State Official Outlines Building Code Revisions
Charles Pettibone of the Ohio Department of Industrial Relations spoke at a city committee meeting about revising the state building code for legislative approval. He noted a model code could be shared with cities, with modifications allowed if state standards remain unchanged, and that shared standards might suit small-population areas. The committee plans another meeting to continue discussing a possible building code.
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Charles Pettibone
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Pettibone
Amos Potts
Dean Collison
William Knapp
Joseph Phillips
Harry Armstrong
Harry Smith
Ralph Moorhead
Fred Murray
John Owens
Logan
Burlin Taylor
H. M. Boocks
Glenn Hemsworth
County Health Department
Lawrence Ellinger
Bernard Geiger
Richard Farmer
Hearings Set For Motion On Meyer Appeal
The Fourth District Court of Appeals will hear a motion in Jackson on Meyer's request to withdraw a right of appeal and seek leave to appeal. Attorneys for Benjamin Meyer of Lancaster argue service and bill of exceptions prevent an appeal as of right. Prosecutor Fred Murray plans to oppose. Meyer was sentenced to die after a 1963 conviction for the first degree murder of Velvia Meyer.
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Fourth District Court of Appeals
Jackson
Benjamin Meyer
Lancaster
Logan
Velvia
Richard Gerken
Meyer
James Peterson
Fred Murray
Harley Meyer
Common Pleas Court
Reuther Advocates Guaranteed Annual Wage in Athens Speech
CIO President Walter Reuther told about 100 local union leaders in Athens Ohio that a guaranteed annual wage is needed so people can plan their lives by the year not by the hour and that the fight for such a wage will begin in 1955.
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Athens
Ohio
CIO
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Senators Burke Bricker vote for five percent civil service raise
Washington reports Burke Democrat and Bricker Republican both backed a bill granting a five percent pay raise to a million classified civil service employees and a half million portal workers. The measure passed yesterday in the Senate and could influence federal worker compensation.
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Washington
Ohio
Burke
Bricker
President Eisenhower Heads to Vacation and Campaign Push
President Eisenhower leaves Washington for a Colorado vacation after a productive congressional session. He plans at least four speeches during the six weeks away, with tours and events across Des Moines Hollywood and Des Moines again, televised and broadcast nationwide, as he aids Republican candidates.
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Washington
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American Legion
Colorado
Des Moines
McNary Dam
Columbia River
Hollywood
Calif
Ohio Wheat Farmers Debate Acreage Rules in Washington
Congressional aides and Ohio Republicans clash with the agriculture committee over price supports and acreage quotas. The 25 acre or less rule denounced for small wheat farms faces possible changes as lawmakers debate non commercial areas and a two price system. Secretary Benson's penalties for over planting add to farmer dissatisfaction in Ohio and beyond.
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Washington
Ohio
William McCulloch
Rohio
Piqua
J. Harry McGregor
Clarence Brown
McCulloch
Frank Bow
Hope
Congressman Brown
Blanchester
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Department
Brown
McCarthy Jurors Move Behind Closed Doors for Agreement
Senate panel chair Mundt says seven member McCarthy Army inquiry jury will meet behind closed doors to resolve fracture and craft a report. SenMcClellan casts doubt on quick accord while Watkins plans wider inquiry into McCarthy charges with a public start Aug 30. Mundt outlines four possible paths if no consensus emerges including recess, separate reports, or individual verdicts.
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Utah
McCarthy
Senate
Watkins Committee
Mundt
Two Plead Guilty In Lost Hollow Mine Theft
Wyatt Alfred McMillan, 30, Nelsonville, and William Warren Jr., 24, Deanville, admitted guilt in Rush Coal Co. Lost Hollow Mine theft in April. They were bound to the grand jury on $500 bonds each and held for further action.
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Wyatt Alfred McMillan
Nelsonville
William Warren Jr
Deanville
Elias Bright
Lost Hollow
Rush Coal Co
Sheriff announces arrest in Lost Hollow mine theft case
Sheriff A J Waldron announced Deputy Joe Breeze arrested Charles Proctor 28 Utica Rt 1 today in connection with the Lost Hollow mine theft. Arraignment for Proctor was planned for later today.
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A. J. Waldron
Joe Breeze
Charles Proctor
Utica Rt. 1
Lost Hollow
Proctor
Men Charged With Theft Of Armature From Cutting Machine
Warren and McMillan were jailed pending bond after being charged with stealing an armature and two fields from a cutting machine valued at 245 dollars. The items were junked at a Columbus dealer. Warren was arrested in Athens County by Sheriff George Bateman. McMillan was detained three days earlier in the area. Sheriff Waldron credited deputy Joe Breeze for the arrest.
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Columbus
Warren
Athens County
George Bateman
McMillan
A. J. Waldron
Joe Breeze
Judge Heads Disabled American Veterans Commander
Alfred L. English aged 36 from Shelbyville Tennessee was elected yesterday as the new commander of the Disabled American Veterans in Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Alfred L. English
Shelbyville
Tenn
The
Disabled American Veterans
Murder Denial in Cincinnati Shooting Plea
William R. Kelly 44 pleads innocent to murder in the fatal shooting of Donald Taylor 25. Kelly says he acted in self defense when attacked by Taylor and two others Monday.
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Cincinnatio
William R. Kelly
Donald Taylor
Kelly
Taylor
Air Tour Date Tentatively Set By Hocking District
Harry Armstrong chairman of the Hocking Soil Conservation district announced a tentative air tour date of October 10. The Logan Clay Products air field near Webb Summit will host this year's event.
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Harry Armstrong
Hocking
Patrol and deputy trap Gallagher tavern fugitive
Henry Mitchell a 16 year old of Gallagher W Va was captured by the state police and deputy Spurgeon Metzler for burgling a Gallagher tavern early this morning about $30 in change was taken Mitchell reportedly fled in his grandfather’s car and was chased from Nelsonville to Logan before being trapped near Gallagher Avenue He is held in the city jail awaiting return to West Virginia.
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Henry Mitchell
Gallagher
W. Va
State Highway Patrol
Spurgeon Metzler
Mitchell
Nelsonville
Logan
Metzler
Front St
Polio Case Reported Here By Health Officials
The county health department reports a 3-year-old Logan girl has bulbar poliomyelitis. She fell ill three weeks ago in the Portsmouth area and was sent to Columbus Hospital after being returned to Logan last Saturday.
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Logan
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Portsmouth
U S Lends Hand In Effort To Solve Dilemma Of EDC
The United States dispatched Special Ambassador David K Bruce to Brussels to aid talks on the European Defense Community dispute. Talks between foreign ministers in Belgium sought to bridge gaps over Frances proposed changes with Adenauer and Mendes France seeking a compromise while France and Italy resist reopening negotiations.
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Belgium
United States
David K. Bruce
Paris
France
Bruce
Adenauer
Mendes-France
EDC
West Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Paul- Henri Spaak
Jobless Claims Fall to Year’s Low with Fifth Week Decline
Washington reports new unemployment claims drop for the fifth straight week to 255,700 for the week ending August 14, the lowest since October. Insured unemployment counts at 1.0 million for August 7, down 39,100 from the prior week and far below the February 1954 peak of 2,213,000.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Great Scandal of Church Pins Down Racial Segregation
EVANSTON Ill Christian leaders from 163 denominations in 48 countries denounce racial segregation as the great scandal in the church urging a calm Christian approach to solutions. Benjamin E Mays of Morehouse College calls churches to lead change while Dr Guenter Jacob warns of the gulf between Christianity and communism.
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United States
South Africa
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Mays
Marais
Assembly
Francis P. Miller
Charlottesville
Guenter Jacob
United Evangelical Church
Germany
Gulf
End of Congress Ends With Thanks and Election Looms
The House adjourned at 7:38 p m after a final thanks for its record while most members plan for re election on November 2 The Senate wrapped up by voice vote approving a social security expansion and postmaster confirmations It may reconvene in fall to hear a report on Sen Macarthy charges with hearings set for Aug 30 leaders from both parties prepared for the fall race highlighting contrasts on the congressional record and Eisenhower era policy.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Sen. MacCarthy
R-Wis
Knowland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Health Department Plans Hire Third Nurse to Expand Program
County health commissioner Dr H M Boocks announced the health department will hire a third health nurse soon. The new nurse may start on a trial basis by September and be employed for the last four months of the year to test an intensified nurse program.
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H. M. Boocks
Two Face Suit In Shotgun Death
Washington County Sheriff Dean Ellis planned to question two men today in the shotgun death of 56 year old Charles McGrew father of ten. McGrew was found dead at his Bartlett area home about 15 miles west of Marietta with a chest wound and had likely been dead three or four days.
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Dean Ellis
Charles McGrew
McGrew
Bartlett
Here
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