Auto and Utility Tax Proposals Highlight Ohio Legislature
Ohio lawmakers push municipal taxes on autos and utility bills to aid cities facing fiscal strain. A 3 percent cap on gas, electric, telephone, and water bills would apply to private and industrial users, plus a $5 motor vehicle license fee. Republicans seek short and long term job relief as hearings begin on bills to ease recession driven distress. focus also on highway funding and aligning state law with federal medical care for the elderly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edmund G. James
Michael V. DiSalle
General Assembly
House
Roger Cloud
Cloud
Senate
State Highway Department
Dan O. Taber
Gallia
DiSalle
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Carlton Davidson
R-Lawrence
Robert F. Groneman
Hamilton
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Ohio Postmaster Nominees Include Laurelville Post
President Eisenhower has sent Ohio postmaster nominations to the Senate. Democrats expect delay in approval until the new administration, with new appointees to be recommended. Nominees include Mrs. Kathryn Whisler Laurelville Ernest W. Jones Glouster and Robert G. Stephenson Wellston.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Ohio
Fisenhower
Truman
Kathryn Whisler
Laurelville
Ernest W. Jones
Glouster
Robert G. Stephenson
Wellston
Whisler
Ucker Bros. Dairy Fuss Rages Anew in Court
The Ucker Bros. Dairy conflict resurfaces with arraignment of James Ucker on a charge of transporting milk without a permit. A mandamus action seeks a 1961 permit to sell milk in Logan Hocking County, naming Dr. Boocks and the health board as respondents. A hearing is set for January 17, with health officials ordered to show cause if a permit is not issued. The board paused permit issuance pending plant inspections and compliance with milk regulations.
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Ucker Bros. Dairy
James Ucker
Hocking
Logan-Hocking County
H. M. Boocks
Vaughn Collins
Acker
Richard Gerken
Hocking County
Health Commissioner and Health Board
Harley Meyer
Health Board
Ucker
Area Unemployment Nears Record High In Ohio
Unemployment claims rose in the Hocking Athens area with 273 initial filings and 1 590 total claimants in the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation districts. Officials warn the region may near the March 29 1958 peak as manufacturing layoffs loom at several plants and a General Hocking Brick shutdown nears.
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Hocking-Athens
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Homer Schein
Ohio
Logan
Athens
Glouster
Nelsonville
Schein
Owens-Corning Glass
Newark Stove Co
Columbus
General Hocking
Miller files petition for Logan mayoral race
William H. Miller of 195 Wilson Ave filed with the Hocking County election board to enter the Republican primary for Logan mayor. He runs City Welding and Machine Co and is the second candidate after Mayor Francis Myers who will not seek a fourth term. Lawrence Ellinger, City Council president, will seek the Democratic nomination. Rolland Schorr, Fourth Ward councilman, seeks re election as a Democrat for a second term.
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William H. Miller
Wilson Ave
Hocking County Election Board
Logan
City Welding and Machine Co
Francis Myers
Lawrence Ellinger
Rolland Schorr
Mobutu Rushes Troops to Equator Province
Col. Joseph Mobutu ordered reinforcements to North Equator Province after reports that pro Lumumba rebels were massing near the Oriental Province border. Equator remains among the few loyal regions to Mobutu in the Congo crisis.
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Mobutu
Equator Province
Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Oriental
Equator
Eisenhower names top Interior Department aides
President Eisenhower fills four key Interior posts naming Floyd E. Dominy as reclamation chief and creating undersecretary and assistant secretary positions for water power land resources and solicitor. Other picks include James K. Carr Kenneth Holum John A. Carver Jr. and Frank Barry.
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S.D
John A. Carver Jr
Frank Church
Athens Riots Prompt Suspension of Two UGA Black Students
Negro students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were suspended from the University of Georgia after campus rioting and a dawn crowd of about 2000 caused security concerns. Officials, with Gov Vandiver, cited safety. Attorneys prepared to seek voiding of the order in federal court. Police used tear gas as fires were ignited by demonstrators and outside agitators.
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Athens, Ga
Macon
University of Georgia
Charlayne A. Hunter
Hamilton E. Holmes
Ernest Vandiver
Charlayne
University
Vandiver
Joseph Williams
U.S. Dist
W. A. Bootle
E. E. Hardy
Georgia Tech
Holmes
Ku Klux Klan
The
Rebel
Athens
Rit
Weather Outlook for Ohio Fact Sheet
Official Weather Bureau summary reports clear skies and seasonal temperatures across Ohio. Overnight lows fell to 14 with a noon reading of 48, and a warming trend continues in the Hocking Valley. Wednesday's high reached 50, with partly cloudy and mild conditions forecast for Friday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Weather map notes show mild, stationary fronts across regions
The report describes a weak cold front from southeastern Pennsylvania to lower Michigan remaining stationary for 24 hours. Clear skies persist over much of the continent with fair, mild weather. some areas report precipitation. Fog and low clouds cover much of the north and central areas while fair conditions extend from the southwest to the Ohio valley and Atlantic coast.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Associated Press
Rockies
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Grave Problems Facing JFK the Laos War and Democracy
Laotian civil conflict deepens as the Pathet Lao gain ground with backing from Soviet China and North Viet Nam. US aid totals $300 million but peasant villages remain largely unaware of democracy or communism.
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Laos
Souvanna
U.S
Soviet Union
Soviet denounces U.S. buzzing of 35 ships in seas
Moscow reports U S military aircraft buzzed 35 Soviet vessels in the Pacific Atlantic Mediterranean and other waters last month. Soviet officials displayed a radiogram from the Sergei Kirov describing a British bomber raids as buzzing a ship.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Viktor Bakayev
Bakayev
Sergei Kirov
Red Sea
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
South China Sea
30 Missing After Overloaded Boat Sinks Off Luzon
Manila AP report says Philippine constabulary lost hope for 30 missing after an overloaded motorboat caught fire and sank off southern Luzon. Twelve survivors were rescued.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Luzon
U S Built Planes Used In Laos War
American supplied planes flown by Laotian pilots strafed and bombed pro Communist rebels in central Laos marking the first air raid by U S built aircraft in the six year civil war. Diplomats warned of possible Soviet or Chinese retaliation as Washington weighed a 14 nation conference proposal and urged diplomatic resolution.
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Vientiane
Laos
Soviet Union
China
United States
Boun Oum
U.S
Kong le
US State Department
State Department
Britain
France
Red China
Moscow
Khrushchevy
Khrushchev
Cambodia
Senate liberal bid on antifilibuster blocked in Senate rules
The Senate blocked a bid to strengthen antifilibuster rules in a party line vote. Senator Russell called the outcome a victory for Senate dignity while Senator Keating lamented the setback for civil rights legislation. The dispute moves to the Rules Committee for hearings under a Mansfield Dirksen plan.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Richard M. Nixon
Senate Rules Committee
House
House Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Kennedy Johnson
Colmer
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
State Of Union Message From Eisenhower
President Eisenhower delivered a farewell State of the Union describing a nation at heights yet warning of grave problems for the incoming Kennedy administration. He noted foreign and economic challenges including the Communist menace, Laos, Cuba, and Africa while urging continued strength and peace.
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Congress
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Kennedy
White House
Fisenhower
Berlin
Laos
Cuba
Africa
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
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N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Ruanda-Urundi
Congo
Havana
Fidel Castro
Radio Today
Palm Beach, Fla
America
Dean Rusk
Georgia University
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Communist Movement
North Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Russia
Viet Nam
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Thailand
Souvanna Phouma
Prince Boun Oum
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