Fire damages Ohio National Guard Armory on Carpenter Street
Firefighters battled a morning blaze on the second floor of the Ohio National Guard Armory in Athens. The fire, discovered at 1 50 a m, was contained by about 4 a m with authorities estimating $10 000 in damage. The NCO Club and dressing quarters suffered the heaviest losses while water and smoke harmed other offices and the drill area.
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Ohio National Guard
Carpenter St
Charles Dalton
Col. W. B. McMillan
Adjutant General’s Office
Columbus
Dalton
Clarence Hoisington
Athens
Athens Buick Co
Hoisington
Dalton Said
NCO Club
Three Ohio Valley deaths from weekend traffic crashes
Three people died in Ohio Valley accidents over the weekend. Pvt Charles Fairchild 21 and his wife Carol Jean 22 of Athens were killed after a head on crash on Route 7 near Torch Saturday night. Samuel Thornton Brown 77 of Letart Route 1 was struck by a car on Route 33 near Longdale Va and died at the scene. The driver of the other car John Taylor 40 Mason was hospitalized with injuries. Brown's dog also died. Funeral services for Brown are set Tuesday. The patrol reports Fairchilds died in Parkersburg while his driver Carmen Powers 28 of Parkersburg sustained multiple fractures. Both Fairchilds were en route from Fort Monmouth N J to Camp Stoneman Calif after leave. The other crash occurred on a curve west of the Athens Washington County line.
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Pvt
Charles Fairchild
Carol Jean
Union St
Athens
Parkersburg
Torch
Samuel Thornton Brown
Letart
Longdale
W.va
Brown
John Taylor
Mason
Meigs General Hospital
Faire Childs
St. Joseph Hospital
Carmen Powers
State Highway Patrol
Fairchild
Powers
Athens-Washington County Line
Camden-Clark Menories Hospital
John Born
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Camp Stoneman
Calif
West Virginia
Taylor
Central Operating Co
Foglesong
Buriell
Ike Truman meeting signals unity on world peace
Washington AP report says President-elect Eisenhower and President Truman plan a conference to present a united front on peace. Officials expect a brief briefing on global and domestic issues with focus on hydrogen bomb progress, cabinet appointments, Korea policy, and transition plans before Eisenhower’s Jan. 20 inauguration.
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Eisenhower
Truman
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetak Atoll
State
Defense
Treasury
UN General Assembly
Ensign Squanders Ship Funds in Embezzlement Case
Navy ensign George McClelland Snyder, 28, charged with embezzling 38000 dollars from his destroyer, told FBI agents he used most on women liquor foreign cars and travel. He vanished from Portsmouth Virginia around Oct 17 and traveled to Florida Louisiana Texas and the West Coast by plane or in two foreign cars. Patricia Johnson a 22 year old showgirl was questioned in San Antonio about 2100 in new currency she had with her.
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Santa Ana
Calif
FBI
Joseph Santoiana Jr
George McClelland Snyder
U. S
Portsmouth
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Santoiana
Snyder
Patricia Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Eisenhower to Decide Repatriation Statement This Week
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower, after conferences with President Truman and GOP leaders, will decide this week whether to issue a pre inauguration statement on repatriation of Korean war prisoners. He leaves Augusta tomorrow for Washington to meet Truman at the White House, then in New York with Republican leaders to discuss Congress plans.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
White House
New York
Manhattan
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Rep
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Eight Children Left Orphans by Accident in Seattle
Seattle police report a traffic death left eight children mother and fatherless as their 16 year old sister sought plans to keep the family together. Halldor A. Byron aged 38, a longshoreman, and wife Josephine aged 35 were struck and killed while walking along a Seattle road early Sunday.
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Seattle
Halldor A. Byron
Josephine
Army Hero Wins Smashing Victory in Greek Elections
In Athens Greek voters backed Field Marshal Alexander Papagos as head of government. With 83 percent counted his Greek Rally led in 235 of 300 seats, aiming for a record majority. The Kissopoulos cabinet planned to resign and King Paul would task Papagos with forming a cabinet as Americans hoped for stability but warned against dictatorship.
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Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Papagos
Eleutherio Venizelos
Dimitrios Kissopouslos
Paul
U. S
U S Acknowledges H-Bomb Research in Pacific Tests
The Atomic Energy Commission disclosed hydrogen bomb research was part of a 1952 Eniwetok Atoll test program while denying an actual H bomb detonation. AEC Chairman Gordon Dean cited limited information in the official release and investigations into letters from task force members, with possible disciplinary action or prosecution.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Atoll
Carl T. Durham
D-N.c
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
AEC
Eniwetok
Gordon Dean
United States
Dean
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Youngstown Bishop James A. McFadden Dies at 71
Bishop James A. McFadden, 71, spiritual leader of the six county Youngstown diocese, died Sunday at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital after years of illness. He headed the diocese since its 1943 creation. Bishop Emmett Michael Walsh, 60, his coadjutor, becomes the new diocesan bishop.
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Youngstown
James A. McFadden
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Emmett Michael Walsh
McFadden
Cleveland
Secrest Seeks Funding for Licking River Dam Project
Representative Secrest of Ohio urged including the Dillon Dam on the Licking River in Ohio in post year budget requests. He warned that existing work would be wasted unless Congress appropriates funds to complete the project.
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Washington
Rep
Secrest
Ohio
Dillon
Licking River
Congress
Frederick J. Lawton
Army builds 2200 plane fleet to support ground troops
General J Lawton Collins announces the Army is constructing a 2200 aircraft fleet for use in combat zones. About half will be cargo helicopters and the rest light fixed wing craft with empty weight under 5000 pounds. he says Air Force roles will not be duplicated.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Air Force
Weekend air crashes claim 88 dead or missing
Nation counts 88 dead or missing after eight US military and three civilian crashes. Among the dead are nine Air Force crew in Alaska and Korea losses, while a Dalhart Texas crash killed five, including a mother and two children. Navy and Air Force pilots died in California Illinois Arizona and Nevada areas as search efforts continue.
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U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Alaska
Sea of Japan
Korea
Seoul
Dalhart
Tex
Guthrie
Okla
Los Angeles
Air Force’ Reserve
Hanna City
Ill
Navy
California
Arizona
169Th
Peoria
San Jose
Woodside
Mrs Auriol Wins Air Speed Trophy
Mrs Jacline Auriol wife of the French president’s son and holder of the women’s air speed record is in New York to receive the Harmon Trophy from President Truman. The trophy marks her record speed of 509 miles per hour set in May 1950 in a French built jet fighter.
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New York
Jacqueline Auriol
Vincent Auriol
Truman
White House
Auriol
Swiss Nepalese Climb Everest Near Summit
News from Kathmandu reports the Swiss led team near the summit of Mount Everest after nine days of ascent. Observers believe the expedition likely has either reached the top or failed, with climbers possibly already descending due to extreme altitude and danger.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Everest
Everest
Record $4 million raised by United Cerebral Palsy nationwide
United Cerebral Palsy and its affiliates reported a record 4,062,143 dollars raised in its third year of operations across the nation.
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New York
United Cerebral Palsy
Businessmen impressed by sky islands concept for defense
Washington businessmen on the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council at Sea Island Ga discussed a military space station funded at four billion dollars or less. Wernher von Braun warned the US has little time as Soviets may pursue the idea, sparking strong interest among executives despite skepticism.
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Washington
Business Advisory Council
Commerce Department
Sea Island
Ohio Reports Two Hunting Fatalities Amid 28 Violent Deaths
Weekend tally in Ohio includes two hunting deaths as Jay Parker 65 of Wyandot County is autopsied after burns in leaves. Ralph Washburn Jr. 16 of Greenfield dies from accidental shotgun discharge. Louis Weatherbie 29 near Greenwich dies after gun misfire. Robert Baker 17 of Dayton killed by accidental self shot.
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Ohio
Wyandot County
B. H. Hathaway
Jay Parker
Parker
Ralph Washburn Jr
Greenfield
Louis D. Weatherbie
Greenwich
Huron County
Robert Baker
Dayton
Ohio Drought Status Nears Worst Period
Ohio drought nears a 1930s scale, with E Krause of the Wooster Agricultural Experiment Station noting August to now rainfall 4.12 inches below normal. He warns wheat crops risk, livestock water shortages, and dry forests pose fire hazards without early snowfall or rain.
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Wooster
E. Krause
Korea Truce Plan Offered at United Nations
India presented a four page compromise plan in the UN Assembly to end the Korean conflict. The proposal calls for immediate exchange of prisoners to a demilitarized zone after a cease fire and a four power commission to screen where prisoners wish to return home or go to other countries.
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United Nations
N. Y
India
UN Assembly
Korea
Raid in Cincinnati Yields Drug Cache
Federal narcotic agent and two Cincinnati detectives seized 93 heroin capsules and three bags of marijuana in a raid on a rented room. Key Williams, 25, and Miss Mary Ann Coleman, 21, were arrested and to be arraigned before U S Commissioner J Paul Geoghagen on narcotics charges.
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Cincinnati
Key Williams
Mary Ann Coleman
U. S
J. Paul Geoghagen
Negro Singer Plans White Negro Fiance Wedding
Pearl Bailey the Negro blues singer said she and her white fiance Louis Bellson Jr. will marry soon despite his father Louis Bellson Sr. disowning him for the interracial match. Bailey arrived in London with Bellson, who plays drums with Duke Ellington, as their romance faces family objections.
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London
Pearl Bailey
Louis Belison Jr
Bellson
Duke Ellington
New York
Miss Bailey
Louis Bellson Sr
Moline, Ill
Murray Ride Takes Steel Union Reins
Pittsburgh accord reports David J. McDonald named acting president of the CIO United Steelworkers. He has been Philip Murray’s longtime aide and will also serve as secretary treasurer until a new leader is elected in a February referendum.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
McDonald
USW
School Bus, Tractor, Auto Collide On Route 17
A Route 17 collision involved a Mason school bus with 16 pupils, a 1949 sedan, and a tractor trailer. Gladys McKean and a passenger were injured. the tractor trailer driver William Tyree was fined $25 and costs for failing to maintain control.
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Point Pleasant
Robert A. Kayser
Sam McCausland
Gladys McKean
Third Ave
Gallipolis
William Pegg, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Blue Ridge Transfer Co
Galax
William Turner Tyree
John A. Bowcott
Tyree
Missing Coshocton Man Found Dead
The body of 67 year old Clyde Bantum, missing three weeks, was found in a field near Coshocton by hunters. Coroner Dr. W. E. Pratt ordered an autopsy in Columbus to determine if foul play was involved.
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Coshocton
Clyde Bantum
W. E. Pratt
Columbus
Bantum
Yank Airmen Down 5 Migs and Red Guns Hit ROK Lines
U S Sabre jets claimed downing at least five Communist MiG-15s over Northwest Korea in a Fifth Air Force report. Col Royal Baker of McKinney Texas earned the 21st American jet ace of the Korean War with today’s air victory, raising his total to five MiGs and one LA-9. Ground fighting saw heavy artillery duels around Pin Point Hill and Rocky Mount as UN forces faced a sustained Red artillery barrage in the Kumhwa Valley and Sniper Ridge sector amid suspected infantry activity.
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Seoul
Rocky Mount
United Nations
Sniper Ridge
Kumhwa
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