Gone From Hocking Scene A Marion Two Historic Postoffice Mill Site
Researchers recount the deserted Rush Creek area between Bremen and Logan in Hocking County. Joe and Max’s postoffice in the Amos Davis house left only bricks and a mill wheelless ruin. The 1830 timbers and stored machinery hint at Marion Two’s first mill built by Amos Davis in 1831 later known as Heyd mill.
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Joe
Max
Marion Twp
Hocking County
Bremen
Logan
Amos Davis
Marion Two
Rush Creek
Heyd
Bernard Schmelzer
Tom Ansel
House votes on 1500 million school aid bill amid segregation debates
The House prepared to vote on a 1.5 billion school construction aid measure amid opposition over cost and federal control. Proponents argued aid is needed to educate rising numbers of children. opponents warned of segregation and federal overreach. The plan would dole out 300 million annually for five years, plus 750 million to buy bonds, and 150 million to bolster state financing agencies.
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Washington
House
Rep
Wainwright
R-Ny
Supreme Court
Powell
D-Ny
Lanham
D-Ga
Scrivner
R-Kan
Mystery blast kills passenger on Western Convair flight
Los Angeles police report a mysterious explosion tore a 7 by 4 foot hole in the right rear of a Western Airlines Convair 240 over the Mojave desert. A passenger, S F Binstock of North Hollywood, vanished, presumed dead, as the plane made a safe emergency landing at George AFB. FBI investigates while the crew and remaining passengers, most from L A, were unharmed. The flight originated in Minneapolis with stops in Las Vegas before the final leg to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
California
Mojave Desert
Western Airlines
Las Vegas
Nev
S. F. Binstock
North Hollywood
Calif
FBI
George
Victorville
Binstock
Eva
San Fernando Valley
Canoga Park
New York
Milton Shirk
Western Headquarters
International Airport
George Air Force Base
Sidney Binstock
Minneapolis
British Jets Fire On Arab Capital In Oman Crisis
RAF aircraft conducted twelve sorties against rebel positions in Oman’s interior as Britain backs Sultan Said ben Taimur. Fort Izki was gutted in the strikes while Kenyan Cameronian Rifles arrived in Oman for desert operations. Rebel claims of gains contrast with London denial of ground-forces fighting.
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Manama
Bahrain
Nizwa
Oman
Royal Air Force
Britain
Muscat
Ft. Izki
Wadi Halfin
London
Ben Taimur
Cameronian Rifles
Kenya
RAF
Shar
Cairo
Arabian Peninsula
Imam Ghaleb Ben Ali
Sharia
Foreign Office
Logan Glass Plant Workers To Get Hourly Pay Hike
Logan Glass Plant employees at General Electric will receive a minor pay raise starting July 29 under a contract with the American Flint and Glass Workers Union. Plant manager B G Greenman cited the cost of living index rising from 118.9 to 120.2 in early 1957 as the basis for increases of two to three cents per hour.
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American Flint and Glassworkers Union of North America
General Electric
Logan Glass
B. G. Greenman
Greenman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hungarians Arrested in Communist Counter Revolution Plot
In Budapest the Hungarian Communist government announces the arrest of a new group labeled counter-revolutionaries led by a count and including former landlords and factory owners. Authorities say the plotters consulted Cardinal Mindszenty about their plan.
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Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Bulganin accuses West of stalling talks to aid Adenauer
In a 6000 word letter to Prime Minister Macmillan Bulganin accuses the West of stalling disarmament talks to help Konrad Adenauer's reelection. He urges a mutual pledge to withhold aid from aggressors and links German elections to the arms debate.
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Bulganin
West
Adenauer
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Macmillan
United States
Europe
Germany
U. N
West Germany
NATO
East Hocking district faces near bankruptcy audit reports
State Auditor James A. Rhodes released a report showing East Hocking school district general fund overdrafts of 12912.84 with 26253.06 advanced from the February 1957 tax settlement and 34000 unpaid on a bank loan. The audit cites deficits dating to the Ward consolidation and calls for transferring funds from the bond retirement fund to the general fund.
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East Hocking
James A. Rhodes
Ward
Crossfire Rises Over Civil Rights Bill Jury Trial Amendment
The Senate votes 52 38 to strip enforcement authority from the House bill except voting rights. The Anderson Aiken amendment nullifies federal injunction power over most civil rights while keeping voting protections. Pros and opponents warn of a hollow bill and renewed party division.
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Washington
Senate
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
RVI
Ohio
John Bricker
Frank Lausche
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. O'Mahoney
Wye
Knowland
California
Sen. Javits
R-Ny
10th A Test Device Fired In Desert Near Yucca Flat
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated a balloon-launched 20 kiloton device at Yucca Flat as the 10th shot in the current series. Observers at Angel's Peak reported a bright flash and mushroom clouds. fallout expected mainly on the test site and nearby bombing range.
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Nev
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Big Yucca Flat
Angel's Peak
Angel’s Peak
Las Vegas
ABC
Drought Blasts Eastern U S With Crop Losses Rising
A severe eastern drought grips the region from the Carolinas to Maine causing multi million dollar crop losses and price spikes for garden produce. Rhode Island New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts report multimillion damages while eight Maryland counties seek federal disaster aid.
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New York
United States
Carolinas
Maine
New England
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
East
Long Island
Harry Beggs
Dorchester
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
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Frey
State Department of Education
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Bureau of Educational Research
Ohio University
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Justice Department
Civil Rights Investigating Commission
Roy Wilkins
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
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Sen. Potter
R-Mich
McNamara
D-Mich
U. S
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