Zero Weather Looms as Cold Wave Slams Midwest
A advancing cold front from the west brings sub zero wind chills to the Midwest with snow flurries and record lows in North Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Ohio. Temperatures plunge from 51 to 24 in Hocking County and schools close amid arctic conditions. The Arctic air extends from Western Canada to the Gulf of Mexico bringing 50 mph winds and widespread cold by Friday.
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Hocking County
Chicago
Midwest
Rockies
New England
Dakotas
Minnesota
Canada
Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Appalachians
California
Sierras
Tax Collector Is Found Guilty in Bribery Case
A federal jury convicted Denis W Delaney former Massachusetts collector of internal revenue of taking 7500 in bribes and falsely certifying payment of 180000 in tax liens Judge Charles E Wyzanski Jr allowed Delaney to remain free on 2500 bond pending sentencing next week He faces up to 18 years in prison and 37500 in fines
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Boston
Denis W. Delaney
Massachusetts
Internal Revenue
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Delaney
Jello O Millions Heir Falls From Hotel Window
Orator F. Woodward 66, heir to the Jell O millions, leaped from an eighth floor window of the Hotel Sheraton in Rochester. His nurse said he suffered asthma. Coroner Dan ehy ruled death by own action.
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Rochester
N. Y
F. Woodward
Sheraton
Jane Lyman
Cornelius P. Danehy
Kerr Improves After Heart Attack in Lancaster
R Kenneth Kerr publisher of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette is reported improved after suffering a heart attack Tuesday. The update came Wednesday morning as he recovers in Lancaster.
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Lancaster
R. Kenneth Kerr
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Tornado Strikes Near MoultRie injuring eight people
Eight persons sustained minor injuries and about twenty buildings were wrecked when a tornado hit near MoultRie Georgia Tuesday night causing damage across the area.
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Moultrie
Here
Logan City Council Considers Seven Year Gas Rate Increase
Ohio Gas Company asks council to approve a seven year rate ordinance with two step increases, about 10 cents monthly on average, and a 15 cent cap for base load customers in years six and seven. Frank Phillips cites higher supply costs and out of state gas, with 70 percent of Logan customers being base load. Council committee to report back next meeting.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Frank Phillips
Council
Logan
Phillips
Logan Glass Works
West Logan
Ralph Griffin
Council Public Utilities Committee
Denver Man Held Over Booby Trap Parcel Mailer
Donald R. Rankin 27 is arrested on charges of mailing a dynamite booby trap to Douglas McCray 27 a Bowling Green Ohio truck driver. Rankin allegedly shot at McCray on Dec 8 firing four rounds. The explosive parcel mailed from Cheyenne Wyoming included a fake FBI letter.
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Denver
Donald R. Rankin
Bowling Green
R. B Dunbar
Rankin
Douglas McCray
McCray
Bowling Green State University
Dunbar
Cheyenne
Wyo
FBI
Expansion of U.S. Atomic Program Eyed by Senator Maybank
Senator Maybank of South Carolina calls for an early start on a five year expansion of the atomic energy program. He notes the plan could cost up to six billion dollars and says initial steps will be modest with decisions on locations and facilities still undecided.
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Washington
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Truman
Maybank
Solons Land Ike's More United Europe Plan
Washington reports Congress applauded General Eisenhower's proposal for a constitutional convention to unify Europe. Senators from both parties praised the idea as a step toward long term European unity and stronger NATO security. Kefauver and Wiley hailed Ike’s move as a positive direction and support for European unity.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
U. S. Congress
United States
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Wiley
Wis
GOP
Foreign Relations Committee
Ike
Letter About Death Penalty Costs
Medina January 23 Randi Mast received a $22 000 farm from the man who plotted her husband’s murder but lost it and $24 000 more after writing the governor asking for electroshock. Amerman died in the electric chair November 15 and his attorney said he removed Mast from insurance after learning she urged clemency.
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Medina
Randi Mast
Henry Lambee
Max Amerman
Gerald Killinger
Amerman
Harold E. Mast
Killinger
Mast
Randi
Lausche
Suspect Admits Part in Two Burglaries
Sheriff says Lewis Love 23 Bremen Route 1 admitted taking part in burglaries at Green Township elementary school and Seel Service Station Five Mile junction Route 33. Love pleaded guilty to breaking and entering sheds during night season with intent to steal.
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A. J. Waldron
Hocking County
New Green Township
Seel
Five-Mile
Route 33
Lewis Love
Bremen
S. B. Whitehart
O. H. Dew
James Starkey
Lancaster
Waldron
Love
Green Township
Starkey
Adelphi
South Bloomingville
Laurelville
Brehm Seeks Dentistry Career Back Home After Congress
Rep. Brehm of Ohio plans to resume dentistry after leaving Congress. He faces a pending appeal of a conviction for accepting campaign gifts in 1948, was fined 5000 dollars with a suspended sentence, and may open a dental office in Millersport or Lancaster, depending on his arthritic arm.
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Washingdtn
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Congress
U. S. Court of Appeals
Millersport
Lancaster
Logan
House
Oklahoma Soldier Sinks Tank in Frozen River
Maj. Herbert Fourt of Oklahoma City reported sighting a Red tank crossing a frozen river and blasting the ice with an artillery round to sink it. He described the action as successful and noted the tank disappeared beneath the ice.
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Seoul
Herbert Fourt
Oklahoma City
DiSalle to Quit Price Post to Seek Ohio Senate Seat
Michael V. DiSalle said he will resign as price chief to run for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate in Ohio, facing Republican incumbent Bricker. He left open when his departure would occur and said he might stay until a successor is named. Kefauver signaled a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination with a late Wednesday news conference.
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Mike DiSalle
Price
Bricker
Senate
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
United States Senate
Ohio
DiSalle
John Bricker
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Office of Price Stabilization
Truman
Kefauver
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
McMahon
Illinois
Races Form For County Recorder and Commissioner
Contests emerge for recorder and commissioner in party primaries. Republican petitions filed by Elza Ringhiser, Harry Armstrong, and Stanley Baker for commissioner join four Democratic contenders including incumbents John Owens and Keith Schultz and Walter Voris and A M Bierly. For recorder, Esther Ruth Carpenter seeks Republican nomination while Jacob Gleason and Ethel Bratton pursue Democratic and re election respectively.
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Elza Ringhiser
Rockbridge
Harry Armstrong
Logan
Stanley Baker
John Owens
Keith Schultz
Walter Voris
A. M. Bierly
Esther Ruth Carpenter
North
Walnut Street
Jacob Gleason
Ethel Bratton
Agreement Reached on Marking POW Camps in Korea
UN Command says Communists will mark the 11 POW camps and a civilian internment camp so air forces can identify them by daylight. They refuse night lighting. talks stall over armistice, with Libby calling it a stalemate. Allied jets claim several MIG-15s shot down, others damaged, as fighting rages along the frozen front.
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North Korea
R. E. Libby
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Yalu
Churches Urged To Avoid Raffles In Los Angeles Diocese
Bishop Francis Eric Bloy urged all churches in the Los Angeles Episcopal diocese to refrain from raising money through raffles or games of chance. He said churches should not accept money from outside sources obtained via horse track charity events lotteries or other games of chance.
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Los Angeles
Francis Eric Bloy
Los Angeles Episcopal Diocese
Cincinnati Influence Seeker Found To Be Guilty
DAYTON Jan 23 A federal jury convicted Lawrence A Razete Cincinnati businessman of giving 900 and a radio to a Wright Patterson Air Force buyer to influence award of contracts to his firm Razetes law partners Kratz pleaded guilty to conspiracy and accepting gratuities Kratz testified Razetes firm Raytronics Co faced contracts totaling 5 to 6 million Sentences possible: up to three years and 10 000 fines per gratuity count and up to five years and 10 000 on the conspiracy count
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Dayton
Lawrence A. Razete
Cincinnati
Air Force
Razete
Luther M. Kratz
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
U. S
Robert R. Nevin
Kratz
Cincinnati Raytronics Co
So Long Winnie Heads Home After US Canada Visit
Prime Minister Winston Churchill departed New York aboard the Queen Mary for home after an eighteen day visit to the United States and Canada.
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Winnie
New York
Winston Churchill
U. S
Canada
Five Residents Die As Plane Slams Into Elizabeth Apartments
ELIZABETH New Jersey January 23 a fog bound American Airlines plane on approach to Newark Airport crashed into a three story apartment building killing 23 aboard and five residents. Robert Patterson former secretary of war was among the victims. The disaster injured eleven others including a fireman.
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Elizabeth
N. J
American Airlines
Newark
Robert P. Patterson
Miami
Elizabeth River
James T. Kirk
New York City
Patterson
Truman
Post Mortem Finds Natural Death for Leroy Hartsock
An autopsy led by Hocking County coroner Dr. J. W. Doering determined Leroy Hartsock died of coronary sclerosis. The 56 year old man collapsed at his Furnace Street home yesterday morning after a truck accident last August prompted the post mortem to see if injuries contributed to death.
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Leroy Hartsock
J. W. Doering
Hocking County
Hartsock
Furnace Street
Doering
Horace B. Davidson
Columbus
New envoy hinted to Spain post replaces Griffis
Washington reports Lincoln MacVeagh the American ambassador to Portugal is slated to succeed Stanton Griffis as envoy to Spain. The move reflects diplomatic reshuffles in the U S foreign service.
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Washington
Lincoln MacVeagh
Portugal
Stanton Griffis
Spain
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