Strip Mine Bill Cleared Final Assembly Hurdle
In Columbus Ohio the Senate approved the coal strip mine control bill 29 to 0 and sent it to the House for minor changes before the governor signs it. The emergency measure becomes effective upon his signature and creates a Division of Reclamation in the agriculture department with a five member board of review and a division chief at six thousand five hundred dollars yearly.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
House
Reclamation
Agriculture Department
Enforcement
Theovernor
Strip mine control bill could aid Hocking County
The proposed strip mine control bill may benefit Hocking County as many stripping operations exist in the area. Spoil banks dot coal districts and restoration could bring back trees and create ponds.
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Hocking County
Bill sets miner licenses and bonds across 26 counties
The governor will appoint members and they will receive 20 dollars a day. Operators mining 250 tons annually face 50 dollar licenses and 10 dollars per acre for estimated workings with a 190 dollar per acre bond. Bond is returned after meeting soil, water, road and tree-planting requirements. Violations carry license revocation and 1000 dollar fines per day. Sen. Clingan Jackson cited 26 eastern Ohio counties as beneficiaries. Sen. Arthur Blake says the act reclaims farm life in the strip mine heartland. Sen. C Stanley Mechem praised cooperation in drafting the bill.
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Clingan Jackson
D-Mahoning
Senate
Ohio
Walcott Winning Weigh-In For Championship Bout
Jersey Joe Walcott weighed 195 1 2 pounds and Ezzard Charles 181 1 2 pounds at the formal weigh in for their world heavyweight title fight set for Comiskey Park tonight. The Brooklyn Night Riders promote the bout amid rising public interest.
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Charles
Chicago
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Camden
N. J
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Comiskey Park
Ohio House OKs Tax Equalization Bill Amid Repercussions
The Ohio House approved a tax equalization bill 90 to 26 sending it to the Senate. Rep. Elton Kile warned of serious repercussions, saying the measure shifts property assessment from local to state control and could raise valuations. The bill requires a state board to equalize values across counties and classes of property within 90 days or counties lose half their local subsidies.
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Columbus
Ohio
Elton Kile
Madison
House
Kile
State Board of Tax Appeals
Fred L. Hoffman
Hamilton
Hoffman
Congressmen Trade Punches On House Floor
An 83 year old Rep Sabath and Rep Cox clashed on the House floor during a debate over the housing bill. Witness Rep Walter said Cox slapped Sabath and knocked off his glasses, Sabath countered with a solid right and left. The scuffle ended as Rep Delaney intervened and others separated them.
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Washington
Rep
Sabath
D-Ill
Cox
Dga
Walter
D-Pa
Rep. Delaney
DNY
Typhoon Toll Rising in Southern Japan
Japan's welfare ministry reports 137 dead and 1 086 missing from the fierce typhoon that struck southern Japan. Police put fatalities at 93. millions of dollars in damage to property and shipping are cited. Among missing are 131 mariners feared lost from the vessel Aboa Maru after it sank off Honshu. An American and one Japanese were rescued. Most missing are fishermen in the Bungo Strait between Kyushu and Shikoku.
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Tokyo
Welfare Ministry
Japan
Honshu
Bungo Strait
Kyushu
Shikoku
Services Arranged For Mrs Blankenship
Mrs Lena Blankenship 55 died Tuesday at her sister's New Straitsville home. She leaves her mother Mrs John Alexander two sisters Margaret and Lucy Alexander a brother Allen Alexander and a nephew John Hoy. Funeral services Friday 2 PM at the Blankenship residence officiated by Rev Charles Bowen. Burial at New Straitsville by Mills and Brown Funeral Home.
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Lena Blankenship
Raymond Hoy
New Straitsville
John Alexander
Margaret
Lucy Alexander
Old Straitsville
Allen Alexander
John Hoy
Blankenship
Charles Bowen
Mills and Brown Funeral Home
Aging Con Man Romeo Eludes Search by Defrauded Widow
Mrs. Reseda Corrigan, a 39 year old Chicago widow, traced a con man she says robbed her of 5000 during a June romance with a man who posed as a motion picture producer. Police filed charges against Sigmund Engel, 73, a long known confidence man, and Corrigan returned home after a fruitless week in New York.
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Romeo
Chicago
Reseda Corrigan
New York
Sigmund Engel
Womeo
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Garage on Fourth Street
A garage on Fourth Street burned around 1 30 A M causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Owner William Hutchison reported the blaze gutted the structure and destroyed merchandise and a panel truck. Firefighters took an hour to subdue the flames with no threats to nearby homes.
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Fourth Street
William Hutchison
Hutchison
River Front Blaze Damages Washington Wharf Restaurants
Eight firemen were injured or overcome by smoke when a pre-dawn blaze swept roof sections of municipal fish wharves on the Potomac River. Fire Marshall Roy Warfield estimated damage between 25 000 and 50 000 dollars, mostly from water used to douse a row of waterfront restaurants. cause is listed as a spontaneous ignition.
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Washington
Potomac River
Roy Warfield
Warfield
Philharmonic Orchestra to Skip the 1949-50 Season
The Columbus Philharmonic Association, burdened by debts, announced it will not perform in the 1949-50 season to pay about 15 000 in current obligations. President Lloyd A Pixley said rebuilding requires about 90 000 more, making rescue unlikely this year.
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Columbus
Columbus Philharmonic Association
Lloyd A. Pixley
Association
Hot Weather Clamps Pool Attendance Near Temperature
Logan swimming pool saw about 409 entries on Monday with a 94 degree high. On Tuesday the high reached 89 by 4 PM and roughly half as many people swam. Cooler night lows and a noon temperature around 81 followed.
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Logan Swimming Pool
Wayne Hamrick
Rolling Car Injures Two Park Visitors at Park
Mrs Charles S Bruney of Lancaster Ohio and Mrs William L Young of Columbus Ohio were struck by their own car in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They had parked on a hill to take pictures when the vehicle rolled backward and knocked them down causing minor injuries.
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Gatlinsburg, Tenn
Charles S&. Bruney
Lancaster
William L. Young
Columbus
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Northeastern Crops Struggle Amid June Drought Warnings
June heat in the northeastern states threatens crops with severe damage. Massachusetts faces up to 5 million dollars in losses, while New York and New Jersey report drought pressures on hay and strawberry crops. Water shortages trigger conservation steps and forest fire restrictions across the region as officials note variable rainfall and uncertain relief.
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New England
New York
New Jersey
New York State
Perley I. Fitts
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Maine
New Jersey Agriculture Department
Accused Slayer Claims Insanity in Ohio Murder Case
John LaCorte, 50, a Glouster barber, pleaded innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity to a first degree murder charge. Judge Roy D. Williams ordered a 30 day observation at Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. LaCorte is charged with the June 10 shooting of former housekeeper Anna Lewis, 36, a waitress.
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Athens, C
John LaCorte
Glouster Barber
LaCorte
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Lima State Hospital
Glouster
Anna Lewis
Markets at a glance steady crops and mixed bonds
Wheat ease on profit taking. Corn firm with higher hog crop estimate. Oats steady in quiet trade. Hogs generally 25 cents lower with top 21.50. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher with top 29.00. Stocks lower as leaders ease. Bonds mixed with select issues improving.
Senate backs loyalty oath bill amid heated testimony
A Senate judiciary committee approved a loyalty oath measure by a 7 to 0 vote after hours of hearings with opponents from communist and liberal groups. The bill, echoing a House version with additions, would require public officials and workers to swear loyalty. perjury penalties apply for false oaths. Veterans groups backed both bills while opponents called the push un constitutional and a wave of hysteria.
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Columbus
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cuyahoga
Fred R. Seibert
Auglaize
Senate
Fred L. Hoffman
John J. Farley
Hamilton County
John L. Smith
D-Summit
Jack Preble
Ohio American Legion
Reedy Charged With First Degree Murder in Slaying
Thomas P. Reedy 28 of Van Wert was charged with first degree murder in Celina after his estranged wife Marcile 19 was shot to death in her home Monday.
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Milton Babich
Wisconsin
Patricia Birmingham
Kathleen Babich
Milwaukee River
Babich
International Soundphotos
Celina, O
Thomas P. Reedy
van Wert
Marcile
Strikers Vote To Run Trains Between Zones
Western Berlin railway strikers decide to restore inter zonal freight movements to normal while continuing the walkout. Workers will report to West Berlin marshalling yards to untangle the chaos from five weeks of strike. Freight trains from West Germany to Berlin to move by Friday despite ongoing stoppage.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Ernest Reuter
Western
Acheson Urges Ratification of Atlantic Pact
Secretary of State Acheson urged Senate ratification of the North Atlantic pact and approval of the arms assistance program as vital to U S dealings with Soviet Russia. He said the Paris Big Four conference reinforces the need for action this session to maintain Europe policy momentum.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Congress
Europe
Bill to Increase Teachers Pay Backed
The House education committee voted 13 to 2 for passage of the Senate approved measure to boost state school subsidies by 27.5 million dollars. It would raise teachers pay by 25 dollars a month and provide additional increases for school employees.
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Columbus
House Education Committee
Cincinnati Girl to Be Governor at Buckeye Girls State
Miss Joan Rankin, 16, of Withrow High School, will be sworn in as governor of the 1949 Buckeye Girls State at Capital University. She led the Idealist Party to victory as 42 girls voted, with Mary Jo Hunter opposing from the Realist Party. Cabinet members named include Ann Adele Mirandi, Saundra Sue Glass, Jacquelyn Laidlaw, Gloria Powers, Jo Ann Brouse, and the lieutenant governor.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Buckeye
Joan Rankin
Withrow High School
Idealist
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Capital University
Mary Jo Hunter
Mansfield
Realist Party
Girls’ State
Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Miss Rankin
Ann Adele Mirandi
Springfield
Saundra Sue Glass
Jacquelyn Laidlaw
Avon Lake
Gloria Powers
Ashley
Jo Ann Brouse
Eaton
George D. _e
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Rep. Byrne
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
C. William O'Neill
Marietta
Congressmen Trade Punches
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Joseph Tierney
Arthur Richter
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