman Director
Gallipolis announces five new directors for the Gallia chamber of commerce led by Marianne Boggs Campbell, wife of Bill C Campbell, marking the first woman on the board. Other newly named directors include a roster of four additional members chosen from ten candidates.
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Gallia Chamber
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Marianne Boggs Campbell
Bill C. Campbell
Campbell
Ce — O'Del
Fe Russe Rett
Epling
Dean Davis
Vietminh Offense Expands Across Indochina In War Moves
Vietminh forces in five sectors push toward Laos and Dien Bien Phu while pressing in central Laos near Thakhek and the Red River delta. The campaign aims to bolster leverage for negotiating an end to the seven year war as winter fighting continues.
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Indochina
Laos
Luang Prabang
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Khu
Viet Nam
Mhoua
Kong River
Thakhek
Vietminh
Ninh Binh
Nam Dinh
Cap Varella
Faife
Red River
Public Works Urged To Halt Jobless Rise
AFL leaders urge President Eisenhower to launch pump priming public works immediately to combat high unemployment. The council cites government census figures and argues 3.35 million job losses since June, urging a wage boost from 7 cents to 1.25 dollars.
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Miami Beach
Fla
AFL
Eisenhower
Executive Council
AFL Council
Congress
Groundhogs Predict Late Spring In Quarryville Event
Five groundhogs in Quarryville Pennsylvania failed to see their shadows each declaring six more weeks of winter. The crowd cheered the annual tradition as radar and radio tech aided the sightings.
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Quarryville
Lancaster County
Charlies Hea
Pennsylvania
Prisoners Lose Bid For Peanut Butter
Twenty two men waiting trial on felony charges at Clark County Jail staged a disturbance at supper time Monday night. They demanded peanut butter with their bread instead of apple butter. Sheriff J Arthur Shuman announced they would eat apple butter or nothing. The inmates banged pans and shouted before police were called and they were moved to their cells without supper.
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Springfield
Ohio
Clark County
J. Arthur Shuman
Shuman
Searchers Find Body Of Missing Ohio Man
Mount Washington searchers found Phil Longenecker, 25, of Toledo, Ohio, dead in four feet of snow on the windswept peak. His companion Jacques Parysko, 23, had been found about 24 hours earlier in the same area near a smashed igloo they built.
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Mount Washington
N. H
Phil Longenecker
Toledo
Ohio
Jacques Parysko
Parysko
Dog Attacks 38 GIs in Korea Division Incident
A mascot dog at a Korea based unit attacked 38 American soldiers of the 3rd Division on Sunday. The dog was killed after the incident and an autopsy confirmed rabies as the cause.
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Korea
Auto Train Crash Kills Two Women Near PA Crossing
Two women returning from bowling in a women's league died when their car breached barriers and struck a Pennsylvania Flyer train near East Palestine Ohio. The car, driven by Mrs. Ted Nulf, 36, collided with the train as gates were down and bells sounded. Mrs. Cecil Kissinger, 35, and crossing watchman John Tanni were among those identified in the crash aftermath.
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East Palestine
Ohio
PrTai
Ted Nulf
Palestine
Cecil Kissinger
Youngstown
John Tanni
Neog
Nulf
New York-Chicago
Logan To Host Area Auditors
Ohio tax commissioner Stanley J Bowen met with about 409 auditors and deputies at the Clinton County Courthouse in Win to discuss personal property tax. The first of four meetings covered farmers returns, unincorporated business returns and individual returns for personal property taxes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stanley J. Bowers
Clintonunty
Win
Logan
Cunties
Smithville
Wayne County
Putnam County
Ottawa
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