Eisenhower Exhorts Prosperity While Warns on Soviet Threat
President Eisenhower in a State of the Union address told Congress that prosperity is at an unprecedented peak but warned that a strongly armed imperialistic dictatorship threatens the free world. He urged national unity and allied resolve, stressing need for credible international guarantees and restrained arms and space controls. He outlined plans for a commission to study the financial system and called for disarmament measures under reliable agreements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Free World
Senate House
Republic
Oil Well Explosion Claims Life On Stiers Farm Site
One man was killed and another severely burned when an oil well on the old Stiers farm in Starr Township exploded at 3:45 p.m. Fred Huston, 45, of Ludlow Kentucky, manager of Hocking Valley Gas Co., died at the scene. Clark Talbot, 55, of Chester Hill, a drilling contractor, survived after flames were quenched. The blast halted a rock fracturing preparation as rain limited spread of the oil fire.
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Logan
Clark Talbot
Chesterhill
John S. Bolan
Cincinnati
Hocking Valley Gas Co
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Huston
Talbot
ONeill selects Charles M. Noble as Ohio highway director
Gov elect C William ONeill names Capt Charles M Noble longtime Turnpike Authority engineer to lead Ohio highway department with a $30000 annual salary Noble 60 of Princeton NJ previously worked on the New Jersey Turnpike and the Pennsylvania Turnpike and for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He says Ohio needs modern expressways and multi lane highways. Noble succeeds S O Linzell who has held the post since 1952 and earns 12000 a year.
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Columbus
William O’neill
Charles M. Noble
Princeton
N.J
Ohio Highway
O'Neill
Noble
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pentagon
Washington
State of New
Jersey
Ohio
Bertram Talmy
Eisenhower
United States
S. O. Linzell
Linzell
Gordon Jeffry
Toledo
Jeffery
Lucas County
A. C. Felty
O’neill
Port of New York Authority
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
Lincoln
New York
Macmillan Named Prime Minister After Eden Resigns
Harold Macmillan, 62, appointed prime minister succeeding Anthony Eden who resigned for health reasons. The new leader, chancellor of the exchequer, portrayed as able to unite the Conservative party and repair strains with the United States over Egypt. Buckingham Palace announced the queen offered the post and Macmillan kissed hands accepting the appointment.
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London
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Eisenhower
Egypt
Anthony Eden
Macmillan
Elizabeth II
Richard A. Butler
Butler
Winston Churchill
the Maquess
Salisbury
Churchill
Labor Party
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The
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the Treasury
Pomeroy Woman Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Tena Lynch, 75, was dead on arrival by the Pomeroy Emergency Squad shortly after 11 a.m. at the home of her son-in-law Lloyd Jenkins on West Main Street. Death appears caused by a heart attack. Rawlings-Coats funeral home arranging services.
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Pomeroy
Tena Lynch
Lloyd Jenkins
West Main St
Rawlings-Coats
Negro Ministers Plan New Attack on Busses
In Atlanta, Negro ministers announce further attempts to desegregate bus seating as the Georgia National Guard remains on standby. Gov. Marvin Griffin orders state militia ready to quell any riots or disturbances, with preacher William Holmes Borders leading the movement and vowing to ride desegregated buses despite potential dangers.
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Atlanta
Georgia National Guard
Marvin Griffin
Somen & Bo
Wnal
William Holmes Borders
Wheat Street Baptist Church
Love, Law and Liberation Movement
Adjutant General of
Georgia
Sees Family for First Time Man Blinded in War Suddenly Sees Again
Mansfield Texas reports John Howard Griffin 34 author of The Devil Rides Outside regained sight after ten years blindness from a World War II injury. He described a shock of color and a test reading a doctor’s prescription, with vision returning as blood flowed to the optic nerve. He went blind in 1944 serving in the South Pacific.
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Mansfield
Tex
John Howard Griffin
Griffin
Manefield
Air Force
South Pacific
Johnny
Susan
Tito Expected Here in April
Washington reports that Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia is expected to visit the United States perhaps in April despite objections from some Congress members and Catholic groups. If plans fail he would be the first communist state leader to visit the U.S. and the invitation came through the American embassy in Belgrade with a date left open.
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Washington
Marshal Tito
Yugo Slavia
United States
Congress
Tito
Eisenhower
Belgrade
Leo Mates
Cost of Newsprint Up by Four Dollars a Ton
New York The Wright Company newsprint sales agency announced a price raise of four dollars per ton effective March 1. The Messenger will pay 135 dollars per ton, up from 131, reflecting a doubling of costs over ten years.
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New York
Wright, Company
Messenger
No Speed Limit in Classified Ads Draw Quick Results
A reader notes rapid sales from paper classified ads. A Sunday ad offering a girls 20-inch Huffy bicycle with training wheels, a child’s car racer, a tricycle, and a 12x16 living room rug with pad sold quickly by noon, with unadvertised items also going fast. The advertiser touts quick action ads and provides two phone numbers.
Mechem names Ferguson Senate Finance Chairman
Columbus Senator C Stan ley Mechem announces the appointment of Senator David M Ferguson as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee for the 102nd General Assembly. Ferguson represents Guernsey and is a Republican.
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Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Senate
David M. Ferguson
Guernsey
Senate Finance Committee
General Assembly
Logan Area Man Killed In Route 75 Crash
An 81 year old Logan man, John C. Larimer, died after his car hit a culvert on Route 75 north of Logan and overturned. He was thrown from the vehicle and died of a crushed chest. The fatal crash was followed by a second minor collision nearby at 4 30 p.m. injuring four people as Dalton C. Terrel and Florence L. McConahay collided while Terrel tried to left into a driveway. Terrel was fined $15 and costs for failing to yield.
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Logan
Dalton C. Terrel
Gore
Florence L. McConahay
Terrel
Lester McGrath
McArthur
Velva Gibson
Gibisonville
Irma Giel
Francis Myers
Senate Hopes Civil Rights Bill Pass This Session
Senate leaders expect civil rights legislation to pass this session despite a potential Southern filibuster. An influential Democrat says a program similar to Eisenhower’s plan may be approved sooner rather than later, including court action to protect voting rights, a civil rights division in the Justice Department, and a presidential commission to study civil rights.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Justice Department
House
Peiping Rejects UN Call for Korean Elections
Hong Kong dispatch reports Peiping rejects the United Nations demand for free elections to reunite Korea calling the effort illegal and useless. The broadcast adds no new acceptances and reiterates a steadfast position.
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Hong Kong
Peiping Radio Today
Korea
Winter Weather Closes Amesville Schools Amid Snow and Floods
Snow and sleet hit the Athens area as rivers rose and driving grew hazardous. Amesville closed schools after Federal Creek overflowed Alternate Route 50 while the Hocking River neared flood stage. statewide snow totals reached up to five inches with blizzard-like travel conditions in northern Ohio.
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Athens
Ohio
Hocking
Amesville
C. L. Colmer
United State
Ohio River
Lock 28
Kanawha River
Strike Delays Kyger Gym Opening
CHESHIRE The planned opening of Kyger Creek High School and its gymnasium was postponed by a jurisdictional strike that began Wednesday. Executive head C. C. Bradbury said glazers and painters walked off over the dispute, delaying student moves planned for February 1 and leaving the gym unavailable at that time.
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Cheshire
Kyger Creek High School
C. C. Bradbury
Rayburn opposes time limit on Middle East plan
Speaker Sam Rayburn states he is against inserting any time limit into President Eisenhower's Middle East resolution while the House Foreign Affairs Committee prepares to hear former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. He argues the President already has permanent constitutional authority as Commander in Chief.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Middle East
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dean Acheson
Rayburn
Congress
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Senate
Letter Sent To Strikers Warns of Replacements in Ohio
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. said it sent letters to about 600 striking Communications Workers of America members in 25 counties warning they may be replaced if they do not return to work. A company executive said replacement could begin if the strike persists a week from today.
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Columbus
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Ohio
Frank A. Lennberg
Ohio Consolidated
Resting for Inaugural Lawmakers Prepare For Busy Session
Ohio lawmakers end a brief rest and gear up for Monday inaugurations and Tuesday start of bills. A fast tracked bill earlier set new salaries for state department heads. Gov elect ONeill plans to appoint key Cabinet members after taking oath. Committee leadership changes shift chairs among Republicans.
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Ohio
General Assembly
C. William O'Neill
State Department
Oneill
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