Kidnap Suspects Nabbed After San Francisco Rescue
In San Francisco a wealthy real estate broker Leonard Moskovitz was rescued unharmed after being held for ransom. Suspects Harold Jackson and Joe Lear, both of Sacramento, were arrested as police traced the case from a family call to a ransom note and the victim’s shackled recovery.
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San Francisco
Leonard Moskovitz
Police Department
Thomas Lynch
Harold Jackson
Joe Lear
Sacramento
Calif
Moskovitz
Lear
Lynch
Don Scott
Examiner
FBI
Benson Food Gifts Plan Draws Senate Criticism
The administration faces opposition as it plans to dispose of a large quantity of government held farm products overseas. Sen Schoeppel argues the move could disrupt world markets while Benson defends a mixed approach, noting some gifts may aid goodwill and not represent outright giveaways.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Schoeppel
R-Kan
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pakistan
5000 More Railmen Facing B and O Layoffs
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces 5000 additional layoffs hurting Lorain Ohio and other locations bringing total reductions to about twenty percent since January. Earlier six thousand workers were laid off the first week of January. The company cites weak business as the cause.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lorain
Ohio
Apartment for Rent Ad Promises Quick Occupancy
Vacant unfurnished four room apartment with built in features utility room heated garage private no children. Ralph Barker used a sign in his window to rent his unit and urges others to do the same Call 24611 to inquire.
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Ralph Barker
Administration Advised To Act on Coffee Prices
Missouri Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan urged the Eisenhower administration to curb rising coffee costs. She warned that a 15 cent jump in St. Louis and similar hikes in other cities make coffee a luxury for households, calling it almost un-American and urging action against profiteering and speculation. Sullivan wrote to Secretary Dulles seeking government intervention.
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Washington
Missouri
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan
Dulles
Brazil
Son Reunites Ex-GI Mate in London Custody Bid
London reports Harry Hillers a Brooklyn house painter and his German wife Hanna met secretly to mend their marriage and keep their 6 year old son Jimmy in Britain. Lawyers await outcome as custody fight moves to British courts. Scotland Yard detectives halted a prior attempt to fly Jimmy to New York.
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London
Brooklyn
Harry Hillers
Hanna
Jimmy
Scotland Yard
Germany
New York
Store Owner Robbed and Slain in Cincinnati
Samuel C. Wasselman a 50 year old downtown shoe store operator was shot to death during a Monday night robbery police say the robber took about 80 dollars in receipts A burned blood stained shirt found in an alley behind the store is a key clue Detective Louis Wabnitz identified the shirt as recently set afire Wasselman is survived by his widow and three children.
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Cincinnati
Samuel C. Wasselman
Wasselman
Louis Wabnitz
Blaze Kills Firemen and Hoards of Injured in South Bend Fire
A major city blaze in South Bend Indiana killed Battalion Chief Anthony Miller age 45 and overwhelmed 19 other firefighters. The fire began after a heavy basement explosion and saw every fire unit in the city deployed across central business blocks.
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South Bend
Ind
Anthony Miller
Coal To Turn Big Turbines as Sporn Asserts
Philip Sporn president of Ohio Power Co. and American Gas and Electric Co. argues coal will remain the main power source in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky for generations. He cites a six billion ton Ohio coal reserve lasting about 165 years and says nuclear energy will not replace coal for commercial use next century.
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Marietta
Atomic
Ohio
Philip Sporn
Ohio Power Co
American Gas and Electric Co
West Virginia
Kentucky
Sporn
Ohio Valley
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy
Three Detroit Fishermen Still Missing After River Rescue
Helicopters from the Air Force and Navy continued a search for three Detroit area fishermen missing since Sunday after their home-built cabin cruiser capsized in high winds and ice on the Detroit River. Two of five men were rescued Monday. the missing are Walter W Riley 54 of Grosse Ile Paul Noland 44 of Gibraltar and Otis Nelson 45 of Trenton.
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Detroit
Air Force
Navy
Detroit Area
Detroit River
Walter W Riley
Grosse
Paul Noland
Gibraltar
Otis Nelson
Trenton
Ohio Censorship Faces Supreme Court Ruling
Ohio education director Dr Clyde Hissong reacts to the Supreme Court decision reversing the Ohio Supreme Court on the film M questioning banned works. He says future bans will be exceedingly difficult and cites past actions against 47 films. The governor notes Ohio law remains unchanged.
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Columbus
Clyde Hissong
Ohio
US Supreme Court
Superior Films
Hissong
Supreme Court
New York
William O'Neill
U.S
Ohio Supreme Court
Film
Censorship Board
Advisory Board of Censorship
Frank J. Lausche
Indian Troops Begin Return of Anti Red POWs
The nine page Communist letter opposes returning unrepatriated prisoners to captors as of tomorrow. UN acceptance hinges on explanations and a Korean peace talks outcome. Lt. Gen. Thimayya says anti Red prisoners move south from Korea's neutral zone. Hull and Taylor oversee transfer readiness with Stevens joining.
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Red
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Stockades
Korea
John E. Hull
U.S
Tokyo
Hull
Maxwell Taylor
Sth
Munsan
US Army
Robert T. Stevens
Thimayya
Metice
Thimayva
Repatriation Commission
Merapi Eruption Kills 25 in Java With 66 Hurt
Volcanic activity from Merapi near Jogjakarta Indonesia killed 25 people and injured 66 as ash spread to Magelang. Authorities evacuated about 2000 residents while thousands fled their homes amid the ongoing eruption. The 9950 foot volcano has roiled since March, with prior eruption deaths estimated up to 7000 to 30000 in 1930.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Merapi
Jogjakarta
Magelang
Trailer Blaze Fatal To 2 Jackson Infants
Two infant sons of Pvt. and Mrs. Marshall Earl Tanner died in a trailer fire near Limerick Jackson County. A third child was critically injured. The blaze began from a defective stove with bottled gas while Mrs. Tanner was away.
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Wellston
Ohio
Marshall Earl Tanner
Limerick
Jackson County
Daniel Glenn
Donald Eugene
Marshal Earl Jr
Oak Hill Hospital
Tanner
Six Week Delay Sought For Farm Plan Debate
Washington reports Eisenhower aides seeking at least six weeks to delay a Senate showdown on the flexible farm price support plan. Senator Aiken backs the President's proposals and will push the committee to consider related measures including freezing surpluses, boosting funds, and disposing of surpluses abroad.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Benson
Aiken
Rvi
Congress
Benson
Vermont
Shower Fuss Delays Twin Boys from School in Bemidji
Norman G Moe told about 60 adults at a public meeting that his 15 year old twin boys would not attend school if forced into group showers. Moe, under a 30 day suspended sentence for failure to send his children to school, must return the boys or present a physician's certificate. The boys missed last week due to rheumatic fever. The school board allowed the meeting and officials said separate showers might be arranged.
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Bemidji
Minn
Norman G. Moe
Moe
Fire Sweeps Home Killing Four Children in Abington
Four children perished and a six week old sister suffered serious burns when a Quonset style home near the Rockland line burned Monday night. Two children died in a second story room, two others were found beneath a collapsed bed on the first floor. Victims were Roger McDonald 8, James 6, Kevin 3, and David 2. Jannine 6 weeks old suffered head burns and was taken to Brockton Hospital. The blaze appeared caused by an overheated space heater.
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Abington
Mass
Rockland Line
Roger McDonald
James
Kevin
David
Jannine
Brockton Hospel
Two-Headed Baby Joins Petersburg Family
Cecil Hartley and wife Mrs. Hartley welcome Donald Ray and Daniel Kaye, a two headed infant with four arms and two legs, born by Caesarean in Washington Indiana. The boy, weighing 10 pounds 7 ounces, returns home after five weeks at Riley Hospital with sisters Connie Sue Shirley Ann and Mary Lou eager to meet him.
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Petersburg
Ind
Cecil Hartley
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Connie Sue
Shirley Ann
Mary Lou
Elbert
Hartley
Washington, Ind
Youth Admits Knifing Cager in Detroit
A 16-year-old boy admitted ice pick stabbing of 17-year-old Ross De Boskey, MacKenzie High School star, leading Detroit public schools to ban all major night athletics. All football and basketball games moved to daytime. De Boskey remains in serious condition with a punctured lung.
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Detroit
Arthur Dondineau
Ross DeBoskey
MacKenzie High School
Receiving Hospital
Patrol Scouts Sky for Stolen Airplane Over Portsmouth
State Highway Patrolmen watched the skies for a four seat red private plane reported stolen from Raven Rock Airport four miles west of Portsmouth. The owner Forrest G Gossett of Portsmouth filed the report on Monday claiming the aircraft vanished from its hanger.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Forrest G Gossett
Gossett
Raven Rock
Deer Wounds Barkeep
John F Kerzel a bartender was hospitalized in Portland Oregon after a mounted deer head fell from a tavern wall striking him. The incident left Kerzel with wounds requiring medical treatment.
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Portland
Ore
John F Kerzel
Kerzel
Bank Official Dies in Lancaster Ohio
Lancaster Ohio report says Francis R. Rising 61 vice president and cashier of Fairfield National Bank died Monday in the city.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Francis R. Rising
Fairfield National Bank
GM announces billion-dollar expansion to add capacity
General Motors unveils a new expansion program totaling about one billion dollars with 60 percent of funds to be spent this year and the rest by fall 1955. Hanlon H. Curtice told 500 leaders at a Motorama luncheon that expansion funds since World War III total two billion dollars and forecast strong 1954 prosperity with stable employment and high consumer spending.
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New York i
General Motors
Hanlon H. Curtice
Motorama
Curtice
Truck Strike Decision Due Next Monday
AFL Teamsters and 12 Midwest trucking firms plan a 10 city phone conference to decide who will pay Ohio’s axle tax. The move aims to avert a strike that could block Ohio borders and halt Midwest trucking. Gov Lausche directs PUCO to study powers for a possible solution.
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Detroit
AFL
Teamsters Union
Ohio
Midwest
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Utilities Commission
Robert L. Moulton
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Four Felled By Gas Fumes
In Cadiz Ohio a physician treating Mrs. Allen W. Scott for insulin shock found she suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from a clogged gas furnace flue. Her husband and a visiting couple collapsed, and Dr Dwight Pettay, nearly unconscious himself, called for help. Fire department and another doctor aided them. Mrs Scott was taken to a hospital.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Dwight Pettay
Allen W. Scott
Mrs. Scott
Police Hint "Hot Clue" To Identity of Infant
Lancaster officials say a hot lead is in identifying a 2 month old baby boy found abandoned in a street telephone booth on Lancaster's east side. Law officers and the hospital report dozens of families have offered to adopt the infant.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Fairfield County
Manslaughter Charge After Fatal Car Crash
Camden Ferris Ledsome 27 of 428 First St Massillon Ohio faces manslaughter charges after the car he drove struck a tree killing Perry L Parker 23 of Newton a passenger. Ledsome uninjured and held in Spencer West Virginia police custody.
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Spencer
W. Va
Camden Ferris Ledsome
First St. Massillon
Ohio
Perry L. Parker
Newton
Ledsome
Action Delayed On Rio's Gym
Rio Grande College executive committee delayed the gym decision by referring the entire issue to the athletic council. Coach Newt Oliver discussed a donor named gym but no naming details were decided. Attendees included Frank Morerow and Sam Oury of Wellston, Dr. Raymond T. Allison and Dr. Francis W. Shane of Gallipolis, Dr. J. Boyd Davis of Columbus, Dr. F. C. Shoemaker of Ohio University, Mrs. Jean Cooper, and Dr. Charles E. Davis.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Newt Oliver
Frank Morerow
Sam Oury
Wellston
Raymond T. Allison
Francis W. Shane
Gallipolis
J. Boyd Davis
Columbus
College Board of Trustees
F. C. Shoemaker
Ohio University
Oliver
Jean Cooper
Charles E. Davis
Bluffton Village Clerk Admits Embezzlement in Office
Lima Ohio report states Charles Emansa, 29, former Bluffton village clerk and Board of Public Affairs clerk, admitted stealing 21600 dollars and 1700 in village funds. Prosecutor Anthony J. Bowers says embezzlement charge to be filed. gasoline tax fund shortage referenced by state examiners.
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Lima
Ohio
Bluffton
Anthony J. Bowers
Bowers
Charles R. Emansa
Board Public Affairs
Emans
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