Jury Acquits New Hampshire Doctor in Patient Death
In Candia New Hampshire Dr Herman N Sander a 41 year old country physician was acquitted of murder in the death of a cancer ridden patient The State Board of Registration in Medicine will decide any medical penalty The jury verdict followed a swift deliberation and sparked celebrations outside the courthouse with bells and car horns The defense counsel Louis E Wyman called the verdict justified and the prosecutor William L Phinney expressed no victory in the face of the verdict The doctor and his wife faced a crowd as they left and prepared to return home
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Candia
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
State Board of Registration In Medicine
John S. Wheeler
Sander
Wheeler
Howver
Dr. Sander
Herm
Manchester
Louis E. Wyman
Reginald Borroto
Abbie Borroto
Borroto
Elise
Congregational
Baptist Church
East Candia
Methodist
Arthur S. Healy
Louis Cutter
Wescott
William L. Phinney
Phinney
Icy Weather Holds Fast Across Eastern Half of U S
Winter's icy grip remained tight across the eastern half of the country with no immediate warmth. Cold air from Canada drove south into the Carolinas and Tennessee while New York City faced gusts to 45 mph and damage to signs, trees, and wires.
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Chicago
Canada
New York City
Carolinas
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
Miami
Assassination Try Fails in Beirut Targeting Premier
In Beirut Lebanon a young Syrian shooter failed to hit Premier Riad el Solh. The attack killed two bystanders and wounded three others as the assailant opened fire Thursday night.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Riad el Solh
There It Stands The Minerva Cat Kiln Controversy
Ohio State veterinary dean Dr Walter R Krill says no cat could survive 400 degrees for 90 minutes after a Minerva plant kiln test The Metropolitan Brick Co plant superintendent also asserts the cat remained alive through temperatures claimed By contrast Minerva veterinarian Dr William Orr backs the plant report The case remains unresolved as of today
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Minerva
Metropolitan Brick Co
Walter R. Krill
Veterinary College
William Orr
Dean Krill
Truck Burns On Route 7 Near Gallia Line
State Highway Patrol seeks the driver after a tractor-trailer overturned and burned on Route 7 two miles north of the Gallia Lawrence County line. The rig left the road, landed in a field at about 2 a.m. and burned with only its wheels saved. The truck was owned by William H. Wallace of Youngstown and carried glass containers for baby food. no contact with the owner had been made.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Gallia
Lawrence County
William H. Wallace
Youngstown
Driver Slashes Gallia Hiker in Route 23 Incident
State Highway Patrol seeks coal truck driver charged with cutting the throat of hitchhiker Ernest Barlow of Gallipolis. Barlow is hospitalized in Upper Sandusky. John Ryan of Upper Sandusky swerved to avoid collision after the assault near U S Route 23.
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Upper Sandusky
State Highway Patrol
Ernest Barlow
Gallipolis
John Ryan
Here
Barlow
Forrest
Marion
Arrests Clear Thefts Across Ohio Indiana
Hamilton police say a series of burglaries in Southwestern Ohio and Southeastern Indiana were solved with the arrest of two men. Gilbert Andes and John Demmons, both 23 and from Cincinnati, were held on breaking and entering charges. One suspect admitted he took his wife and 20 month old baby on the forays.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Gilbert Andes
John Demmons
Robber Pleads Guilty in Bank Heist as Sentencing Delayed
Kenneth D. Carpenter, 38, of Kenton Ohio, pleaded guilty to robbing Citizens Bank at Mt Blanchard. Federal Judge Frank Kloeb postponed sentencing until investigators decide if Carpenter aided a Lucas County jail break on Wednesday night.
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Toledo
Citizens Bank
Mt. Blanchard
Ohio
Frank Kloeb
Kenneth D. Carpenter
Kenton, C
Carpenter
Lucas County
Acheson Urges Total Diplomacy in Cold War
Secretary of State Acheson called for a new Cold War strategy of total diplomacy, an all-out campaign by Congress executives business agriculture press and people to curb Soviet expansion. He outlined two lines of policy meet all thrusts for the USSR and build conditions that strengthen democracy while expanding aid and trade to Western Europe and other nations.
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Washington
State Acheson
Acheson
Congress
Business
Agriculture
United States
White House
Advertising Council
Soviet Union
Greece
Turkey
Indonesia
Europe
Rent Control Up in Air
The Senate approved a $758.7 million funding bill for the 1950 fiscal year and set up $1.4 million for a housing expeditor to administer rent ceilings until June 30, with $2.6 million for closing operations. Congress will decide whether to extend controls beyond that date. Senator Taft opposed a compromise bill. Senator Bricker voted against it.
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Washington
Senate
Tighe Woods
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Wellston High School Paper Wins Columbia Award
At the 26th annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention New York announces awards for student publications. Hi-Times of Wellston High School earns second place in the senior high school printed newspapers 1501-2500 pupils category.
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New York
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Hi-Times
Wellston
Fire Hits Madisonville Newspaper Damage Report
Madisonville Messenger, the afternoon daily newspaper, sustained damage from a fire early Friday. Fire crews responded to the blaze at the publication’s building in Madisonville Kentucky, with no word yet on injuries or the full extent of the damage.
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Madisonville
Madisonville Messenger
Labor Party Squeaks Past First Parliament Test
Britain’s Labor government won a key parliamentary test by 310 to 286, facing a tougher vote Monday on a Conservative motion criticizing housing plans. The government’s majority shrank to six after Florence Horsbrugh defeated Rowland W. Casasola in Manchester Moss Side, delaying the election by 15 days due to a candidate’s death.
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London
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
King George
Labor
Florence Horsbrugh
Rowland W. Casasola
Moss Side
Manchester
Blaze Wrecks Pt Pleasant Moose Hall Damaging $50 000
Fire gutted the Moose Hall at 101 Second St in Pt Pleasant causing an estimated 50000 in damages. Ice hampered hoses in 18 degree weather as firemen from Pt Pleasant Gallipolis and the U S Naval Storehouse battled flames since 6 30 a m with the blaze under control by 9 a m.
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Pt. Pleasant Moose Hall
Point Pleasant
Second St
Gallipolis
U.S. Naval
Vernon Miller
Miller
Bob Neal
Point Pleageant
Twenty-Second Street
Naval Station
McCarthy Expands Case Against State Dept Spy Ring
Senate inquiry slows as McCarthy pledges to name several important cases and reveal names in some instances. Dorothy Kenyon is invited to reply to McCarthy charges while Phillip Jessup gains a chance to respond to accusations of Communist links. The subcommittee aims to let all critics speak publicly before resuming hearings.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Dorothy Kenyon
Wisconsin
Miss Kenyon
United States
United Nations Commission
Kenyon
New York City
Committee
U. S
Phillip C. Jessup
MccCarthy
SEN
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
United Nations
Housing Plan Starts Down Rocky Path
A Senate battle over President Truman’s middle income cooperative housing bill begins with reduced funding and a shift from direct government guarantees to a national mortgage corporation insured loan system. The Banking Committee approved the revised measure 9 to 4 after defeating an alternative plan.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
National Mortgage Corporation
Tobey
Ives
Navy plane snaps cable near Salt Lake City Airport
A four engine Navy C 54 with Under secretary Dan Kimball and 11 others aboard touched down safely after snapping a power cable during approach to Salt Lake City Airport. The aircraft landed with three propellers damaged and a cable fragment hanging from the plane. No injuries were reported. Kimball had arrived from San Bernardino on an inspection trip.
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Salt Lake City
Dan Kimball
Kimball
San Bernardino
Calif
Philip Murray Rejects Lewis Aid Proposal
President Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers rejects John L. Lewis proposal for a mutual aid pact for common defense. The letter to Lewis acknowledges the return of a $500,000 strike aid check sent to the United Mine Workers.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Newark Man Killed In Truck Collision Near New Lexington
Two trucks collided six miles north of New Lexington on Thursday. Samuel L. Grigsby, 41, of Newark, died in the crash while John H. Hawk of Mount Vernon, driver of the other truck, was not injured.
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New Lexington
Here
Samuel L. Grigsby
Newark
John H. Hawk
Mt. Vernon
Hawk
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures and Snow
Temperatures will average 6 to 9 degrees below normal with normal highs around 46 and lows near 28. Precipitation totals about a half inch, mainly as snow tonight through Sunday and again on Wednesday.
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Columbus
Mounds Club Reopens After Court Ordered Haste Review
Pa inesville Ohio. Common Pleas Judge Winfield C Slocum set aside a state order closing the Mounds Club last summer as a fire trap. The ruling allows reopening once fire hazards are corrected, though a state appeal could delay any restart.
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Painesville
Ohio
Mounds Club
Common Pleas
Winfield C. Slocum
Mounds
Frank J. Lausche
Slocum
Richard Moriarity
Moriarity
Bakery Truck Holdup Suspect Arrested in Cincinnati
Police say they arrested a suspect in a bakery truck driver holdup in Cincinnati and found marijuana estimated at 3500 dollars on the suspect.
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Cincinnati
Triplets Born Over Three Days In Jonesville
Mrs. Lester Hardie 36, wife of a houseboat fisherman, delivered triplets across three days at Dr. N G Nasif clinic. The first a five pound boy born Tuesday 8 am, the second a six pound girl born Wednesday 9 am, and a seven pound girl born Thursday at 12 15 am. Father of 35 expressed surprise at the differing birthdays.
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Jonesville
Lester Hardie
Nasif
Tax plan shifts away from big net increase in taxes
Democratic writers abandon a $1.0 billion net tax hike proposed by President Truman. They may approve a tax bill with about $1.0 billion in excise cuts offset by increased collections elsewhere. The plan avoids changing individual income tax rates and signals veto risk if excises fall without revenue offsets. House Democrats may seek to cover the loss by other means.
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Washington
Truman
Sheriff To Investigate 31 Steubenville Casinos
Sheriff Clarence Eberts of Jefferson County investigates five Steubenville gambling venues after a local man alleges he embezzled 28 562 dollars and spent it all at the casinos. Arthur E Shrieve former credit manager of Shaw Rogers Jewelry pleaded guilty and told Judge Freisinger he used the funds at the casinos.
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Steubenville
Clarence Eberts
Jefferson County
Arthur E. Shrieve
Shaw-Rogers Jewelry Company
Common Pleas
John J. Freisinger
Counsel Appointed For Lustron Receiver
Clyde M. Foraker the Lustron Prefab Home Plant receiver gained counsel Thursday Clarence A. Graham of Zanesville and Robert L. Barton of Columbus were named Graham a former bankruptcy referee in Federal Court Barton a law partner of U S Sen John W Bricker Lustron dealers plan a meeting today as they strive to keep Lustron as a going concern after a 30 day receivership trial period
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Columbus
Clyde M. Foraker
Lustron
Clarence A. Graham
Zanesville
Robert L. Barton
Graham
Barton
U. S
John W. Bricker
Ferguson May Pay Columbus Income Tax
Columbus State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson may reconsider paying Columbus city income tax after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled nonresidents who work in cities with municipal taxes are subject to the tax. Ferguson lives in Upper Arlington and would owe one half of one percent if he pays.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Upper Arlington
Ohio Supreme Court
Official retires Columbus school chief after 26 years
Dr. Forrest L. Keiser, age 70, longtime superintendent of the Columbus State School, announced retirement effective April 1 after a 26 year tenure. He led the institution through growth and program expansion, with colleagues praising his leadership and dedication.
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Columbus
Forrest L. Keiser
Columbus State School
Two Die In Benton Hotel Fire
Fire destroyed the 72 room Hudson Hotel on Benton’s public square early today. Fire Chief Marvin Hobbs identified the victims as Mike Eliff, an elderly ex miner, and George Summers, about 55, a carnival worker. Owner Amy Groverman was trapped but rescued. another guest escaped by bedsheet. Loss estimated near 300000 dollars as eight Southern Illinois fire departments battled the blaze.
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Benton, Ill
Hudson
Benton
Public Square
Marvin Hobbs
Beneton
Mike Eliff
George Summers
Amy Groverman
Rico di Stefano
Illiinois
Life Term Felon Benoit Recaptured After Chase
State police pursued Alcide Benoit, a life term killer in one of Michigan’s most infamous crimes, for an hour before he was recaptured 20 miles south of Gaylord after stealing a police car during a transfer. He surrendered while still handcuffed.
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Gaylord
Mich
Michigan
Alcide
Frenchy) Bennoit
Benoit
Here
Road Builders Seek Four Billion Highway Program
The American Road Builders Association concluded its Cincinnati meeting urging a four billion dollar annual highway construction program. The group also demands federal aid rise from four hundred fifty million to one billion dollars yearly, while President Truman supports a fifty million increase.
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Cincinnati
American Road Builders’ Association
Road Builders
Truman
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