Ohio Opens Floodgates on Stream Of 1000 Proposed Laws
Columbus AP reports the Ohio Legislature unleashed a wave of proposed laws with potential total near 1000 before adjournment. Measures include funding for a Cincinnati Conneaut Turnpike survey, restricting turnpike bond issuance, redirecting 5 million in welfare funds to poor relief, and a 100 million veteran bonus proposal by Rep Ray Miller Jr.
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Ohio
Columbus
101St General Assembly
State Controlling Board
Cincinnati Conneaut Turnpike
Ohio Turnpike Commission
McClure
Welfare Department
Ray T. Miller, Jr
Cleveland Democrat
Election Law Revise Pushed at CIO Convention
Cleveland report states the Ohio CIO convention with 1300 delegates will urge the legislature to ease voting access. Proposals include door to door registration by election boards, mail registration, three day annual precinct voting for registration, permanent registration, and extended election day hours 6 am to 9 pm.
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Cleveland
Ohio Cio
Laws on Child Labor And Wages Violated
New York and New Jersey firms were found to violate minimum wage and overtime rules for child labor. The U S Labor Department said more than half of the 6600 firms checked last year broke the wage and hour laws.
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Newark
N. J
New York
New Jersey
U. S. Labor Department
Frank J. Muench
Contract Let To Build Muskingum River Plant
A contract to build a 225000 kilowatt steam electric generating unit at Ohio Power Co. Muskingum River plant has been awarded to Sollitt Construction Co. of South Bend Indiana. Excavation for the $29600000 unit is scheduled to start soon with completion expected in late 1956.
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New York
Ohio Power Co
Muskingum River
Sollitt Construction Co
South Bend
Ind
Autopsy Links Shock to Mystery Death in Miami
An autopsy report released yesterday states that hypovolemic shock from injuries caused the death of 21 year old Robert R. Ackerman of Mansfield Ohio. Ackerman died on an operating table at Dade County Hospital in Kendall while surgeons prepared to amputate an arm due to blood poisoning.
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Miami
Fila
Robert R. Ackerman
Mansfield
Ohio
Ackerman
Dade County
Kendall
Here
Wonder How the Chicken Feels in Texas
Mrs. W. T. Gilcrease reports a chicken whose head was cut off on Saturday continued running for four days. She says she does not know what to do and feels strange around a bird that is believed dead but is not.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. T. Gilcrease
Hopewell Housing Chief Bans Liquor Pets and High Wattage Lights
Ernest J. Connelly, manager of a federal housing project in Hopewell, writes 76 families forbidding alcohol, pets, and light bulbs over 60 watts. He cites past crime, immorality, yard neglect, and electric overloads as lease violations. The housing commission will review his rules at a Jan. 27 session.
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Hopewell
Ernest J. Connelly
Connelly
Chowan Junior College
Conene Connelly
Hamas Rolfe Court
Davisville
C. A. Reese
Housing Commission
Hanoi Under Communist Pattern Takes Shape In Postwar Era
In Hanoi the new regime moves to a austere pattern after French withdrawal. Bulldozers build a Red Square as Moscow style cars and Molotov trucks return. Streets show uniforms and Ho Chi Minh beards while cinema and restaurants reopen with propaganda.
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Viet Nam
Vietminh
Red Administration
Ho Chi Minh
Dien Bien Phu
Moscow
Foreign Minister Named in Strijdom Cabinet
Finance Minister E. H. Louw has been appointed foreign minister in the new cabinet of Nationalist Prime Minister Johannes G. Strijdom in Johannesburg.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
E. H. Louw
Johannes CG. Strijdom
Man blows up car to fool authorities in Cleveland
William J. Winegar, 27, admitted he blew up his own car to cover a theft of another. He told Detective Jack T. Morris he used gas, a makeshift detonator, and a stranger's garage to blast the car after stealing a similar vehicle last Saturday. The stolen car matched in make model and year, but differed in color and condition.
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Cleveland
William J. Winegar
Yester
Jack T. Morris
Winegar
Gotthill ML
Narcotics Anonymous Club Formed by County Official
Cleveland report announces formation of a Narcotics Anonymous group with 15 mild addicts as members led by Angelo J. Gagliardo, chief probation officer for Cuyahoga County. He aims to test whether junkies and alcoholics share personality problems and notes Alcoholics Anonymous has aided cures through companionship and group therapy.
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Cleveland
Narcotics Anonymous
Angelo J. Gagliardo
Cuyahoga County
Gagliardo
Alcoholics Anonymous
New 84th Congress Takes Over Today
Washington AP Democrats take control of Congress with Lyndon B. Johnson as Senate majority leader pledging neither blind support nor blind opposition to President Eisenhower. Both chambers to swap control, swear in members, and begin the new session.
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Congress
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
84Th Congress
Rising Market Is Given Brake Ahead of State of the Union
Eisenhower plans a personal State of the Union message tomorrow built on defense in a cold war era. Speaker Rayburn, incoming Democratic House leader Johnson and Knowland discuss cooperation hope with no firm first business. Rayburn blasts Republican campaign baits and vows to press the Reciprocal Trade Act extension with tariff powers.
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Eisenhower
Johnson
Knowland
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
House
Vice Press- Nixon
Republicans Dominate Ohio Delegation in New Congress
Ohio’s congressional delegation shifts to a Republican majority as six new faces enter the Senate and House. George H. Bender will join Bricker as the two Ohio senators, the first Republican tandem in 16 months. The House for Ohio expands to 17 Republicans and six Democrats with one Independent remaining. GOP whip McGregor calls the change a chance for better committee assignments as three new Republicans join the delegation.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Senate
George H. Bender
Bender
Bricker
House
Representative McGregor
McGregor
Forest Lands Studied For Strip Coal Mining
Three Agricultural Department consultants will survey forest lands near Stearns Kentucky to decide if strip mining should be allowed in the national interest. Charles P Taft chairs the group and the on site survey runs January 24 to 27. Stearns Coal and Lumber Co seeks to mine about 2000 acres.
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Cincinnati
Agricultural Department
Stearns
Charles P. Taft
Stearns Coal & Lumber Co
Ohio State University Opens Quarter With Growth
Ohio State University started a new academic quarter with about 12,500 students enrolled, including 500 new students and transfer students.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Democrats Plan Broad Probes As They Take Congress
Washington AP Democrats taking control of Congress plan a year of investigations on communism in government and security programs of the Eisenhower era. Senator Russell will likely revive the Preparedness Subcommittee to examine armed forces purchasing and proposed manpower cuts. House and Senate panels debate fair play rules and end to one man hearings.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sparkman
Ala
Senate Rules Committee
Jenner
F- Ind
House
Hugh B Scott
McCarthy
Wis
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
House Un-American Activities Committee
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Walter
D-Pe
Aff
Un-American Activities Committee
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R-Iil
Walter Aid
Kungzig
Niaon
Russia Reissues Blame in Far East Plane Disputes
Washington reports that Soviet notes delivered New Year’s Day renew blame over three Far Eastern incidents involving US and Soviet aircraft. Incidents include a July 29, 1953 shootdown of a US KRBS plane, a late June 1953 Soviet jet downing by US forces in Korea, and an October 7, 1952 shootdown of a US aircraft off northern Japan. Both sides blame each other.
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Russia
Washington
United States
Moscow
Ean
Chrerna
KRBS
Sea of Japan
Korea
Japan
Ngga
Cee
Pate Ee
Youth Admits Killing Sister in Pillow Fight
In Bucyrus Ohio Patricia Spears 16 was slain after a pillow fight her brother Frederick 17 confessed to strangling her while she slept. Prosecutor John D Sears Jr plans an early grand jury next week to seek murder indictment as authorities hold Frederick in county jail and place the body in a thicket near Galion two miles from home.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
John D. Sears, Jr
Patricia Spears
Frederick
Sears
Patricia
Spears
Galion
Police Chief Canned For General Laxity
Newport Kentucky James Winters was dismissed today as chief of the Campbell County Police Department. Campbell County Judge Fred M Warren cited general laxity over a one year period and said he has appointive jurisdiction as presiding officer of the fiscal court.
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James Winters
Campbell Counter
Campbell County
Fred M. Warren
Warren
So There You Are Detective Explains Burglary Call
Fort Worth police detective C C Carmichael describes a telephone exchange where a burglarization suspect speaks politely after being caught. The account captures the officer detailing how the caller thanks the detective before the call ends.
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Fort Worth
Tex
C. C. Carmichael
Day Dines With Chou Party Held
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold dined privately in Tokyo with Communist Premier Chou En Lai and Foreign Minister Chang Han fu as peiping radio reported. The visit followed an overwhelming General Assembly vote and left details of his mission sketchy according to the Chinese broadcasts.
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Tokyo
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Forc
Chou Enial
Chang Han-fu
Peiping
Chou
Chang
Panama to pay rewards for Remon murder information
Panama plans to offer 50000 dollars for information leading to the killers of President Jose Antonio Remon. The government seeks a further 50000 dollars for investigation expenses as the National Assembly approves the first reading of the bill. Police indicate arms tied to earlier arrests surface in the case.
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Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
National Assembly
Benny Hospitalized With Mild Virus at Cedars
Comedian Jack Benny is in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital with a mild viral illness. He is expected to stay about two days for observation and rest.
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Jack Benny
Hollywood
Cedars of Lebanon
H.tal
Jet Lab Planned at Case Institute in Cleveland
Case Institute broke ground yesterday on an 825000 jet laboratory project in Cleveland. The new facility aims to advance aeronautical research and engineering work for the university and regional industry.
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Cleveland
Case Institute
Power Struggle Within Russia Hinted in Soviet Press
The Moscow press hints at a bitter faction fight within the Communist Party with two camps contending for control. Observers see rising Khrushchev prominence, Molotov and Malenkov tensions, and references to past Stalin purges as the rivalries shape policy and world peace prospects.
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Tom Whitney
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Moscow
Communist Party
Berlin
Stalin
M. Molotov
Malenkov
Central Committee
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Station Ends Using Pigeons Near Bowling Green
A dispute between Howard Sk. D. radio station and Northern Ohio Telephone Co. was settled after a hearing by the State Utilities Commission. Ward operated by carrier pigeon and AP dispatches during the interim, with the pigeon route covering about 80 miles to Toledo.
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Corambus
Radio 6
WWHG
Bowling Green
Esterday
Howard Sk. d
Oh Telephone Ca
State Utilities Commission
Ward
Associated Press News
Toledo
Town Hall Custodian Burned in Explosion
John Harmon a 54 year old custodian of Coal Grove town hall was burned about the head arms and back in an explosion that blew out the front of the one room frame building The blast sparked gas fumes and a fire left the structure a total loss Harmon was listed in fair condition at Lawrence County Hospital
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Ironton
Ohio
John Harmon
Coal Grove
Harmon
Lawrence County Hospital
Seven Nuns Hospitalized With Typhoid Fever
Seven nuns at St. Wenceslas Catholic School in Maple Heights near Cleveland are hospitalized for typhoid fever amid possible contamination concerns. Authorities investigate food handling and potential carrier sources.
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Cleveland
St. Wenceslas Catholic School
Maple Heights
Margin Hike for Stocks Aims to Curb Speculation
Washington authorities raised the stock margin requirement to 60 percent from 50 percent and said the move would curb speculative buying. The adjustment, backed by the Fed and echoed by New York brokers, follows a long market upswing and is intended to preserve orderly trading. Prices dipped modestly amid the action and fed officials warned the market remains buoyant.
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Washington
Associated Press
Wall Street
A Board
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Reserve Board
Heart Found On Right Side In Omaha Soldier
In Omaha a medical officer found Molland’s heart on the right side, not the left, a condition called dextracardia. The 19 year old victim’s organs are mirrored, prompting the officer to quip that with the heart in the wrong place he could make a fine sergeant.
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Omaha
Neb
Peter
Robert F. Glock
Armed Forces
Molland
Two Airmen Indicted In December 4 Murder
Indictments returned against Gerald Rosenthal and Michael Tuzso for the December 4 death of Richard C. Carter in Greenville Mississippi. Both airmen, stoned at Greenville, face charges including first degree murder and armed robbery. Carter, 26, of Cambridge Ohio, was killed in what authorities consider a robbery motive.
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Memphis
Richard C. Carter
Cambridge
Ohio
Greenville
Miss
Gerald Rosenthal
New York City
Michael Tuzso
Jenney
Home Project Fatal to Plumbing Engineer in Clearwater
Clearwater police report John Donahue a plumbing engineer died in a hole he dug behind his house. He apparently struck a gas line during a home project and was overcome by the gas.
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Clearwater, Fla
John Donahue
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