Tigers Nearly Upset Ohio's No. 1 Bleam
Gibisonville's Tigers almost toppled Corning Railroaders in a dramatic Class B district battle at Athens. A late horn saved Corning at 58-56 after a 54-54 tie in regulation. overtime featured Roof’s tip-in and Lutz’s jump shot to force a final 56-56, then Roof won it with 31 seconds left. Harry Whitcraft led Gibisonville with 29 points and a brilliant all-around finish.
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Gibisonville
Magnificent Tigers
Corning
Athens
Horn of Corning
Associated Press
Tigers
Fritz Howell
Gibsonville
Jerry Roof
Railroaders
Roof
Ken Lutz
Harry Whitcraft
Whitcraft
Gibisonville High School
Hocking County
Cecil Moore
Ralph Ogle
Charles Kuhn
Moore
Paul Carr
Senate Moves Toward Final Action on Universal Military Training Bill
Senate action quickened on the Universal Military Training and Service bill with a 4,000,000 armed forces cap amid debates over long term compulsory training for all 18 year olds. Amendments to defer 75,000 yearly entrants faced pushback as senators weigh draft expansion versus partial mobilization and board based selection.
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Senate
Washington
Mar
Pentagon
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Taft
Ohio
Bricker
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Bad Marksmanship Costs Crow Hunter and Explosives Plant
Pearl River New York March 8 A 22 year old hunter Frank Perkins Jr was fined 250 dollars after pleading guilty to firing a gun within 500 feet of a building marked explosives He said he did not see the Barna Bass Fireworks Company plant on the Hackensack River when he fired at a crow last Monday The incident violated the state labor law.
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Pearl River
N. Y
Frank Perkins, Jr
Barnabas Fireworks Company
Hackensack River
Ohio Declares Conservation Week in Schools and Arbor Day
Ohio will observe Conservation Week from April 23 to 27 in all schools. Governor Lausche also proclaimed April 27 as Arbor and Bird Day, signaling statewide focus on nature and conservation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Collazo Faces Death Penalty in White House Attack
The Puerto Rican militant Oscar Collazo was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder in the Blair House attack on President Truman. A federal jury convicted him in about a hour and 42 minutes, and the mandatory death penalty applies to each count. Compatriot Griselio Torresola was killed at the scene, and guards Downs and Birdzell were wounded.
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Washington
Mar
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Collazo
Blair House
Griselio Torresola
Leslie Coffelt
Torresola
Coffelt
White House
Joseph H. Downs
Donald T. Birdzell
Torre
More Footslogging Ahead for Doughboys As General Applies Korean War Lessons
Maj. Gen. John H. Church, fresh from Korea, warns at Fort Benning that American soldiers must shed reliance on vehicles and relearn foot combat. He becomes commandant to instill realistic night training and to prepare troops to fight through rough terrain without dependence on transportation, drawing on the 24th Division’s Korea experiences.
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Fort Benning
John H. Church
Korea
24Th
Church
Tinued
Seoul
Taejon
Nakktong
Pusan
William F. Dean
Japan
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Turnpike Law Constitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court in a 5-1 mandamus ruling found the states turnpike law constitutional and the Ohio Turnpike Commission a legal entity. It also held the commission may issue revenue bonds for the project without the bonds constituting state obligations and ordered $55,000 payments to two engineering firms for traffic and survey work, despite auditor objections.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Joseph T. Ferguson
Legion Boys State Delegate Selected
Logan Post 78 American Legion announced James McNamee as Buckeye Boys State delegate to be held in Delaware in June. Alternate delegate is Bob Fox. Both are juniors at Logan High School and were chosen from several names.
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Logan Post
American Legion
James McNamee
North Market Street
Buckeye
Delaware
Bob Fox
Patrick Fox
Logan
Logan High School
Allies Forge Ahead Across 70 Mile Front
Allied troops pressed an advance of one to two miles along a 70 mile front in Korea on the second day of the drive. U S forces reported heavy enemy casualties on day one and described Communist resistance as rear guard. Multiple divisions crossed the Han and Pukhan rivers under mortar fire, with several bridgeheads expanding and South Korean forces mounting a diversionary crossing to draw Red tanks away from the main assault.
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Tokyo
Korea
Eighth Army
U.S
Han River
Seoul
25Th
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Chipyong
Hongchon
Hoengsong
U.S. Second Division
U.S. Seventh Division
East Central Front
25Th Division
Pukhan
First Division
The
Han
Russian-Style Planes Flee from U S Jets
Fourteen F 86 Saber jets intercepted seventeen MIG type fighters today but the Russian style jets turned tail and ran. The Fifth Air Force said no damage was sustained by either side.
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U.S
Springlike Temperatures Likely To End Tonight
Logan and Hocking County enjoy springlike weather as a March cold wave advances from the northern plains. Tonight cools and becomes windy, with Friday forecast to be cloudy and cold. Noon temperature in Logan reached 50 degrees, 19 above last night. Yesterday's high topped 65 at 9 30 A M.
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Plains
Midwest
Logan
Fifteen Inductees From Hocking County Soon Reported
Fifteen Hocking County men are to leave Logan at 8 10 a m tomorrow for Fort Hayes Columbus to be inducted into the armed forces as the 11th call from the county since the Korean War began. Mrs Harry Sweazy Selective Service Board clerk said the next pre induction physicals will be March 28 with 11 scheduled to take examinations.
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Hocking County
Logan
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Harry Sweazy
Selective Service Board
Record-breaking cold grips central United States
An early March cold wave drives deep into the midwest and plains. Temperatures remain well below zero across Montana North Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa with readings near 28 below in Lewistown and Cut Bank and -19 in Billings. Forecasters warn of colder conditions overnight as snow cover and clear skies persist.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Montana
Northern Plains
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Canada
Dakotas
North Central Region
Southern Plains States
Lewistown
Cutbank
Mont
Billings
Bismarck
N. C
Nebraska
Mercury
Chardon
Valentine
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Jobless Must Hunt Work To Receive Idle Pay
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation board of review ruled jobless workers must prove they are actively seeking work to receive unemployment benefits. The decision followed denying benefits to a Cleveland waitress unnamed in reports, after the board found she had made no job applications.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Board of Review Today
Cleveland
James Groves Rites Are Held Wednesday
Funeral services for James Groves were held Wednesday at 2 30 PM from the Leonard Funeral Home with Dr. R B Wilson officiating. Music was by Carl Spence on the organ. Pallbearers were Carl Larimer Robert Stewart Dane Malster Paul Benner W N Holderman and Howard Fellore. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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James Groves
Leonard Funeral Home
R. B. Wilson
Carl Spence
Carl Larimer
Robert Stewart
Dane Malster
Paul Benner
W. N. Holderman
Howard Fellore
Oak Grove Cemetery
Coalition-Driven Committees Back Dual Senate House Approval on Troop Assignment
With a coalition pact, two Senate committees voted 14 to 10 to require both Senate and House approval for any assignment of American troops to Eisenhower’s Western European army. They also backed a Lodge proposal urging major European contributions to ground forces under Eisenhower, reversing yesterday’s 12-12 tie. The measures were written into a resolution sponsored by Connally and Russell to formalize executive plans into law, pending identical House action.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
House
North Atlantic
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lodge
Connally
Senator Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Coalition
Kentucky Senator Virgil Chapman Fatally Injured
Kentucky Senator Virgil Chapman a 55 year old veteran Democrat was fatally injured in a crash between his automobile and a trailer truck. He died at Bethesda Naval Hospital about seven hours after the 3 20 a m collision on Connecticut Avenue in northwest Washington. Chapman had served 22 years in the House before winning a Senate seat in 1948 succeeding Vice President Barkley.
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Washington
Mar
Virgil Chapman
Congress
Kentucky
Chapman
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Connecticut Avenue
House
Senate
Barkley
Pleasure Jaunt Costs Inmate of Hocking Forest Camp
Former Hocking State Forest Honor Camp inmate Paul Redman, 50, took a so called pleasure trip to Columbus to visit family after driving a camp truck to Chillicothe for cement blocks. Detained by sheriff Walter Richards en route back. Warden Alvis returned him to Ohio Penitentiary where all privileges are revoked and his honor camp status is terminated.
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Hocking Forest
Hocking State Forest
Ohio Penitentiary
Paul Redman
Chillicothe
Columbus
Redman
Ralph Alvis
Pickaway County
Walter Richards
Alvis
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