St Louis Policeman Plans Grand Jury Testimony
St Louis patrolman St Touig Shoulders who helped crack the Green Jease kidnapping will testify before a federal grand jury, saying he will reveal his story and may name informants. He and landlady Miss June Marie George were subpoenaed as the inquiry tightens around Carl Austin Hall.
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Kansas City
St. Touig Shoulders
St. Louis
Jease
Shoulders
June Marie George
Carl Austin Hall
United States
Grand Jury
U.S
Edward L. Scheffler
Husky
John Hager
Hall
Wall
Bonnie Brown
Oxnam Attacks Un American Activities Tactics
Cincinnati report says Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam denounced the House Un American Activities Committee for intolerance and incompetence while Rep Gordon Scherer of Ohio praised the investigating bodies methods. He urged to testify last summer amid accusations of serving God on Sundays and communism week.
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Cincinnati
Congressional Committee
G. Bromley Oxnam
Bishop Oxnam
House
Rep
Jackson
R- Calif
Milk Blockade Still in Effect
New York City officials pressed to secure an agreement in a strike that has cut fresh milk to 12 million residents in the metropolitan area. Negotiations continued between 200 companies and the AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing 33,000 striking divers and plant workers. The union seeks a $15 weekly wage rise and a 35 hour work week replacing the current 40 hours along with updated work rates and non economic contract terms.
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New York
New York City
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Symington rules out 1956 presidential bid
Missouri senator Stuart Symington announced he would not pursue the Democratic nomination for president in 1956 and emphasized his aim to serve as a strong senator for Missouri while reprimanding current agricultural policies. John Wren, 83, a noted Australian businessman, died in Melbourne authorities reported.
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Oklahoma City
Missouri
Stuart Symington Monday
Rich Aussie
Melbourne
Australia
John Wren
Lausche opposes state school board proposal in Ohio
Gov. Frank Lausche denounces a constitutional change to create a state board of education, arguing it sacrifices direct accountability to the people. He warns the board would insulate members from scrutiny, invite politics and diminished oversight, and reduce gubernatorial control.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Board of Education
Lucy Ward Stahr
Portsmouth
Lausche
Ohio
Board of Education
Ofl
Von Paulus Freed After 10 Years In Soviet Prison
Berlin reports Marshal Von Paulus, commander of a 365000 man army, has returned from over a decade in Russian custody to East Germany. The radio offered no clarity on any future post or command, fueling rumors of a possible leadership role in the East German armed forces. His son in West Germany doubts his freedom.
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Berlin
Marsha Friedrich von Paulus
Stalingrad
East Germany
von Paulus
Moscow
Bonn Republic
Debate on Soviet Torture Charges Postponed in UN
The UN Security Council plans urgent double sessions to address the Pal estine border violence and Syria Israel water dispute while the General Assembly delays debate on U S charges that Russia ran a torture center to extract confessions about germ warfare in Korea. Russia and Malik clash over the accusations as the UN work continues.
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Council
Syria
Israel
Jordan River
U. S
Korea
U.S
Charles Maye
Minnesota
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Former Labor Agency Chief In New Fuss
About 100 additional members of the APL Plumbers Local 521 planned to join 60 dissidents who seized the union hall and records in Huntington W V The rebels demand the ouster of Special Organizer James Switalski and Acting Business Manager Howard Carr They threaten to hold the hall until the international responds to a telegram to Martin Durkin Plumbers union president and former secretary of labor Durkin had sent Switalski and Switalski named Carr as business manager The dissenters accuse them of spending members money without approval and say only two meetings have been held in nine months.
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W. Va
APL Plumbers
International Organization
Roger Hagan
James Switalski
Howard Carr
Hagan
International
Martin Durkin
Plumbers Union
Labor
Durkin
Switalski
Switelski
Carr
Court To Air Banned Films On Morality Grounds
The Supreme Court agreed to review a New York censorship ruling banning La Ronde on morality grounds and will consider Ohio's late filed appeal banning the film M. The Ohio censor called M brutal crime and harmful and said the film depicts abduction methods in detail.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thigh
New York
Ohio
Christian Leaders Assess Foreign Policy At Faith Forum
About 460 Christian leaders gathered in Cleveland to study world issues facing the United States using the Bible as a guide. Episcopalian Bishop Angus Dun of Washington urged Christians to resist nationalist policies and political demagoguery and to uphold moral interdependence rather than coercive power.
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Cleveland
United States
Amer
Dun
Angus Dun
Washles
Ington
D. C
Washington
TV Romance Said Fraud
New York reports Julius La Rosa claims he hopes to marry Dorothy McGuire but her father calls the romance publicity and lies. La Rosa says she is the only girl he has never wanted to marry, but religious and legal issues loom. McGuire, 22, is not Roman Catholic and remains married to Sgt. John Brown in Korea.
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New York
Julius la Rosa
Dorothy McGuire
Miss McGuire
Arthur Godfrey
la Rosa
la Rosa-McGuire
Tomarry
Sgt
John Brown
Korea
Ohioan Pleads Guilty To Attempted Robbery
Sidney Ernest Blankenship age 48 of Chillienthe Ohio pleaded guilty to armed robbery in the W M Thomas shooting case. Two other men indicted for the attempted robbery and shooting last spring were convicted and given life sentences. Judge William J Thompson deferred judgment until January 11.
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Charleston
W. Va
Sidney Ernest Blankenship
Chillienthe
Ohio
W. M. Thomas
Thomas
William J. Thompson
Kanawha County
Blankenship
Dayton Infant Dies After Lighter Fluid Ingestion
Mildred Anna Griffin, 19 months, of Dayton Ohio, died after drinking lighter fluid from a soft drink bottle poured by her 2-year-old brother. In Salem Ohio Charles E Burbick, 2, died after drinking wintergreen oil.
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Dayton
Ohio
Mildred Anna Griffin
Salem
Charles E. ‘Burbick
Leon Burbick
Five Day Forecast Details Normal Temperatures Across Regions
The report shows a normal temperature pattern with highs from 57 to 62 and lows near 38. Expect cooler nights and a warm spell Wednesday, with Thursday and Friday turning cooler into the weekend. Rain and showers are forecast tonight and around Friday totaling about a quarter inch.
Missing Lacrosse Girl Sparks Townwide Unease
In Lacrosse Wisconsin 15 year old Evelyn Hartley disappeared while babysitting Saturday night. Footprints lead to the Viggo Rasmusen home as bloodhounds track the area. Police say clues are limited and a state crime lab will review fingerprints and evidence. Evelyn is the daughter of professor Richard Hartley.
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Wis
Evelyn Hartley
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Hartleys
Viggo Rasmusen
Rasmusen
Charles Wilson
Madison
Richard
Lacrosse State College
la Crosse
Ex Pomeroy Woman and Family Die in Lebanon Crash
A former Meigs County woman Mrs Martha Gwinn 59 Meador Bridge West Virginia and her husband Loma 59 and Frances 32 Gwinn Charleston died in a crash near Lebanon Ohio State Highway Patrol said Gwinn vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a truck driven by a Morrow Ohio man Surviving children include Dorothy Carpenter Middleport Lester Kapp Middleport Mary Kuhn Lancaster and John Kapp Youngstown Funeral services arranged by Ewing Funeral Home Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Point Pleasant
Lebanon
Ohio
Martha Gwinn
Meadow Bridge
W. Va
Loma W. Gwinn
Frances Gwinn
Charleston
Gwinn
State Highway Patrol
Morrow
Gevnn
Middleport
Langsville
Dorothy Carpenter
Lester Kapp
Mary Kuhn
Lancaster
John Kapp
Youngstown
Navy Plebe Disappears From Annapolis Hospital
William Norman Dietch a 19 year old plebe at the U S Naval Academy disappeared from the hospital where he was admitted for bronchitis on Sept 26. He had begun classes Sept 8 and was to be discharged Oct 20. Lookout notices have been issued with no word since.
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Annapolis
New Jersey
Naval Academy
William Norman Dietch
Phillip W. Dietch
Fairlawn
N. J
Dietch
Bomber Crash Lands at Forbes AFB Crew Escapes Injury
In Topeka Kansas Captain John E Roche and a 15 man reconnaissance crew escaped serious harm when their plane crash landed at Forbes Air Force Base. Roche previously survived a Sea of Japan crash after a MIG15 shootdown, an incident that prompted a U S protest to Russia. A separate item notes Thomas F Anderson, 55, unopposed mayoral candidate for Moreland Hills Village, Cleveland.
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Topeka
Kan
John E. Roche
Washington, D. C
Roche
Forbes Air Force Base
Sea of Japan
Russia
Cleveland
Thomas F. Anderson
Moreland Hills Village
Cattlemen Denounce Ike Plan In Live Stock Crisis
A convoy of 350 cattlemen from 30 states declared Eisenhower era efforts to stabilize livestock prices have failed. They urged immediate government guarantees and planned a second meeting with Secretary Benson, warning of a Congressional fight when session opens in January.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Benson
Benson
Agriculture Secretary
Congress
Rain Improves Fire Outlook Across Ohio
Welcome rain fell across Ohio easing forest fire danger though drought remains severe in water shortage zones. A quarter inch drenched western and southwestern counties. another quarter inch is forecast by Saturday. The rain will help parched soil but drought conditions persist and could trigger localized floods due to hard, dense ground.
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Columbus
Ohio
Teens steal $102000 in bonds in Cincinnati theft
Frank Faber 18 and a 17 year old admitted stealing 102000 dollars in bonds and securities. Police say the partners dumped the certificates after the Sept theft and later recovered on a railroad coal yard.
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Cincinnati
Frank Faber
Night Supervisor In Police Custody Slain School Official
In Point Pleasant the Lakin Industrial School financial secretary Mrs Neva Munday Clark 44 was shot to death as she entered her dorm room. State Police detained 66 year old night supervisor Clarence C McCoy who says the shooting was an accident. He will be charged with murder and arraigned Wednesday at Mason County jail.
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Point Pleasant
Lakin
Here
Neva Munday Clark
Clarence C. McCoy
McCoys
Charles Roberts
Mason County
McCoy
Clark
Gallipolis
Osher Gardner
Talks Blocked as U S Envoy Presses Koreans
Panmunjom American ambassador Arthur Dean told reporters on the second day of preliminary peace talks that the communists must stop stalling and agree on a site and date. He warned that inviting neutral nations could turn the conference into endless debate while U S and Korean troops face an uneasy armistice. The Reds pressed to include nonbelligerent nations and to settle questions before others.
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Panmunjom
Arthur Dean
Agai
Dean
Korea
Ohio Grange Debates Farm Price Support Plan
Ohio Grange members meet in Cleveland to consider a farm price support policy. State master Exton Frederick reports sentiment favors some government controls but seeks to reduce federal involvement in agriculture. Survey shows 75 percent favor service type controls while 38 percent find current production and pricing policies unsatisfactory.
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Ohio Grange
Exton Frederick
Summit County
Ohio
Frederick
Veteran AP writer Edward E. Bomar dies at 55
Edward E. Bomar, longtime Associated Press staffer, died in Washington from cancer at age 55 after weeks in Walter Reed Hospital. A World War II Army officer with prior World War I service, Bomar joined AP on October 1, 1923 in Lonsville Kansas after work at theLex Herald and Detroit News.
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Washington
Edward E. Bomar
Associated Press
Bomar
Walter Reed
North Africa
Europe
Lonsville
Lex Herald
Detroit News
Ike's Aide and Newsman Clash Over Capital Press Relations
President Eisenhower's press secretary says reporters get the news fairly and accurately. James Hagerty debated with Raymond Brandt on TV over press mistrust and perceived favors to newspapers. Hagerty spoke of a forthcoming information order restricting secrecy across federal agencies and limiting document disclosure.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Raymond P. Brandt
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Earl Warren
California
Brandt
Three Marietta Gridders Hurt In Road Accident
Three Marietta College football players were injured when a car ran off Ohio 77 near Beverly. The injured are James Bauer 20 Vernell Dutro 19 and Ben Dye 18. Dye was driving and said the car struck a tree to avoid another vehicle. Marietta has lost all four games this season and faces Muskingum College at home Saturday.
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Marietta
Ohio
Beverly
James Bauer
Hopewell
Vernell Dutro
Zanesville
Ben Dye
Dye
Pioneers
Muskingum College
Police Contribute To Shoulders Fund In Springfield
Springfield city policemen raise a fund to aid Louis Shoulders a former St Louis police lieutenant in his fight to defend character and reputation. Sgt George Mayfield and Officer Luke Alstott said the plan was spontaneous and asked the force to contribute ten dollars with initial contributions reported Monday.
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Springfield
Spingield
Qa Louis
St. Lows Polie
George Mayfield
Luke Alstott
Kidvapers of Ohio Women Get 20 Years
Francis L. McDoie of Smith's Ferry Pennsylvania and Benjamin B. Williams of East Liverpool Ohio were sentenced to 20 years for kidnapping and assault of a 20 year old East Liverpool woman both 21 pleaded guilty. They received concurrent five year terms for auto theft. FBI said the pair kidnapped the woman and her fiancé at gunpoint two months ago, attacked the woman and robbed the man.
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Pittsburgh
Francis L. McDoie
Smith's Ferry
Benjamin B. Williams
East Liverpool
Ohio
FBI
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