Ohio House passes capital improvements and school bill
Ohio lawmakers press to finish the 97th General Assembly with an eight day sprint. The House and Senate set June 14 adjournment with skeleton sessions, approving a capital improvements plan and a plan to fund bonuses for veterans and service members. The Daniels-Cramer school bill faces conference to reconcile foundation subsidies and teacher pay increases amid House protests.
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Columbus
97Th
Ohio General Assembly
House
Senate
State Liquor Control Board
House Finance Committee
Govrnor
Pearl Harbor
Representatives
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Daniels
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Fred G. Reiners
Hamilton
Reiners
Cuyahoga
Howard Metzenbaum
Dcuyahoga
Thomas J. Herbert
Metzenbaum
Nine Youths Escape From BIS Near Lancaster
Nine boys escaped from the Boys Industrial School near Lancaster during evening recreation. Two were nabbed within hours. seven others were being sought by State Highway Patrolmen and Fairfield County officers as of today.
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Lancaster, O
Here
Harold L. Hays
Fairfield County
Gas Water Sought For Flooded Rutland Town
Emergency crews work to restore gas and water to Rutland Vermont as 18 000 residents recover from a flood caused by a breached dam. Power was restored via auxiliary lines, with tanked spring water and city aid delivering drinking supplies. About 60 people shelter at the state armory with Red Cross help while 500 families evacuated.
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Rutland
Green Mountain
Bellows Falls
Greater Boston
State Armory
Red Cross
Racine Youth Named by FFA at Ohio Convention
Allan Carson of Racine was named regional vice president by Ohio Future Farmers of America during the two day convention. Rolland Turnow of Clay High School in Jackson County was elected president. A Logan High School team finished fifth in a poultry judging contest conducted at the meeting.
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Columbus
Allan Carson
Racine
Ohio Future Farmers of America
Associated Press
Rolland Turnow
Clay High School
Jackson County
Logan
Body of Missing Boy Found on Erie Beach
The body of seven year old Philip Luksic was found washed ashore at a Lake Erie beach 16 days after he vanished from a Euclid Beach Park school picnic. He was last seen near a concession stand on May 19. The recovery was made by 12 year old Tommy Riley at Mentor Headlands.
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Cleveland
Philip Luksic
Lake Erie
Euclid Beach Park
Philip
Tommy Riley
Mentor Headlands
Escapee Faces Armed Robbery Charge in Franklin County
James Allen Westlake of Newark Ohio was bound over to the Franklin County Grand Jury under a $20,000 bond on two armed robbery charges. He also faces kidnapping in Connersville Indiana. The charges stem from a five day manhunt after escaping Mansfield Reformatory with five other inmates.
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Columbus
James Allen Westlake
Mansfield Reformatory
Newark
Ohio
Franklin County Grand Jury
Connersville
Ind
Mansfield
Continuance Granted In Sow Slaying Case
Middletown, Ohio William Bush aged 52 faced murder charges for the fatal shooting of his son Raymond 29 after arraignment in municipal court a continuance was granted until June 11 to schedule further proceedings.
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Middletown
William Bush
Raymond
Truman Attacks Taft Over Economic Policy
President Truman accused Senator Taft of proposing fallacious and dangerous economic methods at a news conference. He announced Dwight Griswold as chief of the US mission to Greece with the Greek Turkish aid program and Richard Allen to run the relief program for Europe. He stressed the aid aims to restore economies and defend against totalitarian aggression, not to lower prices.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Dwight T. Griswold
Nebraska
United States
Greece
Richard F. Allen
Mission to Argentina Declared Successful by Truman
President Truman announced that Ambassador George Messersmith's mission in Argentina achieved its aims as the United States and Argentina now enjoy friendly relations.
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Washington
Truman
George S. Messersmith
Argentina
United States
Freight Firm Workers and Wildcat Strike Ends
About 100 truck drivers gatemen and yard men walked off their jobs in a wildcat strike at Anchor Motor Freight Co in Cincinnati yesterday. They voted to return to work today.
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Cincinnati
Anchor Motor Freight Co
Two Die In Flash Fire At Cincinnati Plant
A naptha ignition at Kentucky Chemical Industries in Cincinnati sparked a flash fire that killed Harry Wondrlay, 65, Covington, and Harvey W. Herms, 29, Dayton, Ky. Fire officials said the blaze, caused by naptha fumes, was contained within about 30 minutes and the plant damage ran into thousands of dollars as workers installed pipe lines to a storage tank. Herms died at General Hospital from extensive burns.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky Chemical Industries
Harry Wondrely
Covington
Harvey W. Herms
Dayton
Chester Held
Wondrely
Herms
General Hospital
Held
Lake Sinking Bodies Sought After Emperor Sunk
In Fort William Ont search renewed in Lake Superior for ten missing bodies from the Canadian freighter Emperor which sank on rocks near Isle Royale. Twelve crew believed drowned while 21 survived on lifeboats or rocks. coast guard cutter Kimball rescued them. Two women’ s bodies were recovered yesterday afternoon.
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Fort William
Ont
Lake Superior
Isle Royale
Coast Guard
Kimball
Twice-Reprieved Slayer To Go to Chair Tonight
Nathaniel Freeman a 24 year old Cleveland slayer was scheduled for execution in Ohio penitentiary tonight for the December 7 1945 killing of storekeeper Thomas Noble during a holdup. Freeman was first sentenced to February 18, then reprieved by Gov. Herbert and granted a second 30 day reprieve on May 5.
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Columbus
Nathaniel Freeman
Cleveland
Ohio
Freeman
Thomas Noble
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohioan Elected to Holstein-Friesian Board
M. R. Moomaw of Canton Ohio was yesterday elected to the board of directors of the Holstein Friesian Association of America in Springfield Mass.
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Springfield
Mass
M. R. Moomaw
Canton
Ohio
The
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Newark Trial Nears Jury
Jurors hearing the first degree murder trial of Ralph David Hoffer 23 year old dishonorably discharged veteran accused in the slaying last July 27 of Thelma Harger Anderson 17 may be ready to commence deliberations tomorrow. Prosecution final six witnesses were to be heard this morning and defense witnesses were to be summoned this afternoon. Initial witnesses were heard yesterday after two defense mistrial attempts.
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Newark
Ralph David Hoffer
Thelma Harger Anderson
Plants to shut down to provide vacations
Canton area plants will shut down for two week periods this summer to permit employees to take vacations. Four plants employing about 18 000 workers announced the plan, with company officials reporting the staged closings to allow holiday time.
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Canton
Akron depot dedication set for July fifteenth
The Erie Railroad will dedicate its new Akron depot on July 15, with ceremony details expected from the railroad officials. Local residents anticipate improvements in passenger service and freight handling at the Akron terminal.
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Akron
The
Erie Railroad
Athens City teachers win 12 percent salary raise
The Athens Board of Education approved an average 12 percent pay increase for 51 teachers. The raise, ranging from 100 to 300 dollars annually, comes despite uncertainty over the Daniels-Cramer school financing bill. A unanimous resolution praised principals and teachers for handling a difficult year and affirmed confidence in the staff.
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Athens City
Board of Education
John W. Bolin
Daniels- Cramer
Churchyard Fight Ends in Fatal Stabbing
Linden Allen, 19, of Millstone Creek, was to face charges for the fatal stabbing of John Buckle, 19, during a churchyard quarrel after a revival. Buckle died from a chest wound en route to Holzer Hospital. Witnesses said the dispute began over a windshield wiper. Allen was jailed. the knife was not recovered. Buckle was the son of Connie Buckle, Marietta Manufacturing Co. employee.
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Point Pleasant
Linden Allen
Millstone Creek
John Buckle
Millstone Crek
Mason County
Ernest Hesson
Buckle
Auto
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Hesson
Allen
Millstone
Toral Morrison
Paul F
Reibel Case Appeal Papers Are Entered
A transcript of the State of Ohio against Ruby Reibel was filed in the Court of Appeals at the Meigs Clerk of Courts office. Reibel, convicted of harboring a felon, was sentenced April 19 to one to seven years in the Marysville Reformatory. The appeal bond remains $1,500. The Court of Appeals will likely sit at the Meigs Court House in July to review the case involving Robert Roach turning state's evidence.
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Pomeroy
State of
Ohio
Ruby Reibel
Court of Appeals
Meigs Clerk of Courts
Reibel
Meigs Court House
Ohio State Women's Reformatory
Marysville
Edgar Ervin
Robert Roach
Restore Budget Cuts Fichter Asks Congress
Columbus Ohio Joseph W Fichter master of the Ohio State Grange appealed to Ohio Congressmen to press for restoration of agricultural budget reductions made by the House Appropriations Committee In a letter to Buckeye salons in Washington he warned that the so called good financial position of Ohio farmers could be dissipated as prices of supplies rise and farmers cannot afford to do what is needed to keep farms operating.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Ohio
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
Buckeye
Washington
Fichter
16 Navy Men Burned Fighting Plane Fire
Sixteen Navy men were burned, none seriously, when a Grumman Hellcat fighter plane caught fire and damaged a Naval Air Station hangar at Port Columbus yesterday. The blaze burned the crew but left most injuries minor and the hangar area damaged. The Port Columbus incident prompted an investigation into the cause and safety procedures at the base.
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Navy
Columbus
Grumman Hellcat
Naval Air Station
Port Columbus
Conservation Balloting In Fremont Area Slated
Fremont Colorado absentee ballots were mailed today by County Agricultural Agent B W Reading for a referendum on July 2 to establish a soil conservation district in Sandusky County.
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Fremont
Fremont, CO
B. W. Reading
Sandusky County
Red Federation Seen Possible For Balkans
President Truman denounces the Hungarian coup as an outrage and warns the United States will not stand by. Diplomatic authorities speculate a Balkan federation of Soviet dominated states could follow, seen as a Moscow response to aid to Greece and Turkey and a bid to solidify the bloc before the satellite peace treaties finalize.
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Truman
Hungary
United States
Europe
Baltic
Adriatic
Balkan
Moscow
Greece
Turkey
Soviet Bloc
Red Army
Merger Block T Rae Down
Cleveland reports the Pere Marquette and Chesapeake & Ohio railroads will merge tomorrow morning in Richmond Virginia, per Robert J Bowman president of both lines. A three judge federal court refused a temporary injunction to halt the deal, following stockholder efforts in Alexandria.
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Cleveland
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake & Ohio
Richmond
Robert J. Bowman
Alexandria
Bowman
Jurists
Albert E. Schwabacker
Joseph Koshland Trust
Sam Simmons Critiques Byrnes as Secretary Candidate
Sam Simmons argues Jimmy Byrnes lacked integrity and moral character, alleging health did not drive his resignation and accusing him of aligning with Communist-leaning circles and Hollywood influence. He accuses Byrnes of being a compromiser who would not uphold strong principles.
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Jimmy Byrnes
Byrnes
Hollywood
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Senate OK Is Assured Veto Seen
The Senate is set to vote on the compromise labor bill after the House approved it 320 to 79. Supporters expect a veto by the White House but anticipate a veto override is possible, with key Democrats weighing how to vote and some switching sides. In the House, Democrats backed the bill 103 to 66 and Republicans 217 to 12, with one American-Laborite against it. Ohio Republicans Bender through Weichel voted for, Brehm against, Democrats Crosset Feighan Huber Kirwan against. Absent: Elston Hess Smith, all Republicans.
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Washington
House
Taft
Ohio
Senate
White House
Congress
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
Rep
Marcantonio
New York
Bender
Bolton
Brown
Burke
Carson
Clevenger
Griffiths
Jenkins
Jones
Lewis
McCowen
McGregor
Ramey
Vorys
Weichel
Brehm
Crosset
Feighan
Huber
Kirwan
Elston
Hess
Smith
Voting Machine Plan Outlawed in Trumbull
Ohio Supreme Court blocked Trumbull County from using voting machines in elections until an elections board recommends their use and the county purchases them anew. The ruling upheld a county restraining injunction against the 1946 plan to deploy machines bought on guidance from a dormant 1941 board.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Trumbull County
Board of Elections
All Dogs Quarantined In Defiance County
An indefinite quarantine on all dogs in Defiance County was declared as an anti rabies measure after a rabid stray dogbit twelve dogs. Authorities announced today that any dog found running at large would be shot.
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Defiance
Defiance County
Ohio executive dies in Springfield at 71
Frank E. McKenzie 71 president of the McKenzie Lumber and Coal Co. died yesterday in Springfield Ohio. He led the firm and was a prominent local business figure. He is survived by family and colleagues awaiting funeral details.
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Ohio
Springfield
Frank FE. McKenzie
McKenzie Lumber & Coal Co
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