Congressmen Question Cuts In Manpower
Washington lawmakers debated President Eisenhower s defense program praising air power and new weapons while probing manpower reductions. Senator Russell may create a broad preparedness subcommittee. others urged thorough inquiries into defense policy and military staffing as Congress awaits two detailed messages on draft extension and reserve training.
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Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Flanders
Armed Services
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Rep. Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Mansfield coroner rules murder suicide in Hall couple deaths
Dr. Donald Adair, Richland County coroner, ruled murder and death by own action in the deaths of Eliza Hall aged about 40 and her husband Jess about 48. Sheriff Long said Hall shot his wife with a 12 gauge shotgun then killed himself. Hall was unemployed and on probation for non-support.
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Mansfield
Donald Adair
Richland County
Eliza Hall
Jess
E. P. Long
Hall
Lima Bid Gets OK for Freight Elevator at Depot
The Kerscher Elevator Co. of Toledo was the low bidder among seven firms with a bid of 16350 dollars to supply and install a freight elevator at the Lima Ordnance Depot in Huntington West Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Kerscher Elevator Co
Toledo
Lima Ordnance Depot
Air Force outlines plans for West Point of the Air academy
The Air Force reveals a new Air Academy to train officers alongside existing service academies. The program includes Geography 101 102 stressing U.S. and U.S.S.R. comparisons and an airmanship course to qualify cadets as navigators for polar flights. Admission by Congressional nomination, age 17 to 21, and competitive exams.
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New York
The
Air Force
Air
U. S. Military Academy
Annapolis
Coast Guard Academy
Air Force Academy
United States
U.S.S.R
H. R. Harmon
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
West Point
Colorado Springs
Colo
Academy
Lowry
Congress
Regular Air Force
Sons of Medal of Honor
Congressional
Great Lakes Council Spotlight Midwest Water Transport
The third annual Great Lakes Industrial Development Council meeting focused on midwest water transport. J D Beeler of Evansville Indiana urged stronger use of the Ohio River as a transportation artery.
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South Bend
Ind
Midwest
Great Lakes
Escapee Shir ley Campbell Sought After Mason County Jail Break
Police press on in Point Pleasant WV and across Ohio and West Virginia to locate Shir ley W Campbell 41 one of nine inmates who fled Mason County Jail after an escape yesterday eight others have been recaptured investigators pursue leads and search teams across multiple jurisdictions
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Shirley W. Campbell
Mason County
Columbus Business Group Acquires Ottawa IL Franchise
A Columbus group of businessmen announced the acquisition of the Ottawa Canada baseball franchise in the International League ensuring Columbus will host professional baseball in 1955.
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Columbus
Ottawa
Canada
Panama Slaying Suspect Denies Role in Remon Murder
A New Yorker questioned in the killing of Panama President Jose Antonio Remon denies involvement while police say they will continue to hold him as the investigation proceeds.
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Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Kenton Police Question Two in Merchant Beating Case
Two men were held for questioning in the beating of a Kenton merchant last week. Police reported the incident involved a local businessperson and a provincial inquiry continues.
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Kenton
Ohio Court Declares Movie Censorship Unconstitutional
An Ohio appellate court ruled state censorship laws for movies unconstitutional, overturning a lower court. The decision cites freedom of speech and follows prior rulings by both the state and U.S. Supreme Court on the limits of banning film content.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Atty. Gen
William O'Neill
Appellate Court
State Supreme Court
R. M. Eyman
Ohio Educational
Education Department
Franklin County Common Pleas
Ralph J. Bartlett
John C. Nichols
Rogers to MC Democratic roundup in Cincinnati Feb 20
Will Rogers Jr former congressman and son of the late cowboy humorist will be master of ceremonies at a Democratic roundup in Cincinnati on February 20.
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Cincinnati
Will Rogers Jr
More Males Than Females In Hospitals, Survey Shows
A nationwide survey by the American Medical Association finds 1953 hospital admissions favored males with 642 156 men to 564 436 women. The AMA notes higher male morbidity across most ages, including 14 and under and 18 and under groups, despite many pregnancies.
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Bureau of Medical Economic Research
The
American Medical Assn
AMA Journal
Unhappy Lovers End Attempt By Leaping Into Volcano
In Tokyo two young lovers Miss Setsumi Endo 21 a cafe waitress and Satoru Takayanagi 22 an ill tuberculosis patient survived a 33 hour ordeal after leaping into a boiling crater to end an unhappy affair. They fell hundreds of feet but avoided the lava, saying Takayanagi was incurable and their love was doomed.
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Tokyo
Setsumi Endo
Satoru Takayanagi
Takayanagi
Noel and Herta Fields vanish again in Communist Hungary
U S officials disclosed Noel and Herta Fields have again disappeared in Hungary after last being freed in 1972. The Budapest legation no longer knows their location, with reports of asylum in Budapest and conflicting notices from officials and the Hungarian press.
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Washington
U. S
Noel
Herta Field
Hungary
Budapest
U.S
Marietta Indicts Two in Poll Forgery Case
A highway department storekeeper Roy Engle and his wife Esther Engle of Lowell were indicted on six forgery counts connected to disabled voters in the November election. They face charges for writing Dr. J F Weber’s name on three disabled voters applications and naming three others on ballot envelopes.
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Marietta
Mrs Edythe Sheppard Shot Dead in Rocky River Home
Mrs Edythe Sheppard 62 mother of Dr Samuel H Sheppard who was convicted last month in his wife murder was found shot to death today in the Rocky River home of another son Dr Stephen Sheppard. Betty Sheppard wife of Dr Steve found her mother in law dead with a revolver by her side a note nearby reading This is too much I cant take it any longer. She had been in ill health for years.
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Cleveland
Edythe Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Stephen Sheppard
Rocky River
Betty Sheppard
Steve
Chieftain Cagers Face Tough Battle At Nelsonville Tonight
Logan Chieftains travel to Nelsonville to face the Greyhounds in a tight SEC clash. Logan sits tied for second with Athens and Jackson behind unbeaten Gallipolis, while Nelsonville sits fifth with a 2–2 mark. Key players sidelined include Dick Harden and John Shaw with injuries.
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Logan Chieftains
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Hounds
Logan
Athens
Jackson
Gallipolis
Chiefs
Chieftains
Dick Harden
Jim St. Clair
John Shaw
Lowell Cole
Wellston
Middleport Grapples with Gallipolis and Jackson Losses
Middleport fell 97-53 to Gallipolis and 79-49 to Jackson after a 49-35 showing. Homer Adams leads the Greyhounds with 66 season points and strong rebounding, supported by Gary Bohyer with 32 points and Dick Whitlock with 30. Art Hunley scored 26 in a big Nelsonville effort against Gallia.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Jackson
Homer
Gallia Blue Devils
Ohioan Held For Murder Of Nurse
A 45 year old Canton bartender, Angelo Joseph Parrino, was arrested on murder charges in the beating death of nurse Ana Beatrice Eison, 37, whose body was found near Stamford Connecticut on a Long Island Sound beach. Parrino waived extradition and was to be returned to Connecticut. his brother John, a witness, had been free on bond.
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Canton
Stamford
Conn
Angelo Joseph Parrino
William J. Lynch
Frank Bowes
Fairfield County
Parrino
Ana Beatrice Eison
Long Island Sound
Lynch
John
Joseph
Eison
Port Chester
N. Y
Stamford Ywca
Strike Called Off in Britain as Rail unions pause plan
London reported union leaders suspended a nationwide railroad strike last night amid resumed wage talks. The union warned a new strike call would be issued if future wage negotiations fail to meet demands.
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London
Problems Plague Texas Clan Seeking Quiet In Country
A Texas family, the St. Clairs of Waco, relocates to a rural home and endures a string of mishaps from a gas tank explosion and house fire to animal intrusions, a fall from a ladder, dislocations, illness, a stolen doll, and a cow’s fence fear as the mother keeps up with daily chores on crutches.
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Texas
Waco
Clifton St. Clair
St. Clair
Helber sues over eye injury from glove spring
G Dale Helber of Logan files in Common Pleas Court for 25 000 damages against Ogg Beasley Logan and Studebaker Packard Corp Michigan. He alleges a curved flat spring in a 1947 Studebaker truck glove compartment caused permanent right eye loss after it sprang loose March 16 1954. He bought the truck in September 1953 and says negligence in sale and glove compartment construction led to his three eye operations and 15 weeks total disability with 1500 dollars lost earnings.
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G. Dale Helber
Logan Rt. 2
Common Pleas Court
Ogg & Beasley
Logan
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Michigan
Studebaker
Helber
Studebaker- Packard
Game protector notes hunting season closures
Hocking County game protector Marvin Nungester reminded hunters that grouse season ends January 15 while trapping runs to January 31. He noted rabbit season closed December 31 and no violations have been reported.
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Marvin Nungester
Hocking County
Nungester
Murder Charge Filed in Beating Death of Genevieve Brumfield
Washington police chief filed a first degree manslaughter charge against Everett J. Brumfield, 45, for the fatal beating of his wife Genevieve, 44. Brumfield admitted striking her after a Christmas Eve gathering, her body found at their home with head and chest injuries.
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Washington C. H
Varden Long
Everett J. Brumfield
Genevieve
Brumfield
Long
Fair cold weather forecast across regions
Yesterday highs near 40 with a 28 low in Hocking County. Today the thermometer sits at 38 at 1:30 pm as a fair cold front returns. Tonight should stay fair and cold with light nationwide precipitation possible. Snow flurries hit the Great Lakes northern Appalachians and New England while Far West towns saw sharp temperature drops. Pocatello Idaho recorded 9 below zero, 18 lower than yesterday.
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Hocking County
Chicago
Great Lakes
Appalachians
New England
Far West
Pocatello
Idaho
Five Day Forecast Calls For Cooler Beginning Week
The forecast projects temperatures about three degrees below normal with normal highs 35 to 43 and lows 20 to 25. Expect colder conditions Monday and Tuesday, warmer by Wednesday, with rain or snow likely Saturday night and Sunday.
Shutdown at Zanesville Ave plant due to low orders
General Hocking Brick Corp. has closed its Zanesville Avenue plant for an indeterminate period. Plant superintendent Harold Larimer cites sizable inventories and a lack of orders as the cause.
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General Hocking Brick Corp
Zanesville Ave
Harold Larimer
Eisenhower Tries To Rally Support For New Dealish Program
President Eisenhower’s State of the Union proposes broad reforms on 33 issues from health to highways. Democrats greet with cautious praise yet diverge on farm subsidies, Taft Hartley revision, minimum wage, and Alaska statehood. Some Republicans urge stronger anti-Communist moves while endorsing foreign policy aims.
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Alaska
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Sen
Clements
D-Ky
Tractor Victim Has Fair Night at Lake Logan Dam
Kenneth Koltenbach of Marysville Connolly Construction Co. was freed from beneath an overturned tractor at the Lake Logan dam. He was brought to Hocking Valley Hospital yesterday in shock and exposure after lying on his back in two inches of water for over two hours. James Barker found him and a wrecker removed the tractor as Koltenbach loaded it onto a truck.
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Kenneth Koltenbach
Marysville
Connolly Construction Co. Employe
Hocking Valley Hospital
Lake Logan
Koltenbach
James Barker
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