Truman recalls Potsdam views on Soviets and war aims
In memos published by Life, Harry S. Truman recounts Potsdam talks with Stalin Churchill and Attlee. He details secret agreements, opposition to Soviet public invitations, and his push for a postwar UN voice while Stalin seeks dominance and Germany’s weakened role. He notes Stalin’s politeness but evasive replies on Russian actions.
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New Dam and Power Plant Planned on Ohio River
Pittsburgh area officials announce a 50 million dollar dam to replace three old locks on the Ohio River near Newell West Virginia. The project aims to speed river traffic by up to three hours and includes a 75 million dollar power plant by Ohio Edison to output 1 200 000 kilowatts.
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Eisenhower Directs Peace Drive As Dulles Warns Limits
President Eisenhower resumes leadership of the U S peace program as a new disarmament letter to Soviet Premier Bulganin is prepared and a firm warning is issued that U S military power will not be reduced without assurances Russia will reciprocate. Secretary Dulles clarifies the policy in Denver remarks following his Miami Legion speech.
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Pilot Dies Of Thirst In Mexican Crash Tragedy
Clifford Shinn found the body of Aviation Machinist's Mate 3c William E. Falls, 21, near his wrecked plane after a September crash in Mexico. Falls reportedly died ten days later from thirst and drinking salt Gulf waters, as diary entries describe his desperate search for water.
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New B52 Bomber Passes All Tests
At Elgin Air Force Base Florida the new B52 eight engine bomber passed all tests. The swept wing aircraft was shown to six thousand people in a Air Force demonstration of its might. Boeing Aircraft Corp will deliver it to Strategic Air Command on a full production basis according to the Air Force.
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Kamin Trial Begins Anew
In Boston a retrial opens for Leon J. Kamin after a mistrial caused by applause for Senator McCarthy in the courthouse. Judge Bailey Aldrich declared the mistrial citing disruptive outbursts as improper for the federal contempt case. Kamin faces six questions on communism before the Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee. McCarthy, not commenting on the judge’s action, said he does not object to applause.
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Minister Wins $8000 in Jazz on The $64,000 Question
The Rev. Alvin Kershaw rector of the Holy Trinity Episcopal church in Oxford Ohio won $8000 in jazz on The $64,000 Question as time limits edged out a baseball expert for another week.
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Japanese War Criminal Describes Prison as Apartment
Former wartime official Gen. Sadao Araki says paroled and other inmates in Sugamo Prison roam in and out freely and hold outside jobs, returning only to sleep. The Foreign Office rejects Araki's claim as exaggerated.
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Agriculture Dept predicts larger corn crop and lower wheat yield
The Agriculture Department's harvest time report forecasts a corn crop of 3,117,739,000 bushels, up from last year, and wheat at 915,528,000 bushels, down from 969,781,000. Ohio is shown with 234,360,000 bushels of corn and 45,008,000 of wheat, plus figures for soybeans, sugar beets, tobacco, apples, potatoes, and barley.
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Canada Soviet Union Negotiate Trade Treaty
Canada and the Soviet Union announced they are negotiating a most favored nation trade treaty and arctic research cooperation. The joint communique was published in Moscow after Canadian Foreign Secretary Lester B Pearson's visit, with talks held with Foreign Minister V. Molotov.
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State Patrol Adopts 40 Hour Week Across Ohio
Ohio State highway patrol shifts to a 40 hour week under a recent law, aiming to preserve services while replacing some officers with civilian clerks and radio operators. Capt. D W Uncle notes call duties remain, and a full patrol roster is expected within a year amid new cadet graduates and 619 current sworn officers.
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Air Force probes dawn dusk via Aerobee rocket test
In Alamogordo New Mexico Air Force researchers plan to launch an Aerobee rocket from Holloman Center about 20 minutes after sunset to release sodium pellets at 40 to 70 miles up. Officials cite no spectacle expected amid publicity concerns.
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Steel Industry Growing Fast
Max D. Howell of New York and executive vice president of the American Iron and Steel Institute predicted another national wave of plant and equipment expansion. He said steel production could exceed 115 million tons this year and that the industry must enlarge to meet suburban and population growth. Since World War II capacity rose 37 percent with about 6.3 billion dollars invested, mostly privately financed, placing Ohio and the Midwest at the forefront.
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Christmas Tree Waits 5 Years for Soldier Killed in Korean War
Decatur Illinois reporters describe Mrs Lulla Miller keeping a Christmas tree lit for nearly five years since her son Pfe Clif ford Sapp went missing in action during Korea. Army later identified remains as her son. The casket will be on a train arriving in Decatur.
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Abductors of 2 Sons Face Forgery Charge
ZANESVILLE Ohio Mrs Nancy Campbell 19 and her husband Thomas 28 bound to the grand jury on two forgery counts in a conspiracy to abduct their own sons Ricky Jay 1 and Tommy 2 from the home of an aunt and uncle who had custody. Campbell pleaded guilty to forgery charges and is held in Marion Virginia on a pad check charge.
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Death verdict for Fremont carnival worker in Bradford killing
Sam Tannyhill, 26, carnival roustabout, is condemned to die by electric chair for the murder of Shirley Bradford, a waitress. A nine-woman three-man jury found him guilty of first degree murder after 4 hours 40 minutes of deliberation. Sentencing to follow after defense motions. He admitted the slaying but claimed intent to tie her up, not kill.
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Bradford
Row Over Stew Meat Turns Fatal in Philadelphia Lunchroom
Police say a dispute over stew meat quantity led to the fatal stabbing of Ira S. York in a Philadelphia lunchroom. The assailant, known as Sam, stabbed York after he ejected him for a stew with no meat. York is from Eaglesville, Montgomery County.
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Texas Gas Files Rate Increase With FPC
Texas Gas Transmission Corp filed with the Federal Power Commission for a proposed 793000 dollar annual wholesale natural gas rate increase. The hike would affect 43 purchasers in eight states including Owensboro Kentucky as the company passes higher gas costs it pays to another supplier to its wholesale customers.
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Eisenhower Dulles Say No Policy Lag On Eve Of Big Four
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles held a 25 minute Denver bedside talk on eight points to project no foreign policy lag ahead of the Geneva summit. Dulles described the discussions as extremely helpful as he prepared for the Big Four meeting and Geneva briefing with leaders.
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Iran Aligns With Baghdad Pact in Western Alliance
Iran officially joins the Baghdad Pact linking Turkey Iraq Pakistan and Britain in a mutual defense pact. The move completes a Mediterranean to Himalayas defense belt and will alarm Soviet neighbors to the north as NATO remains extended across Europe the Atlantic and North America.
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Amish farmer to serve 30 days for schooling order breach
Wil lam Detwiler, Holmes County Amish farmer near Holmesville, is to begin a 30 day sentence in the Akron Workhouse for failing to keep his 13 year old son in school. Judge Hoy L. Russell reinstated the suspended jail term and added a $340 fine after Detwiler was the only one of nine parents not to comply.
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Man Beaten at Gas Station in $200 Robbery
Richard Or dean, 32, was reported in critical condition yesterday after being beaten on the head with a hammer during a $200 gas station robbery where he worked.
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Adenauer Improves in Pneumonia Battle in Bonn
West Germany reports Chancellor Konrad Adenauer shows further improvement in bronchial pneumonia after 24 hours. Doctors pace prognosis for resuming duties but hope he attends a cabinet meeting on October 21. Speculation grows over a successor with Fritz Schaeffer Ludwig Erhard and Heinrich von Brentano named as likely interim options.
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The Surgery Is Disputed
Out of state cardiologists and Denver physicians dispute a proposal by Cleveland pioneers Drs. Beck and Brofman to evaluate President Eisenhower for a possible heart operation next spring. Dr Maurice Sokolow of UC Medical School says the Beck procedure is not a routine option and would only be used in extreme pain when the president has reportedly suffered no ongoing pain since his initial attack.
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Proof 2 Can Live on 7.84 For a San Angelo Couple
In San Angelo Texas a young airman and his wife celebrated proving that two can live on seven dollars and eighty four cents a week by economizing on meals including a steak dinner. The nutrition report said basic needs for a couple cost eight dollars fifty six cents weekly. Mary posted a seventy two cent profit and neither lost weight with Mary at 108 pounds and Robert dropping from 163 to 160 pounds after a week of strict menus and limited peanut butter.
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Bundestag Approves West German Military Buildup
Bonn Germany the Bundestag approved premilitary support for a 500000 man West German defense force sending the soldier s bill to committees after the first reading. Final passage requires further readings and may face opposition.
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Girl Dies After 90 Foot Ferris Wheel Collapse
Dallas Texas state fair tragedy as a pivot on a 90 foot Ferris wheel breaks sending a seat plunging. Cynthia Combest 17 from Memphis High School dies on arrival at Baylor Hospital. Two companions Kay Leslie 15 and Barbara Allen 14 critically injured. Other youths suffer minor injuries from the seat.
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Robbie Winchester
Irving
City Dedicates Statue Honors Old One Too
Columbus Day events included unveiling a new statue of Christopher Columbus donated by Genoa Italy. Governor Lausche Senator Bricker and Harold Stassen attended the ceremony after the sculptor Edoardo Alfieri presented the work.
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First cruiser to host missiles joins fleet Nov. 1
The first of two cruisers converted into seagoing bases for launching guided missiles will enter service November 1 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The move marks a step in expanding naval firepower with mobile launch platforms.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
Lake Central Loses Cincinnati to Zanesville Route Bill
Washington officials deny approval for direct Lake Central Airlines service linking Cincinnati and Zanesville, blocking the proposed Cincinnati Zanesville air route.
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Lake Central Airlines
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Crop Production May Set Record Across Nation
The Agriculture Department reported that crop production for May may match or exceed the 1948 record if late season growing and harvest conditions hold. Output, including crops and livestock products, will be the largest in U.S. history, aided by favorable September rains and carryover stocks. Milk and eggs also set September records as cotton, tobacco, peanuts, and sweet potatoes rally in the South.
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