Defense in Meyer case outlines basic strategy in opening
In Hocking County Court defense lawyers framed their plan to prove Benjamin E. Meyer was dazed by a head blow when he killed his wife Velvia. Attorney Peterson described Meyer's long attempt to reconcile after four divorces and noted Meyer's intent was not to kill but to reclaim their relationship. The defense admitted Meyer bought a gun and visited the Sniff home on Feb. 15, with Meyer's actions followed by surrender to authorities. Prosecutor Murray argued the state would prove murder beyond a reasonable doubt and detailed Meyer's purchases and trip to the Sniff residence.
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LOGAN
Benjamin E. Meyer
Hocking County
Meyer
Peterson
Lagan
Lancaster
Ben
Velvia
Fred A. Murray
Murray
Sniff
Mendes-France and Chou En-Lai Open Indochina Peace Talks
French Premier Mendes-France and Red China Premier Chou En-Lai arrive in Bern for private talks seen as pivotal to Indochina peace. Mendes-France aims to move beyond protocol and press for lasting settlement before his July 20 deadline.
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Bern
Switzerland
Pierre Mendes— France
Red
China
Chou En-Lai
Indochina
Mendes- France
Paris
Chou
New Delhi
India
Nehru
Mendes-France
Paul Ely
Jean Chauvel
Geneva
Driver Safe After Truck Strikes Pole
A Huntington truck driver escaped injury at 6 45 am when a Bor den Ice Cream Co refrigerator truck overturned on railroad tracks along E Main St near Pomeroy High School after hitting a curb while an eastbound car passed. The pole transformer was damaged but held by lines. repair crews worked all day.
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Pomeroy
Huntington
W. Va
E. Main St
Pomeroy High School
E. J. Strauss
Borden Ice Cream Co
Edward Morris
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Teenage girl charged in mother's death in Auckland
Pauline Yvonne Parker, 16, charged with murder after her mother Mrs Honora Mary Parker was found battered at home. Juliet Marion Hulme, 15, arrested in connection with the death. Police found a brick and a knotted stocking near the body. Dr H R Hulme, Canterbury University College rector, is Hulme.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Pauline Yvonne Parker
Juliet Marion Hulme
Honora Mary Parker
Juliet
H. R. Hulme
Canterbury University College
Top Scientist Karl Compton Dies at 66 in New York
Dr. Karl T. Compton a leading U S scientist died Tuesday in New York at age 66 He helped develop radar and the atomic bomb and served as MIT chairman and president for 18 years Born in Wooster Ohio his death marks the loss of a key figure in American science and education.
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New York
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Wooster
Ohio
Barbara Ann Reid To Be 1954 Buckeye Girls State Governor
In Columbus a Cincinnati girl, Barbara Ann Reid aged 16, will take the oath as governor of the Buckeye Girls State convention. Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court will administer the oath, with addresses by Gov. Frank Lausche and Lt Gov. John W. Brown.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Barbara Ann Reid
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank J. Lausche
John W. Brown
Benson Milk Gag Surprises Photographer at Penn State
Secretary Benson touring Pennsylvania State University farm buildings demonstrated milk’s reach by theatrically squirting from a cow’s udder at a photographer standing about 15 feet away. The stunt drew laughter as Benson showed how milk can go a long way.
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State College
Benson
Pennsylvania State University
Quaint Covered Bridge Appears After Storm
Vermont farm scene after a gusty thunderstorm yields a new covered bridge formed from an upturned silo. A 40 foot silo was lifted by winds and dropped across a brook. Mrs. Donald Reed comments that it makes a perfect covered bridge.
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Fairfield
Vermont
Donald Reed
Motorcycle Rider Killed in Springfield Crash
Eighteen year old Fred Swaney of Springfield was killed last night when his motorcycle crashed into a tree near here.
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Springfield
Ohio
Fred Swaney
Here
Fight Looms On Foreign Trade Plan
Senator Gore led 22 Democrats and Senator Morse in a push to substitute Eisenhower’s broader trade program for a House bill extending the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for one year. The law died last June 12 but could be revived, while Eisenhower seeks a three year extension and tariff-cut authority. Republicans delayed his plan. Gore argues that a one year extension deprives the president of needed tools to counter a communist trade offensive and risks continued market contraction abroad.
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Washington
Gore
D - Tenn
Congress
Eisenhower
Morse
Senate
Antioch President Denies Legion Allegations
Douglas McGregor retiring Antioch College president rejected a Legion accusation that Antioch associates are linked to communist fronts. He spoke in New York as Antioch President Samuel Gould agreed. Legion delegates at a Miamisburg meeting backed a call for Congress to probe local Civil Liberties Union, Encampment for Citizenship, and Young Progressives of America units.
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Yellow Springs
Douglas McGregor
Antioch College
American Legion
Antioch
McGregor
New York
Samuel B. Gould
District 3 Legion
Miamisburg
Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
U S Ambassador Meets Japanese Leaders
U S Ambassador John M. Allison, back from Washington, visited Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki in Tokyo. Okazaki said the United States seems to understand and back Japan’s new austerity plan but doubts it will fully stabilize the fragile economy.
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Tokyo
U_ US
John M. Allison
Washington
Shigeru Yoshida
Katsuo Okazaki
Okasaki
United States
Japan
Unknown War Planes Attack Honduran City
Honduras reports mystery planes bombed Santa Rosa de Copan near the Guatemalan frontier. Guatemala accuses Honduras and Nicaragua of aiding invaders and seeks proof from the U N. Guatemalan insurgent Col. Carlos Castillo Armas moves HQ toward Esquipulas and says actions target the Guatemalan government, not the people.
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Honduran
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Foreign Ministry
Santa Rosa de Copan
Nicaragua
New York
U. N. Security Council
Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Organization of American States
U. N
Carlos Castillo Armas
Esquipulas
Arbenz
Guatemala City
Salvador
U. S
United States Blocks Guatemala at UN on Guatemalan Fighting
U S Delegate Lodge objects to an immediate UN Security Council meeting on the Central American fighting saying the OAS is the proper forum. The Soviet Union vetoed a move to refer the matter to the regional body, while Guatemala seeks a council session despite a cease fire call.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Guatemala
UN Security Council
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Council
Soviet Union
Eduardo Castillo Arriola
Dag Hammarskjold
Castillo Arriola
Acta
Guatemalan
Des Moines Dike Battle As Flood Threatens City Parks Homes
Des Moines faces its worst flood in memory as the Des Moines River nears a crest of 29 to 30 feet. Hundreds of volunteers rush to strengthen dikes and protect up to a fifth of the city, with over 1,000 families at risk of displacement if levees fail. Two trouble spots emerge southeast of the city with sandbagging efforts under way near railroad levees and the Scott Street bridge.
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Des Moines
Joseph van Dreser
Scott Street
Raccoon
Debrig
Chou Enlai and Mendes France Meet on Indochina Peace Plan
In Bern at the French embassy Chou Enlai and French Premier Mendes France held a private conference to discuss peace in Indochina after Mendes France arrived from Paris. They prepared for talks linked to the Geneva conference and the war in Indochina.
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Chou
Geneva
Mendes - France
Bern
Paris
Korea to Note War's Start Demonstrations Planned
South Korea plans large nationwide rallies on the fourth anniversary of the Korean War. Officials say President Syngman Rhee and U S envoy Ellis Briggs will lead a major demonstration with other officials in Seoul, signaling extent of American participation.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. 38
Ellis O. Briggs
U. S
James A. van Eet
Bruce Clarke
Eisenhower Lays Foundation For Talks With Churchill
President Eisenhower gears up for talks with Churchill by holding a series of briefings with Democratic leaders and top military advisers. A key report on the Geneva conference and Indochina negotiations informs the plan as the White House schedules private discussions and NSC meeting.
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Churchill
Senate
House
Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
Geneva
Indochina
White House
Eisenhower
Japan
Assa
Western Pacific
Juan
Kremlin
Smith
Nne
Mendes-France
Convicted murderer given life sentence in Ohio
Carl Wilbur Robinson, 35, convicted of first degree murder in the April 6 shooting of his step father William Monroe, 65, near Johnstown. He was sentenced to life in Ohio Penitentiary, with a mercy recommendation avoiding the electric chair.
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Newark
Ohio
Carl Wilbur Robinson
William Monroe
Johnstown
Sultan of Morocco Is Weak Fearful Man Of Little Aid to French
Casablanca dispatch profiles Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa the nine month ruler installed by France, a puppet whose fear and weakness leave Morocco’s governance to French interests and local power brokers. The piece links his tenure to broader North African tensions, noting Indochina patterns and ongoing French control.
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Morocco
Casablanca
Rabat
Sultan Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa
Indochina
France
Tunisia
Moulay Mohammed
Sidi Mohammed Ben Yousssef
Hadj Thami el Glaouj Mezaouri
Marrakech
Eden Suggests Southeast Asia Defenses Pact
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden proposed a Southeast Asian defense system with nonaggression pacts with communists. Speaking to the House of Commons after Geneva he said a reciprocal arrangement like Locarno could be part of a defensive alliance similar to NATO.
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London
Anthony Eden
Officer Passes Out For Scientists' Sake
In Los Angeles a police traffic division demonstration for the Institute of Scientific Studies collapsed when a volunteer officer consuming nine ounces of whisky in 70 minutes fainted. Martin G. Rock warned that a single drink impairs driving and heavy drinking multiplies accident risk, a point the scientists accepted.
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Los Angeles
Police Traffic Division
Institute of Scientific Studies
Martin G. Rock
Miami University geology field trip heads to Wyoming
Eight Miami University students depart Oxford for northern Wyoming for the annual geology field trip. Dr Karl Limper says 27 students will join, camping at 7500 feet elevation where temperatures are cool at night.
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Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
Wyoming
Karl Limper
Limper
Tragic Drowning of 10 Year Old James Waulk Recovered
The body of James Waulk ten was recovered yesterday in a livestock pond at a farm sixteen miles southeast of Hillsboro Firemen said he drowned James was the son of Mr and Mrs James Van Buren Waulk of Carmel He had been missing since Sunday and was found by firefighters in the pond after a search by local authorities
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Hillsboro
Ohio
James Waulk
James
James van Buren Waulk
Carmel
GOP chairman predicts gains in Congress this November
Leon A. Hall, Republican national chairman, says the GOP will pick up seats in both houses due to good economic prospects. He credits Eisenhower’s program and asserts voters favor more Republicans in Congress, while Democrats align with a fragmented stance against the President.
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Albuquerque
Leonard Hall
Congress
Eisenhower
Hall
Three Men and Union Sued Over Mine Line Incident
Char H. Moore of Brilliant Ohio sues three men and the United Mine Workers of America District 50 for 101525 damages claiming he was beaten crossing a picket line November 14 1951 at the Ohio Ferro Alloys plant in Brilliant. Defendants are Nicholas A Neages of Newark Charles A Minnozzi of Tiltonville and Walter Orzoleck of Martins Ferry.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America, District 50
Char H. Moore
Brilliant
Ohio
Ohio Ferro-Alloys
Mel Nicholas A. Neages
Newark
Charles A. Minnozzi
Tiltonville
Walter Orzoleck
Martins Ferry
15 Year Old Wins National Junior Cooking Contest
Georgetown reports Charles Voorhees Jr., 15, from New Jersey, won first prize at the National Junior Cooking Contest after beating 42 girls and four male competitors. He accepted a bouquet of roses, marking the first time a boy took top honors in six years of the event.
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Georgetown
Del
Charles Voorhees Jr
Trenton
N. J
Nee Ste
Young Voorhees
Mary Brewer of Zanesville dies at 79
Mrs. Mary Brewer, 79, of Zanesville died last night. The obituary notes she left 139 survivors including four to five sons, 70 grandchildren and 60 great grandchildren, detailing her extended family.
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Zanesville
Mary Brewer
Leaders Push Toll Roads Across Three States
Governors Lawrence Wetherby Frank Lausche and George Craig met in Cincinnati to discuss toll roads as the only way Kentucky Ohio and Indiana can keep up with highway needs. They highlighted river navigation and the need for funds for new dams locks and maintenance.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Gove
Lawrence Wetherby
iKentucky
Frank J. Lausche
George Craig
Man Finds Fragment Of $10,000 Bill
Bobby Lee showed a Dunn bank a fragment of a $10,000 bill found at the Benson town dump. The piece, about one-fifth of the bill, bore the denomination and part of the serial. Bankers explained redemption based on the fraction kept by the Treasury.
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Dunn, N. C
Bobby Lee
Dunn Bank
Benson
Lee
Treasury Department
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