Republicans Push Fast Action On Taft Hartley Revisions
Senate Labor Committee leader H Alexander Smith moved to skip hearings and bring Eisenhower labor reform to an early vote amid Democratic charges of dictatorial tactics. Debate centers on a government supervised secret ballot and the balance between flexible price supports and rigid 90 percent levels for basic crops.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Labor Committee
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Smith
Capitol Hill
Sen
Murray
Montana
Mitchell
Capitol
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
Senate
Lehman
Dlib-Ny
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Humphrey
D-Minn
Sen. Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Agriculture Committee
Atomic Expert Attacks Spy Probe at Ft Monmouth
Nobel laureate Dr. Harold C. Urey condemned the congressional espionage inquiry at Ft. Monmouth calling it irresponsible and warned it could ruin morale and deter students from pursuing scientific careers. He questioned Senator McCarthy's role and said the USSR has no better agent in the United States.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Harold C. Urey
Ft. Monmouth
Us.s.r
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Army Radar and Communications Research Center
Mercury Below Normal Temperatures Through Weekend
Temperatures Wednesday through Sunday are expected to run 6 to 10 degrees below normal. Highs near 35 to 42 and lows 20 to 24. Mostly fair with a chance of light snow Friday or Saturday, colder again Sunday.
Hay for sale from J H Eastman of Pomeroy
18 ton good man baled hay mixed timothy and alfalfa with most timothy. Sell in one or two lots. Eastman says sold by noon the day after the ad appeared proving Messenger Want Ads work. Dial 31242 for an ad taker.
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J. H. Eastman
Pomeroy
Mr. Eastman
Touring Solons Reject the Proposals
ENID Oklahoma congressional farm leaders indicate the House and Senate will reject flexible price supports in Eisenhower's farm law proposals. House Agricultural Committee members hear farm sentiment during a nationwide tour and show preference for continuing rigid supports for several years. Chairman Hope notes wide differences in opinion but leans toward rigidity.
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Enid
Okla
House
Senate
Eisenhower
House Agricultural Committee
Congress
Hope
R-Kan
Mather Interviews for Kansas Coaching Vacancy
Massillon High School coach Chuck Mather traveled to Lawrence Kansas for an interview with the Kansas athletic board about the football coaching post. He would follow a phone invitation from athletic director A L Lonberg after J W Sikes resignation.
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Massillon
Ohio
Chuck Mather
Tigers
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Mather
University
J. W. Sikes
A. L. Lonberg
University of Toledo
Student Held in Fatal Shooting Enters Plea
Roger Swigert 20 of Louisville Ohio pleaded innocent to carrying a concealed weapon in the fatal shooting of Richard Weidner 26 on December 4. Swigert’s trial is delayed pending manslaughter case against Candido Marquez 20 of Chicago who is in critical condition after a lung operation.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Roger Swigert
Louisville
Kenyon College
Richard Weidner
Swigert
Candido Marquez
Chicago
Marquez
Tax Ruling Exempts Agricultural Trailers in Ohio Axle Mile Tax
Ohio Attorney General C William ONeill rules agricultural trailers are exempt from the new axle mile tax. The opinion is sent to R E Fol state registrar of motor vehicles for action.
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Columbus
Ohio
William O'Neill
R. E. Fol
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Gas Rate Boost Approval Sought
Ohio Fuel Gas Co. asked the state utilities commission to raise rates for 540 rural customers to align with other county customers. The company said those affected have agreed. Ohio Fuel serves 2300 rural customers in Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Pickaway, Ross, Vinton and Washington counties.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Morgan
Pickaway
Ross
Vinton
Washington
Union Paid Reward to Fugitive in Reuther Case
Detroit the United Auto Workers admitted paying Donald Ritchie five thousand dollars for his account of the union president’s shooting incident. Ritchie, a 33 year old Canadian petty thief, fled protection and disappeared on day five. Authorities pledge to uncover payment details as prosecutors review the conspiracy case against four men tied to Walter and Victor Reuther shootings.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Donald Ritchie
Ritchie
Big Auto Union
Walter
Victor Reuther
Wayne County
Gerald K. O’brien
Reuther
O'Brien
3-D Weather Map Unveiled
Washington ceremony unveils three dimensional weather maps on the House floor. Weather Bureau experts display glass panels with color symbols detailing temperature wind direction precipitation and atmospheric conditions from Mexico to Canada. The maps take three hours to complete and aid congressmen in local forecasts.
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Washington —P
House
Senate
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Canada
George Winthrop
Daily Map Unit
Ohio Legislators Back Second Turnpike Survey Plan
In Columbus the Ohio Legislature backs a second survey for a turnpike program as part of a 500 million highway bond plan. Gov Lausche seeks eight year funding and a statewide arterial network with potential private toll routes. The move follows party caucuses endorsing feasibility studies to supplement state funding for major highways.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Taxation Committee
Donald H. Rolf
Hamilton
Frank J. Lausche
Senate House
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Senate
House
J. Frank McClure
Ashland
Tom V. Moorehead
Muskingum
State Controlling Board
Fiveman
McClure
Moorehead
Toledo
Police Officer Resigns After Bribe Trap in Cleveland
Cleveland police report 38 year old patrolman Edward S. Gordon resigned after authorities caught him on tape demanding and taking bribes from east side merchants for parking protections. The officer, suspended earlier, earned 4332 dollars annually and owned a 16000 dollar home and a 1953 Mercury.
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Cleveland
Edward S. Gordon
Frank W. Story
Story
James E. McArthur
Gordon
Draft Evader Wins Fight To Stay Free
The Supreme Court, by a 4-4 tie, upholds a ruling permitting wealthy Serge Rubinstein to remain free on bail while contesting a deportation order as a draft dodger. The U S Court of Appeals decision had been appealed by the Justice Department which sought to revoke bail and send him to Ellis Island.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Serge Rubinstein
U. S. Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Rubinstein
Ellis Island
Allies Study New Commie Bid To Arrange for Peace Parley
The UN Command agreed to meet Communist liaison officers at Panmunjom to discuss resuming talks toward a Korean peace conference. Kenneth Young of the U S State Department sent his liaison secretary to Panmunjom to discuss conditions and timing for resuming conversations. The Communists proposed meeting to set up an overall peace conference after the December break when U S envoy Arthur Dean walked out. India offered a secret plan to address prisoner repatriation after Sweden’s proposal was rejected.
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Seoul
U. S. State Department
Kenneth Young
High Command
Panmunjom
Young
Red
Washington
State Department
U. S
Arthur Dean
United States
India
Korean Repatriation Commission
Northeast Storm Eases as Death Toll Climbs Across Regions
New York area reports the latest in a five year worst storm toll with at least 57 dead nationwide. Deaths toll by state includes Pennsylvania 16 New Jersey 15 Maryland 2 and others as snow shifts eastward ending in the NYC area. Philadelphia records 10 inches and New York city 10 inches, shaping a historic blizzard impact.
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Weather Bureau
New England
Northwest
Canada
North Carolina
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Liquor Enforcer Quits Over Gov Appointment Clash
Dayton district chief Hubert Lynch resigns after refusing to serve under Republican Governor Lausche. Lynch, 41, sent his badge to the governor in protest of Edward J. Allen's selection as state liquor enforcement chief. Allen, former Youngstown police chief, faced Democratic objections from Mahoning County.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio Liquor Enforcement Division
Hubert Lynch
Frank J. Laushe
Edward J. Allen
Allen
Youngstown
Jan
Lausche
Air and ship lines cited in anti trust action
Atty Gen Brownell announced a civil antitrust suit against Pan American World Airways W R Grace Steamship Co and Pan American Grave Airways Inc in New York Federal District Court. The action alleges a Sherman Act violation by restricting competition and monopolizing air transport between the United States and Latin American nations.
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Washington
Atty
Brownell
Pan American World Airways
W. R. Grace Steamship Co
Pan American Grave Airways, Inc
Federal District Court
New York
United States
Last of Jail Fugitives Captured in Pennsylvania
The last two of four men who escaped Trumbull County jail were captured in Kittanning Pennsylvania. Elmer Burns 30 charged with assault and Harvey Hunter 18 charged with auto theft are being held in Kittanning for investigation of an auto theft.
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Warren
Ohio
Trumbull County
Kittanning
Sheriff's Office
Elmer Burns
Harvey Hunter
Ohio Auditor Rhodes to announce gubernatorial bid
Ashland editorial urges State Auditor James A Rhodes to seek the Republican nomination for governor and reports he will announce his candidacy tomorrow. The 44 year old first term auditor has backed by many groups and received the GOP state committee endorsement last week.
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Ashland
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ashland Times-Gazette
Rhodes
Republican State Central and Executive Committee
GOP
Italy Names New Premier
Rome Amintore Fanfani, 46, a left wing Christian Democrat, agreed to try forming a new Italian government after Giuseppe Pella resigned Jan 5. He previously led agriculture and interior ministries and oversaw land reform plans to distribute 1,729,000 acres to 150,000 peasant families amid a week long crisis.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democratic Party
Luigi Einaudi
Giuseppe Pella
Einaudi
Fanfani
Alcide de Gasper
Pelija
Italy
Pella
Christian Democrat
Accused Dynamiters Arraignment Delayed in Ohio
Six former North American Aviation workers from CIO United Auto Workers Local 927 face a postponed arraignment in Lancaster. The men are accused of dynamiting a non striking colleague’s car during a Columbus jet plant strike.
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Lancaster
Ohio
North American Aviation, Inc
Ciounited
Auto Workers Local 927
Columbus
Freight Tragedy Claims Local Worker at Base
John Williamson, 51, of Wilmington, was killed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base when a rolling freight car toppled onto him on Monday. An investigation into the accident is underway.
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Dayton
Ohio
John Williamson
Wilmington
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Major Avalanche Disaster Feared Worst Toll in History
Reports from Vienna indicate more than 100 dead or missing across Vorarlberg after a series of avalanches. Officials cautioned the toll may rise for days as villages like Bions face isolation and hundreds of residents await news.
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Vienna
Austria
Vorarlberg
Bregenz
Europe
Bions
Walser
Lutebach
Vorarberg
Austrian Tyrol
Bavarian Alps
Italy
Switzerland
Plane Crashes Kill Sportscaster and Two Others
In Knightstown Indiana a four seat Stinson plane crashed on a farm injuring no one else. The victims were Walter M Clark 35 Joseph W Dobbins 37 and John Edward Over 47 all from Columbia Ohio. Dobbins was a radio sportscaster for WCOL and had just broadcast a college basketball game. The meteorology and cause remain undetermined with near zero temperatures and a strong wind reported.
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Knightstown
Ind
Columbia
Ohio
Stinson
Walter M. Clark
Joseph W. Dobbins
Jonn H Eadward
Dobbins
WCOL
Columbus
Ohio State University-Illinois
Champaign
Clark
Union Leader's Case Resumes in Dayton Perjury Trial
Roger F. Dunham testified for the government in the perjury case of Dayton resident Hupan who allegedly swore falsely he was not a Communist when signing a Taft Hartley affidavit. Dunham had supplied FBI with information on Communist activity in Dayton and Springfield and drew E. Melvin Hupman as a Communist party member. Dunham testified as defense objections arose between sessions in Federal District Court Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Roger F. Dunham
FBI
Dayton
Springfield
Dunasin
Federal District Court
E. Melvin Hupman
Communist Party
Hupan
National Labor Relation Board
United Electrical Workers
Ion
Dunham
Teen-Aged Girls Stage Knife Tiffs
Cleveland police report shows increasing street and school brawls among teen girls. Capt. Hazel Witt says fights involve knives and clubs and relate to rival gangs or clubs, not a rise in sex delinquency.
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Cleveland
Hazel Witt
Weepy Warbler Wife Plans Mexican Divorce
Hollywood shows the Weepy Warbler, Johnny Ray, 26, and Marilyn Morrison, 23, arranging a Mexican divorce set for Thursday. Marilyn Morrison, daughter of Charlie Morrison, Hollywood night club operator, will obtain the decree after a year apart with an agreed financial settlement.
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Hollywood
Johnny Ray
Marilyn Morrison
Charlie Morrison
British jurist and minister Viscent Simon dies in London
Leading British jurist and cabinet minister in two world wars Viscent Simon died in London on Monday at age 890.
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London
Viscent Simon
British Comet Jet Airliners Face Probe After Elba Crash
British Overseas Airways Corp. removed its seven Comets from service after a Mediterranean crash near Elba that killed 35. The incident marked the seventh Comet disaster in 15 months, with 89 deaths total. Investigators examined lifting wreckage from 400 feet water to advance the inquiry.
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London
Elba
British Overseas Airways Corp
Europe
Asia
Africa
Mediterranean
Porto Azzurro
British and
Kalien
Aye
Methodist college chief decries high pressure recruiting methods
F Pendleton Gaines of Wofford College Spartanburg SC blasted college recruiting as impractical at a National Association of Methodist schools and College meeting. The gathering of 117 church related institutions coincided with sessions of the Association of American Colleges starting tonight.
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F Pendleton Gaines
Wofford College
Spartanburg
S. C
National Assn. of Methodist
Association
The
Assn. of American Colleges
Pay Hike Urged in Ohio Senate Stand
Minority Democrats in the Ohio Senate urged Governor Lausche to allow the Legislature to act on higher unemployment benefits as unemployment grows. The call reflects concern over the rising jobless rate and the need for extended aid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Frank J. Lausche
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