Sorority and Crow Brothers win at Meigs County Broiler Festival parade
The Second Annual Broiler Festival parade in Pomeroy awarded first place in the commercial floats to Crow Brothers Poultry Co of Letart Falls and first in non commercial to Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Second and third places went to Letart Falls entry and Powder Puff Club of Middleport with honorable mentions to Racine Baptist Church and Sacred Heart Church. Judges were Wayne Foster, Robert Rannelis, and Mrs. Walter Britton.
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Letart Falls
Meigs County
Macle Creek
Mary J. Faulk
Florence Cummins
Hazel Rey
Geraldine Webb
Jimmy Crow
Robert Crow
Pomeroy
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Crow Brothers Poultry Co
Pomeroy Stadium
Roger Morgan
Marshall
Powder Puff Club
Middleport
Racine Baptist Church
Sacred Heart Church
Elberfeld Department Store
Meigs County Farm Bureau Co-op
Maple Lawn Poultry
Wayne Foster
Gallipolis
Robert Rannelis
Walter Britton
Charleston
W. Va
Beta Sigma Phi
Broiler Industry Growth Highlighted At Meigs Festival
Ohio State University Dean Leo L. Rummel told the Meigs County festival crowd that Ohio has surged in population and industry over the last decade, with a $120000 poultry industry today and only 19 percent of broilers raised in state. He noted Meigs County’s shift from sheep to broiler production, and urged festival efforts to boost consumer demand for poultry. Lt Governor John Nye also spoke urging peace and economic balance, with local leaders including Tom Crow Jr and James Jobb participating.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
California
Leo L. Rummel
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Columbus
Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Dean Rummel
Pomeroy Stadium
Ohio River
Meigs County
John Nye
United States
Tom Crow, Jr
James Jobb
Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. F. Robinson
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Cpl Batchelor receives life term for aiding Korean Reds
San Antonio, Texas. Cpl Claude Batchelor, who joined the Army at 16, is sentenced by a general court martial to life in prison for collaborating with the enemy and informing on fellow POWs in Korea. He faced appeal rights, muttered “I can take it,” and showed little comment through his civilian counsel. He spent months as a POW in Chinese captivity and led a Red inspired postwar group while aiding propaganda and peace petitions.
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Cpl. Batchelor
San Antonio
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Korea
Batchelor
U. S
United Nations
Fear
United States
Nine Power Accord Aims for West German Sovereignty
Western Big Three foreign ministers and Konrad Adenauer near a final accord to grant sovereignty to West Germany. The plan anticipates NATO entry for Bonn and Italy into an enlarged alliance, with continued Allied control of Berlin and troops remaining as part of a broader anti communist defense posture.
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London
Konrad Adenauer
Western
Germany
Adenauers
Bonn
West Germany
Italy
Brussels
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Lamembourg
West
NATO
Dulles
Mendes-France
Adenauer
West Berlin
Sao
Vote Ends Westinghouse, LEW Strike
COLUMBUS Cheering approval as over 800 Local 746 members of the International Union of Electrical Workers CIO vote unanimously to end the 15 day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp. Workers will return to the plant early Monday. The settlement centers on disciplinary furloughs and seniority terms with an occupational plan accepted after deadlock on plant-wide seniority.
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Columbus
International Union of Electrical Workers, Cio
Westinghouse Electric Corp
County Aids Zanesville Meet Interest Deadline
Zanesville faced potential bankruptcy as officials sought $28,000 to meet bond interest at noon. Muskin county will advance $20,000 from personal tax collections, and the budget commission offered $13,000 from the local government fund. City reports $35,000 in recent tax collections amid about $94,000 debt.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
County Budget Commission
Ohio editors named pulitzer jurors for 1954 awards
Columbus Dispatch editor George A. Smallsteed Sr will help judge cartoonists, while Cleveland Plain Dealer executive Stanley P. Barnett assists in international reporting. Jury at Columbia University announced the two Ohio newspapermen as jurors for the 1954 Pulitzer prizes.
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Columbus
Ohio
George A. Smallsteed
The
Columbus Dispatch
League of Cartoonists
Pulitzer Prizes
Columbia University
Stanley P. Barnett
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lawsuit Backfires as Tulsa Man Pays Bus Line
A Tulsa district court jury ruled against James Watson in a $32,500 damage suit against Tulsa City Bus Lines. Watson must pay the bus company 71.66 for denting the bus in the collision.
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Tulsa
Okla
James Watson
Tulsa City Bus Lines
Watson
Married man ordered to stop claiming bachelor status
Circuit Judge Maurice J. Schultz has ordered 52 year old Frank A Palumbo, a married man, to stop presenting himself as a bachelor. The injunction follows a complaint by Mrs Palumbo.
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Chicago
Maurice J. Schultz
Frank A. Palumbo
Barkley Attacks GOP Policy At Kentucky Rally
Alben Barkley opens his bid for a fifth Senate term accusing the Eisenhower administration of ineptitude in farm labor and foreign policy. He denounces big business influence, while Nixon counters from New Jersey praising world peace and GOP gains under Eisenhower.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Barkley
Shelbyville
Montclair
N. J
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Congress
Keat
Clifford Case
New Jersey
America
Discharged Watchman Seeks Pay After Firing
Gallup New Mexico report says Paul Peck a discharged watchman who is hard of hearing worked 10 days after being told he was fired. He now demands payment for those days. The town council will consider the request.
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Gallup, N. M
Gallup
Paul Peck
Prosecuting Attorneys Open Five Day Conference in Columbus
Ohio prosecutors opened their three day annual conference in Columbus with former Lt. Gov Paul H. Herbert as main speaker. Franklin County Prosecutor Frank H. Kearns planned a closed session on gambling and liquor investigations before the grand jury. The grand jury recently conducted such an inquiry.
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Columbus
Ohio
Paul H. Herbert
Franklin County
Frank H. Kearns
Grand Jury
Five Day Forecast From Associated Press
Temperatures will average near normal with high readings around 68 to 73 degrees. Cooler in the north on Saturday and Monday, warmer on Sunday and Wednesday. Rainfall expected between one half and one inch, mainly Sunday and Wednesday.
Tornado Hits Northeastern Ohio Killing 3 Year Old Carrie Smiley
A twister ripped through Minerva farm near Canton overnight, killing 3 year old Carrie Smiley and injuring her mother Alice, father James, and 14 month old son James Allen. The storm, described as out of season by the Weather Bureau, damaged homes and utilities across northeastern Ohio before moving into Pennsylvania. James Smiley, 34, and family were reported in fair condition at City Hospital Alliance.
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Canton
Ohio
James Smiley
Minerva
Carrie
City
Alliance
Smiley
Alice
James Allen
U. S. Weather Bureau
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Robbery Charge Involving Gunpoint Theft
Leonard Allen files a complaint naming Art ean and Joshua Thompson of Sunnyslope as suspects. He says two men robbed him in Phoenix last Monday, took $500, then forced him to write a larger check for $800. He escaped when allowed to leave the car and return home.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Leonard Allen
Sunnyslope
Allen
Bender Accuses Dems as a Give-Away Party
Rep. George H. Bender, Ohio Senate hopeful, labeled the Democratic Party a give-away party during a Delaware County Republican dinner. He charged that Democratic control over 20 years led to losses of American lives wealth and atomic bomb secrets as he criticized Sen. Thomas A. Burke of Cleveland, his Democratic opponent for the November election.
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Delaware
George H. Bender
Ohio
America
Delaware County
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Three Hurt in Blast at Ohio Chemical Plant
An explosion at the Barrett division of Allied Chemical & Dye Corp in Ironton Ohio injured three men. Walter Brenner a 25 year old engineer from Ashland Kentucky suffered third degree burns to face and legs and was hospitalized. The blast toppled a rig tower and a 15 minute fire spread about 400 feet. Cause of the explosion was undetermined.
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Ironton
Walter Brenner
Ashland
Barrett
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Woman Dies in Route Crash Near New Westville
A two car collision on Route near New Westville yesterday killed Mrs. Zelma Mae Cully aged 52 of Richmond Indiana.
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Baton
Ohio
New Westville
Zelma Mae Cully
Richmond
Ind
McCarthy Silent On Defense Against Censure Charge
Washington AP Senator McCarthy and lawyer Edward Bennett Williams filed a bill of exceptions arguing to block censure findings. The pair urged the Senate to keep an open mind as McCarthy plans a lengthy defense in a special session set for November 8. Williams declined to confirm witness calls, and the bill notes the committee barred use of other senators as precedents.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Relief Plan Announced by Ohio Municipal League
The Ohio Municipal League plans a relief fund proposal aimed at directing aid to needy industrial counties. Critical counties include Mahoning Cuyahoga Franklin Stark Hamilton and Lucas. Trustees project a 3% million dollar local fund deficit by year end.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Municipal League
Mahoning
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Stark
Hamilton
Lucas
League
Alien E. Pritchard
Ohio Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Charles Lausche
Vishinsky Proposes Step by Step Nuclear Arms Cut Plan
Andrei Vishinsky urged a phased disarmament program at the United Nations calling for elimination of nuclear weapons at the halfway point. He urged creation of a UN treaty backed by the Disarmament Commission to reduce armies and curb atomic arms, while criticizing Eisenhower’s peaceful-atom pool concept. The western Big Three welcomed the move as a cautious positive sign.
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United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Vishinsky
UN General Assembly
Vishinsky
Eisenhower
United States
Assembly
UN Disarmament Commission
Weil
Premier Ousted From Press Club in Newfoundland
The Newfoundland Press Club expelled Premier Joseph Smallwood as honorary president after he ordered government officials to withhold press statements on public matters unless cabinet ministers approved them. Smallwood did not attend a meeting to explain the order. He is out of office as a press club official.
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ST. John's
Mid
Newfoundland Press Club
Joseph Smallwood
Smallwood
Trygve Lie to Lecture at Ohio Wesleyan University
Trygve Lie of Norway and first UN secretary general will speak October 17 at Ohio Wesleyan University as part of the university lecture series.
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Trygve Lie
Delaware
Ohio
Norway
United Nations
Ohio Wesleyan University
Eisenhower Approves New Federal Workers Probe
President Eisenhower endorses a new investigation program to uncover non criminal misconduct by federal workers. The White House rejects claims it is a Gestapo like spying scheme and says the plan aims to detect loose practices and improve executive administration.
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Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Murray Snyder
Federal Housing Administration
Snyder
Batis
Civil Service Commission
Steel Firms Map Fight Over Bethlehem Youngstown Merger
Washington reports the Elise enhancer administration faces a court test as the Justice Department moves to block Bethlehem Steel Corp and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co in a proposed two billion dollar merger. General Brownell announced the decision noting the merger would curb steel competition. Youngstown President J L Mauthe counters that consolidation would benefit the industry and the company.
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Washington
Eliseenhower
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube County
Gen. Brownell
Justice Department
Bethlehem-Youngstown
Youngstown
J. L Mauthe
Injured Pedestrian Dips Hillsboro Fatality
A Tuesday night Route 124 collision near Sinking Spring left Frank Porter, 75, of Latham dead after being struck while crossing the highway.
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Hillsboro
Sinking Spring
Frank Porter
Latham
Porter
New Board of Education Shuts Door On 11 Colored Students
The Milford Board of Education voted to remove 11 Negro students from an all white high school citing welfare concerns. New leaders were sworn in after prior criticism for admitting Negroes without state approval. About two thirds of white students boycotted classes as tensions over integration escalated.
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New Board of Education
Milford
Milford Board of Education
State Board of Education
Nat
Baltimore
Patrolman Catches The Right Twin After A Year
Providence patrolman Raymond J Bagley waited a year to arrest the correct suspect in two speeding cases. He testified before District Court Judge Luigi DePasquale that he left about 20 messages at the home of John Harrision 21, and was told he had the wrong twin each time. He said he finally learned the intended twin was in the service.
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Providence
RR. L
Raymond J. Bageley
Bagley
Luigi Depasquale
John Harerison
Akron Man Indicted in Bludgeon Death Case
A grand jury indicted Crisp, 25, on a first degree murder charge for the fatal beating of Harry Eolmasakin, 62, last July in Akron. Police quoted Crisp saying he bludgeoned Eolmasakin with a concrete duck, a lawn ornament, after an alleged forge dispute.
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Akron
Crisp
Cepcera
Harry Eolmasakin
Crep
Eolmasakin
Eolmanakin
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