Council Seeks Foreclosure on Gallagher Land for Playground
City council unanimously asked Prosecuting Attorney Fred Murray to begin foreclosure on the 22.8 acre Gallagher property on Front Street to obtain land for a city playground or collect back taxes. The plan aims to settle within two months with foreclosure and heir listing as required. Back taxes total 6,640.02 to city. 3,702 distributed to schools, county, state and Falls Township.
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Fred Murray
Gallagher
Front Street
Richard Gerken
Gerken
Falls Township
Harry Smith
Harley Meyer
Fred Graham
Marine Photographer Receives Flashy Welcome in Asia
In Seoul on June 11, T Sgt Paul F. Shaner, a Marine combat photographer, stepped from a jeep to a forward air control squadron and was greeted by a blaze of 40 flashbulbs triggered by radar rays from air scanning gear.
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Seoul
Paul F. Shaner
Comedian Arthur Miller Dies in Los Angeles
Comedian Arthur Deming Miller 79 longtime end man and piano player for Dockstader Minstrel shows died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
N— Arthur Deming Miller
Dockstader
Farm land boom slows as costs deter buyers
The Agriculture Department reports a slowing farm land boom due to higher costs to buy and equip farms. Average U S farm value runs 17 000 to 18 000 dollars excluding machinery and livestock, with prices up 2 percent in the four months to March 1 versus 8 percent a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U. S
Korea
Department
Midwest Sees Cooler Weather Amid Storms
Chicago reports cooler conditions expected for most of the Midwest while the South remains hot and humid. Strong winds 30 to 40 mph accompanied showers and thunderstorms spreading from the Dakotas to Minnesota and western Wisconsin with additional showers forecast for the North Central region.
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Chicago
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
Red Leader Dies in Moscow at 68
Moscow reports the death of Peter Karavaev deputy chief of the Communist Party central archives at age 68. He was a senior party official and long time administrator in Soviet archival work. The Wednesday press noted his passing in Moscow.
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Moscow
Peter Karavaev
Communist Party
Clark OKs Allied Walkout During Korea Armistice Talks
General Clark told North Korean and Chinese commanders he fully approved the three day UN walkout that followed Red protests over alleged bloodshed on Koje Island. The session resumed at Panmunjom as Nam Il protested Allied actions and demanded return of prisoners.
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Munsan
Koje Island
United Nations
Mark Clark
Far East
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Aecoe
Sss
Weday
Nam Il
Sabres Fight 12 Mig-15s Near Yalu Border
U S Sabre pilots claim three Mig-15 jets shot down near Sinuiju on the Yalu River frontier. The Fifth Air Force said seven MiGs engaged 12 Sabres with eighteen MiGs in the air. UN ground troops repelled a Chinese assault on a hill on the Korean western front.
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Seoul
U. S
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
U. S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Hog on Porch Defies Hints and Sheriff in Route 33 Incident
A 250 pound hog at the England residence on Route 33 south refused to leave the porch despite threats cajolery and kindness. Deputies Sher if f A J Waldron and O H Bryan with neighbor John Miller finally drove Porky away after the animal tore a back door screen and trotted toward Tolliver farm.
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England
Route 33
Porky
Blanche
Edna England
Josephine Hansel
A. J. Waldron
Tolliver Farm
Court Martial Charges Sgt. Chase Over Koje Letter to Clark
Sgt. C. Dean Chase of Salt Lake City faces a court martial in Monterey for disrespect to a superior officer after writing Gen. Mark Clark that his handling of the Koje prison camp incident was repugnant and disgraceful. The 24 year old is charged with disrespect and could receive up to six months in prison and a bad conduct discharge.
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Monterey
Calif
Army
Mark Clark
C. Dean Chase
Salt Lake City
Chase
Clark
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Charles Colson
Bose
Francis Dodd
Koje Island
Korea
Far East
Colson
Reds
Koje
Harriman Attacks GOP as Grim Old Pessimists
W Averell Harriman, seeking the Democratic nomination, told a Phoenix audience that the GOP stands for Grim Old Pessimists. He accused Republicans of being captured by weepers and wailers while Democrats promote a positive program.
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Phoenix
Ariz
W. Averell Harriman
Republican Party
GOP
Petrillo Renominated Unopposed For AFM Presidency
James C. Petrillo has been renominated without opposition for the presidency of the American Federation of Musicians, with Santa Barbara reporting the action on June 11.
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Santa Barbara
American Federation of Musicians
Prisoner of War Compound Massacres Reported on Koje Island
At Koje Island Compound 77 gangs murdered 15 POWs in a night of terror and surrendered to UN troops. Eight bodies were found in a well, others in trenches and an oil drum. Anti Reds and guards sustained injuries as dispersion of Reds continued under Brig Gen Boatner’s campaign.
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Koje Island
United Nations
Haydon
L. Boatner
187Th Airborne Combat Team
David Korn
Richmond
187Th
Compound 77
Lee Hak Koo
Compound 76
Boamer
House Panel Extends Wage and Price Controls
The House Banking Committee voted for a full year extension of wage price and rent controls and for ending all controls over real estate and consumer credit. The measure would drop Regulation X down payment rules for new homes and suspend consumer credit controls including auto and appliance purchases. The panel also set floor support for six farm commodities and denied restoring livestock slaughter quotas.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
House Committee
Congress
Body Armor Tested for Korean War Protection
Lieut. Col. Robert Holmes told the American Medical Association the chest and belly vest of compressed fiberglass and nylon is under trial by Marines and the Army. Early results are encouraging and body armor could become a preventive medical measure to conserve fighting strength as enemy losses are high.
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Robert Holmes
Army
Holmes
Army Medical Corps
Korea
Taft Tightens Grip on GOP Convention Machinery
Sen. Robert Taft controls key convention posts as the Republican race nears the July Chicago gathering. The arrangements committee named Douglas MacArthur as keynote, Hallanan as temporary chairman, and party stalwarts to critical roles, signaling a firm Taft stance in disputed Southern delegations and a potential no quarter battle for the nomination.
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Washington
Sen
Robert Taft
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Walters
Hallanan
West Virginia
Eugene M
Ado
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
MacArthur
South
Republican Convention Faces Floor Disputes Over Delegations
The temporary and then permanent chairmen will wield power in floor disputes over seating pro Taft or pro Eisenhower delegations. The arrangements committee drew mixed reactions from Eisenhower supporters while Eisenhower pressed efforts in New York with Dulles and delegates from New Jersey New York and Maryland. A Taft spokesman said he was conferring with delegates.
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Arrangements Committee
New York
John Foster Dulles
New Jersey
Maryland
Taft
Two Injured As Car Overturns On Route 75
Two Logan residents were injured when their car overturned twice on Route 75 around 1:36 a.m. Jane Martin, 18, of Jennison Avenue, and Luther Herron, 20, of Logan Route 2, were sent to Hocking Valley Hospital with minor lacerations and abrasions. Herron, the driver, said loss of control on the berm caused the crash. The vehicle was demolished.
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Logan
Jane Martin
Jennison Avenue
Luther Herron
Hocking Valley Hospital
Miss Martin
Mr. Herron
Herron
Berm
Grandpa Awarded Phi Beta Kappa
Col. Desmond K. Laub a 65 year old veteran of two wars and grandfather earned Phi Beta Kappa honors in a three year USC program Laub enrolled under the GI Bill after retirement He urged more seniors to pursue college noting it keeps them young
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Los Angeles
Desmond K. Laub
Laub
University of Southern California
Judge Suspends Burns Sentence In Neglect Case
Willard Burns eighteen Logan Route eight received a six month suspended jail term and was ordered to pay eight dollars eighty cents in costs by Judge Rhea Pettit Bangert in juvenile court yesterday. Burns was charged with neglect by his wife Mrs Maxine Burns. Mrs Burns has filed for divorce alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect and seeks support and custody of the minor children.
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Willard Burns
Logan Route 8
Rhea Pettit Bangert
Burns
Maxine Burns
Senate Votes Request To White House Over Steel War
Washington June 11. President Truman faced Senate opposition as lawmakers rejected invoking Taft Hartley to seize steel mills. The Senate balked at special seizure powers while Truman pressed Congress to act, arguing the steel stoppage endangers peace and the nation’s output. Taft and others urged prompt action, calling the move political.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
Taft
Congress
Seven year old injured in auto bike mishap
Jan Frasure a seven year old boy son of Mr and Mrs Ray Frasure 215 West Main Street was injured when his bike was brushed by Thelma Josephine Harden 697 Motherwell Avenue at 855 am in front of the police station on South Mulberry Street He was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital and released to Dr J Ward Doering He suffered a concussion and lip lacerations and was to be fine tomorrow The boy swerved into the lane of Mrs Harden while riding south on Mulberry and a truck backing into the alley opposite the station blocked the view for both
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Jan Frasure
Ray Frasure
West Main Street
Thelma Josephine Harden
Motherwell Avenue
South Mulberry Street
Hocking Valley Hospital
J. Ward Doering
Doering
Mulberry
Chicago chemical dump hit by fire on southwest side
A spectacular extra alarm fire swept a one story warehouse on Chicago's southwest side Tuesday night causing about 500000 in damage. The Wilco Chemical Co. owned building stored carbon blocks asphalts and naphtha across half a city block.
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Chicago
Wilco Chemical Co
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