Death Threats Tied to FBI Aide Testimony at Hearing
Washington Senators weighing further probes into Mary Beynon a former FBI undercover informant who testified that a Communist Roy Hudson warned of a death sentence while revealing she faced danger for reporting to the FBI. Contempt threats loomed against five witnesses including Harold Binney a Westinghouse employee who invoked the Fifth Amendment.
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Mary Stella Beynon
FBI
Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McClellan
Congress
Miss Beynon
Roy Hudson
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
McCarthy
Harold K. Binney
Briney
Government Operations Committee
Temperatures Hold Steady Amid Forecast Rain Across Counties
In Hocking County the noon temperature reached 49 degrees with a 46 degree low overnight. A quarter inch rainfall ended last night and more drizzle was forecast today and tomorrow. Broad regional weather covered from eastern Kansas to the Great Lakes with fog rain and light snow. Travel slowed in some areas as cold northern states met mild southern conditions.
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Hocking County
Chicago
Kansas
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Five Day Forecast Warmth Shifts Through Week
Temperatures are near normal with normal highs of 35 to 43 degrees and lows around 20 to 27. Colder on Wednesday, warmer on Friday and Saturday, then cooler again Sunday. Rain expected Wednesday through Friday with total precipitation near four inches.
Remon Backers Claim Slain by Hired Assassins
Panama authorities pursue a band of unidentified mercenaries accused of killing President Jose Antonio Remon at a race track. Minister Catalino Arrocha Graell blamed mercenary guns for the act during burial services as the nation tightens security and questions surround Arias loyalists.
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Remon
Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Catalino Arrocha Graell
Arrocha
National Cemetery
National Assembly
U N Aide Arrives In Canton China On Spy Release Mission
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Canton by special plane on a mission to gain release for 11 American airmen convicted on spy charges and about 3 000 other U N personnel. He will fly to Tokyo to confer with Premier Chou En Lai.
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Tokyo
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Canton
Red China
Peiping
Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
Ohio village Moscow open to Russians despite ban
State Department restricts Russians in the United States with eight states left open. Russians may travel by rail or air through restricted areas to open points but cars and buses are banned except along specified East Coast routes. Protests rise from counties and states affected.
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Moscow
Ohio
Russia
State Department
Washington
United States
Ohio Russia
Ohio River
Dulles
U. S
Soviet Union
Benson Mulls Jewish Leaders Meeting Over Ladejinsky Letter
Secretary Benson said he was shocked by anti Semitic implications raised and invited Jewish leaders including Edward Schultz of the Anti-Defamation League and Joseph Barr of the Jewish War Veterans to confer. The dispute centers on a letter praising Benson for ousting Wolf Ladejinsky as agricultural attache in Japan amid a transfer of officials to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Benson
Wolf Ladejinsky
U.S
Japan
Edward Schultz
B’nai_ B'rith Anti - defamation League
Joseph F. Barr
The
Jewish War Veterans
Department
George N. Vitt
American Exporter Publications
Vitt
Ladejinsky
Agriculture Department
White House
Efra Taft Benson
Solon Pushes Senate Inquiry Into Subversives Names
Senator Mansfield urged a Senate Civil Service probe to disclose the exact number and names of federal workers stripped from payrolls for subversive activity. He criticized the Civil Service Commission report as a “numbers game” and sought clarity on who was actually fired for subversion versus other causes.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Eisenhower
Civil Service Commission
Truman
Lake Logan Fish Management Enters Second Phase
The Lake Logan program shifts to phase two after first day results. District 4 personnel used electric shockers to stun and remove fish from three tributaries covering about 600 feet. 20 30 suckers and five smallmouth bass were captured, mainly minnows.
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Lake Logan
George Billy
District 4
Clear Fork
Duck Creek
Billy
Chiefs vs Middies in LHS gym tonight
Logan High School chiefs host Middleport Yellowjackets at 8 15 pm after Christmas drills. Key players include Kuhn Ellis McLaughlin with Lappen Hoertsen, while Shaw may be limited by heel injury. Middies will be led by Puckett Gallagher and Long in a 7 pm reserve bout.
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Chiefs
LHS Gym
Logan High School Chieftains
LHS
Middleport Yellowjackets
O’brien
Frank Hoertsen
Dan Lappen
John Shaw
Yellowjackets
Roger Kuhn
Sonny Ellis
Frank McLaughlin
Dick Harden
Willis Dicken
Goldwater named to lead Republican campaign group
Washington reported White House approval for appointing Sen. Goldwater of Arizona as chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. In Beckley West Virginia the bodies of two missing schoolgirls were found near their Egeria home after a search. Columbus Ohio unemployment commission cited 18 241 claimants for the week ending Jan 1 up from 15 450 previous week. Lebanon Everett Richardson 26 held after admitting he shot Russell Pete Smith 56 last Sunday.
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Washington
White House
Sen. Goldwater
Arizona
Beckley
W. Va
Egeria
Columbus
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Lebanon
Everett Richardson
Russell Pete Smith
Military Enlistments Surge Amid GI Bill Benefit Cutbacks
Enlistments rise nationwide after President Eisenhower flags cuts to veterans benefits for those enlisting after January 31. Boston reports the strongest surge since World War II with 65 volunteers, while New York St Louis and other cities show mixed levels as recruitment offices note heightened activity and quotas.
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Boston
Army
Sheppard Loses Round in Appeal for New Trial
Dr Samuel H Sheppard the life prisoner in the killing of his wife Marilyn lost the first round of his bid for a new trial. Judge Edward Blythin ruled there was no merit in 41 complaints of error from his 10 week trial that ended December 21 with a jury convicting the 31 year old osteopath of second degree murder. A second round in the appeal is set for Saturday when hearings on newly discovered evidence move forward.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Edward Blythin
Sheppard
Blythin
Five Groups Meet To Organize For 1955 Activities
Five local groups including the county commissioners and school boards held organizational meetings for 1955. A. M. Bierly was elected president of the Hocking County commissioners, with meetings planned four Thursdays monthly starting at 9 30 a.m. The county budget was postponed due to illness, with tentative funds listed and further action scheduled for Thursday.
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Soldiers Relief Commission
West Hocking Board of Education
County Board
West Hocking Board
M. Bierly
Hocking County
Harry Armstrong
Charles
Susan McDonald, Ck
Hocking County Beekeepers Association
Logan City
George Carr
Carr
Starr-Washington Board of Education
John Bumgardner
D. H. Woodard
P Nt
C. H. St. Clair
John R. McClain
Union Furnace
Ilesboro
First Cleveland Corp
Union Furnace School
East Hocking
Rockbridge Man Faces Action By Fairfield Grand Jury
A Fairfield County grand jury plans to consider six men including Amos Canter Jr a 19 year old from Rockbridge on charges tied to recent county burglaries Canter allegedly admitted stealing 68 dollars in cash and five fifths of whisky from Club Cheri near Lancaster on November 20 He said he also received 12 50 of the money The others named are from Lancaster Baltimore and Columbus and admissions linked burglaries at Club Cheri and Tom Gilloolys Place Some suspects questioned about Hocking County burglaries denied knowledge Fingerprints were sent to the Ohio Bureau for comparison with findings not yet reported
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Fairfield County
Rockbridge
Amos Canter Jr
Sugar Grove
Fairfield
Harold Allen
Ray Combs
Hocking County
A. J. Waldron
Spurgeon Metzler
Cheri
Lancaster
Canter
Baltimore
Columbus
Tom Gillooly
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Hocking
Bureau
Ohio Solons Raise Eyebrows At Pay Increase For Clerk
In Columbus the 101st General Assembly debates Senate clerk Thomas Bateman’s pay jump from 720 to 950 dollars monthly a 25 percent rise drawing Republican and Democratic unease. Ellsworth Lett’s pay rises from 400 to 900 dollars monthly. House Clerk Carl Guess’s salary matched Bateman’s potential raise. House adopts electronic roll call reducing votes to seconds. New House sergeant at arms is Mark W Bennett replacing Claude Woodward.
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Columbus
101St General Assembly
Senate
Thomas E. Bateman
Ellsworth Lett
Bateman
Sen
Ross Pepple
R-Allen
House
Carl
General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Senate House
Mark W. Bennett
Hancock County
Claude Woodward
Dayton
Georgia Solon Sees No Sharp Split On Policy
Senator George of Georgia predicted there will be no basic disagreements between Democrats in Congress and President Eisenhower on foreign affairs defense and world trade in the new Congress. He said differences may arise only over details and that tax-cutting increases will not be pushed in 1955 until the budget is balanced. The report notes Eisenhower’s speech preview and plans for a joint session Thursday with Democrats and Republicans holding separate floor leader meetings.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Knowland
California
America
Senate
House
Death Of Ohioan Being Probed
Officials in Key West await an autopsy report on Robert R. Ackerman 21 of Mansfield Ohio who allegedly told a deathbed tale of being kidnapped placed on a raft with snakes and set adrift He died on an operating table after blood poisoning developed in an arm A companion Charles L Pearce 21 also of Mansfield was held in city jail pending further investigation.
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Key West
Fla
Mansfield
Ohio
Robert R. Ackerman
Allan B. Cleare Jr
Ackerman
Charles L. Pearce
Nine Sailors Lost Near Cartagena Tug Sinks With Crew
In Cartagena Spain a Spanish navy tug sank in heavy seas off the base killing nine crew. Only a navy lieutenant and one sailor survived the disaster reported yesterday.
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Cartagena
Spain
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