Grand jury probes state road conversion at county courthouse
FUND CONVERSION EVIDENCE Aired in POINT PLEASANT as a 16 man grand jury enters a second day of secret proceedings. Witnesses arrive and observers await outcomes while a May primary party activity is also under scrutiny. Lester Ohlinger the county Democratic chair was subpoenaed for gravel sale records and possible state payroll links.
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Point Pleasant
State Road Commission
J. G. F. Johnson
Lester Ohlinger
Democratic Committee
Ohlinger
Johnson
U S Delay Postpones UN Meet
The United Nations faces a crowded agenda as the U S postpones its expected Korea armistice request delaying the general policy debate. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delays his speech to gauge the Assembly while the session opens amid fighting in Korea and stalled truce talks. Ernest A. Gross will represent the United States on the Steering Committee as Lester B. Pearson is elected president.
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United Nations
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
U.S
Korea
U. S
Dean Acheson
Assembly
Acheson
Toy
World Organization
Ernest A. Gross
United States
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
President Truman Heads Back On Campaign Trail to New England
President Truman, 68, will tour New York and New England for three days to help Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson before the November 4 election. He returns from a 15 day, 8500 mile whistle stop tour with 90 speeches and meets with the Finance Committee to discuss funds. He aims to temper Eisenhower's appeal and energize party support.
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Washington
Truman
New York
New England
White House
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohioan Wins Top National FFA Star Farmer Award
Walter W. Vogel a 21 year old tenant farmer from Republic Ohio is named Star Farmer of America by the Future Farmers of America. He receives a 1000 dollar prize for being most outstanding in farming and leadership among 352000 members nationwide. Dallas M. High Ohio City Ohio presented the award and noted Vogel began farming as a high school freshman on a rented one acre plot near McCutchenville earning more than 1300 dollars that year.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Walter W. Vogel
Republic
Star Farmer of America
Vogel
FFA
United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Dallas M. High
Ohio City
McCutchenville
Traffic Chase Ends In Fines in Maryland Court
A Baltimore man James E. Farmer age 24 was convicted on 31 charges in Traffic Court after a high speed auto chase through the loop. He received jail terms totaling 39 months and fines totaling 2546 dollars. Police testified he continued the pursuit because he lacked a driver's license and wished to stay out of trouble.
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Baltimore
James E. Farmer
Ex Retired Engineer Enters College at 77
Miami Florida reports Orra O Bishop, age 77, has returned to study for a master's degree at the University of Miami after retiring from chemical engineering at 62. He is a 52 year alumnus of Michigan State Teachers College.
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Miami
Fla
Orra O. Bishop
Bishop
Michigan State Teachers College
University of Miami
Red Congress Ends as Stalin Pledges Aid to Allies
Moscow dispatch reports the 19th All-Soviet Communist Party Congress concluding with Stalin promising support to 40 international comrades. Attention turns to a 125 member Central Committee with 110 alternates, the largest in history, featuring Stalin and top Politburo, diplomats, and military leaders.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Union Urges Rent Control for Ohio Defense Areas
A CIO delegation urged keeping Akron Canton Columbus Youngstown Warren and Sandusky and surrounding areas on the defense housing critical list. They asked officials to act to meet housing needs. Akron city council had moved to decontrol rents amid local opposition.
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Washington
CIO
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Columbus
Youngstown
Warren
Sandusky
Stark County
Gold Stock Seller Accused of Bigamy in Lisbon
Former Mrs. Larue Mooney of East Liverpool accuses her husband of a month Melvin L. Snelling of bigamy. Snelling, 44, faces a prior charge of selling Canadian gold mine stock without a license while jailed on the first charge. Mooney says he had a second wife when they wed Sept 12 in Lisbon, identifying Agnes V. Snelling of California as the other wife.
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Lisbon
Larue Mooney
East Liverpool
Melvin L. Snelling
Snelling
FHA Office Hours For Athens Revised
J. E. Miller of the Marietta office announces new hours for the Athens County FHA office. Service will occur every other Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon. The next month schedule lists October 22, November 5 and November 19.
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FHA
J. E. Miller
Marietta
Athens County
Yanks Storm Red Lines as Triangle Hill Falls to U S Troops
U S 7th Division soldiers reached the summit of Triangle Hill amid fog and Chinese fire on the Central Front in Korea. South Korean forces also attacked White Horse Mountain and Sniper Ridge as Allied planes supported the operations. Casualties were lighter than yesterday according to an Allied officer.
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White Horse Mountain
United Nations
Seoul
Korea
Triangle Hill
9Th Division
Triangle
Mark Clark
Tokyo
U. S
North Korea
Navy
White Horse
7Th Division
31St
Lewis Strike Threat Puts Dems on Spot
Cincinnati report notes John L. Lewis backs the Democrats and threatens a pre election coal strike. He won a $1.90 daily raise for 220000 plus miners but owners say they cannot pay without Wage Stabilization Board approval. A full or partial ruling could affect the campaign and GOP reactions.
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Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Washington
Minor Crash Then Tragedy Claims Child in Ohio
Dean Averick of Andover was charged with reckless driving and later in Champion Heights a three car crash killed three year old Nada Jean Lichty, daughter of Deloyd Lichty. Averick faces second degree manslaughter charges and is held under 2500 bond after a prior minor collision resulted in license suspension.
Roller Coaster Fall Fatal at Buckeye Lake Park
Five year old William S. Wolfe of Buckeye Lake died from internal injuries after falling 12 feet from a roller coaster substructure at Buckeye Lake Park. Sheriff McEdry of Licking County said he was climbing with companions when the accident occurred.
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Newark
William S.S. Wolfe
Buckeye Lake
Buckeye Lake Park
William McEdfrey
Licking County
Taft Seeks Republicans inroads in Solid South
Senator Robert A. Taft campaigned in New Mexico urging voters to choose a free American way of life over socialism. He blamed foreign policy mistakes for U S troubles and denounced government corruption. He named Virginia Florida Tennessee Texas and Louisiana as promising GOP targets and planned to continue to Salt Lake City and Logan Utah after Santa Fe.
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Santa FE
N. M
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Albuquerque
United States
Virginia
Florida
Tennessee
Texas
Louisiana
Salt Lake City
Logan
Utah
Liquor Store Site Sought After Agency Closes
Chesapeake residents face a 19 mile trip to the nearest state liquor store after the local agency store was shut by State Liquor Director William C. Bryant. He said a suitable site for a new state store could not be found yet.
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Columbus
Chesapeake
William C. Bryant
Centenarian Patience Bell Dies in Cleveland
Mrs. Patience Bell, born in Macon Georgia 110 years ago, died Monday night in Cleveland. The death marks the passing of a long lived resident whose family noted her birth in Macon and a century of life.
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Cleveland
Patience Bell
Macon
Three Year Old Describes Chester Robbery Massacre
Sondra Gay Young, age three, told District Attorney Bertrand Jones of two men who killed her father Guard Young 43 and siblings during a $7128 robbery on a lonely logging road near Chester California. She recalled being beaten and left among the bodies in the car trunk as her mother and another child survived.
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Chester
Calif
Sondra
Gay Young
Dist
Atty
Bertrand Jones
Guard Young
Westwood
Young
Jean
Judy
Michael
Janes
Eisenhower reports 10 year income of 888303
General Dwight D. Eisenhower released a financial statement showing a 10 year gross income of 888303 with 217082 in taxes leaving a net of 643148, 166898 excluding book income. The data, released by Arthur Vandenberg Jr., notes capital gains treatment for book profits and contrasts with Adlai Stevenson figures.
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NEW York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Arthur Vandenberg
South
Vanden
War unlikely says Churchill foresees no third world war
London Prime Minister Churchill told the Anglo American Pilgrim Society that a new global conflict is unlikely as the horrors would deter both sides. He warned that if war starts the decision would come in the first month and a broken back war would follow, crippling land armies unable to move long distances.
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London
Churchill
Anglo-American Pilgrim Society
Arguing Over Drinking Ends in Wife Slaying
Cleveland detectives say Dennis A. Backus admitted shooting his wife Helen Backus 40 twice in the head after a drinking dispute. Their son Fred Backus 16 discovered the body in the basement as the children Denice 10 and Marcey 18 were told their mother was out for a walk.
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Cleveland
Dennis A. Backus
Fred Backus
Helen Backus
Denice
Marcey
Department Store Planned for Middleport
Don Harris of a local furniture store says he has been asked to vacate by November 1. He reports the former Howard the Trader property will be leased to a Pomeroy businessman who intends to open a department store in Middleport.
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Middleport
Don Harris
Howard the Trader
Pomeroy
Harris
New Dean of Men Named at Ohio State University
Ohio State University announces James H. McElhaney as the new assistant dean of men in Columbus Ohio. He fills the role to oversee student affairs and conduct.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
James H. McElhaney
Akron approves 84 percent hike in natural gas rates
The 4th Ward city council approved a broad 84 percent increase in natural gas rates. The vote sets higher energy costs for residents and businesses, with details on implementation to follow in municipal filings.
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Akron
Ike Drives To Smash Foe's Grasp on Dixie
General Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigned through Texas and Tennessee aimed at boosting the Democratic hold on the Solid South while presenting a leadership path for world peace. He spoke at the Alamo in San Antonio and planned stops in Memphis and Knoxville after days of sharp rebuke of the Truman administration. Governor Allan Shivers praised Ike as a defender of Democratic principles, noting Texans’ uncommon shift from party lines.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Elisenhower
South
Texas
Truman
America
Kremlin
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Tennessee
Memphis
Knoxville
New York
Alamo
San Antonio
Mexico
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Explosion at Dupont plant kills eight, leaves search ongoing
A nitro-mixing unit exploded at the Dupont Co plant near Barkesdale Wisconsin at 2 47 am EST. Eight men were reported killed and missing with no hospital admissions. Damage estimated at 75000 dollars local glass shatter across Ashland and Washburn across Chequamegon Bay.
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Barksdale
Wis
Dupont Co
Washburn
Ashland
Chequamegon Bay
Canton Bus Drivers Strike Halts City Lines Operations
AFL drivers struck Canton City Lines Inc. and set up pickets at garages housing 60 buses after night runs. About 130 drivers and 30 mechanics held a two hour meeting, rejecting a five cent hourly raise and a pension plan, pushing for 20 cent hourly increase from a $1.54 hourly average.
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Canton, C
AFL
Canton City Lines, Inc
Blame Strike On Pay Delay At Dorothy Mine
Miners from the Dorothy mine of the Y and O Coal Co walked out today over a wage dispute tied to the Wage Stabilization Board. Some 485 workers operate the Dorothy Mine with a daily output of 4400 tons.
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Dorothy
Y. and O. Coal Co
Wage Stabilization Board
United Mine Workers Union
Hitchman Coal and Coke Co
Bentwood
W. Va
Infant Harcuff Killed in Night two car Accident Akron
Donna Lee Harcuff infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs Forest Harcuff died in a nighttime two car crash in Akron. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene as investigators began to determine fault and whether other injuries occurred.
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Akron
Donna Lee Harcuff
Forest Harcuff
Stevenson Attacks Ike in Spokane Korea Stand
Gov Adlai E Stevenson declares Eisenhower knows no trick to end the Korean War and urges no premature peace. He campaigns in Spokane linking Korea policy to public power and national safety while touting Democratic gains against Republican practices in Illinois.
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Spokane
Wash
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Utah
Wyoming
Pacific Northwest
Korea
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Alaska
Omaha
Illinois
Wide Search Expands Across Two Counties for Missing Cab Co Owner
Roy Jackson 54 owner of Point Pleasant Cab Co vanished after a 2:30 am pickup in Henderson. A multi county search from Point Pleasant to Gallipolis Ferry includes Huntington police and 100 Point Pleasant High School volunteers. The taxi was found with ignition on and keys beneath the rear wheel near Route 2.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Roy Jackson
Jackson
Point Pleasant Cab Co
Henderson
Galliepolis
Beeing
40Th St
Huntinngton
Huntington
Arthur Bumgardner
Fire Department
Point Pleasant High School
Cabell County
Gallipolis Ferry
Crab Creek
State Democrats Seek $250000 From Grass Roots Donors
The Ohio Democratic headquarters aims to raise 250000 from grassroots donors before the November 4 election. Five dollar contribution certificates will be sent to party workers in more than 10000 precincts, with each book containing five certificates.
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Columbus
Democratic
Ohio
Democratic National Finance Committee
New Execution Date Set for Cop Slayer
The Ohio Supreme Court set November 14 as the new execution date for George F. Ross for the December 7 1951 killing of Cleveland officer Cruiserman Haas. The court dismissed Ross appeal from his first degree murder conviction. Ross shot Haas in a rooming house after Haas accompanied him for questioning.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
George F. Ross
Cleveland
Ross
Forney Haas
Haas
Columbia Campus Bubbles Over Presidential Race
On the Columbia University campus a political row rose again as Dean Carl W. Ackerman announced support for Adlai E. Stevenson the Democratic nominee. The acting president had urged Columbia officers to remain silent on the presidential race.
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New York
Columbia University
Adlai E. Stevenson
Columbia
Carl W. Ackerman
University
Graduate School of Journalism
Trailer camps outline Portsmouth expansion with 7300 trailers
A trailer manufacturing association representative said plans announced Tuesday call for 52 trailer courts in the Portsmouth area to provide a total of 7300 house trailers.
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Portsmouth
Trailer Manufacturing Association
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