Extensive Renovating Finished At Logan School Complex
Logan public schools ready for Sept. 2 return as extensive summer renovations wrap up at Logan High West and Central Elementary. Improvements include 84 floodlights at Logan High football field costing 11 340 dollars and interior repaints plus new teacher lounge at West. Central playground work and shrubbery added by East PTA. Superintendent Wallace Blake notes the project upgrades safety, facilities, and aesthetics with plans for future financing of further lighting.
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Union Men In Foul Mood Over Labor Reform Bill
Washington AP reports AFL-CIO leaders condemn House labor reform as a cynical deal with Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans. James B. Carey accuses voting lawmakers of betraying workers as colleagues denounce political intimidation. Senate House talks aim to bridge differences on Taft Hartley changes during conferee discussions.
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America
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D-Ga
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R-Mich
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Senate
Kennedy Faces Labor and Catholic Governors in Nomination Fight
Labor leaders cool on Kennedy as Congress debates a strong labor bill. Catholic governors Pat Brown DiSalle and Lawrence threaten to block Kennedy’s path to roughly 200 convention ballots. Kennedy weighs an Ohio May 3 and Pennsylvania April 26 bid amid unresolved delegation loyalties.
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Pat) Brown
California
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Ohio
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Red China Warns in Tokyo Over Laos Conflict
Communist China warned in Tokyo that serious consequences will follow. United Nations observers head to Laos as Red insurgents clash with government troops. Beijing says rebels are being armed trained and directed by Communist North Vietnam near Laos northeast border.
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Cost of living hits new high in July driven by food prices
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent July rise in the consumer price index to 124.9 percent of the 1947-49 average, with food costs leading gains. Eggs surged 18 percent while beef and poultry offset some declines. Local and state taxes also push inflation, and spendable earnings for workers fell due to shorter workweeks and factory slowdowns.
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Labor Department
Hersey C. Riley
Riley
Illinois
Arizona
Weather Angled To Stay Hot And Humid For Week
Hocking County endures hot humid spell with temperatures about 10 degrees above normal through next Wednesday. Isolated thundershowers unlikely to ease drought, farmers report pasture and hay losses while city water use climbs as heat peaks at 97 degrees and waterworks by pass required to maintain pressure.
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Weather Bureau
Don Young
Young
Princess Margaret Turns 29 At Balmoral Castle
Princess Margaret reaches age 29 while the royal family enjoys vacation at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth II and other relatives join the birthday observance during the seaside retreat period.
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London
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Hawaii Becomes Our 50th State
Haiti orders arrest of archbishop Francois Poirier amid church government clash over expulsions of two priests. Vatican sources note potential excommunication risk for Haitian leaders. Priests Etienne Grinenberger and Joseph Marrec detained in New York after expulsion amid security charges. Military action reported against revolutionaries on Haiti's southwest coast, believed Cuba-based.
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Justice Department
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Etienne Grinenberger
Saint
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Duvalier
Church
Cuba
Majorette Team Wins Senior International Drill Event
Celina High Steppers 18 members led by captain Barb Boise win the senior international drill team title at Lakeview Ohio. The ninth annual event featured baton and boot routines in a multi-city Ohio coverage round up.
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Ohio
Celina
Barb Boise
Waltonians back bigger armory site at fairgrounds
Seventy members of the Hocking County Izaak Walton League urged the county fair board to reconsider leasing more land for an armory. The board had vetoed expanding from 2.2 to five acres. Attorneys debated authority while State officials offered cooperation on recreational development amid rising park use and multi use policies. The Logan Clay Products Co. ran the program.
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Fair Board
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Charles Heath
Ohio Division of Publicity and Economic Development
Ohio
Hockinghill
Department of Natural Resources
Logan Clay Products Co
Two Boys on Bicycle Killed by Car Near Hamilton
In Hamilton Ohio two boys Randy Harris eight and Elbert Cox ten riding double on an unlighted bicycle were struck and killed by an automobile Thursday night. Sheriff Paul Pell identified the driver as Phillip F Burns of Hamilton who had passed another car and swerved back to the road’s right side hitting the youths who rode in the same direction.
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Hamilton
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Here
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Elbert Cox
Paul Pell
Phillip F. Burns
Burns
Nelsonville Plant Struck by 22 Workers in Strike
Twenty two employees of F B Manufacturing Co in Nelsonville struck Tuesday to unionize with District 50 United Mine Workers as their bargaining agent. Plant operates with 15 workers after a portion refused to join, pickets placed at Chestnut Street and the old brewery building where engines are stored. Fred Beasley and Jack Fisher own the firm.
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Jack Fisher
Sharp Manufacturing Co
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Altoona
Detroit
UMW
Chestnut St
Fred Beasley
Athens
Rockefeller to Attend Son's Wedding in Norway
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller arrives in Kristiansand with daughters for the wedding of his son Steven to Anne Marie Rasmussen. reporters from around the world cover the ceremony as speculation about Rockefeller's presidential prospects grows amid the romance and publicity.
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Anne Marie Rasmussen
New York
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Ann Pierson
KLM
Rockefeller
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Fjords
South Norway
Bridgroom
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Edi
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Nosecone Grab Effort Fails Over Pacific
Washington AP reports extremely low temperatures in America's Discoverer VI satellite may have frozen the instrument filled capsule ejected over the Pacific. The 300 pound capsule was released Thursday night over the Hawaiian Islands but no trace was found. Scientists are unsure what went wrong. they suspect Discoverer VII low temperatures affected the recovery capsule battery supply.
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America
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Hawaii Joins Union as 50th State Proclaimed
President Eisenhower proclaims Hawaii the 50th state after a 56 year effort by 585000 residents. A new 50 star flag will replace the 49 star banner next July 4. Gov. Quinn to take oath in Honolulu with Hawaii’s congressional delegation to be sworn in Washington.
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Eisenhower
White House
Alaska
William F. Quinn
Honolulu
Quinn
Hiram L. Fong
Oren E. Long
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House
Daniel K. Inouye
442Nd
Italy
Quake Area Patrolled by National Guardsmen
National Guardsmen patrolled West Yellowstone Park after a massive earthquake left nine dead and likely entombed campers. Mrs. Ray Painter of Ogden Utah died from injuries as a landslide struck Rock Creek campground and the Madison River. Search teams fear more victims and engineers weigh moving 50 million tons of debris. Mrs. Thomas Stowe of Sandy Utah remains missing and presumed dead. her husband was killed.
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Ray Painter
Ogden
Utah
Bozeman
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Madison River
Thomas Stowe
Sandy
Timken Talks Near Strike Deadline in Ohio Plants
Timken Roller Bearing Co and United Steelworkers face a Sunday midnight strike deadline with three days left as contract talks resume. A 34 hour bargaining session on Thursday produced no progress for about 8,000 workers at Timken plants in Canton and Columbus, said USW district director John St Johns.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
United Steelworkers
Timken
Columbus
John St. Johns
USW
Zanesville Woman Bound Over in Husband Slaying
ZANESVILLE Ohio AP Mrs Leola A Singer 39 bound over to Muskingum County Grand Jury after July 17 slaying of her husband Police charged her with second degree murder.
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Leola A. Singer
Zanesville
Muskingum County Grand Jury
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