Fleet Footed Floyd Recaptured After Weekend Escape Bid
McWilliams a 27 year old Athens Route 3 resident escapes custody near the Athens County jail but is recaptured within an hour on Richland Ave near Mechanicsburg School. He faces charges for aiding four jail escapees with hacksaw blades. Lena, Floyd’s wife, and Homer, his brother, were involved in the night’s chase and pursuit.
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Floyd McWilliams
Athens Route 3
Athens County
Frank Joyce
McWilliams
Richland Ave
Mechanicsburg
Common
Joyce
Joseph B. Grogan
Joe Fields
Mc Williams
Homer
Floyd
Pomeroy
Mechanicsburg School
Grogan
Fields
Lena
Joseph McBride
Athens
McBride
Dulles Speed-Up Plans Meet Belgian Reservations
Belgian leaders will delay action on the European Defense Community treaty amid French amendments. Secretary of State Dulles discussed proposed changes with Belgium’s Van Zeeland and other ministers in Paris and Washington. The talks touched on army standards, conscription length, and NATO unity as Belgium seeks assurances on France's planned privileges. The discussions continued at a Belgian ministry meeting and over dinner with Ambassador Cowen.
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Ssels
Belgium
Harold Stassen
Georges Bidault
Leadere
Secretary of States
Calimet
Paris
European Defense Community
Posal
France
Jean van Houtte
Paul van Zee
EDC
Jand
West Germany
Italy
van Zeeland
Holland
Luxembourg
Eign
Dulles
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
NATO
Washington
U. S
Myron Cowen
Ike Names Conant To Speed German Defense Plans
President Eisenhower has directed James B. Conant to accelerate Western Europe defense efforts including a European defense treaty. The plan envisions a multinational force with West Germany contributing troops and rearming under Western oversight. Conant takes a lead role amid debate over Germany’s wartime posture and allied security.
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Ike
Dr. Conant
Washington
Dr. James
B. Conant
New High Commission
Germany
Eisenhow
Six-Er
France
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Missing Photographer Returns to Mansfield
Mansfield photographer Ray Brokaw, missing since November 25, returned Thursday night and said he suffered amnesia. He recalled leaving Mansfield for Akron but remembered nothing in between and woke up days later in Santa Monica, California.
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Mansfield
Ray Brokaw
Brokaw
Akron
Santa Monica
Calif
Lausche appoints Woldman to Cleveland judgeship
Gov. Frank J. Lausche names Albert A. Woldman state industrial relations director to serve as judge at Cleveland Municipal Court. The appointment fills a vacancy and expands legal oversight in the city.
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Lausche
Woldman
Columbus
Cleveland
Chio Jost
Frank J. Lausche
Albert A. Woldman
Hospital Fund Action Sought
The state welfare department will ask Ohio's 100th General Assembly for 79.8 million dollars for capital improvements in the next biennium. More than half funds target new construction including Athens State Hospital power plant and equipment 560000 laundry 275000 addition for male patients 630000 new building for aged and infirm 750000 Gallipolis State Hospital new hospital and equipment 750000 new building and equipment 500000 administration building 200000.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Ohio
100Th General Assembly
Athens State Hospital
Gallipolis State Hospital
Movie Withdrawn at RKO Palace in Columbus
The RKO Palace Theater in Columbus withdrew Charles Chaplin's Lime Light after it opened on Thursday. No reason was given for the withdrawal and films typically run a week at the Palace.
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Columbus
RKO Palace
Charles Chaplin
Palace
Schreiber
Senate Grants Broad Powers For Streamlining Government
President Eisenhower wins congressional support as the Senate approves a two year extension of Truman era government reorganization powers to April 1 1955. Debate centers on veto ease with McClellan proposal rejected 64 16. Majority voting blocs split Republicans and Democrats with broad partisan lines.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
House
Ito Eisenhower
Con
Gress
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Cordon
Oregon
Morse
South
Patrol clashes intensify as spring ops loom at Korean front
U S Eighth Army reports a noticeable rise in patrol clashes on both the Eastern and Western Fronts while Fifth Air Force claims two MIGs destroyed near the Manchurian border. Navy says Missouri pounded Wonsan harbor with 16 inch guns in Friday raid. Kim Il Sung urges Red Army to prepare a new war phase and strengthen defenses. Generals Van Fleet and Taylor tour the front noting Korean and Chinese forces may exceed UN estimates.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Wonsan
Missouri
Navy
Kim Il Sung
Red Army
Peiping
Kim
Tokyo
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
United Nations
Taylor
van Fleet
U. S
Republic of Korea
Ike Names Clare Boothe Luce Ambassador to Italy
President Eisenhower said he would nominate Clare Boothe Luce as ambassador to Italy and keep Ellsworth Bunker in place temporarily. The White House stated Bunker agreed, likely until Italian elections end in late April or early May. Luce is a playwright former congresswoman from Connecticut and wife of Henry R. Luce.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Ellsworth Bunker
White House
Bunker
Luce
Conneéc- Hicut
Henry KR. Luce
Time-Life-Fortune
Police study biblical clue in Kansas City bank holdup case
Police traced a death linked clue to a Bible verse printed on 300 business cards by James Fahnestock and wife Billie. The crime involved a $49,000 Kansas City bank robbery. The slain couple were found in a car days later with cards showing the notation 38-25, possibly referring to Second Chronicles 33 24.
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Kansas City
James
French Plane Crashes in Fog Seven Die
A French passenger DC-4 bound from Abidjan to West Africa crashed in fog near Bordeaux on Saturday. Seven of 21 aboard were killed, twelve escaped with some suffering severe burns, and two passengers' status was unknown. The Union Aeromaritime des Transports owned the aircraft, carrying 14 passengers and seven crew.
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Bordeaux
France
Here
Union Aeromaritime_ des Transports
Abidjan
West Africa
Separate Trials Set For Accused Slayers
WEST UNION Ohio March 16 and April 13 are set for separate trials of Charles Eikelberry Jr 24 Antioch and William Vandale 27 Marietta for the slaying of Adams County Sheriff Ben K Perry. Eikelberry admitted firing the fatal shot on January 12 as the sheriff questioned him on a roadside.
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West Union
Charles Eikelberry, Jr
Antioch
William Vandale
Marietta
Adams County
Ben K. Perry
Eikelberry
Vandale
Perry
Dance of Death in Benton Harbor
Jesse Sandford, known as the Dancing Boy for his love of dancing, was stabbed to death early Saturday in Benton Harbor Michigan after a woman tripped his toe at a dance in an all night restaurant.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jesse Sandford
Adance
Little Three plan for Balkan alliance in Athens talks
Greek Foreign Minister Stephanopoulos announced a Yugoslav Greek Turkish meeting in Athens to draft a Little Three alliance against eastern aggression. He said the pact will emphasize political conditions with military talks parallel, and that it may include others open to resisting aggression. The plan ties Yugoslavia indirectly to NATO and UN members Greece and Turkey, following talks with Tito on Brioni.
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Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Mnnster
Stephan Stephanopoulos
Stephanopoulos
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. N
NATO
Balkan
Titol
Brioni
Adriatic
Stephanopoulou
Koca Popyie
U S Bearing Brunt of Cost For UN Help
Forty nine countries pledged over 93 million dollars to UN humanitarian programs for 1953. The United States contributed 85 million, including 10 million for UNICEF and 60 million for UNRWA. Fourteen nonmembers joined in the commitments to reach a 131 million dollar goal, while the Soviet bloc largely ignored the appeals.
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United Nations
U. S
Soviet Bloc
U.S
Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Relief and Works Agency
UNRWA
Guards Quell Prison Revolt in Florence Arizona
In Florence Arizona guards restrained about 500 inmates at the state prison after a second sit-down strike. A stern warden warned prisoners to behave or face trouble as authorities, including sheriff's deputies and state patrol, prepared to use tear gas or firearms to prevent a third uprising.
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Florence, Ariz
Arizona State Prison
E. Walters
Embalming Fluid Blast Critically Burns Two Men
Embalming fluid exploded in the basement of a Cincinnati funeral home on Saturday. Two men, Owen Chancellor, 53, and Frank Blunt, 23, suffered third degree burns and were not expected to live. Fire officials estimated $2,000 in damage as an open flame ignited fumes.
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Cincinnati
General Hospital
Owen Chancellor
Frank Blunt
Dante Kummer
Poison Plot Aimed at Pal
A California Institute of Technology student Richard C. La Force, 19, confessed to authorities on Saturday that he tried five times to poison his best friend to obtain the friend’s wife. Deputies said they arrested him Friday after he was seen placing arsenic in a refrigerator bottle at the Hayden residence.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California Institute of Technology
Richard C. la Force
Bert Wood
S. A. Martin
Robert P. Hayden
Joyce
Coal Transport Pact Awarded In Ohio River Contract
Huntington Ohio River Co has been awarded a major contract to move 3,100,000 tons of coal annually for 15 years to the Kyger Creek Generating Plant at Cheshire Ohio. The plant with one million kilowatts will supply power for the Atomic Energy Commission uranium diffusion facility at Waverly. Coal will be transported about 150 miles downriver from Powhatan Point Ohio.
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Huntington
Ohio River Co
Inand Waterways
Cheshire
H. J. Long
Newsymen
Kyger Creek
Atomic Energy Commission
Waverly
Long
Powhatan Point
Moonshine Stills Raided Near Ironton
Federal agents and Sheriff Carl Rose raided three moonshine stills in the hills near the Ohio River Friday the first such raid near Ironton in more than a year. Agents had watched the sites for over a week but did not capture the operators.
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Ironton
Carl Rose
Lawrence County
Ohio River
AFL Signals Recapture of Pay Rises After Wage Controls End
Washington(AP) The death of wage controls spurs AFL activity to reclaim boosts denied under curbs. Some 8 million workers and nearly 10,000 contracts may see raises as WSB rules loosen. Builders and unions foresee renewals while price trends could shape demand, with most clauses tied to contract expirations.
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Washington
AFL
Eisenhower
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Charles C. Killingsworth
B36 bomber explodes midair. 15 survive no casualties
A U S Air Force B36 bomber blew up in the air during a routine training flight from Carswell Base near Fort Worth. Fifteen crew parachuted to safety across three southern English counties near London. One Dallas captain suffered a fractured ankle on landing. no other injuries reported.
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Eng
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Seventh Air Force
Carswell
Ft. Worth
Tex
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Wiltshire
London
Herman Gerick
Caleron
Newton Benham Jr
Dallas
Rescuers Find Two Men Lost In Huge Cave
In Franklin West Virginia two Washington DC men were rescued from Trout Hook Cave after nearly three days underground. Harry Breeden Jr., 30, electronics technician, and Kenneth Sterner, 20, a power company meter tester, survived without food or sleep after their flashlight failed early. They wedged on a ledge 15 feet below the cave ceiling, heard rescuers, and were saved by a six man team.
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Franklin
W. Va
Washington, D. C
Harry C. Breeden Jr
Kenneth Sterner
Impromtu
Trout Hook Cave
In-Law Killer Sent to Lima for Observation
Hubert F. Kunkler, 38, was ordered committed to Lima State Hospital for observation after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to the slaying of his mother in law, Mrs. Lulu B. Gould, 60. Gould's body was found Jan 9 in a closet. Police said Kunkler admitted choking and stamping her to death after a quarrel. Judge Harry Kilburger ordered up to 30 days observation.
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Lancaster
Hubert F. Kunkler
Lima State Hospital
Lulu B. Gould
Gould
Kunkler
Common Pleas
Harry Kilburger
Lima
Report Urges Stricter Action Against Red Controlled Unions
A Senate committee report urges tougher enforcement of the Taft Hartley Act non communist oath and calls on federal agencies to bolster safeguards against communist dominated unions. It finds pockets of influence remain and warns against using rival unions to divide labor. The study stresses decisive action and new resources to end communist pockets in unions.
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Washington
Senate
Hammond
Southeastern Louisiana
Trial Date Set For Lattimore
The jury trial of Owen Lattimore was set for May 11 by Chief Judge Bolitha J. Law of the U S District Court. Delays may push the date back due to defense motions. Lattimore’s lawyers will seek dismissal of the seven count indictment claiming he led Senate investigators during last year’s probe into the Institute of Pacific Relations. Leo A. Rover was named Thursday as the prosecutor.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Bolitha J. Lawa
U. S. District Court
Institute of Pacific Relations
Leo A. Rover
Three Children Drown in Sand Pit Pond at Elmont
Police report three children from Elmont, Robert Hellenek 11, Pamela 6, and Ronnie Ruggiero 5, drowned Friday after a wooden float capsized in a 30 foot deep sand pit pond. They were playing together when immersion occurred in icy water.
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Elmont, N
Robert Hellenek
Pamela
Ronnie Ruggiero
Elmont
Ex Speaker Hal Griswold Dies at 66 in Cleveland
Hal H. Griswold, 66, noted attorney and former speaker of the Ohio House, died at his home after several weeks illness. He represented Geauga County as a Republican in the House from 1919 to 1923.
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Cleveland
Hal H. Griswold
Ohio House of Representatives
Geauga County
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