Border flood forces mass evacuation along Rio Grande
Police in Laredo Texas evacuated residents in low areas as the Rio Grande surged to a 40 foot crest threatening the business district. Across the border Nuevo Laredo sandbag efforts halted as floodwaters rose and the International Bridge faced closure. Thousands fled to the hills while Ozona faced 14 deaths from flash floods upstream.
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Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande River
Boundary
Nuevo Laredo
International Bridge
U. S.-Mexico
Rio Grande
Texas
Ozona
Oorder
International Boundary and Water Commission
IBWC
IWBC
Langtry
del Rio
Pleasant Day Outlook Across the Nation
Chicago reports a warm and pleasant day with sunshine in most regions. Temperatures run slightly hot in the South while rain is scattered across a few areas.
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Chicago
Southland
Logan Area Weather Retains Comfort with Warm Afternoon
Yesterday in Logan area the low reached 49 and the high 83 by 2 30 p.m. Today readings show a 6 30 a.m. low of 56 and a 11 30 a.m. high of 82 as temperatures rise through the late morning.
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Logan
Showers and Thunderstorms Sweep Northern Plains to Mississippi Valley
Areas early today experienced showers and thunderstorms moving from the Northern Plains eastward to the upper Mississippi Valley, bringing unsettled weather and possible localized downpours.
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Plains
Mississippi Valley
Five Day Forecast Near Normal Temperatures This Week
Temperatures Wednesday through Sunday will average near season normal with a high near 82 and lows around 61 to 64. Rain is not expected except for scattered thunderstorms Thursday or Friday, possibly delivering one-quarter to one-half inch of rain.
Guatemala Junta Collapses as Monzon Takes Over
Col. Alfredo Monzon heads new ruling group after Diaz junta resigns amid rebel pressure. The change follows Arbenz era overthrow plans and promises amnesty for anti-Communists. Ex-president Arbenz reportedly exiled to Argentina as police reshuffle occurs.
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Jose A. Sanchez
Arbenz
Alfredo H. Monzon
Juna
Enrique Diaz
Jose Luis Salazar
Maurice Dubois
Diaz
Monzon
Judge Warns Man Against Serpent Divorce Repeat
In Durham England Judge Clifford Cohen granted Thomas R Ainsley a second divorce from the same wife on desertion grounds. He warned the man not to seek a third divorce noting a wise man does not get bitten three times by the same serpent.
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Judge
Durham
England
Clifford Cohen
Thomas R. Ainsley
July Fourth predicted traffic disaster in nation
Chicago report cites National Safety Council warning the coming weekend could produce the worst July 4 traffic jam in history with as many as 430 fatalities. More than 40 million cars are expected on highways, urging drivers to exercise heightened caution.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
City Council votes to repeal 101-year-old blue law
Columbus city council approved a 6 to 1 vote to end a Sunday grocery sales ban that had stood for more than a century. Council member Joseph R. Jones called the repeal the end of the gray law, saying it would repeal the law of God.
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Columbus
Joseph R. Jones
Ohioan Elected NY AEA Classroom Teachers President
Lucille Carroll of Wooster Ohio was elected president of the department of classroom teachers in the National Education Association yesterday.
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New York
Lucille Carroll
Wooster
Ohio
Department of
The
National Education Assn
Benson Nixon Beat Drums For Flexible Farm Program
Washington leaders push flexible farm price supports as House weighs a one year extension of the war born system at 90 percent parity. Nixon and Benson defend the flexible plan on a nationwide broadcast while Senate and House debate the path forward with Hope and Cooley presenting the case.
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House
Eisenhower
Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Ers
Capitol
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hope
R-Ran
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Eisenhower Churchill push for drastic arms cuts and peace bid
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill issued a six point plan calling for drastic world armaments reductions with safeguards and a path to peaceful atomic energy use. They urged all nations including the Soviets to seek just peace while offering friendship upon sincere pledges. Churchill planned to depart for Ottawa after a White House meeting ending with a warm handshake.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
White House
Roy Maze 65 Dies After Six Month Illness
Roy Maze of Logan Route 3 died at home Monday at noon after a six month illness. He is survived by his wife seven children and two sisters. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville. Maze was chief electrician for Nelsonville city for 12 years.
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Roy Maze
Logan Rt. 3
Stout
Nelsonville
Mr. Maze
Byrd Edges Baltimore In Tight Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination
Dr. H. C. Byrd long time University of Maryland president appears to win the Democratic nomination for governor from Baltimore with a razor thin margin that awaits official count for certainty.
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Baltimore
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Three More Hepatitis Cases Reported In Local Areas
Three more cases of infectious hepatitis were reported in Logan by the Hocking County Health Department. The Dalton children Steven 11 Gary Lee 8 and Pammie 2 of 260 Angle Ave are under a family physician care. Dr H M Boocks said disease has appeared in Hocking Vinton and Fairfield counties recently and gamma globulin is used for prevention. He noted it is a virus type disease with limited current knowledge and Cincinnati research under state health direction. Transmission is similar to typhoid fever and standard control methods apply.
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Logan
Hocking County
Charles Dalton
Angle Ave
Steven
Gary Lee
Pammie
H. M. Boocks
Hocking
Vinton
Fairfield
Boocks
Cin
French Pull Forces From Viet Nam Area
Saigon reports the French abandon An Khe in central Viet Nam after Vietminh ambushes. French and Vietnamese forces withdrew 250 miles northeast of Saigon and 40 miles from the coast, suffering serious losses but denying Vietminh casualty claims. The move follows a failed five month campaign and signals regrouping in Indochina.
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Saigon
Indochina
Viet Nam
An Khe
China Sea
Pleiku
Henri Navarre
Medics Report Truman Condition Improves Slightly
Kansas City doctors say Harry S Truman is improved but still seriously ill after emergency appendix and gall bladder surgery on June 20. hypersensitivity to necessary antibiotics complicates recovery and requires special bacteriological studies and treatment, hospital spokesman reports.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Wallace Graham
Truman
Two Men Fall From Local Plant Roof Injuring Both
At National Supply Co on Gallagher Ave two men from Buckeye Lake roofing contractor Otho B Zimmer fell while tarning a roof at 7 15 pm. Robert Fox of Lancaster broke an arm and dislocated elbow while Robert Kilbarger of Lancaster Rt 1 broke a foot. Both are treated at Hocking Valley Hospital.
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National Supply Co
Gallagher Ave
Otho B. Zimmer
Buckeye Lake
National
Robert Fox
Lancaster
Robert Kilbarger
Lancaster Rt. 1
Hocking Valley Hospital
Idle List Drops Unemployment Claims in Columbus
Newly unemployed claimants for unemployment compensation for the week ending June 26 dropped to 10,564, the smallest figure in many weeks, reported today by the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jury Finds Benjamin Meyer Guilty of First Degree Murder
A Hocking County jury convicts Benjamin E. Meyer of first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Velvia with no mercy recommended. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence. sentencing awaiting a motion for a new trial. Meyer, 25, faces execution at the Ohio Penitentiary after deliberating seven ballots.
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Hocking County
Benjamin E. Meyer
Velvia
Harley Meyer
Meyer
Ed Eberst
Clerk of
Thelma Keyes
Richard Gerken
Gerken
Ohio Penitentiary
Reynolds Wins $175000 Libel Award Against Pegler
Author Quentin Reynolds receives 175000 dollars in punitive damages in a federal libel suit against columnist Westbrook Pegler and Hearst entities. The jury awards Reynolds one dollar for compensatory damages, while Pegler’s contract shields him from payment. judge Weinfeld sets a 20 day stay on the punitive award.
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New York
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
U. S
Reynolds
Hearst
Weinfeld
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