Eisenhower hints at policy shifts after White House talks
President elect Ike kept the door open to swift changes in Truman era policy after a chilly White House conference with President Truman. A joint statement stressed Ike would not assume Truman decisions and outlined a framework for liaison while preserving constitutional roles.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Korea
Hig
United Nations
Pen Tense But Quiet at Ohio Penitentiary After Riot
Ohio Penitentiary remains tense but calm 19 days after the Halloween riot. Col. George Mingle says guards have control with full manpower and weapons. About 211 patrolmen are inside the prison alongside 150 to 225 National Guardsmen guarding 600 transferred inmates and 50 segregated leaders.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Mingle
Ohio, Highway, Patrol
Mingle
Ralph W. Alvis
Alvis
Third Major Mich Prison Riot Quelled
Jackson authorities quelled a third major riot at Southern Michigan Prison after inmates surged through mess hall yard blocks. Over 20 shotgun blasts and machine gun bursts were fired during a two hour disturbance. One convict was cut by a flying missile. The riot echoed an earlier April episode.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan Prison
Mess Hall
Pass
Conservatives Win 2nd Test in Parliament
Prime Minister Churchill's Conservatives held their margin in the second crucial test of reversing Labor policies. The House approved 302 to 282 a bill restoring Britain's nationalized trucking industry to private ownership. Denationalization of iron and steel will follow in a later battle.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Sheep Fatality After Mason County Accident
A tractor trailer struck a herd of sheep crossing Route 17 near the Mason and Putnam county line, killing 12 animals belonging to Alex McCausland valued at 300 dollars. Three sheep were injured. deputy Tara Morrison cited darkness rain and a road dip obscuring the herd. The truck was owned by Central Motor Lines of Charlotte and driven by O L Currin of Benson.
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Point Pleasant
Mason and
Putnam County
Alex McCausland
Tara Morrison
Central Motor Lines
Charlotte
N. C
O. L. Currin
Benson, N
Cattle Theft Suspect Held in West Virginia
Richard Jake Snodgrass of Apple Grove was arrested by State Police on cattle rustling charges. He is a parole violator accused of stealing a Guernsey cow worth 300 dollars and a Jersey cow worth 100 dollars from Charles Kinnaird of Millstone. The cows, taken last Friday, were reportedly sold at the Gallipolis Livestock Market Saturday and bought by Evans Packing Company and a Parkersburg firm. Deputies T. L. Morrison and Robert A. Kayser assisted in the case.
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Point Pleasant
Richard Jake Snodgrass
Apple Grove
Snodgrass
Guernsey
Jersey
Charles Kinnaird
Millstone
Gallipolis
Evans Packing Company
Parkersburg
Snod
FBI closes probe into death aboard freighter J. E. Upson
FBI agents finished the inquiry into the July death of a crewman on the Great Lakes freighter J. E. Upson. They reported no immediate findings and stayed aboard the ship from Detroit to Ashtabula Ohio.
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Detroit
FBI
Great Lakes
J. E. Upson
Ashtabula
Allied Planes Hit Red Oil Depot In Korea Action
Allied warplanes struck a communist oil storage area near the Yalu River about 25 miles from Manchuria. F-86 Sabre jets protected fighter bombers and damaged a MiG-15 in a dogfight as Gen. Vandenberg touted Air Force readiness. Western Front fought back Chinese assaults. temperatures fell to eight degrees.
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Seoul
North Korea
Manchurian
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Manchuria
U. S
Vandenberg
Korea
India Urges UN To Accept Compromise Plan
India’s V K Krishna Menon tells the UN General Assembly a four power commission should supervise nonforcible repatriation of prisoners and aid those against return until a political conference decides their fate. The plan seeks a path to end the Korean armistice deadlock with East and West, as Poland prepares a possible Communist response and the United States weighs the proposal.
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United Nations
N. Y
India
S V. K. Krishna Menon
United States
Soviet Russia
General Assembly
Poland
U. S
Johnnie Ray Returns to Dallas Ore in Huge Welcome
Youthful star Johnnie Ray returned to Dallas Oregon on Tuesday. Schools closed for the parade as banners and records filled shop windows. He told the high school audience the reception was a dream come true.
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Dallas
Ore
Johnnie Ray
Taft and GOP Seek 15 Billion Budget Cut Plan
Senator Taft outlined a target of 70 billion for the next fiscal year as part of a broader Republican push to trim the federal budget. He and President-elect Eisenhower discussed a 60 billion goal for 1955, with tax cuts potentially around 12 to 13 percent. House Republicans noted spending must be reduced across defense and foreign aid, while new committee dynamics were expected after January 3.
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Washington
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Senate Policy Committee
Taft
Eisenhower
New York
Congress
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
SAS Polar Route Inaugural Flight From Los Angeles
The Arild Viking, a new Douglas DC-6B with SAS dragon insignia, is set for an inaugural polar flight from Los Angeles to Copenhagen via Thule Air Base Greenland. Thirty five aboard including a 13 man crew depart at 8 30 am for a 24 hour leg covering at least 5852 miles with two stops pending government approvals.
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Los Angeles
Scandinavian Airlines
Copenhagen
Thule Air Base
Greenland
International Airport
SAS
U. S
Capital Jury Indicts Alleged Pantie Bandit
Vernon Scott Gilmore, 33, of Columbus, was indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury on a burglary charge after a 27 year old woman found him in her apartment. Police call Gilmore the pantie bandit and say he has stolen hundreds of women’s undergarments.
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Columbus
Vernon Scott Gilmore
Ohio Stadium
Franklin County Grand Jury
Gilmore
60Yearold Grandmother Survives 120Hour Wreck Ordeal
Mrs Glen McKnight of St Joseph Missouri spent five days trapped in a car overturned in a weeded gully along U S Highway 275 near Sidney Iowa. She endured broken bones and severe shock while subsisting on fudge and rain water until a highway grader spotted the wreck and prompted rescue. Doctors call her condition remarkable and a possible medical curiosity.
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Hamburg
Jack Kraschel
Glen McKnight
St. Joseph
McKnight
Bronson
Sidney
Krasche
Kraschel
Dale Colcomb
Eisenhower Meets Republican Leaders in New York
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower calls in key Republican anchors in New York to discuss Korea cabinet picks and the coming administration. Taft Wiley Bridges Martin and Gough join talks on foreign policy cabinet posts and the0 presidential inauguration.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Korea
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Joseph Martin
Massachu
Gough
Wiley
U. S
United Nations
Taft
Martin
House
Senate
House Group Links Snyder To Tax Case
House investigators report they possess documents alleging Secretary of the Treasury Snyder showed undue interest in a multi million dollar tax claim. A Justice Department log of phone conversations with Charles Oliphant names the former revenue bureau chief as a source, with transcripts suggesting Snyder pressed for a Universal Pictures refund on excess profit taxes from a decade ago.
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Washington
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Synder
Ways and Means
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Snyder
Charles Oliphant
The
Revenue Bureau
Universal Pictures, Inc
Witnesses Testify On Clash With Executed Officer at Corregidor
Two treason trial witnesses described a confrontation between defendant John David Provoo and Capt. Burton C. Thomson of Swea City Iowa, executed by Japanese captors on Corregidor. Walker, a retired Army NCO, testified Provoo threatened Thomson after the fall of Corregidor in 1942.
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New York
John David Provoo
Corregidor
Burton C. Thomson
Swea City
Provoo
Charles Benjamin Walker
Thomson
Harvey Barrett Hurt In Auto Trains Collision
Ironton Ohio reports Harvey Barrett age 23 from New Castle was critically injured Tuesday when his car collided with a Norfolk and Western freight train at a crossing.
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Ironton, O
Harvey Barrett
New Castle
Norfolk and Western
Lausche Plans 25 Million Trees for Ohio Sesquicentennial
Governor Frank J. Lausche proposes planting 25 million trees as Ohio marks its 150th birthday next year. He spoke at a Sesquicentennial Commission meeting and urged April as the planting month. The state may allocate 115000 dollars for commission operations and 200000 dollars for a pageant and an outdoor theatre at Ohio State University.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission
Ohio State University
Meigs County Couple Die in Route 7 Head-On Crash
A three person head on collision at Five Points on Route 7 near Pomeroy killed Mrs. Annis Chanin and her husband Ira D. Chanin. Eleanor B. Fenstemacher of Coal Grove, driver of the opposing car, died later at Meigs General Hospital. The Chanin couple were prominent local businesspeople.
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Pomeroy
Route 7
Annis Chanin
Ira D. Chanin
Eleanor B. Fenstemacher
Coal Grove
Ohio
Meigs General Hospital
Chanin
Russell
Bashan Road
Fenstemacher
Camp Kilmer
Henry Ewing
Meigs County
Charles Fairchild
Carol J
Athens
Torch
C. E. Hart
Kathy Sue
Chanins
Bradbury
Price rollback plan to be explained by Woods in Congress
Price Stabilizer Tighe E. Woods will report on the meat price rollback and face questions from the Senate Defense Production Committee led by Sen. Maybank. The hearing also probes whether to retain or scrap wage price and rent controls as Eisenhower aides prepare to define the new administration's stance.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate House Defense Production Committee
Sen
Maybank
D-S.c
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Defense Production Committee
Congress
Bricker
Robio
Taft Contenders for Senate Majority Leader Support Grows
Washington reports growing GOP backing for Robert A Taft as a potential Senate majority leader with Sen Capehart Bricker and Butler predicting Taft would win if he pursued the post. About 26 of 48 Republican senators appear aligned with Taft.
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Washington
Senate
Robert A Taft
Congress
Taft
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Ohioan
Bricker
Onio
Bob
Hugh Butler
R-Neb
Ohio
Butler
Approve Tax Aid for East Ohio Gas Transmission Facilities
The Defense Production Administration approved tax assistance for East Ohio Gas Co of Cleveland. The action finances 1,160,170 dollars for natural gas transmission facilities and allows a five year write off of 25 percent of the anticipated cost.
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Washington
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Life begins at 75 outlives a million dollars
Montgomery report tells of Thomas Linton McCullough who retired at 75 with a million dollars and lived lavishly for years. He spent through his fortune on endless "last flings" including trips to Mexico and South America before dying at 97 with no regrets.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Linton McCullough
McCullough
Mexico
South America
United States
Death
Union Aid Columbus Contributions Reported by Ohio Council
Contributions from local unions totaled 29,109 dollars reported by the Ohio Councilee in a political funding update.
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Union Aid
Columbus, CO
Ohio Councilee
Politica
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