Ohio coal could reach 70 million tons by 1975
Ohio’s coal output in 1952 totaled 35.49 million tons. An estimate by the Presidents Materials Policy Commission projects possible growth to 58.62 million tons, plus about three million for atomic plants and nine million more from near‑surface stripping, potentially reaching 70.72 million tons annually by 1975 amid possible depressors.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marian S. Klein
State Division of Geological Survey
Materials Policy Commission
Klein
State Director of Industrial Relations
Margaret A. Mahoney
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson
Ohio River
Pittsburgh No. 8
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Muskingum
Perry
Vinton
Washington
GOP Senator Predicts Eisenhower Farm Program
Sen. Case of South Dakota says the Eisenhower administration will propose a farm program to Congress in January to guarantee Republican control after next year’s elections. He notes the farm issue could decide the elections and praises Benson’s departmental reorganization, including soil conservation changes.
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Washington
Sen
Case
R-Sd
Congress
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Benson
Benson
Soil Conservation Service
Suit results in 4 deaths in Pa farm sale dispute
In Lewistown area, a $316 verdict by York Court awarded Harry G. Snavely and his wife Helen damages over a farm sale. Hours later the couple, their buyer Mear Snavely, and neighbor John L. Eichelberger were found shot. Eichelberger, enraged by the loss, killed the Snavelys and then shot himself after confessing the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisberry
York Courty Court
Harry G. Snavely
Helen
Mear Snavely
John L. Eichelberger
Harrisburg
W. K. Duhrkoff
Eichelberger
Royal salute Houston style in greeting the Greek royals
Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz urges courtesies over curtsies when King and Queen Frederika visit. He asks residents to greet them with a simple how do you do and a Texas welcome, avoiding formal curtsies and using friendly regional phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Roy Hofheinz
Supreme Court Justice Clark Refuses Subpoena in White Case
Justice Tom Clark declined to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee on the Harry Dexter White matter. He offered to answer written questions and argued the judiciary is independent of the legislative branch. President Truman similarly refused to testify citing constitutional separation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harry Dexter White
Clark
Truman
Congressional
Atty. Gen. Brownell
White
FBI
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Welde
R-Iii
Byrnes
Girl Abducted From Manhattan Home Found Safe in Queens
A 13 year old girl Dorothea del Longo was abducted from her East Side Manhattan home by a man with a scarred face. She was found four hours later in Queens Elmhurst district. The kidnapper demanded rent money and fled with the radio and tape recorder. The family described the suspect as about 28 years old.
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New York
East Side
Manhattan
Elmhurst
Queens
Dorothea del Longo
James Botticelli
Botticelli
Bertha
Dorothea
Thomas
Chrysler executive hints China trade outlook shifts
Chrysler export chief C. B. Thomas says U S policy and state department sentiment suggest potential opening of trade with Communist China. He notes any sales would depend on government approval and points to Dulles recent statements on possible partial recognition.
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Detroit
U. S
China
Thomas
Dulles
Welcomed By Canadians On Eisenhower Ottawa Visit
President Eisenhower traveling in pajamas on the Eisenhower special train was greeted at the U S Canada border by Canadian officials and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The welcoming party joined at Rouses Point New York ahead of the Ottawa leg time 7 30 a m EST. Eisenhower appeared on the rear platform and waved to about 100 locals.
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Presdent
Eisenhower
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rouses Point
N. Y
Boundary Line
Canada
Two Youths Charged In Holmes Robberies
Holmes County police report two youths victimized Amish men driving horse buggies in Mount Hope Mines district. Four robberies were recorded totaling about 25 dollars, with a black haired youth about 22, wearing a red bandana, jumping from a car to rob each buggy with a shotgun or rifle, sheriff Clarence Dieringer said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Ohio
Holmes County
Mount Hope-Minesburg
Clarence Dieringer
Blaze Kills Four in Dunkirk Dwelling
A deadly fire in Dunkirk yesterday killed four people including three children Rosemary Lawton 7 Judith 5 and Thomas 18 months and their maternal grandfather Thomas Swartz 57. The blaze destroyed the home and authorities investigated the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Rosemary Lawton
Judith
Thomas
Thomas Swartz
Boom Year for Building Is Side Coal
Under secretary of Commerce Walter Williams predicts a continuing building boom with 1954 construction totaling about 34 billion dollars. Nonfarm private housing may drop 6 to 8 percent from 1953, while additions and repairs rise about 10 percent. industrial building remains slow, stores and offices rise about 10 percent, and utilities show mild expansion.
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Los Angeles
Walter Williams
Williams
Gems Stolen From Hotel In Dayton
In Dayton Ohio $20000 worth of unmounted diamonds and other gems vanished from a hotel room. Howard J Rosfelder a Cincinnati salesman and co owner of a jewelry firm reported the loss two hours after returning from dinner. He had left the jewels in a closet while he dined and found them missing on his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Leslie F. St. Pierre
Howard J. Rosfelder
Cincinnati
Rosfelder
Panel of 5 Doctors Permit Slots Trial
Common Pleas Judge Warren S. Earhart ruled Dustin E. Corn must go on trial Tuesday on charges from a raid that netted 155 slot machines in Ironton. A five doctor examining board found Corn physically able to stand trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Ohio
Common Pleas
Warren S. Earhart
Dustin E
Ducky
Hotel Holiden maid crushed by service elevator shaft death
Dayton Ohio report states Elizabeth King 68 employed as a maid at the downtown Hotel Holiden was killed Thursday when crushed between a service elevator and its shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Holiden
Elizabeth King
UN to Seek POW Release on January 22
In Panmunjom negotiators resume talks on a Korean peace conference after a week’s recess as advisers finish secret meetings without releasing details. General Hull pledges to press for release of all unrepatriated Korean and Chinese war prisoners by January 22 if talks do not begin, linking to the truce clause that frees such POWs. The Red interview program ends December 23, with no sign of accelerating prisoner interviews.
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Panmunjom
U. S
John E. Hull
Far East
Korea
Hull
Boston Burlesque Theaters Ordered Closed for Rest of Year
The Boston Board of Censors ordered the Old Howard and Casino burlesque houses closed for the remainder of the year after municipal court convictions of three strippers and their managers for immoral shows. Rose LaRose defended burlesque as legitimate art, arguing it mirrors other musical expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Board of Censors
Howard
Casino
Rose LaRose
Counties and Townships Receive Road Funds in Ohio
Columbus report states counties and townships in Ohio shared 2.294 million dollars in gasoline tax for highways. Auditor James A. Rhodes notes this is the fifth monthly distribution since July 1. Distributions totaled 20 000 per county and 400 per township across 88 counties and 1339 townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Friday the 13th Date Note in 1954 Almanac
The item notes superstition around Friday the 13th. It explains this year has a Friday the 13th today and that the calendar shows only one such date in August 1954.
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Chicago
Eighty Year Old Mary Woodworth Hit Crossing Route 2
An eighty year old resident of Atwater Route 2 named Mary Woodworth was struck by a car while crossing Ohio 80 on Thursday. Authorities investigated the incident and conditions at the scene were documented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Ohio
Mary Woodworth
Atwater
Republicans Pressured Velde to Drop Truman Subpoena Plan
Washington report says the Republican National Committee and the White House pressed GOP House Un American Activities Committee members to abandon a plan to subpoena former President Truman in the Harry Dexter White case. Eisenhower distancing himself and White House aides signaling views influenced the decision. A GOP meeting at Velde's Alexandria home with a national committee representative urged abandoning the move to avoid political backlash.
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White House
Republican National Committee
Brownell
Velde
William Arrogast
Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
Truman
Harry Dexter White
Clardy
Michigan
Scherer
Ohio
National Committee
Alexandria
GOP Committee
Leonard W. Hall
Senate
Internal Security
Clark
House
Big 4 Arms Parley Taking Shape at UN
United Nations 60 nation Political Committee opens a double session as Western powers push for private Big Four talks on atomic control and disarmament. The Soviet Union may back a plan for substantial armament cuts and a ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs by March 1. France proposes a sub committee of major armament powers.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN Disarmament Commission
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Jules Moch
Disarmament Commission
Hatcheting Case Hears in Cleveland Court
In Cleveland a 54 year old Florentine Perna faces an assault charge after he struck his wife Antoinette with a 13 inch camper ax in a courtroom area. The weapon caused a forehead gash requiring nine stitches. The case involves whether city or county prosecutors will handle the case after Perna was jailed for contempt of an alimony order with nine months arrears of $20 monthly payments.
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Cleveland
Florentine Perna
Common Pleas
Perna
Antoinette
Harry A. Hanna
Benson Finds Texas Worries Over Cotton
LUBBOCK Texas 4 Secretary of Agriculture Benson found south plains farmers less worried about drought today yet concerned over a possible 1954 cotton control program. Recent rains have raised hope a prolonged drought may be ending but fears of drastic acreage cuts and lower farm income from crops amid cattle losses remain.
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Lubbock
Tex
Benson
South Plains
Texas
Fall injures fatal in Columbus stairway mishap
Miss Ella M Cryan aged 60 of Columbus suffered fatal injuries from a stairway fall on Thursday. Police said she was taken to a local hospital after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ella M. Cryan
Real Love Fails to Impress In Soviet Novel
MOSCOW The Komsomolskaya Pravda criticizes a new novel Secret Agent for forced passion when the hero and heroine meet in a railroad club and discuss a schedule flaw. The review argues the scene relies on contrived romance rather than natural emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Sergei
AEC Cancels Spoon River Explosives Plant near Macomb
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the cancellation of a 26 million dollar explosives processing plant near Macomb Illinois. It cited technical developments that will boost output of existing plants producing the same materials, ending the Spoon River project.
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Washington
The
Atomic Survey Commission
Macomb
Spoon River
Ohio Weekend Temperatures May Rise Then Cool Early Week
Mild and above normal temperatures are forecast across Ohio from Saturday through Monday with cooler conditions expected Tuesday or Wednesday. Normal highs range from 48 to 51 and lows from 32 to 34 across the state, with little rain in central and south portions and light rain possible in the north midweek.
Ironton Courier Buys Ironton Daily News Assets
The Ironton Courier announces it has purchased the circulation advertising lists and goodwill of the Ironton Daily News in an acquisition aimed at expanding its local media presence in Ohio.
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Ironton
Ohio
Ironton Courier Today
Ironton Daily News
Truman Hints He'll Accept Invitation to Testify
Former President Harry S. Truman said his refusal to honor a congressional subpoena does not mean he will stay silent on the Harry Dexter White controversy. He noted he has not been invited to testify before the Senate Internal Security committee and said they would need to consider what they have in mind. He added he cannot answer all questions categorically.
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Blumauer
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Brownell
Reds In Education
Velde
Vaughan
Truman
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
FBI
White
T. Lamar Caudle
New York
Harry S. Truman
Harry Dexter White
Senate Internal Security Committee
Robert C. Henderickson
Hendrickson
Senate Committee
Attacker Receives 45Year Sentence for Child Torture
Winston H. Morse, 34, of Salem Massachusetts, began a 45 year term at the Florida State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to lewd and lascivious assault and attempted murder in the attack on 8 year old Bruce Strandhagen. Judge W T Kennedy imposed the maximum sentence. Morse claimed prior Massachusetts convictions for attacks on boys ended in probation as "feeble minded but harmless."
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Winston H. Morse
Florida State Penitentiary
Bruce Strandhagen
Salem
Mass
Cook
W. T. Kennedy
Morse
Massachusetts
Prince Charles to Enter School Life at Five
London report notes the five year old heir to the throne will begin schooling tomorrow with a governess named Miss Catherine Peebles, 31, who previously taught Prince Michael. The law requires education by age five, and Charles will start in or near Windsor.
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London
Charles
Catherine Peebles
Prince Michael
Duchess of Kent
Little Charles
Enteres Judicial Race in Mt. Gilead Primary
Morrow County Common Pleas Judge announced candidacy for the unexpired term of the late Ohio Supreme Court Judge Edward Matthias. The race will be decided at the May 4, 1954 Republican primary in Mt. Gilead Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Gilead
Ohio
Morrow County Common Pleas
Row County Common Pleas
Ohio Supreme Court
Edward Matthias
Westinghouse Opens Giant Capital Plant in Columbus
The largest Westinghouse factory ever built opened in Columbus Ohio. The 45 million dollar, one story plant spans 45 acres and nearly half a mile in length. Officials expect about 7000 workers and production of around 4000 major electrical appliances daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Westinghouse
Last of Area Forest Fires Under Control
The last of eight fires in five counties was brought under control. About 100 men fought flames destroying 175 acres in Beaver Township Pike County with smaller fires in Meigs Washington and Athens counties across the region.
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Wellston
Ohio
Beaver
Pike County
Ja Meigs
Washington
Athens
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James C. Haggerty
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