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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1954

Page

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Hundreds Offer Blood For Boy In Critical Condition

In Middletown Ohio hundreds lined up to donate blood for 6 year old Eddie Phillips after tonsil removal led to a noncoagulating blood deficiency. Over 40 pints have been transfused and Armco plant workers alone numbered 417 potential donors. Eddie remains critical yet responds to questions with head nods.

Middletown Ohio Eddie Phillips Eddie Ruth Jones The Presbyterian Church Armco Jones

McCarthy Resumes Red Probe Leadership in Senate

Senator McCarthy renews open hearings on alleged communist infiltration of U S defense plants, naming Boston as involved and facing a potential censure vote. He defends his chairmanship while Senator Flanders accuses patterns resembling Hitler, linking McCarthy to far reaching anti labor, political tactics.

Washington McCarthy Flanders R-Vt Senate Wisconsin Germany Adolf Hitler U.S Subcommittee Vermont Republican Hitler

GOP Leader Predicts Passage of Atom Energy Bill

Senate Republican Leader Knowland of California forecast an administration victory on the basic atomic energy law overhaul. He said the Senate would reach show down voting soon and rejected calls for delays or compromises despite Democratic opposition led by Morse and Gore.

Washington Senate Knowland California Morse Ind-ore Gore D-Tenn

Union Leaders Pledge Turnpike Work Continuity

In Cleveland three labor leaders from operating engineers Teamsters and laborers districts vowed to avoid work stoppages on the 241 mile Ohio Turnpike. Frank Converse Louis Triscaro and Tom Fioretti urged contractors to seek ways to prevent stoppages during the project in the Cleveland area.

Cleveland Frank P. Converse Operating Engineers Union Felow Louis Triscaro Teamsters Central States District Council Tom Fioretti Laborers District Council

Police Docket Seals Bren Dice Game At Santa Monica Beach

In Santa Monica California thirty policemen in owl swim trunks closed a Bren dice game yesterday and booked nine people on suspicion of gambling Lifeguards patrolled the sea to prevent players from escaping into the water.

Santa Monica Calif Brendice

World Tour Princess Matsui Returns as Silence Prevails

Princess Matsui arrives in Jacksonville grim and mute after a global voyage. A statue of a Seminole Indian bears proof of the trip on its base. She vanished from the Seminole Hotel lobby before the USS Saipan left. She reappeared when the ship docked yesterday. Her ports of call matched those of the Saipan. A certificate on the statue claims she crossed the Equator.

Jacksonville Fla Princess Matsui Seminole Hotel Mayport Saipan Matsui Cess Equator

Executive Dies in Cincinnati Former Rookwood Pottery head Edmund Schildknecht

Edmund Schildknecht 80 longtime chief of the architectural and tile departments at Rookwood Pottery Co died in Cincinnati yesterday. He led the firm’s design teams and contributed to landmark pottery pieces during his tenure.

Cincinnati Edmund Schildknecht Rookwood Pottery i Co

Man Found Dead After Writing Notes to Dog

Police said a man in Columbus died by his own action after leaving three notes on a refrigerator. Benjamin Marshall, 41, had a note addressed to his mongrel dog Snuffy saying, Be a good doggie. I'm sorry. No more bones. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death with no evidence of violence.

Columbus Robert A. Evans Benjamin Marshall University Hospital Marshall

Wives words after verdict in Dr Small case

Edith Small speaks of wanting to forget while her dentist husband Kenneth B Small remains in Allegan County Jail awaiting disposition after an insanity verdict in the slaying of Jules Lack. She says the couple will seek psychiatric help and remain separated for the children’s sake.

Detroit Kenneth B. Small Allegan Edith Small Steve Billy Clifford Mrs. Small Jules M. Lack New York

Heat Wave Pushes Death Toll Past 200 Across Central U S

The continuing heat wave causes at least 237 deaths as temperatures exceed 100 in central Texas and northern Louisiana to southwestern North Dakota. Fort Smith Arkansas records 108, California and Oklahoma report 100 plus readings, with 116 in Fort Scott Kansas and 113 at Chanute. Showers confined to Rockies, western Kansas and Nebraska, the Great Lakes North, New England. elsewhere 80s prevail.

Associated Press Texas Louisiana North Dakota Ohio Valley Canadian Desert Fort Smith Ark California San Joaquin Valley Oklahoma Oklahoma City Tulsa Fort Scott Kan Chanute Missouri Kansas City St. Louis Quincy Ill Presidio Memphis Indianapolis Omaha Rapid City 8. D Dickinson N. D Rocky Mountain Kansas Nebraska Great Lakes New England

Youth Shot During Cleveland Police Pursuit

A 16 year old boy was struck by a bullet during a car pursuit by Cleveland officers. Patrolman Charles Hudson testified he flashed his badge to the driver, later joined by Patrolman James W Chapelle who fired into the rear of the moving car. The teen received scalp wound treatment.

Cleveland Charles Hudson Hudson James W. Chapelle

Police Fail In Search For Murder Instrument

In Cleveland a Lake Erie beach search using a mine detector and divers failed to recover the murder weapon used against Marilyn Sheppard. Police, supported by Bay Village and Fort Hayes, extended the probe along the embankment and water behind her home as coroner's notes place her death recent but details remain unresolved.

Cleveland Lake Erie Marilyn Sheppard Bay Village John P. Eaton Fort Hayes Columbus Eaton Samuel R. Gerber Sheppard

Quintuplet Marie Dionne Leaves Convent for Home

Marie Dionne a quintuplet who entered a Quebec convent two months ago left the cloister for home citing health reasons and homesickness. Her family said she arrived in Callander Ontario with her quintuplet sister Emilie, while the father noted she had written of loneliness and questions about returning.

Waterloo Que Marie Dionne Quebec Girouard Emilie Montreal Ste. Agathe St. Charles Marie The Montreal Gazette Oliva Callander

Mayor Finds No Vice in Columbus After Investigation

Columbus mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner reported yesterday that the city has no organized vice or gambling. He conducted a five hour tour with vice squad in an unmarked car Saturday night as a city committee reviews reports of wide open gambling.

Columbus M. E. Sensenbrenner

Burglars Take $1100 From Sun Oj Co Offices

In Boardman Township burglars used an acetylene torch to break into Sun Oj Co offices and steal about $1100 in cash. Deputies report no checks missing.

Youngstown Ohio Sun Oj Co Boardman Township

Ohio Solons Rarely Talk To Each Other

In Washington Ohio Senators Bricker and Burke seldom speak directly. Burke said they had only chatted once since his swearing in, though they did clash on the Senate floor over a gas rate bill. Recently they voted similarly but acted separately on funding for school construction near defense sites, especially around the Southern Ohio atomic plant.

Washington Ohio John Brieker Thomas Burke Burke Senate Bricker Southern

Frugal Maryland man beaten and robbed near death

Cambridge Maryland residents found 57 year old M. Jones near death in his Bishop Head home after a brutal beating. Sheriff Waldo H. Robinson said Jones, conscious briefly, confessed carrying between 5000 and 6000 dollars.

Cambridge

Merchandiser Joseph Lerner Dies at 67 in New York

Joseph J. Lerner founder of a nationwide apparel chain died Sunday in New York. Born in Philadelphia, he helped build the retail network and shaped fashion merchandising across multiple states.

New York Joseph J. Lerner Philadelphia

Mendes France Pursues Indochina Peace Amid Partition Talk

Pierre Mendes France presses hard for a Viet Nam peace plan with the Communists as a possible partition looms between the 11th and 14th parallels. Canada India and Poland named for a proposed International Commission to police an armistice. U.S. stance unclear though a senior official says peaceful terms are possible.

Mendes-France International Commission Canada India Poland United States Korea Czechoslovakia Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission

Four Bills May Delay Adjourning

Washington plans to wind up the present session within two weeks face possible delay on four disputed items in Eisenhower's program tax and Atomic Energy Act revision housing and farm programs A Senate vote on censure of Senator McCarthy and a House Senate conference on public housing and tax issues are described as progressing figures in the battle over housing tax cuts and farm support with July or August adjourment in view

Washington Eisenhower Senate Flanders R-Vi McCarthy Rwis Senate Investigations Subcommittee Senate House Conference Committee Aiken Senate Agriculture Committee

Rhodes accuses Lausche of political hiring in Ohio

Republican gubernatorial candidate James A. Rhodes charged Governor Frank J. Lausche with violating state law by assigning state highway department jobs to paid political workers. He named 21 men he said hold positions in both state agencies and county Democratic committees.

Colaimbus James A. Rhodes Frank J. Lausche Rhodes State Highway Department Democratic Central State Department Ohio

Fire department aborts burn drill due to heat in Kansas City

The Kansas City fire department halted planned house burnings for practice after scorching heat. Eleven houses were set for the right of way for a new street, but only two were burned as weather reached 111 degrees. Fire Director Louis Spandie said operations paused until cooler conditions return.

Kansas City Kan Louis Spandie

Cow Refuses To Leave New Home In Cornfield

A seven year old Holstein cow refuses to leave a cornfield on the Tom McGuffin farm near Point Pleasant. The cow fought a neighboring farmer and his horse when villagers tried to move it. Deputy Durbin reported no missing animal as neighbors searched Route 2.

Cow Cornfield Point Pleasant Gallipolis Ferry Tom McGuffin Everett Rainey Guffin Place Griff Durbin Tom Bateman McGuffin Bateman Poe

Psychologist urges family prep for H bomb day

A UC Los Angeles psychologist Dr. David Bader advises families to prepare for an H-bomb day by assigning roles such as loading the car and guarding food, planning a rendezvous, evacuating without delay, and carrying identification tags and cashable assets. He notes disaster impact on large populations and the need to plan for contaminated food and water.

Los Angeles UC+ LA David Bader

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