Nelsonville honors Martin with city key and parade
Martin, a guest of honor in Nelsonville, returns after with Welk Show fame. The town hosted a morning tribute with the Nelsonville High School band, teachers, and locals, culminating in a key to the city presented by Mayor Earl Hilleary amid a motorized escort.
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Lawrence Welk
Nelsonville
Martin Day
Bassador
the Martin
Wlekson Chanel
Jacko Marrive
Lane
St. Louis
Nelson
Clarence
Abbie) Jack
Frances Scott
Helen Jackson
Central School
Martin
Linda Kay Martin
Paul Martin
Nelsonville High School
James Rees
E. Columbus St
First National Bank
Welk
Ja -A
Earl Hilleary
Edward Ellison
Dodge
Dodge Corp
John Reed
Jackie Martin
Linda
Ike Says He'll Know By March 1
President Eisenhower said he should have enough information by March 1 to decide on seeking re election. He indicated an announcement would follow shortly after if the data satisfies him. He suggested a news conference may not be the venue for the full explanation.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Stevenson Confident of Victory in California Campaign
Stevenson speaks at a news conference amid rain threats and rising Ohio River tributaries. He vows agility in campaign swing, says the Democratic party seeks peace and prosperity, while weather officials warn of swollen streams and highway hazards across multiple counties and towns.
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San Diego
Calif
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio River
California
Tennessee
Sen. Estes
Weather Bureau
Kefauver
Dulles
Mexico
Ste
Reason
Democratic Party
War Department
Defiance
Upper
Sandusky
Wooster
Youngstons
Ottawa
Lima
Sidney
Bellefontaine
London
Delaware
Accused Man Slays Woman Then Turns Gun on Self
Hudson Thompson aged 61 killed his sister in law Anna Mae Holt aged 42 who was to testify against him at a grand jury session on wife staying charges. Police said he told her he would go to the electric chair and then shot himself after reloading the gun. Thompson had been free on $5000 bond over a charge he killed his wife Elizabeth, 32, during reconciliation efforts.
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Hudson Thompson
Anna Mae Holt
Thompson
Holt
Elizabeth
Boy Scouts Report Record 4 Million Membership
Washington report notes the Boy Scouts of America press release announcing a record membership of 4 million. The announcement, delivered at a nationwide breakfast, was attended by representatives from Congress the White House the Supreme Court and other national groups.
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Washington
Scouts of America
Zanesville
Zanesville Publishing Co
Congress
White House
The
Supreme Court
House backs away from mail rate increase plan
Washington in The Eisenhower administration hoped higher postal rates would curb a large deficit. After a Tuesday closed-door huddle with Postmaster General Summerfield, Republican Policy Committee members predicted no rate hike action in the House this year. Democratic leaders share the private view.
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Washington
House
Summerfield
Republican Policy Committee
Communist Defendants Praise Free Cleveland Lawyers
In Cleveland, two women and eight men accused of Communist conspiracy to violently overthrow the U S government praise the seven lawyers assigned to their defense. Free on bond since the November 9, 1953 indictment, jurors deliberated 35 hours before adjourning Friday.
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Cleveland
U. S
Labor Sets Political War Chest
The AFL and CIO plan a large political fund for 1956 campaigns. They expect total spending near 850000 dollars, nearly double the 1954 peak, to be raised through voluntary union member contributions with no legal prohibition on raising or spending such funds.
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Castion
Cor
AFL
CIO
Afl-Cio
State Delays Rail Hearing in Ohio Rate Fight
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission postponed a rail rate hearing to March 20 after groups opposed to a seven percent freight charge hike urged more prep time. Railroads say higher rates are needed to fund new cars and locomotives, risking worse service for cities including Cleveland and Toledo and for coal and agricultural interests.
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Ohio
Commission
Fou
Dems Seek Governorship In Ohio Field Expands
Ohio Democrats added four candidates to the governor race with Robert W Reider Frank X Kryzan Oscar L Fleckner entering with Secretary Ted Brown. Michael V DiSalle of Toledo joined last week forming a four man slate for governor while four men also filed for lieutenant governorship.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert W. Reider
Port Clinton
Ohio University
Frank X. Kryzan
Youngstown
Oscar L. Fleckner
Ted * Brown
Michael V. DiSalle
Toedo
Paul M. Her‘bert
George "Woading ‘Ley Land
John Taylor Salem
Roy Bury
Lyons
Fulton
Hubert Lynch
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Man Must Prove He Is Alive Says Court
A court case centers on whether Franco, believed dead after sailing to Argentina in 1925 and remarrying, is still alive when his former wife Concertina filed a death certificate in 1929 and later challenged the assumption. The court required proof of life despite his return and protests.
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Naples
da Franco
Franco
Argentina
Concertina
Probe fight erupts over Senate election inquiry
Washington senatorial battle erupts over who should probe a $2800 campaign offer. Senator George leads a four man Senate committee planning public hearings Friday to finish testimony by Saturday with a report next week. Senator Hennings seeks Rules Committee support for an elections inquiry, challenging jurisdiction.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate
Hennings
D-Mo
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Green
D-R1
Ippy
Gore
D-ean
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Case
Curtis
Eisenhower Says U S Gives Top Priority to Missiles
President Eisenhower stated the United States prioritizes guided missile development and is not complacent about Soviet progress. He noted the USSR may lead in some areas while the U S leads in others and referenced his budget request of about 1.2 billion dollars for missile development.
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Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Trevor Gardner
Miami
Fla
Air Force
Gardner
Wilson
Senhower
Germans threaten air block over West Berlin amid spy balloon protest
East Germany’s Volkskammer warned of a possible blockade of Western air traffic to West Berlin, claiming spy balloons violate sovereign airspace and that planes entering West Berlin fly through East German territory. Dulles noted U S weather balloons and the right to send them, while Venezuela reports a missing Neptune P2V patrol bomber sighted in the Orinoco delta area with seven men aboard.
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East Germany
West Berlin
Presidium
The
Volkskammer
Low
Fer House
Dulles
San Juan
Puerto
U. S. Navy
United States
Pacific
Europe
North Amer
Antarctica
Venezuela
U.S
Venezue
U. S
Trinidad
Carasavela
Orinoco Delta
Herper
Sai Navy
Boca de Uracoa
Orinoco River
Boca de la Sierpe
Trinidad and
Venezuel
Bazaar Wins Are Taxable
In a U.S. Tax Court ruling, prizes from church bazaar drawings are taxable. The decision states a lottery remains a lottery for tax purposes even if run for charity, with Diane Fa worth Solomon taxed on a government bond and her father losing a dependency credit. The Boise Idaho bazaar funded religious and charitable goals.
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Washington
U.S
Diane M. Faworth
Duaine Solomon
Richard C. Farnsworth
Diane
Boise
Idaho
Plane Missing in Antarctic Flight From Marie Byrd Land
Search continues for a De Havilland Otter missing in the Antarctic since last Friday with seven men aboard. The small plane disappeared while flying from Marie Byrd Land to Little America, the Deep Freeze operation base, carrying members of a trail blazing party whose surface vehicles had broken down.
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Antarctic
Marie Byrd Land
Litle Amer V
Italian Cobber Lights Up The $64,000 Question Television
New York shows an Italian-born cobbler dazzling the audience by displaying extensive opera knowledge on the television quiz program The $64,000 Question. His sizzling pace sets a startling tone for the Cobbler news segment.
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York
Atomic-power Plants Sought From AEC
Ohio politics and federal funding mix as the Atomic Energy Commission receives seven proposals for small atomic power plants with a $164.8 million outlay, $110.1 million from government. Atty. Gen. A William ONeill prepares for his governor bid with a Marietta gathering and planned policy outlines on highways and finance.
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Columbus
Betsey Mills Club
Marietta
Robert A. Tait
Cincinnati
Bind O'Neill
Vena Rocca
Mater
Lausche
Snees
Long Island
Chicago Police Nab FBI Man by Mistake
Police mistake leads to capture of an FBI agent during a raid related to a gubernatorial race. O'Neill and Brown emerge as GOP contenders as Lausche prepares for reelection. Police surrounded a term’s building while agents investigated activities tied to a private industry group and its Putnam-linked connections.
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FBI
O'Neill
Brown
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
U. S
C. Stanley Mechman
Nelsonville
Toastmaster
Florida
Tausche
Ben
Putnam
Marietta
Associated School
Yen Werem Police
Eisenhower urges immigration reform to admit more foreigners
President Eisenhower asked Congress to overhaul immigration laws to raise the annual permanent resident quota by about 65 000 to 220 000 and to expedite deportation of unworthy aliens. He urged revising the 1952 McCarran Walter Act and granting state discretion while eliminating unnecessary restrictions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
T Eisenhower
Brownell
Truman
Unmarried Lady Adopts 7 Indians
Dr Imogene Barker a chiropra ctor and foster mother plans to adopt seven Shoshone Indian children from Fort Hall Idaho. The group, ages 1 to 9, will join two of her existing foster children in her five bedroom home after she learned of their needs through a missionary and agreed to take them all.
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Skmunr
Ra— Wn
Idaho
Imogene Rker
Fort Hall
Barker
Gas Downed Workers At Electromet Plant
Twelve workers were overcome by gas in No 2 furnace at the Union Carbide electrometallurgical division plant near Marietta. Ten to fifteen workers were rescued and sent to a hospital for emergency care, with two rescuers also affected. Plant officials said ventilation is normally adequate and the source of the gas has not been determined.
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O'Neill
Washington County
Young Republicans Club
John W. Brown
H Imself
Brown
Medina
Marietta
Mark Templeton
Templeton
Furace
Electro: ‘Metallurgical Division
Union
Hide and Cartyn. Corp
Neta Alloys
Indus
Duees Rare
Two Crises Hit Alabama After Race Desegregation Ruling
In Tuscaloosa two federal rulings demand university enrollment of Black students as Autherine Lucy, 26, fights to attend classes amid protests while Dean Williams Adams faces potential contempt for denying Polly Ann Hudson enrollment. Hudson seeks divorce, citing court orders and conduct.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
Williams Adams
Birmingham
Polly Ann Hudson
Board of Trustees
Hudson
Strike Enters 115th Day at Westinghouse
Pittsburgh new s page reports Westinghouse Electric strike now in its 115th day as negotiators from Westinghouse and the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers meet under Federal Mediation Service guidance. Federal mediator John R. Murray attends talks but declines to comment on progress. the 1946 IUE walkout remains the longest in firm history with 15 000 workers idled.
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Pittsbungh
Newestinghouse Electric Corp
John R. Murray
Westinghouse
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Independent Used Electrical Workers
Former union official Joey Fay released after eight years
Former Operating Engineers Union vice president Joey Fay leaves Clinton Prison today and is sent to Sing Sing Prison for an eight year term after extorting 368000 dollars from construction collaborators. The 1953 Sing Sing visitor list sparked uproar and included State Sen. Arthur H. Wicks.
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vAlvemona
Joey Fay
Laber
Clinton
Sing Sing
Egineers Union
AFL
Fay
Arthur H. Wicks
Rescuers Battling Deep Europe Snows
Rescuers battled deep snowdrifts in central and southern Italy today delivering food and supplies to scores of isolated communities. The eight day cold wave has raised the death toll elsewhere in Europe as the cold eased somewhat in other regions.
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Europe
Rome
Italy
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