Neil Graf May Face Arraignment on Auto Theft Charge
Neil Graf of Logan faced potential arraignment in Columbus on a conspiracy charge tied to interstate transport of stolen autos. FBI said Graf used his auto junkyard as a base for theft with Donald P. O'Donnell of Florida, who has pleaded guilty to auto theft in Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Graf
Logan
U.S
Robert W. Newton
Columbus
Graf
M. W. McFarlin
Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Phil Henderson
FBI
Donald P. O'Donnell
Florida
McArthur Road
O'Donnell
Elm Grove
W. Va
Walter Black
Lancaster
Tulsa
Okla
Donald Patrick O'Donnell
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Rockbridge
Canada
Downs Trial Opens in Common Pleas Court
The first degree murder trial of Robert Lee Downs begins at 10 a.m. in Common Pleas Court with three judges and four witnesses called. Downs had retracted an insanity plea, pleaded guilty after a Lima State Hospital examination, and says he shot David Canfield to rob him, earning only 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Downs
Common Pleas Court
Downs
David Canfield
Perry Township
Harley Meyer
Hocking County
C. W. Smith
Vinton County
W. Vernon Archer
Noble County
Lima State Hospital
Buena Vista
Canfield
Jack Run Rd
Woman Injured In Auto Accident Near Rockbridge
Mrs. Hilda Collins, 20, of Logan Route 2, was hospitalized at Mount St. Mary in Nelsonville after a one car crash on Route 796 north west of Rockbridge. The car skidded on ice, spun, and rolled over an embankment as her father George Brenick reported the incident. X rays were planned to check for fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Collins
Logan Rt. 2
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Rockbridge
George J. Brenick
A. J. Waldron
Funeral Friday at 2 for Minette McCray
Miss Minette McCray died yesterday morning at age 90. Logan’s oldest active businesswoman, she ran the McCray Insurance Agency from 1916 until her death. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Minette McCray
Miss McCray
Logan
McCray Insurance Agency
Leonard Funeral Home
Earl F. Schottke
Oak Grove Cemetery
Merchant Wilson, Ohio hardware merchant, dies at 66
Willard F. Wilson, 66, a hardware merchant and secretary treasurer of the Im plement Assn. of Ohio, died at his home today in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D. H
Willard F. Wilson
the Implement Assn. of
Ohio
Lake Logan Gate Closure Authority Transferred
Ridge district 4 supervisor of the Division of Wildlife announced full authority to close Lake Logan gate after a telephone briefing with the state chief. Crews have logs and felled trees secured and expect to finish in two days, potentially before the February 1 target. The fish management crew will close the gate and spread fish tax to remove remaining ae and complete tasks.
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Everett Ridge
Division of Wildlife
Lake Logan Gate
Charles A. Dambach
Ridge
W. E. Owens
Department of Na
Tural Resources
Lake Logan
Mercy Fleet Sent To Aid Storm Victims
Britain mobilizes about 30 helicopters and planes to drop food and medicines in northern Scotland as blizzards flood Europe. 13000 ton carrier Glory supports rescue missions while 10000+ people in Caithness and Sutherland are snowbound.
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London
Britain
Scotland
British Isles
Europe
Germany
France
Poland
Glory
Caithness
Sutherland
Mosel
Rhine
Bonn
Mehlem
U.S. High Commission
Midwest Storm Moves Southeast Across The Nation
A winter storm that dumped snow in the Midwest spread into the southeast and Atlantic states during the night bringing rain and cold conditions. The southern California storm persisted with rain and strong winds while Crossville Tennessee reported four inches of snow and Raleigh North Carolina saw precipitation. Rainfall remained moderate to heavy along the Atlantic Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
Atlantic States
California
Crossville
Tenn
Raleigh
N. C
Atlantic Seaboard
All Greek To Cops In Hillsboro Car Plate Oddity
Hillsboro police investigated a car parked with unusual license plates. The owner Arthur Steimer of Hillsboro had acquired the plates in Greece where he worked as an engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Arthur Steimer
Greece
Presbyterians In South Reject Merger Plan
In Atlanta the Southern Presbyteries voted down a plan to unite the three branches of the Presbyterian Church into the Presbyterian Church of the United States. The decision ends a 17 year effort with 23 southern presbyteries voting 14 against and 7 for the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church of
U. S
Presbyterian
Eisenhower orders coordination when two departments clash
Eisenhower says in case of conflicting risk assessments two departments must attempt coordination. He does not agree with Senator Knowland that the UN secretary general’s effort to free 11 U S fliers jailed in Red China was a failure. In Ohio, the first 1955 gasoline excise tax funds totaling 2,476,721 dollars were distributed to cities yesterday from the state auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wolf Ladejinsky
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
United Nations
U. S
Red
China
Columbus
Ohio Cities
Councilman Dollison Declines Re election Bid
Councilman Dean Dollison announced he will not seek re election in this year’s city contests. Dollison did not seek re election as council president in 1953 and was appointed to the council in 1954 to fill a vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Dollison
Statewide Daylight Time Proposed in Ohio Legislature
Ohio lawmakers debated a bill to place the entire state on daylight saving time from April to September. The proposal faces local home rule challenges as cities may opt to stay on standard time. Other measures included statewide voter registration by mail, licensing juke boxes, unemployment benefits, and restricting osteopathic surgeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ray T. Miller Jr
Cleveland Democrat
Miller
West
Ralph E. Dwork
Ohio Cio
Sheriff Accused of False Arrest in Akron Lawsuit
Gilbert Huth of Suffield sues Sheriff Ray Woodard and Deputy Parke A. Clifford for 30000 dollars alleging false arrest and beating with a blackjack in February. Huth says charges in Ravenna Municipal Court were dismissed. Clifford cites a restaurant disturbance as origin of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Common Pleas
Ray Woodard
Parke A. Clifford
Gilbert Huth
Suffield
Clifford
Huth
Ravenna
Ohio
Beiing
Communist Air Assault Targets Tachens in Formosa Conflict
More than 200 Communist warplanes attacked the Tachens in a major air incident seen as a prelude to invasion. Nationalist defenses reportedly resisted on the islands eight miles north as Peiping claimed swift conquest and Moscow-like military triumph. The United States signaled no major intervention while Dulles downplayed Tachens significance to Formosa defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Defense Ministry
Peiping Radio
People’s Daily
Taiwan
Mrs. Alice Vore Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Alice Vore 68 of 336 Wood St died at home at 9 a m after a long illness. Born in Logan she was daughter of Charles William Schwenke and Martha Strawn. Survived by two daughters two sons a sister a brother and 15 grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at St Matthew Lutheran Church with burial in Green Lawn Nelsonville. Friends may call Heinlein Funeral Home after 1 p m Thursday.
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Alice Vore
Wood St
Logan
Charles William and
Martha Strawn Schwenke
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Richard Vore
Detroit
Mich
Robert Vore
Columbus
Zella Miller
Richmond
George Schwenke
Vore
Mary Alice
Paul N. Warner
Akron Man Wins $100000 Damages in Gasoline Fire Suit
East Liverpool resident Donald J. Hoppel was awarded $100000 in damages for burns from a service station gasoline fire on January 13, 1952. The verdict against John D. Brown of Youngstown, former operator of the station, marks a record common pleas court award here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Donald J. Hoppel
East Liverpool
Common Pleas Court
Hoppel
John D. Brown
Youngstown
John Hildabolt Elected Logan Trade Club President 1955
Newly elected Logan Trade Club directors named John M. Hildabolt president for 1955. Hildabolt succeeds John Hunsaker who becomes board chairman. Bill Robb is vice president and Burr O. Nixon is secretary treasurer. Board members include J. Russell Young Harold Sommers Walter Saving Paul Stimson Dayton Schultheis Jacob Keller Lavon Goodlive MacDonald Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Trade Club
John M. Hildabolt
Hildabolt
John Hunsaker
Bill Robb
Burr O. Nixon
J. Russell Young
Harold Sommers
Walter Saving
Paul Stimson
Dayton Schultheis
Jacob Keller
Lavon Goodlve
MacDonald Watson
Car Fire Responded By Assistant Chief Tuesday Night
Assistant fire chief Robert Courter answered a call to Main and Market Streets where a parked car owned by Hester Tate of Rockbridge was already out when he arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Courter
Main and
Market Sts
Hester Tate
Rockbridge
Buckeye Liquor Consumption Drops
The Ohio Liquor Department reports Buckeye residents bought fewer alcoholic beverages in 1954 than 1953. Total sales reached 190,814,122 dollars, down 4,881,585 dollars or 2.49 percent from 1953. Gallons sold declined to 10,928,814 from 11,235,288, a 2.73 percent drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Liquor Department
Buckeye
House Democrats push general tax cut plan this year
Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee discuss an early push for broad income tax reductions. Proposals include a $100 exemption rise per taxpayer and dependent, a flat $20 cut per person, and delaying existing corporation and excise tax cuts. No measures would take effect before July 1, and leader Rayburn favors waiting until later in the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Byrd
Virginia
Sen. George
Georgia
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Ways and Means Committee
Cooper
D-Tenn
Rayburn
Dtex
Eisenhower backs UN ceasefire hopes over Tachens
President Eisenhower said he favored UN efforts to secure a cease-fire between Nationalists and Red China forces. Secretary Dulles added the United States would not object to the UN pursuing a cease-fire while deeming the Tachens of little strategic value for Formosa defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
State Dulles
United States
United Nations
Washington
Eisenhower
Red
China
U. N
Dulles
Tachen Islands
U. S
Formosa
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
Chiang
Hightowers
Red China Coast
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Dr Sam Sheppard denied bail on appeal
An appellate court in Cleveland denied bail to convicted wife slayer Dr Samuel H Sheppard. The three judge panel ruled that no person sentenced to life imprisonment is bailable under state law. He remains in prison while his appeal proceeds.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Joy Seth Hurd
Julius M. Kovachy
Lee E. Skeel
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Merchant
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Dollison
Yichang
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Pentagon
China News
Chiang Kaishek
Tachens
Pescadores
Pishan
John Hildabolt
Trade Club
Treasury
Tacen
Isles
7Th Fleet
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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