Officials Face Charges Over East Hocking School Merger
East Hocking residents file a court action to void the school merger claiming dereliction by state and county officials. The memorandum argues officials used office power to influence the merger and that the case falls within the court’s jurisdiction despite denials from Hissong Eyman and Dillon.
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Hubert Lappen
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Logan
Union Furnace
Carbon Hill
Murray City
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Eyman
Ehesitte
Eisenhower Taft Clash Signals Start of Political Rise
Eisenhower moves from military to politics as Taft attacks his Air Force policy and calls for security and solvency. AP tally shows Taft leading Eisenhower in Republican delegates, with Kefauver Russell Harriman leading Democrats. Nixon planned nationwide address to answer Taft's charges.
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Associated Press
Robert Taft
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard Russell
Georgia
Averell Harriman
Taft
Father Foy To Observe Silver Jubilee
The Rev. Fr. Charles P. Foy will celebrate a silver jubilee at St. John's Catholic Church on Sunday June 8 with a 10 o'clock solemn high mass. Bishops, priests, and seminary masters will participate, followed by a public reception in the parochial school hall from 3 to 5 p.m.
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St. Aloysius Academy
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Francis X. Schweitzer
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Red purges on China mainland claim millions dead
Admiral Charles M. Cooke Jr cites Nationalist sources claiming 15 million killed in Communist purges on the China mainland. He says up to one million Chiang Kai-shek guerrillas were executed in 14 months and the guerrilla force may now total about half a million. He cautions figures may be exaggerated but deaths reach millions. He urges U.S. aid to recapture the mainland.
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U. S. News & World Report
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Chiang
Seventh Escapee Nabbed After Ohio Penitentary Break
Dennis on Sunday night authorities arrested William Kimble 26, the seventh of nine inmates who fled the Ohio Penitentiary Friday. Sheriff Paul S. Pancher received an anonymous tip and found Kimble hiding in Charles Hart's basement. Hart is Kimble's cousin.
Ohio Fuel Gas Extending Line to Add 14-Mile Pipeline
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. launched a $1 million construction program to boost delivery capacity. It includes a 14 mile high pressure pipeline linking Hocking County storage fields to Columbus.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
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Hocking County
Locomotive boiler explosion kills five near Santiago
A boiler blast in the mountains near Santiago on Sunday claimed five lives including the engineer and fireman and a woman with her two young daughters in a nearby house.
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Chile
Here
Truman urges new mine safety code to curb disasters
President Truman urged quick passage of a bill to empower government enforcement of mine safety standards. He cited a West Frankfort Illinois explosion that killed over 100 and noted Senate action plus backing from United Mine Workers. He called accidents a national tragedy and proposed an eight point safety program including better machinery safeguards and company safety programs.
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Truman
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Atomic blast rattles Southern California across 400 miles
A strong atomic blast from the Yucca Flat test site shook Las Vegas and echoed across Northern and Southern California on Sunday. The brilliant flash and two loud thuds were heard as far as Modesto, 350 miles away, alerting residents to the test.
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Former Murray City Coach Jack E Hiatt Dies
Funeral services will be held in Elyria for Jack E Hiatt age 33, former athletic director and coach at Murray City High School in Hocking County. He died in Tucson Arizona.
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Eisenhower Leaves Army For Political Life In Washington
General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits Washington to bid farewell to active duty after 37 years in the Army and two terms as supreme commander in Europe. He will don mufti in Abilene and begin a high profile Republican bid with Sen. Robert Taft seeking the presidential nomination, while Taft allies question delegate spending.
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Publican Party
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Funeral Held For Daniel Schaal and Wife in Phoenix
Double funeral services were held in Phoenix for Daniel W. Schaal and his wife Iva Mauk Schaal former Logan residents. They moved to the southwest two years ago and were members of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Surviving are two sons Francis of Phoenix and John of Norco Louisiana and two grandchildren. Brother McKinley Mauk of Logan is a brother of Mrs. Schaal.
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Logan
Logan Days Trade Promotion Planned by Logan Trade Club
The Logan Trade Club announced its first city wide retail promotion Logan Days scheduled for Friday and Saturday with more than 60 participating merchants. The event aims to boost Logan as a regional trade center and will feature values advertised at or below wholesale prices. Burr O Nixon will host a phone promo offering $2 cash prizes to the first five residents who say Logan Days, with pickup at the Trade Club office in the Ambrose Hotel.
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Ohio Leads Nation In Death Toll On Memorial Day
Nationwide holiday death toll climbs to at least 495 with 352 traffic fatalities. Ohio records 40 highway deaths, the most of any state, as California follows. totals span 78 hours from Thursday to Sunday, with drowning and other accidents adding to the national ruin.
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Commies Seal Off Berlin's Red Zone
Berlin clashes erupted as West Berlin workers faced blocked access with new East German travel rules. Soviet police barred passage at road blocks, forcing thousands to miss work after the Whituntide weekend ends.
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Red Zone
Two Auto Accidents Reported In Hocking County Weekend
Weekend traffic in Hocking County yields two crashes. Ernest Roop, 16, Rockbridge, swerved and hit a guard rail on Route 33 near Rockbridge injuring a passenger, Harry Canter, 18. At Hunter Street, 12:25 p.m., William Saxton, 21, Logan, and George Evanoff, 27, Nelsonville, collided, causing rear and front end damage.
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Holiday Weekend Sparks Logan Shopping Frenzy
Memorial Day weekend brings Logan a historic shopping spree with near record business on Thursday and Saturday. Grocers note heavy sales and shortages as bread and hamburger sell out across stores.
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Supreme Court Rules Against President in Steel Seizure
The U S Supreme Court voted 6 to 3 to strike down Truman’s April 8 steel seizure, ordering government ownership to end. Justice Black led the majority, with dissents from Chief Justice Vinson and Justices Reed and Minton, while CIO head Philip Murray ordered a new steelworkers walkout.
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