New Year's Day News Brings Truce Talks and Mooney Funeral
The new year opens with celebrations and tragedy as world events unfold from Rose Bowl pageantry to fatal accidents and rising prices. Lawrence P. Mooney, former Ohio state representative, dies from injuries in a December crash. funeral set at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Methodist Church, with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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New Year toll hits 602 as four day holiday deaths rise
Five states record heavy losses with 367 traffic fatalities and 69 fire deaths during the New Year period. The national toll tops 1 400 for Christmas and New Year misadventures. Ohio reports 31 dead, including House Babitch 43 killed by a hit-and-run near Columbus.
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There Is Right Way Wrong Way And The Army Way
Rep Norblad questions Army suspenders button policy citing waste of about 12 million suspender buttons. He appealed to Army Secretary Pace for possible cost savings in a two million soldier force.
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New Bremen Lad Dies After Auto Crash
Richard K. Bertke a 15 year old farm boy from New Bremen died in Gibbons hospital Celina of a skull fracture. He was injured Sunday when his car overturned in a ditch on Route 66 near his home.
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Governing Units Hold Organization Meetings in Hocking County
Several governing bodies in Hocking County plan organizational meetings this month. Newly elected city officials took oath yesterday at city hall led by Judge Harley Meyer. City officials include Mayor Roger W. Friend City auditor Ruth Easterling city solicitor Richard C. Gerken council president Ralph E. Griffin and council members Sam Bright Wilhelmine Deissle Joe Phillips Frank Mantor William H. Knapp Lawrence Ellinger. James M. Meldrim was absent due to illness. Margaret Burt was sworn in as city treasur er on Monday.
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Roger W. Friend
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Richard C. Gerken
Ralph E. Griffin
Sam Bright
Wilhelmine Deissle
Joe Phillips
Frank Mantor
William H. Knapp
Lawrence Ellinger
James M. Meldrim
Third Ward
Margaret Burt
Quiet New Year Celebrations See Limited Arrests
New Year’s Eve crowds in Logan and Hocking County were orderly with only one intoxication arrest by the sheriff’s office. State patrol, city police, and Sheriff A. J. Waldron reported no drunken driving incidents. Multiple traffic fines were issued for violations including unlicensed minor driving and parking on the highway.
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Charles R. Smith
Truman Plans Major Shakeup of Tax Agency
President Truman announced a sweeping shakeup of the Internal Revenue Bureau in a White House statement after a meeting with Secretary of the Treasury Snyder. He said the move is part of steps to protect the government from influence peddlers and to expose and punish wrongdoers, with tax collection remaining under the Treasury Department.
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Springlike Weather Ends as Cold Front Returns
Springlike temperatures over the past three days gave way to a cooling trend as a cold front moved in. The high reached 70 degrees, melting ice in Hocking County, but by noon the temperature fell to 37 with rain and a forecast of freezing temps tonight. Snow or sleet is expected Thursday night with improving conditions Friday afternoon.
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Technicolor Garb For Men By Year 2000 Predicted
Philadelphia report quotes Dr. Roger Adams predicting 2000 fashion and housing in plastics. Men will wear rainbow clothes from hats to shoes with wrinkle free fabrics and protective wear. Homes will be plastic and easily reconfigured, meals may be eaten in pills, yet steak and sweater girl remain.
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Woman pilot hero leads Inchon air raid in Korea
Tokyo dispatch reports the North Korean high command credited a woman pilot hero Tae Son Hi with leading a Communist bombing raid on Inchon Harbor and Kimpo Air Base. The Kimpo raid purportedly destroyed 24 UN aircraft, while the U S Fifth Air Force claimed only three obsolete bi planes dropped explosives nearby with no damage.
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Truman Hopes To Tell Plans Before Feb 6
Washington Jan 2 President Truman told Rep Hays of Ohio after a White House call that he hopes to decide before Feb 6 whether he will run again. Feb 6 is the last day for filing candidates for Ohio delegates to the Democratic national convention.
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Ives Sees Ike Possible Nomination Without Speech
Senator Ives of New York said General Eisenhower could win the Republican presidential nomination without speaking, though he expects Ike to announce candidacy before the July convention. Ives called Ike the popular choice and noted he would have said so if not available. Taft backers view Eisenhower as the strongest potential rival amid early nomination talk.
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Coldwater Man Said Wanted By 2 States
Springfield police seek Indiana and California warrants for Larry Gene Yaney 21 of Coldwater after a Tuesday gun battle and capture. Yaney claimed he forced a motorist from New Albany to Indianapolis and said he was paroled from California's San Quentin in September. He was held without charge as officers recover from the shootout at the Wilkes home.
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Hurricane Kills 100 On Island
Reports from Sydney indicate a Christmas Day hurricane on Epi Island in the New Hebrides killed about 100 people. The disaster follows recent population movements from Ambrim Island as islanders seek to escape volcanos. Epi has a normal population around 3,000.
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Captain Clings To Battered Cargo Vessel
Captain Kurt Carlsen remains aboard the listing Flying Enterprise in the Atlantic as storms threaten and towing options loom. The American freighter, 6710 tons, is near Ireland with the U S Navy Weeks and Golden Eagle on standby and the British tug Turmoil prepared to take a tow.
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Six Cultist's Wives Face Preliminary Hearing in Mesa
In Mesa Arizona six women identified as wives of Mormon cultist George Meril Dutson are slated for preliminary hearings after being arrested on open and notorious co habitation charges. Their husband is being sought. Davis the Mesa Latter Day Saints bishop filed bigamy charges and alleged additional spouses in Salt Lake City and Rock Springs.
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Allied plan offered for prisoner and civilian repatriation
In MUNSAN Jan 2 Allied negotiators proposed a plan to release all prisoners of war and civilians who wish to go home with voluntary repatriation. The scheme mixes one-for-one exchanges and all-for-all swaps, but the Reds rejected it as unpalatable while stressing individual freedom of choice under the 38th Parallel.
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UN Planes Blast Red Rail Traffic
Allied war planes blasted Communist rail traffic in North Korea as ground fighting paused in a deep lull. United Nations fighter bombers flew 210 sorties and cut rail tracks at multiple points while Fifth Air Force reported two planes shot down.
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