FBI Enters Ohio Probe of Anthrax Outbreak
Ohio state and federal investigators join the FBI in examining the anthrax outbreak that has hit 39 counties, killed over 200 hogs and a dairy cow. Officials doubt saboteur causes and note bone meal imports may be involved while stressing pork is safe to eat.
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FBI
Ohio
Columbus
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Delaware
Foust
U.S. Livestock Sanitary Association
Belgium
Agriculture Department
The
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture
H. S. Foust
Atomic Tests To Emphasize Civil Defense
In Las Vegas Nevada the upcoming surprise atomic test series at the Nevada test site will stress civilian defense. The Atomic Energy Commission ordered nonessential personnel to leave Yucca Flat by week’s end, with a spring schedule likely to run through April.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
Yucca Flat
AEC
Air Force and
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Army Orders Destruction of 50000 Cans Spoiled Tomato Paste
Government officials directed the destruction of about 50 000 cans of spoiled imported tomato paste bought by the Army and stored at the Columbus General Depot.
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Columbus
Columbus General Depot
Catch Him Newsletter Boy Receipts Reminder
A playful editorial urges readers to nab the newspaper boy before he escapes and insist on receipts. It notes the boy keeps records in a book and encourages customers to remind him when he forgets to avoid misunderstandings and help his business training.
Lake Burr Oak to gain minimum facilities this season
W W Fleckinger of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources outlined a long range plan for Lake Burr Oak near Glouster. construction this season will provide parking water and toilets with full development awaiting federal approval and funding. future plans include two beaches cabins a lodge camping areas and picnicking sites along the lake’s shank and curve. additional funds would support buildings park facilities equipment and salaries with a master plan required before work starts.
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Lake Burr Oak
Glouster
Fleckinger
U. S
Posse Guns Slay Man in Nebraska Sandhills
In Merriman Nebraska a posse on a ranch in the northern sandhills shot Blaine Ellis 32 after he fired a shotgun from a shed. Ellis, mortally wounded, confessed to killing Mr. and Mrs. George Mensinger and Dee Gardner, citing “the meanness in me” as motive.
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Merriman
Neb
Nebraska
George Mensinger
Dee Gardner
Ellis
Distel Acquitted After Three Hour Jury Deliberation
Jerome A. Distel a 38 year old former slot machine operator was cleared of assault and battery charges in Portsmouth. The verdict followed a nearly three hour jury consideration led by John G. Green editor of The Portsmouth Times who testified that Distel slapped him at a local bowling alley on the night of February 18 tied to coverage of Louis M. Distel’s interstate slot shipment case.
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Portsmouth
Jerome A. Distel
John G. Green
Portsmouth Times
Green
Distel
Louis M. Distel
Tunisia Names New Pro Western Premier
The Bey of Tunis named Salah Eddine Baccouche, a Tunisian landowner and former premier in 1949, to replace Mohammed Chenik after Chenik was arrested by France for nationalist activity. A French foreign ministry official called it good news and said reforms could proceed.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Mohammed Chenik
Salah- Eddine Baccouche
Chenik
Paris
Truman Faces Prospect Of Steel Dispute Entry
President Truman weighing steel wage dispute as CIO workers threaten a strike set for April 8 after wage proposals clash with anti inflation rules. Murray demands the Wage Stabilization Board backed plan for a 17% raise in hourly pay, 12% retroactive, while defense and price officials wrestle with price boosts and inflation fears. Cabinet review underway with no clear decision yet.
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Truman
Washington
Florida
Philp Murray
CIO
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Ellis Arnall
Youths Foil Bomb Plot Aimed at Adenauer in Bonn
Two teenagers report a mailed bomb intended for Chancellor Adenauer. Police search for a 30 year old man described by the youths. The device exploded killing a German expert and injuring four others, including reporters and police. Parcels addressed to Adenauer are routinely screened.
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Munich
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Bonn
North
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Sees Warmer Turn Then Rain
Temperatures average two to five degrees above normal with normal highs 51 to 60 and lows 33 to 36. Warmer Saturday and Sunday then cooler Tuesday. Rain likely in the northeast Sunday and across most of the state by Tuesday. Total rainfall expected about 0.25 inches south to 4 inches north.
High Defense Cost To Stay For 2 Years
Secretary Lovett told Congress that without major Korea battles or a general war in the next year the United States would spend 167 million dollars daily on military security through 1954. He warned costs could rise with increased action and noted the cut from a 73 billion dollar plan to fund readiness by July 1953.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Lovett
U.S
Congress
Lovett
House Appropriations
Defense Department
U.S. Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate Debates 10 Percent GI Pay Boost Measure
The Senate opens debate on a 10 percent base pay rise for about 3.6 million service members next year. Senator Russell, floor leader, says passage is likely but could take days after the House approved the pay hike and allowances on January 15.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
House
Armed Services
Wisconsin Editors See Taft Kefauver Leading Wisconsin Delegates
Wisconsin editors in a second Associated Press survey show Taft and Kefauver leading for Republican and Democratic delegates in the upcoming Wisconsin primary. Warren gains for Taft appear in some counties while Kefauver strengthens against Truman in the Democratic race for 28 votes.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Robert A. Taft
Estes Kefauver
Associated Press
Earl Warren
California
Taft
Kefauver
Truman
Stassen
Eisenhower
Warren
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Missing $800 to $1000 Stolen at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Police investigate a theft at Sheltering Arms Hospital between 9:45 and 10 am. A 40 year old man in a blue suit and red tie asked for change, then fled with cash after being seen in the office and a waiting room across the hall. Witnesses heard him stuffing items into his coat pockets before he ran toward Curran Drive.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Joseph McBride
Athens
Carol Bean
McBride
Curran Drive
Pamp Ice
Clyde Mansfield
Carpenter
Stimson
Parkersburg
Auto Crash Kills Meigs County Man
William L Rockwell 41 of Wolfpen died in a single vehicle crash on Route 33 near the Rocksprings Fairgrounds after his auto struck a utility pole guy wire and overturned in fog. Coroner reports a possible second occupant. survivor list includes wife Gertie May Toban a daughter and several relatives. Funeral arrangements are under Ewing funeral home.
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William L. Rockwell
Wolfpen
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Charles Russell
Rockwell
Laurel Cliff
Henry Ewing
Jed Webster
Gertie May Toban
Alice Marie
Joseph Rockwell
Syracuse
Raymond Musser
Roseville
Mary Walker
Worthington
Edward Hendrick
Henry Hendrick
Columbus
John Hendrick
Orient
Ohio
Ewing Funeral Home
Helicopter Rescues Downed Yank Pilot
Communists shot down Capt. William B. Smart a Marine pilot from Leesville Louisiana in North Korea on Thursday. A helicopter rescued him minutes later under cover of blazing machinegun fire after his F 4U was hit on a routine rail cutting mission.
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Tokyo
William B. Smart
Leesville
North Korea
Smart
Third Air Rescue Squadron
Five Miners Die in Blast in Pottsville Shaft
Five miners died when dynamite exploded as a seven man party worked near the end of a day shift in a small independent coal shaft in Pottsville Pennsylvania. Two survivors watched walls collapse and water flood 438 feet below the surface. Electric pumps arrived to aid a rescue as bodies were sought from neighboring communities.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Mystery Auto Blaze Claims Two in Ohio It Fatal
Franklin resident Charles Richards, 24, remained in serious condition at Middletown hospital after a mysterious car fire that killed two people. Warren county authorities planned to question Richards, but he is too badly burned. coroner H. M. Williams ordered further investigation.
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Franklin
Charles Richards
Middletown Hospital
Warren County
Richards
H. M. Williams
Allied negotiators fault Reds hold up armistice in Korea
In Munsan Korea Col Don O Darrow says communists stall talks to argue over Russia role. Reds demand Russia on a neutral inspection panel while Allies reject it. Officers meet again to resolve prisoners repatriation and other stalemates as Andrew Cordier warns of heavy problems ahead.
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Munsan
Korea
Don O. Darrow
Russia
United Nations
Darrow
Andrew W. Cordier
Trygve Lie
Tokyo
Allies Resume Supply Raids Over North Korea Front
Allied warplanes cleared over North Korea this afternoon and attacked Reds supply lines after 24 hours of grounding. B-26 bombers hit rail and highway targets, blasting 61 Red trucks off highways. Ground patrols and artillery duels followed as weather cloaked the 155 mile front.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Chorwon
Mundung
Satae
Kefauver Kerr clash rages in Nebraska primaries
In Omaha the Democratic race intensifies as Senator Kefauver of Tennessee accuses Senator Kerr of a smear campaign and communist leanings. The contest overrides Taft Eisenhower clashes in this Republican stronghold ahead of next Tuesday's presidential primary.
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Omaha
KeFauver
Tennessee
Kerr
Oklahoma
Nebraska
OPS Freezes Meal Prices Across Restaurants Nationwide
The Office of Price Stabilization orders a price freeze effective April 7 at the February 39 level and requires posting ceilings by April 25 on main food and drink items. Restaurants may adjust only on OPS orders, tied to changes in the wholesale food price index. OPS official Ellis Arnal says no general price changes are expected due to stabilized costs.
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Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ellis Arnal
Navy Plans Three Guided Missiles For Fleet Use
The Navy moves to operational three new guided missiles Terrier 1 Sparrow 1 and Regulus to join fleet arms within months. Production proceeds on minimal lines while tests compare these weapons to enemy aircraft and shore targets.
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Navy
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
John H. Cassady
Naval Operations
Air
Cassady
Riots in Tehran Raise Death Toll Over Communist Rally
In Tehran a 15 minute confrontation after a rally by the organization for Democratic Youth leads to at least two police deaths and around 100 injured communists and 20 police amid clashes with anti communist Pan Iranians. The crowd praised Stalin and blamed the United States for germ warfare in Korea.
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Iran
United States
Korea
Organization For Democratic Youth
Fawezieh Square
Russia
America
Stalin
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