Witness Hospital Rites At Nelsonville 2000
Nelsonville observes Mother's Day with around 2000 attendees for the cornerstone blessing of Mount St. Mary Hospital. Bishop Massie, clergy, civic leaders and Franciscan nuns from Stella Niagara gather as uniform cadets march in a unity driven ceremony signaling a lasting community hospital landmark.
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Witness
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
John King Massie
Hreupnenville
Mussio
Oral Daugherty
W. H. Hyde
William A. Kelly
St. Andrew's Church
Stella Niagara
N. Y
Columbus
New Lexington
Father Kappas
Massio
Mother Lidwina
Sisters of St. Francis
Massie
Slain Farmer Dies in Gunfight with Officers
Joe Stolzer, 61, was killed in a gun battle with deputies after fatally shooting real estate dealer David E. Sanford, 62, on the Stolzer farm near Findlay. Stolzer, reportedly mentally deranged after a Florida head injury, had desponded over buying the farm from Sanford. eleven bullets struck him as he tried to shoot at officers.
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Tiffin
Joe Stolzer
Seneca County
John Dysard
Stolzer
David E. Sanford
Here
Dysard
Florida
Sanford
Findlay
Refugees Say Nationalists Fail To Stop Communists In China
More than 1000 refugees aboard the Gen. W. H. Gordon contend Nationalist forces cannot hold against the Communist advance. They assert continued American aid would be wasted and accuse Nationalist troops of selling American supplies to the Communists.
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Manila
China
W. H. Gordon
W. F. Savale
San Francisco
Pope Rejects Socialism as a Solution for Global Woes
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII declares socialism cannot solve economic ills. He urges solutions through negotiated contracts between employers and workers that retain employer authority while ensuring prosperity for all people.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Ohio counties chosen for 1950 census testing
Four Ohio counties Clermont Jackson Lorain and Lawrence will be test grounds for the 1950 census. The trials begin this month as part of nationwide tests of questions and procedures to be used next year in population and agriculture checks.
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Washington
Ohio
Clermont
Jackson
Lorain
Lawrence
Mount Union College to Install Fire Safety Upgrades
Mount Union College officials say Miller and Elliott dormitories will receive fire proof stairwells and doorways. Fire drills and other safety measures are being implemented to reduce fire hazards across campus.
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Fire Protection Added Alliance
Mount Union College
Miller
Elliott
Nervous Bride Learns Of Tragedy At Wedding
John Lamer twenty four appeared pale and anxious at his Los Angeles marriage to Constance Cronk twenty with friends present. After the reception the bride learned he had concealed a family tragedy involving his mother who died of a heart attack an hour before the ceremony. Two others kept the secret.
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Los Angeles
John Lamer
Lamer
Constance Cronk
George P. Cronk
Louis, Jr
Suzanne
John
Esther Lamer
Youths Held for Beating Death of Man in Wayne West Virginia
Three mountain youths are jailed on first degree murder and robbery charges for beating 69 year old John Caldwell to death. The attackers planned further violence targeting Walter Queen, a country store operator, in the Kinths Creek district near the Kentucky line. Bernie Martin, 16, wielded the fatal weapon. Ervin Caldwell, 19, and Walter Copley, 20, aided in the slaying.
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Wayne
W. Va
J. Floyd Harrison
John Caldwell
Caldwell
Bernie Martin
Martin
Ervin Caldwell
Walter Copley
Harrison
Kinh's Creek
Kentucky
Walter Queen
Right Wingers Nominate Kelley for CIO Presidency
About 300 delegates from right wing factions named Frederick Kelley a 38 year old Harvard graduate and Lynn Massachusetts union official as their candidate for president of the International. Kelley will oppose incumbent Albert Fitzgerald of Lynn at the Cleveland convention on September 19.
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Dayton
CIO
United Electrical Workers’ Union
Frederick Kelley
Harvard
Lynn
Mas
The
International
Albert Fitzgerald
Cleveland
Two Trusties Captured After Mansfield Escape
Canton police Sunday captured two trusties who escaped from Mansfield State Reformatory April 21. The fugitives are Leo F. Evans, 20, Cleveland, and Paul E. Van Bibber, 24, Columbus. Evans was serving a one to 20 year term for auto theft and Van Bibber four to 45 years for robbery and criminal assault.
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Canton
Mansfield State Reformatory
Leo F. Evans
Cleveland
Paul E. van Bibber
Columbus
Evans
van Bibber
Man Admits Killing Three In Street Fight
A 26 year old laborer John Hrehov admitted stabbing three men to death in a street altercation in Cleveland. He claimed self defense using a trench knife souvenir from World War II and named accomplice Joseph Pesek who is jailed for his role. The four victims included William Krese 21 Clarence Krese 24 and Robert Hrdy 18. Another man Joseph Wales 22 was in critical condition. The clash followed a birthday celebration at a cafe with Richard Kowalski 21 and Elmer Tomazin 28.
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Cleveland
Oohn Hrehov
David E. Kerr
Kerr
Hrehov
Air Force
Central Police Station
Joseph Pesek
Pesek
South Side
William J. Krese
Clarence Krese
Robert Hrdy
Joseph Wales
James E. McArthur
Richard Kowalski
Elmer Tomazin
Caged Lion Kills Girl in South Africa Zoo
An 11-year-old girl, Marie Vandermerwe, was killed by a captive lion as her parents watched from nearby. The lion pulled her through the bars and, in a grisly scene, its mate played with the body until both animals were shot and killed. the body was recovered afterward.
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Nelspruit
South Africa
Marie Vandermerwe
Marie
Two Men Arrested For Armed Holdup
Clarksbury police announced the arrest in Canton Ohio of two men for questioning about an armed hold up of four customers in a Clarksburg restaurant on May 3. Detectives identified Paul Van Bibber 24 of Toledo and Leo Francis Evans 19 of Canton as the prisoners. They are being held on auto theft charges.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Canton
Ohio
S. E. Barnett
Paul van Bibber
Toledo
Leo Francis Evans
van Bibber
Evans
Five Hurt In Meigs Collision
Five people injured Saturday night in a Route 33 collision near Darwin Meigs County involved four Ohio University students and three Gallia County residents. Injuries ranged from facial lacerations to a fractured cheekbone and a broken finger. The four students rode in the northbound car driven by Edward Guecion and were treated and released or hospitalized.
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Darwin
Meigs County
Ohio University
Gallia County
Athens
Edward Guecion
Cleveland
Guecion
State Highway Patrol
Roy Yaw
Mary Lou Famulener
Kingston
Sally Ettinger
Lakewood
Chauncey W. Rife
Rio Grange
Harry R
Irn
Hurn
Rife
Miss Ettinger
Meigs General Hospital
Pomeroy
Yan
Miss Famulener
Gallia
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Rife-Hurn
Joseph McCombs
Norfolk and Western
Ironton
Solons Ready for New Fight Over FEPC
Columbus reports state representatives prepared for renewed action on FEPC legislation. The House approved a compulsory FEPC bill 70 to 61 last March. the Senate rewrote it to an educational program 30 to 1 and sent it back. The Senate Liquor Committee began hearings on a proposal to remove enforcement from liquor inspectors. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee explored belt line legislation for Lorain East River pool. The Guthrie gross sales tax substitute aims to raise 30 million dollars for schools and local government.
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Columbus
Fair Employment Practices Commission
House
Senate
Senate Liquor Committee
Bartlett
State Liquor Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lorain-East Liverpool
Senate Judiciary
Senate Taxation Committee
Ford M Pickens Elected First Commander in Ohio Air Force Association
Ford M Pickens of Upper Arlington was elected the first commander of the Ohio wing of the Air Force Association during the Sunday meeting in Columbus. The new leadership marks the formation of the state chapter and sets an agenda of advocacy and community programs.
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Columbus
Circus Day Offschool Sparks Middletown Hockey Visit
A Middletown report notes a boy skipped school to attend the Cole Brothers circus, which set up a one day stand. The local superintendent previously declared circus day an off day for students and today followed that directive.
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Middletown
Mason Man is Second River Victim
A four person john boat cap sized on the Ohio River near Point Pleasant early today. Marvin Crawford 29 of 623 Vi and St. was found dead with trotline injuries indicating he was dragged underwater. Other occupants George Randolph 24 Marvin Stewart 22 and Lorena Loomis 26 reached shore safely. Crawford is the second local drowning since noon Saturday.
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Marvin Crawford
D. R. Warehime
Galiia
Crawford
George Randolph
Main St
Point Pleasant
Marvin Stewart
Lorena Loomis
First St
Ohio
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Ohio Bank
Kanawha River
William Reynolds
Kanauga
Reynolds
Randolph
Smoker
Moose Lodge
Margie Crawford
Vernon Miller
Howard Brown
F. A. Morrison
R. W. Eschenaur
Machir
Harry Machir
Madison Ave
Heights Eub Church
O. H. Carder
Huntington
F. H. Capehart
Suncrest Cemetery
William McDaniel
James Robert Hoffman
Roy Woomer
Howard Elliott
Orlando Hoschar
Andrew Berkley
Standard Oil of Ohio Cuts Gasoline Prices
Standard Oil Co of Ohio lowers gasoline and fuel oil prices today by seven tenths to one and a tenth cents per gallon across Ohio except Cincinnati where prices stay the same.
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Standard Oil of
Ohio
Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Cincinnati
Prisoner Timberlake Hangs Self in Columbus Cell
Columbus prison officials report Paul Timberlake, 32, hanged himself with a mattress cover in his cell. He was jailed on a minor charge.
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Columbus
Paul Timberlake
Tragic River Drowning Recovery Confirms Victim
The body of 12 year old Thomas Venerable who drowned last Thursday in the Ohio River was recovered Sunday.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Venerable
Ohio River
Ford refuses mediation as 65,000 strike widens
Ford Motor Co rejected mediation offers to settle the speed-up dispute affecting 65,000 workers. CIO United Auto Workers denounced the plan while Walter Reuther led a 5,000 strong Sunday march to demonstrate strength. Ford insists arbitration must stay within contract procedures. Additional layoffs hit St Louis, Metuchen, Minneapolis St Paul and Saginaw plants with suppliers feeling the pinch.
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CIO
United Auto Work Ers
Massa
UAW
Walter Reuther
Bugas
Ford
I — St. Louis
Metuchen
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Ae Suman Mich
Coal to Oil Pilot Plants Dedicated in Louisiana Missouri
The dedication of two large coal to oil demonstration plants in Louisiana Missouri marked the start of a possible new industry. Government officials military officers and industry leaders attended. One plant cost 10 million dollars and the other five million. The facilities will produce Diesel oil automobile fuel aviation gasoline and by products like alcohols and phenol. They compare coal hydrogenation and gas synthesis processes.
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Louisiana
Congress
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Julius A. Krug
Interior
West Germany moves to ratify new democratic constitution
Bonn reports the constitutional convention approved a democratic, unarmed West German republic by 53 to 12. The plan envisions a federal republic in the Western zones, general elections, and a basic rights bill while banning an army and the death penalty. Four-power talks in Paris May 25 discuss the German question.
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Bonn
Germany
Western Zone
East Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Washington
West Germany
America
Texas Oklahoma Hit By Tornado Storms
A weekend tornado, strong winds, and hail caused property damage across Texas and Oklahoma. Schuster Oklahoma reported uncertain damage with no casualties. An 18 year old boy drowned fording Moniteau Creek near Clarksburg Missouri after flash flood.
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Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Schuster
Okla
Moniteau Creek
Clarksburg
Police Seek Couple In Sidewalk Shooting
Cleveland police hunt a couple after Amos Mosely 23 was shot on a sidewalk when he brushed past a woman who then prompted her escort to open fire. The pair fled the scene.
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Cleveland
Amos Mosely
Mosely
Boy Is Suffocated When Home Burns
David Lutz two percent year old son of Mr and Mrs Albert Lutz of Attica was suffocated as flames destroyed the Lutz home causing 4500 dollars damage. The child was alone in the house when the fire broke out of undetermined origin.
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David Lutz
Albert Lutz
Attica
Lutz
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Soviet Zone
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