Big July Fourth celebrations across multiple towns
Logan hosts a large festival at Logan High School with bean dinner, baseball games, pony rides, rides, a band concert, talent show finals, and a 9:30 pm fireworks. Berne Union Sugar Grove plans 3 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. events with cash prizes. Lancaster parade features notable dignitaries and a 1 pm start. McArthur hosts a three day festival to benefit recreation. Buckeye Lake lights up with 9 pm flare display around the lake.
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Logan
Logan High School
Chieftain Boosters
American Legion
Athens
Logan Eagles
McArthur
Sugar Grove
Harry Derflinger
Berne Union School
Berne Union School District
Downtown Coaches Association
DTC
S. E. Murphy
Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
W. Va
Bob Coman
Jamestown
Millersport
Buckeye Lake
Ohio
C. H. Koerner
Harbor Hills
Summerland Beach
Fairfield Beach
Avondale
Lakeside
Picnic Point
North Bank
Nelsonville Fire Hydrant Breaks Water Shut Off
A fire hydrant at the intersection of Watkins Poplar and Jefferson streets broke early today flooding nearby streets. City crews shut off water from the main line to repair it and expected to finish repairs today. The cause of the break was not immediately determined.
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Nelsonville
Watkins, Poplar and
Jefferson Sts
Marion Girl Acquitted In Dad Slaying
Virginia Napper an 18 year old from Marion was acquitted of second degree murder in the rifle killing of her father Sylvester Napper 38. Prosecution argued planning and prior shell preparation while the defense cited temporary insanity with testimony of past abuse. Jury verdict followed a 3 hour 10 minute deliberation and judge's next steps on commitment unsettled.
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Marion
Ohio
Virginia Napper
Robert O. Stout
Virginia
Sylvester Napper
Common Pleas
Paul D. Smith
Lima State Hospital
Ohio Fuel Gas Sinks Well In Erie County
Ohio Fuel Gas Co reports drilling underway on a new deep test well on the M. P. Saylor farm in Florence Township Erie County four miles east of Berlin Heights. The company cooperates with East Ohio Gas Co aiming to locate commercial natural gas quantities following a Medina County success in early 1959.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
M. P. Saylor
Florence
Tnp
Erie County
Berlin Heights
Ohio Fuel
East Ohio Gas Co
Medina County
Doctor’s Son Drowns at Buckeye Lake Island Cottage
Charles Clouse aged 21 months, son of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Clouse of Somerset Perry County, drowned Thursday after walking off the end of a pier at the family island cottage on Buckeye Lake.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Charles Clouse
Michael Clouse
Somerset
Perry County
Buckeye Lake
House Overrides Ike Pay Raise Veto 345 To 69
The House voted 345 to 69 to override President Eisenhower s veto of a 7 percent pay raise for about 1.5 million federal workers, affecting postal employees and white collar staff. The bill would raise yearly pay from 350 to 1,500 dollars and take effect on the first pay day after enactment. Johnson expects swift Senate action to back the override.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Labor
Cuba
Senate Finance Committee
Charles B. Hoeven
Riowa
U. S
Congress
State and Justice Departments
Ohio GOP Solons Oppose Pay Hike Bill
Ohio congressmen split 17-5 on a minimum wage bill in Washington. The House passed the measure 341-72 after reducing the wage to 1.15 dollars an hour. All eight Ohio Democrats voted yes. Republicans Ayres Baumhart Bolton Bow Brown Devine Latta McCulloch Schenck supported while Betts Henderson Hess Minshall Scherer voted no.
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Washington
Ohio
House
Ayres, Baumhart
Bolton
Bow
Brown
Devine
Latta
McCulloch
Schenck
Betts
Henderson
Hess
Minshall
Scherer
Ohio Senators Split On Adjournment Plan
In Washington the Senate approved a July second to August eighth recess by 63 to 26. Senator Young voted for the plan while Senator Lausche opposed it, reflecting ongoing split views among Ohio's delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Stephen M. Young
Senate
Young
Lausche
Stevenson Accepted for Nomination Again at Democratic Convention
Stevenson says he has no objection to his name being put before the Democratic convention in Washington as the race for the presidential nomination tightens. Newsmen pressed him after a Washington fundraiser and he stated he does not oppose the nomination, while others discuss potential endorsements and strategic moves within the party.
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Adlair
Stevenson
Washington
Los Angeles
James E. Doyle
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Paul Butler
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Butler
Doyle
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Kennedy
New York Post
Missouri
Sen
Stuart Symington
Symington
U.N. Opposes Spanking of Juvenile Delinquents
A United Nations report concludes corporal punishment does not deter juvenile delinquency and should be banned. It advocates open institutions, moral development, and giving offenders clear time limits to improve outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Post-Convention Congress To Put Nominees On Spot
The post convention session of Congress will test presidential contenders Nixon Kennedy and Symington as well as Johnson in the Senate and House. With Nixon as a potential GOP nominee and Johnson leading the Senate, nominees face tough issues like health care housing education and minimum wage in a charged political climate.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Rep
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Nixon
Eisenhower
District votes set on Good Hope Laurel transfers in Fairfield County
West Hocking district voters will decide transfers moving most of Laurel Two to Logan and Good Hope Two to Berne Union in November. The board acted after a 237-signature remonstrance blocked the Berne Union transfer and an initiative petition urged Logan.
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Laurel
Logan
Good Hope
Berne Union
Fairfield County
West Hocking
Hocking County
Rockbridge
Laurel Two
James Frey
Benton
Gibisonville
South Bloomingville
Elza Ringhiser
Arnett Griffith
Pearl Cable
Lowell Karshner
Washington
Blackjack
Laurelville
Lewis Stahr
Charles Tucker
John Trisko
Virgil McGrady
Robert Ricketts
L. Hacker
Nada Stahr
William Riser
Lyle Kirk
Lillian Widmaier
French Airmen Strike Par is causes flight cancellations
AP reports Air France canceled about a quarter of its flights after hostesses and stewards walked out in a five day protest over working hours on trans Atlantic jets.
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Paris
Air France
County School Board Dissolves East Hocking District
The Hocking County school board dissolved the East Hocking district transferring its territory to Logan, Buchtel York, and Starr Washington. Transfers took effect at 12:01 am. No protests were filed. Two board members lost seats due to the transfers. Remaining assets and liabilities will be divided among the receiving districts.
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Fast Hocking
Logan
Buechtel York
Starr Washington
East Hocking
Gore
Remon
Hocking County
Clarence M. Matheny
Haydenville
Terry Smith
Ward Two
Matheny
Smith
Buchtel- York
Strance
Falls-Gore
James Frey
Falls Twp
Marion Twp
Green and
Buchtel-York
Green Two
Old East Hocking
State Foundation
West Logan
Enterprise
Marion
Green
Murray City
Carbon Hill
Buchtel York
Board of Education
Ohio Weather Outlook: Showers Move Across State
Official Weather Bureau summary notes showers and thundershowers in southwest Ohio counties Thursday afternoon, spreading northeast and becoming general by evening. Rain amounts varied with Sedalia in Madison County reporting three quarters of an inch by Thursday evening.
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Columbus
Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Sedalia
Madison County
Rain and Storm Bring Light Disruption in Southeastern Ohio
A half inch of rain fell in Logan with a sharp electrical storm causing only slight power and telephone interference. Nelsonville saw heavier rain at .99 inch. Cooler weather expected later today with 74 at 11 a.m. and a low of 65 yesterday. High reached 88.
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Logan
Nelsonville
Ohio
Ohio rainfall data and holiday forecast notes
Piketon reported a third of an inch and Columbus 91-100ths. Oxford in Butler County recorded 2.95 inches and Middletown 1.92 inches. A low pressure area in Missouri will move eastward through Ohio causing showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. The rain ends Saturday morning in eastern counties with mostly cloudy skies elsewhere. The weekend will bring fair and warm conditions Sunday followed by more showers on the Fourth of July.
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Piketon
Columbus
Oxford
Butler County
Middletown
Missouri
Ohio
Burdick Declares Victory in North Dakota Senate Race
Rep. Quentin N. Burdick announces victory in the North Dakota special U. S. Senate election with a 953 vote lead after most precincts counted. He also reveals plans to marry Jocelyn Birch Peterson in Fargo on Thursday as votes await final audit by the State Canvassing Board.
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Richard M. Nixon
Philadelphia
North Dakota
Senate
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Long Beach
N.Y
Nixon
Rockefeller
Quentin Burdick
Fargo
Quentin N. Burdick
D-Nd
U. S. Senate
Washington
Jocelyn Birch Peterson
John E. Davis
McKenzie County
Burdick
Peterson
Kenneth
Leslie
Birch
Davis
McClusky
N.D
Downpour Floods Middletown Oxford Stranding Streets
A severe rainstorm drenched Butler County with up to 2.95 inches in about 55 minutes. Middletown and Oxford saw the worst effects with university buildings flooded and two facilities Scott Hall and Heistand Hall forced to close due to electrical damage.
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Middletown
Ohio
Butler County
Oxford
John E. Cocanougher
Miami University
Scott Hall
Heistand Hall
C. T. Morningstar
Snowstorms Chill Summer In Norway
Winter grips large parts of Norway on the first day of July as a snowstorm hits Roeros mountains and drops snow in the Gudbrandsdal Valley with abnormally cold conditions for the season.
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Norway
Oslo
Roeros
Gudbrandsdal
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Logan Daily News
Longstreth
Fairfield Post 11
Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Verne R. Silbaugh
Legion
Walter H. Moeller
Ohio House of Representatives
James A. Lantz
John Harvey Weis
Southeastern Ohio
William Hammond
Main
High St
Main Hill
Broad St
Ohio Fuel Gas
Ike
GOP
THE
Associated Press
William Knowland
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
County School Board
E. Hocking
Dakota
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