Workable Strip Mining Control Measure Seen
Columbus AP reports a workable strip mine control plan in discussion with Ohio lawmakers. Hanna Coal official James Hyslop and governors aides review a proposed act replacing the current law deemed a dead letter, with a director and control board model and spoil bank reclamation.
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Columbus
Ohifo
James Hyslop
St. Clairsville
Hanna Coal Co
Senate
House
Frank J. Lausche
97Th General Assembly
OU Students Aid Kenyon Fire Victims
Ohio University students raise funds and donate textbooks and supplies for Kenyon College fire victims in Gambier. President John C. Baker announced the effort at a Memorial Auditorium convocation as officials express sympathy and gratitude.
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Ohio University
Kenyon College
Gambier
John C. Baker
Memorial Auditorium
Kenyon
Riot at Oklahoma state reformatory injures guards and prisoners
At Granite Oklahoma the warden said a 30 minute riot at the reform school injured three guards and two prisoners. One guard O W Blackburn was listed in critical condition after being struck with knives and other crude weapons during a noon hour disturbance by around 300 inmates.
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Granite
Okla
Oklahoma State Reformatory
O. W. Blackburn
Reformatory
Moore
Highest Court Declines Review of Price Fixing
Washington FCC report states the Supreme Court refused to review an FTC finding. A large group of book paper manufacturers, including Killicothe Paper Co. Chillcothe, were ordered by the commission to desist from any agreement or plan to fix prices and to abandon common action that limited price competition.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Supreme Court
Killicothe Paper Co
Chillcothe
Commission
Withholding Tax Cut Urged by Ohio Solon
Rep. Harry J. McGregor of Ohio introduced a House bill to cut the withholding tax to 10 percent of an employee's wages in a move aimed at boosting take home pay.
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Ohio
Solon
Washington
Harry J. McGregor
Coal Option On 7000 Acres Is Exercised
Union Carbide and Carbon Co. exercised an option on 7000 acres of coal land in eastern Meigs County. The land in Letart, Lebanon and Sutton townships was operated by the late John Lyons and represents the county’s largest single coal block involved in a sale. The option was issued 13 days ago to T. J. Summers, a Marietta attorney.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Union Carbide and Carbon Co
Letart
Lebanon
Sutton Townships
John Lyons
T. J. Summers
Marietta
Athens Lays Sanitary Sewer Line Along Snake Creek
The Athens city service department lays a sanitary sewer line along Snake Creek from East State Street past May Avenue to the Cable Addition new home site. The line runs parallel to May Avenue in the old Cable hayfield near the creek’s source in Cable Hollow on the way to the Caves.
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Athens
Snake Creek
East State St
May Ave
Cable Addition
Cable
Cable Hollow
Dangerous Route 50 Grade Crossing Linked to Highway Rework
Guysville residents urge that the Route 50 overpass over the railroad on a sharp curve cannot be fixed without changing the highway. The tracks on a steep bend have caused jams as trains stall on the rails. A recent Route 50 survey suggests the highway would cross the Hocking River at the end of a new concrete stretch east of Canannville and meet the current route south of the river bridge at Guysville.
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Guysville
Hocking River
Canaanville
Extension of Athens storage yards to carve new land
The State Highway Department plans to extend its storage yards in Athens at the south end of Hudson Ave on land owned by L. D. Radcliff. The expansion will occupy behind the last remaining segment of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railway dump where it curves from the Baltimore & Ohio tracks, near Morris Avenue homes between May and Shannon.
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State Highway Department
Athens
Hudson Ave
L. D. Radcliff
Marietta & Cincinnati Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Morris Ave
May Ave
Shannon
Gove Frank J. Lausche
Poston
Bleanoe K. Gifford
Miss Gifford
Dodds
Edward T. Wile Aey
Mrs. Wilney
Grover E. Rawlings
John V. Webb
New Marshfield
Crowds attend Athens livestock sale amid Route 50 congestion
Large crowds at the Athens live stock barns draw heavy traffic along Route 50 as farmers heed auctioneers urging buying cheap stock now. Belief grows that western winter storms may push cattle prices higher next year, prompting timely purchases.
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Athens
Kenyon Orders Wrecking Equipment In Search for Missing Fire Victims
Kenyon College began tearing down Old Kenyon Hall to reach six missing students after nine deaths from the fire that forced 100 to flee. Losses topped 1.006 million dollars with aid offered from peers and colleges statewide.
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Kenyon
Gambier
Kenyon College
Kenyon Hall
Jack McDonald
Hamilton
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Gordon K. Chalmers
Chalmers
Edward Brout
Premeday Pene
Marc S. Peck
Frenton
Mich
Henry Wise Hobson
Episcopal
Southern
Coleges
Waynesburg
Waynesburg College
Logan Man Elected President of Monument Builders
George C. Shaw of Logan was elected president of the Monument Builders of Ohio as the two day meeting concluded in Columbus.
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Logan
Columbus
George C. Shaw
Monument Builders of Ohio
Welfare Dept Submits Two Year Budget With Prison Reformatory Plan
The Ohio Welfare Department filed a two year budget totaling 62 844 546 with State Finance Director Herbert D Defenbacher. The plan requests an absolute minimum of 45 000 000 and shows a 44 27 percent increase from 1947 48 appropriations. It proposes reorganizing the penal system including a new 6 500 000 man reformatory at Graf ton prison farm.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Herbert D. Defenbacher
Defenbacher
John H. Lamneck
Grafton Prison Farm
Mardi Gras DRAWS THOUSANDS IN New Orleans
New Orleans halted work as Mardi Gras brought crowds estimated at 100000 to parades and masks. Rex the King of Carnival was Lester F. Alexander, with Dolly Ann Souchon as queen. The day ends with Comus torchlit parade and balls, marking Ash Wednesday eve.
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New Orleans
Rex
Lester F. Alexander
Dolly Ann Souchon
Edmond Souchon
Comus
Tex
Cold Weather Hits Southland
Freezing weather gripped the Southland threatening Georgia and South Carolina peach crops while Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and North Carolina felt the chill. The Northeast carved out from yesterday's heavy snow with up to 12 inches in Western Massachusetts and parts of Connecticut and 10 inches in New York City Rhode Island and inland Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Southland
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York City
Rhode Island
Illness Delays Strongs Grand Jury Appearance
Anna Louise Strong, 64, writer expelled from Russia on espionage charges, excused from today’s Federal Grand Jury appearance due to illness. The Justice Department granted a delay at her attorney’s request following her testimony last Friday after arriving by plane from Russia.
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New York
Anna Louise Strong
Russia
Justice Department
Miss Strong
Joe Louis Bows Out in Formal Resignation as Champion
The heavy weight champion Joe Louis announced his formal resignation to National Boxing Commissioner Abel Greene. The letter, presented by publicist Harry Mendel, states Louis is relinquishing the title after a long tenure and prior retirement hints, with promoter Twenty Century Sporting Club planning a defense this summer in Yankee Stadium. Louis expressed regret at the turn of events and promised a future in boxing plans.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Joe Louis
Abel
Greene Louis
Harry Mendel
Louis
Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
Walcott
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Greene
Fund Urged For Added Dormitories
State Senator Fred L. Adams urged immediate action on a bill to set aside nine million dollars of state surplus as a loan to six state universities for building additional dormitories. The loan would be interest free with five percent annual repayment, aimed at replacing temporary combustible housing after a deadly dorm fire at Kenyon College.
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Bowling Green
Fred L. Adams
Bowing Green
Kenyon College
Adams
Richard A. Wilmer
Middletown
Lucas asks GOP to help stop filibuster
Senator Lucas of Illinois urges Republicans to assist in curbing a Southern Democratic filibuster as Senator Connally enters day two of a Dixie banner standoff. Lucas outlines a timetable for a showdown next week to move a rules change allowing a two thirds vote to curb debate, with Vice President Barkley to rule on limiting debate. Lucas seeks Republican support at that decision point.
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Washington
Lucas
Ilinois
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Barkley
Murder Trial Delayed For Mental Examination
William Norris Pollard of Cincinnati faces postponement in the killing of 21 month old Joseph E. Nichols whose body was found in a St. Louis hotel dresser drawer. Circuit Judge James E. Mc Laughlin set the new date April 11 after defense counsel cited possible mental unsoundness and a psychiatrist was appointed for examination.
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ST. Louis
William Norris Pollard
Cincinnati
Joseph E. Nichols
James E. McLaughlin
Pollard
Milton Metz
Jury Convicts Woman of Assault and Battery in Shooting
Cincinnati jury convicts Louise Sharpe, 23, of assault and battery for shooting her druggist boyfriend Paul Streicher, 36, in his apartment on Sept 30, 1947 after he allegedly refused marriage. The incident left Streicher a cripple.
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Cincinnati
Louise Sharpe
Hamilton County
Paul Streicher
Miss Sharpe
Allen County Officers Face Trial Over Courthouse Microphone
Three Allen County officers Sheriff William F Dailey Lima Detective J Robert Neely and Detective Bernard J Burkart face criminal contempt charges in a three judge trial over a microphone planted in a courthouse jury room. Dailey testified he knew nothing of the device while witnesses placed him at the courthouse during January.
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Lima
Allen County
William FR. Dailey
J. Robert Neely
Bernard J. Burkart
Dailey
Theodore P. Hover
Neely
West Virginia lawmakers study budget bill and pay raise
The House of Delegates approved all but one of five budget bills adding over 1.65 million dollars annually to state costs. Finance committees plan active review this week to report the measure next week. The House also moved a pay raise proposal from 500 to 1000 dollars yearly plus 10 dollars daily for extended sessions, and a veterans bonus proposal heads to conference on a 90 million dollar bond issue funded by higher sales tax. Senate resolutions urge a study panel for a four year medical dental school and chronic disease hospital establishment.
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Clingan Jackson
Mooning
Ray M. White
D Holmes
Kenneth F. Berry
Rcoshocton
Milton Ronsheim
Cadiz
D. R. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau
Jackson
White
Ronsheim
Ohio
Commission
Senate
Department of Natural Resources
House
FEPC
Lausche
Enate
Senate Liquor Committee
Charleston
House of Delegates
West Virginia
House Finance Committee
Toney Ki
Cline
Coalton Girl Crash Victim Identified
COLUMBUS A girl killed in a head on collision on Route 23 four miles south of Circleville was identified as Miss Zoa Bethel 18 of Coalton. Two men in her auto and a man in the other car died and two others were critically injured. Sheriff Radcliff said the girl was identified by her father Glenn Bethel of Coaston.
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Columbus
Circleville
Zoa Bethel
Coalton
Lindsey Gillum
Jackson
Archie G. Gilliwand
Oak Hill
Arthur Lott
Lancaster
Lancaster City Hospital
Charles Radcliff
Pickaway County
Glenn Bethel
Coaston
Extended Columbus Forecast Stages Temperature Swings
Temperatures will average 4-8 degrees below normal with a normal high of 41 and low of 24. Warmer Wednesday and Thursday, colder Friday and Saturday, then warming Sunday. Precipitation expected 1-10 inch as snow Thursday and flurries Friday.
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Columbus
Gifford murder case hearings proceed with grand jury
Athens County special grand jury resumed testimony in the Gifford murder probe after recess. Prosecutor T. Vincent Martin indicated the panel might finish later today as authorities questioned a potential third man and examined the scene for clues including a hammer with hair and paint residue.
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Athens County
Athena County
Gifford
T. Vincent Martin
Nelsonville
George Bateman
Harry Tarsky
Dayton
Pearl Arenold
Carbondale
Bateeman
Thomas Wagner
State Identification Bureau
Paul E. Brown
Dodds
Church of the Good Shepherd
Martin
Miss Gifford
Bateman
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Colin Woodworth
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