Adams Testifies Schine Pressure Was Fantastic
Army counselor John G. Adams described the pressure from McCarthy investigations to gain favors for Pvt. G. David Schine as nothing short of fantastic. He named Roy M. Cohn and Sen. McCarthy as chief sources and cited Carr as a passive co participant in the alleged efforts.
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Washington
Army
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Pvt. G. David Schine
Roy M. Cohn
Sen
R-Wis
Adams
Francis P. Carr
G & Co-P
Pa Prticipant
Cohn
Carr
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Pentagon
Sen. McCarthy
Mundt
R-Sd
New York City
Schine
South Dakota
Amherst
Mass
FBI
Jackson
D-Wash
Potter
R-Mich
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Dix
Sen. McClellan
Stevens
Congress
U S Declares End of Hydrogen Bomb Test Series
The United States fired a final hydrogen explosion in the 1954 mid Pacific test series, hailed as successful for thermonuclear weapon development. Announcement noted no disclosed detonation count and linked end to safety and national security concerns amid London arms talks.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific Proving Ground
Joint Atomic Energy Commission - Defense Department
London
Tim Os
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis Strauss
Secret of Defense
Wilson
Free World
Britain
Arthur Henderson
Churchill
Water Rates Raised in Portsmouth for New Plant Demand
City Manager R. E. Layton announced yesterday a 30 percent water rate increase in Portsmouth to cover the cost of expanded water facilities triggered by the influx of atomic plant workers and their families.
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Portsmouth
R. E. Layton
Fritzi Scheff Leaves Substantial Estate Dwindling to Less Than $1000
New York reports that famed opera star Fritzi Scheff died April 9 at 74 leaving an estate under 1000 dollars. Once earning as high as four thousand weekly, the Viennese born singer was a celebrated figure on two continents forty years ago. She traveled by private railcar and occupied entire hotel floors during stays.
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New York
Fritzi Scheff
Miss Scheff
Six SEO Students Win Scholarship Honors in Ohio Test
Six Southeastern Ohio high school students are among the top 233 in the final District State Scholarship Test across 17 campuses. Freddie Harold Wallbrown of Ames Bern High School led the state with 135 points of 150 in World History among 995 participants. Other top area scorers include Eleanor Evans Baker Athens 135 in French II and Barbara Ruth Roush Racine 142 in Spanish II, with multiple ties across French I and Spanish I. Dr. Clyde Hissong noted 15,558 students from over 750 high schools participated in 21 subjects.
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Southeastern Ohio
Ohio
Ames-Bern
Clyde Hissong
Freddie Harold Wallbrown
Wallbrown
Eleanor Evans Baker
Athens
Carolyn Sisson
Gallipolis
Wooster
Jonathan E. Thackery
Granville
Barbara Ruth Roush
Racine
Albert James Faircloth
Hissong
Waverly Ohio Seeks Extra Federal School Aid
Parents in Waverly Ohio near the A plant press for extended federal funds for school construction. Superintendent Teichert notes 770 capacity but enrollment exceeds 1500 as lawmakers consider extending a near-plant aid law and surveying needs for more money before June 30.
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John R. Teichert
Burke
Ohio
Rep
Polk
Dohio
Teichert
George D. Nye
Office of Education
Waverly
Sen
Bricker
Rohio
House Education and Labor Committee
GIS 'Parent' Found Guilty Of Assault
A three-judge Delaware County court found former cottage parent at the Girls Industrial School GIS Daniel guilty of felonious assault against a 15 year old inmate. The trial followed two days of testimony with sentencing to follow after a Lima State Hospital examination. Daniel, a Richmond Virginia native and Ohio State University graduate, claimed only kissing and hugging the girl but prosecutors said he forced advances after a church service.
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Delaware
Ohio
al Jen P. Daniel
Daniel
Lima State Hospital
Richmond
Ohio State University
GIS
Evelyn Ethell
Ethel
Clyde E. Lewis
Lewis
Scrip Theft Charged to Two Men in West Virginia
In Pineville WV Carl Langdon 31 of Chesapeake OH and Bob Sheppard 37 of Huntington waived preliminary hearings on dealing in stolen coal company scrip. Langdon confessed to stealing a box destined for destruction at Myers Foundry and Machine Co Huntington and hid it five months. About $5000 in scrip was recovered. three other men waived hearings on possession.
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Pineville
W. Va
Carl Langdon
Chesapeake
Ohio
Bob Sheppard
Huntington
Wyoming County
Paul Goode
Langdon
Myers Foundry and Machine Co
Goode
To Add Third Floor at Ohio Penitentiary Branch
Bids will be taken June 9 on a third floor addition to the Ohio Penitentiary branch at Junction City in Perry County.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Junction City
Perry County
French Seek US Talks as Laniel Powers Narrow Window
Paris faces a political squeeze after a two vote margin kept Premier Laniel in office as Indochina talks at Geneva press on. Bidault prepares to present France's armistice plan while Britain and the United States weigh direct intervention possibilities and the Vietminh press the Hanoi region with heavy fighting in the Red River delta.
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Joseph Lanier
Indochina
National Assembly
Laniel
Geneva
Korea
Switzerland
Bidault
Laos
Cambodia
Faden
Paris
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
France
Washington
United States
Navarre
Henry Navaree
Red River
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Dulles
Pierre Huard
Hanoi University
Dien Pien Phu
Christian de Castries
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Phuly
Doctor Raps Exam Laxity At Draft Boards In Hawaii
Dr J Pinkerton of Honolulu told the 98th Hawaiian Medical Association meeting that lax physicals by draft boards cost taxpayers untold millions and breed dishonest veterans. He condemned the slapdash technique and reliance on simple questions to declare inductees fit.
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Honolulu
Forrest J. Pinkerton
U. S
Pinkerton
U. S. Armed Services
Hawaiian Medical Association
Ex-Ohio Congressman Dies of Heart Attack
Matthew Rombach Denver 83 died of a heart attack in Wilmington. He served as a one time Ohio congressman and was among the city's most widely known residents. His father, Gen. James W. Denver, is the namesake of Denver Colorado.
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Ohio
Wilmington
Matthew Rombach Denver
James W. Denver
Denver, Colo
Fall Against Glass Fatal to Ohio Man
An Ohio man, Charles Aubill, 19, died when he fell headfirst into packed glass cases at Libbey Owens Ford Glass in Port Clinton yesterday. He plunged ten feet while assisting installation of an overhead conveyor system.
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Ohio
Ottawa
Portinton
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass
Charles Aubill
Mansfield Man Killed In Route 23 Crash
Ernest Elkins aged 37 of Mansfield died in a two car crash on Route 23 near the Ross Pike line in Ross County. Woodrow Nieman 38 from Chillicothe was injured in the collision.
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Chillicothe
Ernest Elkins
Mansfield
Ross County
Ross-Pike County
Woodrow W. Nieman
Rt. 5
Safety Program Begun To Remove Mine Gas Risk
The Ohio Department of Industrial Relations launches a safety program with the division of mines and local fire departments to detect dangerous mine gas, particularly black damp, in homes near former coal mines. cases in Mahoning County prompted it after a man died from gas seeping into a basement well.
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Columbus
UPA
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Margaret A. Mahoney
Division of Mines
Miss Ma
Honey
Church Hill
Youngstown
Liberty Township
Mahoning County
Miss Mahoney
Rhodes Edges Lausche In Ohio Governor Primary Vote
In Columbus, Republican James A. Rhodes led Democrat Frank J. Lausche by about 60,000 votes in the May 4 gubernatorial primary. Rhodes won 398,324 to Lausche's 338,088 as both party nominees ran without opposition. Rhodes carried 71 counties. Lausche led in 17 counties including Cuyahoga.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Rhodes
Cuyahoga
Belmont
Brown
Defiance
Fairfield
Holmes
Jefferson
Mahoning
Mercer
Monroe
Montgomery
Ottawa
Pickaway
Pike
Summit
Trumbull
Tuscarawas
Death Row Author Chessman Gets Execution Stay
Daryl Chessman, the 32 year old author of Cell 2455 Death Row, received a stay of execution from Superior Court Judge Thomas F. Keating in Marin County. The delay came less than 24 hours before his scheduled gas chamber death in San Quentin. Chessman’s attorney argued the Los Angeles trial transcript used for appeal was faulty.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Superior Court
Thomas F. Keating
Marin County
Chessman
Los Angeles
State Supreme Court
Five Athens County Men Draft in June Call
In Ohio the June draft call totals 872 men with five from Athens County required to register. Eligible registrants must be born before June 1 1934 unless volunteers or delinquents. Other counties listed include Gallia Meigs Morgan Perry Vinton and Washington with varied counts.
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Columbus
Athens County
Ohio
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
Warm Weather Ahead Five Day Forecast for Columbus
Five day forecast shows temperatures about six degrees above normal with a weekend warmup. Cooler by Wednesday with showers Monday and Wednesday totaling roughly half to three quarters of an inch.
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Columbus
Campaign Cost Figures From Ohio Nomination Races
Democratic Gov. Frank Lauache filed a campaign expense report showing receipts of 110 and expenditures of 126 for a fifth term bid. Joseph Ferguson reported 176 in expenditures with no contributions. John Donahey listed 610 receipts and 79 expenditures with 109 in-bills. Rep. William Saxbe's GOP U S Senate bid shows 510 receipts and 588 expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank J. Lauache
Joseph T. Ferguson
John W. Donahey
Hudson
Ferguson
William Saxbe
Ohio
U. S
Pipeline Firm Plans Extensive Construction
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co seeks 35 million dollars in long term construction funds in an application to the state utilities commission. Vice president W. W. Morton of Kansas City says the expansion aims to meet urgent public needs and provide more adequate, dependable service to wholesale Ohio customers including Ohio Fuel Gas Co.
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Columbus
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
State Utilities Commission
W. Morton
Kansas City Co
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio University reps attend Tri-State Marketing Teachers Conference
Representatives from Ohio University attended the Tri-State Marketing Teachers Conference at Case Institute of Technology led by K. H. Kraus. The event gathered marketing educators from Ohio, Kentucky, and surrounding areas to discuss curriculum and industry links.
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Cleveland
Ohio University
Case Institute of Technology
K. H. Kraus
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