Steel negotiators resume talks after New York meeting
Federal mediators and negotiators from the basic steel industry and United Steelworkers returned to bargaining as the strike entered its 48th day. A Tuesday secret meeting in New York involved industry officials and the details were not released. David J. McDonald attended but called coincidence. A few additional layoffs raised allied industry idled workers to about 75 000, though no steel shortages were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. McDonald
Union
New York
Try
Allied Industries
Vatican Considers Ecclesiastical Punishment for Traffic Deaths
Vatican official Pio Ciprotti says the church may impose ecclesiastical penalties on drivers who cause crashes and fail to aid, hide identity, or avoid payment. He notes intoxicated or licensed-violating motorists could fall under this potential discipline as the church cites the command Thou shalt not kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pio Ciprotti
Ciprotti
L’osservatore Della
Met Cancels 56 57 Season Over Labor Dispute
The Metropolitan Opera halted the 1956 57 season Tuesday night in a labor dispute over dual jobs held by Robert Herman 31 son of Babe Herman. The union representing 220 singers and 500 staff had offered to sign a contract and resume talks later but the Met refused. The new season opening gala was set for Oct. 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Robert Herman
Brooklyn Dodger
Babe Herman
Dan
Met
Herman
Wright appeals conviction for illegal silencer possession
Albert Wright, 40, of Newport Kentucky, plans to appeal after a federal jury found him guilty of illegally possessing a revolver silencer. Judge John H. Druffel sentenced him to three years in prison and a $2000 fine following the verdict.
Classified ad thanks MESSEN GER for selling table set
A friendly advertiser thanks MESSEN GER for selling a solid maple table with extension ends and four chairs for 25 dollars and a magic chet table top and range for 20 dollars. They promote Messenger Classified Ads for quick action and low rates.
Circuit Court Judge Named for Vacancy in Ripley
Jack Milton Harper of Spencer was appointed by Gov. Marland to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Lewis Miller in Ripley. Harper, Roane County lawyer since 1901, attended Grantsville State College and West Virginia University and previously served as Roane County school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Injections Of Cancer Resisted Injections Of Cancer Resisted
Ohio State Penitentiary inmates, fourteen volunteers, received live cancer cell injections on June 14 to study the body's resistance. Sloan Kettering Institute researchers report a marked local reaction but caution that conclusions await further lab tests and skin section analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio State Penitentiary
Chester M. Southam
Sloan-Kettering Institute
Southam
Sloan-Kettering
Blind Brush Gives Sparkle To Homestead
Claude VanDorsten, a 36 year old blind furniture finisher from Battle Creek Michigan, spent two weeks off work repainting his mother’s home with help from two sisters. He painted under trim work while his mother supervised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arth Creek
Mich
Claude VanDorsten
Claude
Holl Mich
Battle Creek
VanDorsten
Aud
Tae Osborne
Clara VanDorsten
Pixing Aerial Father Killed. Son Falls From Roof
Krasn ovich, 74, died Tuesday night when a ladder knocked him to the ground as his son Robert, 32, on a roof peak checked a television antenna. The son fell onto his father after dropping a hook ladder and the extension ladder rackets slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
P—Nada Krasnovich
Robert
Dems Celebrate Senate Passage of Social Security Expansion
Democrats hail a landmark Senate vote approving expansion of Social Security. The bill lowers women’s retirement age to 62 and starts disability benefits at age 0, with a 90 to 0 approval after a long session. House action and presidential veto threats loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
George
D-Ga
Long
D-La
Douglas
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Farmers Vote On Applying Wheat Quota
About 2000 Ohio farmers will vote Friday in a national wheat referendum to decide if marketing quotas take effect on the 1957 crop. Voters with more than 15 acres may participate. If two thirds nationwide approve, quotas become operative. Polling runs 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. under county committees. Wallace Barr of Ohio State University cites price supports at 75 to 89 percent of parity for compliant farmers, with a 45 percent penalty on excess acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Wallace Barr
Ohio State University Extension
Career Sullied By Scandal
SPRINGFIELD ILL A l l -Or ville E Hodge a few weeks ago was a bright prospect for governor today is a beaten man his politics by a finance might affect the outcome of the November presidential and state elections in Illinois He resigned as state auditor an office to which he was elected in 1952 Hodge had been a good bet for the GOP candidacy for governor in 1960 In a series of revelations it was disclosed that at least a state warrants checks were unexplainably issued by his office and cashed for 544 000 Investigators say more funds may be missing and some sources say the total could exceed 800 000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lll
Orville E. Hodge
Ilinois
Hodge
Matter of Sight or Death Surgeon Leaves Mike Blind
In Orlando Florida a surgeon’s knife left four year old Mike Sibole blind in both eyes after removing the left eye to treat hereditary retinoblastoma. The 41 minute operation began at 8 10 a m EST with a 50 30 chance of success, followed by three days in hospital and home convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Orlando
Fla
Mike Sibole
Henry Malone
Miami
Mother Watches Car Kill Son on Bicycle
In Ashland an automobile driven by Rev. Allen H. Johnson of Youngstown struck and killed James Allen Shriver 18 Tuesday night as he rode his bicycle into a driveway near Savannah. His mother Mrs Jarold P. Shriver watched from a window during the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Allen H. Johnson
Youngstown
James Allen Shriver
Savannah
Jarold P. Shriver
Nother
Russia and East Germany Expand Ties With Trade Aid Pact
Moscow and East Berlin sealed a rapid two day agreement promising several billion marks in goods and aid. The accord halves Soviet occupation cost, pledges atomic power access, and strengthens Moscow's grip on the Red Zone economy amid East German discontent and warnings of unrest. Khrushchev derided Western democracy as a sham during a Kremlin banquet, while Bonn rejected unification talks and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Red Germany
Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Soviet Union
East Germany
Germany
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
West Germany
Bill Changes Payment Plan to Survivors
Washington Congress sent a White House bill to alter survivor payments for servicemen. President Eisenhower backed the measure to attract military careers by boosting VA payments to dependents, placing all service members under Social Security, funded partly from pay, and ending the $10,000 life insurance from the Korean War. The law would take effect January 1, 1957, with current recipients free to stay under the old or switch if eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
River-Lake Canal Hinted Against Mahoning Valley Reservoir
The Upper Ohio Valley Association urged Congress to reject a 14 million dollar Mahoning River reservoir in Portage County Ohio calling it a costly and ill designed water conservation flood control project. John J Heard of Pittsburgh accused Representative Kirwan of steering the plan to tie into an Ohio River Lake Erie canal and said the canal scheme has been Kirwan’s goal for 20 years. The comments came at a Senate Public Works subcommittee hearing on an omnibus flood control and navigation bill.
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Upper Ohio Valley Association
Congress
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
Mahoning River
Portage County
John J. Heard
Pittsburgh
Kirwan
Dohio
Lake Erie
Senate Public Works Subcommittee
Gambler Louis Jothkopf Found Dead In Car
Louis Jothkopf a 53 year old gambler was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his car on Tuesday at his converted gambling club estate. Authorities believe he fainted after starting the car and was asphyxiated before the motor died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chardin
Louis Jothkopf
Gas Prices Rise in Ohio Fuel Gas Co Increase
Ohio gas firm raises price paid to independent producers from 20 to 22 cents per thousand cubic feet and says higher rates will spur more drilling in Ohio. Reports from Mandalay and Sagaing in central Burma say earthquakes killed 30 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio
Ranewers
Mandalay
Sagaing
Burma
Defense Says Sergeant Followed Marine Way In Night March
At Parris Island the defense argued Sgt Matthew C McKeon owed no apology for the night march in which six recruits drowned. Defense attorney Emile Zola Berman said McKeon’s methods were part of the corps tradition. McKeon faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and oppression of recruits. he pleaded not guilty. The opening statements outlined reconstructing the events, as the Marine trial proceeded amid heavy public interest.
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Matthew McKeon
Betty
Parris Island
Marine Way
8.C
Matthew C. Sicheon
Emile Zola Berman
New York City
McKeon
Asfhe
Charles B. Sevier
Jacksonville
Sevier
Maggie Meeks
Savannah
Pvt
Thomas Hardeman
Beaufort
S. C
Chicago
Marine Corps
General Van Fleet Undergoes Emergency Surgery
General James A. Van Fleet, 64, a U S Army commander in the Korean War, was reported in satisfactory condition after an emergency operation for a gangrenous appendix at Alachua General Hospital in Gainesville. The surgery followed stomach distress and was performed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Fla
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Sth
Alachua General Hospital
McCarthy and Stassen Clash Over East West Trade Policy
The Senate Investigations subcommittee split over free world trade with Russia. Democrats, led by McCarthy, accuse Harold Stassen of evasiveness and fault the Eisenhower administration for not suppressing East West trade enough. Majority report signed by McClellan Jackson Symington Ervin and McCarthy. minority denounces it as unfair. The panel examined a 1954 Paris agreement relaxing controls on about 200 embargoed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Russia
McCarthy
Stassen
Ormer
Eisenhower
Mundt
R-Sd
Bender
R-Ohio
McClellan
D+ Ark
Jackson
D Wash
Symington
D-Mo
Ervin
D-Nc
White House
Paris
Army imposes curfew on 250000 troops in Germany
HEIDELBERG Germany The U S Army ordered a curfew for its 250000 soldiers in Germany to curb crime A written order from General Henry J Hodes says personnel must be in quarters by midnight on duty days and by 1 am on nonduty days The move follows a string of incidents drawing wide publicity and threatening relations with German civilians
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Ger Henry J. Hodes
U. S. Ers
Europe
Federal Republic of
Ohio Dems To Present Solid Front In Nomination Fight
Ohio delegates to the Democratic National Convention display a united front as Albert A. Horstman of Dayton wins a fourth term as national committeeman by acclamation. DiSalle and Shacknessy step aside. Hoisington Kan. trooper reports a crash details a separate highway incident. Five-day forecast expects five to eight degrees below normal with light scattered showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Michael V. DiSalle
Romine
J W. Shacknessy
Turnpike Commission
Cleveland
Hoilington
Kan
Dee Doughty
Walter Crick
Duncan
Norval
Saturda
Dayton Man Killed by Car in Driveway Incident
Dayton Police Sgt. J W Kohler said George Long of Dayton appeared killed by his own car. Long left the car in neutral with emergency brake off, walked away, and was dragged across the driveway into another yard where his body was found under the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
J. W. Kohler
George Long
Kohler
Long
Kobeier
Ohio Coal Output Jumps 18 Per Cent in 1955
Ohio coal production rose 18 percent in 1955 with total mine payroll up to 0.3 million dollars. The report notes 15 mine deaths in 1955 and 37 million tons of coal mined, a rate of one death per 3.1 million tons, aided by safer mining and surface strip operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Coal
Margaret A. Mahoney
Athens
Chauncey
Miss Mahoney
Gallipolis
Logan Crals
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Mock Atomic Attacks To Hit 5 Ohio Cities
Ohio civil defense units will mobilize Friday for simulated atomic attacks on five cities Canton Dayton Steubenville Youngstown and Hamilton as part of Operation Alert 1956 a national civil defense test directed by Maj. Gen. Leo M. Kreber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Onio
Ohio
Leo M. Kreber
Canton
Dayton
Steubenville
Youngstown
Hamilton
National Civil Defense Test
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Vatican
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Dems
James M. Sibole
Sibole
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Khruschchev
General van Fleet
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Iver Dayton
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