Drilling Accident Kills E F Beougher of Rockbridge
Edward F Beougher 77 a veteran Hocking County driller was killed when a string of drilling tools collapsed onto him on the John S Swartz farm near Dumontville four miles north of Lancaster He died instantly after being struck on the head by a driving bit Survived by five sons two daughters a brother and a sister funeral services are set for Friday at 2 pm at Leonard Funeral Home with burial in View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Beougher
Hocking County
John S. Swartz
Dumontville
Lancaster
Mr. Beougher
Rockbridge Rt. 1
George E. Poling
Beougher
Poling
Carroll
Crider
J Geer
Good Hope Two
Daniel
Christina Ridenou
St. John Lutheran Church
Denzi
Fairview Cery
Snarl Expected On Highway Bill
Washington Senator Gore warned Congress faces a clash over how to distribute a large highway funding package. The interstate system would receive the majority of new money under most plans. Gore's proposal totaled about 18 billion over five years, with no new taxes, while the House plan sought 50 billion over 13 years and included taxes but failed approval.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
House
House Public Works Committee
Uncle Sam
French Rescue Attempt Near Algiers Recovers Three Abducted Men
Three of the twelve abducted Frenchmen were recovered as two thousand French troops scaled hills near Algiers in an operation to rescue a French officer and others held by rebels. The rescue followed the abduction 48 hours earlier.
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Algiers
Mack Shaw Heads West Hocking Board
Mack Shaw was elected president of the West Hocking board of education at last night's organizational meeting for 1956. Wayne Bowers was chosen vice president and J. F. McGrady appointed clerk-treasurer. The board approved connecting two Laurelville basement rooms as a home economics room and aimed to add vocational home economics to Laurelville, South Bloomingville and Gibisonville programs next year. It adopted two East Hocking board resolutions: starting Sept. 1, 1956, first grade entrants must be six by Nov. 1, and work books will be provided only to first and second grade pupils.
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Mack Shaw
West Hocking
East Hocking Board
Fraternity Survey Reveals Segregation Tendencies
A New York survey of college fraternities indicates most chapters, openly or secretly, favor segregation. The National Committee on Fraternities in Education and the department chair of surveys conducted and published the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Memwrie Geadh Acd
National Committee On Fraternities In Education
NCFE
Department of Survey
Shells exchanged on Quemoy Island amid cross fire
In Formosa, Communist artillery shelled Quemoy Island twice today while Nationalist forces replied with vigorous counterfire. Named parties include Communist China and Nationalist China as the two sides in the conflict. The action underscores ongoing artillery exchanges during cross frontier tensions between the two sides.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Quemoy Island
Matriarch of Poplar Ridge Receives Clay Pipes Donation
In Chillicothe the 81 year old Aman da Ressale Spuler, called Rossie, inspires a stream of clay pipes arriving at Gragg store. He has received 26 replies and more donations from across the country, including a pipe with an Indian squaw motif once owned by his grandmother.
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Poplar Ridge
Chillicothe
Amanda Ressale Spuler
Ridge
Rossie
Gragg
Boate
Els Interpe Ae
Six Take Out Petitions For Hocking County Primary
Six candidates filed petitions for the May primary per Mary Leach the county election board clerk. Five of six seek the Republican nomination with three currently in public office. Sheriff A J Waldron Ralph Moorhead and Fred Murray seek re election or term limits. Two Republicans Wayne Timberlake and Frank Ricketts Sr. also filed. Democrat Rolland Bright is the only Democrat entrant. Filing deadline is 4 p m February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Leach
County Election Board
A. J. Waldron
Ralph Moorhead
Fred Murray
Murray
Moorhead
Wayne Timberlake
Frank Ricketts Sr
Rolland Bright
Hocking
House of Representatives
Thelma Keyes
A. M. Bierly
Harry Armstrong
Esther Carpenter
Albert Seabright
J. Ward Doering
Eisenhower advisers criticized by senator in brief
In Washington Senator Merar thy of Wisconsin said the Eisenhower administration would be better off without some advisers including the President’s brother Milton S Eisenhower. In Jakarta thousands of villagers fled Merapi lava flows after a volcanic eruption threatening nearby settlements. In Washington Senator Sparkman of Alabama said Stevenson supporters welcome a Kefauver challenge in Florida’s Democratic presidential primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Merearthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Milton S. Eisenhower
Jakarta
Indonesia
Merapi
Java
Sparkman
D-Ala
Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Florida
Julius La Rosa Engaged to Perry Como’s Secretary Rory Myer
New York singer Julius La Rosa, who was fired from Arthur Godfrey’s show, becomes engaged to Rory Myer, Perry Como’s secretary. The pairing creates a high profile entertainment connection in New York society.
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New York
Julius la Rosa
Arthur Godfrey
Perry Como
Rory Myer
Bomb threat object found on TWA flight in Columbus
An Army bomb disposal expert said a small metal object aboard a TWA airliner carrying 32 people at Columbus Ohio was a loaded incendiary device. He labeled the item as some sort of incendiary device and confirmed it was loaded.
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Pittsburgh
TWA
Columbus
Ohio
Eisenhower plans easy day after two major messages
President Eisenhower, with work finished on two key messages to Congress, arranged to take it completely easy today in Key West. The holidays and travel notes hint at a relaxing pause before resuming duties.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Congress
Antarctic outpost Little America No 5 dedicated near Byrd camps
Little America No 5 was formally dedicated on a snowy desert site four miles south of Kainan Bay and about 30 miles east of Admiral Byrd’s earlier Antarctic camps. The base marks another milestone in polar exploration with four prior Byrd camps nearby.
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Antarctica
Little America
Kainan Bay
Adm
Richard E. Byrd
Strouds Run Dam Soil Testing Contract Awarded
Mott Core Drilling Co won the state contract to test soil for Strouds Run Dam in Athens County. The bid was $10,560, below the $14,900 estimate. The dam, about four miles east of Athens near U.S. 50, aims to finish this year and cost about $500,000, creating a 153 acre lake for recreation and a marine laboratory for Ohio University.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mott Core Drilling Co
Strouds Run
Athens
Boyd Fraser
Mott
U. S 50
A. W. Marion
Natural Resources
Ohio University
Faure Pushes Cabinet Reform Amid New French Assembly
Premier Edgar Faure urged a constitutional reform to lengthen cabinet life as France faces a more divided National Assembly. The Communists and Poujadists gained, while Mendes France and Socialists stayed quiet. A two year cabinet vote could trigger new elections for a mandate, with Assembly meeting January 19 to organize.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
France
Pierre Poujade
Faure
Poujade
Pierre Mendes- France
Labor Surplus Areas Target Of New Probe
A Senate Labor subcommittee opened hearings on legislation to aid labor surplus areas. Witnesses included Sen Margaret Chase Smith and Sens Kilgore Kefauver among others, with a union representative also testifying on the first day.
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Washington
Senate Labor
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Kilgore
Wva
Kefauver
Tenn
Wil
Market areas seek aid program to expand depressed labor zones
The Logan Athens Nelsonville market spanning Hocking and Athens counties could qualify as a substantial labor plus area if Congress creates an aid program for depressed labor regions.
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Logan
Athens
Nelsonville
Hocking
Congress
Unemployment relief bill backed by unions and senator
Liam Matheson of Wilkes Barre heads a subcommittee plan proposing 100 million dollars in loans and 100 million in grants to build plants and fund public works. The measure seeks surplus labor procurement, tax write offs for new plants, retraining programs, extended unemployment benefits, and food aid for low income areas amid West Virginia cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam Matheson
Wilkes-Barre
Ladies Garment Workers Union
Sen. Douglas
D-Ill
Kilgore
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Beckley
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Logan
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant - Gallipolis
Ronceverte- White Sulphur Springs
Welch
Mercury Dips To 32 Degrees In County Today
Temperatures in Hocking County fell starting at 11 AM and by 11:30 were one degree lower from 33. The mercury dropped to 20 degrees last night after a high of 42 Tuesday noon. Thursday outlook calls for partly cloudy and cold with possible snow flurries.
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Hocking County
Chicago
Midwest
North Central
Minnesota
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Utican
N. Y
Racial Segregation Curbs Seen In School Aid Debate
Washington Rep Powell says he has votes to add racial segregation limits to a federal school aid bill. An amendment to deny construction aid to areas with separate white and Negro schools could jeopardize further aid this Congress. Speaker Rayburn expects a construction funds bill soon. Eisenhower to address school aid in State of the Union with possible five year program hints.
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Washington
Powell
House
Rayburn
Texas
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Bably
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower to Send Special Farm and Policy Messages
President Eisenhower plans a special message to Congress Monday on the seepe problem with features of the farm plan already disclosed by Secretary Benson. The plan may precede any House action on restoring rigid price supports and includes flexible supports, soil bank concept, and higher benefits for low income farmers. Democrats prepare rival plans and foreign aid debate looms as session opens.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
White House
Key West
Fla
Hagerty
Benson
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Committee
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Ex-State Aide Dies in South Charleston
Earl C. torney-general of Ohio died last night at his home in South Charleston. A graduate of Ohio University he served 14 years on the school's board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Earl C. Torney
Ohio
South Charleston
Ohio University
Violence at Columbus Westinghouse strike sparks clashes
Picket lines at Columbus Westinghouse plant see arrests after mass demonstrations. A striker dies of a heart attack as police and unions clash over access and a judge warns against further disturbances. Negotiations move to Philadelphia with mediation officials present amid ongoing walkouts and wage dispute details.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
Philadelphia
James Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
James B. Carey
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
al Hartnett
IUE
United Electrical Workers
Reds Said Seeking Only Global War
U S Air Secretary Donald Quarles on a Far Eastern tour says Communists would not start a war unless it could be global. He believes the price is too high for them and they understand it, ruling out a potential regional conflict for the predictable future.
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Hong Kong
U. S
Donald Quarles
Three Harvard Men Die in Ski Chalet Blaze
In Mont Tremblant Quebec three Harvard University students were killed when a fire consumed a sleeping chalet. Investigators said a cigarette ember is the likely cause.
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Harvard
Mont Tremblant
Que
Harvard University
Eden Prestige Slips as Press Demands Change in Policy
London Prime Minister Eden faces intensifying Conservative criticism as The Sketch urges him to show leadership or quit amid inflation and foreign policy troubles. The Telegraph and Mail echo losses of decisiveness and prestige as arms deals with Egypt via Belgium come under scrutiny. Labor leader Gaitskell calls for Parliament recall to debate disclosures.
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London
Eden
Daily Sketch
Britain
Downing Street
Daily Telegraph
Daily Mail
THE
Telegraph
the Mail
Egypt
Belgium
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Girl seeks emancipation from alleged abusive father in court
Irene Turner, 17, asks a California court for emancipation and $500 monthly support from her 47 year old father Joseph Norman Turner, cafe owner in Sierra Madre. She accuses him of cruelty while he denies mistreatment and says he gave her a $100 monthly allowance.
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Los Angeles
Irene Turner
Miss Turner
Joseph Norman Turner
Sierra Madre
Turner
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Rockbridge Rt
Solon
West Hocking Board
Gragg Store
Bright
Athens County
Ike
U.S
Mendes-France
House Education Committee
Sen. Aiken
Rvi
Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Balanc
Russell
D-Ga
State Department
International Union of Electrical Workers
Union
Troy Tadlock
Tadlock
Reds
Conservative
Elmer D. Doyle
Wiener
Cava
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