Ohio Highway Council Unveils 124 Million Road Plan for 1954
The Ohio Highway Department announced a 124 million dollar road program for 1954, the largest in history, with 67 million for major thoroughfares funded by a new gasoline tax plus a truck axle tax. Federal and local matching funds will support additional projects as plans cover 80 to 90 million dollars worth of work by year end.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
New State Highway Construction Council
Highway Department
Highway Construction Council
Ohio
Construction Council
Jackson County
Gallia County
Ross County
Pike County
Waverly
Ike and Dulles Discuss Soviet Note Ahead of Bermuda
President Eisenhower, returning from Thanksgiving in Augusta, meets with Secretary Dulles to respond to Moscow's bid for a meeting with the United States Britain and France. The talks with British and French officers aim to align on Kremlin objectives before the Bermuda summit. Officials anticipate a Big Four meeting as policy decisions loom.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Dulles
United States
Britain
France
Columbine
Augusta
Lane
Fleming
Mas
John Eisenhower
Kremlin
Strike Keeps Six New York Dailies Closed
A union meeting was held as the photo engravers strike shuts six major New York City papers. The Herald Tribune issued a streamlined eight page edition while the Times Daily News and Daily Mirror failed to publish Monday morning. The World Telegram The Sun Journal American and Post were closed due to picket lines.
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New York
New York City
Herald Tribune
Times
Daily News
Daily Mirror
World- Telegram & the Sun
Journal- American
Post
Churchill at 79 As Bermuda Trip Looms
London a jubilant Sir Winston Churchill marks his 79th birthday while the nation eyes peace with Russia. He keeps a full schedule with a cabinet session and government duties before flying to Bermuda for the Big Three talks. A family dinner at No 10 Downing Street precedes a small reception for friends and ministers.
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London
Winston Churchill
Russia
Grand Old Statesman
Bermuda
No. 10
Downing St
Trains Crash Kills Two at Republic Steel Plant
Two men were killed and three injured when two trains carrying molten steel collided at a Republic Steel plant in Cleveland. Victims were Henry A. Ferris and W. J. Heffenfelder. Conductor John Aiello and two others were seriously or moderately hurt.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel
Henry A. Ferris
W. J. Heffenfelder
John Aiello
John Butcher
Paul McMahan
St. Luke’s Hospital
Scalding Bath Fatal To Cleveland Vagrant
Cleveland Frank Zonar 78 died Sunday night after a scalding bath at Warrenville work house. Sgt John Leitch said a male nurse placed him in a tub and returned about 45 minutes later to find the hot water running. Zonar was dazed but alive and died on arrival at city hospital. He had just completed a three month vagrancy term April 6 and was allowed to stay since he had nowhere else to go.
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Cleveland
Frank Zonar
Warrensville
John Leitch
Zonar
Leitch
City Hospital
Massillon Mayor S. Robert Weirich Dies at 52
Massillon Ohio mayor S Robert Weirich 52 died in a hospital Sunday from a heart ailment ending a 12 year tenure the longest in city history He entered politics in 1942 after a high school football career and was re elected five times He later ran for Stark County sheriff but lost in the primary.
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Massillon
Ohio
S. Robert Weirich
Weirich
Stark County
Probers Urge Tax Code Changes to Curb Treasury Bias
House Ways and Means subcommittee urges amendments to curb Treasury influence in tax collection. They propose giving the internal revenue commissioner direct authority over non policy matters and limit secretary control to prevent political meddling. Secretary Humprey had delegated IRS authority on individual cases.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Code
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Treasury
Humphrey
Internal Revenue Service
Farm Bureau Airs Acreage Quota Curbs
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation opens its annual meeting in Columbus with a field crops conference on government controlled acreage. Ohio State University economist Dr Mervin G Smith warns that fall wheat quotas based on historic acreage could harm efficient farmers. Roy F Hendrickson of Washington DC urges immediate expansion of terminal market space to address storage shortfalls costing Ohio farmers millions in five years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Mervin G. Smith
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Roy F. Hendrickson
Washington, D. C
National Federation of Grain Cooperatives
Ohio Holiday Toll Hits 29 Killed in Thanksgiving Accidents
Twenty nine persons died in Ohio during the Thanksgiving holiday period from Wednesday 5 p m to Sunday midnight. The toll included 17 traffic deaths and a range of other mishaps from plane crashes to asphyxiation and a baby’s fatal choking on a peanut. Three children burned to death in a home fire. Sunday deaths included Herman Litton 50 and Patricia O'Brien of Cincinnati who asphyxiated from gas leaking from a broken flue in a rooming house.
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Ohio
Herman Litton
Patricia O’brien
Cincinnati
Three Letters to Red Convert Returned
Indian public information office said last night three letters to Sgt. Scott L. Rush of Marietta Ohio a Communist prisoner who has reportedly refused repatriation have been returned unopened Rush is one of 22 Americans refusing to go home Indians said nine of the Americans had turned back 18 letters eight unopened charging the appeals as coercion.
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Panmunjom
The
Indian Public Information Office
Scott L. Rush
Marietta
Ohio
United States
Rush
Third Party Role Urged For Russia
At Panmunjom the communists proposed a Korean peace conference with Russia as a third party, while U S delegate Arthur H Dean offered a compromise for full Russian voting rights as a conference neighbor. An Allied spokesman warned Russia could appear as the chief communist spokesman. Both sides adjourned to study proposals and plan to meet again Wednesday. Dean called the communist plan old and lacking progress but welcomed New Delhi as a potential conference site.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Reds
Russia
Korea
New Delhi
22 Yanks Await UN Persuaders
In Panmunjom Korea a statement from the neutral nations repatriation commission says 22 Americans along with a Briton and 328 South Koreans refuse repatriation. The group claims coercion would accompany return and vows not to go back voluntarily.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
MRC
French Cabinet Weighs Ho Chi Minh Armistice Offer
Paris reports say the French cabinet must decide France's stance on Ho Chi Minh's conditional armistice proposal in Indochina. March Jacques, secretary for Indochinese affairs, calls the offer interesting but not a negotiation basis. A spokesman notes the government's formal position awaits cabinet deliberation.
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Paris
France
Ho Chi Minh
Indochina
Joseph Laniel
Stockholm
Expressen
March Jacquet
Cartoonist Milt Gross Dies Aboard Lurline At Sea
Beverly Hills obituary note reports cartoonist Milt Gross died at sea aboard the liner Lurline on Sunday while returning from a two week vacation in Hawaii. The creator of That's My Pop was aged unknown and his passing ends a long career in humor and syndicated comic work.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Milt Gross
Pop
Hawaii
Dems Clash Over White Case Tactics in Justice Dept
The Senate internal security panel faces a showdown over Gouzenko testimony as Democrats charge the Harry Dexter White affair masks a broader Justice Department issue. Critics tie recent Denver jury tampering notes to internal DOJ tensions, with no immediate DOJ comment.
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Dems
Justice Dept
Washington
Senate
Canada
Igor Gouzenko
Harry Dexter White
Justice Department
Senate Internal Security
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Rhee Seeks Anti-Commie Asian Bloc
South Korea invites free Asia nations to form a united anti-Communist front following talks between Syngman Rhee and Chiang Kai-shek. Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai said the plan originated from a Formosa meeting and seeks a conference to realize the Rhee Chiang proposal.
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Rhee
Anti-Commie
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Chiang Kai-shek
Free Nations of Asia
Pyun Yung Tai
Formosa
South Korea
China
Asia
Rhee-Chiang
Pyun
Chiang
Sound Off From Draft Board Writers In St Petersburg
Mrs Fio Upton, secretary of Draft Board No 30, reports letters to the board include a plea to draft a husband who ran away with another woman and a claim a wife had a baby under board instructions. A 19 year old sought a dependency classification saying he had 11 dependents and contributed nothing as he does not work.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Fio Upton
Draft Board No. 30
Three Children Die in Fire in Chicago Basement
A basement apartment fire killed three children and left a fourth survivor. Sylvia Guy, 4, revived after being overcome by smoke, testified that Albert 5 had poked the broom into the gas heater. Victims were Philip 2 and Geraldine 8 months, with Willard 35 the unemployed father saying he left the children alone to fetch his wife Marilyn 34.
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Chicago
Sylvia Guy
Albert
Philip
Geraldine
Willard
Marilyn
Bus plunges into Indus River drowning thirty in Pakistan
A crowded bus in Peshawar Pakistan plunged from a small pontoon bridge into the muddy Indus River Sunday. Thirty people drowned as rescuers retrieved bodies and searched for survivors.
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Peshawar
Pakistan
Indus River
Ickes Diarist Reveals Tart Views On Roosevelt And New Deal
Harold L. Ickes critical of FDR and the New Deal in his 1936 diary excerpts. He laments being sold down the river by Roosevelt, contemplates a Republican nomination, and alleges Mrs. Roosevelt and Hopkins spent money like drunken sailors. The diary details intraparty power struggles and opposition to Soviet recognition.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Interior
Ickes
Roosvelt
James A. Farley
Republica
Harry L. Hopkins
Henry Wallace Jr
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Interior Department
Rep. Dempsey
DNM
Sen
Huey Long
D-La
Long
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
WPA
North American Union Offers Compromise in Strike
Columbus Local 927 of the United Auto Workers said the union is willing to compromise in the 39 day old strike against North American Aviation. Company and union representatives prepared to resume top level talks in Los Angeles this afternoon. Union president Elmer Adkins urged mutual concessions while company chairman J H Kindleberger warned against quick settlement if union demands stand.
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Columbus
United Auto Workers Union
North American Aviation, Inc
Columbus Local 927
Los Angeles
Elmer Adkins
J. H. Kindelberger
Board of
North American
Runaway Ski Lift Saved 110 Riders by Quick-Thinker
A bystander jammed the gears of a 3000 foot chair lift on Slide Mountain, halting the runaway lift loaded with tourists. The improvised fix with a 2x4 timber stopped the danger, preventing serious injuries or death.
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Reno
Slide Mountain
Cab Driver's Slayer Captured in Florida
Malcolm Bragg a 23 year old West Virginia Penitentiary parolee was arrested in Fort Myers Florida and admitted killing Logan West Virginia cab driver Robert Gullett on November 8 nine miles from Charleston during a fare dispute.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Malcolm Bragg
West Virginia Penitentiary
Logan
W. Va
Bragg
Robert Gullett
Charleston
Derailment Blocks NYC Traffic in Celina Ohio
A southbound freight train derailed 13 cars on the New York Central Railroad right of way in Celina Ohio. The derailment caused more than 24 hours of traffic disruption on the Cincinnati northern line but no injuries were reported. The track was reopened Sunday morning.
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Celina
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
Cincinnati Northern
NYC
Physician William Matthews Dies at 82 in Columbus
Doctor William Thomas Matthews aged 82 of New Vienna died in Columbus today after a 52 year medical career. He practiced throughout the region and was known for his community service.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Thomas Matthews
New Vienna
Lodge accuses Soviets of NKorea atrocity policy at UN
United Nations dispatch reports Henry Cabot Lodge Jr charging Soviet officers headed North Korean camps with mass murders and tortures, raising the toll in Korea to about 38,000. He cites survivors affidavits and says brutality reflected a conscious policy, while Byrnes pushes for information on eight years of prisoners missing behind the Iron Curtain.
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United Nations
N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
UN General Assembly
Lodge
Assembly
Red China
North Korea
U. S
Kremlin
Korea
U. S. Defense Department
Geneva
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Social Welfare Committee
Lindy’s Son In Hero Role On Mt Shasta Rescue
Jon Lindbergh led Stanford climbers in a desperate effort to save Swiss skier Edgar Werner Hopf who plunged 800 feet on Mt Shasta. Hopf, 31, died after 11 hours of artificial respiration following his fall at the 1000-foot level Saturday.
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MT. Shasta
Calif
Jon Lindbergh
Edgar Werner Hopf
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Stanford University
4 H Citizenship Award Winners Are Revealed
Ohio 4 H citizenship awards announced for two youths Betty Lou Irvin of Burbank Wayne County and Robert Niederman from near Hamilton. Awards presented by the American Legion of Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Betty Lou Irvin
Burbank
Wayne County
Robert Niederman
Hamilton
American Legion of Ohio
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