Coroner Holds Off on Verdict in Canfield Death
Coroner and officials continued probes into the slaying of 71 year old David B. Canfield found near his Jack Run Road home. Robbery motives loom as pellet, beehive path clues surface. gun implicated but not recovered. Funeral services were held in Lancaster with burial in Bethany Cemetery.
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A. J. Waldron
Fred Murray
David B. Canfield
Jack Run Rd
Mound Crossing
Lancaster
Canfield
Waldron
Murray
Spurgeon Metzler
Mr. Canfield
Bethany Cemetery
Buena Vista
23 Auto Accidents In Hocking Area Over Holiday Weekend
Twenty three traffic accidents were investigated in the Hocking area over the Memorial Day weekend by state highway patrolmen and local officers. Athens post reported 11 accidents with five injuries and 29 arrests, 69 warnings, and heavier traffic than last year. Lancaster post logged eight accidents with four injuries, 74 arrests, and 121 warnings. No fatalities occurred. injuries were serious in some cases. Larry Tucker of Rockbridge, 22, was hospitalized with a fractured jaw and left leg along with other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Athens Post
The
Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Memorial Day holiday toll hits new high record
Violent deaths during the Memorial Day weekend surged to 523, with 355 traffic fatalities, 92 drownings, and 76 misc accidents. The three day total topped the 510 mark set in 1952, as Eisenhower urged action and officials noted state and local safety efforts helped limit worse losses.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ohio
Eisenhower
Washington
Gomer W. Bailey
Denver
Colo
Trucking Indusry
Ned H. Dearborn
White House
Six Men Are Held After Raid On Lost Run Still
A large illegal moonshine operation near Lost Run was raided by federal, state and county officers. Five men were arrested at the scene and a sixth was picked up later near New Straitsville. Officials described the camouflaged setup, seized 85quarts of liquor, two 60-gallon stills and multiple fermenting tanks. Waddell was later charged and the group faced arraignment in Columbus.
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Lost Run
New Straitsville
Rt. 216
Lost Run Rd
Federal
William Gage
Portsmouth
Frank Acton Jr
Lancaster
A. J. Waldron
Hocking County
Dave Moore
Perry County
Hocking-Perry
Begil Lanning
Glouster Rt
Zeannie Lanning
Roy Wilbur Lanning
Glouster
Leslie Cont. Amaning
Row Wilson Spencer
Nelsonville Rt
Ervin Waddell
Heannie Lanning
Hocking
Waddell
Columbus
U.S
Robert W. Newton
Rebels Close On Hanoi As Vietminh Mass Near City
French reports say a rebel force of about 40 000 men with tanks is near Hanoi nine miles from the city. The Vietminh divisions aim at the Red River Delta as Dien Bien Phu remnants move toward the valley. Geneva cites Molotov’s return to Far Eastern talks.
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Hanoi
Chochen
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Black River
Saigon
Delta
Geneva
Showboat Majestic Heads Out on Ohio River Cruise
EAST LIVERPOOL The showboat Majestic begins its annual cruise on Thursday June 10 with a Wellsville performance. Majestic cast includes 16 women and eight men from Hiram College. itinerary features Lust Lucre and Liquor or Virtue Unbesmirched Uncle Tom's Cabin and Maria Martens. Students perform decks chores and shop for groceries as part of the voyage.
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East Liverpool
Majestic
Ohio River
Wellsville
Majestic Players
Hiram College
Maria Martens
Cohn Denies Army Aides Testimony In McCarthy Hearings
In the Army McCarthy hearings Cohn denies asking to assign Pvt. Schine to New York disputing Stevens and Adams testimony. He calls Adams mistaken while McCarthy objects to releasing informants and questions on why hearings shifted locations amid a New York newspaper strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt. G
David Schine
New York Area
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Army
John Adams
Cohn
Adams
New York
Schine
McCarthy
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Congressional Committee
McClelland
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Dix
N. J
New York City
Government Urged To Quit Utilities
Walter H. Sammis president of the Edison Electric Institute told reporters at the EEI convention that government should quit the power business. He argued records show the public can safely entrust electric power to private enterprise and attacked government power competition as unfair and inequitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Edison Electric Institute
Walter H. Sammis
Akron
The
Institute
Ohio Edison Co
Lammis
County Receives Needed Showers After Hot Holiday
After sunny weather over the weekend, rain came to Hocking County this morning cooling a temperature that hit 89 at 11 30 a m The forecast calls for thunderstorms likely keeping today under 92 degrees reached yesterday by 4 p m Cloudy cooler weather is expected tonight and Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Five Day Forecast Sees Mild Week With Showers
Temperatures stay near seasonal norms through the week with a cooler day on Wednesday and warmer conditions Thursday. A touch cooler again Friday or Saturday. Normal lows 55 to 57 and highs 76 to 81. Expect showers late Thursday or Friday bringing about a half inch of moisture.
Special Rites Held Aboard Scarred Bennington Ship
A naval inquiry into the Bennington explosion last Wednesday, with about 100 lives lost and many injured, held special Memorial Day services aboard the carrier in Quonset Point Rhode Island. Capt. William F. Raborn praised heroism and urged courage, while Rev. Joseph O Callahan noted the unique memorial on the flight deck honoring the week’s dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quonset Point
R. I
Naval of Inquiry
Bennington
William F. Raborn
Capt
Raborn
Joseph O’callahan
Holy Cross College
U.S.S. Franklin
Coach Quits PORTSMOUTH to Take Ashland College Posts
Bob Brown son of Ohio high school football coach of the year 1953 re signed today as Portsmouth High School coach and athletic director to accept head football and basketball coaching positions at Ashland College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Bob Brownson
Ohio
Portsmouth High School
Ashland College
Merchants Prep For 1954 Logan Days In Ohio Valley
Logan merchants begin preparations for the third annual Logan Days promoting Logan as the center of the Hocking Valley trade area. Banners fly on Main Street and stores prepare special displays with many bargain offerings to be advertised in the Daily News Thursday. About 60 merchants participate with a LOGAN letter prize game offering ten dollar prizes donated by merchants and a final Logan Theatre pass for remaining winners.
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Logan
Hocking Valley
Main Street
Pc 5
Ohio Power Co
San A
Worthington Park
Sorel
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Larry Tucker
Rockbridge
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Blue Valley Rd
Fairfield County
Tucker
Howard Kilbarger
Lancaster Rt. 4
Ronald Lewis
Corning
Charles Donley
Lewis
California Hollow Rd
Laurelville
State Highway Patrol
Roy Stevens
Larry McNichols
Amanda
Stevenses
Wilson Stevens
MecNichols
Donald Roshon
Raymond James
Mansfield
Joseph Phillips
Floyd Metcalf
Cincinnati
Clapper Hollow Rd
Rt. 180
Lloyd Sylvester Julian
Amanda Rt. 2
John Jacob Krannitz
Julian
Chandos Kistler
Zanesville Ave
Kistler
Robert Tucker
Phillips
Sherman Lee
Mulberry St
W. Hunter St
Billy Brown Davis
Fairborne
Roscoe D. Helber
Logan Rt. 2
Davis Auto
Helber
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