Reds release more Allied prisoners in flux over returns
A Red correspondent in Panmunjom said only a handful of Allied prisoners remain in communist hands, with 10 or more of them likely to be returned tomorrow. The Reds gave no nationalities, citing faulty bookkeeping in some cases, and said Capt James A Van Fleet Jr is not a prisoner. The Allied spokesman anticipated public release of names upon liberation.
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Munsan
Red
Wilfred Burchett
Paris l'Humanite
Panmunjom
Burchett
James A. van Fleet Jr
8Th Army
van Fleet
Harold Fischer Jr
Sea City
Iowa
America
South Korea
Reds
Won Yong Duk
North Korea
Neutral Zone
Nine Ohio Cities Appear on Target List for Atomic Attack
The Federal Civil Defense Administration named nine Ohio cities Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo Steubenville Wheeling area and Youngstown as critical target areas for atomic attack. Additional probable Ohio targets include Hamilton Middletown Lima Lorain Elyria Springfield and Huntington Ashland.
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Washington
Ohio
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Steubenville
Wheeling
W. Va
Youngstown
United States
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Russia
Hamilton - Middletown
Lima
Lorain - Elyria
Springfield
Huntington-Ashland
Marietta Gas Rate Increase Approved by Utilities Panel
Ohio utilities commission allows part of a 45 842 rate request for Permian Gas and Oil Co of Marietta while denying Caldwell and Dexter City increases due to local ordinances. Approved hikes go to customers in Macksburg Elba Dudley Olive South Olive and nearby rural areas. Exact rise amount not determined.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Permian Gas and Oil Co
Marietta
Caldwell
Dexter
Macksburg
Elba
Dudley
Olive
South Olive
Ohio GOP Council Names New Executive Secretary
Howard Goddard 40 of Urbana succeeds Frank Fransworth of Waterville as executive secretary of the Ohio Republican Farm Council. He was elected Thursday by the council's trustee board.
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Columbus
Howard Goddard
Urbana
Frank Fransworth
Waterville
Ohio Republican Farm Council
Delinquent Accounts Tie Up Newsboy’s Week’s Profit
A note from the Athens Messenger urges readers to pay newspaper boys promptly to prevent delinquent accounts from tying up a full week’s profit. The message emphasizes supporting paperboys who buy wholesale and sell at a profit.
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Athens Messenger
GOP Leaders Press Ike To Answer Dem Charges
Republican leaders urged President Eisenhower to stop in Chicago to respond to Democratic charges that the farm program misfired and U.S. allies are unsettled by U.S. foreign policy. Senator Ferguson blasted Adlai Stevenson as soft on communism and said talks with Moscow should be on American terms only.
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Jack Bell
Chicago
Eisenhower
U.S
John
Washington
Colorado
Sen. Ferguson
Adlai F. Stevenson
Truman
Leonard W. Hall
Ferguson
Stevenson
Moscow
Superman inspired escape ends with hospital stay
Eight year old La King who escaped a second floor fire wearing a towel cape and silk head scarf says Superman could fly but little boys cannot. He lies in a hospital bed with plaster casts on both wrists, reflecting on his attempt and urging other kids to beware.
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Columbus
Ohio
la King
Postal Agency Shift Begins
Washington announces Cincinnati designated as a pilot study regional office to decentralize the Post Office Department. Deputy Postmaster General Charles R. Hook Jr. says Cincinnati will head a tri state region including Ohio, Indiana and possibly Kentucky with regional administrative functions moved from Washington.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Post Office Department
Charles R. Hook Jr
Ohio City
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
UN Told To Stand Firm On Peace Talks Verdict
Australian Foreign Minister R G Casey urged the United Nations General Assembly to maintain its ban on neutral nations attending the Korean peace conference. He said the Communist Chinese and North Koreans should be advised of the decision and noted concerns over atomic weapons proliferation. Soviet delegate Vishinsky may deliver the Kremlin statement soon.
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United Nations
N. Y
R. G. Casey
UN General Assembly
Casey
Assembly
Korea
U. S
State Dulles
Russia
United States
Four Children Die in Blaze Near Plainview Texas
A mother and four of her children from a Texarkana family died in a blaze three miles west of Plainview as a fire started during a lighting attempt on a fuel tank exploded on their truck. The mother Mrs. D. D. Martin, 35, and children Billy Roy 11 Delores Jane 9 Dewey Wayne 7 and Jackie Dale 5 were killed. the father 35 and son William Eugene 13 suffered minor burns.
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Plainview
Tex
Texarkana
Here
D. D. Martin
Billy Roy
Delores Jane
Dewey Wayne
Jackie Dale
William Eugene
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Offers Normal Averages and Light Rain
The Ohio five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with highs around 74 to 77 degrees and a low near 53. Expect cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday with no major changes Monday through Wednesday. Rain is expected tonight and Saturday and again Wednesday, totaling about half an inch.
Korean Tells of Betraying General Dean for $5 Fee
Han Doo Kyoo a slight-built 40-year-old South Korean says he accepted 30 000 won for guiding Maj. Gen. William F. Dean to Communist captors near Chinan on August 25 1950 He claims he turned the $5 back to a Communist group and says police charged both Han and Choe Chong Bong with luringDean into a trap after promising to help him reach Allied lines
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Seoul
Reds
William F. Dean
Han Doo Kyoo
Chinan
Taejon
Dean
Han
Associated Press
Choe Chong Bong
Seoul Central
Choe
Parted Twins Show Improved Survive Odds
NEW ORLEANS doctors report better survival chances for 8 week old Siamese twins Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne separated yesterday in a historic operation. Their father Mayor Ash ton Mouton of Lafayette praised the outcome as encouraging while hospital officials said the sisters continue to do well and will rest before any further surgery.
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Carolyn Anne
Catherine Anne Mouton
Ochsner Foundation
New Orleans
Ashton Mouton
Lafayette
Louisiana
Catherine Anne
Duel Among Canton Squirrel Hunters Leaves One Injured
In Canton Ohio two men, Meshion Newman 37 and Don Kenney 238, exchanged gunfire during a woodland hunt. Newman, mistaken for a squirrel, fired wounding Kenney head and left leg before Newman sought help and Kenney was hospitalized in serious condition. Newman was treated and released.
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Canton
Ohio
Here
Meshion Newman
Sheriff's Deputies
Don Kenney
Newman
Kenney
Mechem to Head Ohio Legislature Service Commission
COLUMBUS Senator C Stanley Mechem Republican Nelsonville president pro tem of the Ohio Senate heads the new Ohio Legislature Service Commission. He was elected temporary chairman at the commission’s first meeting. Permanent organization will be completed October 16 with Representative Kenneth Berry Republican Coshocton chosen as temporary secretary.
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Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Ohio Senate
Ohio Legislature Service Commission
Kenneth Berry
Moonshiners Nabbed in Portsmouth Operation
Walter J. Brannan a 36 year old Rush Township constable and William Shaw of near Rushtown were arrested by federal agents in Scioto County on charges of operating a moonshine still.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Walter J. Brannan
Rush
Scioto County
William Shaw
Rushtown
Route 13 Crash Claims Newark Man
Newark insurance man John Upham, 48, was killed Thursday when his station wagon struck a tree on Ohio 13. The fatal collision occurred near Newark, authorities said.
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Newark
Ohio
John Upham
Ohio 13
Russia hints move to ban atomic arms targets list
The United States identified 193 American cities as probable targets for an atomic attack, with 70 listed as critical. The list excludes sites of national or military significance like atomic energy installations and state capitals, and aims to spur civil defense mobilization nationwide.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Defense Agency
Val Peterson
Peterson
Washington, D. C
Biggest Farm Show Opens in Augusta Wisconsin
The National Soil Conservation Field on and Plowing Matches opens in Augusta on 800 acres of Thompson Creek watershed. Thousands attend to learn weather resilience, watch state and national plowing contests, and tour a two million dollar farm machinery exhibit. Defending champions Graeme Stewart and Martin Cummins, last year’s winners in Kasson, Minnesota, return to defend titles.
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Augusta
Wis
Wisconsin
Thompson Creek
Kasson
Minn
Graeme Stewart
Plainfield, Til
Martin Cummins
Lewiston
Ohio
Missing Auto Found Linked To Missing Family
In Lausanne a black sedan matching the description of the vehicle used by the missing family was found in a local garage. A garageman reported a woman with three children brought it in and fled across the street to the railway station, promising to return in about a week.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Donald Maclean
Geneva
Yom Kippur Begins At Sundown Tonight
New York report notes Yom Kippur starts at sundown and ends at sundown tomorrow marking the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The fast closes the penitential 10 day period that began with Rosh HaShanah.
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New York
Mason Man Given Life Sentence for Statutory Assault
Hart Wolfe 43 of near Rockcastle was sentenced by Judge Lewis H. Miller to life in prison after pleading guilty to statutory assault on an eleven year old girl. Two additional indictments for incest and statutory assault were handed up after the sentence. Wolfe had earlier pleaded not guilty but changed to guilty today. He had attempted suicide in jail weeks earlier.
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Mason Man
Point Pleasant
Hart Wolfe
Rockcastle
Lewis H. Miller
Wolfe
Union District
Raymond Musgrave
Miller
Carroll Casto
Charles J. Hyer
U S Owned Wheat Sells At Low Rate
Washington The Agriculture Department reports government owned wheat sold in foreign barter deals below the $2.20 per bushel farm price. A week earlier 1 331 000 bushels were exported via the Commodity Credit Corp amid a policy debate sparked by Sen Young who argues export sales hurt farmer prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corp
Benson
Sen. Young
R-Nd
Young
Grenade Laden Truck Blows Up Near Indianapolis
A 23 500 pound load of phosphorus grenades exploded on a by pass five miles north of Indianapolis as the driver leaped into a ditch. An Indianapolis fireman was slightly injured fighting the blaze. The blast toppled six spans of a 33 000 volt line and sent a tower of smoke into the sky. Driver Gilbert Combs 41 of Stanford Missouri said he smelled smoke and stopped near Nora on Indiana 100. He ran 300 feet into a ditch as the grenades detonated.
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Indianapolis
Gilbert Combs
Stafford
Riss & Co
Kansas City
Nora
Ind
Combs
Red Lawyer Abraham Unger Forced from McCarthy Hearing
In New York, an attorney named Abraham Unger was ejected from a Senate subcommittee hearing after Sen. Joseph McCarthy threatened contempt. McCarthy declared no Communist lawyer would stay in the room as John Lautner testified Unger once served as a Communist functionary and National Committee member.
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New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Abraham Unger
Wisconsin
Senate
McCarthy
John Lautner
Unger
Marriage No Claim To 4-F Deferment
Fremont dispatch says a young man told the draft board he was married and believed he qualified for 4F deferment. The board prepared to explain that marriage places him in a different category than 4F, meaning unfit for military service only if physically mentally or morally defective.
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Fremont
Ohio
Democrats Loyalty Oath Doomed, Sen Russell Says
Senator Russell of Georgia argued the loyalty oath will not be a major issue at the 1956 Democratic convention. He said reviving it would alienate the South and that the party needs Southern votes to win next year, noting Republicans carried Florida Tennessee Texas and Virginia in last year’s election. He criticized the oath’s spirit but did not name any individuals.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
South
Soviet Claim of New Atomic Tests Sparks Disarmament Talks
Moscow announced successful tests of a new type of atomic bomb in recent weeks while calling for a global ban on mass destruction weapons under strict international control. The Tass statement noted no details and stressed peaceable uses of atomic energy.
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Moscow
Tass
Washington
U.S. Atomic Energy Comesion
AEC
Nevada
Russia
Theii
United Nations
New York
UN Assembly
Soviet Union
AEC Says No New Nuclear Test Information Found
Washington spokesman notes no further items of interest beyond the August 31 statement. The AEC will not announce new Russian tests unless intelligence shows greater significance. Earlier, Russia reportedly conducted Aug 12 tests with fission and thermonuclear reactions possibly hydrogen.
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Washinon
AEC
Washington
U. S
Thermoe Nuclear
Canton Youth Shot To Death
A 16 year old, Donald P R Lucas, was shot to death by 22 year old Donald La Vern Glover after an argument over Glover's estranged wife Nancy. Glover is charged with first degree murder and arraignment was set for today.
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Canton
Ohio
Donald la Vern Glover
Glover
Donald PR. Lucas
Nancy
Glover Sens
Plane Crash Kills Pilot at Herron's Airport
East Liverpool Ohio reports a small plane crash near Herron's Airport toward Newell West Virginia killing pilot Harley Bardin 45 and badly injuring his brother Roy Bardin 48 who ran a Newell filling station. Roy Bardin hospitalized in City Hospital.
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Liverpool
Ohio
Herron's
Newell W. Va
Harley Bardin
Newell
Roy
City Hospital
Printer's Mistake Spurs Ticket Sale in North Carolina
In Kings Mountain North Carolina tickets advertised as all night sinning were printed. The sponsoring Ladies Bible Class of the Fast Side Baptist corrected the error after the first 500 tickets sold quickly. The second batch reported no sales as of Thursday.
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Kings Mountain
N. C
Ladies Bible
Fast Side Baptist
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