Mechanicsburg Meeting to Air Fire Aid Issue
In the wake of a fatal apartment fire, Mechanicsburg holds a meeting set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Mechanicsburg School to seek fire protection from Athens. Funeral service for Shirley Dotson 15 months daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren G Dotson was held today.
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Mechanicsburg
Athens
Shirley Dotson
Warren G. Dotson
Richland Re
Njured
Dotson
Shirley
Sheltering Arms
Jagers Funeral Home
Edward D. Brandeberry
Hebbardsville
Charles Dalton
George Perry
Earl Hooper
Fred Weber
Perry
South Y
Ohio University
Joe Sherman
Pittsburgh
Thought Control Urged by Bricker Against UN
Senator John W. Bricker warned Ohio newsroom readers that the United Nations seeks universal thought control through Article 14 of a proposed covenant. He argued the provision could penalize press freedoms under vague criteria and urged withdrawal as a remedy while noting Blue Pencil Club leadership and OSU sponsorship.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United Nations
Blue Pencil Club
School of Journalism
Ohio State University
Bricker
United States
A. R. Shuro
Ravenna Evening Record
Eugene J. Miller
Loudonville Times
F. W. Maguire
Oil Talks Renew After 20 Day Strike
Denver reports bargaining resumes between company and union reps to end a nationwide oil workers strike that began with 90 000 workers walking out and about 6000 returning to work. Sinclair Oil workers vote on contracts as talks proceed under CIO OWIU leadership.
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Denver
International Oil Workers Union
CIO
AFL
Sinclair Oil Corporation
OWIU
Sinclair
Bandit Slain In Gun Duel At Glenn Schmidt Playtorium
In Newport Kentucky a Detroit gunman was killed and Robert Schmidt the son of the club owner was wounded in a night club holdup and shootout. Six robbers armed with .45 revolvers entered the Glenn Schmidt Playtorium just after 2 am as patrons hid in bar and dining room. Michael Trapiano aged 30 a WWII Corregidor veteran and former Japanese prisoner died in the exchange.
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Newport
Detroit
Glenn Schmidt
Michael Trapiano
Robert Schmidt
Cars Crash Kills Three In Wet Portsmouth Area
In a driving rain near Portsmouth two cars collided head on killing Oren Bailey Lewis 45 of New Boston Verna Marie Arrowwood 42 and Wanda Marie Arrowwood 18 of Columbus. Five others injured were from the Portsmouth area and worked at Ashland Oil Refinery pistol team returning from Marietta. Earlier Floyd Howard Barr Jr 27 of Portsmouth died at General Hospital after his motorcycle left the road hitting a tree northwest of Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Here
Oren Bailey Lewis
New Boston
Verna Marie Arrowwood
Wanda Marie Arrowwood
Columbus
Ashland
Marietta
Harry Hook
Robert Foster
James Kinsey
Gilbert Monroe
James Northcutt
Lewis
Floyd Howard Barr, Jr
General Hospital
Local Boy Drowns in Olentangy River
Richard Goff 12 son of Mr and Mrs John Goff of Columbus drowned Sunday in the Olentangy River.
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Columbus
Richard Goff
John Goff
Olentangy River
Nurse Confesses to Arsenic Poisoning of Niece
In Wetumpka Alabama a 42 year old hospital head nurse Mrs Earle Dennison confessed in writing to poisoning her two year old niece Shirley Diana Weldon with arsenic laced soda three weeks ago The body of another niece showed arsenic traces in an exhumation and detectives found two life insurance policies on Shirley Diana for 5000 and 1000 dollars.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Earle Dennison
Lester Holley
Shirley Diana Weldon
Bow Battered Ship Repaired Returns To Duty
The aircraft carrier Wasp, 34,000 tons, seaworthy after a ten day bow repair, left Bayonne for Gravesend Bay to resupply. A 90 ton section from the Hornet’s bow was grafted onto the Wasp. In April a nighttime collision with the Hobson sank the destroyer minesweeper, with 176 lost and 61 Hobson crew rescued.
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Bayonne
N. J
Wasp
Naval Shipyard
Gravesend Bay
New York
Atlantic
Hobson
Red Denial Angers On Truce Boss At Panmunjom
UN truce chief Vice Admiral C Turner Joy called a North Korean denial of allied screening of POWs an out and out lie as Gen Nam Ilsok insisted no agreement to screening existed. The interview followed a poll where nearly 100000 POWs preferred death to return to communism, stalling any armistice progress. Gen Mark Clark announced Maj Gen William Harrison Jr will succeed Joy as senior UN truce delegate Friday.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Nam
Tokyo
Mark Clark
William K. Harrison, Jr
Joy
Progressive Party to Seek Court Ruling on Ballot Access
The Ohio Progressive Party plans to file a Franklin Court petition within a month challenging election law as subversive. Don Rothenberg, executive secretary, said the party will urge the Ohio Un American Committee to investigate the law and endorse Vincent Hallinan for president and Charlotta Bass for vice president to push pacifist ballot efforts in Ohio in 1952.
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Columbus
Ohio Progressive Party
Ohio
Don Rothenberg
Cleveland
Progressives
Ohio Un-American Committee
Franklin Court
Rothenberg
Ohio Progressives
Vincent Hallinan
Ross, Calif
Charlotta Bass
New York City
Soviets Vary Red Blockade
Berlin dispatch reports a variation of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin with the border to the Munich Berlin train closed at Gutenfuerst near Hof 170 miles southwest of Berlin. Other rail and highway traffic across the Russian zone were normal and Allied patrols on the Berlin Helmstedt express highway continued without sign of renewed bans. The East German police gave no reason for the border closure.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Munich
Berlin-Helmstedt
Gutenfuerst
Hof
Ohio State economist Gordon Hayes to retire for Tulane post
Gordon Hayes 69 a professor of economics at Ohio State University will retire in June to become chair of the department of economics at Tulane University Graduate School.
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Columbus
Gordon Hayes
Ohio State University
Department of Economics
Tulane University Graduate School
Newsprint costs rise 152 percent in Canada
Canadian newsprint prices climb 152 percent since V J Day, with a new $10 per ton increase set for June 15 adding over 50 million dollars yearly to U S publishing costs. Publishers warn higher costs could raise ads and subscriptions, while U S officials debate retaliatory duties.
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Ellis Arnall
Harvest Trims Lead Of Taft In GOP Delegate Fight
Eisenhower gains ground as Oregon delegates sweep for him narrowing the race with Senator Taft. This week 129 delegates will be chosen across six states as Democrats and Republicans hold state conventions. AP tally shows Taft at 375 and Eisenhower at 337 of 914 named. 604 needed for nomination.
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Montana
North Carolina
Louisiana
Delaware
Maryland
Washington State
Minnesota
Hawaii
Chicago
Eisenhower
Oregon
Taft
Vermont
Associated Press
North American strike call authorized by aircraft workers
The United Auto Workers Local 927 at North American Aviation Columbus plant authorized a strike if needed. About 10,000 workers seek a 13 cent an hour cost of living boost and other benefits, with 94 percent voting yes. A Los Angeles plant with 14,000 workers also plans a similar vote.
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Columbus
North American Aviation, Inc
Elmer Adkins
Uaw-Cio
North American
Los Angeles
Ohio Dealers Seek Higher Gasoline Markups
The Ohio Independent Gasoline Dealers Association plans to urge the FTC to probe alleged gasoline profit margin fixing in Ohio. President Fred H. Holman said the group will also appeal to the Office of Price Stabilization for higher markups. Current limits are 4.3 cents per gallon for standard and 4.8 cents for premium.
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Cleveland
Ohio Independent Gasoline Dealers Association
Federal Trade Commission
Ohio
Fred H. Holman
Columbus
Office of Price Stabilization
Brewers Plan Potent Lager for Coronation
A British brewery announced a special coronation beer for the queen’s crowning in June 1953. The lager will cost over five shillings a pint and be more than three times as strong as normal, with release to the public a week before the event.
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London
Equipment Stolen From Metal Carbides Plant by Masked Thugs
Two masked men overpowered a watchman at Metal Carbides Corp in Youngstown Sunday and escaped with wheel grinding equipment valued at several thousand dollars.
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Youngstown
Metal Carbides Corp
Truman Upsets Plans For Party Civil Rights Plank Fight
Truman’s Saturday speech to the ADA pushes enactment of his civil rights proposals to Congress and sparks a drive for a strong civil rights plank at Chicago. Senator Lehman vows to fight for a robust plank while southern foes fear a 1948 style Dixie walkout if the party backs Truman’s proposals.
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Washington
Truman
Frank E. McKinney
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Congress
Chicago
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
McKinney
Walter George
Georgia
Francis Myers
George
Myers
Erally
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Crevice Trap Leaves University Student Stranded at Mt. St. Helens
At Ft. St. Helens a 20 year old University of Washington student Art Jessett became trapped in a 90 foot crevice on the icy slope while descending from the summit. He called to rescuers that he was stuck in a narrow ice hole about 35 feet below the surface and feared a broken arm as the ice melted.
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Spirit Lake
MT. ST. Helens
Wash
University of Washington
Ft. St. Helens
Art Jessett
Seattle
Jessett
$300 Million Social Security Pay Increase Debated
Washington backers a proposed 300 million dollar rise in social security benefits for current retirees by 5 dollars monthly or 12 percent, whichever is larger, and up to 5 dollars more for future retirees. The bill, sponsored by Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee, would alter the benefit formula to 55 percent of the first 100 dollars of average monthly wage, with other portions unchanged, and extend proportionate increases to spouses, widows, and dependents.
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Washington
House
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
UN Raiders Harass Reds In Korea Fronts
UN raiders fought into fortified bunkers on the western front and directed artillery at Reds fleeing the area. Allied troops used shelters against exploding shells as Filipino units on the central front killed or wounded every one of 40 Chinese defenders west of Chorwon. The Philippines 20th Battalion Combat Team reported 28 Chinese casualties.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Chorwon
Philippines
Boston Rhode Island feud over Brink's robbery slaying reported
Rhode Island Attorney General William Powers accused Massachusetts authorities of ignoring leads in the Brink's robbery case and the murder of Carlton M. O'Brien owner of a Warwick dine and dance spot. He said Joseph McGinnis and Alfred Gagnon tied to the crime and that O'Brien planned the raid with McGinnis.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Brink
Langland
William E. Powers
Powers
Carlton M. O’brien
Joseph F. McGinnis
O’brien
Warwick
R. I
Providence
McGinnis
O'Brien
Alfred A. Gagnon
Pawtucket
Rhode Island State Prison
Britain Plans to Quit 800 Million Dollar China Investment
London reports say British firms plan to abandon their vast holdings in the Chinese mainland after nearly three years of communist pressure. The move would not alter Britain’s diplomatic recognition of Peiping, with compensation chances deemed small.
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London
British Business Today
Britain
Peiping
Anthony Eden
China
Foreign Office
Daily Express
Reds
Asiatic Petroleum Co
Hong Kong
Pesseger
Sha Tientsin
Hankow
Canton
Far East
Tobaccco Co
Shell Oil Co
Butterefield and Swire, Jardine, Matheson and Co
Area Vets Return Home From Far East Arrivals
SEATTLE reports 1483 veterans from the Far East aboard the navy transport Joe P Martinez due Tuesday. Area servicemen include Cpl Danford L Beaver New Matamoras Pfc Fred E Hixson Athens Sfc Joseph D Kittle Glouster Pfc Charles C Newburn Chesterhill and Sfc Philip D Ohlinger Pomeroy also listed. The Gen Nelson M Walker docked Sunday with 3630 veterans including Sfc James E Boring Crooksville Sfc Lorenzo L Canaday Vin ton Pvt Darwin Crosby Sgt Darold Crosby Jackson Sgt Dana R Holter Racine Cpl Paul F Lax Carbon Hill Pfc Donald E Palmer McConnellsville Pfc Marvin A Rudd Gallipolis and Cpl Donald E Stimson Logan.
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Seattle
Far East
Joe P. Martinez
Danford L. Beaver
New Matamoras
Fred E. Hixson
Athens
Joseph D. Kittle
Glouster
Charles C. Newburn
Chesterhill
Philip D. Ohlinger
Pomeroy
Navy
Nelson M. Walker
James E. Boring
Crookseville
Lorenzo L
Canaday
Vinton
Darwin
Darold Crosby
Jackson
Dana R. Holeter
Racine
Paul F. Lax
Carebon Hill
Donald E. Palmer
McConnellsville
Marvin A. Rudd
Gallipolis
Donald E. Stimson
Logan
Wellston Girl Crowned Apple Festival Queen
Shirley Walburn, 16, a Wellston High School junior, is named queen of Jackson County’s 12th annual apple festival. She was chosen from 39 contestants by 12 judges and will reign September 17 to 20.
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Jackson
Shirley Walburn
Wellston High School
Jackson County
Wellston
Miss Walburn
Woman Drowns After Buckeye Boat Crash
Miss Patricia Monro, 23, youth page editor of the Ohio State Journal in Columbus, drowned at Buckeye Lake after a motorboat collided with a pleasure craft Saturday night. A Vassar College graduate, she joined the Journal in April 1951.
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Newark
Patricia Monro
Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Monro
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Journal
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Mass
Harvard Square
Hal Boyle
Sen. Taft
THE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
SPURS
Gagnon
Apple Festival
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Chauncey
EAI
Siiirnaien Ettendenen
Nelsonville
Mda
Point Pleasant
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