East Germany Tightens Grip on Berlin Barge Route
East Germany says barge traffic to West Berlin must be handled by a ministerial level in Bonn. Russians can renew or deny Western-owned barge permits, raising fears of a partial blockade. West Germany doubts an imminent blockade while stressing no panic.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
Edmund Forschbach
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Forschbach
Havel
Germany
German Democratic Republic
Wildcat Sighted on Liberty Ridge Farm
Albert Wendelgest reports a black wildcat with yellow eyes seen Saturday morning on his farm near Liberty Ridge Church in South Bloomingville Rt. 1. He says the animal seemed as surprised to see him as he was to see it.
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Albert Wendelgest
Liberty Ridge Church
South Bloomingville Rt. 1
Mr. Wendelgest
Kaiser Expansion Signals Growth for Southeast Ohio
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical announces a 280 million expansion boosting total annual aluminum capacity to 654000 tons. Plans include a 220000 ton Ravenswood West Virginia reduction plant and a 500000 ton Gramercy Louisiana alumina plant with first potlines slated for July 1957 and 1500 to 1700 workers.
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Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp
Southeastern
Ohio
Fire ruled arsonless in Goose Creek Road blaze
Merlin Mitton and Willis S. Peterson of the Arson Bureau concluded the Goose Creek Road house near South Bloomingville damaged by fire started inside due to defective wiring. Investigators found the fire began under a floor near a corner, the insulation hindering rapid spread, and commended Laurelville firefighters for limiting damage.
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Arson Bureau
Merlin Mitton
Willis S. Peterson
Bureau of Division of State
Goose Creek Rd
South Bloomingville
C. E. Steel
Laurelville
Peterson
Chicago Doctor Accused of Doping and Wife Murder
Chicago doctor Hobart H. Todd 43 is charged with murdering his wife Hazel 45 after admitting to giving sedatives and beating her unconscious. Skokie authorities say he asked for aid four hours later as her body turned cold, with firemen discovering Hazel Todd dead in their home. Todd remained hospitalized under police guard after a lengthy interview detailing sedative injections and a fatal beating.
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Chicago
Hobart H. Todd
Hazel
Skokie
Todd
William Griffin
10 Point Buck Deer Killed In Hocking County
The three day shotgun season ended Saturday in Hocking County with bow and arrow hunting lasting to December 15. A 10 point buck over 200 pounds was shot by Cpl. Roger Wilson near the Vin ton Hocking county line. Pickaway deputy Walter Richards bagged a 175 pound buck near the county line. Fairfield and Pickaway hunters reported strong shooting with eight other kills in Hocking County and Fairfield County reporting 20 deer on opening day.
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Hocking County
Cpl
Roger Wilson
Lancaster State Highway
Pickaway
Fairfield County
Weather falls from Sunday high to cold Monday night
In Hocking County the Sunday high reached 62 degrees but by 12 30 pm Monday the temperature had dropped to 35 with a low of 26 last night cold winds and one tenth of an inch rainfall over the weekend. Tuesday is forecast to be slightly warmer in the afternoon.
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Hocking County
Farm plan would restrict price supports to small farmers
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration is studying changes to the farm program to boost agricultural income by curbing surpluses. Aims include limiting price supports to the little fellow with a cap on eligible produce and considering production limits by bushels, pounds, and bales rather than acres.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
New York Central seeks Jacksonville station discontinuance
The New York Central Railroad filed with the state utilities commission to discontinue its station in Jacksonville Ohio an Athens County community of 814 residents. Deputies aided by sheriff's office reported 685 Westinghouse Electric Corp workers back on the job as a strike causing entrance blockades in Columbus. The Georgia Regents approved Georgia Tech to play Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl on January 2. Nationalist Chinese air force claimed raids on mainland baser and dropped anti Communist leaflets while Peiping radio accused Washington generals of plotting to harm civilians.
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Columbus
New York Central Railroad Today
State Utilities Commission
Jacksonville
Athens County
Taipei
Formosa
Westinghouse Electric Corp
GOP Split Over Labor Role in 1956 Pace
Washington reports Republican leaders clash on union politics with Goldwater opposing AFL CIO endorsements and Case defending unions duty to inform members. Kefauver Harriman and Knowland weigh Eisenhower reelection, while Martin predicts GOP gains if unity returns.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Goldwater
Arizona
Case
New Jersey
GOP
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Gettysburg
Seven-area crashes in Hocking County cause mainly property damage
Area law officers investigated seven weekend crashes in Hocking County with property damage predominating. Notable incidents include a one-car crash into a utility pole injuring Donald Mays and several minor city-incident fender damages. highway patrol logged a log-truck rollover, a bridge strike, and multiple hit-skip events. Columbus area Safe Driving Day contrasted with statewide traffic fatalities, nine deaths in two weekends.
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Hocking County
Sheriff's Department
Donald Eugene Mays
Logan Rt. 1
Golf Course
Rt. 328
Mays
Hocking Valley Hospital
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Herman R Woolever
Smith Chapel Rd
Rt. 33
State Highway Patrol
Rt. 75
Logan
Glen Willis
Corning
Warner Ave
Church St
Allison Harvey Rutgers
Jennison Ave
John Sherwood
Rutgers
Sherwood
Mulberry St
Carlos Wolfe
Logan Rt. 4
Farm Bureau Co-op
Joseh F. Jernbeck
Zaleski
Franklin Holcomb
Rachelmacher
James L. Arnett
New Straitsville
Paul E. Miller
Walnut St
Second
Market Streets
Miller
Second St
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Opens Drive In U.N. For Open Sky Plan
United States pushes U N Assembly for endorsement of Eisenhower open sky proposal to exchange aerial inspection rights and defense blueprints with the Soviet Union as a first step toward disarmament. Lodge argues openness can deter surprise attacks and advance world peace.
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U.S
U.N
United Nations
N. Y
United States
Fight Today For
U. N. Assembly
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
Assembly
Soviet Union
South Africa
Lodge
Geneva
15 Acre Grass Fire Put Out
Assistant Fire Chief Robert Courter answered two alarms on Sunday including a 15 acre grass fire on a hillside at the George Christman property. Firefighters and six volunteers controlled and extinguished the blaze about an hour after the 12 05 p m call. The cause remained undetermined.
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Robert Courter
Hocking
George Christman
West St
Courter
Hunter
Main Streets
Joseph Bohlen
Jacksonville
Fined and jailed for probation violation in Laurelville
Eldon Lewis Fox of Laurelville was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail by Mayor Phillip Swackhammer for destruction of village property. Fox had torn a jail cell after an intoxication charge and fled arrest, prompting shots fired and a manhunt that ended with his arrest at a village restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Lewis Fox
Laurelville
Phillip Swackhammer
Fox
Henry Hill
Hocking County
President Eisenhower urges AFL-CIO to uphold democratic processes
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania the President addressed the AFL-CIO merger convention urging protection of minority rights within the new union and accurate reflection of diverse views. He framed labor peace and prosperity as tied to limited government and citizen responsibility.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
AFL and Cio
Afl-Cio
New Yor
Mitchell
Glenn Martin Dies in Baltimore at 69 Aviation Pioneer
Glenn L Martin founder of the Glenn L Martin Co died in University of Maryland Hospital at age 69 after a cerebral hemorrhage. The Baltimore obituary notes his early flight in 1909 and his company’s later air power and space hardware milestones including first air mail flight and early multi engine bombers. His mother inspired his start in aviation.
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Glenn Martin
Air Pioneer
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Co
Glenarm
Maryland
University of Maryland
Martin
Ohio University to Start First Unit of New PE Plant
Ohio University announced plans to begin construction on the first unit of a new physical education facility costing 350000 dollars. The long range goal envisions a 2 million dollar complex within five to seven years, including an indoor practice arena and an ice skating rink for part of the year. The dirt-floor field house will serve as a practice area and host other university functions when the rink is unused.
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Ravenswood
Ohio Power Co
American Gas and Electric Co
Kaiser Aluminum
Philip Spron
Hydro
Ohio Valley
Athens
Ohio University Today
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Tokyo
Peiping
Atlanta
Regents of the University System of Georgia
Georgia Tech
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Ike
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Averill Harriman
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Wright Brothers
Santa Ana
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