LaCorte Faces First Degree Murder Trial After Mental Evaluation
Athens County prepares for a third first degree murder trial as John LaCorte returns from Lima State Hospital where mental observation concluded. Prosecutors say he is legally sane to stand trial for the June 10 shooting of Anna Lewis in Glouster. A special jury will be needed and a 15 day wait follows arraignment in the pending case.
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Athens County
John
Glouster
Anna Lewis
Lewis
Sheltering Arms Hospital
LaCorte
Lima
Gordon B. Gray
R. E. Bushong
Gray
George Bateman
Earl Baus
Eleanor Gifford
Common Pleas
John Bolin
Athens
Rawlins
Dodds
Acheson urges prompt arms aid to Western Europe
Secretary of State Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States should begin promptly a $1.45 billion arms program to rearm Western Europe. He warned Soviet forces loom as a direct threat and that backing NATO pledges with military assistance is essential to deter aggression and preserve freedom.
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Washington
State Acheson
Congress
United States
Russia
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Western
al Natory
Senate
House
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
79 Year Old Man Held In Fatal Shooting Of Sister
William Alford Blackford, 79, of near Coal Run, Ohio, is being held for investigation in the fatal shooting of his sister Cleopat ra Cunningham, 62, whose body was found at her Pennsboro farm home. Sheriff Britton reported the detention.
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Harrisville
W. Va
William Alford Blackford
Near
Coal Run
Washington County
Ohio
Cleopatra Cunningham
H. A. Britton
Pennsboro
Explosion Kills Couple at Niles Home
Mr. Harry Games 71 and wife Alice 70 died Wednesday when an explosion and fire wrecked their Niles home. Neighbors told firefighters the couple had been using a liquid to clean clothes at the time of the blast.
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Niles
Harry Games
Alice
Coat clad farm youths and Route 7 project near Chester
Southeast Ohio youths avoid seashore fun but tan deeply in fields. Route 7 rebuilding from Chester toward Tuppers Plains to finish by October with 22 foot roadway and new bridges. Old road acts as detour during construction. Suggestions urge highway markers to guide motorists to nearby towns, noting Peach Fork and Hemlock Grove as locally privately marked examples.
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Chester
Tuppers Plains
Peach Fork
Hemlock Grove
Meigs County
Miss Baker Considers Stay After Plan To Quit GOP Post
Springfield industrialist Miss Margaret Baker hinted she may reverse her plan to resign after 13 years as Republican State Central committeewoman. She told GOP chairmen from six counties she would consider their request while not promising to stay. Baker, president of Champion Co, has long been a key GOP contributor in district seven, which includes nine counties Clark to Warren. Potential successors discussed include Lucille Byerly and Miriam Yeazell.
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Springfield
Margaret Baker
Republican State Central Committee
GOP
Miss Baker
R. B. Howard
Howard
Clark
Clinton
Logan
Champaign
Union
Madison
Greene
Fayette
Warren
Lucille Byerly
Mechanicsburg
Ohio League of Young Republican Clubs
Miriam Yeazell
Clark County
ECA Aid Bill Routed Back to Senate Committee
The Senate bogged down over rules as the foreign aid bill was sent back to the Senate Appropriations Committee. A McClellan amendment to earmark 1.5 billion for surplus farm commodities sparked the clash, with Taft and Barkley involved in the ruling that sent the measure back. The core dispute centered on whether the amendments created new legislation within an appropriations bill.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Tenn
Lucas
Illinois
ECA
McClellan
Ark
Barkley
Taft
Ohio
House
Mother to Be Seeks Husband Home From France
An 18 year old expectant mother with infantile paralysis asks her Marine husband be granted emergency leave to attend the birth in about 17 days. Mrs Fred Schluep contracted polio nine days ago and is listed in fair condition by Children's Hospital. The couple last saw each other in January and Columbus Red Cross officials are coordinating with Washington to obtain leave from Marine headquarters.
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Columbus
France
Fred Schluep
Children’s Hospital
Columbus Red Cross
Washington
Schluep
Marine Headquarters
Norfolk and Western To Cancel Two Trains
Norfolk and Western Railway will discontinue passenger trains No 23 and No 24 between Cincinnati and Portsmouth next Monday. The company cites an almost complete lack of business on the trains as the reason for the suspension.
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Cincinnati
Norfolk and Western Railway
Portsmouth
Ex convict and woman held after Newark forged check cases
Police detained an escaped convict and a female companion in Newark as investigators probe several forged check incidents.
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Newark
Frances Bolton Leaves For Trip to England
Rep. Frances Bolton of Ohio departs Washington for a brief England trip as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She describes it as a short business trip with undisclosed purposes until her return.
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Washington
Frances Bolton
Ohio
England
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress Wins Round On Atom Sharing Dispute
Washington AP report says Congress gained a major victory in the battle over sharing atomic secrets with Britain and Canada. President Truman backs a status quo with exploratory talks, while Senator Hickenlooper asserts Congress and the Senate Atomic Committee must not be bypassed in negotiations.
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Washington
Congress
State Department
Truman
Senate House Atomic Committee
State Acheson
Executive
Britain
Canada
United States
Acheson
Senator McMahon
Dconn
Joint Committee
Senate
McMahon
Hickenlooper
Government Broadens Farm Price Support Plan
Washington reports the agriculture department broadened price supports by adding cottonseed and cheese to the program to stabilize markets weakened by reduced foreign demand and higher domestic production. The two year operation totals near 3 billion dollars with over 2 billion invested in grains cotton butter dried milk dried eggs and other surplus commodities taken over or to be taken over from farmers. If 1949 production and market prospects hold, all 4.75 billion dollars of the commodity credit corporation funds may be exhausted by the end of the 1949 season.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Committee Delays Flood Control Bill
Washington opposition delays an omnibus flood control and rivers and harbors authorization bill worth 1.114 billion dollars. The House Rules Committee rejected sending the measure to the House, signalling possible action next year after prior approval by the Public Works Committee.
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
House Public Works Committee
161 Men Arrested In Gambling Joint
MAPLE SHADE New Jersey police raided an armed gambling joint trapping 161 occupants without a shot fired. Officers seized $40,000 and found a revolver during an armored lookout setup.
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Maple Shade
N. J
Whitney Leaves Estate To Widow Then Children
Whitney late president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen left his widow a life interest in his estate. After her death the remaining property will be shared by the couple's three children.
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Whitney
Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Union Demands 30 Cent Hourly Increase for Steel Workers
CIO Steelworkers leader Philip Murray announced at the Truman fact finding board hearing that the union seeks a package rise of 30 cents per hour, including a 12 percent fourth round wage boost. The plan adds 11.23 cents for pensions and 6.27 cents for social insurance with current average wage at $1.65. He noted past postwar gains of 18, 15, and 13 cents across 1946 1947 and 1948. The board will consider pensions along with wages and other issues.
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New York
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers
Murray
Truman
Two Convicted Of Extortion In Cleveland Gambling Case
In Cleveland a nine woman and three man jury convicted Willie Hoge and Arthur Drake of extortion for threatening and muscling into the Goldfield Policy House. Each received one to five years in prison and a $1000 fine, with bail denied. Alvin J. Sutton led the investigation into a Kilroy fund used to pay police for protection.
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Cleveland
Willie Hoge
Arthur
Alvin J. Sutton
Woman Drowned in Culvert After Thunderstorm Flood
Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey reports a violent thunderstorm swept a 54 year old woman, Edna Michel, into a deep Washington Place gutter. She was carried two blocks into a drainage culvert where rescuers could not reach her for fifteen minutes. She drowned in the rain waters.
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Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Edna Michel
Washington Place
Judge Orders License Fees Refunded in Portsmouth
Common Pleas Judge Fred Everett ruled the Board of Health fee regulation invalid and ordered the city to refund 3552 in license fees to restaurant owners, directing city council to enact proper legislation.
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Portsmouth
Common Pleas
Fred Everett
Board of Health
City Council
Agreement Reached Over Sealed Iselby Shoe Co Strike
Portsmouth reports management and union negotiators announced a new contract aimed at settling the Selby Shoe Co strike.
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Portsmouth
iSelby Shoe Co
Body of Duane Davis Recovered in Ohio River Near Pomeroy
POMEROY The body of Duane Davis who drowned when a boat capsized earlier was found about 1000 yards from the last sighting point. Two women Mrs Hobart Riges and Mrs Hattie Woodard spotted the body floating in the Ohio River at 12 45 PM today.
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Pomeroy
Duane Davis
Ohio River
Davis
Hobart Riges
Hattie Woodard
Lawyer rights To Re Open Mounds Club
The Mounds Club seeks to reopen after Fire Marshal Callan closed it as a firetrap. Attorney Richard Moriarity of Cleveland appealed to the state Fire Marshal, who took the case under advisement. If lost, the club plans to go to common pleas court amid ongoing GAMBLING crackdown with liquor license charges pending.
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Columbus
Mounds Club
Common Pleas Court
Harry J. Callan
Richard J. Morarity
Cleveland
Lake County
Moriarity
Callan
Common Pleas
State Liquor Department
Governor Edges Toward Signatures on 15 Measures
Governor Lausche plans action today on about 15 measures from the legislature, including 99 million dollars for capital improvements and 18 million dollars yearly for local governments. He may veto the municipal court bill and some capital appropriations, with potential override on adjournment. He yesterday vetoed a payroll rise for unemployment referees funded by federal money. He signed acts ending private liquor agencies in larger cities and allowing park division to operate camp inns and leases in state parks.
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Columbus
Frank J Lausche
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Lausche
Lewis Rejects Mine Offer In Long Work Week Stand
John L. Lewis rejected a two year extension bid from Northern and Western soft coal operators in exchange for dropping the three day work week. The offer would run until March 31, 1951 and require workers to be able and willing to labor. Negotiations paused until August 11. Similar talks with the Southern Coal Producers Association were recessed to August 10.
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White Sulphur Springs
John L. Lewis
Northern and Western
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Northern and Western Soft Coal
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Sheriff and former player Stanley Arthur dies by own action
Wilmington authorities report Stanley E. Arthur 75 a former Clinton County sheriff and ex minor league baseball player found shot to death in his home on Wednesday night Sheriff Howard C Botts described the death as self inflicted.
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Wilmington
Stanley E. Arthur
Clinton County
Howard C. Botts
33 States Note Upsurge Of Infantile Paralysis
An Associated Press survey shows 6935 polio cases in 1949 through July 27 with 337 deaths, far above 1944 levels at the same date. U S Public Health Service notes 6339 cases through July 23, up 38.4 percent from 1948. Nine states report rising polio, with Texas 1123 and California 708 leading.
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New York
U. S
Associated Press
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Texas
California
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
ASNE Condemns Pay To Press by State
The American Society of Newspaper Editors condemns accepting state salaries by Illinois journalists. It commends Chicago Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch for exposing 51 newspapermen on the Illinois state payroll from 1941 to 1949 under Gov Dwight H. Green.
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Washington
Illinois
The
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Dwight H. Green
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