Rhodes Report Alleges Irregularities In Turnpikes Finances
Ohio Auditor James A. Rhodes released a report on the Ohio Turnpike Commission alleging improper insurance purchases by contractors through a law firm linked to commission chairman James W. Shacknessy. The document cites inflated land costs and possible oversight or condoning of irregularities, with specific insurance totals from Standard Accident Insurance Co. and U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. The chairman denied involvement, stating the report advances a whispering campaign, while Rhodes' audit continues under political scrutiny.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ohio
Commission
James W. Shacknessy
James A. Rhodes
Frank J. Lausche
Schocknessy
Donald C. Cook
Rhodes
Lausche
Turnpike Commission
C. Wiliam O'Neill
General Assembly
Shocknessy
Standard Accident Insurance Co
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Shocknessy, Summers & Denton
Robert
Beightler
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co
Fidelity
Shacknessy
Standard
John H. Summers
Summers
Florence G. Denton
Howard M. Metzenbaum
A and Tatto
Segregation Fight Returns to Northern Courts
Hillsboro Negro families press for immediate admission of their children to previously all white schools. Attorney Carter aims to file in U S District Court in Dayton to halt segregation claims, while officials insist rezoning is residential not racial. Lincoln School remains the Negro school with progression to white high schools after sixth grade.
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Supreme Court
Russell L. Carter
U.S. District Court
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Webster
Washington
Paul Upp
Lincoln
Nixon challenges Stevenson to offer constructive ideas
Vice President Nixon answered Adlai E. Stevenson with a call for constructive proposals in a Michigan State College address. He argued Stevenson dodges specifics and warned a Democratic Congress would revert to Truman policies unless Stevenson states how his approach differs. Nixon planned another Detroit speech to press the contrast.
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Mich
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Michigan State College
Stevenson
Democratic Congress
Truman
Detroit
Weather Turns Cool as Summer Ends Across Regions
The last full day of summer brings cool fall air ahead of schedule from the Rockies to the Appalachians. Some cool air reaches parts of the South as autumn arrives at 8 56 a m est Thursday. Skies are mostly clear with little rainfall nationwide early today.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Appalachians
Boy Saves Life Of Little Brother In River Near Beverly
In Beverly Massachusetts Alan Deschenes aged 5 saved his 4 year old brother David from drowning after David slipped into Bass River on a Tuesday. Alan grabbed his brother by clothing and kept his head above water until two workmen heard screams and pulled David to safety.
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Beverly
Mass
Alan Deschenes
David
Bass River
Alan
Gov Lausche Attends Groundbreaking for Toll Road
SOUTH BEND IND Two governors George N Craig of Indiana and Frank J Lausche of Ohio turned the first earth on Indiana's 282 million dollar east west toll road. The project aims to complete a link from New York to Chicago by November 15 1956.
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South Bend
Ind
George N. Craig
Indiana
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
New York
Chicago
Police Quell Prison Break in Huntington Jail
In Huntington West Virginia a bold attempt to break out of Cabell County jail was thwarted in 22 minutes. Two inmates armed with a steel table leg pried a cell door. deputies restrained them as Jailer William Moses and Deputy Jailer Lakin Rowsey coordinated reinforcements and halted the escape at the first floor.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County
Lakin Rowsey
Rowsey
William Moses
Moses
Cigar Smoking Held a Man’s Prerogative, Kansas City Meeting
Bernard Sless of the Cigar Institute of America told a Kansas City gathering that cigar making remains a male dominated field. He said the industry is thriving but is in a strictly male domain and that cigar smoking is one of the few male prerogatives.
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Kansas City
Bernard Sless
Cigar Institute of America
Polio Claims Fifth Stark County Child This Year
Five year old Robert Walker son of Mr and Mrs Earl Walker of Paris died of bulbar polio yesterday marking Stark County s fifth polio death this year.
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Earl Walker
Paris
Stark County
Ex Senators aide dies in Cleveland obituary
Frank Eugene Brown 85 longtime personal secretary to late Senator Mark A. Hanna died yesterday in Cleveland. He served Hanna for many years and was a prominent figure in Republican circles.
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Cleveland
Frank Eugene Brown
Mark A. Hanna
Plan Slows Rearming of Germans
Washington faces a gloomier mood as new French proposals muddle a path to German rearmament. Officials foresee slow, painful concessions from France Mendes France plan, with London nine power talks likely to hint at preliminary discussions rather than final decisions.
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Mendes-France
London
Canada
United States
West Germany
NATO
Brussels
UN Shelves Red Chinese Bid for Seat at General Assembly
The ninth UN General Assembly began with elections for seven vice presidents and seven committee chairs, shelving any bid to seat Red China. Five vice presidencies go to the Big Five Security Council members, with Burma and Ecuador slotted for two regional posts. Dr Felco van Kleffens was elected Assembly president as the Red China question was postponed by a US-proposed resolution, 43-11, for the third straight year.
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Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Burma
Ecuador
Felco N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Portugal
Assembly
Russia
Syndicate Flies Coop Leaves City of Bets Behind
Oklahoma City football parlay players who lost and won alike were left unpaid as syndicate leaders vanished with an estimated $75,000 debt to card winners. Bookies closed shops or struggled to collect as investigators noted a beating for last week's games.
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Oklahoma City
This Old Red Hen Tours Again From Virginia to Baltimore
A Rhode Island red hen named for George Washington Jr. traveled 180 miles from its farm in Sweet Hill Virginia to Baltimore on a tractor trailer third axle. The hen, noted as a good mother, again wandered from home and returned the same week.
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Baltimore
George Washington, Jr
Rhode Island
Sweet Hill
Washington
Harriman Wins Nomination for Governor in Democratic Nominating
Averell Harriman, a 62 year old former Republican, was nominated for governor by the Democratic Party after a combative state convention. He defeated Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr on the first ballot and planned a vigorous campaign. John A. Alinsky was reported to be the leading nominee for lieutenant governor as the convention continued.
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Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Harriman
John A. Alinsky
Buffalo
Onondaga County
Rvgerell Harriman
National
James Cartney
Homer Blakely
Phenix City
Ala
Pir
Clyde Knowles, Jr
Haskew
Mlakely
Rough Play Ends in Brother's Death in West Virginia
In Huntington a 23-year-old man from North Kenova Ohio died in a hospital after being struck in the head with a wooden club during a rough play incident at a friend's home in Lawrence County. His 21-year-old brother Garland Mayo told deputies he threw the club during the incident and was later released from Lawrence County jail after being held without charge since the injury occurred.
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W. Va
Kenova
Ohio
Garland Mayo
Lawrence County
George
Garland
Ironton
Bank Reward Sparks Quest for Funds Distribution
In Charleston two robbers were captured after a bank robbery. The Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina offered a 2500 dollar reward for the capture. Since about 150 bystanders joined the chase, the question becomes how to distribute the money, now a state issue under Gov. James F. Byrnes.
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S. C
Citizens and
Southern National Bank of
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Marquis Is Arrested In Italy Crime Scandal
Rome reports the arrest of Piero Piccioni and Marquise Ugo Montagna in a widening dope and vice ring case linked to Wilma Montesi's death. Piccioni, son of ex foreign minister Attilio Piccioni, faces aggravated manslaughter charges. Montagna is accused of aiding and abetting. Both are detained in Regina Coeli prison as investigations continue.
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Wilma Montesi
Piero Piccioni
Italy
Ugo Montagna
Mario Secellera
Piero
Attillio Piccioni
Piccioni
Osella
Montagna
Wilma
Raffaele Sepe
Court of Appeale
Silvano Muto
Wilms
Muto
Tagna
Passersby Saved Amputee in Factory Accident
John Vangelist, 23, lost both arms in a factory cutting machine mishap in Lynn. He fled onto a busy street and was knocked down by John Beaver and Leo McKenney who immediately applied tourniquets. Doctors at Lynn Hospital credited the quick actions with likely preventing fatal bleeding.
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Lynn
Mass
John Vangelist
Vangelist
John Beaver
Leo McKenney
Swampscott
Lynn Hospital
Delinquency Charges Face Man 38 and Wife 14
HAGERSTOWN Md Al vey G Whitmer a widower with six children and his 14 year old bride today charged with contributing to her delinquency by marrying her Whitmer acknowledged marrying the girl in Arlington Va last Monday Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle said the four children ages ranged 7 to 15.
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Hagerstown
Alvey G. Whitmer
Whitmer
Mattie Pearl Herrin
Leister Isanogle
Arlington
Plan Proposes To Dodge Race In Alabama Schools
A legislative and Alabama Bar Association committee propose an amendment to abolish mandatory public schools and let parents choose segregated classrooms. The plan rewrites the constitution to remove public school references, redefines education policy, and shields officials from lawsuits while granting broad legislative authority over non state schools and public funds. It states education will be supported only as resources allow and not as a state obligation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Eastmoor Junior High Construction Underway
The 156-student Eastmoor Junior High School begins construction today. Built with brick and limestone this 1.5 million dollar project is slated for completion in about one year.
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Eastmoor
Man killed in fall at Portsmouth plant
Harmon Hood, 50, of Wheelersburg, died after an 18 foot fall from an open hearth furnace at the Portsmouth Division of Detroit Steel Corp. The incident occurred yesterday and authorities are investigating the death.
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Portsmouth
Harmon Hood
Wheelersburg
Detroit Steal Corp
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