Mayor bars reporter from Pomeroy council meeting
The Pomeroy mayor ordered The Messenger reporter from the council session over a disputed column about flood coverage. Missing since Feb 10 are Rodney Wayne Johnston, his sister Corrina 15, and a third girl from Athens County. The trio was last seen in Amherstdale West Virginia after leaving the Fisher home near Logan.
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Athens County
West Virginia
Rodney Wayne Johnston
Corrina
Pomeroy
Phen Oppo Boog
Jens H. Klein
Council Chamber
Bob Hoeflich
Klein
Middleport
Columbus
The
M There
Pomeroy Council
Red Cross
Chauncey
Virginia Wilson
Athens
Wilson
Sugar Creek
Harry Fisher
Amherstdale
W. Va
Logan
George Bateman
Fisher
Fisher Home
Rodney Wayne
Route 50
Bateman
N. Court
Carpenter
Robert Elliott
Johnston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elliott
Cites Scandals As Indictment Of Patronage
Former President Herbert Hoover urges reform as the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report launches a lobbying drive for six major reform proposals. The leading bill would cut patronage by removing many government jobs and improve career advancement and removal of incompetents amid recent exposures. Hoover told 500 civic and business leaders that government mismanagement harms nearly all federal employees.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Citizens Committee For
Hoover
National Reorganization Conference
Taft Backs Limits on Morris Immunity Power
Senator Taft joined McCarran Ferguson and Keating in opposing granting Immunity to Newbold Morris. They urged restricting Morris subpoena authority and rejected giving him power to grant immunity for testimony. The debate centers on Truman corruption cleanup leadership and witness protections.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
Rmich
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Newbold Morris
Morris
Army To Defer Calls For Guard and Reserves
The Army said it will call no more national guardsmen or reservists to active duty except for a few small units and individual officers. Officials cautioned that changes on the international scene could alter these plans.
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Washington
Army
Long Dynasty Tested Today in Louisiana Governor Race
Louisiana voters decide in a Democratic primary runoff between Carlos Spaht, backed by Earl Long, and Robert Kennon who challenges the Long political machine. Kennon and seven eliminated rivals unite to stop Long’s influence in a solidly Democratic state.
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Louisiana
Earl Long
Long
Carlos Spaht
Spaht
Robert Kennon
Kennon
Truck Kills Bartlett Boy in Washington County
Dana Dwight Dillie aged two was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Route 50 A in Washington County. The coroner ruled accidental death and released the driver. Surviving siblings and grandparents are listed. funeral arrangements noted with Fawcett-Stone in Chesterhill.
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Dana Dwight Dillie
Washington County
Basil Dillie
Alda McCune Dillie
Dana Dwight
State Highway Patrol
Basil, Jr
Wheeling
W. Va
Archie
David
Floyd
Vern
Gary
Curtis
Eva Bingman
McConnellville
Beverly
Linda
Arch McCune
Sharpsburg
Fawcett-Stone Funeral
Chesterhill
Ex Solon Faces Quiz In Surplus Ship Deal
Washington lawyer and former Congress member Joseph E. Casey testified before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee on a 101000 cash investment in surplus ships that yielded about 30 million dollars in three years. He named figures including Adm William F Halsey and Edward R Stettinius Jr as part of the profit sharing. Subcommittee members cited evidence of large fees paid to Newbold Morris’s law firm, with Morris denying any payment. The deal involved three tankers transferred to China International Foundation, Inc, with Houston H Wasson noted as the attorney.
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Washington
Joseph E. Casey
Congress
Casey
William F
Bull) Halsey
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Julius C. Holmes
U.S
London
Subcommittee
Newbold Morris
Truman
Nixon
R-Calif
Mundt
R-Sd
Morris
Ees
China International Foundation, Inc
Houston H. Wasson
Big Three Hold Lisbon Talks on Germany Ally Progress
In Lisbon the Big Three foreign ministers met with Atlantic Pact partners to assess progress toward making Germany a new ally. After day and night sessions between Acheson Eden Schuman and Adenauer, officials say some France Germany rivalries eased yet no clear consensus for an international army emerged.
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London
Lisbon
Germany
U.S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Konrad Adenauer
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Ohio Youth Found Slain at Williams College Fraternity
A Williams College sopohomore Millard Romaine Jr. 19 from Cincinnati was found shot dead in a fraternity house room. Police said the death was by gunshot and a ballistics check would be done. An inquest was to be discussed at a meeting of officials.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
George A. Royal
Millard Romaine, Jr
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co
Royal
Doctors Succeed in Rare Heart Operation for Racine Boy
An 11 year old Racine farm boy Melvin Circle had a pulmonary stenosis valve eight tenths closed. Surgeons at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati opened the valve with a probe and small slits, enabling normal blood flow to the lungs. Melvin expects to go home next Thursday and can now drive the family tractor.
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Cincinnati
Racine
Meigs County
Childrens’ Hospital
Melvin
Mary Circle
England
Circle
Gallipolis
Sgt
Wesley Circle
Korea
TV Stars Saluted at Fourth Emmy Awards
HOLLYWOOD The Emmy Awards honored Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca as best television actor and actress of 1951 at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences banquet. Red Skelton won top comic. The Show of Shows named top variety show. Studio One topped dramatic shows.
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Hollywood 4
Sid Caesar
Imogene Coca
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Miss Coca
Caesar
Red Skelton
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Studio One
NBC
Horseburger Probe Urged in Columbus
Columbus council urged a health department probe to determine if horsemeat is sold as hamburger in the capital. Councilman Frank H. Kearns led the resolution with Deputy Health Commissioner Dr. Joseph H. Drager and State official H. S. Foust noting tests are being considered by cities to detect horsemeat sold as beef.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank H. Kearns
Joseph H. Drager
H. S. Foust
Enlistments Slash April Draft Quota
The Defense Department set an April draft call of 19,000, the smallest since last September. The Army seeks 15,000 volunteers and the Marines 4,000. fewer draftees are due to more volunteers and veterans rejoining.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Department
French Assembly Backs European Army Plan With Hesitation
Paris The National Assembly approved the European Army plan for rearming Germany by a 327 to 287 vote but attached many conditions and caveats. Premier Edgar Faure faced Socialist dissent led by Daniel Mayer and Jules Moch as some 20 Socialists defied party discipline. The debate showed broad opposition among deputies to arming Germany, with many preferring delay or rejection.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Germany
Edgar Faure
Faure
Daniel Mayer
Jules Moch
UN Reds Reach Accord on Final Truce Clause
Negotiators agreed on the final armistice clause in Munsan Korea after lengthy talks. A high level political conference within 90 days was recommended to address withdrawal of foreign forces and a peaceful settlement while two major issues remain: POW repatriation and rebuilding Red airfields.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
United Nations Command
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Coast Guard rescues 33 from Fort Mercer stern amid Pendleton loss
In a northwest gale off Cape Cod the Fort Mercer stern yielded 33 survivors while the Pendleton bow is feared lost. Seven crewmen died between ships, 13 unaccounted, 32 rescued as dawn resumed operations. Skipper Capt John Fitzgerald, 38, reportedly among missing.
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Chatham
Mass
Coast. Guard
Fort Mercer
Pendleton
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
McCullock
Pollock Rip
Giston
John Fitzgerald
Boston
Chatham Bar
Yakutat
Coast
Douglas B. Potts
Pasadena
Tex
Ray Sybert
Norfolk
Wilmington
Del
Portland
Police Nab Notorious Bank Bandit Sutton in New York
Police seized Wil lie Sutton, termed the Babe Ruth of bank robbers, as he faced a Queens County court on an indictment for a $64,000 March 1950 bank holdup. The 51 year old, linked to a 1 2 million Brink's job, was identified by two officers on a Brooklyn street ending a five year manhunt.
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New York
Willie
Sutton
Brooklyn
Queens County
William B. Groat
Brink's, Inc
Boston Armored Car Service
George P Monaghan
Babe Ruth
Taft Seeks West Delegates in GOP Bid
Senator Taft reports strong Republican backing after a five state West tour including Washington Idaho Wyoming and Colorado saying he holds a substantial majority of popular support and likely the predominant delegate share. He rejects Oregon primary concerns and notes Taft petitions circulated by Jack Travis Hood River publisher ally of Senator Morse.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
West
Washing
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Eisenhower
Oregon
Jack Travis
Hood River
Senator Morse
Rove
Insurance Agents Vote on Pact at Prudential
Washington expects a union vote on a new contract for Prudential Insurance Company agents. AFL Insurance Agents International Union president George L. Russ predicted about 9000 eligible voters would approve. The pact includes an average weekly raise of 5.36 dollars and a 150 dollar lump payment.
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Washington
Prudential Insurance Company
George L. Russ
AFL Insurance Agents International Union
Suny
Bull Kills Farmer at Columbus Livestock Yard
Donald Lamb, 55, a Canal Winchester farmer, was fatally injured Monday when a dehorned bull charged him in a Columbus livestock sales yard pen.
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Columbus
Donald Lamb
Canal Winchester
Lamb
Three Sabre Jets Down Enemy Fighters in Korea Skirmish
U. Sabre jet pilots shot down three Red jet fighters in two aerial battles over northeast Korea. Allied fliers claimed four locomotives destroyed on North Korea's supply network. Twenty six Sabres fought elements of a 50 MIG formation in a five minute running clash near Sinanju and the Yalu River. two MIGs were downed.
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Seoul
Korea
Sinanju
Yalu River
Manchuria
Enietiwok Tests Hint at Bargain Atomic Bombs
Washington reports that the United States plans a new series of atomic tests at Eniwetok. An unofficial view suggests smaller yet powerful weapons could be tested to improve explosive efficiency. Officials offered no details on test nature or dates.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Defense Department
Eniwetok
Nevada ,Proving Grounds
America
Sawyer Seeks Steel Study for Ohio Turnpike Aid
Secretary Charles Sawyer said a real possibility exists to speed steel allocation for Ohio's proposed turnpike based on military need. He proposed a survey of the turnpike's defense importance after meeting with Governor Lausche, who urged the road to serve national defense.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Sawyer
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Well Blazes For 3rd Time In Pa Gas Well Fire
RENOVO Pa A Texas fire fighting expert prepared today to blast 100 quarts of nitroglycerine-50 on each side of a 150 foot flame at a new gas well near here This marked the fire’s third outbreak after a heavy cap was blown into the air during a capping operation The flame had briefly died and then re erupted over the weekend as blasting preparations continued
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Renovo
Texas
Paul Adair
Dallas
Tex
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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