Soil Conservation District plans 1952 program banquet
Robert Will, a McArthur banker and regional soil conservation leader, will speak at the Hocking Soil Conservation District annual banquet likely March 13. A county advisory committee discussed the 1952 program, tours, and farm population trends from the census, noting many farms sold to urban buyers and rising off farm incomes.
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Robert Will
McArthur
Ohio
Hocking
Roger Connor
Roy Funk
Joe Bennett
Harold Ruggles
Richard Gerken
Bill Miller
Ruggles
Hocking County
Columbus
PUCO Sets Up Stiff Rulings For Truckers
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio announced six rules to curb overloads and wildcat trucking. Rules ban charging by tonnage, require constant liability insurance, mandate written lease contracts kept two years, give carriers control over drivers, prohibit sub leasing to non carriers, and require safety inspections on all trucks.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Commission
Robert L. Moulton
Moulton
Utilities Commission
New Mayor Named in South Salem Village
South Salem village council appoints James Davis to replace resigning Mayor Kermit Boring. Davis is slated to lead the council as town faces ongoing local issues and governance duties.
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Greenfield
South Salem
James Davis
Kermit Boring
Bear sightings spark bear track reports in two counties
Reports of bears or bear tracks surface in Hocking and Vinton counties. A Hocking family found a possible track near a chicken coop but freezing and thawing cast doubt. In Vinton, residents reported a young bear sightings near Richland Township with confirmation by two boys.
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Hocking
Vinton
Hocking County
Marvin Nungster
Richland Township
Vinton County
Robert Guilky
Guilky
Zaleski
Wilkesville Township
Sheriff Probes Burglaries Near Five Mile Junction
Two burglaries near Five Mile junction Route 33 and Route 595 are under investigation by Sheriff A J Waldron s office. Suspects entered Seels Service Station and Green Township elementary school under construction and a nearby tool shed. Thieves broke a window to enter the station and unlocked the door. about six cartons of cigarets were stolen. Tools taken from the shed included pliers screwdriver and a box camera. A school building door hasp was broken but no clear theft noted.
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Five-Mile Junction
Route 33
Route 595
A. J. Waldron
Seel
Green Township
O. H. Bryan
Charles Miller
Weather to Offer Plenty of Variety in Hocking County
Forecasts predict a five day mix of snow and rain with Saturday warmer and Sunday colder. Temperatures near normal to two to four degrees above as the week's highs and lows unfold. Last night’s low was 16, today’s 11:30 a.m. 35, yesterday’s high 33.
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Hocking County
Twelve Nations Ordered to Seek Arms Accord
The United Nations General Assembly approved a 12 nation Disarmament Commission with 42 votes in favor and 5 against. The panel, led by the United States Britain and France, will study step by step arms and armed forces reductions aiming toward eventual prohibition of atomic weapons with first report due by June 1952.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
UN General Assembly
Assembly
Russia
Luis Padilla Nervo
Security Council
Canada
Sabres Break Key Air Battles Near Panmunjom in Korea
American F-86 Sabrejets down four Red jets in a skirmish near Panmunjom within 39 miles of truce talks. A Mig-15 fell near Sariwon, 150 miles south of the Yalu. Migs also fought U S F-84s 30 miles north of Panmunjom as UN air power presses engagements. Ground fronts quiet though naval gunfire hit Communist concentrations near Kosong as Rochester and destroyers shell the lines.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Sariwon
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Rochester
Collett
DeHaven
Kosong
Cheering Crowd Hears Skipper’s Epic Battle Tale
Falmouth England January 11 Capt Kurt Carlsen told thousands of the rescue saga from the Flying Enterprise disaster. He described a two week fight with wind waves and cold aboard the freighter and his escape into the sea minutes before the ship sank 37 miles off the port.
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Falmouth
Eng
Kurt Carlsen
Enterprise
Isbrandtsen Line
Carlson
Kenneth Dancy
Dancy
Carlsen
U. S
Germany
India
Ike Should Doff Uniform If He Aims at Presidency
Senator Aiken urges General Eisenhower to resign his command and reveal his positions on domestic issues to win the Republican nomination. He argues Ike should swing openly on labor health education and farm programs and notes Truman’s stance on Ike staying as supreme commander. Aiken contends voters deserve to know Ike’s views before a bid.
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Washington
Senator Aiken
R-Vi
Eisenhower
Aiken
Truman
Europe
New
Hill To Lead Ohio Fair Managers
Clair L. Hill of Wellington was reelected president of the Ohio Fair Managers Association in Columbus. Officers named include R. S. Hull of Fremont first vice president C. J. Betsch of Chillicothe second vice president Goldie V. Scheible of Dayton executive secretary and Frank B. Cooper of Piketon treasurer. The Myers Y. Cooper Trophy for the best county fair in 1951 went to Coshocton County with Allen Pike and Crawford Counties appearing in the finals.
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Columbus
Clair L. Hill
Wellington
Ohio Fair Managers Association
R. S. Hull
Fremont
C. J. Betsch
Chillicothe
Goldie V. Scheible
Dayton
Frank B. Cooper
Piketon
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Coshocton
Allen
Pike
Crawford
Bishop Tucker to retire on 70th birthday in February
Bishop Beverly D. Tucker of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio will retire February 4 to mark his 70th birthday. The decision comes from Tucker along with the Western Reserve University board of trustees.
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Cleveland
Beverly D. Tucker
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Western Reserve University Board of Trustees
Boxer dog acquitted in Pekinese killing case
In Salida Colorado on January 11 a Boxer named Till was found innocent of murdering a Pekinese. Police Magistrate R J Murray concluded Till had no fangs and rotted teeth. Attorney Don Myers defended Till under an old city ordinance ordering death for dogs caught fighting.
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Salida
Colo
R. J. Murray
Marjorie Tracy
Till
Tracy
Don Myers
Ironton Police Crack Down on Prostitution in North End
Ironton police chief Harold Haas ordered all prostitutes out of town and planned six raid houses after raids in Ironton's north end on Thursday.
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Ironton
Harold Haas
North End
McGrath Faces Republican Ire Over Cleanup Plan
President Truman tasks Attorney General McGrath to root out government corruption amid House probes into income tax scandals. Republicans in both chambers demand McGrath removal and criticize the White House cleanup approach as ineffective. Senator Capehart calls it a stall, while Nixon and Bakewell press for Snyder to resign.
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Washington
Truman
McGrath
Senate
House
White House
Rep
King
D-Calif
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Capehart
R-Iad
Nixon
Flagship Edward B. Greene Launch Sparks Cleveland Iron Aboard
About 1,000 people witnessed Thursday launch of the Edward B. Greene the new flagship of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co. fleet. Mrs. A Dean Perry of Cleveland broke champagne on the bow to christen the vessel.
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Toledo
Edward B. Greene
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
A. Dean Perry
Cleveland
Contradictions Draw Fire At Truce Parley
At Munsan a four hour and 20 minute truce talks session pressed the Reds to explain a contradiction in their stated airfield plans during an armistice. Maj. Gen. Turner said no further talks could occur until the Communist position is clarified. Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang denied any change in stance and called US demands unreasonable. Prisoner exchange subcommittee adjourned after a brief 34 minute meeting as panels scheduled to reconvene at Panmunjom. Rear Adm. Libby said the goal remains to justify and repudiate the shift on free choice in repatriation.
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Munsan
Turner
Hsieh Fang
Panmunjom
R. E. Libby
Libby
Red Armies
Mrs. Elizabeth Skivers Dies in Zanesville at 67
Mrs Elizabeth Skivers 67 widow of Charles Skivers died at 4 20 am today at a daughter s home in Zanesville She is survived by four sisters Mrs Jennie Richards Mrs Ella Shephard Logan Mrs Charles Woods Nelsonville and Mrs Stella Orem Columbus and four brothers George Reynolds Lancaster Lawrence Reynolds Monday Willard Reynolds Lancaster and Henry Reynolds Medina plus four daughters Funeral arrangements are being handled by Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville
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Elizabeth Skivers
Charles Skivers
Zanesville
Jennie Richards
Ella Shephard
Logan
Charles Woods
Nelsonville
Stella Orem
Columbus
George
Lawrence Reynolds
Monday
Willard Reynolds
Lancaster
Henry Reynolds
Medina
Stout Funeral Home
Poles Sentenced to Death for Spying in Warsaw
In Warsaw three Poles were sentenced to death and two received life terms after a one day trial by the regional military court. All five admitted illegally entering Poland after working for American intelligence agents in Berlin. The prosecutor accused former U S Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane and staff of espionage.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States
Berlin
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
Judge refuses to allow bingo for charity in Cleveland
Common Pleas Judge Edward Blythite refused to hold that bingo may be played in Cleveland for charity. The ruling on appeal came in a case brought by Brook Park post Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Edward Blythi
Brook Park Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Water Tank Blast damages Longstreth church
Sheriff Waldron investigates an explosion at Pilgrim Holiness Church near Longstreth. A water pressure tank blew its top and sides, ripped through floor joists and the roof, landing in a field about 30 feet away. Investigators suspect tampering with the pump and a blast around 1 am Thursday as bystanders heard a loud detonation. Local hunters reported the sound.
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A. J. Waldron
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Longstreth
Sheriff Waldron
Waldron
Arthur Brook
Joe Camp
Jack Dane
Charles Harris
Eph Ainsley
Court Asked To Confirm Conviction
The government argues it need not prove that Emma Craven intended to fund a campaign to uphold Rep. Walter Brehm. It seeks to sustain a 1948 $1000 campaign gift conviction despite Brehm's request to overturn for trial errors. Arguments may come mid February.
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Washington
Jan
Walter Brehm
Ohio
U. S. Court of Appeals
Brehm
Emma S. Craven
Burnita S. Matthews
Craven
Republican Party
Matthews
Clara Holiday
District Court
Soliday
Tot Dies In Sleep After Last Party
ANTIOCH Calif Jan L Uhdixie Kline died in her sleep two days after her sixth birthday party where watermelon was served as she so passionately desired. The leukemia victim awoke briefly asking for more watermelon before slipping back to sleep and never awakening.
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Antioch
Calif
Jan. L
Dixie Kline
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Mr. Funk
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Gerken
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Harry Armstrong
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Ralph Helber
John Hardwick
Paul Shaw
D. P. Davis
J. B. Wagoner
Kenneth Iles
Pearl Fogle
Wallace Gillogly
PUCO
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Sabres
Willard Keith
GOP
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Frank Hodges
George H. Hodges
Abilene
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