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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1954
Page
1
Washington lawmakers face six remaining tasks in six working days including farm policy social security debt limit and antisubversive measures. The atomic energy bill pits Senate opposition against House compromise while debates over immunities and a death penalty for peacetime spying loom.
Emilie Dionne was laid to rest in Corbeil near her birthplace. Hundreds attended the funeral as her quintuplet sisters mourned nearby. U S experts debated the autopsy findings linking death to epileptic seizures and glandular issues.
In Independence Missouri L J Carr hooked a 30 pound big mouth bass at Prairie Lee Lake. The fish escaped twice before Carr finally landed it after a 10 minute fight. It broke line twice and swam above water before he netted it.
Police said a playground caretaker George Ridley 24 faced shooting to kill charges after firing 14 bullets into a crowd of more than 100 at a Cincinnati playground. Nine year old Daniel Smith was wounded hip not serious. Reverend Junior Haliburton Dawson 29 intervened. Ridley then reloaded and fired again.
In Portsmouth Ohio two armed robberies and a burglary yielded more than 3000 dollars and a small arsenal. Bartender Arthur Holsinger Jr. was bound and gagged as a robber took 700 dollars from one cashbox and unspecified from another. Grocer Frank Caputo reported two men entered late hours and stole cash and groceries before forcing Caputo to empty a register into a sack.
Casablanca reports show unabated violence over the weekend as Moroccan nationalists push for the return of exiled Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. Tensions rise with Abd El Kebir approaching, while Istiqlal leaders ban the traditional sacrifice in protest against French rule.
Hocking County juvenile officer Ralph Blum reports three boys—two 12-year-olds and a 17-year-old—left their Gibisonville homes at 9 p.m. Sunday and were not heard from by noon today. Authorities urge alerts and have notified the state patrol to detain the youths.
Judge Rhea Pettit Bangert sentenced two 13 year old girls to the Delaware Girls Industrial School after they violated most probation terms from prior breaking and entering Allen's Grocery Store last month. The pair ran away August 1 and were captured in Kentucky on August 4.
Ohio officials preview a tentative 410 mile Cincinnati to Conneaut turnpike plan with a Toledo branch. The route includes 25 interchanges, parallels U.S. 25, 33 and 42 corridors, and links with the Northern Ohio Turnpike near Breckville.
Jess B. Smith aged 74, long time president of the Kansas Wheat Improvement Association and a nationally prominent figure in grain and milling, died Saturday in Kansas City.
Ike supporters forecast a slim victory as the Senate debates flexible versus rigid farm price supports. Senators discuss limits of 80 to 90 percent parity for five crops while house action already favors flexible terms. The outcome hinges on a potential Senate vote and possible absences affecting the margin.
A preliminary hearing on the murder charge against Dr Samuel H Sheppard was postponed as defense counsel filed an affidavit of prejudice against the original judge. The delay occurred after the defense said they needed more time to subpoena witnesses.
Rain totaling half an inch aided crops in Hocking County with a forecast of more showers. At 11 30 a.m. the temperature was 75 degrees, up from 64 last night. County agricultural agent Charles Ingraham noted some farms suffered earlier drought damage but the new rain benefits corn and legume seeding, especially wheat and oats.
Scattered showers dotted the northern Great Lakes and southern Rocky Mountains while the Middle Atlantic States and New England saw most rain. The Midwest and Far West enjoyed fair to partly cloudy skies and mild warmth, but the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to New York stayed hot and humid with Dallas 105, Little Rock 104, New Orleans 92, New York 87. Rain totals reached 1.59 inches in Orlando and 1.76 inches in Mobile.
In Wantagh New York about 300 residents gathered for a memorial service honoring Air Force Captain William Weil who died guiding a crippled jet into an empty street to avoid homes. A collection of over 500 dollars funded a college fund for his 18 month old daughter Patrice Weiland.
Turkey Greece and Yugoslavia sign a military pact to weld a Balkan wall against Soviet aggression. Ministers Koca Popovic Stephanopoulous and Faud Koprulu sign as Tito expands Western alignment. The accord links Yugoslavia with NATO indirectly and pools armed forces possibly totaling over one million. Turkey 450000 Greece 125000 Tito estimated 600000.
The General Hocking Brick Co workers will vote tomorrow on a union representation election. The United Brick and Clay Workers of America AFL petitions to represent 68 production and maintenance employees. The NLRB ruled on April 9 that the union petition was premature for the plant shut down since December 7.
In Hanoi the French authorities announced the delay of the planned war prisoner exchange with the Vietminh. In New York city Rep. Vito Marcantonio was found dead on a rain slick street. Cleveland hosts 750 delegates to a four day Ohio Federation of Labor convention. Police conducted dawn sweeps through Times Square Central Park and Rockaway Beach targeting hoodlums and undesirables.
James Hopley 91 longtime Bucyrus editor and friend of Presidents McKinley and Harding died after a long illness.
Washington bulletin reports the House, breaking with Republican leadership and the Eisenhower administration, passing a bill to grant about 500000 postal workers a 7 percent pay raise.
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