Senators Forecast Extended Farm Price Supports Next Year
Senators Mundt and Payne predicted Congress will extend mandatory price supports for six basic crops and consider adding more staples. They spoke after Senator Young criticized the administration and Benson over farm policy. Stennis said he also expects an extension of the current farm support law ending in 1954.
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Congress
Mundt
Payne
Sen
Young
Eisenhower
GOP
Midwest
Benson
Truman
Middle West
White House
Don Paarlberg
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Forest Fire Peril Termed As Explosive
Ohio forestry leaders compare the fire risk to a keg of dynamite amid about 200 fires this fall. Three Athens district fires were fought in Middleport, with another fire near Carbondale watched for spread. The state declared a wildfire emergency prohibiting fires in 20 state forests, about 150000 acres, 55 state parks and all hunting refuges.
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Columbus
Ohio
James D. Wells
Ohio Director of Natural Resources
Deartment
Division of
Drunk Housewife Arrest Questioned by Ohio Judge
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Dana F. Reynolds reversed Oliver Martin’s Municipal Court conviction for lack of evidence. He said the woman was in her own home minding household duties when officers, searching for someone else, arrested her, calling the arrest into question.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
Teens Admit Plan to Blow Up Ohio Dam
In Columbus two youths aged 15 and 13 confessed to derailing a 17-car New York Central freight train with an iron bar and described a planned dam explosion at Big Walnut Creek. Authorities say both boys were juvenile fugitives from the Bureau of Juvenile Research.
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Big Walnut Creek
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Gallia County Free of Forest Fires Declared
Gallia County appears free of forest fires as Chief Fire Warden David H. Williams of Rio Grande reports no active blazes. Warden Briggs Kirby of Cheshire extinguished a small fire Thursday near Kyger Creek Power Plant.
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Gallipolis
David H. Williams
Rio Grande
Gallia County
Briggs Kirby
Cheshire
Kyger Creek
One Package Budget Plan Faces Mixed Review in Congress
Senator Mundt called the administration’s one package budget for defense and foreign aid useful and constructive. The approach aims to win congressional approval for a large foreign military aid program next January while arguing that U S defense and Western European security are interlinked.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
U. S
Congress
Europe
America
Radar Leaks Tie Soft Dem Policies to Ft Monmouth Screening
Senator McCarthy says the Truman era screening board kept loyalty suspects at Ft Monmouth N J a top secret radar center. He notes a witness suspended by a local board was reinstated by the Army screening board and back pay was awarded for six months. The hearings at Ft Monmouth continue with witnesses questioned yesterday.
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New York
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Senate
Secretary of the Army
Truman
Spats Cause Band Mutiny at Pennsylvanias Marching Unit
Philadelphia reports a band mutiny at the University of Pennsylvania over white spats as the marching group threatened to strike before tomorrow's Penny Navy game at Franklin Field. Dr. Arnold K. Henry intervened to restore harmony though other discord remained over the university's refusal to send the band to an away game.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Arnold K. Henry
North American Aviation workers strike across two plants
United Auto Workers stage walkouts at North American Aviation in Los Angeles and Columbus Ohio. About 28,000 workers involved. 5700 on site in LA, 700 nonunion clerical staff. Contracts began Sept 1. negotiations broke off at 9:30 p.m. Federal Conciliator John Fenton to stay in touch. Strike may spread to Fresno, California.
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Los Angeles
Cio
United Auto Workers
North American Aviation Co
Columbus
Ohio
John Fenton
UAW
Fresno
Calif
Millett inaugurated as Miami University president
Dr. John D. Millett, 41, native of Indiana, was inaugurated as the 16th president of Miami University in Oxford Ohio. Colleague Grayson L. Kirk of Columbia University praised Millett and warned against the dangers of ignorance to society during the ceremony attended by over 300 educators.
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Oxford
Ohio
John D. Millett
Indiana
Miami University
Grayson L. Kirk
Columbia University
Miami
Millett
Columbia
John Millett
Ernest H. Hahne
Kirk
Sporn Sees Slow Start for Atomic Power Use
Philip Sporn president of American Gas and Electric Corp said at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce that commercial atomic power is not imminent. He noted Ohio’s central position amid coal reserves will delay widespread adoption there compared to other regions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Philip Sporn
American Gas and Electric Corp
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
America
Russia Orders Stepped Up Consumer Goods Production
The Soviet government ordered a 72 percent rise in consumer goods output by end of 1956, with 40 000 new stores and 11 000 new dining halls, plus reforms in distribution, training, catalogs, and quality control to boost living standards.
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Moscow
Malenkov
Soviet Council of Ministers
Communist Party
Central Committee
Business Leaders See Economy Shift With Bumps Not Casualties
Pebble Beach California AP reports that the Commerce Department Business Advisory Council, in a closed session with Cabinet officers, heard executives forecast only bumps in the economy as defense build up winds down. Sears Roebuck Chairman Robert E. Wood predicted a 2 to 10 percent drop in retail trade next quarter due to tighter credit, lower farm income, and layoffs. John J. Collyer of B F Goodrich warned rubber use may fall under five percent next year but expects no recession. Secretary Humphrey warned no tax reductions next year and possible 1955 deficits unless military spending falls substantially.
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Washington
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Wood
BAC
John J. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
Collyer
Humphrey
Council
Yanks Display Atom Cannon in Germany
The U S Army publicly showed its atomic 280 mm cannon in Mainz Germany with a non firing demonstration at the ordnance depot to prove mobility amid protests. Soviet backed ADN in Berlin claimed the guns would be stationed near Kaiserslautern and warned the safety of southwest Germans is already in danger.
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Germany
U. S
Army Ordnance Depot
ADN
Berlin
Kaiserslautern
Mother Drops Infant 3 Stories to Safety
Three youths aged 14 spotted Mae Rees on a roof with her 17 month old daughter as a three story fire broke out. They stretched a rug from a yard to catch the baby. she was unharmed. Firemen later rescued Mrs. Rees.
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Pittsburgh
Mae Rees
Ralph Ginyard
George Talafero
Edward Polk
Ex Cabinet Member Joins Toledo Firm
Former Atty Gen J Howard McGrath named executive vice president of Edward Lamb Enterprises Toledo. The conglomerate controls broadcasting and manufacturing firms including WICU TV Erie Pennsylvania WMAC TV Massillon Canton WTOD Toledo WIKK Erie and WHOO Orlando Florida.
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Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Edward Lamb Enterprises, Inc
Toledo
Lamb
Wicu-Tv
Erie
WMAC
Massillon-Canton
WTOD
WIKK
WHOO
Orlando
Fila
Blizzard traps 300 Wyoming hunters in Big Horn Forest
In Sheridan Wyoming a large blizzard stranded 300 or more big game hunters in the rugged Big Horn National Forest near the Wyoming Montana line. Governor Rogers ordered the National Guard state Air Rescue Service and game and fish department to lead the search as four foot drifts blocked highways and hunters abandoned cars. The storm has abated and some are starting to trek out with forest service reporting progress.
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Wyo
Rugged
Big Horn National Forest
Wyoming-Montana State Line
C. J. Rogers
National Guard
State Air Rescue Service
State Game and Fish Department
Big Horn Forest
Forest Service
Flash floods devastate Reggio Calabria area
Rescue workers comb wrecked homes in about a dozen villages in Reggio Calabria as torrential rains cause flash floods. As many as 100 lives feared gone with 53 confirmed dead in the region and hundreds injured while many others remain missing.
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Reggio Calabria
Italy
Calabria
Ionian Sea
Youth Admits Attack Charge In Akron Case
Akron police say 20 year old filling station attendant Marshal Peter Hoff of Barberton admitted abducting a 15 year old girl with three other youths after she was grabbed near her home on Indian Trail. The girl was seized while walking from a school dance Wednesday. a neighbor’s call led to discovery of a car and the youths’ detention.
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Akron
Ohio
John Struzewski
Marshal Peterhoff
Barberton
Indian Trail
Knowland urges Asian schaman plan for free nations
Sen Knowland of California proposed an international council of free Asian nations to pool resources, defense needs and manpower. He backed economic and strategic alliances with Asiatic countries after a Far East fact finding tour and spoke to the California Manufacturers Assn.
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Los Angeles
Sen
Knowland
Calif
International Council of Free Asian Nations
Senate
Far East
United States
California
State Vote Estimate Announced by Brown
Columbus report says about 2.25 million Ohioans will vote in the November 3 election per Secretary of State Ted Brown. The figure exceeds the 1951 registration but falls short of the 3,749,828 votes cast in last year's presidential contest.
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Columbus
Ted Brown
Korean War Toll Tops Three Million Warned by UN
United Nations and Pentagon sources report total Korean War casualties exceed three million. UN side totals 1,474,269 with Korea 1,312,836 and the United States 144,173. Allied troops show 17,260. Pentagon places Communist dead and wounded at 900,000 and prisoners at 120,000.
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N.Y
Republic of Korea
United States
Pentagon
Washington
Defense Department
Department
New England
Britain
Red Efforts To Persuade PWs Stalled at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission failed to produce progress on persuading bulky anti-communist Korean War prisoners to attend communist explanation sessions. North Korea may delay a response until Monday, while the commission wrestles with whether to use force to extract the POWs.
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Red
Neutral Nations
Poland
Czechslovakia
Commission
Switzerland
Sweden
Thimayya
La Rosa Quits Godfrey Show Sparks Publicity Buzz
Julius La Rosa prepares for a show tonight amid the firing by Arthur Godfrey. Godfrey, a TV titan, gave La Rosa his sailing papers last Monday and called it a swan song. La Rosa tearfully questioned Godfrey’s use of humility as a trait he has lost.
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Washington
Julius la Rosa
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Brooklyn
la Rosa
Marietta Man Denies Tax Claim of $68,279
John M. Anderson of 300 Sixth St Marietta Ohio denies a U S Tax Court claim for 68279 89 in income taxes and penalties for 1944 51 He says he owns two businesses the New Mecca and the Smoke Shop in Marietta.
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Washington
John M. Anderson
Sixth St
Marietta
Ohio
U. S. Tax Court
Anderson
Churchill Wins Vote on Guiana Action
London Prime Minister Churchill's government won a decisive vote of confidence 294 to 256 after debating the ouster of British Guiana's left wing government and suspension of the colony's constitution. Cheddi Jagan, the ousted leader, sat in the gallery as Oliver Lyttelton called his plan a deadly design to turn Guiana into a proletarian state.
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London
Churchill
British Guiana
House of Commons
House
Cheddi Jagan
Spectator
Oliver Lyttelton
Alleged Red Spy Seized In Germany
FRANKFURT Germany A U S high commission says Georgii Vladimirovich Khorumahii alias Georg Mueller is held in special security custody in an espionage probe He had been released from civil custody and U S District Attorney William F Jones suggests re arrest by the Army The man rumored to be a former Soviet army captain faced charges of spying on U S military personnel and installations for Russia
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. High Commission
Georgii Vladimirovich Khorumahii
Georg Mueller
U.S
William F. Jones
Khorumzhii
Espione
Jones
U. S
Russia
High Commission
London Oil Truck Strike Threatens City Wide Paralyzation
The five day wildcat strike by 2600 oil truck drivers risks London traffic as Churchill warns of possible troop deployment to man trucks and 32 oil depots. Strikers demand firing of nonunion workers and a weekly 10 shilling pay rise, voting to ignore a back to work order.
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London
Churchill
Transport and General Workers Confederation
Admits Thrill Fire Arson Suspect Charged in Columbus
Police say Lawrence J. Pepper, 21, of Columbus, will be charged today with arson after admitting he set fire to dozens of cars in recent weeks because he liked the excitement.
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Columbus
Lawrence J. Pepper
French Disturbed by Plans To Slash Overseas Forces
Washington reports that France, eager for the European Defense Community approval, fears U S ground force reductions in Europe. Paris links six U S divisions in Europe to EDC ratification and worries about German power and NATO balance. A Paris disclosure confirms the shakeup alongside Defense Secretary Wilson noting future weapons could allow reductions.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
European Defense Community
North Atlantic Alliance
France
Paris
United States
Wilson
Ohio approves 10700 more gas heating furnaces for Ohio families
The state utilities commission approved at least 10700 more gas heating furnaces for Ohio families. The order targets Ohio Fuel Gas Co of Columbus serving 361 communities in 49 counties and its wholesale customers including Dayton Power and Cincinnati Gas and Electric. A prior order had already approved heating units for Ohio Fuel and its wholesale customers.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
West Berlin elects Walter Schreiber mayor
Berlin reports Dr. Walter Schreiber, 69, leader of the conservative majority on West Berlin's City Council, elected mayor after the death of Ernest Reuter. Schreiber, a former deputy and staunch anti communist, has led the administration since Reuter's death on Sept. 29.
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Berlin
Walter Schreiber
West Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Schreiber
Reuter
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Light Rain Possible Early Week Weather Outlook
Light rain is likely Monday or Tuesday with temperatures Saturday to Wednesday near normal. A low around 41 and highs near 59 to 64 are expected, with mostly fair skies and small chances of rain on Monday or Tuesday.
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