Fight Leaves POW Compound In Shambles
Koje Island June 10 paratroopers cracked a 2 1/2 hour battle that left 32 Americans dead or wounded and 76 prison camp Reds killed or wounded. The assault freed 80 000 prisoners and captured North Korean Col Lee Hak Woo after a chaotic melee.
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Nce
Island
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Angels From Hell
Haydon L. Boatner
Koje
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Lee Hak Woo
Compound 76
Lee
Maj
Dawney Bancroft
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
NLRB Disregards Hell No Ballot in Union Vote
The National Labor Relations Board threw out a ballot reading hell no in a National Screw and Manufacturing Company election. Workers voted 63 to 26 against joining CIO United Auto Workers, with the hell no ballot deemed a defacement and not counted.
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National Labor Relations Board
National Screw and Manufacturing Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
NLRB
Hornsby Fired as Browns Manager in St Louis
St Louis owner Bill Veeck and manager Marty Marion named to replace Rogers Hornsby after his Tuesday firing. The Browns announced the managerial change following Hornsby’s dismissal in June.
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Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Browns
Bill Veeck
Martyarion
MacArthur Named Keynoter for Republican Convention
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was chosen to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Chicago opening July 7 after a debate among Eisenhower supporters. The selection by the arrangements committee aims to unify GOP aims amid Taft and Eisenhower contest, with delegate tallies showing Taft leading in some states and Eisenhower pursuing uncommitted votes.
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Chicago
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Robert A. Taft
Ike
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Maetthilte Haga
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Alabama
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Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
New York
Pentagon
Fall Victim Improves After Cliff Fall at Old Man's Cave
Donald Neil Ulry a 17 year old Westerville youth improved at Hocking Valley Hospital after falling 100 feet from a cliff at Old Man's Cave Sunday He lost his balance on mossy rock and landed on a soft canyon floor. Gary Doran his 16 year old friend witnessed the plunge and said it struck a rock 50 feet down. Donald received severe facial and head lacerations but reportedly escaped broken bones with uncertain internal injuries.
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Westerville
Old Man's Cave
Hocking Valley Hospital
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Gary Doran
Gary
Logan Hospital
Irma Crow, 70, Found Dead At Home In Logan
lifelong Logan resident Miss Irma Crow, 70, was found dead at her home 448 North Walnut Street this morning. Dr. H. M. Boocks, acting coroner, said death resulted from a coronary occlusion last evening. The body was found by neighbor Mrs. Sidney Walker when the evening newspaper remained on the porch. She likely fell ill while preparing dinner and died on a sofa. Surviving cousins include Mrs. James Blosser, Mrs. Louis Skinner, both of Logan, and Joe Risley, Raleigh, N. C. Funeral arrangements by Leonard Funeral Service, incomplete.
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Logan
North
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H. M. Boocks
Miss Crow
Sidney Walker
Samuel
Mary Risley Crow
Board Takes No Action In Washington School Fuss
The Hocking County Board of Education held a routine meeting with delegations from both sides of the Starr Washington district dispute. No action was taken as petitions for transferring Washington Township to East Hocking are reviewed and_sentiment clarification is awaited.
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Hocking County Board of Education
Starr-Washington
Washington Township
East Hocking
Teachers Must Get Minimum Salary Under State Law
In Columbus on June 10 an Ohio Attorney General opinion says school boards must pay teachers the state minimum salary or lose state aid. Prosecutor James R. Goslee reported Logan County boards attempted hires under the $3,200 entitlement, and the teacher declined the cut.
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C. William O'Neill
James R. Goslee
Logan County
Goslee
Showers Forecast Again for Hocking County
Thundershowers are forecast today and tomorrow with little relief from recent heat and dryness. Forecasters have predicted daily showers for days, but none have materialized in Hocking County. Warm temperatures continue with a high near 90, cloudy skies, and a low around 65 tonight. Temperature at 11 am was 83 at the state highway garage.
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Hocking County
State Highway
Duel death ruled accidental at Boys Industrial school
Lancaster June 10 Coroner Joseph Geer ruled the death of Gerald Qualls a 15 year old inmate of the Boys Industrial School near here accidental. Qualls died on the operating table during surgery for a slashed wrist after a grass sickle duel with Robert Walker 14 of Youngstown.
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Joseph Geer
Gerald Qualls
Cleveland
Boys
Here
Qualls
Robert Walker
Youngstown
Pentagon Studies MacArthur And Role In GOP Convention
U S Army regulations bar officers from political activity and speeches at conventions. The MacArthur keynote question tests whether he must resign to campaign openly, like Eisenhower did, to avoid violating Article 88 while addressing Republicans. Resignation could free him from military code restrictions.
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Eisenhower
New York
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Pentagon
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U. S. Army
A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Taft
Ike
Bishop Hobson To Visit Logan For Confirmation
The Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson bishop of the Southern Ohio Diocese will conduct confirmation at St. Pauls Episcopal Church Wednesday at 730 p m. The visit marks the bishop's annual stop in Logan and the service is open to the public. Tonight the St. Pauls executive committee and St Hilda's Guild officers meet with new minister Paul Hannaford and Rev Samuel Keyes to discuss plans for the coming year. Hannaford graduates this month from Kenyon College Episcopal Seminary and members plan to attend his June 24 ordination in Hillsboro.
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Southern Ohio
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
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St. Hilda’s Guild
Paul Hannaford
Samuel Keyes
Waynesville
Hannaford
Episcopal Seminary
Kenyon College
St. Paul’s
Hillsboro
Federal Grain Case Sent To Toledo Court
U S District Court in Toledo will hear a government case against Richwood grain men Ward Walton and Russell Case charged with converting 445 916 bushels of corn worth more than 1 million stored for the Commodity Credit Corp. Walton and Case also face similar charges in Toledo. A related case against Everett Reynolds and Ronald Churtz of Kingston Farmers Exchange in Ross County was postponed to June 23.
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Mell G. Underwood
U. S. District Court
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Richwood
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Russell P. Case
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Case
Ohio
Commodity Credit Corp
Underwood
Everett F. Reynolds
Ronald W. Churtz
Kingston Farmers’ Exchange
Ross County
Defiance College awards degrees to 54 graduates at 50th commencement
Defiance College conferred degrees on 54 graduating seniors at its 50th commencement services held Sunday in Defiance. The event marked a milestone for the college with speeches and diplomas awarded to the class.
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Defiance
Defiance College
Logan School Board Hires Staff and Approves Remodeling
Logan board of education awarded a contract to Logan Home Furnishings for tile floors in the music and biology rooms at Logan High School. A remodeling project at East School will convert a storage room into an art room and library. L. E. Strawn became janitor at West School replacing Francis Toole. Principals retain positions: Howard E. Kirk J. R. Hankison Mrs Gladys Webb Miss Mary O Connor Russell Milliken. Betty Funk hired as senior high secretary succeeding Mary Ann Mauk. Limited contracts extended to all Logan teachers not on continuing contracts.
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Logan Home Furnishings
Logan High School
East School
L. E. Strawn
West School
Francis Toole
Logan School
Howard E. Kirk
J. R. Hankison
Gladys Webb
Central
Mary O'Conner
West
Russell Milliken
East
Betty Funk
Mary Ann
Mrs Rauch's Father Dies At Bremen
Edward R. Getz 81 of Bremen died at home at 2 55 p m He was a retired Anchor Hocking Glass Company employee He lived in Lancaster most of his life moving to Bremen 21 months ago He is survived by wife and children including Mrs Charles F Rauch and Mrs Harry Graybill three sons Norbert Edward Jr Raymond and other relatives The body goes to Frank F Smith Funeral Home in Lancaster Funeral arrangements await Mrs Graybill's arrival.
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Bremen
Charles F. Rauch
Getz
Anchor Hocking Glass Company
Lancaster
Rauch
Harry Graybill
Lakeland
Fla
Norbert
Chillicothe
Edward, Jr
Raymond
Columbus
Frank F. Smith
Graybill
Taft Sees 1950 GOP Platform as Ideal for 1952 Race
Sen. Robert Taft argues the 1950 Republican statement of principles could form an ideal campaign platform at the Chicago convention. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower endorsed the document, which calls for united foreign policy, tax cuts, balanced budgets, anti monopoly enforcement, federal aid for subsistence and medical care, extended old age benefits, loyalty checks, and removal of Communist influence from the federal payroll.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Truman asks Congress to let government seize steel mills
President Truman urged Congress to enact quick legislation permitting government seizure and operation of the steel plants until the CIO United Steelworkers dispute is resolved. He argued such action is necessary for full steel production to support the Western rearmament program and warned the issue hinges on Congress.
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CIO
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