Compromise bill strengthens Marine Corps and sets structure
A Senate House conference agreed on a plan to give the Marine Corps a bigger voice, raise the cap to 400 000 and define three combat divisions and three air wings. The commandant would sit as a co equal with the Joint Chiefs, with full appeal rights. The minimum force size was dropped.
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Bones of Zanesville River Victim Identified
Marietta Ohio partial remains were identified as Louis Harvey Farabee a Zanesville man who disappeared when his boat capsized on the Muskingum River February 16 1949. Sheriff Dean Ellis confirmed the find after bones and a skull were recovered and examined by Dr. Raymond J. Baby who attributed death to nonviolent causes about one to three years prior.
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Columbus
Point Pleasant Loses Coach To Grantsville High
Wayne Underwood, recently hired as coach at Point Pleasant High School, says it is best to remain at Grantsville High School. An accomplished coach, he led Grantsville for seven years with only seven losses and has served in West Virginia North South games.
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Wayne Underwood
Point Pleasant High School
Grantsville High School
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Marshall College
Cam Henderson
West Virginia
Cleaning House to Earn Extra Cash in Messenger
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Striking Steel Workers Signaling Financial Hardship
Pittsburgh CIO United Steel workers show signs of financial strain as an 18 day strike bites. Local leader Walter Klis says families have requested aid. welfare plans may form this week while 650000 steelworkers and 100000 allied workers face layoffs. Ford starts four day week. Midvale Cemented union shop gains 12 1/2 cent raise plus benefits.
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Walter Klis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
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Alabama
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Midvale
Science Case Back in Jail
Pittsburgh story reports Millard F. Wright a 40 year old parolee who had brain surgery to curb theft is jailed again after questioning over jewelry burglaries. Detective William Harris arrested Wright following Regis Splane 44 being taken into custody after a pawn shop check linked a missing watch to an Indiana Pennsylvania jewelry store.
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Indiana, Pa
Painter Saved After Dangling From Pole
Everett report says painter Dave E Kerr was rescued after hanging head downward from the 106 foot Snohomish County courthouse flagpole for nearly an hour. His left foot caught in a scaffolding rope after slipping from a sling and he was hospitalized for observation.
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Lake Hope Area Camping Areas Approved by State Parks
The state parks division approved additional family camping sites for tents and trailers. New areas include John Bryan Park in Greene County Lake Hope in Vinton County Mohican State Park in Ashland County Pymatuning Park in Ashtabula County Tar Hollow in Ross and Hocking counties and Harrison Lake in Fulton County.
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Massie 16 Found Dead in Springfield Park Pool
The body of Marguerite Stella Massie, age 16, was recovered from the bottom of the Springfield Park pool today in Springfield. Police and emergency crews responded as investigators began documenting the scene and identifying circumstances.
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Marguerite Stella Massie
Springfield Park
Lewis backs CIO Steelworkers in wage strike crisis
John L. Lewis told CIO Steelworkers the Mine Workers Union will create a 10 million dollar fund to support the strike. He pledged full Mine Workers backing to Philip Murray and warned against using Taft Hartley to end the dispute.
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John L. Lewis
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Philip Murray
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U S Presses Back as Soviet UN Germ Warfare Move
In New York the United States denounced a Soviet proposal at the United Nations to urge ratification of the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning bacteriological weapons. Soviet Delegate Jacob A Malik presented a restrained appeal while avoiding earlier charges against the U S over Korea.
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Enemy tanks probe lines in Korea clash near Kamsong and Chorwon
In East Central Korea six Red tanks attacked two UN out posts southeast of Kamsong while five infantry platoons joined the assault. After six days of battle Chinese Communists pressed a new hill position west of Chorwon as Fifth Air Force jets returned after bad weather.
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New Name for Burr Oak Dam Could Honor Tom Jenkins
Senate Appropriations Committee reported favorably a measure to rename Burr Oak Dam Ohio as Tom Jenkins Dam Ohio. The name change awaits approval by Senate, House, and the president. Lake Burr Oak remains unchanged. Naming honors Rep. Jenkins for long service and securing project funds.
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United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Burr Oak Dam
Tom Jenkins
Ohio
House of Representatives
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Jenkins
Congress Keeps Control of 21 000 Federal Jobs
Senate vote 56 to 29 defeats Truman plans to end Senate confirmation for city postmasters and other federal posts. Passage would have automated filling by department heads, shifting patronage power away from Congress. Postal workers unions opposed the postmaster measure, aiding the defeat.
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Truman
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Truman hints at Taft Hartley use on steel strike
President Truman said he is weighing invoking the Taft Hartley act in the CIO steel strike. He questioned whether 650,000 workers would heed a court order to return to work and noted actions would be independent of Congress. He favored tax increases over cuts and defended not yet using the Taft Hartley act.
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Premature quadruplets born at South Shore Hospital
Mrs Marion Manning, 27, gave birth to healthy quadruplets—three boys and a girl—at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth Mass. The four infants, about a foot long and weighing two to three pounds, were placed in incubators and described as fair in condition hours after birth. Drs Robert Ryan and Edward Howley led the delivery with baptism by Rev. William Commoner.
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Sweden Bolsters Defenses After Baltic Force Incident
Sweden, angered by a Soviet jet attack that shot down a Swedish Catalina near the Baltic, orders air and naval defenses heightened. Oslo and Copenhagen watched as Sweden rejected Russian claims and pledged neutrality while considering observers and potential alliance limits.
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Blaze Destroys Coal Tipple at Orbiston near Nelsonville
A fire at the Lite Valley Coal Co. truck mine near Orbiston, Nelsonville, destroyed the tipple and equipment valued around 5000 dollars. Owner Oral Daugherty blamed lack of water after the blaze started in a small building housing a motor generator set. Clarence Hall and local units fought the flames, saving a slate-dump tipple and adjacent sheds.
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Budget Picture Shows Smaller Deficit Than Forecast
Washington reports the government may finish the year 2 to 3 billion dollars better off than expected though still deep in the red. Experts privately say the deficit could end around 5 to 6 billion by June 3, less than Truman projected in January when spending was forecast to rise sharply due to rearmament.
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Truman
Columbus Attorney Disbarred for Life
Louis A. Gertner of Columbus was disbarred for life after a five-judge court found him guilty of offering Patrolman Paul E. Jordan a 50 dollar bribe to change testimony in four gambling cases.
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Louis A. Gertner
Ohio
Paul E. Jordan
Car crashes into living room at Buchman residence
Pvt William Roman of Jacksonville driving a car left Route 13 and veered onto the Buchman lawn, smashing through the porch and wall of the living room before the hood ornament embedded in the ceiling. He suffered only bruises and said he fell asleep at the wheel. The crash occurred between 2 and 3 am.
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William Roman
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White House to Decorate War Hero Ronald Rosser
Army Cpl. Ronald F. Rosser 22 of Crooksville Ohio to receive Medal of Honor from President Truman in a White House rose garden ceremony. Bricker and Secrest expect to attend. Rosser credited with single handed assaults against Red fortifications in Korea last winter. He returned to duty after his brother Richard Rosser was killed in action.
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Truman
Army
Ronald F. Rouser
Crookaville
White House
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Richard Rosser
Ronald Rosser
John M. Romer
Ronald
Cpl
Ingrid Bergman Gives Birth to Twin Girls
In Rome the screen icon Ingrid Bergman welcomed twin daughters Isabel and Ingrid. Isabel weighed seven pounds three ounces and her sister eight pounds five ounces. Bergman’s husband Roberto Rossellini was at her side after a night of vigil, as the couple began their family amid intense publicity.
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Ingrid Bergman
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Ingrid
Daeed
Roberto Rossellini
Pearson Punched at Mayflower Hotel in One Blow Fight
Washington columnist Drew Pearson was punched in the Mayflower Hotel lobby by lobbyist Charles Patrick Clark after lunch. Pearson filed assault charges. Clark, a former Truman committee staffer now lobbying for Spain, expected in court.
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Kefauver Targets GOP Hopefuls In Cleveland Speech
Senator Estes Kefauver says he will win the Democratic nomination and warns that isolationism would dominate the GOP if Eisenhower or Taft win. He predicts a first ballotNomination unlikely. cites 300 delegates pledged and notes the Taft Hartley Act as a main target. He spoke in Detroit yesterday after a Cleveland appearance.
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Educator Proposes Tax on Soft Drinks in Ohio
Carl H. Shanks, Clinton County schools superintendent and chair of the Ohio Education Associations Legislative Planning Committee, urged state taxes on cigarets and soft drinks to fund school construction. He spoke as the Ohio Association of School Administrators wrapped a two day Cedar Point meeting.
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Ohio Association of School Administrators
Carl H. Shanks
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Cedar Point
Explosion Triggers Fire at G.F.P Clingerman Plant
An explosion in a paint room at the G.F.P Clingerman Mfg Co plant caused a blaze on Wednesday. Damage may exceed 10,000 dollars as crews fought the flames.
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