Grand jury to probe Mason County election fraud
A special grand jury session is set for next Tuesday to examine possible election fraud in Mason County. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. F. Johnson will also seek inquiry into possible conversion of state road property for private use. Judge Lewis H. Miller ordered the panel. jurors will be drawn tonight. Johnson gave no further comment.
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UN Lines
Grand Jury
Mason County
Point Pleasant
J. G. F. Johnson
Johnson
Seactiaw
Sue Biain
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
Kanawha
Charleston
Dunbar
Battle for White Horse Mountain Seeps Into Third Day
South Korean troops pressed fierce fighting with Chinese forces on White Horse Mountain for a third day, with front-line reporters noting infantrymen within 70 yards of the crest. An American officer estimated Chinese and Korean losses at about 8000 killed and wounded over the three days of combat.
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Seoul
Korea
White Horse Mountain
Associated Press
Milo Farnetti
White Horse
Kowon
Wonsan
Kim Chong -H
Republic’s (Rok
Arrowhead
U. S
Panmunijom
Yonchon
Kumsong
Finger Ridge
Eisenhower Blames Truman For Korean War Policy
In San Francisco Dwight D. Eisenhower pins responsibility for the Korean War on the Truman administration. He cites a 1950 State Department statement and argues Korea was left outside the defense perimeter during the Truman era campaign swing in South California.
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San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South California
State Department
Korea
Pacific
Cow Palace
United Nations
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Fresno
San Diego
Long Beach
Los Angeles
California
Truman
Nixon aides campaign stop in southeast Ohio amid crowd
Athens County politicians and a state office candidate joined Senator Richard Nixon on a campaign tour through southeastern Ohio yesterday. The group included John W. Brown and Ray Bobo with Mechem, and spouses photographed with Nixon, as crowds swelled for the visit.
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Athens
Hocking County
Richard Nixon
Ohio
John W. Brown
GOP
Ray Bobo
Athens County
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Nixon
Hocking
Dean Collison
Logan
Dollison
Senator Nixon
William Knapp
Nore Atkinson
State Central
Jack Myers
Messenger News
Nixon campaigned in Logan and Athens urging Eisenhower
Sen. Richard Nixon toured Southeastern Ohio stopping in Logan and Athens drawing about 2000 and 5000 listeners respectively. He attacked the present leadership, urged voting for Eisenhower, and warned of war risks for youths while highlighting Korea casualties and U S policy. His Logan roots and local relatives tied him to the region.
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Richard M. Nixon
Ohio
Logan
Athens
Dwight Eisenhower
California
Eisenhower
Nixon
Korea
Truman
Acheson
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Vinton County
Governor Grants 58 Day Reprieve in Slayings Case
Marvin Lucear of Cleveland, 37, scheduled for execution in Ohio Penitentiary tonight for the poisoning of his wife Ocie on Oct. 17, 1951, receives a 58 day reprieve from Gov. Frank Lausche to study the transcript of the evidence before the sentence is carried out on Friday, Dec. 5.
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Columbus
Marvin Lucear
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Frank J. Lausche
Lucear
Ocie
Lewis Hints New Demand From Coal Mine Owners
United Mine Workers leaders at their quadrennial convention in Cincinnati pressed for higher welfare fund benefits after a recent 10 cent per ton increase. officials argued miners are not receiving enough from the 40 cent per ton welfare royalty. John L. Lewis signaled possible future increases to tap the fund again.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ohio Airman Adrift in Bering Sea Near Yukon River
An Air Force airman charged with desertion from Dayton, Ohio, was found Wednesday afloat on a five man raft in the Bering Sea about three miles from the Yukon River mouth. Officials have not explained how he ended up there and withheld his name.
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Nome
Alaska
P—An_ Air Force
Dayton
Ohio
Bering Sea
Yukon River
O. W. Tasch
Stevenson Slams Ike Taft as Campaign Pushes Truman Defense
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson on a Missouri tour declares Eisenhower surrendered GOP leadership to Sen. Taft while praising President Truman as a man of independence who has rallied the free world against communism. Stevenson signals support for Truman amid cross party attacks.
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Kansas City
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Missouri
Eisenhower
Taft
Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Independence
Harry Truman
Joe Stalin
Casey Won’t Retire As Yankees Sign Pedigreed Coach
Casey Stengel plans to return as manager for two years at about $100,000 per season, making him the highest paid baseball manager. The deal would surpass Leo Durocher’s salary, with Stan Musial noted as the only player in that salary class. Hugh Bradley, in the New York Journal-American, cites tax considerations as a potential obstacle.
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NEW York
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Hugh Bradley
New York Journal-American
Stengel
Columbus Man Killed in Route 40 Collision
Carl Lippert, 51, of Columbus died in a two car crash on U S Route 40 one mile west of New Columbus after a night wreck. Police investigated the Wednesday incident.
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Columbus
Carl Lippert
Dedication Day Set for Burr Oak Dam Ceremony
Lake Burr Oak and Tom Jenkins Dam will be dedicated Sunday in GLOUSTER with Gov. Frank J. Lausche and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins among speakers. A boat parade, area band music, and activities expected. program begins 1 30 P.M. at the dam.
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Glouster
Lake Burr Oak
Tom Jenkins Dam
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas A. Jenkins
Burr Oak
Probe of UN Aides Ready
The U S Senate Internal Security Committee will open a probe Monday in New York into possible subversive influences by persons connected with the United Nations. Sen Pat McCarran announced plans at a meeting honoring him, where Gardner Osborne presented a medal and scroll. The inquiry will focus on infiltration using diplomatic immunity as a cover.
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Salt Lake City
U. S. Senate Internal Security Committee
New York
United Nations
Pat McCarran
D-Ney
American Coalition of Patriotic Societies
Gardner Osborne
McCarran
United States
Akron man killed on North Canton electric line
An Akron resident was killed Wednesday while working on an electric line transformer at a North Canton facility.
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Canton
Akron
North Canton
Veteran U S Attorney Doyle Questioned by House Panel
Howard L. Doyle a veteran U S attorney based in Springfield Illinois testifies before a House judiciary subcommittee probing the Justice Department. Doyle who has served since 1935 denies wrongdoing but the panel notes outside practice over years may have conflicted with government interests.
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Washington
Howard L. Doyle
U. S
Springfield
Iil
House
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Doyle
Chelf
Ex Argentine General Arturio Rawson Dies
Retired Gen. Arturo Rawson 66 who led the 1943 army revolt that toppled President Ramon S Castillo and served one day as Argentina president died in Buenos Aires. The death was reported with no cause given. Rawson came from a prominent military family and assumed the presidency after the June 1943 revolt.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Rawson
Ramon S. Castillo
Rawson
Sparkman Attacks Sit-Still Republicans in Ohio Address
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. John J. Sparkman assails sit-still Republicans in Columbus. He contrasts Democratic "let's meet the challenge" with GOP inaction and criticizes Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Sparkman planned speeches in Mt. Vernon Bowling Green Mansfield and a Toledo rally. He touted Democratic achievements and pledged to measure programs by good for most people.
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Sparkman
Ohio
Columbus
Sen
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Mt. Vernon
Bowling Green
Mansfield
Toledo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Train Wreck Death Toll Reaches 87 in Harrow
Rescue workers dug through wreckage at Harrow after a Wednesday morning crash left at least 87 dead and more bodies believed buried in a third coach. Among the dead were an American serviceman Donald Woodall and his wife Jean. another traveler, Nettie Lawrence, was missing.
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Harrow
England
Scotland Yard
Britain
Donald G. Woodall
U.S. Air Force
Jean Woodall
Nettie Lawrence
Green Island
N. Y
Thomas Lawrence
Harrow Station
Politicians foxtrot at Shenandoah pancake feed
In Shenandoah Iowa the pancake feed draws out of town visitors and featured Harry S. Truman and Bert A Taft with Margaret Truman. The Methodist booth sold 360 hot dogs and Baptists left 36 cases of soft drinks as cleanup crews prepare for tomorrow's homecoming game amid Fourth of July like fireworks.
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Shenandoah
Methodist Booth
Baptists
Harry S. Truman
Jackson County
Missouri Line
Bert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Margaret
Armory
Taft
Truman
Train Derails Blocking State Route 47 Near Richwood
Erie Railroad freight train derailed near Richwood at 4 a m blocking State Rt 47. About twenty one cars were derailed and the cause was not yet determined. The highway likely would be blocked about six hours, according to railroad officials.
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Marysville
Erie Railroad
Richwood
Radio writer faces deportation over McCarran Act
Los Angeles report says Reuben Ship who created the Life of Riley radio show for seven years may be deported to Canada under the McCarran Act. Two witnesses testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee last week identifying him as a member of a Communist radio workers cell in Hollywood. Ship previously refused to answer questions before the committee in 1951.
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Los Angeles
Reuben Ship
Riley
Canada
McCarran
House Un-American Activities Committee
Radio Workers
Hollywood
Ship
GOP Plans Price Curbs End Tribe Truman Speech
President Truman derides Dwight D. Eisenhower as moaning about high prices while Republicans push to end rice price controls if elected. He accuses Ike of flunking voters with promises of tax and budget cuts and an economic treadmill during a Cleveland speech en route to Indiana Ohio and Buffalo N Y.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cleveland
Ohio
Public
Indiana
Buffalo
N. Y
Lutheran Convention Opens in Washington
The United Lutheran Church in America opened its 18th biennial convention in Seattle with solemn services and a warning from President Rev. Dr. Franklin Clark Fry that world church union is far off, calling it wholly hopeless to expect unity while churches remain as they are.
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Seattle
United Lutheran Church In America
Worldwide Church Union
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
US notes anger over Kennan recall and Moscow diplomacy
The United States criticized Soviet moves to oust Ambassador George F. Kennan and restrict foreign diplomats in Moscow. Washington warned the Kremlin that Kennan’s remarks and Soviet demands threaten international contact and traditions. The note offered no retaliation but left options to the next president.
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Washington
United States
Russia
George F. Kennan
Moscow
Kremlin
Truman
Georgi N. Zarubin
Kennan
Soviet Union
Berlin
Geneva
Sts
Ambasasdor Kennan
U.S
Town Honors Lowell Thomas Day in Ansonia Ohio
Ansonia Darke County hosts Lowell Thomas Day with 850 residents set to honor the famed radio newscaster and author. Thomas will dedicate the Lowell Thomas Inn on Ohio Route 118 at 6 p.m. and visit Greenville later to dedicate the citys new square.
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Ansonia
Darke County
Lowell Thomas
Thomas
Woodington
Ohio Rt. 118
Greenville
New Square
Eleven Airmen Die In Superfort Crash Near Portland
An Air Force B29 on a training flight from Travis Air Force Base exploded and crashed 18 miles south of Portland. The eleven crewmen were killed and investigators searched the wreckage for the cause. Nine names were released at Travis.
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Portland
Ore
Air Force
Here
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield
Calif
Travis
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