Storms Kill 31 People in Mid South Tornado Outbreak
AP reports deadly storms across Arkansas Alabama and Mississippi killed 31 and injured about 100. Affected areas include Commerce Landing and Olive Branch with multiple elementary schools hit, including Wigging Negro and a Mississippi plantation community. Witnesses describe homes and a school destroyed as rescue crews search for the injured and missing.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Commerce Landing
Miss
Here
Ve Branch
Olive Branch
Wigging Negro Elementary School
Leatherman Plantation
W. V. France
Groundhog Day Weather Hits Ohio Roads Hard
Freezing rain and snow grip central and southern Ohio with highways hazardous. State patrol urges drivers to stay off roads as the state highway department crews begin sanding, salting, and cinder spreading. Heavy equipment started last night to treat icy surfaces.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Ohio
New Facts Surface in Rubinstein Murder Probe
New information emerged in the Serge Rubinstein murder case as Atty Alexander Herman and Deputy Chief Inspector Edward Feeley completed a four hour house inspection. They questioned Rubinstein’s mother and aunt and other staff, discounting earlier sightings of a woman in brown and saying more witnesses are being sought.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Asst. Dist
Alexander Herman
Dep
Edward T. Feeley
Sth Avenue
Herman
Feeley
Rubinstein
Mishaps Take Large Toll In 1954 Traffic Deaths Rise
The National Safety Council reports 1954 saw 91,000 deaths from mishaps in the United States with 9,200,000 injuries and almost 10 billion dollars in losses. Motor vehicle crashes caused 36,300 deaths, down from 38,300 in 1953, the lowest since 1950, while traffic accidents produced about 1,250,000 nonfatal injuries.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Mechem to Sponsor Pollution Control Legislation
Senator C Stanley Mechem will sponsor enabling legislation to aid cities and political subdivisions in water pollution control. The bill would authorize the pollution control board to maintain staff of engineers and financial consultants to review plans for sewage treatment and disposal systems.
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Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Am Urgi
Senate
Pollution Control Board
Electric chair death set for 18 year old Schreiber
Bernard Schreiber, 18, convicted of assault and stabbing a 17 year old girl, faces execution in the electric chair on June 1 unless a stay or appeal is granted. A three-judge panel sentenced him after finding him guilty of first degree murder in the August 14 killing of Mary Jolene Reiss.
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Toledo
Bernard Schreiber
John M. McCabe
Harvey G. Straub
John Q. Carey
Schreiber
Mary Jolene Reiss
Newscaster Faces Cross Examination in Libel Suit
Cincinnati journalist Tom McCarthy underwent cross examination in a common pleas court over his million dollar libel case against the Cincinnati Enquirer. He contends the editorial on fluoridation harmed his reputation though he says he did not oppose the measure and was presenting the other side.
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Cincinnati
Tom McCarthy
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
McCarthy
Colleges Report Record Fall Enrollment Nationwide
Washington The 1954 fall enrollment at colleges and universities reached 2,499,750, a record high. The total rose 11 percent from 1953 and is 2 percent above the 1949 previous record, according to Secretary Hobby.
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Washington
Secretary of Welfare
Hobby
Three Escape Jail In Henry County
In Napoleon Ohio three prisoners punched through a second floor cell block and escaped by a blanket rope. Sheriff Fred Bartels said the escape was not discovered until morning. The escapees are Edward Riebesehl, 4, Paul Riebesehl, 26, and George Shook, 22, all awaiting grand jury action on burglary and assault charges.
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Napoleon, Ohio
Henry County
Fred Bartels
Edward Riebesehl
Paul
George Shook
Douglas cites smear tactics in ADA speech
Senator Douglas of Illinois tells the Baltimore audience that Democrats could cooperate with the Republican administration only after Republicans apologize for alleged smear tactics in last fall's congressional campaigns. About 500 attend ADA event’s seventh annual May Day Dinner.
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Douglas
Ada
Baltimore
Douglas D-Ill
Ublican
Americans For Democratic Action
Alaska Defense Plan Eyes Limited Ground War
Lt Gen Joseph H Atkinson and generals outline Alaska defenses aimed at keeping big bases out of enemy hands rather than defending the entire territory. They note potential limited airborne attacks and possible missile sites, with rapid reinforcement from the United States if needed.
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Elmendorf
Alaska
United States
Texas
Joseph H. Atkinson
Alaskan Defense Command
George R. Acheson
Alaskan Air Command
James F. Collins
Atkinson
Chiang Kai-shek Warplanes Strike Yikiangshan In Formosa
News reports say Nationalist warplanes bombed Yikiangshan while refugees described Red bombers crippling Tachens civil life. A U.S. transport landed 538 civilians at Keelung as UN discussions on a cease-fire unfold with Chou En-lai's response awaited.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Formosan
Keelung
Formos
UN Security Council
China
U. S
Tth
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
U S Pilots Warm Up In Western Pacific Task Force Drills
U S Navy pilots in heavy rain conducted carrier and air operations in Fomoran waters as the Tachens crisis prompts tighter security. Jet fighters and attack bombers roared through drills while briefing and debriefing become more detailed. The carrier completed a defensive drill simulating an enemy attack, torpedo hit, gasoline fire, and a stalking submarine, labeled a general success.
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Fomoran
Navy
U. S
Bridge Improving Rule Before Supreme Court
Jefferson County court decisions refusing to enjoin use of state funds for improving approaches to a bridge linking Steubenville and Weirton. The Ohio Supreme Court considers whether the State Highway Director can establish limited access on the bridge approach as part of the case brought by William K. Kincaid and others.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Ohio
William K. Kincaid
C. Linzell
Steubenville
Weirton
W.va
Fifty Firemen Battle Blaze at Reeb's Restaurant
Nearly 50 firefighters were injured as a three alarm blaze swept Reeb's Restaurant on Columbus southeast side. The restaurant, Keeb's, one of the city’s oldest, suffered about 100000 dollars in damage and the cause was still unknown.
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Columbus
Reeb
Keeb's
Sammy Kaye Divorce Suit Filed by Ruth Kaye
Ruth Kaye files for divorce from band leader Sammy Kaye in Common Pleas Court. Attorney Morton M. Stotter says the petition cites extreme cruelty and lists the couple as married in 1940 with a Shaker Heights suburban address.
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Cleveland
Sammy Kaye
Common Pleas
Ruth Kaye
Morton M. Stotter
Shaker Heights
Ohio senators push stiff hike for teacher pay across Ohio
Five Republican and one Democratic senator introduced a broad package to raise minimum salaries for Ohio teachers across degree levels. Proposals include higher annual increases and immediate boosts for those with master’s degrees, with costs not yet estimated. The session also advanced an emergency bill restoring Korea era medical officer exam rights and proposed higher horse racing taxes to align Ohio taxes with other states.
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Ohio
General Assembly
Lausche
Coe Ae
Robert A.ollock
Stark
Oakley C. Collina
f-Lawrence
Delbert Latta
f-Hancock
May Hildebrand
R-Luecas
Frank King
DeLaces
Senate
House
Korea
Assembly
FBI Adds Notorious Fugitives to Ten Most Wanted List
The FBI placed Fienoy Payne on the Ten Most Wanted list. Payne, 45, a convicted murderer from Greenville Mississippi, fled across state lines to avoid execution after a 1953 murder in Scott, Florida. Described as medium height, slender, often armed, he frequents juke joints and gambling venues and was last reported to have gone to Toledo.
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Washington
The
FBI
Fienoy Payne
Payne
Scott
Fia
Acwre
Toledo
Greenville, Miss
Democrats Ponder Site for 1956 Convention
Democrats open bids for the 1956 national convention with Chicago and Philadelphia as leading contenders. A Democratic National Committee subcommittee met at party headquarters to listen to proposals as the GOP plans a February meeting to pick date and city.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Philadelphia
GOP National Committee
Addicts Could Be Sent To Mental Hospitals
Ohio Attorney General C William ONeill said the state could admit narcotic addicts to state hospitals as mental patients but that, currently, there is no public or private program for treatment and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts in Ohio.
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Columbus
William O'Neill
Ohio
Cities Oppose Gas Estimating Plan
Washington reports three Ohio cities and 16 Kentucky communities oppose United Fuel Gas Co demanding customers estimate needs and sign 4 year contracts in advance. The firm completed the first section of its case for a rate increase before examiner Francis Hail. the second section on rate severance will be heard later this spring.
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Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
W. Va
Francis Hail
Portsmouth
Columbus
Cincinnati
Dairy Price Stabilization Bill Prompts Hike in Aid Proposals
The text notes a bill by Representative Bow aimed at dairy price stabilization via a self help plan proposed with the National Federation. It envisions removing federal government from direct milk pricing while CCC purchases and controls remain as options.
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Washington i
Bow
National
Lk Federation
Heture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Overhauling Radio and TV Domination Proposed by Senate
Special counsel Harry M. Piotkin urged a major overhaul of radio and television networks to curb domination. He said no new laws were needed to prevent entrenched control and that competition barriers must be addressed.
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Washington
Harry M. Piotkin
Senate Commerce Committee
Piotkin
Eisenhower Says U S Will Not Let Formosa Fall to Communism
President Eisenhower stated the United States will prevent Formosa from falling to international Communism and that Congress backed a Formosa defense stance. He avoided specifics on defending offshore outposts and declined to reveal plans for any potential action against the Quemoy and Matsu islands.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Formosa
Congress
Formoes
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
House Armed Services Committee
Supreme Court
Senate
John Marshall Merton
ate-House Atomic Ene Committee
Perty Ines
6 TV
A.coos
Jerse Wilson
Byrd
D-Vac
Democrata
More Housing Units For Military Asked
Senator Capehart proposes a three year plan to provide WO housing units for military personnel. Private contractors would construct the units and the government would take title and rent them, retiring a three billion cost over 32 years with mortgage loans.
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Washington
Capehart
R-Ind
Refugees Describe Bombing Terror on Tachens
An elderly evacuee from the Tachens recalls repeated bombardments by Communist forces as 533 civilians and 39,000 Nationalist personnel depart by American troop ship. Children are helped with DDT powder as they flee toward relief stations while ships stand by for possible withdrawal. Meng Tsui, a 30 year old school teacher, says they left due to bombing and the soldiers left behind are ready to fight.
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Formosa
Hon Cha
Tachen Islands
Here
Manent
Communista
Meng
Biss Tsui
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