Convicted Man Meyers Death Sentenced for Wife Murder
Benjamin E Meyer of Lancaster was sentenced to death for the first degree murder of his wife Velvia on February 15. Attorneys filed notice of appeal to the Fourth District Court of Appeals to reverse the verdict. The judge set October 21 for execution.
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Benjamin E. Meyer
Lancaster
Velvia
James S. Peterson
Richard C. Gerken
Logan
Meyer
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Harley Meyer
Common Pleas Court
Thelma Keyes
Fred Murray
Phil Henderson
Tax Revision Bill Nearing Final OK
President Eisenhower's large tax revision bill, called the cornerstone of his 1954 domestic program, near final approval as the Senate planned to take up the 1000 page measure, a full overhaul of U.S. tax laws, in the afternoon barring a last minute delay.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Eisenhower lists six must bills despite White House wish
President Eisenhower outlined six parts of his legislative program he said would be bitterly disappointing if not passed this year. He noted a needed increase in the debt limit and gave status updates on farm prices, tax revision, anti-Communist measures, housing, social security, foreign aid, and debt legislation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
Atty
Brownell
Senate Finance Committee
Chou
Soviet Union
China
Soviet Communist Party
Senate Debates Tax Bill and McCarthy Censure Fight
The Senate moved toward sending a dividend tax relief bill to the president, backed by Republicans and opposed by Democrats who sought broader tax cuts. A separate six-senator panel proposal by Sen. Smith aims to study McCarthyism as Flanders pushes a censure motion.
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Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Flanders
RVI
Congress panel forecasts 20 percent rise in housing
Senator Capehart of Indiana says new housing legislation in this Eisenhower era session could lift home building by as much as twenty percent. In New York, Senator McCarthy states Roy Cohn has declined an offer to serve as his personal consultant amid the Army McCarthy controversy.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy Cohn
Eight men plead guilty to plant bombing during strike
In Columbus eight defendants who admitted bombing during the North American Aviation strike on November 30 were referred to the county probation department for further investigation.
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Columbus
North American Aviation
County Probation Department
One Eyed Sergeant Cleared In NJ Recruit HeaT Incident
At Fort Dix New Jersey a wiry sergeant with six years in the Army was exonerated of charges he kept 225 recruits at bone-taut attention for an hour in 92 degree heat.
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FT. DIX
N. J
China rejects U S protest over British airliner shootdown
Tokyo dispatch says Peiping radio reports China rejected the American protest after a British airliner was shot down off Hainan last Friday, killing three Americans.
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Tokyo
Peiping
China
U. S
Hainan
Wheel from midget race car injures two at Cincinnati Race Bowl
A wheel from a midget race car detached and went into the Cincinnati Race Bowl grandstand injuring two spectators, one seriously, during last night’s event.
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Cincinnati
Russians Toast Chinese Buddies at Moscow Gala
Kremlin hosts honor for Chinese Premier Chou En Lai and Vietminh Deputy Premier Pham Van Dong with vodka toasts for peace and coexistence. Khrushchev jokes with British Ambassador Hayter as Malenkov attends. U S Embassy officials skip.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Chou En-lai
Pham van Dong
William Hayter
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Leningrad
Khruschev
Glasgow
Hayter
U. S
Spridanovka House
Chou
Peiping
Georgi Malenkov
Anastase I. Mikoyan
Dong
East Berlin
Warsaw
Geneva
Pravda
Indochina
Soviet Union
Niagara Falls Reveals New Canyon after Massive Rockfall
A 185000 ton rock collapse reshaped the American Falls area, sending Prospect Point debris into the Niagara River gorge. No injuries reported as officials and engineers closed the area and investigated the cause of widening fissures along the brink.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Prospect Point
American Falls
Rhee Lands in Washington After War Talk Draws Mixed Reception
South Korean President Syngman Rhee met with President Eisenhower for a fourth time seeking military and economic aid to fight China and unify Korea by force. Congress welcomed him as a patriotic ally but many lawmakers remained cool to his war plan and the scrapping of the armistice.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
White House
Congress
China
Eisenhower
Rhee
U. S
North Korea
Japan
Hocking County Receives State Fund Lion's Share
Hocking County gains the largest slice of a state auditor distribution from school and ministerial lands dating to the Ordinance of 1787. The semi annual fund totals $7,660.60 with Hocking receiving $2,536.13 and other counties listed with smaller amounts. the funds support county and township allocations from investments in bonds and royalties.
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Hocking County
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Fairfield
Hocking
Carroll
Rhodes
Continental Congress
Northwest Territory
Ohio Company
Marietta
Symmes
Cincinnati
Congress
U.S. Savings
U.S. Treasury
Willowick
Athens
Belmont
Columbiana
Franklin
Gallia
Greene
Guernsey
Hamilton
Hardin
Harrison
Lawrence
Lucas
Meigs
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Pickaway
Vinton
Washington
Tuscarawas
All-Stars to Face Logan Midget League in Athens Return
The All-Stars meet Athens Little Leaguers in Athens for a return game after Athens defeated the locals 18 to 1 last Thursday.
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Logan
Athens
Clinton Farm Mother Kills 2 Daughters
A 36 year old farm mother shot two of her four daughters to death with a .22 rifle early today. The daughters Barbara Alene Watson 13 and Rita Mae Watson 9 died. Thelma Bentley Watson 36 was critically wounded. The husband Roy heard a thud but no shots. Coroner Williams filed a homicide verdict.
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Wilmington
John K. Williams
Barbara Alene Watson
Rita Mae Watson
Thelma Bentley Watson
Williams
Mary Catherine
Rita Mae
Rita
Roy
Ohio State Fair Entry Deadline Near
Sam C Cashman state fair manager says Sunday is the deadline for entries in the 1954 Ohio State Fair scheduled for August 27 to September 3.
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Columbus
Sam C. Cashman
Zoned Candidacy Won by New Lexington Attorney
Max Underwood, a 32 year old attorney from New Lexington, was named to replace Rep. Robert T. Secrest on the November ballot as the Democratic candidate for Congress from Ohio's 15th district.
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Zanesville
Max Underwood
New Lexington
Robert T. Secrest
Ohio
Odd Fellows UN Pilgrimage Stops Here for 34 Youths
A chartered Odd Fellows bus carrying 34 high school pupils from Oregon Washington and British Columbia and three tour leaders paused at Odd Fellows hall for lunch hosted by the Rebekahs. The UN Pilgrimage for Youth tour from Spokane to New York Washington D C and other sites began July 9 and ends August 4 with visits to historic places including Lake Superior regions Yellowstone Old Faithful Valley Forge and Gettysburg.
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Odd Fellows’ United Nations
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Odd Fellows Hall
Spokane
Wash
Canada
United States
Rebekah Lodge
Logan
Prairie Provinces
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
U.S
New York State
New York
United Nations
Washington, D. C
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Quebec
Chicago
Grafton
W. Va
Capitol
Columbus
Dakotas
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
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4Th District Court
William Knowland
California
Richard Nixon
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Tke
Sen
George
D-Ga
Daniel A. Reed
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Smith
Flanders
H. Alexander Smith
Republican Policy Committee
Democratic Policy Committee
Knowland
Calif
McClellan
D-Ark
Wisconsin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
McCarthy
U. S. Senate
Subcommittee
Vermont
Willy Nilly
Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Walter Leonard
Robbie
Lion’s Share
Clinton Farm
Odd Fellows’ UN
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