Plucky Miners Exit District Tournament in Semifinal Loss
Murray City Miners fell 73 to 54 to Rio Grande in the District Class B semifinal at Athens. Jack Wooten Smith fouled out in the third quarter as Gallia County dominated, leaving the Hocking County champs to bow out with a two point deficit.
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Wooten
Smith
Murray City
Rio Grande
Athens
Gallia County
Whale
Jack Wooten Smith
Hocking County
Rio Grande Edges Murray In Nerve-Wracking Comeback Fight
Rio Grande, ranked fifth in the state, led early and held a five to ten point margin as Murray Center Smith was limited to six points by Clyde Evans and Don Cofer. The Bluemen built an 11-4 run and led 17-10 after one, then 29-21 at halftime. Murray surged in the second half but could not fully overturn the deficit, with Rio’s strong zone and late pushes sustaining the win.
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Rio Grande
Murray
Clyde Evans
Don Cofer
Smith
Rio
Bluemen
Evans
Cofer
Bill Spencer
Mickey Morgan
Miners
Jim Sanborn
Bill Lynch
Wooten
Ohio River Flood Crest Reached At Cincinnati
The Ohio River flood crested at 61 feet in Cincinnati, nine feet above flood stage, then began to fall. Coney Island and River Downs were submerged, downtown streets flooded, and several railroad yards inundated. One death occurred as a warehouse worker died trapped in an elevator. Red Cross reports 3,182 families affected across four states. Indiana officials planned flood walls and levees to protect low areas.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana- Kentucky
Coney Island
River Downs
Trenton Horton Jr
Red Cross
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
State Of Ohio Under Russian Scrutiny In Soviet Encyclopedia
Moscow notes Ohio described as progressive and the mother of presidents yet ill regarded for capitalistic monopolies led by Cleveland. The 12 pages cover Ohio River Valley industry, rubber and iron sectors, agriculture, farm consolidation, and Ohio's political impact with seven of 16 presidents born there.
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Moscow
Ogaio
Ohio
Cleveland
United States
Ohio River
Ohio River Valley
U.S.A
Akron
Pennsylvania
Encyclopedia
South
House OK Expected Today On Bill Hiking GI Income
Two key Democrats predicted the House will approve President Eisenhower's pay raise bill raising military pay 6 to 25 percent, adding $745 million yearly. Enlisted and officers with longer service would gain, while others receive no increase. The Senate has not acted.
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House OK
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Kilday
D-Tex
Senate
City Employee Dies of Heart Attack at Dump Site
Albert Donaldson 71, caretaker of the city dump, was found dead there yesterday afternoon. County coroner Dr. J Ward Doering said death was due to a coronary occlusion about 11 a.m. He was a long time Hocking County native and former Hocking Valley Brick Co. employee. He leaves a wife Bes sie two daughters and other relatives. Services planned at Logan EUB Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Dicken
J. Ward Doering
Harry Auker
Tommy Leak
Hocking County
Zachariah
Sarah Beck Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Logan Eub Church
Logan
Daughters of America
Bessie
Mack Dalton
Judy Donaldson
Charles
New Straitsville
John Myers
Columbus
Ann Richards
Dalton
W. Hunter St
A. N. Grueser
Leonard
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lausche Aides Confirmed by Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate confirmed three of Gov. Frank Lausche’s appointees. Edward J. Kenealy of Cleveland was approved for the state utilities commission after a lengthy floor debate, joining Boyd M. Fraser of Coldwater as public works director and William C. Bryant as liquor director.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Edward J. Kenealy
Cleveland
State Utilities Commission
Boyd M. Fraser
Coldwater
William C. Bryant
Senate
Kenealy
Air Stand Hit By Unknown Vehicle Near Rieder Bros Station
An unidentified vehicle struck an air stand at Rieder Bros service station at Depot and Front Streets around midnight. Police reported no damage estimate, the stand must be replaced, with dual wheel marks suggesting a large truck was involved.
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Rieder Bros
Depot
Front Sts
Senate Dems Propose New Low Income Tax Cut Substitute
Senate Democrats unveiled a substitute income tax cut aimed at low income families replacing the House plan of 20 dollars per person. The proposal would total 908 million annually, with 20 dollars per taxpayer and 10 per dependent, while repealing corporate and high income benefits. key Byrd and George opposed, Johnson predicted a majority but Republicans viewed split votes as uncertain.
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Senate
Democrats
House
Finance Committee
Byrd
Virginia
George
Georgia
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Mrs. Cynthia Walters Dies at 72 in Logan
Mrs. Cynthia Walters 72 died at 8 30 p m Wednesday at her son in law and daughter David Shull 34 Homer St West Logan. She was born to James and Emily Haybrow native of Union Furnace widow of John Walters and lived in Logan. Survived by three sons Harry Arthur both of Logan Ralph of Columbus four daughters Mrs Shull Mrs Blanche Harden Columbus Mrs Lela Reynolds Columbus Mrs Margaret Shultz Logan a sister Mrs Ella Guess Carbon Hill 18 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Body to Skull residence for visitation after 7 p m today. Funeral 10 30 a m Saturday Pilgrim Holiness Church Rev Earl Appleman officiating. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Cynthia Walters
David Shull
Homer St
West Logan
James and
Emily Hunnel Haybrow
Union Furnace
John Walters
Logan
Harry
Arthur
Ralph
Columbus
Shull
Blanche Harden
Lela Reynolds
Margaret Shultz
Ella Guess
Carbon Hill
Skull
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Earl Appleman
Leonard
Oak Grove Cemetery
City Truck Douses Grass Fire at Walter Frasure Home
Assistant fire chief Robert Court er responded to the Walter Frasure residence at 1297 Third St. using the booster hose from the city fire truck to extinguish a grass fire that started from burning trash blown from a container.
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Robert Courter
Walter Frasure
Third St
Wildlife Officials Visit Lake Logan On Inspection Tour
Ohio Division of Wildlife officers will inspect Lake Logan and nearby sites in the southeast April 11 12 visiting Vinton and Jackson counties and touring Lake Hope Lake Alma and a Waterloo restoration area. The tour includes Dambach Ridge and chief officers with travel and public meetings in Logan Athens Belpre and Reedsville.
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Lake Logan
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Everett Ridge
Ridge
Charles Dambach
Blosser’s
Logan
Vinton
Jackson
Raccoon Creek
Lake Hope
Lake Alma
Athens
Waterloo
Hehe Cou
City Moves To Get Fire Truck
City officials including Mayor Joseph Phillips and Fire Chief Burlin Taylor visited the Seagrave Co. plant in Columbus as part of evaluating bids from five companies for a new fire truck. Solicitor Richard Gerken sent a transcript to Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, Cleveland special counsel, outlining steps from bond election to project approval. A city ordinance to issue bonds remains the next required step.
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Richard Gerken
Squire
Gerken
Cleveland
Logan
Famed Milwaukee Cyclist Tom Brown Dies at 85
Milwaukee obituary notes the passing of Tom Brown 85 a celebrated cyclist and outdoor enthusiast known for his flowing white beard He was a longtime figure in local cycling and hiking circles with wide community recognition.
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Milwaukee
Tom Brown
Escapee Fined, Gets Freedom By Conventional Means
Charles Bungard, 20, Gore Route 1, escaped Murray City jail after non payment of a $10 fine and costs for reckless operation. He surrendered to Marshal Floyd Keaton and was fined $10 plus costs for destruction of the cell lock. Sheriff Waldron transported him back to jail for non payment, then a neighbor paid the fines and Bungard was released.
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Charles Bungard
Gore Rt. 1
Murray City
Bungard
Floyd Stiff
Floyd Keaton
Stiff
A. J. Waldron
Logan
County
Pleasant mild weather spans nation with warm Texas highs
A late winter spell brings spring like conditions across much of the country. Temperatures rose into the upper 80s in western and central Texas while readings reached the 70s in Nebraska and the central Mississippi Valley. Skies cleared in the Great Lakes and Central Plains with cloudy areas elsewhere. Freezing conditions lingered in parts of the Great Lakes region and northern New England.
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Texas
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Central Plains
West Coast
New England
Weather drift in Hocking County warms overnight
The reading in Hocking County showed 68 degrees at 12 15 a m today, climbing from a 38 degree low last night. Friday’s forecast called for mild weather and possible showers.
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Hockings County
Ike Hates White House Pool Quiet Exercise Push
President Eisenhower has begun swimming in the White House pool to gain exercise and fight colds, though an aide notes he hates the activity. Dr. Snyder believes swimming will improve his resistance and overall health despite Ike preferring golf and hunting.
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Aide
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Maj
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
Poland Albania Hungary May Get New Rulers
Vienna reports that Poland's Josef Cyrankiewicz Albania's Lt. Gen Mehmet Shehu and Hungary's Imre Nagy may soon leave office. The paper links their positions to Nagy's recent rightist deviationism charge as Rakosi seeks revenge on the Nagy faction following Stalin's death.
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Albania
Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Arbeiter-Zeitung
Imre Nagy
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Mehmet Shehu
Nagy
Communist Party
Cyrankiewicz
Shehu
Boleslaw Bierut
Enver Hoxha
Stalin
Matyas Rakosi
Rakosi
Central Committee
End of Nagy era signals shift to one man rule in satellites
The attack on Nagy signaled the end of collective leadership in the satellites and a return to one man rule under Stalin. Arbeiter-Zeitung predicts Nagy will resign after a parliament confession following Ma lenkov pattern. Szabad Nep editorial accuses him of falsifying party directives from 1953 foretelling increased consumer goods and easing farm collectivization.
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Nagy
Stalin
Arbeiter - Zeitung
Georgi Malenkov
Szabad Nep
Budapest Radio
Communist Party
Eisenhower to seek 1.2 billion for Far East aid drive
Washington reports the administration plans to ask Congress for 1.2 billion dollars to boost economic aid to the Communist threatened Far East by about a fifth. In Washington John J. McCloy, Chase National Bank chairman, said the United States grows more economically dependent on its allies as the free world strengthens.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Far East
John J. McCloy
Chase National Bank
United States
Eisenhower vows fair share of troops in Europe defense
In a speech President Eisenhower pledges the United States will keep a fair share of military forces in Europe as long as a threat persists. In PIKETON a 49 year old minister left his wife saying he would be right back and has not returned after going to the post office.
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Eisenhower
America
United States
Europe
Piketon
Atomic Energy
Ohio Three Rs bill moves through legislature
Columbus report states the Three Rs bill to require schools to teach core subjects advances in the Ohio Legislature as it encounters smoother debate and broader support.
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Columbus
Ohio
New York Jury Convicts 10 Puerto Rican Nationalist Members
In New York a federal court jury convicted ten Puerto Rican Nationalist Party members of seditious conspiracy. The verdict marks a decisive outcome in a high profile terrorist case.
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New York
Mayor Harry Sherwood Dies at 81 in Waynesville
Harry Sherwood, 81, longtime mayor of Waynesville for 42 years, died today of a heart attack in Warren County. The city mourns the longtime leader who guided Waynesville through decades of growth.
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Waynesville
Harry Sherwood
Warren County
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