Mad Dog Killer Escapes From Indiana Jail
Evansville area report says Leslie Irvin a 31 year old death row inmate escaped Gibson County jail after missing at breakfast. Sheriff Hollen noted possible outside help and said cellmate Bryant may know nothing. Irvin was convicted in 1954 for a filling station robbery slaying and linked to six killings across Indiana Kentucky with further indictments.
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Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
Gibson County
Earl Hollen
Irvin
Hollen
Lawrence Bryant
W. Wesley Kerr
Posey County
Kentucky
Grenpustien
Yankeetown
Mary Holland
East Side
Wilhelmina Sailer
Goebel Duncan
Raymond
Dorris
Henderson County
Lee Williams
Williams
Tombstones Stolen From Denver Business
Burglars entered a Denver business early yesterday and hauled away two tombstones weighing 100 pounds each. Police investigated the break in and sought leads on the missing grave markers.
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Denver
Mayor Names Two New Members to City Recreation Board
Mayor Francis Myers announced the appointment of Dr. Albert E. Leonard, a Logan dentist, and Lavon Goodlive, manager of Hocking Valley Hospital, to the city recreation board. Goodlive will serve with Dr. Fred Blume on the school board seat, succeeding Claude Chrisman. Other current members are Dean Collison and Bill Miller.
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Francis Myers
Myers
Albert E. Leonard
Logan
Lavon Goodlive
Hocking Valley Hospital
Goodlive
Fred Blume
Claude Chrisman
Dean Collison
Bill Miller
Moore Opens Logan Law Practice with National Guard ties
F P Moore begins general law practice in Logan after five years with Silbaugh and Moore in Lancaster. A Indiana native, he studied at Ohio Northern University and was admitted to Ohio Supreme Court in 1950 and U S Supreme Court in 1955. A 34 year Army veteran, he is captain in the Ohio National Guard and serves as supply officer for Athens unit. He also represents the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce and is active in Lancaster Masonic bodies and Aladdin Shrine. His office is 32½ E Main St second floor Watkins Block. He has moved to Logan.
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Moore
Lancaster
Silbaugh and Moore
Indiana
Ee College
Law College
Ohio
Northern University
Ada
Supreme Court of Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio National Guard
Lancaster National Guard
Athens
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. Main St
Watkins Block
Logan
R. C. Gerken Seeks State House Seat in Logan County
Richard C. Gerken a Logan County native and city solicitor has filed for the Republican primary for representative. The only other candidate is incumbent Rolland Bright in the Democratic primary.
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Richard C. Gerken
Logan
Ohio
Gerken
Rolland Bright
Painting of Ike's Gettysburg farm given to president
The artwork depicting Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm was presented to President to mark his third inauguration anniversary. Grandma Moses' Otto Kallir of the St. Etienne Gallery declined to set a value for the painting saying no figure was provided.
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New York
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Grandma Moses
Otto Kallir
St. Etienne
Senate probes sales abuses backed by auto dealer poll
A Senate Commerce subcommittee launched hearings on auto sales abuses after a poll of 19 113 of 42 000 dealers. Of respondents 13 749 favored congressional study. Bootlegging and phantom freight cited as harming business with added charges of 75 to 125 dollars per car.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Commerce
George
Monroney
Detroit
Riots surge in Bombay area amid deadly four day outburst
Thousands of looting rioters rove a 15 square mile Bombay region as violence continues. New Delhi reports 37 killed with six more this morning, while authorities fear a parallel government attempt and citizens form a peace brigade to aid police.
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Bombay
India
New Delhi
Satara
S. K. Patil
Bombay Teadher
Congress Party
Central
Westinghouse IVE Parley Resumes in Pittsburgh
Federal Mediator John R. Murray said full scale negotiations between Westinghouse Corp and the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers resumed after a two week pause. Murray met five days with Westinghouse VP Robert D. Blasier and IVE president James B. Carey to seek a basis for progress.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Corp
John R. Murray
Murray
Robert D. Blasier
Westinghouse
James B. Carey
Four Ohio Projects May Get New Defense Aid
The military building program sent to Congress lists Lockbourne AFB with 4,942,000, Wright-Patterson AFB with 17,138,000, and Youngstown Municipal Airport with 2,286,000 in proposed funding.
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Ohio
Ees Roek
Congress
Lockbourne Afb
Wright-Patterson Afb
Youngstown
Amorous Son Confesses to Killing Father in Japan
Police say farmer Noboru Suzuki confessed to beating to death his 79 year old father in Karasuyama Japan. He cited anger over the father’s relationship with a younger woman and ongoing secret meetings.
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Karasuyama
Japan
Noboru Suzuki
Eisenhower Says He Sees No Objection to Primary Entries
President Eisenhower indicated no objection to his name being entered in the New Hampshire and other states presidential primaries. He said he has not decided on a second term and will announce his decision once sure, stressing the process must serve the country and his best judgment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Timnois
Eye Party
Two Dayton Plumbers Die in Underground Cave-In
Daytons two plumbing contractors Lawrence Shaw aged 22 and Frank Bachdamann aged 21 were killed when a sewer ditch collapsed during digging near Dayton. Authorities investigated the cave-in and the victims were identified by the county coroner.
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Dayton
Lawrence Shaw
Frank Bachdamann
Truman Says Chiang Stalls Peace Effort In China
Former President Truman says Chiang Kai-shek blocked a peaceful accord with the Communists, calling the generalissimo an old-fashioned warlord. He argues a coalition government and conciliatory moves could have let non Communist forces prevail, citing Marshall’s 1946 peace mission and Baruch Hurley disputes.
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Truman
Chiang
China
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Life
Out Today
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Europe
Bernard M. Baruch
Patrick J. Hurley
Eisenhower backs Dulles stance while avoiding Life interview
President Eisenhower expressed full faith in Secretary of State Dulles at a news conference but declined to discuss the Life magazine interview. He said he had not read the quoted article noting policy has kept war from Asia and the art of reaching the brink without crossing into war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Life Magazine
Asia
Defense asks Congress for $2.012 billion global military building program
Defense Department requests approval of a worldwide building program costing 2.012 billion dollars with over half for the Air Force. The plan, submitted this week, funds projects at 292 installations and includes selling 150 million dollars of surplus farm products abroad to help finance overseas military housing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Air Force
Eisenhower deflects Ridgway criticism to defense chiefs
In a sharp reply, President Eisenhower told critics that any misstatements in his 1954 State of the Union should be addressed to Secretary Wilson and Admiral Radford, not to him. Local reports note ongoing search efforts for missing sailors aboard the Salem Maritime near Lake Charles Louisiana. A South Pacific report recounts a deadly water spout event near TSU Japan affecting a tugboat and dredges. In Chile, the Liaima volcano in the Andes erupts with lava from two craters after a quiet period.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
Defense Wilson
Arthur Radford
Porgy and Bess troupe heads to Warsaw after Moscow run
The Porgy and Bess company left Moscow by train for Warsaw following an eight day run before capacity crowds. In other brief items a fire at Parrott Station farm parakeet house killed about 1000 birds valued at 3000 dollars. United States and Red China envoys Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping-nan met in Geneva for the 33rd time but reported no progress on Formosa negotiations. UK Prime Minister Eden warned of tinder for World War III amid nuclear deterrence fears.
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Moscow
Porgy and Bess
Warsaw
Washington C. H. Ww
Willard Sears
Parrott Station
Geneva
Switzerland
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Pingnan
United States
Red China
Formosa
UN Security Council Near Vote Condemning Israeli Raid
The U N Security Council moved toward a vote condemning Israel s December 11 raid on Syrian outposts northeast of the Sea of Galilee.
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United Nations
N.Y
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Ohio special session expands bond plan and funds
In Columbus the special session approved 150 million dollars in bonds for mental, penal, university and state building needs and authorized a 30 million dollar first-year limit. Lawmakers diverted seven million from anticipated surplus to aid poor school districts, with Lausche backing use of general revenue funds, contingent on district tax and debt criteria.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
General Revenue Fund
Giant Shovel To Move Into Hanna Coal Mine Project
The Marion Power Shovel Co built the monster shovel, touted as the largest mobile land machine, slated to begin stripping operations at Hanna Coal Co's Georgetown No. 12 mine near Cadiz Ohio. It moves on 125 rail cars, with a 150 foot boom and 92 foot dipper capable of depositing overburden 290 feet away.
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Cadiz
Hanna Coal Co
Georgetown No. 12
Ohio
Marion Power Shovel Co
Hanna
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Snow Closes Eight County Schools As Treacherous Roads Persist
Four inches of snow blanketed Hocking County in eight hours causing eight schools to close while others remained open. State patrol urged caution with sloppy roads and ash and salt spread by crews. Two city accidents attributed to icy streets and several buses unloaded on hills as conditions worsened with more snow forecast tonight.
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Hocking County
Logan City
Nickel Plate Rd
Enterprise School
Market St. Hill
Rockbridge
Murray City
West Logan
Marion
Union Furnace
Gibisonville
South Bloomingville
Laurelville
Carbon Hill
Green Elementary
Ilesboro
State Highway Department
Rts
Warner Ave
Pearl Wolfe
Gallagher Ave
Thomas W. Banks
International Carbon & Ribbon Co
Pottery and
Railroad Sts
William Thompson
Logan Rt. 3
Judy Hutchison
Logan Rt
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