Letart Falls Area Land Deals Puzzle Comes Into Focus
River farmers outline the Letart Falls land negotiations as Fred Link of St Clairsville and Edward J. Mc Connaughey are linked to M. A. Hanna Co of Cleveland. Options on about 2600 acres include mineral rights and possible coal or salt interests with potential uses such as a power plant or defense facility.
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Letart Falls
Pomeroy
Fred Link
St. Clairsville
M. A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Edward J. McConnaughey
Sell
Hanna Company
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Link
Hanna Coal
Ohio Valley
May Day celebrations reflect global Communist showcase
Red orators in Europe and Asia denounced Western imperialism while claiming steps toward world peace. Moscow staged military display in Red Square as Zhukov warned the US about atomic deployments. In Budapest Janos Kadar prepared a major speech after Soviet tanks crushed Hungary’s revolt. Tito and Mao led Nth outlets with calls for ideological renewal amid massive parades in Peiping with half a million Chinese protesters.
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Asia
Budapest
Red
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Tito
Communist Party
Peiping
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Jordan Rebuff Taken Calmly
Washington officials said they are unworried by King Hussein's rejection of the Eisenhower Middle East plan. Hussein accepted a 10 million dollar U.S. offer to bolster Jordan's economy but declined a visit from Eisenhower's Middle East ambassador James P. Richards, while noting Jordan aims to work along similar lines.
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Washington
State Department
Hussein
Eisenhower
Middle East
Amman
Jordan
James P. Richards
Nixon Says Revolts Doomed Communism
Vice President Nixon told a Chicago audience that the 1956 uprisings in Poland and Hungary signaled the start of internal revolts that will eventually topple the Communist empire. He spoke at a joint meeting of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith.
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Chicago
Nixon
Poland
Hungary
Kremlin
American Jewish Committee
Antidefamation League of B'nai B'rith
Senator Eyes Extended Session to Pass Civil Rights Bills
Senator Knowland pledged to keep Congress in session to act on Eisenhower programs including civil rights. He supports Johnson’s plan for three Senate meetings weekly only while regular money bills are debated. Johnson says House action is required first on civil rights and related bills. Case denounces the delay as pigeonholing until the House sends measures over.
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Washington
Knowland
R-Calif
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
House
Clifford P. Case
Vother Leaves Son With Police Abandonment Charge Likely
In Los Angeles Sadie Bernstein 43 walked into a police station with her 13 year old son Jerrald and asked officers to take custody. Juvenile officers seek a child abandonment complaint as Bernstein cites the boy as incorrigible and destructive while psychiatrists and counselors have failed to help. The father Nathan 56 says they considered jail as the option and Jerrald remains in Juvenile Hall with a 13 cent weekly allowance.
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Los Angeles
Sadie Bernstein
Nathan
Jerrald
Defense alert system expanded at Ent Air Force Base
The United States defense warning system receives a boost with a 24hour leased wire link at Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs. The new system can alert civil defense directors in all 48 states within one minute.
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Colorado Springs
Colo. P
Ent Air Force Base
Chemist Warns H-Bomb Tests May Raise Leukemia Risk
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling warned after addressing the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society that Britain’s H-bomb tests could cause about 1000 global leukemia deaths and 200,000 mentally impaired births if bans fail. He linked fallout to gene mutations and cited bone cancer risk as well.
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Chicago
Linus Pauling
Great Britain
Pauling
California Institute of Technology
American Chemical Society
Christmas Island
Byrd Targets 1955 Budget Level for Tax Cuts
Sen. Byrd proposes trimming federal outlays to 1955 levels to slash taxes by about 6.36 billion dollars. He outlines a multi tier plan including higher exemptions for low earners, bracket adjustments for middle incomes, a cut in top rates, corporate relief, small business relief, and a broad excise tax reduction.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate Finance Committee
Budget Cuts Hit Home
In Ohio, about 34 flood control projects totaling roughly 100 million dollars from the past 20 years remain authorized but unbuilt. Army engineers say they no longer want the schemes, with credits listed for Hockingport Letart Falls Portland and other communities as dead issues.
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Washington
Ohio
Congresses
Congress
Army
Hockingport
Athens
Letart Falls
Meigs
Portland
Noble Tells Plans For Super Highway
Columbus Ohioans will gain a 100 million dollar new highway between Columbus and near Cleveland in about two years. The route will largely follow U S 42 and span about 100 miles from the Columbus outer belt to Ohio 18, with the belt project built later.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Charles M. Noble
U. S. 42
Columbus Outer Belt
Ohio 18
Border Incident Eases as Nicaragua Halts Reserve Call-Up
Nicaragua's army chief canceled a reserve call-up and withdrew frontier troop orders, easing a border dispute with Honduras and signaling a deescalation in the regional tension.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Weather forecast for Ohto and West Virginia region
Sunny and warm today with fair cool tonight. Thursday partly cloudy. highs 70s north 70s south. West Virginia mainly sunny and warm this afternoon with highs 77 to 84 and fair, cooler nights. Five day forecast shows near normal highs 65 north 70 south with showers possible Sunday or Monday. cooler Thursday and Friday, warmer weekend. Other cities show mixed cloud cover and clear skies.
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West Virginia
Atlanta
Chicago
Bates
Cleveland
Canceep
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louieville
Clear
Cigop Viscsivevsie
Phoenix
St. Louis
Boston Men Reenact Tea Party For Budget Cuts
Boston businessmen in feathered caps reenact the Boston Tea Party near Griffin Wharf with Boy Scouts as Indians and the schooner Tabor Boy. They toss crates labeled Waste in Government and Super Bureaucracy into Boston Harbor to drum up support for cutting federal spending.
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Boston
Griffin Wharf
Tabor Boy
National Affairs Committee
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England
Paul Rothwell
O Neill Names Bacon Common Pleas Judge
Gov C William O Neill named Judge John C Bacon of Meigs County Probate Court to the common pleas bench. Bacon was sworn in by Clerk Evelyn Lucké and was formerly solicitor of Pomeroy and Middleport, succeeding Cedric W Clark who resigned to practice privately.
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Meigs County
Common Pleas Court
William O'Neill
Bacon
Evelyn Lucké
Pomeroy
Middleport
Cedric W. Clark
Commission Considers Turnpike Toll Increase in Ohio
The Ohio Turnpike Commission weighs higher tolls for passenger cars as a study progresses. Chairman James W. Shocknessy suggested that an increase of a few mills per mile could be acceptable without reducing traffic volume.
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Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Turnpike Commission
James W. Shocknessy
Tiger Princess Recovers From Caesarean at Marsalis Zoo
A 350 pound tiger named Princess at Marsalis Zoo recovered well today after a Caesarean operation. Princess lost her two kittens but is reported in good condition following the procedure.
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Tiger
Dallas
Princess
Marsalis Zoo
Earth Satellite Tested at Cape Canaveral
The U S air Force announced a high altitude separation test of the launching vehicle for the U S earth satellite was carried out today at the missile test center Cape Canaveral Florida. Conditions approaching famine reported in Indian Bihar Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh and Bombay state. Red Skelton withdraws from all immediate television commitments due to a virus infection.
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U. S
Air Force Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
New Delhi
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
India
Madhya Pradesh
Bombay State
Red Skelton
TV Hollywood
Philadelphia society to hold snake auction May 9
The Philadelphia Herpetological Society will conduct a snake auction on May 9. The group says it has varied specimens to satisfy the most exacting connoisseur.
Floods Hit Oil Wells In Texas
The Sabine River reached a record height around Gladewater Texas forcing oil wells there to stop pumping. Eleven families evacuated and risks to nearby housing projects persisted as the river eased but flood dangers remained in low areas. One more drowning was reported raising the toll to thirteen.
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Dallas
Sabine
Gladewater
Texas
Earl Thomas
Colorado Nueces
Guadalupe
Trinity
Brazos
Melvin Farrar
The
Texas Co
Federal Housing Project
House Faces Floor Votes On Hot Bills
Ohio House ready to vote on two controversial measures after a Tuesday upheaval. Lawmakers narrowed a county government reform to skeleton provisions and debated a constitutional change to permit metropolitan federations by county vote.
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Ohio
House
Merit scholarships total four million for 830 students
Evanston Ill. top high school scholars win more than four million dollars in scholarships this year. A total of 830 students receive awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Forty five of the recipients attend Ohio schools. More than 162 000 students from 12 500 high schools entered the competition.
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Evanston, Ill
Ohio
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Stamp Fact Expands Greensboro Stamp Craze Peak
In Greensboro North Carolina the trading stamp boom reaches new heights as Hargett's funeral home advertises "We give Top Value stamps" in the Greensboro Daily News.
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Greensboro
N. C
Hargett
Greensboro Daily News
Japan War Criminal Paroles Reduce Sugamo Prison Influx
The United States today paroled two more Japanese war criminals, lowering the inmate count at Sugamo Prison to 86. The action comes amid ongoing postwar repatriation and reconciliation efforts.
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Tokyo
United States
Sugamo
NATO Ministers Gather For Policy Conference
NATO foreign ministers meet in Bonn Germany to discuss Soviet disarmament proposals and issues shaping alliance unity. Dulles cites allied justice and peace while noting open skies debate and Hungary’s turmoil. Zorin proposes aerial inspection in Europe and Siberia with U S skies in Alaska and the West.
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Germany
NATO
Dulles
Russia
Eisenhower
Moscow Radio
Valerian A. Zorin
UN Disarmament
London
Europe
Siberia
United States
Alaska
Zorin
Mississippi River
West Coast
Senators Named To Hall Of Fame For Great Triumvirate
The Senate will announce five senators honored for a Hall of Fame in the Capitol. Henry Clay Daniel Webster John C Calhoun Robert M Lafollette and Robert A Taft are chosen with Kennedy noting top historians ranked the group highly. Additional figures praised include Barkley Borah Douglas Glass Morrill Sherman Sumner Trumbull Underwood Vandenberg Wagner and Walsh.
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Senate
Hall of Fame
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Kennedy
Mass
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
John C. Calhoun
South Carolina
Robert M. Lafollette, Sr
Wisconsin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Senate Chamber
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Webster
Calhoun
Lafollette
Alben W. Barkley
William Borah
Idaho
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Carter Glass
Virginia
Justin Smith Morrill
Vermont
John Sherman
Charles Sumner
Lyman Trumbull
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Thomas Walsh
Montana
House Passes Vandalism Bill in Ohio Senate Fight
The Ohio House approved a vandalism bill by 71 to 48 amid a one vote margin, sending it to the Senate. It makes damage to public utility facilities a penitentiary offense with fines from 100 to 2000 dollars and imprisonment from one to three years. Principal critic Rep. A G Lancione warned the measure could criminalize minor damage.
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Ohio House
Senate
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America Union
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
Lancione
Lawmaker's Daughter Remains in Critical Condition
In Washington a New York congressman's daughter, 27, who reportedly shot herself in a downtown hotel room, remains in critical condition. Police say she locked herself in a ladies room and fired a .22 caliber rifle at her abdomen.
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Washington
New York
Malcolm Hurn
William B. Williams
R-Ny
Trotter Faces Electric Chair In Hart Killing
Lemuel Son Trotter, 29, is the second man to face the death penalty for the hold up slaying of Cincinnati Detective Walter Hart on September 19, 1955. A jury convicted him of first degree murder with no mercy recommendation, making the sentence mandatory. Judge Carson Hoy planned to sentence Monday as defense files for a new trial to appeal.
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Cincinnati
Lemuel (Son
Woemen
Trotter
Carson Hoy
Ohio GI Gets Life In Slaying Of German Soldier
An Ohio soldier stationed in Germany and his companion were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a German traveling salesman. The two 19 year olds Pyts Fred A Kloh Leavitts burg Ohio and Robert W Neely Washington Pa were convicted of felony murder by a general court martial.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Pyts
Fred A. Kloh
Leavittsburg
Ohio
Robert W. Neely
Washington
Darrow Fought First Trial Case With Own Funds
On the eve of Clar ence Darrow’s 100th birth observance in Chicago the Kinsman Ohio area recalls the famed lawyer. He paid the $15 costs to press his initial case from a Justice of the Peace court to higher courts, then to the Ohio Supreme Court, yielding a notable early victory.
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Warren
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Trumbull County
Kinsman
Justice of the Peace
John T. Scopes
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Varrow
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
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