Polio Ban Will End Sunday at Pomeroy
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers seeks exemptions for major Illinois mines as soft coal owners resist his contract terms. He plans a selective strike, halting Bituminous Operators Association mines next Monday and Southern Coal Producers Association mines on Oct 1, affecting about 70 percent of soft coal production. some exempt mines will keep open while terms are negotiated. Hard coal gains a higher welfare fund royalty from 30 to 50 cents a ton, reducing likelihood of a hard coal strike.
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John L. Lewis
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Illinois
Bituminous Operators Association
Southern Coal Producers Association
Mississippi River
Big Ben Coal Co
Illiinois
Polio Polices Relax As Pomeroy Ban Lifts This Sunday
Pomeroy Mayor Delmar A. Canaday announced a planned lift of the public gathering ban on Sunday after discussions with doctors. Restaurants will be closed at 6 p.m. daily through Sept. 24, while schools remain closed in several districts. Dr. Frederick H. Wentworth challenged mass quarantine, calling polio often mild and hard to diagnose.
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Delmar A. Canaday
John C. Bacon
Canaday
State Department of Health
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Bacon
Frederick H. Wentworth
Division
Wentworth
Meigs County
Dr. Wentworth
Soldier and Woman Plead Guilty in Conspiracy to Hang Husband
Cpl. William K. Oliver and Wanda White pleaded guilty in District Court to conspiring to hang her husband to marry. They planned to ambush the man in a public park after luring him to a car fender, with Oliver taking blame in a statement. Sentencing is set for Monday.
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Albuquerque
William K. Oliver
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Wanda White
William White
State To Bar Liquor Outlet
The state liquor department will abolish all agencies with annual sales of 100000 to 150000 dollars. Director William C Bryant said control is better exercised by state stores with state employees and cited an agency in Chesapeake Ohio as an example. He noted a Lawrence County outlet was created to combat bootleggers and low Ohio prices.
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State Liquor Department
William C. Bryant
Chesapeake
Bryant
Lawrence County
Ohio
Eisenhower rails against Washington on way to Omaha speech
Ike races through Iowa denouncing government corruption as he campaigns toward a major farm policy address in Omaha. He cites a “mess in Washington” and urges honest government while defending Taft Hartley and hinting at farm surplus remedies. Rock Island crowd of 2500 hears the theme.
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Taft
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Nixon
State Department
China
Acheson
Bus and Truck Collision on Turnpike Kills Two
A Greyhound bus and a tractor trailer truck collided in pre-dawn fog on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about six miles east of the Donegal interchange. Two women died, and at least 28 people were injured. The women were seated front right, one dying on the bus and the other at Frick Memorial Hospital an hour later. Six severely injured were moved to Frick Memorial, while 22 others went to Somerset Hospital, with sixteen released after treatment.
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Donegal
Frick Memorial Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Beauteous Lady Cops Join New York Crime Fight
New York police deploy attractive female officers in civilian clothes as decoys to deter assault and robbery, with male detectives shadowing them to intervene if needed. The plan aims to curb the city’s surge of street crime and protect the decoys during patrols.
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New York
Survey of Political Writers Gives Ike Slight Ohio Edge
The Associated Press survey of 62 Ohio counties shows writers from Republican and Democratic papers predicting Eisenhower would narrowly win Ohio if the election were held now. Truman carried Ohio in 1948 by about 7,107 votes. observers say trends could shift with low confidence. Cleveland remains Democratic, but overall edge favors Eisenhower.
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Navy reveals pilotless missile planes in Korean action
Navy says guided missiles launched from the USS Boxer against Communist targets in North Korea were controlled by two guide planes and a television feed. An eyewitness described a World War II Grumman aircraft guiding a 2000 pound warhead to its target, with cockpit cameras transmitting flight progress.
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Korea
Navy
Associated Press
Fred Waters
Boxer
Waters
North Korea
Lawrence A. Kurtz
Washington, D. C
Naval Air Development Center
Johnsonville
Navy touts vast stockpile of guided missiles in Korea
Lt. Comdr. Lawrence A. Kurtz says the Navy has immediately available missiles for a sustained large scale robot campaign in Korea and that continent to continent guided missiles are possible. He recalls directing the first guided-missile test in Korea aboard the USS Boxer and notes improvements over the obsolete gear used then.
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Korea
Lawrence A. Kurtz
Kurtz
Boxer
North Korea
Bishop Urges Church Drive
Bishop Hazen G. Werner of the Ohio Area of the Methodist Church urged revival to win semi pagan lives to Christ to save civilization. He spoke to about 1400 Methodist men women and youth in Chillicothe for the second of six meetings of the Ohio Methodist Evangelistic Mission program this fall and winter.
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Chillicothe, CO
Hazen G. Werner
Ohio
Methodist Church
Werner
Ohio Methodist Evangelistic Mission
12th Apple Festival Opens in Jackson County
The 12th annual Apple Festival began in Jackson, Ohio, with a four day run through Sept 20. A parade featured about 4000 Jackson High School students, twelve bands, and around 50 floats. Shirley Walburn, 17, Wellston High School senior, was crowned queen, with Morton Downey in attendance.
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Jackson, O
Jackson County
Jackson High School
Morton Downey
Shirley Walburn
Wellston High School
U S Grants 15 Million Dollar Loan to Pakistan
Washington signed documents for a 15 million dollar U S loan to Pakistan at a White House ceremony. Pakistan will use the funds to buy wheat, with the Export-Import Bank providing the loan.
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U. S
Pakistan
White House
Export-Import Bank
Kendall Promoted to Lieutenant General in Korea Command
Maj. Gen. Paul W. Kendall, commander of the 1st Corps in Korea since June, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. The promotion reflects his leadership of the United Nations force and duties in the theater.
Caudle to Testify Before House Panel Today
Washington D C Caudle once head of the Justice Department Tax Division returns to a House subcommittee hearing to recount his role in the 1951 St Louis grand jury tax fraud probe. Former Attorney General J Howard McGrath testifies that aides sought to aid the probe and that Caudle was treated unfairly after Truman ousted him last November.
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T. Lamar Caudle
J. Howard McGrath
House
Caudle
Truman
Justice Department
Judiciary
St. Louis
McGrath
Texas Airman Breaks Helicopter Distance Record
NIAGARA FALLS New York Elton J. Smith 31 of Ft Worth Texas set a nonstop helicopter distance record with a 1234 mile hop to Niagara Falls in 12 hours 57 minutes and 30 seconds piloting a Bell Model 47D 1. Auxiliary tanks increased fuel from 30 to 187 gallons aiding the flight.
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N. Y
Elton J. Smith
Ft. Worth
Rancher Confesses Fatal Attack on Yaqui Woman Seen as Witch
In Phoenix Sheriff Cal Boies said rancher Joe S. Chaves of Mesa has confessed killing a Yaqui woman suspected of witchcraft. Chaves, 42, told of a history involving his wife and a powder incident from 1942 and claimed his wife’s condition improved after the slaying.
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Ariz
Cal Boies
Boies
Joe S. Chaves
Mesa
Guadalupe
Chavez
Korea Vet Killed In Ohio Auto Collision
SGT Robert J. Knudsen 24 a Korean War veteran from Hawthorne California was fatally injured Wednesday in an auto truck collision on U S 40 near Zanesville Ohio.
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Zanesville, O
Robert J. Knudsen
Hawthorne
Calif
DiSalle conducts seven hour marathon on radio TV
Toledo Democrat Michael DiSalle answered about 450 questions from 4 p m to 11 p m on a seven hour talk marathon and said budget permitting he would hold similar sessions in Cincinnati Dayton Cleveland. He noted 500 questions remained unanswered at the end and Bricker joined in Columbus program.
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Michael DiSalle
John W. Bricker
Cincinnati
Dayton
Cleveland
Columbus
DiSalle
Bricker
Taft Urges Ike Victory to Curb Government Power
In Springfield Taft told a 2000 strong crowd that only Eisenhower can alter spending and power, insisting the president must uphold constitutional limits. He urged GOP unity, attacking Stevenson's Democratic ticket and warning of a return to totalitarian policies without Ike.
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Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen
Eisenhower
Taft
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Trends Point To Slim Diet Of Eyes Pork
Washington reports from Agriculture Department notes a slim diet for dairy eggs poultry and pork next year with beef likely the only livestock food to hold its supply. Milk chicken and hog production decline due to rising costs reducing the fall pig crop by 9 percent and August milk output hitting its lowest since 1940.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fifth Polio Case Reported in Mason County
In Mason County the fifth poliomyelitis case this year was announced by Dr. B S Brake district health officer. Clarence Clench Jr age 3 of 308 Third Street was at Morris Memorial Hospital Milton W Va and his condition was not critical. Three cases have returned home and schools and public places remain open.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
B.S. Brake
Brake
Clarence Clench, Jr
Third St
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
W. Va
Labor Dept Reports Job Boost Amid Steel Strike Recovery
The Labor Department notes a resilient labor market with non farm employment reaching 46.9 million in mid August. This marks a 900 thousand rise from mid July and 200 thousand higher than a year ago as the steel strike winds down.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pope Pius Improves. Rest Sought At Castel Gandolfo
The pope's condition, after a slight fever, showed improvement today. Doctors advise two more days of rest at his Castel Gandolfo summer home.
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Vatican City
Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Adlai Presses Taft Role in Five-State Eastern Swing
Adlai Stevenson heads for the Eastern Seaboard for a five state campaign sweep to argue that Taft is now running the Republican presidential effort. He plans plane trips and roadside talks through Connecticut Massachusetts New York Virginia and Maryland with a Hartford speech on the atomic age and a New York labor talk. Senator Fulbright of Arkansas praised Stevenson at a news conference and pledged strong support.
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