State Patrol reports Ohio Pen riot as spontaneous flare
The State Highway Patrol says the Hallo ween riot at Ohio Penitentiary was spontaneous with 12 ringleaders provoking destruction. Of 4700 inmates 2601 joined, one prisoner died, five wounded, damage near half a million dollars. Secondary rioters numbered 67. 82 prisoners and 70 guards were questioned.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Ohio Penitentiary
George Mingle
John H. Lamneck
Mingle
Ralph W. Alvis
Budget Chief Warns Against Tax Miracle
Joseph M. Dodge, to be Eisenhower’s budget director, opens conferences with Cabinet designees to curb Truman budget spending. He says 60 day miracles cannot end a vast federal budget and expects budget revisions to Congress by early April. He won’t forecast exact cuts to the roughly 80 billion dollar spending proposal for 1954.
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Washington
Joseph M. Dodge
Eisenhower
Truman
Dodge
Congress
Landon Attacks Stevenson Over Press Fairness Speech
Alf Landon told a Topeka audience that Adlai Stevenson has engaged since the election in misrepresenting the fairness and truthfulness of American newspapers. He warned of a campaign to erode public confidence in objective reporting by media big and small.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Landon
Kansas
Stevenson
Elizabeth Taylor Delivers First Child in Santa Monica
Elizabeth Taylor gave birth to a son in Santa Monica California. The seven pound three ounce baby was delivered by Caesarean section at 11 17 p m Pacific Standard Time. The 20 year old actress and her husband were described as doing fine by attendants at the Santa Monica hospital.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
The
Movies
Pacific
Santa Monica Hostal
Legislators View Halloween Riot Scene at Ohio Prison
Ohio lawmakers toured the penitentiary crowded after the October 31 riot that destroyed buildings. They reviewed an 8 percent million plan to expand penal facilities and planned quick hearings on a new code revision to simplify laws. The House Finance Committee aims to speed the appropriation and code measures through legislature as they reassess the penitentiary’s capacity and safety.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
House Finance Committee
Finance Committee
General Assembly
Kenneth A. Robinson
Marion
House
Sen
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Senate
Kansas City Star Faces Antitrust Indictment
The Kansas City Star Company and top executives Roy A. Roberts and Emil A. Lees were indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts accusing monopolistic practices under the Sherman Antitrust Act. A parallel civil suit seeks to enjoin continued violations.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star Company
Roy A. Roberts
Emil A. Lees
Sarin U. S District Court
Dogs Rampage Through Chester Wounding Six Locals
A pack of dogs rampaged through downtown Chester on Tuesday biting six people. None suffered serious injuries.
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Chester
Ike Signals Fast Senate Cabinet Confirmation
President-elect Eisenhower urges quick Senate approval of his cabinet with no committee investigations. Senator Taft notes a plan to gain swift approval but fears Democratic objections and possible lengthy debate could disrupt inaugural day. Senator Byrd says committee hearings are needed before confirmations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Byrd
D-Va
Yank Airmen Hit Red Rails In Korea Skirmish
American Sabre jets battled MiGs near the Yalu River as Fifth Air Force said one MiG-15 was shot down and two more damaged. Eight Sabres and ten MiGs clashed in two dogfights south of the river while bombers and fighters pressed over Northwest Korea.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
North Korea
Manchuria
Korea
Dismissal Sought in Murder Trial of General's Daughter
In Tokyo a military court hears defense motions after Dorothy Krueger Smith, daughter of Gen. Walter Krueger, is charged with fatally stabbing Col. Aubrey Smith in their apartment. The prosecution rested as the defense seeks dismissal for insufficient evidence and emotional distress claims. Capt. Sophia Slovak testified that Mrs. Smith said she waited for her husband to sleep and stabbed him, citing emotional disturbance as a possible defense.
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Tokyo
Dorothy Krueger Smith
U. S. Army
Smith
Walter Krueger
Col
Aubrey Smith
Howard S. Levie
Truman lauds Eisenhower in State of the Union farewell
President Truman delivers a grave final State of the Union warning of a possible nuclear war with the Soviet Union. He urges Western strength to spur change in the communist world and pledges support for Eisenhower as his successor. He notes thermonuclear tests at Eniwetok and predicts a new era of destructive power. He closes with Godspeed to Eisenhower and the nation.
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Washington
Truman
Godspeed
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State of the Union
Congress
Stalin
Eniwetok
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Eisenhower
Court Crowded As Trial Opens
A jury for first degree murder in Osher Gardner Jr. was selected after two panels failed. Gardner, 22, faces trial for the Oct 14 robbery slaying of Roy Jackson, a Pe Pleasant taxi owner. Over 250 spectators attended in a jammed Circuit Court room as Gardner pleaded innocent to the charge.
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Point Pleasant
Osher Gardner, Jr
O— Ferry
Roy Jackson
Pe Pleasant
West Virginia
H. A. Johnson
Pink Devault
C. C. Stone
W. R. Melton
John Carpenter
Robert Roush
Ed Somerville
Charles Wedge
Richard Barton
Leo Stewart
Hugh Gaskins
Floyd McMillin
W. A. Smith
Asa Rollins
B. C. Neal
Lonnie Jewell
Paul McCoy
William Humphrey
F. M
Morton Jackson
Jackson
Myrtle Shobe
Circuit Court
Gardner
Odt
Crab Road
Route 2
25 Minutes From Death
Elated Robert Ernest Miers, saved by a three day stay minutes before execution, prepared for a last meal after refusing food two days. The 22 year old was to die for the March 8 1951 slaying of A J Sendemer, a Bexar County road employee who resisted a station holdup. A new eyewitness emerged triggering late night board deliberations granting the stay.
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Huntsville
Tex
Robert Ernest Miers
Miers
A. J. Sendemer
Bexar County
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Authorized Spanking for Unruly Students Proposal Sparks Local Outcry
Canton Ohio schools may spank pupils in extreme cases, said Superintendent Harold Eibling after principal Mervin Lutz was convicted of assault for striking 11 year old Samuel Fiddies too hard. Lutz plans to appeal the verdict.
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Canton, CO
Canton
Harold H. Eibling
Mervin R. Lutz
Burns
Lutz
Samuel Fidies
Fund Drive Launched For Murray Memorial
Washington report says the CIO Communications Workers of America started a campaign for 66 000 in voluntary gifts toward a one million dollar Philip Murray memorial fund. President Joseph A. Beirne said the fund would finance scholarships and possibly hospital facilities or car research.
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Washington
CIO Communications Workers of America
Philip Murray
Joseph A. Beirne
The
Communications Union
Desert Deserters Probe As Korean War Absences Rise
Sen Bridges called for an immediate investigation into reports that many young men are deserting or going AWOL to dodge combat duty in Korea. Pentagon counts show about 13 790 unreturned deserters and far more AWOL, with 46 000 desertions since the war began, most have since returned or were located. United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps totals are given.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
R-N.h
Pentagon
Louisville
Times
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
18th French Cabinet Row Nearing End
Paris reports Rene Mayer began forming France’s 18th postwar cabinet with broad parliamentary backing. De Gaulle’s 84 of 85 votes rallied to Mayer’s confirmation, which passed 389 to 205, ending a 16 day government crisis after Antoine Pinay’s resignation.
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Paris
France
Rene Mayer
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaullists
National Assembly
Mayer
Radical Socialist Conservative
Assembly
Center
Antoine Pinay
War Remarks Under Fire
Washington report indicates Winston Churchill’s Korean War remarks threaten plans to invite him to address Congress. Senator Bridges and GOP leaders consider Smathers proposal for a joint session during Churchill’s Washington visit. Bridges notes Americans are glad to honor leaders yet disturbed by Churchill statements on Korea.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Sen. Smathers
Senate House
Bridges
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Paducah Dry Goods Co
A four story Paducah Dry Goods Co building in downtown Paducah Ky was destroyed by a fire that began about 1 a.m. causing about one million dollars in damage. Fire department crews fought the blaze but the cause was not yet determined.
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Paducah
Paducah Dry Goods Co
Franklin Board okays $100 annual raise for teachers
The Franklin Board of Education approved a $100 yearly pay increase for all teachers in the Franklin school system on Tuesday.
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Franklin
Franklin Board of Education
Eisenhower Holds Talks With Lodge Churchill Ahead of Inauguration
President elect Eisenhower met today with UN ambassador designate Henry Cabot Lodge and planned further talks with Prime Minister Churchill. Dulles and Aldrich reported on their Baruch discussions as Lourie and McCardie were named to new State Department posts dealing with administration and public affairs.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
Dwight Eisenhower
New York
Bernard Baruch
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
Churchill
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Korea
England
Manhattan
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
Truman
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Baruch
Dulles
Aldrich
Great Britain
State Department
Donald B. Lourie
Quaker Oats Company of
Chicago
Carl W. McCardie
Philadelphia Bulletin
McCardie
Department
Voice of America
Laurie
Truman Warns of New Atomic Power in Hydrogen Tests
President Truman announced that U S tests at Eniwetok show vast explosive power with hydrogen bomb research moving mankind into a new era. He warned the stage reached may not be the last and that further peaks of destructive power are possible.
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Washington
Truman
United States
State of the Union
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
Elderly Man Kills Wife Then Fatally Wounds Self
Police say motive unclear in Wooster double tragedy as Zeno Bevington, 62, an odd jobs worker, shot and killed his wife Dorothy, 54, with a shotgun Tuesday and then shot himself. The officers reported no additional suspects or motives amid the incident.
Senators Fight over Senate Rules as New Session Opens
Senators pressed for immediate rule changes amid party tensions. Senator Douglas warned that applying preexisting rules could foreclose civil rights legislation, while Taft sought to end the rules dispute soon. Both chambers awaited Truman’s state of the union as they weigh committee enlargement plans.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Goodby
House
Fen. Taft
Ohio
Truman
GOP
High UN Official Resigns Under Communist Charges
David Weintraub a 48 year old New Yorker quits his high United Nations post amid State Department accusations of communism or communist discipline charges. He denies the charges and says he resigned to save the world organization from embarrassment in a letter to Secretary General Trygve Lie.
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United Nations
N. Y
David Weintraub
State Department
Weintraub
New Yorker
Trygve Lie
World Organization
Air Force urged to tighten training after crashes
House Armed Services Committee urges tighter pilot training and stricter equipment inspections after seven military disasters costing 233 lives in November and December. Gen. Vandenberg notes 1952 low accident rate amid new aircraft and harsh flying conditions. The inquiry continues with public hearing to follow.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Short
R-Mo
Seattle
Far East
Hoyt
Vandenberg
Plane missing near Southern Idaho after chartered troop flight
A military chartered plane carrying four crew remains unaccounted after failing to arrive at Cheyenne Wyoming following a scheduled stop in Salt Lake City. Civil Aviation officials say the aircraft is likely somewhere in the Southern Idaho Wyoming area. The aircraft was owned by Associated Air Transport and contracted to the armed services for troop movements.
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Salt Lake
Armed Services
Asociated Air Transport
Crooksville Gas Line Frozen Shuts Off Service
Five thousand residents in Crooksville Roseville area faced gas outages as a fuel pipeline froze in a compressor station. Ohio Fuel Gas Co. reported 1000 Crooksville and 625 Roseville subscribers without gas before emergency crews began restoration efforts.
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Crooksville
Roseville
Perry
Muskingum
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Texas Co. To Furnish Ohio Fuel Gas Supply
The Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. Shreveport Louisiana will supply the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. up to eight million cubic feet of natural gas daily for the next two months. Ohio official W. T. Shinholser said deliveries were expected to start Tuesday after an agreement reached Monday night.
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Washington
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Shreveport
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Power Commission
W. T. Shinholser
Ohio
Mail thief charged in federal court action
Middletown man was ordered to face federal court Tuesday on a charge of stealing letters from mailboxes.
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Cincinnati
Middletown
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Liz’ Taylor
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Murray
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Brice
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