Lake Logan Dam Gate Closure Delayed Again
District aides receive notification at 8 50 a m as officials postpone the gate closing date for Lake Logan dam once more.
17 Jan 1955
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1955
Page
1
District aides receive notification at 8 50 a m as officials postpone the gate closing date for Lake Logan dam once more.
Bill Owens reports to Everett Ridge that a Feb 1 gate closing remains pending as road work and water level plans delay the Lake Logan fish management in District 4. Fish shelter logs will be wired to lake bottom stakes while crews postpone work to Feb 1.
The northern two thirds of the United States faced freezing weather with subzero readings in Minnesota and parts of the Upper Midwest. The central Rockies and northern Great Lakes saw snow while light rains hit the Northwest Coast and eastern Gulf states.
Last night the temperature fell to 15 degrees in Hocking County, one degree colder than the prior night. By 12:30 p.m. today it rose to 31. The forecast calls for a slight chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow, with yesterday's high reaching 42 at 2:30 p.m.
Ohio lawmakers prepare to hear Sen. David Ferguson's bill to shift final bond Issuance authority from the Ohio Turnpike Commission to the Legislature. The move would curb turnpike expansion and potentially dictate future routes, with Project No. 1 a 241 mile East West toll road costing about 326 million dollars.
The Organization of American States pressed for tougher border vigilance and approved a sale of four U S fighter planes to Costa Rica for about one dollar each. Costa Rica, seeking deeper military aid under inter American treaties, urged stronger action while Nicaragua protested the transfer and asked for planes for itself. An OAS commission found rebel air superiority near the Costa Rican border.
President Eisenhower proposed navigation and flood control funding for 12 months starting July 1. Cleveland Harbor would receive 5.3 million dollars and the New Cumberland lock and dam project on the Ohio West Virginia line would receive 7 million dollars.
Senator Fulbright urged continued diplomatic negotiations for the release of 11 American airmen without ultimatums to Red China. He warned against a full-dress U.N. conference and favored steady talks, noting no quick solution, while Sparksman and Wiley cautioned against rushed or risky actions.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold meets atom experts from eight nations in New York to plan a world scientific congress on peaceful uses of atomic energy. The talks follow President Eisenhower's Dec 8 1953 proposal to expand peaceful atomic applications and create an international agency. A Geneva August session is seen as likely.
Senator Bricker of Ohio expressed regret that President Eisenhower did not seek funds in the budget for Dillon Dam near Zanesville and for a New Mark land Dam near Cincinnati. He pledged to push these items in a supplementary White House request later in the session.
Chicago report on Donald M. Bernard of the Washington Post & Times-Herald addressing the Newspaper Advertising Executives Assn. convention. He hailed newspapers as vital to the economy, announced a tie up with the Advertising Council, and predicted a good 1955 despite ongoing media competition.
Clyde Knost died at 63 after a five year leukemia battle. He led church music for three faiths in Portsmouth with his wife as organist. He served as choir director and cantor at B'nai B'rith Temple 32 years, soloist and director at Trinity Methodist 11 years, and 26 years at All Saints Episcopal. He stopped work last September and died in a Huntington West Virginia hospital.
Over the weekend burglars forced three safes in union offices belonging to AFL Teamsters locals in Cincinnati. They netted more than $7,000 in currency and checks.
Civilians take over enforcement in Phenix City Alabama for first time since July 22 as last National Guardsmen leave before martial rule ends at midnight. Panama Assembly convenes to begin trial preparations for ex President Guizado over Remon assassination. Moscow says it will share peaceful atomic know how and fissionable materials with China East Germany Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia.
Wiesbaden authorities plan two new large hotels for U S Air Force personnel this year at a cost of 3 million dollars. Five requisitioned German hotels now used by the Air Force will be returned to their owners.
Three Cleveland judges heard requests from attorneys for Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard to free him on bail and to further stay his life imprisonment. The proceedings mark ongoing attempts to alter the high profile case.
James E. Folsom, known as Big Jim, returns to the Alabama governor's office for a second term after critics once wrote him off four years earlier. He resumes leadership at the Capitol amid renewed support and expectations.
Sen McClellan says Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor Adams likely will be asked by the Senate Investigations subcommittee for additional information on the Irving Peress case.
Baron Louis de Rothchild, 72, who was arrested when Hitler seized Austria in 1938 and whose family paid a $21 million ransom, died Saturday in Montego, Jamaica.
Ohio Selective Service headquarters issued a February induction call of two men from Hocking County. A total of 700 men will be called in the state. The youngest registrant eligible must be 20 years and one month old on induction day unless volunteering or delinquent from a prior call.
President Eisenhower urged a 27 percent reduction next year in the cost of financing farm aid and Agriculture Department programs. He estimated next year’s total department expenditures at about $2.496 billion, with net price support and related programs forecast at $1.015 billion. He cited crop control, lower price floors, and surplus disposal as factors boosting efficiency while stressing more funding for research and education.
The residence of Charles Lehman on Rt 278 burned Saturday night from an unknown origin. Fire Chief Burlin Taylor and firefighter Ralph Courter arrived too late to save the building. Deputies Joe Breeze and Spurgeon Metzler assisted at the blaze about three quarters of a mile from Rt 595. Lehman was in Nelsonville. Ernest Evans, staying at the home, was asleep when the fire started in another part of the house.
Maurice J. Fishman of Precision Housing Corp announced a 20 million dollar Parma Heights development west of Cleveland. The plan calls for 1100 housing units with three or four bedroom layouts and attached garages priced from 17500 to 20000 in contemporary, ranch, or split level designs, with construction starting immediately.
President Eisenhower outlined a trimmed budget aiming to guard national security while boosting welfare and growth. The plan estimates 1956 outgo at 62.408 billion with a 2.408 billion deficit and 60.0–60.0 billion income projections, stressing airpower and a new foreign aid mix amid a transition to peacetime economy.
The atomic submarine Nautilus, moving under nuclear propulsion, departed Groton at 11 01 a m EST for builders trials on the Thames this historic milestone. Navy officers and civilian experts aboard will test thrust and controls as it heads toward Long Island Sound then dives for critical tests later. Estimated cost up to 50 million dollars, the Nautilus is the first of a new fleet with atomic, diesel and electric power facilities.
A United States Navy four engine Constellation went down in the Atlantic off southwest Newfoundland today. Search planes report no trace of the 13 occupants.
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