Prize Wind Tale Wins Burlington Liar Club Top Award
Claude T. Yerkes of Kalispell Montana won the 1955 Burlington Liars Club top prize for a farcical yarn about a Montana wind and a flour sack hung on nails outside a trailer. An honorable mention went to Vernon Charnetski of Prelate Saskatchewan for a tall tale about a grain elevator height and a carpenter’s rotted hammer handle. Conrad A. Johnson of Portland Oregon earned an honorable mention with a Kentucky misdirection about graves and a revenooer.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars
Montana
Phony Tale Club
Claude T. Yerkes
Kalispell
Mont
Yerkes
Vernon Charnetski
Prelate
Saskatchewan
Conrad A. Johnson
Portland
Ore
Kentucky
Johnson
Residents Greet New Year in Logan and Hocking County
Logan and Hocking County residents prepare for New Year celebrations with home parties and formal events. Police urge not to drink and drive and offer rides home for intoxicated celebrants. Offices close Monday for New Year observance and schools end Christmas vacation.
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Logan
Hocking County
Daily News
Postoffice
Elks Lodge Hall
Skippers
Columbus
Vfw-Dav
Antioch Grange Hall
Marion Grange Orchestra
Pag Kelch
Keleh
Legless Vet Defends Socialist Workers Party Role
James Kutcher, a World War II veteran with $329 monthly VA compensation, defended his Socialist Workers Party membership at a VA hearing. VA will decide next week or later on possible forfeiture, with appeals and court action possible if denied.
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Socialist Workers Party
Washington
James Kutcher
Peyton H. Moss
Committee On
The
Gener
House Committee On UN American Activities
Leon Trotsky
Kutcher
Logan Chieftains Fall in OT to Crestline 74 72
The Logan Chieftains dropped a thriller to Crestline 74 72 in overtime on their home floor. Key moments included Gene Morgan leaving with an ankle injury and Dan Lappen and Willis Dicken fouling out as Crestline surged with late free throws to force OT.
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LHS
Crestline
Logan Chieftains
Crestline Bulldogs
Chiefs
Gene Morgan
Dan Lappen
Willis Dicken
Logan
Dicken
Buckles
Bulldogs
Larry Byrd
Chieftains
Ingram
Lappen
Bitter clash caps French election campaign over Algeria
Paris reports a heated finish to the vote campaign as Premier Edgar Faure condemns a gendarme shot of an unarmed Algerian prisoner last August. Allegations of bribery linked to Fox Movietone News were dropped after officials found no evidence.
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Paris
Algeria
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Mendes - France
Faure
Indochina
Interior Ministry
Georges Chassagne
U. S
Fox Movietone News
Death Still Stalks Nation's Roads
Four area accidents reported by noon New Year weekend with one in Hocking County a single car crash near Rt 75N injuring William Earl Brooks 17. Other injuries include Mrs. Donald Turner and Cecil Griffith dire in Lancaster Fairfield Hospital.
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Hocking County
Rt. 75N
Dicken Addition
William Earl Brooks
Logan Rt. 4
Norman Jones
Brooks
Hocking Valley Hospital
Clarence Brooks
Joe Breeze
Breeze
Lancaster State Highway Patrol Post
Athens State Highway Patrol Post
Athens-Hocking
Donald Turner
Fourth St
Lancaster- Fairfield
Cecil Griffith
Parkersburg
W. Va
James Shute
Lancaster
Shute
Turner
Griffith
Bartenders Feud With Barbers Over 25 Cent Price Boost
NORTH ADAMS Mass local bartenders and barbers clash over a 25 cent rise in haircuts and shaves set for next Tuesday. The Beverage Dispensers Local calls the raise out of line with wages and plans 5000 boycott cards in local plants. Barbers respond by telling bartenders to tend to their own knitting.
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North Adams
Mass
Slayer Reprieved in Ohio Governor Stay
Bernard Schreiber, 19, of Toledo, who faced execution for murder, received a reprieve from Governor Lausche moving the date to March 15. The original execution was set for January 13.
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Columbus
Bernard Schreiber
Toledo
Frank Lausche
Four leaders set for 1956 congressional session
The new Senate and House leadership will be Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democrats and Joseph W. Martin Jr. and William F. Knowland for the Republicans. The group faces a pivotal year with the 1956 election to determine party control and policy direction. Rayburn and Johnson navigate bipartisan goals while Martin and Knowland balance party unity with presidential ambitions.
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Sam Rayburn
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
GOP
White House
Martin
Johnson
Knowland
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Human Torch Boy Dies After Fire Ordeal in Hospital
Cleveland reporting twenty five days after Earl R. Fryman a 17 year old boy was found naked and bleeding near a hospital chained to a tree limb with burns over eighty percent of his body He died last night amid police doubts his claim that three teens set him aflame and officials urge caution in accepting his tale at face value
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Cleveland
Earl R. Fryman
Fryman
Pennsylvania
U. S. 42
Hamilton
State Highway Patrol
Alvin Addis
Grindstone
Bruce Howard
Mingo Junction
Ohio 151
Steubenville
Thomas J. Hannon
Shaker Heights
Ned Dearborn
National Safety Council
Bob Considine
International News Service
Considine
Herod
Bethlehem
Matthew
Home Destroyed By Fire Friday Donations Asked
The local Red Cross pleaded for clothing and furniture for the Nelson family of Nelsonville Rt. 1 after their home burned yesterday evening likely from defective wiring. Losses include all clothing and furniture for four children ages 8 two five and two newborn, a baby girl four months, with Mrs Nelson wearing size 16-18 and Mr Nelson needing a small size. Donors should call 5 3536 or 5 2759.
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Red Cross
Robert Nelson
Nelsonville
January Slated To Be Rather Cool
The Weather Bureau forecasts a cool January with temperatures in the eastern third of the nation averaging below normal. Below freezing conditions persisted in Hocking County with 10 degrees overnight and 29 degrees by midmorning.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Pacific
Rockies
Hocking County
Farmers’ Income Continuing Down Reported
The Agriculture Department says prices received by farmers for crops and livestock fell 1 percent between mid November and mid December, indicating continuing income decline for agricultural producers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Weekend Toll Climbing as New Year Holiday Hits Roads
Weekend toll already started with violent deaths on highways during the New Year holiday. The National Safety Council warns 420 may die over the three days, with early reports showing at least 24 fatalities so far. Police mount emergency action, with several states deploying national guards and extra officers to curb the toll.
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National Safety Council
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Arizona
Illinois
Louisiana
Ohio
Buckeye
George Samuel Roland
Waldo
U. S. 23
Delaware
Clyde Fletcher
Oberlin
Lora
State Highway Patrol
Logan Hopes Rise as 1955 Ends in Hocking Valley
The 1955 year brought industrial rebirth to Logan with The Carborundum Company’s $3 million abrasive wheel plant nearing completion. Lake Logan promises to become Ohio’s top bass fishing spot, while agriculture faces farm consolidation and rising municipal costs.
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Logan
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Hill Country
Lake Logan
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Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
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Sonnel
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R. B. Sullivan
Logan Central Elementary
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