Ohio House Confirms Campaign Promises on Highway Safety and Bingo
The Republican led Ohio House debates a bill creating a state highway safety department with a Cabinet director overseeing the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the State Highway Patrol, and the motorist financial responsibility bureau. Separately Sen. Shaw proposes a statewide bingo plebiscite via constitutional amendment to lift the lottery ban, while Rep. Sweeney favors a general game of chance amendment for charity.
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Queen Mary's Condition Grips Britain as Health Deteriorates
A medical bulletin reported Queen Mary in a graver state this afternoon marking the second note of concern today. Her condition worsened after a month of illness described as a recurrence of a gastric ailment. Queen Elizabeth II and other royals were informed as the Duke of Edinburgh flew back from Germany to Buckingham Palace.
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CIO's Chief Set To Stem Revolt Talk
Atlantic City reports Walter Reuther moved to quell CIO rebellion rumors as he invited David McDonald to address the UAW convention. Analysts fear a steelworkers split could devastate CIO. recent UAW constitutional changes underscored Reuther’s grip.
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Jurors Hear Y Witnesses in Adams County Sheriff Killing
WEST UNION CO A parade of witnesses testified in the first degree murder trial of Charles Eikleberry Jr charged with the fatal shooting of Adams County Sheriff Ben K Perry. The sixth day featured 19 state witnesses led by William White the only eye witness to the January 12 roadside shooting White described seeing Perry questioning two hitchhikers identified as Eikleberry 25 Antioch Ohio and William Vandale 26 Marietta.
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Charles Eikleberry Jr
Ben K. Perry
Adams County
William White
Manchester
White
Perry
Ejikleberry
Antioch
William Vandale
Marietta
Defense chiefs ordered to find fewer personnel
Secretary of Defense Wilson directs the Army Navy and Air Force to show how they can operate with reduced manpower. Congress has ordered a survey aimed at cutting personnel especially in housekeeping and administrative billets.
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Five Day Forecast for Ohio Sees Warmer Weekend Return
Ohio forecast calls for temperatures around normals fading into warmer conditions by Friday and cooler again Sunday. Normal highs range 50 to 58 with lows near 32 to 33. Rain expected Friday totals one quarter to one half inch.
Ex Deputy Clerk Sentenced to Prison After Embezzlement
Sylvia Castle former Athens County auto title office deputy clerk was sentenced to the Ohio Reformatory for Women Marysville for embezzling 5359.94 from June 1951 to November 1952. The judge denied probation despite restitution efforts and health notes. Castle sat with her husband and counsel as the case concluded.
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Athens County Auto Title
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Marysville
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Common Pleas
Francis Dr. White
Athens
Othe
B. W. Finsterwald
Family Faces Financial Strain From Medical Costs After Polio Case
In August 1951 testimony described unemployment and business losses adding to heavy medical expenses for Mrs Castle. The defense cited major surgery in 1949 and ongoing care, plus specialist fees and assistive devices for their daughter who contracted polio in October 1950.
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Eisenhower enlarges National Security Council
The White House announced that President Eisenhower has enlarged the National Security Council to strengthen and improve its operations. The council, the top defense policy body, will include Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey and the director of defense mobilization when appointed, with Arthur S. Flemming as acting director. Previously the council comprised the President, Vice President, Secretaries of State and Defense, the Mutual Security Administrator, and the chairman of the National Security Resources Board.
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White House
Former Point Resident Dies After Illness
Bart Rose, 57, Huntington, formerly of Point Pleasant, died Monday afternoon in a Gallipolis hospital after a heart ailment. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Baptist Temple with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis. Viewing at the Huntington residence, 1316 Fifteenth St, after 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Meigs County Boy Drowns In Creek
Lester Pugene Day two years old son of Mr and Mrs Dolph Day of Harrisonville Road drowned this morning after apparently falling into the rain swollen Thomas Fork Creek near his home Emergency squad worked 65 minutes to revive him but he was pronounced dead at 10 20 a m A neighbor Mrs Hutton saw the body float and pulled him from the water The boy was last seen playing near the creek behind his home He would have turned three in June
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Lester
29 Fugitives Escape by Plane to U S Airbase
A Czechoslovak freedom airliner carrying 29 people escaped through the Iron Curtain last night and landed at a U S air base in West Germany. The flight captain and some passengers planned the move and requested asylum. Genuine refugees would be allowed to stay, while others could be returned to Czechoslovakia.
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Accord Sought In Jet Strike Talks In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati at GE jet engine center in Evendale, 5600 CIO and AFL workers began talks with company spokesmen after a midnight March 13 strike. A three‑mediator federal panel will hear 1100 AFL Machinists and 4500 CIO United Auto Workers representatives in separate sessions today and Wednesday.
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Chinese Reds Launch Major Frontal Assault Five Months In
U S and Colombian troops repelled a large Chinese attack along the Imjin Valley and Old Baldy Hill in Korea as fighting continued through the mud. Front line officers counted hundreds of Chinese killed or wounded in a daylong battle while U S tanks and infantry pressed back the assault.
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Second Atomic Test Lights Desert Dawn Over Yucca Flat
Las Vegas observers watched the second atomic test of the spring series at Yucca Flat as a coral cloud rose above the site at 8:13 am. The cloud split in the upper portion, unusual according to veterans, with about 1200 GI observers stationed 4000 yards from ground zero. The seven minute shock wave was heard but caused no noticeable jolt and was weaker than the previous test.
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Casket Hideout: Wanted Man Caught in Funeral Home
Yazoo City police arrested L. C. Copeland 25, a petty larceny suspect, after an informant said he hid in a funeral home. Chief E. W. Russell noted the odd scene as Copeland was found alive inside a casket in a dimly lit room.
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Mystery Shake Rocks Nelsonville District
A morning tremor rattled Nelsonville at 10:30 a.m. causing many calls to city hall and prompting residents to seek explanations. Cars from Murray City joined the scene while authorities considered a blasting charge at a nearby area stop mine as a possible cause, though unconfirmed.
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Plane Falls Apart During Training Flight
Four airmen were fired after a five place plane disintegrated in flight and crashed into a wooded hillside near Greenville on a return trip from Donaldson Air Force Base to Shaw Air Force Base. Witness Ronald Cowart, 14, reported a wing detached before the craft plunged to earth.
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Prisoner Robert Kn er Dies by Hanging at State Penitentiary
Robert Kn er, 46, an inmate at Ohio State Penitentiary, died Monday by suicide in the prison’s penitentiary ward. Investigators said he hanged himself in his cell.
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Robert Kner
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Senate probe details poor food at Cambridge State Hospital
Ohio Senate committee investigating Cambridge State Hospital heard witnesses describe very poor food and threats to inmates, with safeguards used to shield sources. Former staff and legislators testified of investigations since 1947, 1951 and beyond, amid reports of drug-addicted staff at the hospital.
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Ohio Senate
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Monroe County Independent
George Philpot
Nobile County Republican
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Veterane Administration
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Taft seeks raw FBI files on Bohlen ambassadorship
Senator Taft proposed opening the FBI raw files to review rumors about Charles Bohlen as ambassador contender. McCarthy backed the idea as helpful but urged testimony. Wiley anticipated committee access limited to vetted summaries. Dulles defended the FBI reports as loyalty linked and nonpublic.
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Chip) Bohlen
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Bridges
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Paris Police Arrest Three Top Commies
Paris police swept on communist dominated labor groups at dawn arresting three men and seizing documents. Among those jailed are Andre Sti of L Humanite and Andre Tollet, CGT Paris secretary, plus Lucien Molino a national secretary of the federation. Warrants named Benoit Franchon and Marcel Defriche.
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Therm
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L'Humanite
Andre Tollet
CGT
Lucien Molino
Federation
Benoit Franchon
Marcel Defriche
GGT
Vienna
Britain Accepts Soviet Talks to Avert Air Clashes
Prime Minister Churchill announced in the House of Commons that Britain accepts Soviet proposals for two power talks to prevent further incidents after a Soviet jet fighter shot down an unarmed British bomber near Hamburg. Seven British airmen were killed. General Chuikov, head of the Soviet Control Commission, proposed the talks in Germany.
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Grand Jury Probes Coal Mine Violence
A federal grand jury in Lexington Kentucky plans to call Danny Adams of Hamilton Ohio as a witness in its inquiry into violence in the Clay and Leslie Counties coal industry. The probe, now in its second week, follows FBI study of conditions after coal owners resisted a United Mine Workers organizing drive.
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Danny Adams
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Ex Indian Princess Plans Re marriage in West Virginia
Bernitta Many Horses and her white groom Edward A. White Jr. of Charleston plan to marry again Thursday in West Virginia after taking tribal vows in South Dakota. They seek legal clearance amid questions about the ceremony and its status.
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Bernitta
Edward A. White Jr
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Russia Rejects U S Protest Over Siberian Border Breach
Moscow says the American B50 weather reconnaissance mission on March 15 violated Soviet territory twice near Kamchatka and Zhupanovo. It claims Soviet fighters were shot at and that one Soviet plane fired in self defense. The note states the incursions were clearly premeditated.
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Lie May Keep Top UN Post
The five permanent members Russia Britain United States France and Nationalist China meet at the United Nations to discuss a successor to Trygve Lie who says he will stay on until a new secretary general is agreed. They failed to reach agreement and may delay the matter until the fall assembly session.
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China
Labor Panel Opens Study on Taft Hartley Revision
The Senate Labor Committee begins eight weeks of hearings on revising the Taft Hartley law despite Democratic calls to wait for the Eisenhower administration’s views. Chairman H Alexander Smith and Senator Taft push ahead while Labor Secretary Durkin has not yet offered recommendations. Senators Murray and the minority favor waiting for administration input.
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Senate Labor Committee
Eiserhower
H. Alexander Smith
R-N. J
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Durkin
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France seeks U S help in Indochina and Europe
Premier Rene Couve de Murat leads a French delegation to Washington seeking more U S aid to back a six year Indochina war and a longer European program. They request 125 million dollars immediate support for 1953 schedules and a long term aid plan for budget basing.
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Rene Mayer
Washington
U. S
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France
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Kaiser-Frazer to Buy Willys-Overland in Major Auto Deal
Kaiser-Frazer plans to acquire Willys-Overland Motors for about 6.2005 million, creating the world’s fourth largest auto company with assets over 200 million. The deal, announced in New York, hinges on Willys stockholders approval on April 24 and financing of 72 million from private sources.
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Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Willys- Overland Motors, Inc
Kaiser-Frazer
Wih
Wilys- Overland
Edgar F. Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
Second Jury Dooms Slaver in Ohio Murder Case
Canton Ohio report states Russell G. Muskus, 32, of Kankakee Illinois, was found guilty of first degree murder in the necktie slaying of George J. Le Masters of New Philadelphia. The jury did not recommend mercy, making the death sentence mandatory. Muskus has a prior death-row history and a retrial was granted after a Supreme Court ruling on jury instructions.
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Russell G. Muskus
George J. le Masters
New Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Kankakee, al
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Ie Io
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D. Deane MecLaughlin
Dhree
Auto Plunge Kills Woman as Car Falls Into Train Path
Beech Glen West Virginia state police report a car traveling up a hill went out of control and slid down a cliff into train tracks. Mrs. Kermit Norman Elswick, 48, of Jochin WV, died in the crash while her daughter in law Carolyn Florence Kliewick, 24, of Horseheads NY, was thrown clear and injured along with a second passenger.
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Kermit Norman Elswick
Jochin
Carolyn Florence Kliewick
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