Weekend traffic toll tops records in United States
The report notes multiple DUI fines in Hocking County during the New Year weekend plus 20 traffic deaths. James Stump 22 Sugar Grove faced a three day jail term after a Rt 33 rear collision near Rockbridge. Helen Tippie 18 Logan was fined for drinking in a vehicle.
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Joseph Phillips
Stump
Rt. 33
Rockbridge
Helen Tippie
Logan Star Rt
Hocking County
Phillips
Lloyd Ennis
Logan
Highway Patrol
Jerry Meyers
Eee
Fred Wade
Nelsonville
Clarence Greene
Ptarge
Earl Pittman
Gerald Blair
Gerhard Lindhorst
Nichols
N. Y
Petter Everett Meter
Bremen
Toll of New Year road deaths tops 290 in weekend
The National Safety Council reports 290 traffic fatalities between 6 p m Friday and midnight Sunday, part of 353 violent deaths including 27 fires and 36 other accidents. Council president Ned H Dearborn urges action as 1948-49 weekend totals reach 309. Ohio highway deaths reach 14.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Ohio
County's Nights Cold, Days Warm, It'll Get Colder
The forecast notes colder air moving in after a day with 48 degrees at 1 p.m. in Hocking County and freezing temperatures last night. The federal weather picture shows cloudy skies with little precipitation across the north and a dry Southwest receiving only light showers.
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Hocking County
Columbus
United States
Rocky Mountains
New England
California
New Mexico
Texas
Monterey Damaged in Fog Collision Near New Orleans
The aircraft carrier Monterey, hull split 20 inches above the water line after a fog bound collision with a tanker, prepared to proceed today to Mobile Alabama. No injuries were reported.
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Monterey
Nehru Rejects Hammarskjold Mission To Peiping
Indian Prime Minister Nehru declines U N Secretary General Hammarskjolds offer to travel to Peiping with a senior diplomat. The move comes as Hammarskjold seeks the release of 11 American airmen and other U N personnel held by Chinese authorities amid intensive diplomatic exchanges.
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Ohio Assembly Opens 101st Parley Today
The 101st Ohio General Assembly opened with Lt. Gov. John Brown gaveling the Senate and Rep. Roger Cloud taking the House speakership. Republicans outnumber Democrats in both chambers, with Mechem and Bartunek as floor leaders. Gov. Lausche, starting a fifth term, aims for a balanced budget and outlines $25 million for mental hospitals from surplus and a $115 million bond issue funded by liquor and cigarette taxes.
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R Logan
Ohio
Kline L. Roberts
Franklin
Carl Guess
Carrollton
Cleveland
Rep
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McGettrick
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Joseph W. Bartunek
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Saucer Seer Slated For Mental Care
Chicago reports Mrs. Dorothy Martin leader of a doomsday prophecy will be placed under psychiatric care in a state outside Illinois after a December 21 disaster forecast failed. Her associate Dr. Charles A. Laughead was declared sane after a court hearing, despite unusual ideas.
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Dorothy Martin
U.S
Martin
Charles A. Laughead
Lansing
Mich
Laughead
Michigan State College
Margaret Laughead
Des M
Congress Opens with State of Union Talk Ahead
Congress convenes for the 84th session with Democrats poised to control both chambers. President Eisenhower will deliver the State of the Union, while major early actions include committee setup and five planned special messages on health highways reciprocal trade pay raises and a new reserve program for the armed forces.
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State of the Union
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Auto title fraud suspect held on multiple states detainers
John W. Svoboda 50 of Corning is jailed under a 5000 bond after pleading innocent in Athens Municipal Court to giving false information to obtain a title. He allegedly used the name Spencer Jack Savoy and a false address and bought a car with a bad check in Logan. Detainers were sent by Sheriff A J Waldron. suspects face charges in Ross County and other states including Michigan and Pennsylvania. Police say more detainers from Jackson post and other jurisdictions are pending.
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Corning
Frank W. Harden
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Ross County
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India Woman Hangs For Slayings
NEW DELHI The proprietor of a Delhi sterility clinic was hanged today as the jealous murderess of three of her employees she suspected of having romantic interest in her husband. Rattan Bai Jain, about 35, was the first woman ever executed in India's capital and the first woman hanged since the British freed India 70 years ago. She was convicted of giving poisoned candy to her teenage victims.
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Delhi
Rattan Bai Jain
India
Capitol Hill Prayer Room Ready For Use
Capitol officials announce a private 17 foot square meditation room off the Capitol rotunda for Congress members. The space features a blue white stained glass window a candle scroll and open book symbols an oak altar green carpet and softly cushioned seating to provide privacy during tense sessions. A table at the entrance will hold Bibles.
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Capitol
George Stewart
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Hatoyama government plans nationwide Diet elections
Osaka report states Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama's cabinet announces nationwide Diet elections set for February 27. Transport Minister Takeo Miki confirms the schedule tonight, signaling a major political development in Japan.
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Nihiser Infant II First Hocking County New Year Baby
The first baby born in Hocking County in 1955 was a son to Mr and Mrs Dale Hedges at 7 20 a m at Hocking Valley Hospital The Nihiser infant from 702 W Hunter St was born at Doctors Hospital Columbus at 4 30 a m New Year Day making the Nihiser child the first in the county that year
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Hocking
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Hocking Valley Hospital
Dems Plan New Farm Battle in Congress
Washington Democrats move to scrap the Eisenhower era flexible price support program. Senator Humphrey outlines a plan to replace lower and higher supports with a fixed approach, arguing the party mandate for farm program improvements. Republicans show mixed reactions and McCarthy pressures Benson over 100 percent parity and surplus sales policies.
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Engineers Clearing Canal Wreckage in Suez Blockade
In Ismailia Egypt engineers burned the tanker World Peace free from the El Ferdan Bridge wreck in the Suez Canal. Navigation may not resume before tomorrow as more than 150 ships jam Port Said and Suez awaiting traffic. Tugs freed the 10 892 ton vessel after acetylene torches cut the bridge span portions veered Friday fifty miles south of Port Said. The plan is to cut the remaining bridge work into small pieces.
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Girl 13 Kills Father After Argument
In Topeka Kansas a 13 year old girl named Linda Lee Lantis killed her father in their home after an argument over her boyfriend. Police said she shot him in the back of the head with a .22 caliber rifle. The weapon had been used recently in her marksman activities at junior high.
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Linda Lee Lantis
Former Panama President Arrested After Remon Slaying
Police say former President Arnulfo Arias was arrested in Boquete amid predawn raids after the slaying of President Jose Antonio Remon at Juan Franco race track. Remon died of machinegun wounds. two others were killed and several wounded in the attack.
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Arnulfo Arias
Jose Antonio Remon
Remon
Juan Franco Race Track
Arias
Boquette
National Assembly
Jose Ramon Guizado
Guizado
Ramon
Jorge Luis Alfaro
Jose Peralta
Danilo Sousa
Sousa
Alberto de Obarrion
Joaquin Borrell
Antonio Anguizola
Tropical Storm Diminishes in Caribbean Motion
A tropical storm born with the new year weakens as it moves west-southwest through the Caribbean at about 10 mph. The San Juan Weather Bureau calls it very small with winds near 55 mph, centered 1.9 miles south-southwest of St. Croix and about 1,300 miles south of Florida.
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Pope Urges East and West to Coexist and Seek Peace
In his delayed Christmas message Pope Pius XI warns against tolerating a fragile calm born of fear. He says the world is not at war nor truly at peace, urging both sides to condemn war as a moral violation and to act from conscience in state decisions.
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Pius XI
New Federal Report Lists 2 096 Aides As Subversive
The Eisenhower administration releases figures showing 8 008 federal workers removed or resigning under security review. Of these, 2 096 are described as having subversive data in their files. The report notes many cases, with 3 002 outright firings and 5 006 resignations before final action.
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