U N Hints At Formosa Truce Talks Amid Tension
New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland and U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold planned talks in New York on Formosa while indications grew that the Security Council may convene to consider a cease fire. Peiping's daily paper rejected U N intervention as China’s domestic affair.
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United Nations
N. Y
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Formosa Strait
U. N. Security Council
Chinese Communist Party
Peiping People’s Daily
U. N
Formosa
Peiping
Taiwan
Penghu
Pescadores
China
London
Sunday Pictorial
Anthony Eden
Chiang Kai-shek
Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Red China
New York
Washington
Leslie Knox Munro
Security Council
No Order Filed To Send Downs To Penitentiary
Robert Downs awaits three judges to order its conveyance to the Ohio State Penitentiary. Judges Harley Meyer C W Smith and W Vernon Archer have not yet signed the entry. Downs, who confessed to killing David Canfield, was sentenced Thursday to be conveyed within five days to serve a life term.
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Robert Downs
Ohio State Penitentiary
Harley Meyer
Hocking County
C. W. Smith
Vinton County
W. Vernon Archer
Noble County
Downs
David Canfield
Perry Township
Sea Service Opens Ancona to Yugoslavia Route
Sea communications between Italy and Yugoslavia reopen after 14 years. The 2259-ton Italian steamer Valfiorita starts Adriatic service with calls at several Yugoslav ports.
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Ancona
Italy
Yugoslavia
Valfiorita
Philippines poised to bolster security against communism
President Ramon Magsaysay, delivering the State of the Nation message in Manila, warns that grave dangers persist from Communist aggression and calls for stronger internal and external security measures.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
7th Fleet at the Ready for Eisenhower Evacuation Orders
Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride said the 7th Fleet could evacuate the Tachens within days if Washington orders. The force includes four large carriers Essex Yorktown Kearsarge and Wasp with two to four cruisers and a fifth carrier Princeton assigned but not aboard. Pride noted the Shanghai Formosa area tensions and the potential Nationalist support for any evacuation.
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Eisenhower
U. N
Peiping
United States
Taiwan
Formosa
China
Taipeh
Alfred M. Pride
U. S
Congress
Tachen Islands
Essex
Yorktown
Kearsarge
Wasp
Helena
Keelung
7Th Fleet
Princeton
Washington
Red China
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Pride
Chiang
Karl Rankin
William C. Chase
Rebels Routed From Buffer Tension Sparks Nicaragua talks
Inter-American observers organized an urgent flight to Nicaragua to remove about 200 rebels from the buffer zone on the Costa Rica Nicaragua border. The OAS five-nation peace commission planned a three hour Managua conference with President Anastasio Somoza to discuss lifting buffer neutrality and allowing Costa Rican troops and U S fighter planes to act against rebel remnants, a move that could shift regional tensions.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Inter- American
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
OAS
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
United States
Lausche hints at Senate run against Bender in 1956
Governor Lausche raised the possibility of leaving the governorship in 1956 to seek the U S Senate seat currently held by George Bender. He said he does not plan a sixth term and urged patience on any national office speculation, noting he will not speak outside Ohio until December 1956. He stressed his duties as governor dominate his agenda.
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Dayton
Frank J. Lausche
George Bender
Lausche
Ohio
U.S
Labor Poll Reveals Union Coverage in Major Cities
A Labor Department survey of 7% million workers in 17 major cities finds about two thirds work under union contracts. The report highlights widespread collective bargaining in urban employment sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
Shortage Found in Circleville Mayor Accounts
State Auditor James A. Rhodes reported a $7,307 shortage in former Circleville Mayor Edward M. Amey's accounts. Amey repaid the sum and the case was sent to the Pickaway County grand jury. The audit traced 13 items including shortages, unaccounted collections, and police costs, with additional notes on a 1954 cash loss and missing arrest records.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Circleville
Edward M. Amey
Pickaway County
William Ammer
Amey
Rhodes
Examiners
Merriman
More Snow Expected In Hocking County Tonight And Tomorrow
Forecasts indicate additional snow in Hocking County this evening and tomorrow as crews monitor slick spots on local roads. Temperatures reached 34 degrees at noon, up from Sundays 29 at 3 pm, while last night dropped to 13 degrees.
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Hocking County
Probe Is Pressed In Boston Prison
Boston investigators continue probing the isolation section of Massachusetts State Prison where four convicts held five guards and six other prisoners as hostages for 80 hours. Attorney General George Fingold says he will prosecute the four men for grabbing hostages and seeks to learn how they obtained guns and ammunition and other weapons. Possible charges include attempted escape kidnapping and unlawful use of firearms.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
George Fingold
Fingold
Iranian Army Captures Secret Ammunition Plant Near Tehran
The Iranian army announced the capture of a secret ammunition assembly plant in a Tehran suburb. A Russian-born woman was arrested while her husband escaped.
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Tehran
Iran
Mrs. Morrow Dies in Englewood at 81
Mrs Dwight W Morrow 81 widow of the former U S senator and mother in law of Charles A Lindbergh died yesterday in Englewood New Jersey Her passing closes a long public life linked to political and aviation circles.
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Englewood
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
U.S
Charles A. Lindbergh
Health Message Delay Stalls to Tomorrow
President Eisenhower has postponed sending a special health message to Congress, delaying the administration's health policy plan until at least tomorrow.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Cross Burned on Hill Above Union Furnace
Hocking County sheriff reports investigation into an 18 foot cross burned on Jan 17 above Union Furnace. The cross covered in burlap and carpeting with crude oil, likely the work of juveniles, a small glove found at the scene supports the theory. No link established to past cross burnings in Union Furnace or New Plymouth.
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Hocking County
Union Furnace
New Plymouth
Kyger Creek Power Plant Set to Begin Operation
Kyger Creek, a 145 million dollar steam generating plant near Gallipolis, will start supplying power this week to the Portsmouth Area atomic plant. The 200,000 kilowatt unit will feed the atomic facility, with the plant overall rated at one million kilowatts. George C. Halfinger, plant general manager, notes dust collectors and Thomas autometers will monitor air quality in Gallipolis Middleport and Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Kyger Creek
Portsmouth Area
George C. Halfinger
Madison
Ind
Halfinger
Thomas Autometers
Middleport
Point Pleasant
Monsignor Henry J Kellerman Dies at 78 After 48 Years
The Rt Rev Monsignor Henry J Kellerman 78 longtime New Straitsville priest died today at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville at 9 15 a m The body will be moved to St Augustine Church rectory New Straitsville Tuesday and lie in state at the church Wednesday Services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at the church
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Henry J. Kellerman
New Straitsville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Mills and Brown Funeral Home
St. Augustine Church
Flood Crest Parises Flooding Paris Region
Paris basin rivers crest near a 31 year high flooding thousands of acres of lowland farms and suburbs. No flood deaths reported in the capital area. Evacuations run into thousands with slow orderly movement. Paris center remains safe though some suburbs see near two feet of water. About 50 000 workers kept from their jobs.
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Paris
Police Check On Prowler Report Near North Street
City police investigated a prowler report in an alley behind a residence near North Street but found no one. An unidentified woman called headquarters to report two rough looking men in the alley at 3:50 a.m.
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North St
Slippery Highways Blamed As 5 Hurt In Weekend Wrecks
Five people were injured in two weekend highway wrecks blamed on slick roads near Lancaster and Logan. Ruby Mae Diamond and June Louise Stevens suffered injuries, with Diamond hospitalized for a broken leg and ribs. Also injured were three Parkersburg residents near Nelsonville, treated for cuts and bruises after a skidding crash. Eight people died statewide in icy conditions, raising the weekend total to twelve.
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State Highway Patrol
Ruby Mae Diamond
Lancaster
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
June Louise Stevens
Logan
Diamond
Stevens
John Stevens
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Columbus
Ohio
Logan Odd Fellows Plan For 100th Anniversary Celebration
Logan Odd Fellows mark the 100th anniversary of Hocking Valley Lodge No. 262 founded February 1 1855. Grand Master William F. Mault Grand Secretary Leland H. Blythe and other prominent Odd Fellows attend a 6 30 p m centennial banquet in Logan followed by music speeches and programs at the IC C F Temple 54 East Main Street. The lodge is among Ohio’s oldest fraternal orders in Logan.
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Odd Fellows of
Logan
Hocking Valley Lodge No
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
1.C.C.F. Temple
E. Main St
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
William F. Mault
Leland H. Blythe
Odd Fellows
Hocking Valley Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodges
Ohio
Ohio lawmakers pace toward February bill deadline
In the Ohio General Assembly both parties rush policy outlines ahead of a February 14 deadline. Republicans and Democrats race to finalize programs to address state issues for the next two years while hearings focus on curriculum mandates for geography history math science reading writing health and music.
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Columbus
101St General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Senate
House
Fatal Coal Mine Accidents Decline in 1954
Washington reports 395 coal mine deaths in 1954, down from 460 in 1953, while the rate per million man hours rose to 1.01 from 0.84. Secretary McKay attributes the higher rate to decreased activity and Bureau of Mines Director Forbes notes roof falls remain the major hazard, causing 217 fatalities.
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Washington
Interior Department
McKay
J. J. Forbes
Bureau of Mines
Eisenhower asks Congress for authority to aid Formosa defense
President Eisenhower urged Congress to authorize use of the armed forces to assure the security of Formosa and the Pescadores against Communist attack. He emphasized redeploying Chiang Kai-shek’s forces would be impractical without U S military help and urged UN action to end hostilities while keeping the Free World’s stakes intact.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Formosa
Pescadores
Chiang Kai-shek
United Pay
Pacific
United Nations
U. N
Red China
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