Health Chief to Lead Four-County District From Logan
Dr. H M Boocks of Logan has been named health commissioner for the four county Athens Hocking Vinton Meigs district. The Ohio Department of Health approved Meigs joining the tri county unit and Boocks will visit counties on a set schedule while expanding health forums for public outreach.
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Logan
Meigs County
Athens- Hocking - Vinton
State Department of Health
H. M. Boocks
Boocks
Tri-County
H. G. Southard
Meigs County Board of Health
State Department
Cr. Rhodes
Meigs Board
State Office
Board of Health
Meigs County Board
Health Department
Ohio Department of Health
Athens County
Hocking County
Vinton County
Former School Chief M. M. Bryson Dies at 77
Maurice M. Bryson, 77, longtime Glouster and Jacksonville Trimble schools superintendent, died Tuesday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a heart attack. He served as Glouster superintendent 1902 1924 and later led Jacksonville Trimble schools. He was a Brook Burr Oak planner and Burr Oak secretary. Surviving: son Ernest. four sisters. nine grandchildren. four great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at his residence. Burial Maplewood Cemetery.
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Glouster
Maurice M. Bryson
Jacksonville-Trimble
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Bryson
the Messenger
Trimble
Warren
Amanda Bryson
Mr. Bryson
Glouster High School
Ohio University
Jacksonville- Trimble
Lake Burr Oak
Burr Oak Association
Church of Christ, Masons
Albert Hall
Ernest
Grain Control Looms for 54 Wheat Crop
Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced that rigid production controls will be used on the 1954 wheat crop to prevent surpluses from growing. Marketing quotas must be set by July 1 if current supplies remain classified as surplus. The latest data show a total supply just over 1.7 billion bushels, the largest on record and about 700 million above anticipated demand before harvest.
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Washington
Benson
Minor Damage Reported In Route 17 Collision
A minor accident occurred on Route 17 Wednesday morning three miles above Henderson involving a Michigan car and a North Carolina car after a pickup truck swerved into a lane. Damage estimated at 25 dollars per car. Drivers' names not listed. Investigation by Deputy Griff Durin.
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Point Pleasant
Route 17
Henderson
Michigan
North Carolina
Griff Griff Durin
Funeral services for Mrs Levi Casto
Funeral services are planned Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Casto home on Sand Hill Road for Mrs Levi Casto 91 who died after a long illness Burial will be in Lone Oak Cemetery The body has been taken to the Casto residence where friends may call
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Maplewood Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Casto
Sand Hill Road
Levi Casto
O. H. Carder
Huntington
Lone Oak Cemetery
Dems Seek Restoration Of Air Funds In Defense Budget
The Democrats push to restore more than one billion dollars cut from the Air Force budget for the coming fiscal year. Rep Scrivner argues the choice is between Eisenhower’s 120-wing Air Force plan and the Joint Chiefs 143-wing goal. The House votes on the 34.434 billion dollar budget, a cut well below Truman's recommendation and Eisenhower’s minimum.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Rep
Scrivner
R-Kan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Department Plans Better Mail Service
The Post Office Department met with railroad, airline, and trucking reps to craft plan for improved mail delivery and lower costs. Proposals include air transport of long-distance first class mail and trucking for short-haul mail.
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Washington
Post Office Department
189 Casualties Listed in Defense Dept Korea War Roll
The Defense Department identified 189 Korean War casualties in a new list. It includes 30 dead, 126 wounded, 17 missing, 3 captured, and 13 injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Youth Hunted In 2 Killings
In Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin two first degree murder warrants were issued as investigators sought 14 year old James Duranty. police found the mutilated bodies of Sumner Harris a 53 year old newspaper and radio executive and his wife Grace 50 in their blood spattered home near Westmont Illinois.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
James Duranty
Sumner Harris
Westmont
Ill
Harris
Grace
Fifth Wife Divorced By C Vanderbilt Jr
Reno Nevada reports Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr the son of a railroad magnate divorced his fifth wife Patricia Murphy Wallace Vanderbilt aged 32 on grounds of extreme cruelty. His attorney said the 55 year old millionaire has no plans for future marriages.
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Reno, Nev
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Patricia Murphy Wallace Vanderbilt
Heat Stifles Nation as Storms Cause Deaths
Heatwave grips most of the country with 90 plus temperatures and unrelenting humidity. Severe storms in Michigan Wisconsin and Wisconsin’s Vilas County cause multiple fatalities and widespread damage including a cloudburst near Plentywood Montana that damaged crops and forced hundreds from homes.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Michigan
Wisconsin
Eisenhower Sees Iron Curtain Unrest Growing
President Eisenhower said unrest behind the Iron Curtain appears to spread like wildfire as people who know freedom are willing to sacrifice life to regain it. He ruled out U S active support for revolts in satellite nations and spoke on Korea, Dulles libraries, and a broader Anglo American French foreign ministers meeting. He cautioned that differences with Syngman Rhee are real and emphasized a hopeful yet informal Bermuda talks aim to increase understanding on Korea the Middle East NATO Indo China and world trade.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Dulles
State Department
Dashiell Hammett
Hammett
U. S
Korea
Middle East
Bermuda
Churchill
East Germany Cuts Army as Reforms Shift Funds
East Germany reportedly halves its 125000 strong army after the June revolt failure. Tele gram says 60000 Soviet troops will be reassigned to industrial jobs by July 15. The regime plans to redirect military funds to housing and consumer goods under a new policy.
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East Germany
West Berlin
Telegraf
East Zone
Death Toll Rises After Guatemala Blast At City Market
Rescue teams searched the wrecked hotel and apartment buildings in Guatemala City where a dynamite blast demolished a concrete grocery warehouse near the general cemetery. Officials reported 30 dead and up to 50 possible, with 31 injured in the collapse and surrounding structures.
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Guatemala
Air Force Still Seeks Yak Planes Wreckage Near Seoul
The Fifth Air Force said two Russian built Yak light planes shot down by a Navy pilot near Seoul have not yet been located. One may be unrecoverable in tidelands south of Suwon, while the second reportedly crashed inland and burned.
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Seoul
Fifth Airt Force
Guy P. Bordelon
Tidelands
Suwon
Seixas Edges Rose In Wimbledon Marathon Semifinal
Vic Seixas a powerful Philadelphian and 1952 U S Davis Cup captain defeated Mervyn Rose of Australia in a marathon semifinal at Wimbledon. The match lasted over two hours in heat with Seixas winning 6 4 10 12 9 11 6 4 6 3.
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Wimbledon
England
Vic Seixas
Mervyn Rose
Australia
Wimbleton
Workers Fail To Walk Out Over Edison Pay Talk
Akron report: CIO Utility Workers Union ends strike deadline with no fresh talks set. Ohio Edison Co remains in negotiations after company raises offer to 8.23 cents an hour from six cents. Current hourly rate not disclosed.
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Akron
Cio-Utility Workers Union
Ohio Edison Co
Freedom of Expression In Schools Is Urged
Sarah C. Caldwell of the National Education Association urged freedom of expression in American schoolrooms as a bulwark of democracy before about 6000 NEA delegates in Miami Beach. Resolutions condemning censorship of teachers were prepared for presentation at the convention Friday.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Sarah C. Caldwell
National Education Association
Akron
NEA
Hilton Chain Leases Deshier-Wallick Hotel in Columbus
Hilton Hotels Corp officials begin a two day meeting to finalize adding the Deshier-Wallick Hotel to the chain. The Deshier will be renamed the Deshier Hil ton after Hilton leased the Columbus landmark from the Deshler Corp for twenty years.
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Hilton Chain
Deshier-Wallick Hotel
Columbus
Hilton Hotels Corp
Deshire-Wallick
Deshier
Deshier- Hilton
Hilton
Deshler Corp
Chauncey Man Lands Seattle From Far East Voyage
The USNS Gen. H. B. Freeman is scheduled to arrive in Seattle with 1071 passengers from the Far East. Among those aboard are Sgt. James Barrowman Jr and Chauncey.
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Seattle
H. B. Freeman
Far East
Sgt
James Barrowman, Jr
Chauncey
Drunk Driver Jail Term Nears Passage in Ohio
Ohio lawmakers move a bill requiring judges to sentence drunken drivers to at least three days in jail. The House sent the measure to the Senate after a 76-41 vote. Cities may choose state law or local ordinances, with fines under state law going to county treasuries and local fines to city treasuries.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
House
Senate
County Treasuries
Dems Blast Surplus Plan Faces Senate Battle
President Eisenhower seeks blanket authority to use government farm surpluses for famine relief abroad. Sen. Humphrey tries to attach the plan to foreign aid bill but is defeated 93 to 12. Sen. Russell cites the Brannan Plan while Sen Knowland notes the commodities target famine and urgent relief in friendly nations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Humphrey
D. Minn
Russell
D-Ga
Knowland
California
Nurse Slayer's Death Upheld by Alabama High Court
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the poison conviction of Mrs. Earle Dennison and ordered her electrocution on August 21. The 55-year-old nurse killed her infant niece, Shirley Diana Weldon, age 2, in May 1952 with an arsenic-laced drink in Wetumpka after insuring the child for 5500 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Earle Dennison
Shirley Diana Weldon
Wetumpka
Showdown Predicted in Washington Over Rhee Truce
UN Far East command held a secret meeting as Washington and Seoul warned of a 24 hour showdown with President Rhee over a truce. Washington said armistice moves proceed despite Rhee’s objections while Robertson sought clarity on a mutual defense pact and post armistice talks.
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Rhee
Seoul
Far East
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Chigh
Mark W. Clark
Tokyo
Robertson
United States
Republic of Korea
South Korean Defense Ministry
Reds Push Koreans From Peak
Reported clash on Lookout Mountain as up to 2000 Chinese Reds overran the 1600 foot peak to halt a South Korean push on the East Central Front. Night fighting left the Koreans in retreat with U S advisers at the scene assessing the counterattack at daybreak.
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Seoul
Lookout Mountain
East Central
Lookout
U. S
Truce Committee Announcement Echoes from Frontline
A Chinese communist loudspeaker on the Western Front proclaimed that the truce committee has agreed to something and that soldiers will be going home soon, followed by music.
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Spoul
Battle for Lookout Ridge Continues In Korea
Sketchy front reports say Chinese forces surged back and drove Koreans from Lookout by 6 15 am as South Koreans fought to hold Lookout Ridge. Both sides massed reinforcements in the fifth day of fighting with the ROKs pushing Virginia Hill then losing it to Chinese counterattacks on Finger Ridge and Sniper Ridge.
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Kumaung Rome
Lookout
Kameong River Valley
Virginia Hill
Finger Ridge
Sniper Ridge
Alien Seeks Deportation From U S Supreme Court
Frank Cammarata, a former Ohioan, petitions the U S Supreme Court to deport him to Italy rather than return him to Michigan for parole violation. He asks review of the June 15 denial and Ohio findings that he is a fugitive from Michigan. He was arrested by immigration authorities June 15 for deportation, the second such custody episode.
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Washington
Frank Cammarata
U.S. Supreme Court
Italy
Michigan
Cammarata
Not a Cent to Spend as 1951 Appropriations Expire
Ohio faces a cash freeze as the 1951 general appropriations act expires at 12 01 a m A new bill must be signed by Gov Lausche and approved by both chambers to unlock funds. Until then aid checks for county residents may be delayed and the budget remains in deadlock with a conference committee still evenly split on many items.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Senate House
James A. Rhodes
Adams
Allen
Ashland
Ashtabula
Athens
Angalize
Belmont
Brown
Rhodes
Senate
House
Senate House Conference Committee
William Saxbey
Champaign
Impeachment Effort Fails to Convince Douglas Case
Rep Wheeler of Georgia pressed for impeachment of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas but a majority of the hearing subcommittee ruled he had not made a case. The proceedings followed a Rosenberg stay order and cited alleged treason and moral depravity in the charge.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Ga
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Ato
Julius
Ethel Rosenverg
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