Unique Pay Boost Plan Approved
In Pittsburgh the government approved an equipment utilization pay plan for about 25 000 workers at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp boosting earnings up to 35 percent. The plan ties pay to machine utilization, with a typical worker gaining 15 to 20 percent, while not tied to wage talks with the CIO United Steelworkers.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
United Steelworkers
Jones and Laughlin
Washington
Allquippa
Cleveland
Steel Union
Jones and Ughlin Steel
J. and
Jury To Alter Case On Thursday
The defense plans to rest its case in the second degree murder trial of George Phillips, 23, charged with killing Columbus housewife Ruth K. Alter last April 25. The defense has 12 witnesses left, 10 of them character witnesses. Phillips testified Friday as Judge Myron B. Gessaman recessed for the weekend. Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett will cross examine after direct testimony ends, with eight rebuttal witnesses subpoenaed. Rebuttals likely Wednesday, jury verdict Thursday.
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Columbus
George Phillips
Ruth K. Alter
Paul M. Herbert
Phillips
Common Pleas
Myron B. Gessaman
Ralph J. Bartlett
Little Hocking Postal Burglary Investigated
Marietta Ohio detectives probe a burglary at the Little Hocking post office believed to have occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning. Postmistress Mildred Sellars reports the front door and safe combination locks were broken. items taken were not disclosed.
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Marietta
Little Hocking
Mildred Sellars
Chinese Reds purge thousands in Lungmoon County action
1000 Chinese purged in Lungmoon County with roughly 3000 detainees arrested as counter revolutionaries over six months under the Nationalist Defense Ministry report. The figures reflect ongoing crackdown in Kwangtung Province amid Taiwan Formosa reporting.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Lungmoon County
Kwangtung Providence
Wanted one bathroom heater for cold mornings
A timely tip urges readers to buy or sell a bathroom heater in winter. An offer explains it costs only a few cents to place a Messenger want ad and to call 0242 before 6 PM to place the notice.
Motion Filed To Suppress Kirkpatrick Guilty Plea
Defense lawyers in the first degree murder case against Kirkpatrick filed a three page motion in Common Pleas Court to suppress his guilty plea and to require a transcript of his statements. They contend Kirkpatrick was unlettered and unfamiliar with English legal terms when arraigned on October 15 and that he did not have counsel, prompting a plea entered without adequate understanding. The filing seeks exclusion of the plea as evidence and demands access to his state statements.
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William C. Kirkpatrick
Common Pleas Court
Kirkpatrick
W. P. Mickle
Anita
Guysville
George Bateman
James F. Shumaker
Attoneys
Mickle
Butler Fire Fatal to 4 in Blairsville Area
A pre dawn fire destroyed an eight room frame house near Evans City killing Mrs. Mary Belle Patterson 25 and her children Kay Francis 4 James B Jr 3 and Eugene 4 months. An expectant mother and two others escaped by leaping from second story windows.
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Butler
Evans City
Mary Belle Patterson
Kay Francis
James B. Jr
Eugene
Richard Carl Double
Blair Patterson
Test Deadline Today For Draft Deferment Qualification
Columbus report notes today is the deadline for college students to mail applications for the December 13 deferment qualification test. The test targets students whose academic year ends in January.
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Columbus
Maipu Rescued After Collision With U S Transport
The 12,000 ton Argentine motorship Maipu carrying 238 aboard was rammed by the U S troopship General M L Hershey in foggy North Sea offshore Bremerhaven. All aboard were rescued by the transport and German rescue craft, including 38 women and eight children. Captain Juan Marquez reported all 80 passengers and 158 crew remained calm during the three hour ordeal. The calm sea aided a 100 percent rescue near Wanerogg, Germany.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Argentina
U. S
North Sea
M. L. Hershey
Juan Marquez
Weser
Wanerogg
Check Books At Ashtabula
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson will visit Ashtabula to review shortages cited in a death by own action note linked to the late county treasurer Earl D. Cooper. Ferguson will be joined by chief deputy Willard Noble as an state examiner has been surveying Cooper's accounts since Friday after his death by exhaust poisoning.
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Ashtabula
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Willard Noble
Earl D. Cooper
Cooper
Fifth Atomic Test Blast Set Today at Nevada Site
The Atomic Energy Commission plans what could be the strongest blast in the current Yucca Flat series near Las Vegas Nevada. Newsmen were told to depart Mt. Charleston quickly after detonation to avoid windborne fallout while the Civil Aeronautics Administration issued altitude restrictions to keep planes from 11,000 to 21,000 feet during specified morning hours.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Mt. Charleston
Yucca Flat
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Las Vagas
Albuquerque
Special Weapons Command
Kirtland Air Force Base
Auto Mishaps Fatal To Eight
Eight people died in Ohio weekend accidents as snow ice and freezing temps reduced traffic. Among the dead were Charles A. Hummer 32 of Defiance killed when his auto hit a tree south of Defiance. Bessie Harrington 78 of Youngstown died in a guard rail collision near East Liverpool. Dan Miller 77 a retired farmer from Trenton Indiana perished when his car struck a tree near Cincinnati.
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Associated Press
Ohio
State
Defiance
Charles A. Hummer
East Liverpool
Bessie Harrington
Youngstown
Tydings Offers Reward On McCarthy Charges
Millard E. Tydings former Maryland senator announces a five thousand dollar reward for actions leading to indictments of the fifty seven card carrying communists McCarthy said worked in the State Department. He sent the offer in a letter to Senator Jenner protesting Jenner's criticism of the 1950 inquiry. The Jenner letter publicized the missive yesterday.
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Washington
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Tydings
Jenner
R-Ind
Ike's Party Stand Cited Drives Taft Aides to Act
Taft backers tout a political weapon from Eisenhower s refusal to name a favored party as he meets Truman in Blair House amid military talks. Sen Johnson says Eisenhower faces tough job leaving Europe. Duff seeks a private talk while Humphrey predicts Truman aims to lure Ike to the Democratic ticket.
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Washington
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Blair House
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Europe
Duff
New York
Tanks Pace Heavy Red Onslaughts
The Red attack on the western front was the heaviest in two months as tanks led the assault near Yonchon. UN infantry and warplanes counterattacked, regaining some ground while Allied air forces hunted remaining tanks and supported ground troops.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Elementa
Yonch
U. S. Eighth Army
Eighth Army
Yonchon
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
CIO Shuns AFLs New Peace Offer
The CIO met today to consider a peace offer from the AFL, 16 years after their split. Philip Murray, CIO president, criticized the AFL for breaking up the United Labor Policy Committee and cautioned that real unity would require preserving industrial unionism over the craft union approach.
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New York
CIO
AFL
Philip Murray
Murray
United Labor Policy Committee
ULPC
Ohio mine project approvals total 6.7 million
The Defense Solid Fuels Administration announced funding authorizations for Ohio coal mines including Central Ohio Coal Co in Morgan County to spend about 4.78 million, Broken Arc Coal Co in Wellston for 1.5 million, and Powhatan Mining Co in Dell s Bottom for 0.4 million. The 123 projects across 11 states covered Q4 1951 and Q1 1952.
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Washington
Federal Defense Solid Fuels Administration
DSFA
Central Ohio Coal Co
Morgan County
Broken Arc Coal Company
Wellston
Powhatan Mining Company
Dells Bottom
Ohio
Fire Destroys Central YMCA Rooms For 70 Evacuees
Early morning blaze at the central YMCA forced 70 residents to flee their rooms. Firefighters estimated damage up to $25,000. No injuries reported. The fire began in a seventh floor room.
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Columbus
Central Ymca
Phantom Burglar Returns to Prowl in Hamilton
Police accuse a repeat burglar of breaking into six homes last night and stealing $12 in cash. In one residence the intruder missed a pocketbook containing more than $400. The burglaries were previously charged weeks ago and now face new charges in Hamilton.
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Hamilton
UN Urges Bypassing Buffer Zone in Korea Talks
The United Nations proposed bypassing the cease-fire buffer zone obstacle while talks continue on other points. Brig Gen William P. Nuckols indicated a cautious press for study, while Reds called the idea unacceptable. If agreed, delegations would tackle ending shooting supervising the truce POW exchange and foreign troop withdrawal.
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East
Allied
Kumsong Bulge
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Chinnampo
Kaesong
Munsan
Korea
United Nations Today
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Bricker Decries Socialism In England Police State
Senator John W. Bricker argues socialism has created a police state in England and urges less government interference until private enterprise proves itself. Representative Richard Bolling counters that government can perform better than private firms in some cases, pointing to the Tennessee Valley Authority as benefiting the public, while Bricker cites TVA mainly for wartime and atomic energy efforts.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
England
Bricker
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Bolling
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Adequate Oil Supply Forecast for Winter
An official of the defense department's oil program said the nation's supply is more than adequate to meet all demands during winter months. Cr. L. Burrill, director of the program division of the Petroleum Administration for Defense in Washington, spoke at the 31st annual American Petroleum Institute meeting.
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Chicago
Defense Department
Cr. L. Burrill
The
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Washington
American Petroleum Institute
Eisenhower Truman Open Talks Today
President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower begin confidential talks in Washington on defense and foreign policy. A White House plan calls for a Wednesday night address on disarmament atomic controls Korea peace and East West issues tied to the UN General Assembly session in Paris.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
White House
Korea
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Duff
R-Pa
Western
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Frankie and Johnnie Murder Trial Opens in Newark
Joanne Thomas stood trial for the first degree murder in the Frankie and Johnnie slaying of 25 year old Frank Rizzo at a Newark fruit market. A witness recalled her saying I love you Frank as she knelt by the victim’s body after he was shot four times while weighing grapes near downtown Newark.
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Newark
Joanne Thomas
Johnnie
Frank
Frank Rizzo
Miss Thomas
Rizzo
Wonder Drugs Lose Punch in Lab Tests Says Doctors
SAN FRANCISCO doctors report common antibiotics are less effective than years ago. A study by Kuhns Fusillo and Romansky of Walter Reed Army Hospital shows penicillin and other drugs failing more against golden staphylococcus from 1947 to 1950, with some effectiveness kept against Korean samples. New antibiotic producers may offer future countermeasures.
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San Francisco
Wonder
Dwight M. Kuhns
Matthew H. Fusillo
Monroe J. Romansky
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington, D. C
American College of Surgeons
Korea
United States proposes world arms census at UN
The United States plans a world wide arms census including a complete accounting of all atomic weapons with strict verification. The move aims to push Truman peace proposals and seeks support from Britain and France, while Russia opposes giving priority to China’s seat and blocks disclosures. The plan envisions full troop and weapon accounting and UN inspectors with access to facilities as a step toward general disarmament.
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Paris
United States
U.S
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Truman
Dean Acheson
United Nations General Assembly
China
Assembly
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Iran Begins Oil Operation At Abadan Refinery Unit
Tehran reports that with Gods help Iran has started temporary operation of a major Abadan refinery unit after expelling British control. Officials say engineers and workers without foreign aid brought apparatus No. 70 online, intending to run it for about a month to refill storage tanks for domestic use.
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Tehran
Iran
Abadan
Orton Rust Ohio Historian Dies at 69
SPRINGFIELD Ohio historian and former newspaperman Orton G Rust 69 who authored works and served as Springfield city treasurer in the early 1920s died last night at Mercy Hospital after illness since October 6 following a heart attack He worked as reporter and advertising department employee for the Springfield News and Sun during the decade.
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Springfield
Orton G., Rust
Mercy Hospital
Rust
Springfield News and Sun
Jewel Theft Report In New York Hotel Suite
British actor James Mason reported last night that eleven pieces of jewelry valued at about $30,000 disappeared from his hotel suite in New York. Police investigated the theft and consulted hotel security footage.
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New York
James Mason
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