Ohio GOP unveils highway funding plan with new taxes
The Ohio House GOP proposes a highway financing package raising 4214 million dollars yearly through axle-mile taxes on large trucks, a penny per gallon fuel tax, and bonds. It also reallocates 11 million dollars from license fees to local governments to fund city, township, and county road projects.
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Columbus
Ohio House
House Public Affairs Committee
Case Highways Committee
Highway Department
Rep
Cloud
R-Logan
Ex County Democratic Leader Cleared of Fraud Charge
Lester Ohlinger of New Haven was acquitted in Circuit Court on a grand larceny count over an I beam reportedly borrowed from the State Road Commission. Evidence showed beams returned or borrowed with conflicting testimony about possession and transport by Ohlinger and associates. The trial covered actions dating from 1948 to 1953 and included related truck bed removals.
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Point Pleasant
Lester Ohlinger
New Haven
Ohlinger
Mason County
Democratic Committee
State Road Commission
KM. Fr. Musgrave
State Road
Samule Littlepage
William Bardin
Hazen Roush
Ray Grinstead
Faye Barnett
Grinstead
Roush
Blake
Musgrave
County State Road Commission
Walter Warren
SRC
Chinese Red General Leads Vietminh Commanders in Indochina
National Chinese intelligence reported a Red general now commands Communist Vietminh forces in Indochina and that about 12 000 Chinese troops joined the rebels. A Nationalist agency said 100 000 Red veterans from Korea had been shifted to South China near the Indochina border.
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Vietminh
Indochina
South
China
Byrd demands total foreign aid figure from Eisenhower
Senator Byrd pressed for a clear total of planned foreign aid spending for the coming fiscal year. He cited behind the scenes efforts to keep MSA spending below this year and pressed Dulles and Stassen for the exact appropriation figure amid questions on the 5.828 billion target. He noted that even the Truman administration provided an annual figure.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Taft
Rohio
Mutual Security Administration
MSA
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Secretary of the
Treasury
Humphrey
Truman
Airport siting urged for emergency access near Ohio plant
The Atomic Energy Commission backs a nearby airfield to serve a giant gaseous diffusion plant site in Pike County Ohio. Sen Bricker reports AEC Manager M W Boyer, and local supporters, want federal funds to build a new airport in Scioto County. The House bill provides no matching funds for airport work.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike County
AEC
M. W. Boyer
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Scioto County
House
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Red Platoons Hit in Namtow Blast Near Hong Kong
Kung Sheung Daily News reports two Red Chinese platoons killed in a May 1 ammunition dump explosion in Namtow Kwantung province. The blast injured 75 and leveled more than 40 houses, with platoons of 25 to 40 men affected.
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Hong Kong
Kung Sheung Daily News Today
Namtow
Senate Rejects Move To Divide Cuyahoga County
In Columbus, the Ohio Senate failed to recon sider last week’s defeat of a bill to split Cuyahoga County into 17 sub districts for House elections. The vote was 16 for and 14 against the reconsideration, short of the 17 needed for approval, ending the proposal for this session led by Senator Harry E. Davis.
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Columbus
Senate
Cuyahoga County
Ohio House
Harry E. Davis
Rcuyahoga
Ohio House OKs bill on stopping for halted school buses
The Ohio House approved a bill ending the requirement for motorists to stop when approaching halted school buses on four lane divided highways. The vote was 75 to 0.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Relatives Sought for Ohio Man John Maley
Police seek relatives of John Maley, 74, of St Marys Ohio, who collapsed and died of a heart attack in Union Station on Tuesday.
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Chicago
John Maley
St. Marys
Ohio
Union Station
Yank Airmen Rip 17 Key Red Targets
U S Thunderjets swept toward the Yalu River boundary and divebombed 17 major North Korean buildings at the Kangge Dam site. Sabre jet escorts protected 36 Thunderjets in a deep fighter bomber penetration. The attack targeted supply stores and a rail line but did not hit the dam. Quiet front aside, eighteen Thunderjets hit 25 buildings near Old Baldy in Western Korea, while night B26 bombers claimed 91 Communist vehicles.
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Seoul
U.S
Yalu River
North Korea
Kangge Dam
Reds
Old Baldy
Korea
Peron Police Spur Arrests After Bombing Plots
Argentine police claim a nationwide crackdown on a bombing plot led to over 150 arrests including many opposition politicians from the Conservative party. Bombings began in Buenos Aires in March, and two bombs exploded near Plaza de Mayo as President Peron spoke on April 15 without injuring him.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Reds Reject UN Plan On Free North Korean Prisoners
UN truce negotiator reported no progress as North Korea rejected a proposal to free 32 000 prisoners who refuse repatriation after a ceasefire. Gen Nam Il blasted the Allied neutral custodian idea and demanded that those refusing to return be sent to a neutral nation while keeping others under neutral supervision. Lt Gen Harrison proposed freeing the 32 000 after a truce with civilian status, hinting at a possible swap involving Chinese captives. The talks paused as Nam rejected the ideas in anger.
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Zero
Pakistan
Nam Il
William K. Harrison Jr
Korea
Koreans
Harrison
Nam
Betting Tax Hike Okayed By Senate Amid Tax Debates
The Senate approved a measure to cut unemployment compensation taxes for employers and raised taxes on horse race wagering amid partisan battles. Democrats opposed the unemployment bill but Republicans largely backed it, 22-10. They criticized race bet tax amendments, arguing bettors rather than tracks would bear the burden.
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Senate
Senate Taxation Committee
Bullet Wound Fails To Halt Honeymoon
Caldwell couple Hogue and Artis Archer wed Monday amid a pistol accident. The bride was shot in the hip when Hogue cleaned his .22 caliber pistol at about 9:30 p.m. Sheriff Conaway reported the incident. the bride sought medical care about 12 hours later.
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Caldwell
Hogue
Artis Archer
Donald Conaway
McCarthy Press Fee Charges to Silence Critics
Senator McCarthy accused his subcommittee of using a TV windup to prove Communist influence in U S libraries overseas. He clashed with James Wechsler editor of the New York Post over a stenographic record to be released Friday. Wechsler says McCarthy aims to intimidate against independent criticism. McCarthy cites a pattern of subversion tied to a book used in overseas libraries.
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McCarthy
Washington
Sen
R-Wis
U. S
James Wechsler
New York Post
Wechsler
Harvey Matusow
Red
Young Communist League
House Votes Against Sweeping Department Dismissal Power
In Washington the House voted 181 to 167 to strike from the three department appropriation bill a clause that would have given the State Justice and Commerce chiefs absolute power to fire employees. Earlier they defeated amendments to remove the firing provision.
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Washington
House
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
United States
Cattle Roundup Ends In Cuyahoga Village
In rain and mud the Seven Hills village roundup closed Tuesday with 55 calves roped, three dead and two missing. Richard J. Stutzman, 34, of Berlin, Tuscarawas, fell asleep at the wheel near Cleveland Monday night, overturning his truck as efforts freed those pinned down. Police, drivers, and residents aided in the roundup.
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Seven Hills Village
Richard J. Stutzman
Berlin
Tuscara
Here
Stutzman
Athens Selective Service Office Hours Change
Athens office will be open 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. from May 11 through May 25 during a vacation period for employees.
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Athens County
Selective Service
Athens
Truman Returns From Hawaii Vacation to Independence Home
President Harry S. Truman and Mrs Truman arrived home in Independence Missouri on Tuesday night after a month long vacation in Hawaii. They were greeted by waiting family and supporters, marking the end of their island visit and resumption of official duties.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Hawaii
Last of PWs Heading Home from Hawaii Flight
A giant C97 Stratocruiser carried 38 sick and wounded prisoners home from Communist camps to California. Departing Hickam AFB with a quiet sendoff, the group flew from Tokyo in two planes and arrived at Travis AFB this afternoon. Medical corpsmen brought six litter patients aboard, all aboard within ten minutes.
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Honolulu
California
Travis Air Force Base
Hickam Air Force Base
Tokyo
Hawaii
Huge Carrier Plans Dropped
The Defense Department suspended projects to develop atomic powered airplanes and aircraft carriers. Officials cited economy measures and delaying full rearmament as reasons. The start on an atomic powered aircraft carrier, planned for 1955, may be postponed by a few years but not canceled.
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Washington
Washington Post
Defense Department
Defense
Suspect in Columbus Killing Eludes Police
Columbus investigators pursue ex convict Grambo, 74, in the fatal beating of John B. Church, 74, at a Columbus tavern Monday night. Grambo escaped two detectives after volunteering to aid in the search for another suspect.
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Columbus — Pre
Grambo
John B. Church
Columbus
Killer Sentenced in Shotgun Slaying Case
In Woodsfield Judge Charles W. Lynch sentenced Paul Simmons to life in Ohio Penitentiary with 24 hours in solitary confinement each January 2. Simmons was convicted of the shotgun slaying of Benjamin Shook.
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Woodsfield
Charles W. Lynch
Paul Simmons
Ohio
Simmons
Benjamin Shook
Vote Fraud Case Ended In Innocence Verdit At Trial
Judge Lewis H. Miller directed a jury to return a verdict of innocent in the Finley Cremeans case. Cremeans, indicted on election law counts, was accused of false vote returns for Campbell Stevens in the May primary. The tally sheet showed no Stevens votes while Palestine precinct 26 ballots totaled 12. Cremeans served as precinct clerk.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Finley Cremeans
Cremeans
Campbell Stevens
Stevens
Palestine
Andy Wilson
William Bardin
French Boggess
Ripley
Musgrave
William Blenner
Lester John R. Hassell
Carroll Cox
Homer Boles
Lawrence Stewart
H. C. Roney
Early Riffie
Raleigh Roush
Chester Rainey
Homer Smith
Cline Wallace
Paroled Woman Returns to Walla Walla Prison
Mrs. Dorothy Boland, 55, released on parole from the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla after a 20 year sentence for second degree murder of her husband. She had been paroled in 1952, then readmitted briefly in March before the board again released her and asked she stay away from the prison.
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Seattle
Dorothy Boland
Walla Walla
Boland
John Cranor
Washington
Cranor
Parole Board
End to Pike Row Offered End to Pike Row Offered
Akron state senator Carl D. Sheppard proposes quick action to untangle the Northern Ohio Turnpike delay by amending turnpike law to let the turnpike commission choose any paying materials. He says he has a bill ready but reports only scant Republican support.
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Columbus
Akron
Ohio
Carl D. Sheppard
Senate Judiciary Committee
Turnpike Commission
Sheppard
Crash Toll at 7 Columbus
Mrs. Martha Baum of Lima and six others died from a two car collision on U S 3 near Bucyrus April 25. The crash killed seven people in total and she died in a Columbus hospital Tuesday.
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Columbus
Martha Baum
Lima
Bucyrus
Laos Invasion Prompted U S Ally Talks
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States is consulting with France Thailand and the three associated states of Indochina on a possible appeal to the United Nations. He characterized the Laos invasion as straight military aggression, not a revolutionary effort.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
United Nations
Laos
France
Thailand
Indochina
Senate approves off shore oil grants in Senate vote
The Senate approved a bill granting states title to submerged lands off their shores by a 56 to 35 vote after a lengthy session. The measure differs from the House version, setting up a potential House acceptance to avoid further floor fights. The bill faced claims of a federal giveaway against government supremacy in land rights.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Aes
Supreme Court
Clark Lawyer Is Disbarred by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court disbarred Jerome A. Nevius former Clark County prosecutor after an appeals court reduced lifelong disbarment to a five year suspension expiring December 1. Charges from the Clark County Bar Association cited misconduct, unprofessional conduct and a crime involving moral turpitude tied to bribe acceptance in a Clark tion era.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Jerome A. Nevius
Clark County
Common Pleas Court
Nevins
Clark County Bar Association
Crime Crusader Hits Jackpot During Raid
Oklahoma City report says Rep. Robert O. Cunningham accompanied police on a vice raid and inserted a nickel into a suspicious machine. The device dispensed 148 nickels and Cunningham acknowledged keeping the coins, saying it was his nickel.
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Crime Crusader
Oklahoma City
Robert O. Cunningham
Rival Administrations Spar For Reins in Clarksburg Tiff
In Clarksburg onlookers watch rival factions clamoring for city hall control as A Page Lockard and J Frank Wiseman claim the city manager post. A protracted council showdown includes 152 motions in four hours with adjournment gambits and partisan standoffs.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Wiseman
Lockard
Ike May Call 2nd Conclave of Governors
Washington officials ponder a second conference with President Eisenhower after his initial governors meeting. Both parties’ governors attended lunches and discussed neglected state issues. Aides and Cabinet members, including Attorney General Brownell, and party leaders Hall and Mitchell, joined the talks.
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Ike
Washington-Washington
Eisenhower
Atty
Gen. Brownell
Leonard W. Hall
Stephen A. Mitchell
Pickets Lose Court Appeal in Ohio Case
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review the appeal of men convicted of violating a price injunction at Cambria Clay Products Co. in Blackfork Lawrence. The ruling upholds fines of 500 dollars and 10 day sentences tied to picket line activity near the company's plants.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Cambria Clay Products Co
Blackfork
Lawrence County
Common Pleas Court
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union
Boston Man Facing Niles Murder Charge
Boston man John L. Minelle a 52 year old Boston gasoline station operator waived extradition in Roxbury District Court after fingerprints linked him to the Niles Ohio murder of tavern keeper Marty Flask aged 46. Police say he is Thomas J Mango who was wanted since 1939.
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Boston
John L. Minelle
Thomas J. Mango
Niles
Roxbury District Court
Marty Flask
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