Logan considers sewage rental tax ordinance ahead of plant
The Logan city council will hear an ordinance drafted by City Solicitor Richard Gere n to set up a sewage rental tax about 80 percent of the water rate. The plan includes a minimum 8.70 yearly charge, with four month payments, and a tiered per thousand gallon rate for varying consumption. The measure aims to fund pre construction bonds and apply to some residents outside city limits who use city water.
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Logan
Richard Gerken
Clayton C. Bull
Burgess and Niple
Fostoria
Union Says Win Almost Complete
Akron April 5 300 Goodrich office workers ratified a settlement ending a 38 day strike led by the CIO United Rubber Workers Local 5 The walkout began after Goodrich withdrew recognition of URW as bargaining agent The agreement calls for non discriminatory return to work and a consent election on April 1 to determine a bargaining agent
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Akron
George R. Bass
CIO
United Rubber Workers Local 5
Big
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
URW
Cameres
Negotiators Make No Headway In Truce Deadlock
MUNSAN April 5. Negotiators made no headway toward breaking a two way deadlock delaying a Korean truce. Rumors suggested an armistice might be signed soon. Prisoner talks recessed indefinitely as lists are updated. both sides dispute repatriation terms. United Nations losses include two Sabre jets and 68 air combat losses. Communist air power suffered heavy tolls with 40 planes destroyed or damaged in a week.
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Munsan
Far East
Fear
United Nations
Country Club Stockholders Hold Meeting in Blosser’s Banquet Room
More than 60 persons attended the annual stockholders meeting of Hocking Hills Country Club in Blosser’s Banquet Room. L. M. Graham, Claude C. Chrisman, John C. Owens, H. H. Sommers, Mrs. Esther Dague, William S. Miller, and L. A. Riggs were named to the board. Directors will name officers later. Kenneth Bright sang three solos before the business session, accompanied by Mrs. Walter Prather. Former Enterprise coach Kermit Blosser spoke on golf’s recreational value and was introduced by Chrisman. Graham presided, with Jurgensmier outlining next season and Riggs distributing prizes.
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Hocking Hills Country Club
Walter Prather
Kermit Blosser
Enterprise
Ohio University
Blosser
Chrisman
Graham
Walter Jurgensmier
Riggs
Morality Is True Meaning Of America Says Canham
Edwin D. Canham editor of the Christian Science Monitor tells delegates in White Sulphur Springs that America’s true meaning lies in morality not militarism or materialism. He warns the Kremlin won’t accept a moral world and notes the atomic bomb may restrain Communism while moral solidarity grows.
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W. Va
Edwin D. Canham
The
Christian Science Monitor
America
Kremlin
Canham
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Falls Township Sees Population Gain in 1950 Counts
Final 1950 census figures for Hocking County and its townships show Falls Township as the only area with population growth, rising to 8,600 from 8,550 in 1940. Ward Township shows the largest decline, with 2,260 residents in 1950 down from 3,320 in 1940.
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Falls Township
Hocking County
Ted W. Brown
Logan
Ward Township
Murray City
Laurelville
Benton
Good Hope
Green
Laurel
Marion
Perry
Salt Creek
Starr
Washington
Communists Match Capitalists In Truce Camp Landscaping
A Panmunjom report notes a running tally of symbolic changes as the Communist side imitates UN and Allied moves. Trees sprout overnight, walks, latrines, sentry boxes, and whitewashed bricks transform the camp as the Reds seek parity in the truce talks.
Two Auto Accidents Reported in Hocking County
Two automobile accidents were reported in Hocking County yesterday with no injuries. A Logan collision on North Spring Street at 8:20 p.m. damaged the Showalter and Barton cars. A Route 328 crash near the county home at 1:10 p.m. involved Nellie Thompson and Wheeler Specht.
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Hocking County
Logan
North Spring Street
Gerald E. Barton
William B. Showalter
Showalter
Route 328
A. J Waldron
Nellie Thompson
Marysville
Wheeler Specht
New Plymouth
Tot Strangles To Death Taking Pill
Margaret Ann Murray 21 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul J Murray of 198 Midland Place died at 645 PM yesterday from asphyxia tion after a pill lodged in her windpipe She died at Hocking Valley Hospital despite revival attempts The accident happened while Mrs Murray was giving the child a medical tablet Funeral services will be held Monday in Columbus with burial in St Joseph Cemetery Egan Ryan Funeral Service Columbus
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Margaret Ann Murray
Paul J. Murray
Midland Place
Hocking Valley Hospital
Columbus
St. Joseph Cemetery
Egan-Ryan Funeral Service of
Mother 23 Bears 15th Baby in Triplets at Hospital
Mrs. Viola Brown, 23, rests after delivering her 13th 14th and 15th children, a boy and two girls weighing about five pounds each. Father Lonnie Brown serves in Korea. previous quintuplets and quadruplets had mixed outcomes with several losses.
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Williamston
N. C
Viola Brown
Martin General Hospital
Pfe
Lonnie Brown
Korea
Hopes Dim for Averting Steel and Phone Strikes
In New York on April 5 reports show hopes fading to avert imminent strikes in steel and communications. A 57 000 CID telephone workers walkout across 43 states is set for 6 a m Monday, while 700 000 CIO steelworkers notify a midnight Tuesday strike. Wage Stabilization Board chair Nathan Feinsinger seeks talks but offers little progress. Western Union telegraphers begin a wage dispute strike this week, and union officials dispute restored service claims.
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Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Nathan Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
District of Columbia
Western Electric Co
Joseph Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Western Electric
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
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Beirne
Michigan Bell
CWA
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Ohio
California
Bell Telephone
Michigan GOP gears up to cast 46 delegates
Michigan Republicans prepare to ratify 36 district delegates and a 10-member at large slate at Detroit convention. Taft and Eisenhower factions maneuver for parity as Arthur Summerfield seeks a truce to preserve balance and delay a scene at the July national nominating event.
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Taft
Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Summerfield
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Idaho
Kansas
Ottawa
Kan
Van Fleet's Son Listed Missing in Korea
Lt. James A. Van Fleet Jr., son of the US Eighth Army commander, was listed as missing in action by the Fifth Air Force after failing to return from his third bombing mission over North Korea. The 26 year old piloted a B 26 light bomber and had arrived in Korea only three weeks ago with a squadron near his father's headquarters.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet Jr
Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
North Korea
van Fleet
Korea
Chilly Weekend Dampens Plans In Hocking County
Forecasters warn of a cold weekend as Hocking County residents face a drop in temperatures. After a low around 41 degrees overnight, the day remained near 41 until morning, with a 40 degree reading by midmorning. Yesterday’s high was 55, and rain is expected to end by forenoon while wind and clouds persist. Sunday may bring a slight warm up to around 50 degrees.
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Hocking County
Services Held For Ray Guess
Funeral services for Ray Guess were held at 10 a.m. today at Roberts Funeral Home. The Rev. Stanley R. Hanby officiated. Pallbearers were Herbert Luddow, Irl Potts, Henry Anderson and William Konkler. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Ray Guess
Roberts Funeral Home
Stanley R. Hanby
Herbert Ludlow
Irl Potts
Henry Anderson
William Konkler
Oak Grove Cemetery
101 year old contractor Phillip Petre dies in Dayton
Phillip Petre a retired contractor dies in Dayton at 101 his age last October marked his birthday and Friday death details note his long career and local ties
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Dayton
Phillip Petre
Frank Costello seeks new trial over reshuffled jury
Gambler Frank Costello, 61, convicted of contempt of the U S Senate, seeks a new trial after a jury was reshuffled. The jury deliberated five and a half hours before delivering the guilty verdict, with Costello facing up to 10 years and 10,000 dollars in fines. Defense attorney Kenneth M Spence planned to move for a retrial after Judge Sylvester Ryan fired two jurors including the foreman Helen Louise Mason amid allegations of a bribe rumor. Bail was set at 5,000 dollars pending sentencing Tuesday.
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New York
Frank Costello
U. S. Senate
Kenneth M. Spence
Costello
U. S
Myles J. Lane
Sylvester Ryan
Helen Louise Mason
Oil Kills Infant In Urbana Home Accident
A one year old girl Mindy Helfrich of Urbana died after drinking kerosene leaked from a stove at her home. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Helfrich, consumed about half a cup of the fuel on Friday in Springfield.
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Springfield
Mindy Helfrich
Urbana
John Helfrich
Publisher Charles Hugley Dies at 75 in Somerset Week
Charles Hugley longtime publisher of the weekly Somerset Press died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a 10 day illness. He had run the newspaper for 15 years.
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Charles Hugley
Somerset Press
Good Samaritan Hospital
Plane Crashes in Queens Inferno Kill Seven
A twin engine cargo plane slammed into Queens causing a massive fire killing at least seven people and possibly more. The United States Airlines cargo plane inbound from Fort Lauderdale fell short during instrument landing near 171st Street and 89th Avenue Jamaica. Witnesses described a roaring impact and a street strewn with wreckage as flames consumed several buildings and vehicles.
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Queens
New York International Airport
United States Airlines
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
171St Street
89Th Avenue
Jamaica
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