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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1952

Page

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Eisenhower Seeks Republican Nomination for President

In Paris the general signals willingness to accept a GOP nomination if chosen next July. He notes he will not seek relief from his European duties and will continue as supreme Allied commander. Lodge announces Eisenhower’s name for the New Hampshire primary.

Munsan Korea United Nations Panmunjom Adm C. Turner Joy Tokyo Matthew B. Ridgway Joy Hsieh Fang R. E. Libby Lee Sang Cho Libby Admiral Joy Ridgway PARIS Eisenhower Europe Fisenhower Senator Lodge Massachusetts New Hampshire Taft Warren California Harold E. Stassen Supreme Allied Headquarters Charles T. Lanham SHAPE Lanham NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Thomas FE. Dewey New York New York Times The New York Herald Tribune Chicago Sun-Times Providence R. I.) Journal Kansas Columbia University

82nd Congress Opens Election Year Session Amid High Stakes

The 82nd Congress begins its election year with tests ahead on universal military training foreign aid and economic controls while aiming to finish before July conventions. President Truman will outline a budget likely over 80 billion dollars with stiff fights over civil rights and health insurance. Investigations loom as a major activity shaping campaign discourse.

House Senate Truman Congress

Seven MIGs Destroyed In Two Days In Korea Air War

U S jet fighters claim destruction of seven Russian built MIG-15 jets and damage to 12 in two days of air combat over Northwest Korea. Sabres reportedly downed two MIGs and damaged two on Monday with five more Red jets hit the day prior.

Seoul Korea U. S U. S. Navy

Split Rail Spills Train Derails Freight Car

Eight cars of a 95 car Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad freight train derailed yesterday after striking a split rail four miles south of Washington Court House. No injuries were reported. The train was en route from Jackson to Springfield.

Washington Court House Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Here Jackson Springfield

Churchill and Truman Appraise Differences

Washington reports flagging Anglo American tensions as Truman and Churchill hold two planned White House sessions with top advisers. Talks on Saturday aboard the Williamsburg covered Red China, the Iran oil dispute, Suez guard forces, the Sudan, and atomic weapons as sources of potential Russian trouble.

Truman Winston Churchill Washington Churchill White House Williamsburg Joseph Short Mr. Truman Eden U.S State Acheson Treasury Snyder Defense Lovett Britain United States Suez Canal Sudan

Steel Parleys In 3rd Round

Washington reports the steel industry, including companies and the CIO steel workers, enter the third round of wage and demand talks as the Wage Stabilization Board opens hearings. A 45 day no strike period was voted by a United Steel Workers convention in Atlantic City.

Washington CIO Steel Workers Wage Stabilization Board United Steel Workers Atlantic City

Columbus Man Routs Police For an Hour

Oscar Roe, 40, fought police and sheriff's deputies for about an hour at his Columbus home. He claimed he was protecting his property after deputies heard a gunshot and returned fire. Roe was wounded four times, then captured after a tear gas attack and a nearby house fire.

Columbus Oscar Roe Sheriff's Roe Wayne G. Miller Vna Kenneth Anderson

Flames Kill At Least 14 In Apartment Fire

WESTFIELD Mass Fourteen people are believed dead in a multi story apartment business block fire with screams reported from three blocks away. Police and Red Cross say fourteen were at home and did not escape. Fourteen others injured nine remain serious at area hospital. Property damage estimated at more than 1 million dollars.

Westfield Mass Red Cross Jeremiah A. Moriarty

Ohioans Enter Kefauver Nomination Slate

Rep. Hays of Ohio announced a complete slate of delegates to back Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for the Democratic presidential nomination in the Ohio primaries.

Washington Hays Ohio Estes Kefauver Dtenn

Atlantic City Hotels Destroyed By Deep Ocean Wind Fire

A wind driven fire in Atlantic City destroyed the Congress and Loraine hotels on St Charles Place and gutted the New Davis, with eight surrounding wooden houses burned. The Globe Theater and nearby stores were also threatened as the blaze spread with a 34 mile per hour wind. No injuries were reported as police evacuated area cottages.

Atlantic City N. J Congress St. Charles PI New Davis Hotel St. Charles Globe Theater Congress Hotel Loraine Davis

Fair Managers Set State Conclave Opening

Brig. Gen. A Robert Ginsburgh will be the principal speaker at the Ohio Fair Managers Association Convention opening in Columbus. Clair L Hill of Wellington, president, says the first general session is set for Wednesday. The three day event continues through Thursday with a meeting with the state Board of Agriculture.

Columbus A. Robert Ginsburgh War Defense Ohio Fair Managers’ Association Clair L. Hill Wellington Fair Managers State Board of Agriculture Agriculture H. S. Foust

Ohio Fuel Plans 22 Million Construction Program

Ohio Fuel Gas Co. will begin a 22 million dollar construction and improvement program in 1952 if materials are available. President W N Grinstead confirmed the company will seek a higher gas rate to cover increased costs. Ohio Fuel serves 66 Ohio counties wholesale and retail.

Columbus Ohio Fuel Gas Co W. N. Grinstead Ohio Fuel Ohio

Eisenhower Declines Nomination to Seek Office

General Dwight D. Eisenhower states he will not seek political office or participate in pre convention plotwork. He says his duty to NATO and Western civilization requires focus on security against communism and peace, and he will continue with the task he was assigned.

Paris Dwight D. Eisenhower Lodge North Atlantic Treaty Organization America

Cincy Girl First Polio Victim of 1952

Kathleen Haydn, a two year old from Cincinnati, is named as Ohio’s first officially reported infantile paralysis victim for 1952. The child was admitted to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital on January 2, per the state health department and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Ohio’s 1951 polio total was 1135 cases.

Columbus Ohio Kathleen Haydn Cincinnati National Foundation For Cincinnati Health Department Children’s Hospital

Lancaster Youth Dies In Route 33 Collision

Larry Clum a 15 year old Lancaster High School sophomore died after a car he was driving collided with a flat bed truck on Route 33 near Lancaster. State Highway Patrol said Clum apparently lost control of the car.

Lancaster Larry Clum State Highway Patrol Clum

Husband kills wife then dies in roadside shooting

Four persons saw George E. Bryant 42 of Peebles drag his estranged wife Mary Ruth 22 by the hair on a roadside near Fort Hill State Memorial Saturday night and shoot her twice in the chest and once in the head. He then shot himself behind the ear as coroner J. M. Byers ruled the deaths murder and death by own action.

Greenfield Fort Hill State Memorial George E. Bryant Peebles Mary Ruth J. M. Byers

Fake Messenger Robs Cleveland Woman for $2000

A man posing as a Western Union messenger persuaded Mary Martin, 48, to open her door Saturday night, bound her and escaped with 2000 dollars. He was aided by two accomplices who emerged from the shadows before fleeing.

Cleveland Western Union Mary Martin

River Crest Expected Beneath Flood Stage

The Weather Bureau reported that unless unexpected rain falls the Ohio River will not flood Cincinnati this time.

Cincinnati Ohio Weather Bureau

Two Papers Endorse Eisenhower in 1952 Race

The New York Times and the Chicago Sun-Times both endorse Dwight D. Eisenhower in today’s editions. They cite his foreign policy stance and unity potential, with the Times praising Ike as a strong GOP nominee and the Sun-Times pledging support if nominated.

New York Dwight D. Eisenhower New York Times Chicago Sun-Times Sensator Lodge R-Mass Eisenhhower New Hampshire the Times Thomas EB. Dewey Truman Wendell L. Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt The Sun-Times President Truman Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower Republican Party

Pleven Regime Faces Likely Collapse in Vote

Paris Premier Rene Pleven's coalition cabinet teeters after the Socialist Party directorate voted 19 to 6 against the government's policy ahead of eight confidence votes in the National Assembly. Communists Gaullists and socialists threaten to join to unseat Pleven, needing 314 votes.

Paris Rene Pleven French Socialist Party Directorate Pleven National Assembly Charles de Gaulle Ven

Rough Weather Complicates Ship's Rescue

The Flying Enterprise, towed by the tug Turmoil, sits 152 miles from Falmouth as Atlantic storms hinder the rescue attempt. Captain Kurt Carlsen remains aboard the listing freighter while the Willard Keith escort reports the Enterprise in unchanged condition. Weather worsens and captains consider abandoning the harbor goal for a safer port.

London Kurt Carlsen Flying Enterprise Haven Falmouth Carlson U. S Willard Keith Enterprise Associated Press Carlsen Stgag Auctio Dan Parker Scilly Isles Manila

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