Murder Blame Shifts to Sex Fiend in Lansing
Police search Lansing hangouts for a sex fiend after four year old Walter Eaton is found slain dowtown near his home. The boy, attacked with a broken beer bottle, wandered with his sister Emily before being killed. pathologist notes skeletal signs of assault as father Leslie Eaton reacts at the scene.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Walter Eaton
Emily
Walter
Leslie Eaton
Examiner Rules Against Crosley Radio Station Purchase
A Communications Commission examiner recommended denying Crosley Broadcasting Corp. permission to acquire WHAS Inc. radio properties in Louisville Kentucky including standard FM and television facilities and remote pickups for 1 925 000 stating a violation of rules against multiple ownership of similar stations in the same market.
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Washington
Communications Commission
Crosley Broadcasting Corp
Whas Inc
Louisville
WHAS
The
Courier-Journal and
Louisville Times Co
Crosley
Leo Resnick
Senate Labor Panel Backs Minimum Wage Increase
The Senate labor committee unanimously approves a bill to raise the current minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents per hour. The measure moves to the full chamber for consideration.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Manslaughter Verdict At Murder Trial In Columbus
Ironian war veteran Clay Patterson was convicted of manslaughter for the January 14 slaying of his wife Elizabeth in a market tavern. Judge Cecil J. Randall barred acquittal by the all woman jury, allowing only first or second degree murder or manslaughter.
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Columbus
Clay Patterson
Elizabeth
Market District
Cecil J. Randall
Randall
Patterson
Ironton
Ohio
Cleveland
Strafe Report Tangles Yangtze Liner Gen W H Gordon
Chinese communist radio said Nationalist planes strafed the American President liner General W H Gordon at the Yangtze mouth June 21. The broadcast heard in San Francisco by the Associated Press gave no details on damage or whether the ship was hit.
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U. S
San Francisco
Chinese Communist Radio
W. H. Gordon
Yangtze River
Associated Press
Lewis Presents Coal Contract Demands as Strike Tension Rises
At White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield conferences John L. Lewis outlined general contract aims as 400 000 soft coal miners prepare a ten day vacation starting Saturday with a July 5 strike risk. He seeks pay raises shorter hours and higher welfare royalties while operators press market caution. The Seaboard Southern Association talks and U S Steel group meet as tension grows over a June 30 contract expiry and potential work stoppages.
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Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
SCPA
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel Corporation
Scranton
United Mine Workers
Woman Named to Diplomatic Service Nominee Patricia Byrne joins 19 women in service
Patricia M. Byrne of Cleveland Ohio has been nominated by President Truman to join the diplomatic service. The appointment awaits Senate confirmation and allows assignment at home or abroad. Byrne, 24, works in CIA public relations in Washington.
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Washington
Patricia M. Byrne
Cleveland
Ohio
Truman
Senate
Miss Byrne
Central Intelligence Agency
Morrison man admits guilt in gruesome murder
In Morrison Iowa sheriff says Edward J Beckwith 27 confessed to his mother that he killed and mutilated 22 year old Irma Jean Stahlhut. The victim found in a tavern walk in cooler with breasts removed throat cut and body opened. Beckwith identified by patrons and captured by posse near Morrison.
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Morrison
Grundy County
John A. Meyer
Edward J
Buddy) Beckwith
Irma Jean Stahlhut
Harvey
Meyer
Beckwith
Truck Driver Escapes Injury Near Rockbridge with Stray Tiles
A tractor trailer combination carrying 53,000 pounds of tile swing廣s loose on Route 33 north of Logan near Rockbridge. Three tiles fell and rolled off the road but no injuries or major damage occurred. Sheriff Waldron redirected traffic while a wrecker recovered two tiles and noted a third damaged tile. The load, destined for Toledo for a water main, belonged to I. D. Gillikin Trucking Co. of Detroit. the driver was not identified.
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Route 33
Logan
Rockbridge
A. J. Waldron
Slayer Denied Last Mile Walk Alone
Barney Kenneth Davis Jr., 24, convicted killer, was executed in Ohio for the murder of Normal Carl Reker, a Cleveland Heights police officer, during a 1948 burglary. He upheld calm at his last meal before the electric chair, initially refused to allow the chaplain to accompany him, but prison rules required accompaniment to the death chamber.
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Columbus
Barney Kenneth Davis, Jr
Ohio
Cleveland
Carl Reker
Cleveland Heights
K. E. Wall
Death Takes Woman Secretary Treasurer of Kentucky History
Mrs. Jouett Taylor Cannan who served 25 years as secretary treasurer of the Kentucky Historical Society died today in Frankfurt Kentucky. Her long tenure covered decades of preservation work and she was a key figure in state history circles.
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Frankfurt
Jouett Taylor Cannan
Kentucky Historical Society
Mayor Denies Charge in Bauer Grand Jury Appeal Hearing
Lancaster Ohio June 24 Mayor Fred Von Stein rebutted testimony in the appeal hearing of fired police captain Lawrence F Bauer denying telling him to leave gambling alone The civil service commission heard Bauer testify that such a remark was made and several officers disputed his story The commission also denied Lt Brown’s bid to dismiss the charges but ordered a bill of particulars Brown faced extortion charges and suspensions while hearings on Bauer and Martin cases proceed next week
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Lancaster, O
Fred von Stein
Lawrence F. Bauer
von Stein
Bauer
Lancaster Civil Service Commission
Frank Kelsey
Ralph Goodyear
Charles Zollars
Lancaster
Sam H. Hutsler
Hutsler
Everett J. Brown
Brown
D. L. Grove
M. H. Martin
Lester Crook
Martin
M. C. Parent
Commission
Caddy 11 Drowns in Scioto River. Brother Missing
Charles Pachlhofer 11 and his brother Robert 13 were caddies at Scioto Country Club. Charles drowned in the Scioto River. Robert is missing, clothing found on the river bank. Police fear Robert also drowned as river search continues.
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Columbus
Charles Pachlhofer
Scioto Country Club
Scioto
Robert
Today’s Markets At a Glance
WHEAT firm with more showers in the southwest. CORN firm with wheat. OATS steady aided by strength in other grains. HOGS fairly active and generally steady top 22.00. CATTLE steady to 25 cents lower choice absent. STOCKS steady trading slow. BONDS steady some rails in demand.
Senate Resents Pressure To Speed Arms Program
The Senate resents State Department pressure for rapid action on a 1.13 billion arms for Europe program. Critics say the administration pushes timing ahead of treaty approval and overemphasizes the price rather than the strategic value. Senators planned to ratify the treaty before addressing the arms plan.
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Senate
Washington
State Department
State to Conduct Anti-VD Campaign in Ohio
The Ohio state department of health will run a campaign in July and August with the theme Wipe out syphilis from Ohio. Officials say the effort aims to raise awareness and promote prevention across the state.
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Columbus
State Department of Health
Ohio
Somerset Woman Gives Birth to Triplets in Zanesville
Mrs. John Patterson, 36, of Somerset Perry County, gave birth to triplets two girls and a boy in a Zanesville hospital. She has nine other children, including twins, with two previous children deceased. All are reported doing fine, and one baby was placed in an incubator.
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Zanesville, O
John Patterson
Somerset
Perry County
Zanesville
Mercury Nearing Top of Column
Temperatures again rose into the 90s with a noon reading of 92 degrees and a forecast of 95 by late afternoon after a cooler period yesterday. The low last night was 54 degrees, and reports noted residents using blankets for comfort as overnight temperatures dropped. Yesterday's high reached 89 degrees around 4 PM.
Fall Kills Worker at Public Hall in Cleveland
Robert Smith, 65 year old plasterer, died in a hospital after a 12 foot fall from a scaffold at Public Hall. The incident occurred in Cleveland and the death was reported June 24. No further details were provided about the accident or investigation.
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Cleveland
Robert Smith
Truman Seeks Civil Service Based Postmaster Appointments
President Truman urged Congress to enact a law removing postmaster appointments from politics and placing all postmasters under civil service. He proposed Senate confirmation be dropped for first to third class posts and called for a businesslike postal budget plus a development program to modernize operations.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Civil Service and Classification Acts
Senate
Civil Service System
Futhermore
Government Reorganization Commission
Hoover
Post Office
Hoover Commission
Portsmouth Strike Still Unsettled
Cincinnati June 24 Negotiations continued late into the night with no word of settlement in the Selby Shoe Co strike at Portsmouth involving 2400 workers since May 16 over a 22 cent hour cost of living bonus in a new piece work wage scale Local 117 United Shoe Workers CSO and the company met with federal conciliators George Bell and Martin Swanger The outcome remained unsettled as of last night.
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Cincinnati
Selby Shoe Co
Portsmouth
United Shoe Workers
CSO
George Bell
Martin Swanger
Acheson says Russia on defensive after Paris talks
Secretary of State Acheson says the Soviet Union is now on the defensive in the struggle for the soul of Europe. He cites the Paris Big Four meeting showing Russia won’t ease its grip in occupied Germany. He warns Moscow will not relax control in the eastern zones or Berlin.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
Europe
Paris
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
West
Soviet Union
Berlin
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Illinois Masonic Hospital
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Philadelphia
Ruth Steinhagen
Phillies
Cook County
Charles E. Black
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Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern Association
John Owens
Bluefield
Caddy
Dunkirk
France
Calais
International Soundphotos
United States
Mercury
Fall
Worker
Post Office Dept
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