Tragic Dallas Airliner Crash At Love Field Kills Many
An American Airlines DC-6 struck the Magnaflux plant edge of Love Field killing 28 of 40 passengers aboard with 16 hospitalized. Survivors include three crew members. fire and debris engulf the scene as investigators and rescuers work amid chaos. The crash occurred during approach before dawn, leaving a charred wreckage and a field of flaming chemicals.
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Dallas
American Airlines
Love Field
Mexico City
New York
Washington
Magnaflux
Cominform Urges Reds to Oust Tito Regime
Moscow reports the Cominform calls on all Communist parties to aid Yugoslav workers and peasants in overthrowing Marshal Tito. It says the Tito regime is expelled and asserts Tito’s party has forfeited its right to be a Communist party. The secret meeting discussed mobilizing international support and possible anti Tito actions.
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Reds
Tito
Moscow
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Communist International Information Bureau
Hungary
New York
Belgrade
Romania
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Communist Party
Ohio Steel Recovering From Strike
Ohio's steel industry slowly recovers from the longest strike in history as output and employment remain below pre strike levels. About 10 000 Timken Roller Bearing Co workers across Canton Columbus Zanesville Wooster and Mount Vernon remain on strike over a $100 monthly pension demand. An explosion damaged a non union worker's Canton home amid picket lines. Production in Portsmouth stays normal as plants edge toward standard output in days.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Zanesville
Wooster
Mount Vernon
Timken
CIO United
Portsmouth Steel
Presidential Factor Board
Flood Threat Seen Ended
Northwest Washington faced a ended flood threat while the Pacific Northwest and much of the nation enjoyed fair weather. A weekend wind and rain storm from British Columbia to the Rocky Mountains killed 27 people, left one missing, and caused millions in damage. Nine teen fatalities occurred in British Columbia.
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Chicago
Washington
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Oregon
Rocky Mountains
Middle Atlantic States
Appalachians
Tennessee
New York State
Indiana
Boy Held for Murder Bound to Grand Jury
Marietta Ohio AP report on 15 year old Bobby Herlan bound over to Washington County Grand Jury after juvenile judge J T Thomas considered a Bureau of Juvenile Research finding that he is mentally sane but with low intelligence. The case could indict for first degree murder or lesser charge.
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Marietta
Bobby Herlan
Washington County Grand Jury
J. T. Thomas
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Columbus
Bureau
Bobby
Thomas
Herlan
Gordon Roe
E. E. Erb
Lancaster
Leonard B. Ogle
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Erlan
Broadway tribute for Bill Robinson ends hush shuffles
New York mourns tap dancer Bill Robinson as thousands line Broadway from Harlem to Times Square. A funeral procession moves to Evergreen Cemetery after public memorials at Abyssinian Baptist Church where Rev Powell and a congressman note Robinson gave about 100 million dollars to charity and left about 4 million personally.
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New York
Broadway
Harlem
Times Square
Palace Theater
Bill Robinson
Evergreen Cemetery
Brooklyn
Robinson
Adam Clayton Powell
U.S
Close Shave Reported In Aircraft Incident
Civil Aeronautics Authority reported a Chicago to Cleveland Capital Airlines DC 4 narrowly missed a private plane over Sandusky Ohio in low visibility. The airline pilot said it was a close call.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Stockholders approve Portsmouth purchase
Detroit Steel Corp stockholders vote to buy Portsmouth Steel assets for about 6 million dollars. About 300,000 shares of Detroit stock will be issued next January to pay for land buildings and equipment of Portsmouth and its subsidiaries.
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Detroit Steel Corp
Portsmouth Steel Corp
Portsmouth
Ohio Company
Detroit Steel
Police Continue Hunt For Bandit Killers
Cincinnati police pressed the search for two armed men who fatally shot John E. Sehreck Jr., 61, a deli operator, after entering the store on Sunday. Witnesses said the attackers opened fire without warning.
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Cincinnati
John E. Sehreck, Jr
Donald Reinhardt
Schreck
Peden to Retire as OU Athletic Director After 26 Years
Don C. Peden will retire as athletic director at Ohio University on December 31, ending a 26 year affiliation with the athletic program. A former star halfback, he led football for 21 seasons and baseball for 25, overseeing a period of growth and national attention. Peden plans to live on his farm but will remain devoted to collegiate sports.
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Ohio University
Don C. Peden
Department of Physical Education
John C. Baker
Peden
University of Minois
Robert Zuppke
Ohio U
Ohio
Bobcats
Fire damages Racine Mary Lann Restaurant
An early morning fire destroyed the Mary Lann Restaurant in Racine causing about 15000 dollars in loss. Pomeroy firemen aided Racine fire crews to prevent spread to a nearby service station and garage. The cause was tentatively blamed on an overheated space heater. Owners Roy Ralph and Mrs Smith said insurance covers the loss. Four Pomeroy firefighters responded at 4 am.
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Racine
Mary Lann
Pomeroy
Herb Giles
Roy Ralph Smith
Giles
Aaron Kelton
Olan Goodwin
David Goodwin
The
Smiths
Mounds Club Manager Denied New Trial
PAINESVILLE motion for a new trial for Mounds Club Manager Thomas Farley has been overruled. He will be sentenced Saturday. Farley has been convicted of unlawfully keeping a place where liquor was furnished.
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Painesville
Mounds Club
Thomas Farley
Farley
Accused Wife Slayer Faces Murder Trial
A jury was selected for Clayton E. Remington 40 charged with first degree murder in his wife Marion's death last April. Her chained body was found in a water filled quarry.
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Toledo
Clayton E. Remington
Marion
Communists On Banks Of Yangtze
Hong Kong report details a last plane from Chungking as Communists seize areas along the Yangtze River opposite the abandoned provisional capital. Passengers say the plane was fired on during takeoff and luggage was abandoned to escape. No injuries reported.
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Hong Kong
Chungking
Yangtze River
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chengtu
South China Morning Post
Li Tsung-Jen
Prices Drop For Tobacco On Kentucky Burley Markets
Louisville reports lower government support prices reflected in opening auctions for Burley tobacco. 11,063,596 pounds sold for 4,979,711.03 dollars at an average 45.01 per hundredweight, compared with last year’s 49.45. Some leaf grades rose while others fell, with lower quality leaf dropping up to 2.50.
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Louisville
Burley Tobacco
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
U S Drainage Survey Set to Begin in Ohio
Springfield Clark County will launch a nationwide farm drainage survey as part of the 1950 census. The project covers 3069 counties and will be directed in Ohio and six other states by census officials led by Paul J. Groebel.
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Springfield
Clark County
United States
Paul J. Groebel
Seventh
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Kentucky
Minnesota
Suit Filed Against Norfolk and Western Railway for 100000
Lawrence A. Spradlin of Portsmouth Ohio filed in U S District Court a $100,000 damages suit against the Norfolk and Western Railway. He claims injuries from a metal bar thrown from an engine on September 11, 1947 while he was clearing ashes in a roundhouse.
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Cincinnati
Lawrence A. Spradlin
Portsmouth
Ohijo
Norfolk and Western Railway
U. S. District Court
U S To Protest Shelling Of Second Merchant Ship
The State Department to file an energetic protest against China Nationalist forces after the Sir John Franklin was shelled 12 times by two Nationalist warships near Shanghai at the Yangtze mouth. Isbrandtsen Co. urges protection of American commerce as tensions rise in China.
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Washington
State Department
Sir John Franklin
U.S
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Flying Cloud
Isbrandtsen Co
New York
U. S
Isbrandtsen
Round
Warren Hardy
John Franklin
Hardy
Lausche Accused of Using Fire Marshal to Close Casinos
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes charged Gov. Frank Lausche with diverting the state fire marshal's office to shut down gambling dens while 75,000 inmates in Ohio welfare institutions went unchecked for fire hazards. The governor cited lack of funds for the inspection shortfall.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Fine Sentence Involuntary Manslaughter Case
Willis Fraley 19 of Richmond Indiana pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for a March 5 1948 traffic crash near New Hope Ohio that killed three. Common Pleas Judge John M Kiracore sentenced him to six months in jail with five months suspended a $500 fine with $300 suspended and three years probation plus license suspensions in Indiana and Ohio.
Cambridge and Caldwell papers sold to Journal Publishing Co
Sale completed for The Echo of Guernsey County in Zanesville and the Noble County Leader to Journal Publishing Co of Caldwell. The transfer was finalized Monday, with terms undisclosed.
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Cambridge
Echo
Guernsey
Zanesville
Noble County Leader
the Journal Publishing Co
Caldwell
Trial Starts For Politician In Liquor Permit Case
William A. Klatt of Niles Ohio former Trumbull County Republican chairman goes on trial charged with unlawfully taking 3800 dollars in 1946 to aid a Cleveland man obtain a private club liquor permit. The warrant alleges he helped Fletcher secure an Army and Navy Union Garrison charter. Klatt was national commander of the union at the time.
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Cleveland
William A. Klatt
Niles, O
Trumbull County
Republican Committee
Klatt
Leonard C. Fletcher
Fletcher
Army and Navy Union
Ashland Girl 16 Found Safe by Police in Illinois
Donna Doggett, 16, who disappeared while heading to school on November 2, was located in East St. Louis Illinois. She was picked up with 17 year old Thomas Vicklas of Ashland by East St. Louis police. Deputy Sheriff office reported the State Highway Patrol alerted authorities.
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Ashland
Donna Doggett
East St. Louis
Ill
Thomas Icklas
Lucille Berry
State Highway Patrol
Lewis delays coal strike decision at policy meeting
John L. Lewis refrained from closing plans for a new coal strike, delaying a midnight deadline by about 25 hours. The United Mine Workers policy committee met amid pressure from operators and district leaders, with Lewis staying in Washington and not explaining his absence. If no agreement emerges, 380,000 soft coal miners east of the Mississippi face a new walkout Thursday, ending the prior truce.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Group
Lewis
Union
Washington
Mississippi River
Farmers Need World View, Session Told
Ohio farmers should act as global citizens and ignore narrow views. Everett Rittenour, president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, urged toward a world outlook, noting distant events can impact Ohio prices and wages more than local yields. D. R. Stanfield added rural schools in Ohio lag 25 years, with delegates weighing funds for rehabilitation for below-average districts.
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Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Everett Rittenour
Federation
The
Hong Kong
Moscow
London
Washington, D. C
Rittenour
D. R. Stanfield
Timken to Review CIO Demands Amid Strike Standstill
Timken Roller Bearing Co. in Canton plans talks on United Steelworkers pension demands as plant strikes continue since November 4. An actuary outlined the union pension request to Timken officials, with negotiations stalled after the company said it would resume only after a pension study.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Cio-United Steelworkers
Timken
Compa
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Near Normal
Temperatures will average near normal with a normal high of 42 and a normal low of 28. Mild midweek, colder later. About % inch of precipitation, mostly rain or snow after Thursday.
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Columbus
Burley Market Opens With Strong Tobacco Sales
Ripley growers sold 230 746 pounds of burley tobacco fetching 101 422 dollars at the opening Ripley market Prices ranged from 12 to 61 dollars per hundredweight highlights of the first day with growers and buyers active in the new season propietarios market locale not specified.
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