U.S. Plans Major Shift in Foreign Policy Embassies
The United States weighs closing embassies in Russian satellite states and may convene American ambassadors in Paris in early March to reassess embassy exposure. Officials seek better protection for personnel as two U.S. citizens face espionage charges in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
United States
Europe
State Department
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Robert A. Vogeler
Telephone Company
William Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
U.S
Red
Russia
Poland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Ohio Democrats Move to Weaken Kefauver Bid at National Convention
The Ohio Democratic State Executive Committee ordered 16 delegates-at-large with half votes to the July convention, reducing Kefauver backers' potential influence. The plan adds two district delegates per district, each with a full vote, while tenth district delegates are Arthur E. Cornwell of Athens and Harry M. Welch of Ironton.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democratic State Executive Committee
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Arthur E. Cornwell
Athens
Harry M. Welch
Ironton
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Temperatures Stay Near Normal
Temperatures average about 3 degrees above normal with highs from 35 to 42 and lows from 20 to 24. Expect minor daily changes through Friday and colder weekend. Precipitation includes rain and snow tonight, snow flurries Wednesday, and rain or snow over the weekend with about a half to a quarter inch total.
Richard Lee Douglas Sentenced for Manslaughter in Mansfield
Richard Lee Douglas, 24, was sentenced to one to 20 years at Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to first degree manslaughter in the death of Curtis Green, 29. Police say Douglas kicked Green during a brawl.
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Arron
Richard Lee Douglas
Mansfield Reformatory
Curtis Green
Green
Space Means Money Garage for Rent Near East Side School
Messenger Want Ad reports quick results by listing a garage available at once near East Side School. The ad urges readers to dial 27921, noting thousands of Messenger subscribers see and read Want Ads.
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East Side
Communism and Corruption Attack at Lincoln Day Rally
Republican speakers at a Lincoln Day event at Georgetown University gym denounced the Truman administration as corrupt and complacent on communism and inflation. About 8000 attendees heard taft and eisenhower supporters clash with intra party rivals while factions touted their nominees.
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Truman
Korea
Georgetown University Gymnasium
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Taft
Lodge
Ohio Truck Strike Over Ends As Signatures Grow
A union spokesman said Ohio over the road truck drivers strike is over for all intents and purposes. About 25 to 30 companies remain, with Cleveland and Columbus offices swamped by offers. Commercial Motor Freight, Inc. of Columbus ended the operators’ pledge by signing a contract, shifting decision to individual firms.
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Columbus
Teamsters ‘Union
Ohio
Don Pfeiffer
AFL
Cleveland
Pfeiffer
Commercial Motor Freight, Inc
James R. Riley
37th Begins 7-Week Basic
CAMP POLK La Men of the 37th Division started a seven week basic training program yesterday. Passes to Leesville or De Ridder were given to many from the former Ohio National Guard unit. A dance honored the 147th Infantry Regiment from southwestern Ohio. The post field house was open for athletics. Division Chaplain Evens reports well attended religious services in the division area. The first unit of a 200 unit Leesville housing development was completed and occupied by Sgt and Mrs Ralph Duktig of Berea.
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Camp Polk
Ohio National Guard
Leesville
de Ridder
147Th Infantry
Ohio
Ferdinand Evans
Ralph Duktig
Berea
Nye Files for Democratic Nomination for Governor Seat
Lt. Gov. George D. Nye of Waverly filed petitions with the secretary of State seeking the Democratic nomination for another term. Francis B. Douglass of Cleveland filed for the Republican nomination for Ohio Supreme Court judge.
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Columbus
George D. Nye
Waverly
Francis B. Douglass
Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
Arnall Declines OPS Price Chief Post
Washington reports speculation on Di Salle's replacement as national price administrator at OPS. Former Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia reportedly rejected the offer to lead OPS, a $16 000 a year post, as President Truman weighs candidates. DiSalle resigns to run for the Senate.
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Washington
Michael V. di Salle
National Price
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Truman
DiSalle
Ohio
DiStille
Toledo
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
ONeill Files for Ohio Attorney General Nomination
Columbus reports that Atty. Gen. C William ONeill filed petitions with the secretary of state seeking the Republican nomination for Ohio attorney general. The petitions carried 4800 signatures from all 88 counties as he runs for a second term.
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Columbus
William O'Neill
Ohio
O'Neill
UN Command Doubts Quick Armistice Progress at Panmunjom
UN Command in Tokyo warns there will be no swift Korean armistice. It labels recent Panmunjom compromises as part of the communist seesaw of progress and notes no major points have been conceded. A full five-nation truce meeting is set for Wednesday to tackle the final agenda item.
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Tokyo
Panmunjom
Voice
United Nations Command
Korea
Allied Planes Wreck Enemy Supply Centers Near Panmunjom
Allied air units struck two major Communist supply hubs northeast of Sinmak and east of Namconjom, about 50 air miles from Panmunjom. F-51 Mustangs reported large fires from 500 pound bombs and rockets. UN infantry briefly retook a hill west of Yonchon, while a subsequent Chinese assault disappeared.
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Seoul
Korea
Sinmak
Namconjom
Panmunjom
Yonchon
River Drops Forecast as Ohio River Falls
The Weather Bureau expects the Ohio River to drop to below flood stage early today after weekend rain held levels high. At 1 am today the river stood at 53.3 feet, easing from 54.4 feet yesterday noon. Hamilton County health officials supply anti typhoid vaccine to Addyston residents amid flood water contamination fears.
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Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hamilton County Health Board
Addyston
Refugee escapes red kidnappers at Soviet embassy in Stockholm
A 25 year old Baltic refugee fled from five Russians and a knife wielding guard inside Sweden's Soviet embassy. He broke free after being targeted for transport to Russia, with police alerted and a car left outside as the assailants fled in a diplomats vehicle.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Moscow
Bromma
Russia
Whitten Urges Clean Up of Farm Price Support Plan
Rep Whitten of Mississippi says the farm price support program should be cleaned up as he discusses a congressional report on CCC operations. The subcommittee found grain shortages in government stored grain and criticized CCC policies. Brannan notes misappropriation losses would be under one million dollars, a tiny fraction of total handled.
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Washington
Whitten
D-Miss
Congress
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Brannan
Slug Acts As Surgery
Charles Green a 29 year old Dallas ex convict was shot in the head during a tavern brawl. Doctors said the bullet produced a lobotomy affecting the brain region that governs right and wrong. He has a lengthy police record and may recover enough to rejoin society.
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Dallas
Charles Green
Green
Florida Hurricane Causes Million Dollar Crop Loss
A weekend storm that hit the western tip of Cuba and swept through Key West the Florida Keys and Miami caused crop damage estimated at about 1 million dollars. The hurricane moved up the coast into the Atlantic after roiling parts of lower Florida with winds around 69 miles per hour.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
Key West
Florida Keys
Atlantic
Dayton Newsman Dies at 53 in Dayton
Thomas F. Hook, 53, news editor of the Dayton Daily News, died here early Tuesday after several weeks of illness.
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Dayton
Thomas F. Hook
Dayton Daily News
Taxpayers flood Cleveland IRS offices
About 11 000 residents swamped Internal Revenue Service offices in the greater Cleveland area as a surprise Monday rush overwhelmed local staff and operations.
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Cleveland
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Greater
Fall Injuries Fatal Dayton Tragedy Reports Lebanon Man
Robert Lesasa aged 42 of Lebanon Pennsylvania died in a Dayton hospital from injuries after a 20 foot fall from a fire escape. The accident occurred Saturday night in Lebanon.
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Dayton
Robert Lesasa
Lebanon
Egypt Receives British Peace Formula on Suez Crisis
Cairo reports a British plan offering evacua tion of the Suez Canal zone a plebiscite for Sudan and an Arab security pact as a basis for new talks. The Al Misri paper of the Wafd party cites Nuri al Said as mediator amid post riot political changes in Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Middle East
al Misri
Wafdist Party
London
Nuri Fel Said
Nuri el- Said
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Aly Maher Pasha
Liquor Permit Boss Admits Drunk Driving in Ohio
Francis K. Cole, 38, Columbus, chief of Ohio liquor permits, pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Lancaster. A Municipal Court judge fined him 100 dollars and suspended his driving for 90 days after a patrol pickup near Lancaster last Saturday night. Neither Cole nor the judge commented on the fine.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Francis K. Cole
Columbus
William C. Pickering
Cole
State Highway Patrol
Here
Pickering
Federal Aid Declined for Pomeroy Flood Wall
Columbus governor Lausche announced that the flooding parking lot protection in Pomeroy does not qualify as a major disaster and is ineligible for federal emergency aid. He cited a conference with Adjutant General Henderson and engineer Zuercher and noted prior floods also did not merit federal funds.
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Pomeroy
Martin
Virgil V. Brown
Meigs County
Columbus
Frank
Ohio
Albert E. Henderson
J. ©. Zuercher
Henderson
Zuercher
Jausche
Roseville
Crooksville
Jergy Joins Hospital Rift In Dutchess County
The Dutchess County Ministerial Association representing 30 churches and two synagogues accuses St Francis Hospital of alien rights violations against seven non Catholic doctors. The hospital reportedly told the doctors to quit the staff or sever ties with the local Planned Parenthood League over birth control issues. The association supports the hospital's right to require staff to conform to hospital regulations within its walls.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutchess County
Ministerial
Catholic Hospital
U S Transport Buckner Arrives With 810 Troops
The U S transport Simon Buckner is set to dock in Seattle today carrying 810 military personnel from Japan and Korea. On board are Private First Class Wayne Harbor of Middleport Private First Class John R. Roman of Jacksonville and Corporal Ned R. Wright of New Lexington.
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Seattle
U. S
Simon Buckner
Japan
Korea
Wayne Harbor
Middleport
John R. Roman
Jacksonville
Ned R. Wright
New Lexington
Clears Nazis Blames Reds For Katyn Massacre
Col. John H. Van Vliet testified at a congressional hearing that the Russians, not the Germans, were responsible for the Katyn Forest massacre of about 10 000 Polish prisoners. He described seeing bodies in 1943 that contradicted Soviet claims and said his five year silence on the report was voluntary.
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Nils Wiland
Ulf Ryman
Ekstrom
Wiland
Washington
John H. van Vilet
Katyn Forest
Hitler
Smokensk
Russia
van Vliet
House B
Yesterny
Five Held in Spur Hunt for Others in Counterfeit Ring
Federal agents in Chicago arrested five men tied to a multi million dollar counterfeit ring and raided the Sferas Printing Company. The suspects, including James and Samuel Sferas, produced bogus $10 and $20 notes later spread across the United States and beyond. Authorities said about 1.4 million dollars in counterfeit money had circulated.
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Chicago
Secret Service
Harry D. Anheler
Ring
Ancheier
West Side
Sferas Printing Company
James Sferas
Samuel
William Skally
Sterns Brothers
Skally
U. S
C. S. Bentley
Anheier
Bus Walkout Continues Seventh Day in Ohio Area
Central Greyhound Lines drivers vote to return to work if no retaliation follows and report four would be dropped from payroll. About 352 drivers participate in a wildcat strike stretching from Toledo to Port Allegheny, Pa, and south to Parkersburg, W Va.
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Cleveland
Central Greyhound Lines
Toledo
Port Alleghaney
Parkersburg
W. Va
Theft of Equipment From Grader Charged
Blain Ray Durst 22 of Cottageville Route 1 was bound over to the grand jury on grand larceny charges for stealing $100 worth of equipment from a state Road Commission grader near Flat Rock. Durst sold two batteries from the loot for $5, according to state police who investigated. The theft occurred Monday morning.
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Point Pleasant
State Road Commission
Blain Ray Durst
Cottageville
Grand Jury
Durst
Flat Rock
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