Senator Johnson Laments Defense Nomination Battle
Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson says the Senate dispute over defense nominations has caused political damage to the country and benefits the opposition if appointees fail to perform. He notes the push to force personal business divestments and questions the business background of several top defense aides. Byrd expects approvals by similar margins to Wilson.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Roger M. Kyes
Senate Armed Services Committee
Charlies E. Wilson
Defense
General Motors
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Wilson
Johnson
Robert B. Anderson
Navy
E. Talbott
Robert T. B. Stevens
Army
Dulles and Stassen Begin Europe Survey Mission
Secretary of State Dulles and Harold Stassen depart for seven West European capitals to gather guidance from President Eisenhower and assess unity needs for defense and economic programs. They will visit Rome Paris London Bonn The Hague Brussels and Luxembourg before returning February ninth.
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Washington
Dulles
Harold Stassen
Europe
Eisenhower
Stassen
West Europe
White House
Congress
the Hague
Netherlands
Brussels
Luxembourg
Drink-Crazed Gunman Slain In Hotel Duel
In Cleveland a drunken gunman John Hayes, 49, was killed after firing at Deputy Inspector Michael Blackwell and gas station attendant Robert R. Myers. Blackwell survived. Myers remained in critical condition. The incident occurred at Fenway Hall Hotel's Coral Room amid a nearby neighborhood crime backdrop.
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Cleveland
John Hayes
Michael Blackwell
Fenway Hall Hotel
Lawrence Goldsby
Hayes
Robert R. Myers
Myers
John Fitzgerald
Ohio Enacts Two New Laws From 100th General Assembly
Ohio signs two emergency laws: an 8.5 million dollar appropriation to expand and modernize the prison system, and a measure allowing Cincinnati and Cleveland to keep their petition-nominated municipal judges. Both act immediately. legislature adjourns after signing.
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Columbus
Ohio
100Th
General Assembly
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
House
Sling Shots Banned Move Moves Toward Cleveland Arrests
Cleveland council safety committee advances a measure to arrest boys for carrying sling shots or peashooters despite nostalgia for Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The action signals stricter youth weapon rules and public safety focus.
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Cleveland
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Council Safety Committee
Ohio's 1958 license plates go on sale March 1
Ohio announces that 1958 vehicle license plates will be available March 1 with yellow figures on a dark green background and 1954 plates with white numerals on maroon. There will be two plates for some registrations this year, and single plates will be sold.
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Columbus
Ohio
Death by Own Action Probe Asked
Washington The State Department will be asked to tell Congress what it has learned in an investigation of the death of John C. Montgomery. Montgomery headed the Finnish desk and apparently hanged himself in his Washington home early last Saturday. Rep. Brownson plans to request a full report from Secretary Dulles for the government operations subcommittee.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
John C. Montgomery
Montgomery
Department
Rep
Brownson
R-Ind
House
Secretary of State
Dulles
Scioto Mother Begins One Year Prison Term
Mrs Helen Gill aged 39 widowed mother of seven started a one-year term in the Marysville Reformatory for Women after neighbors reported a child tied with a rope in a barn behind the house. Judge Kenneth Cranston sentenced her for abusing and neglecting her children with the case filed in Portsmouth Ohio.
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Portsmouth
Helen Gill
Marysville
Milk Dumping Threats Rise As Prices Fall
Ohio dairymen at the Central Ohio Cooperative Milk Producers Association annual meeting discuss dumping surplus milk as prices fall. New Albany and Marysville producers consider action. Wholesale prices dropped 63 cents per hundredweight last December, with record high December production. Secretary treasurer J Roy Bridenstine says a milk strike would not halt the price decline, citing surplus milk and weak butter and milk powder markets.
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Columbus
Ohio
New Albany
Marysville
Central Ohio Co- Operative Milk Producers Association
J. Roy Bridenstine
Bridenstine
Heavy Snow Buries Central New York Towns
A freak snowstorm dumped 6 to 10 inches in parts of Central New York with some areas aloft at 40 inches. Massena recorded 13 below, Syracuse 7 above as highways stayed open but secondary roads blocked. Altmar and Pulaski saw another 6 inches with schools closed.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Massena
Snow Belt
Oswego
Jefferson
Onondaga
Oswego County
Altmar
Pulaski
New Law Encourages Car Insurance Despite Higher Rates
Ohio new motor vehicle safety law aims to curb reckless driving while not requiring accident insurance. It triggers March 1 with a $280000 appropriation under Robert E. Foley to fund 120 staffers. About 600000 reports yearly will be filed for accidents with death injury or $100+ damage. Noncompliance leads to fines and license suspension.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert E. Foley
Foley
Army says Smack raid aimed to capture Chinese prisoners
A U S First Corps spokesman said Operation Smack aimed to capture Chinese prisoners but none were taken. Maj Gen Wayne C. Smith said the raid was a probe to show fighting types and possible casualties for a frontal assault. Congress members reacted with shock and sought details from Gen Collins in Japan.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. 1St Corps
Wayne C. Smith
7Th
Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
House Veterans Committee
House
Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Japan
Congress
Collins
Yanks Down Red Bomber In Korea Air Clash
Sabre jets shot down a twin engined TU2 bomber off North Korea's west coast and damaged another MiG fighter. Lt. Joseph McConnell Jr. of Apple Valley Calif earned credit for the MIG kill. Patrols clashed in bitter cold across the Eastern and Central Fronts as 30 Chinese Reds were encountered northwest of Korangpo.
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Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Sinanju
Korea
Joseph McConnell Jr
Apple Valley
Calif
Eighth Army
Korangpo
Army details Operation Smack raid amid congressional storm
Western Korea raid known as Operation Smack drew sharp U S congressional criticism. The United States Seventh Division led the attack with artillery tanks and air support. Three American casualties were reported by AP observers with many wounded returned to duty the next day. Congress members denounced the action as gladiatorial theater.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Clair M. Wolfe
Omaha
Neb
Pio
7Th Infantry
Japan
7Th Division
Wolfe
Tokyo
U U. S
Wren
Washington
Hoffman
Three Diplomatic Confirmations Slated Today
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee planned swift action on three President Eisenhower nominations. Mrs. Oswald B. Lord of New York would serve on the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Winthrop W. Aldrich of New York as ambassador to Great Britain, and Herman Phieger of California as State Department legal adviser. Senator Langer opposed Aldrich in committee but did not indicate a major floor fight.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Oswald B. Lord
New York
U. S
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Great Britain
Herman Phieger
California
State Department
Foreign Relations
Aldrich
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Langer
Queen Uproar Rings Lausche
The Ohio sesquicentennial queen contest sparked a dispute as Janet Jaye Bailey of Akron University is named queen. Martha Zimmerman of Salem, a Youngstown College sophomore, claims she was robbed of the crown. Governor Lausche will review letters and consider possible steps.
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Columbus
Ohio
Janet Jaye Bailey
Akron University
Martha Zimmerman
Salem
Youngstown College
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Youngstown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rep Jenkins Named To Atomic Committee
Rep Thomas Jenkins of Southern Ohio is named to the joint congressional committee on atomic energy. He joins Sen John Bricker as the second Ohioan on the panel overseeing the government’s vast atomic development program near Pike County.
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Rep. Jenkins
Washington
Thomas Jenkins
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Jenkins
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike County
Sen
John Bricker
Examiner's Report Lost in Summit County Office
State Auditor James A. Rhodes ordered an investigation into the removal of an examiner's report on Summit County engineer's office. Bureau Supervisor T. Vincent Martin to conduct the inquiry. The report covered Oct 1, 1949 to May 24, 1950 and was allegedly taken by former deputy Willard D. Noble to his home in Auglaize County.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Summit County
State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of
T. Vincent Martin
Rhodes
Henry Burg
Burg
Bureau of Inspection Office
Willard D. Noble
Bureau
Noble
Auglaize County
Bonn Leader Backs Dulles Against European Defense Plans
Bonn chancellor Adenauer urged secretary Dulles to dispel belief that the United States will secure Europe without European action. He warned that German support for the European Defense Army is crucial and that failure could reduce American interest and raise isolationist sentiment in the U.S.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
United States
Europe
Army Deserters and AWOLs Headed for Battlefront
One hundred five convicted deserters and AWOLs, the Army s first mass shipment to Korea under its get tough policy, arrived at Camp Stoneman California under guard for movement to the front. A spokesman said the group arrived by plane from Camp Breckinridge Kentucky and is the first to be shipped off to war in a crackdown on runaways suspected of shirking combat.
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Camp Stoneman
Calif
Korea
Camp Breckinridge
Woman dies in three car crash near Huntington
Mrs Eva Leona Wingard 70 of Montpelier Ohio was killed Thursday in a three car collision 15 miles south of Huntington.
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Huntington
W. Va
Eva Leona Wingard
Montpelier, C
Flu Battle Continues in Ohio Schools Hit Hard
The Associated Press reports Ohio fights the flu with schools scarce closed but hundreds of cases reported by local health departments. Greenfield schools reopened then closed again as 453 pupils and six teachers were absent. At least 15 communities shut schools amid the outbreak.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Greenfield
Ohio Statehood Question Sparks Constitutional Debate
Washington reports Rep. George H. Bender a Taft Republican from Ohio pressed for action on a bill to admit Ohio to the Union. He notes Congress defined Ohio’s boundaries in 1802 and Ohio’s constitution was presented in 1803, but Congress never approved statehood.
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Washington
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
John W. Bricker
United States
George H. Bender
Bender
Congress
More Woe for Mario Landlady Files Suit
Los Angeles report says landlady Kathryn Guston sues tenor Mario Lanza for back rent totaling 1100 and damages to Beverly Hills home including furniture and art objects amounting to 19801 for the two year tenancy filed Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Mario Lanza
Kathryn Guston
Beverly Hills
Beating Victim POWs Slay Yank Guard at Koje Island
Three North Korean prisoners of war beat an American private to death in a Koje Island compound. The assault occurred during a head count as he entered a barracks with a ROK sergeant. Prisoners surrendered three inmates after the death, and tear gas was later used to restore order.
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Pusan
Korea
Koje Island
ROK
Koje Hospital
White House denies Congress row on reorganization rules
The White House says no confrontation exists over procedural changes to streamline government. A voting rules change recommended by Senate and House committees would ease congressional veto power over presidential reorganizations. Hagerty says Eisenhower approved plan in advance and leaders were informed of a likely revision, though Budget Director Dodge opposed the change publicly.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
James C. Hagerty
Congressional
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
Pastors Press for Ohio FEPC and County Plannings
In Columbus the Ohio Star convention adopted resolutions urging creation of an Ohio fair employment practices commission and praising Gov. Lausche for actions to curb gambling and vice in the Scioto River Valley. The closing session included a briefing on Pike County atomic plant impacts on local churches and communities.
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Columbus
Ohio Star
Ohio Fair Employment Practices Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Scioto River Valley
Pike County
H. Conrad Hoyer
National Lutheran Council
Savannah River Valley
Rain and Winds Hamper Search for Missing Planes
Forecast rain and high winds grounded search planes for three missing military aircraft in the Pacific Northwest. The RCAF Dakota transport, an RCAF Mitchell bomber, and a U S Navy Privateer with 22 aboard are unaccounted. A CBC Airways DC flight with seven aboard sank near Vancouver Island, five of seven were missing. The CBCA pilot survived with one passenger's body recovered. The Mitchell vanished on a Saskatoon to Vancouver training flight. The Privateer disappeared near Whidbey Island after clearance to land at McChord.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
U.S. Navy
Central
British Columbia Airways
Vancouver
B. C
CBCA
Rcaf Mitchell
Saskatoon
Sask
U. S. Navy
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Here
Alameda Naval Air Station
Calif
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Fire Victim's Rites Sunday
Funeral services for Charles Alvin Dye eight will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Carpenter Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Biddle. He died from fire related suffocation after a Sheltering Arms Hospital recovery and is survived by his parents a brother and sister and grandparents. Burial is in Temple Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until noon Saturday and then at Dale Dye near Carpenter.
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Carpenter
Charles Alvin Dye
Carpenter Baptist Church
Ray Biddle
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Dale Dye
Temple Cemetery
Columbia School
Alvin Dye
Thaddeus Scott Dye
Rebecca
Near
Student returns eight million dollar university paycheck
William Turner, a Master’s student in hospital administration at the University of Chicago, returned a check for 8,000,031.70 after an apparent payroll error. William Sheehan of the payroll department issued a second check for 31.70. A possible malfunction from the automatic check-writing machine is suspected.
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Chicago
William Turner
University of Chicago
Turner
William Sheehan
Summerfield Aide Named Deputy Postmaster General
Washington Charles R. Hook Jr. is confirmed by the Senate as deputy postmaster general and sworn in by Associate Justice Harold H. Burton. Hook hails from Middletown Ohio and is an aide from Summerfield.
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Washington
Charles R. Hook, Jr
Senate
Supreme Court
Harold H. Burton
Hook
Middletown
Ohio five day forecast shows brief warming then cooling
Five day outlook for Ohio indicates temperatures will run slightly below normal with warmer conditions Saturday. Colder air arrives late Sunday or Monday and persists. Rain or light snow is possible Saturday night or Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Kate
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Wiley
R-Wis
Lausche
News Index
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