State Leaders Divide On President's Plan To Expand Highways
Governors Fine of Pennsylvania and Knight of California pushed for a governors conference with President Eisenhower to debate a $50 billion highway plan. They argued states should control road building, seek clarity after the fall meeting, and push a 12 year state run expansion while federal aid is debated.
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Bolton Landing
N.Y
Johns. Fine
Pennsylvania
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
Fine
Suy Eisenhower
Washington
Gov
Knight
OU Grads To Hear Marietta College Head
President W Ray Irvine of Marietta College will deliver the commencement address to 150 Ohio University Summer School graduates on August 14 at 10 30 a m in Memorial Auditorium Ohio University honors the sesquicentennial year speaker from a college established in 1835 in Marietta and linked to Muskingum Academy and the Marietta Institute of Education.
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W. Ray Irvine
Marietta College
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Baker
Northwest Territory
Athens
Marietta
Muskingum Academy
Marietta Institute of Education
Marietta Collegiate Institute
Western Teachers Seminary
Irvine
Memorial Auditorium
Aviatrix Cochran Urges Nationwide Aviation Involvement
Jacqueline Cochran spoke at Ohio University Memorial Auditorium urging men women and children to participate in aviation as a national security asset. She noted rising flying costs justify government subsidies for instruction and rental. She cited her 90 000 mile yearly flying and predicts pilotless aircraft and speeds over 1000 mph within 50 years.
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Jacqueline Cochran
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Miss Cochran
America
England
Cochrane
Senate Drops Ultimatum in Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee removed a threat to cut all aid to France and Italy by December 31 if they did not join the European Defense Community or accept a substitute. The change, aided by State Department appeals, moves the bill to the Armed Services Committee for possible further revisions.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
France
Italy
U.S
House
Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Knowland
California
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
GOP
EDC
OSU Plans New Chemical Abstracts Building
Ohio State University trustees approved a $553,292 building project on campus to house all campus operations of Chemical Abstracts, the world conference journal. The cost will be shared by Ohio State and the American Chemical Society, and the structure will centralize the journal’s campus operations.
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Columbus
Chemical Abstracts
Ohio State University
Ohio State
American Chemical Society
Embezzled Funds Ruled Subject To Income Tax
The U S Court of Appeals upheld Arthur B Marienfield's 15 month prison term and $5000 fine for evading $23968 in 1946 taxes. The court ruled embezzled funds are taxable income and cited the defendant’s personal gain from criminal funds.
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ST. Louis
U. S. Court of Appeals
Arthur B. Marienfield
Mar Meat Co
Marienfield
Appeals Court
Harvey M. Johnson
Partial Ban on Lawn Sprinkling in Columbus
Columbus implements a residential sprinkling ban due to a water shortage. Even-numbered addresses spray on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday while odd-numbered addresses water on Monday Wednesday and Friday. Sundays are unrestricted.
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Columbus
Clooney Ferrer Expecting Child Next Year
Hollywood report says Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer announced they are expecting a baby on the eve of their first anniversary. They recently returned from New York where Clooney performed on television and hope to act in one or two more films before the child arrives.
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Hollywood
Rosemary Clooney
Jose Ferrer
New York
Miss Clooney
Crash Probe Is Set For Public Hearing
The Civil Aeronautics Board will hold a public hearing on July 27 in Columbus Ohio into the June 7 collision over Port Columbus between an American Airlines Convair passenger plane and a Navy Beechcraft.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Columbus
Ohio
American Airlines
Port Columbus
Dam plan seeks 2 million for Greenup Locks on Ohio River
Washington officials requested two million dollars to begin constructing the Greenup Locks dam across the Ohio River from Greenup Kentucky to mid river between Ironton and Portsmouth. The project would raise the river stage from nine to twelve feet and allow larger tows while supplying more water to the Portsmouth atomic plant under construction at an estimated cost of 58 million dollars.
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Washington
Congress
Greenup
Ohio River
Bureau of the Budget
Ohio
Ironton
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Area
Housing Plan Is Considered By Banking Committee
Washington reports key House Banking Committee members weighing a compromise public housing program limited to families who lose their homes in slum razing. A conference committee seeks to reconcile Senate and House versions as Eisenhower presses for authority to start 35,000 new public housing units annually for four years. Senate approved the request.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Dog’s Day Stretched One Hour by Council
WATERTOWN N Y The City Council amended a recent ordinance to allow dogs to begin barking earlier by moving the morning curfew from 8 a.m. to 7 a.m. The change comes after complaints from dog owners about pets failing to adjust.
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Watertown
N. Y
Police Seek Owner of Giant 12 Foot U S Flag
Baltimore police search for the owner of a 12 foot high American flag found along the Western Maryland Rail tracks by 13 year old Myron Wy. If no owner claims it today officers plan to donate the flag to Ft. McHenry the site associated with the Star Banner written by Scott Key.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Myron
Ft. McHenry
Scott Key
Burr Oak Road to Receive Grading Sand Oil Surfacing
Athens County Engineer John Dowler announced Burr Oak Road will be graded and stone applied tomorrow with oil to follow likely Thursday. About 8000 gallons of oil will be laid by the state to finish the long awaited beach access road.
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Lake Burr Oak
Athens
John Dowler
Dowler
Police Plan To Quiz Technician In Sheppard Case
Authorities say they will question Susan Hayes, former Bay View Hospital technician now in Downey California, about her relationship with Dr Samuel H Sheppard. Prosecutor Mahon said further questioning is planned while Sheppard carries a snub nosed revolver for protection after his wife’s July death.
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Cleveland
Bay View Hospital
Downey
Calif
Samuel H. Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Bay Village
Sheppard
Dr. Sheppard
Los Angeles
John J. Mahon
Capital Acts On Report of Gambling
Columbus city council voted 5-2 to form a three member committee to probe reports of wide open gambling. Gov Lausche Mayor Sensenbrunner and State Liquor Director Rutkowski may testify. televised hearings drew opposition from Jerry Spears Jr. The probe follows Robert Warner’s allegations to Lausche and recalls a 14 year old grand jury case involving 73 gambling indictments.
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Columbus
O. J. Fillinger
Frank J. Lausche
M. FE. Sensenbrenner
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Jerry Spears Jr
Robert H. Warner
Lausche
Warner
Sensenbrenner
Czechs Still Hold Seven American Soldiers
The U S Embassy in Prague says it is pushing for the release of seven American soldiers seized by Czech Communist border guards on July 4. An embassy spokesman says they hope for a breakthrough this week though they have no information on the men's whereabouts.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Prague
Pipefitter Killed Crossing Route 23 Near Plant
Willam E Williams, a pipefitter at the nearby atomic energy plant, was killed yesterday when struck by a car while crossing Route 23 near the facility. His home address and age could not be established immediately.
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Waverly
Willam E Williams
Kyger Creek strike ends at 13 days in Gallipolis
The Kyger Creek plant of the Ohio Valley Electric Co in Gallia County near Cheshire ends a 13 day strike. Workers return to the day shift with 1300 craft members affected. The pause followed a dispute over unloading steel and a temporary agreement reached by management and unions. The plant will supply power to the Portsmouth area atomic energy project, with completion planned for 1956. Dulles flies to Paris for a French British push on Indochina peace and warns the U S may diverge from ally policy at Geneva.
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Gallipolis
Kyger Creek
Ohio Valley Electric Co
Fred Carman
International Union of Operating Engineers
Electricians Union
Carman
Portsmouth Area
Waverly
Cheshire
Gallia County
Ohio River
Paris
U.S
State Dulles
Iamdochina
Washington
Anthony Eden
Mendes-France
Eden
Indochina
France
Geneva
Dulles
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Mendon-France
Switzerland
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Police Seek Missing Logan Newsboy Dzilis Voitiskis
Logan police search for 14 year old Dzilis Voitiskis, a Messenger carrier who vanished after leaving his bicycle at the Logan Theater Monday night. He planned to visit friends in Nelsonville and was last seen between 7 30 and 8 p m. His parents say he typically returns by 9 or 10 p.m. The Latvia born boy is described as five eight, about 120 pounds with blue eyes and light hair. He wears blue jeans, a blue shirt, brown shoes, and a tan long billed cap.
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Logan
Dzilis Voitiskis
Janiis Voitiskis
Nelsonville
Logan Theater
Dzilis
United States
Latvia
FTC Charges Firms With Price Fixing in Rain Drainage
The Federal Trade Commission charged 20 manufacturers of rain pipe and drainage equipment with price fixing. Named were New Delphos Manufacturing Co of Delphos Reeves Steel & Manufacturing Co of Dover Public Steel Corp and its Berger Manufacturing Division at Canton. The firms account for more than half of U.S. rain drainage equipment sales.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New
Delphos Manufacturing Co
Delphos
Reeves Steel & Manufacturing Co
Dover
Republic Steel Corp
Berger Manufacturing
Canton
FTC
Construction Costs Hit Rural Ohio Projects
Gov. Frank J. Lausche told the Greeley Conference the law requiring rural wages to mirror large industrial areas drives up construction costs for roads and schools. He warned costs are beyond many local taxpayers and blamed the rule on pressure and persuasion without commenting on repeal efforts.
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Bolton Landing
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Cool thief turns heat on Youngstown plant theft
Four Lombard Manufacturing Co employees were burned when a theft of three air conditioning units occurred at the plant. The units valued at 165 dollars each were stolen yesterday, triggering an investigation.
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Youngstown
Lombard Manufacturing Co
Atomic Engine Could Propel Sub Around World
A land based prototype of the first nuclear submarine engine has produced enough power to drive an atomic submarine fully submerged around the world. The Senate Atomic Energy Committee urges changes to permit peacetime exchanges with allies and private industry involvement, with debate on the measure to start soon.
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Washington
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Idaho
Eisenhower
French Base Near Hanoi Shelled by Vietminh
Vietminh mortars shelled the French army headquarters at Son Tay northwest of Hanoi. Civilians were moving out as rebel pressure rose. In night actions, 41 rebels were killed and 17 captured. 20 Vietminh were killed and 7 captured in a roadside clash near Son Tay.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Son Tay
Red River Delta
Hung Yen
Luc Nam-Puh Lang Thuong
Patients Cooler Than Thermometers At Ilinois Hospital
Granite City St. Elizabeth Hospital faced extreme heat as rooms reached 105 degrees while outdoor conditions hit 109.3 in nearby St. Louis. Nurses struggled to keep thermometers down and used cool water or alcohol to reset readings, with meters rising to 105 again once returned to patients.
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Ilinois Hospital
Granite City
St. Elizabeth Hospital
St. Louis
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Stay Near Normal
The outlook calls for near normal highs in the northeast with a few degrees above normal in the west and south. Normal highs range from 83 to 87, with lows around 62 to 64. Expect warmth Wednesday, cooler Thursday, lingering Friday, and a warm weekend. Scattered showers Thursday and mainly northern Sunday total 0.1 to 0.3 inches.
Radioactivity Study Probes Uranium Miners Health
The U S Public Health Service with the Atomic Energy Commission and state health departments launches a field study on radioactive exposure among uranium miners and mill workers. Two mobile medical vans will visit 20 mining districts across Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico this summer to examine workers, a program begun in 1950 and expected to last years.
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Salt Lake City
U. S. Public Health Service
Atomic Energy Commission
Health Departments
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Navy recruits Cape Colored sailors for support roles
In Durban South Africa 134 Cape Coloreds are being trained at Capetown base to serve as servants for the South African navy. They will not wear uniforms and will perform tasks such as cleaning baths under Capt BR Dryden. This move aims to ease life for African sailors by providing on board support staff.
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Durban
South Africa
BR. P. Dryden
Capetown
Whale fossil with legs exhibited in Japan
The Japan News reports a two million year old whale fossil with fore legs extending nine feet from the skeleton. Found at Esashal in Hokkaido, the specimen will be shown Monday at the International Whaling Conference.
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The
Japan News Today
Esashal
Japan
Hokkaido
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