Ohio Farm Income Falls 5.4 Percent From 1954
Washington report shows Ohio farm income for the first ten months of the year at 852.8 million dollars, down 5.4 percent from 1954. Livestock and dairy receipts slipped from 590.985 million to 548.88 million while crops climbed only marginally, with apples and pears down and beans holding. The Agriculture Department notes a nationwide 3.3 percent drop in farm cash receipts and forecasts near one billion for Ohio this year despite the decline.
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Washington
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Arizona
California
Patrol Chief Warns Holidays Could Be Dangerous
Columbus Ohio the state highway patrol warns that the Christmas period may be the year's most dangerous with 78 hours of travel time from 6 p m Friday to midnight Monday. Col George Mingle cites high risk and individual responsibility as patrolmen cannot monitor every driver noting 18 deaths on Dec 24 and 10 on Christmas Day last year and a 35 death toll for the period.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
George Mingle
Mingle
Ohio
Navy planes push first air bridge to Antarctica
Two U S Navy Neptune planes landed on McMurdo Sound while two Skymasters from the Byrd Antarctic expedition were en route to the site. The nonstop 2200 mile flight from New Zealand marked a historic link between the country and the Antarctic region.
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Auckland
New Zealand
U. S Navy
South Island
Antarctica
Navy
McMurdo Sound
Ross Island
Victoria Land
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Missionaries Freed By Reds Reach Hong Kong Border
Dr and Mrs Homer W Bradshaw American medical missionaries in China for nearly 20 years and prisoners of the Communists for almost five crossed the Hong Kong border to freedom. Mrs Bradshaw appeared acutely malnourished and mentally troubled as an ambulance took them to St Teresa's Hospital. Dr Bradshaw said he endured slow starvation and a complete physical breakdown last May but improved after Red Cross food parcels began arriving.
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Hong Kong
Homer W. Bradshaw
China
Bradshaw
Free Territory
St. Teresa's Hospital
Frontier Bridge
Red Cross
Salvation Army Counts Christmas Coin Tally in Los Angeles
The Salvation Army tabulated kettle offerings with 30,748 pennies, 17,416 nickels, 16,442 dimes, 13,798 quarters, 4,098 half dollars, 2,468 dollar bills, 97 five dollar bills, 18 silver dollars, 17 ten dollar bills and 11 twenty dollar bills in Los Angeles yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Salvation Army
Lottery Deal Gives Yugoslavia Seat on UN Security Council
United Nations election ends a deadlock with Yugoslavia chosen for a two year term via a lottery style arrangement with the Philippines. The Assembly recorded 43 votes for Yugoslavia and 11 for the Philippines, plus 1 each for Finland and Sweden.
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United Nations
N. Y
Yugoslavia
U. N. Security Council
Philippines
General Assembly
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Latin America
United States
Britain
Assembly
Jose Maza
Chile
Dulles Sets Aid At 4.9 Billion For Foreign Aid
Secretary of State Dulles announced the administration will ask Congress for a foreign aid appropriation of about 4.9 billion dollars. The request includes a 100 million dollar presidential fund for the Soviet threat in the Middle East. The proposed new money, about 2.7 billion more than this year, covers military and economic aid to keep military supplies flowing.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
Middle East
Vues
Westinghouse Chiefs Reject Strike Arbitration Plea
Westinghouse Electric Corp declines arbitration on a five year contract dispute and increases Christmas loans of 100 to idle workers at multiple plants including Pittsburgh and Sharon. IVE president James B Carey attends talks as governors of Pennsylvania New York and Maryland urge settlement. VEW reports 17 000 members at Westinghouse plants and VEW members at 10 more sites remain on strike.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Big East
Pittsburgh Works
Westinghouse
Sharon
International Union of Electrical Workers
James B Carey
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Averell Harriman
New York
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
United Electrical Workers
VEW
Silent Night Softens Two Toledo Court Verdicts
In a Toledo common pleas session Judge Harvey Straub sentenced 22 year old Carl C Martin to five years probation after a purse snatching conviction. Moses Hinton 41 of Detroit received three years probation for car theft. He tried on the judge's overcoat before leaving court.
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Detroit
Hinton
Beaming Polio Victim Paints Gifts With Teeth in El Monte
Barbara Japhet, 25, paralyzed by polio for seven years, paints Christmas gifts using her teeth. She spends about two hours per tie and also types with a mouth-held stick. After hospital stay she will return to Whittier with daughter Vickie, aided by California vocational rehabilitation.
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EL Monte
Calif
Barbara Japhet
William Pave
Whittier
Vickie
California Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Barbara
Sheriff Warns Of Check Forgers In Ohio
Sheriff A J Waldron urges merchants to watch for a ring of check forgers operating in Central and Southern Ohio using counterfeit checks drawn on a non existent Charleston West Virginia bank and made out to a false recipient Charlie Wooten signed by John J Davis. Six checks were cashed in Lancaster and others appeared in Zanesville Somerset and Marietta.
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A. J. Waldron
Ohio
City National Bank and Trust Co
Charleston
W Va
Charlie Wooten
John J. Davis
West Virginia
Lancaster
Zanesville
Somerset
Martie
Jap Movie Blaze Proves Realistic
In Tokyo a film scene depicting an 8th century village blaze went ahead as planned though flames persisted. Three fire trucks and 70 firefighters, not in the script, fought the blaze and finally brought it under control.
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Blaze
Tokyo
Weatherman Wrong Again in Ohio Weather Report
The article notes the predicted cold snap in Ohio was off by about 15 degrees with actual highs around 15 degrees warmer. Forecasters now expect five days of temperatures 5 to 8 degrees below normal with snow or rain possible late Thursday or Friday and renewed warming midweek.
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John
Ohio
Midwest
Midlands
New York State
Minnesota
Bemidji
Minn
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Alexandria
Minneapolis
New York
Watertown
Massena
Utica
Syracuse
Afternoon Fire Destroys Home Near Buena Vista
A fire caused by a chimney flue destroyed the John Springer home near Buena Vista on Monday evening. The couple and their stepson Franklin Flowers lost everything, with no insurance, including meat and a new deep freeze unit. The family, staying with neighbors, said Mrs. Springer commutes to Lancaster for work each week.
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John Springer
Rockbridge Rt. 1
Buena Vista
Perry Two
Buena Vista Rd
A. J. Waldron
Springers
Springer
Ora
Franklin Flowers
Laurelville High School
Waldron
Lee Davis
Harry Warner
Lancaster
Airmen Die In Two Plane Crashes In Florida
Eleven airmen died in two separate crashes across Florida with three missing and 13 children left fatherless. A pair of B47 jet bombers from MacDill and Pinecastle collided near Tampa while a second incident over Port St. Joe involved an F86D Sabre jet and a B29 bomber, killing three fliers. Witnesses described flaming wreckage and missing parachutes as search parties scoured the area.
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Miami
Air Force
Florida
Tampa
MacDill Air Force Base
Pinecastle Afb
Orlando
Port St. Joe
Florida West Coast
Tyndall Afb
Panama City
Fla
Three Buildings Burned in Appleton Fire
In sub zero temperatures Appleton suffered its worst fire in 27 years. Damage is estimated at $200000 as three two story business buildings were reduced to ice clad ruins.
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Appleton
Wis
New Year Eve liquor sale hours enforced state wide
Ohio officials warned permit holders that regulated hours for selling alcohol will be enforced. Liquor director William C Bryant said sales must stop at specified times and localities may restrict Sunday sales. With New Year’s Eve on Saturday some towns might bar sales after midnight.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
William C. Bryant
Bryant
Indiana Auto Clocked At 113 On Ohio Turnpike
Diego Villa a 23 year old of Angola Indiana was stopped on the Ohio Turnpike near Stony Ridge after a ticket time showed he traveled 6 5 miles in 36 minutes. He was fined 50 dollars and claimed he hoped to drive to New York.
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Toledo
Diego Villa
State Highway Patrol
Villa
Angola
Ind
Stony Ridge
Westgate
New York
Rockefeller resigns as GETTYSBURG aide to Eisenhower
President Eisenhower accepted Neilson A. Rockefeller resignation with deep regret effective December 31. Rockefeller served the past year as special assistant on psychological strategy at the White House in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Neilson A. Rockefeller
Temperatures Rise in Hocking County With Snow Forecast
Weather records show Hocking County temperatures staying near seven degrees last night and reaching 24 by noon. Officials anticipate snow across Southeastern Ohio today with clouds and slightly milder conditions expected Wednesday afternoon.
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Hocking County
Ohio
Fines and jail for three pickets at strikebound plant
In Columbus municipal court three pickets at the Westinghouse plant facing fines and jail sentences after the ongoing strike. In Sacramento Governor Knight announced plans to form a pro-Eisenhower state delegation for the 1956 Republican National Convention.
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Columbus
Westinghouse
Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
International Ladies Garment Workers Union pledges record Israel gift
The ILGWU announced a donation totaling 1 100 000 dollars for projects in Israel. President David Dubinsky called the gift the largest in labor history and underscored its significance for workers.
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New York
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Israel
David Dubinsky
Warren daughter wed Carmine Clemente in glass-roof chapel
Dorothy Warren daughter of Chief Justice and Mrs Farr Warren married Dr. Carmine D. Clemente in a candlelit ceremony at a glass-roof chapel in Los Angeles last night.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Warren
Farr Warren
Carmine D. Clemente
Akron Priest Plans Campaign to Legalize Church Bingo
A young priest in Akron says he will launch a campaign to persuade Ohio lawmakers to legalize bingo games run by churches. He argues such charity gaming could support church programs and community services.
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Akron
Ohio
Defense Dept announces order to curb aggressive life insurance sales
The Defense Department issued an order aimed at protecting servicemen from unscrupulous life insurance salesmen by clarifying rules and tightening oversight. The measure seeks to curb questionable practices and safeguard military personnel from misleading products and pressure tactics.
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Washington
Defense Department
Arab mob raids U S consulate amid Baghdad Pact tensions
In Amman and Jerusalem unrest flared as 2 000 demonstrators attacked the U S consulate and the French consulate. Troops fired warning shots, curfews were imposed in Bethlehem, and violence aimed to derail Jordan joining the Baghdad Pact. UNWRA facilities were damaged, and American citizens sought crossing guidance at Mandelbaum Gate.
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Amman
Jordan
U.S
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Old City
Baghdad
Britain
Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
Turkey
Israel
Bethlehem
U N Works Relief Agency
UNWRA
Beirut
Jordan-administered
William Cole
Mandelbaum Gate
Ford To Reveal Profits In Stock Sale Disclosure
Ford Motor Co will disclose profits dividends and sales in a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington. The statement outlines the projected sale of part of Ford stock tomorrow.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Securities & Exchange Commission
Washington
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