Churchill Visits Washington Seeks Unity with U S Britain
Prime Minister Churchill visits Washington for talks with Eisenhower aiming to strengthen US British ties. Officials consider a Congressional address or a major speech at an unofficial body, with private conversations the main focus and no fixed agenda for the talks through late June.
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Washington
Churchill
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S
Etion
National Press Club
Eden
London
White House
Dulles
Churchil
America
Britain
McCarthy Says Army Blackmailed McCarthy Says Army Blackmailed
Senator McCarthy testifies the Army counselor John Adams tried to blackmail him on January 22 to drop inquiries of loyalty board members. He argues the Army used legal authority to block questions about security clearances at Ft Monmouth New Jersey.
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Washington
Army
McCarthy
John G. Adams
McCarthy Army
James D. St. Clair
Joseph N. Welch
St. Clair
Adams
Loyalty Board
Ft. Monmouth
N, J
Weather Stays Hot Across Midwest and South
Heat and humidity persist across the Midwest and South with little cooling in sight for several days. Some Pacific air has reached western Minnesota and Iowa but is not expected to ease the sun baked central region. Cool air reaches the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies while east winds keep the northwest cool.
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Associated Press
Midwest
South
Pacific
Minnesota
Iowa
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Ingenious Man Pedals Gas at Local Service Station
At Don Hemsworth's Service Station in Gallipolis a girl’s bicycle powered a gasoline pump. Hemsworth removed parts, used concrete blocks and a clothesline to drive the rear wheel while an employee operated the pump, as curious customers watched the invention in action.
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Gallipolis
Don Hemsworth
Pine St
Hemsworth
Harold Trout
Ohio liquor agents dismissed or resigned since January
Columbus report states six liquor enforcement officers have been discharged or resigned since January with one tied to a bribery probe in Cincinnati. Governor Lausche backing enforcement chief Edward J. Allen and liquor director Anthony A. Rutkowski as investigations into shake downs proceed, following the Thomas bribery indictment in Hamilton County and the latest firing of investigator Thomas Paonessa for a Toledo Moose Club liquor law violation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edward J. Allen
State Liquor Department
Harry D. Thomas
Cincinnati
Allen
Frank J. Lausche
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Thomas Paonessa
Paonessa
Moose Club
Toledo
Lausche
Rutkowski
Hamilton County
Buckeye Boys State Opens With Appointments
Gov. Tom Triplett completed a list of legislative appointments as Buckeye Boys State continues in PORT CLINTON Ohio. 16 year old Sandusky boy met with Federalist party leaders Joseph Sheridan Jem and Dick Slayton to make the appointments amid opposition from the Nationals.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Tom Triplett
Buckeye
Ohio American Legion
Joseph Sheridan
Fairborn
Jem
Dick Slayton
Toledo
George J. Swartz
Warren
Nationalists
Murder Trial Nearing End in Ohio Case
In Newark Ohio the state neared completion of its case in the first degree murder trial of Carl Robinson 35 accused of shooting his stepfather April 6. Robinsons mother testified the body lay across a doorway while a signed confession read aloud described his statement that he hated to do it but had to the slaying arising from an argument over the mother drinking in the presence of the elder man.
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Newark
Ohio
Carl Robinson
Robinson
William Monroe
Cherist
William McElroy
Monroe
Finns Pack Helsinki Arena for Graham Revival Opening
More than 100000 Finns gathered in Helsinki for the opening of a three day revival crusade led by U S evangelist Billy Graham.
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Graham
Helsinki
Finland
U. S
Billy Graham
Mendes Three Point Plan to Lead France Amid Indo China Crisis
Mendes-France presented a three point program for a new national policy to deputies. He aims to settle Indo China by July 20, present an economic recovery plan, and seek powers to implement it and set out a European Army policy before parliament. The vote hinges on Communist support, as they hold 99 of 625 Assembly seats and could decide the outcome.
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Mendes- France
France
Mendes-France
Reds
Confirma
U S Steel and Unions Confer on 54 Contract
Pittsburgh reports a small group of negotiators attempting to agree on the 1954 contract terms between U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers. The aim is to settle before the June 30 expiration, with the union seeking a guaranteed annual wage, a pay hike, and benefits such as insured pension changes.
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Pittsburgh
US. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Big Steel
Storm Roils Columbus. One Man Struck by Lightning
A storm swept Franklin County causing stalled vehicles in deep water and basement flooding in Columbus and suburbs. One man, Winifreth Hill aged 55, was struck by lightning and treated for shock.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Winifreth Hill
Four Escapees Sought After Roseville Brial
Ohio law officers hunted four men who escaped yesterday from the Roseville branch prison. One is a convicted murderer and another a leader of the Halloween 1952 penitentiary riot. They overpowered a guard, took a rifle and shotgun, climbed an eight foot fence, and fled on foot.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Roseville
J. S. Thompson
Charles Hanovich
Wheeling
W. Va
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Homer Thacker
Daytory
Supreme Court To Review 3 Newsmen Convictions
Three Cleveland Press staffers Sam Giaimo James Thomas and Louis Clifford face review by the Ohio Supreme Court for contempt of court after a courtroom photo breached a judge s ban. They were convicted in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court for taking a picture at a former judge s arraignment on embezzlement charges.
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Columbus
Cleveland Press
Ohio Supreme Court
Scripps-Howard
Sam Gialmo
James Thomas
Louis Clifford
High Court
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Joseph Silbert
Cuyahoga County
Thomas
Nelson J. Brewer
Silbert
Giaimo
Storm toll rises in Morgan County killings and drowning
Storms across Morgan County claimed the life of John Leonard Blind 69 of near Stockport struck by lightning while sheltering beneath a tree. Stella Louise Whipkey 10 of Waterford Route 2 drowned when a log was swept into Wolf Creek. Autopsy and coroner verdict labeled Blind’s death electrocution and Whipkey’s as accidental drowning. The Morgan County Sheriff reported details and recovery efforts by the Stockport Volunteer Department.
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John Leonard Blind
Stockport
Stella Louise Whipkey
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Whipkey
Charles
Michael
McConnel
A. A. Coulson
Morgan County
Morgan-Washington County
Auditor cites delays in Ohio mental health program
State Auditor James A. Rhodes charged delay and confusion in the Ohio mental health program. He asserted half of the 132 beds at Columbus Receiving Hospital have never been used. Welfare Director Henry J. Robison cited staff shortages at some mental hospitals and called a July 7 advisory board meeting to review operations of the jointly administered facility.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Repubean
Henry J. Robison
Robison
Ohio State Univery
Man Thought Death by Own Action Sent Note on Bridge
Sheriff reports a man left a death by own action note on a bridge near Ironton yesterday. His wife said he telephoned a message through a neighbor from Bloomington Kentucky where his father-in-law lives.
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Jackson
Ohio
Ashland
Coal Grove
Ironton
Dave Trago
George Casebolt
Two ex-OSU students jailed for thefts at Mansfield Reform School
Columbus report says Robert E. Pippen 14 of Troy and Alfred G. Stukey 19 of Hudson began year terms for burglary at Mansfield Reform School. Roger L. Walter 19 of Salem faces trial June 25 for receiving and concealing stolen property.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Mansfield
Robert E. Pippen
Troy
Alfred G. Stukey
Hudson
Roger L. Walter
Salem
Delinquency Charge Dismissed by Court
In Chesapeake Ohio last night Mayor D W Harmon dismissed the charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor against 54 year old R C Jones of Burlington Ohio after the key witness failed to appear. The warrant had been issued by James O Meredith of Fort Gay West Virginia, father of 16 year old Geneva Christine Darling a missing divorcee who returned home Monday night.
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Chesapeake
Ohio
D. W. Harmon
R. C. Jones
Burlington
Jones
James O. Meredith
Fort Gay
W. Va
Geneva Christine Darling
French Bidault Seeks End to Indochina Talks Crisis
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault pressed high level talks in Geneva to salvage Indochina peace negotiations. He planned a Paris flight as Mendes France prepared to outline policy, while Eden and Bedell Smith weighed Geneva exit options.
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Geneva
Georges Bidault
Indochina
Paris
Joseph Lanlel
Bidault
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Anthony Eden
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Vyncehslavy M. Molotov
Red
China
Chou Enlai
Young Man Killed By Cleveland Police
Cleveland narcotics squad detective shot and killed an unidentified man in his early 20s who ran when questioned about an assault. Witnesses said two men fled. Detective William Taylor fired when the suspect did not stop, killing him instantly. Police later identified Wilbur Boyd, 28, lying in the street after being beaten and robbed.
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Cleveland
Wilbur Boyd
William Taylor
Tragic Grosvenor Street accident claims young life
Dennis Michael Weddle 22 months died after falling from a moving station wagon on Grosvenor Street. Ruth Weddle 29, mother and driver, tried to grab him as the car veered and struck a utility pole. The child died at Sheltering Arms Hospital minutes after admission. The family’s other children were unharmed. Funeral services set for Pilgrim Holiness Church.
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Dennis Michael Weddle
Grosvenor St
Roth
Messenger Newsphoto
Vernon Weddle
Ruth
Joseph McBride
Weddle
Grosvenor
Dennia
McBride
Lindley Jones
Danny
Diana
Athens
Richie Gean Sampson
Kara Sampson
Shafer
W. Union St
Grover C
Armbruster
Selby Cox
Athena
Pilgrim Holiness Church
N. L. Russell
New Marshfield Cemetery
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Reward Proposed to Find Killer of David Canfield
Logan Hocking County commissioners heard a petition from 117 Laurelville Perry and Salt Creek residents calling for a $500 reward and a competent detective agency to locate the killer of 70 year old David Canfield. Canfield was murdered by shotgun blast and his body found May 28. Sheriff Waldron criticized the timing but the board took the request under advisement.
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Logan—Hocking County
David Canfield
Jack Run
Laurelville
Perry
Salt Creek
Canfield
A. J. Waldron
Ald
Waldron
Massed anti Arbenz exiles threaten border clash at Honduras
Guatemalan Ambassador Amadeo Chinchilla asked Honduran Foreign Minister J Edgardo Valenzuela to prevent border incidents as reports said exiled anti Arbenz forces near the border mobilize with soldiers, guns, and chartered planes to oust President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán and his regime.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbens Guzman
Amadeo Chinchilla
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
Chinchilla
Valenzuela
Three Car Crash Kills Man in Versailles Area
A three car collision on Ohio 185 near Versailles killed Carl Boreger 22 of Fort Loramie Shelby County and left Frank Boreman 23 of Fort Loramie in fair condition at Wayne Hospital Greenville.
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Versailles
Ohio
Here
Carl Boreger
Rt 1
Fort Loramie
Shelby County
Frank Boreman
Wayne Hospital
Greenville
East Palestine man killed in one car crash near town
Ancel G. Ervin, 31, of Youngstown, died in a single vehicle wreck on a Columbia County road near East Palestine, Ohio last night. Authorities described the collision as a fatal accident with Ervin the sole occupant. The crash remains under investigation by local police and county authorities.
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East
Palestine
Ohio
Ancel G. Ervin
Youngstown
Columbiaina
Here
Woman Assassin Awaits Verdict in House Shooting Case
Mrs Lebron sat alone as the sole juror in the fanatical House of Representatives shooting trial. A federal jury convicted her and three male associates on 10 counts of assault after nine and a half hours of deliberation, with five counts of assault with intent to kill pending. The four Puerto Rican nationalists fired from the House gallery wounding five congressmen, seeking to dramatize their Puerto Rican independence demand.
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Washington
Lolita Lebron
House of Representatives
Ant
U. S
Oppenheimer Probe Halted by Security Review
Congressional sources cite a security review of J. Robert Oppenheimer as a reason for halting a Senate probe. William L. Borden wrote the FBI in 1953 after resigning as executive director of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, arguing Oppenheimer was likely an agent of the Soviet Union. Copies of that letter reached investigators led by Senators McCarthy and Jenner.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
William L. Borden
FBI
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Oppenheimer
Soviet Union
Borden
McCarthy
R-Wis
Jenner
R-Ind
Long Illness Fatal To Point Area Woman
Mrs Hattie Enid Cottrill 45 died at 7 45 am at her home on Ohio Five Road after years of failing health. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 pm at Heights EUB Church with Rev D L Sayre officiating. Burial will follow in Suncrest Cemetery. Friends may call at the Crow home after 10 am Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Mra
Hattie Enid Cottrill
Ohio Fiver Road
the Heights Eub Church
D. LL Sayre
Suncrest Cemetery
Crow Home
Chardon Declares Water Emergency After Fire Water Shortage
Mayor Donald C. Muchmore warned Chardon residents of a water emergency last night saying a fire tonight would have no water for firefighting and urging conservation to avoid a crisis.
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Chardon Chardon
Ohio
Donald C. Muchmore
Chardon
Woman Dies of Burns in Trailer Fire
Ada Lemmon aged 54 died in Columbus after sustaining burns when her trailer home caught fire. Firefighters battled the blaze as authorities investigated the cause and circumstances of the deadly accident.
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Burns Columbus
Ada Lemmon
Cemieree
Burns
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