Hocking County Traffic Deaths Jump in 1956
Ohio safety statistics show Hocking County 1956 traffic deaths rose 83 percent from 1955 and 450 percent from 1954, with 11 fatalities and 209 accidents. Injured totaled 200, including four pedestrians, and property damage reached 114 755 dollars.
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Hocking County
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Gordon Jeffrey
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Hamil
Geauga County
Ohio
U.S. Presses Restraint Over Israel and Egypt Moves
Washington seeks to cool both sides to avoid new fighting as Dag Hammarskjold plans Cairo talks. Egypt plans civil administration for Gaza with no troops. Israel warns against rash moves and cites Eisenhower pledge. Herter coordinates with Eban Alphand and Coulson to urge calm and UN cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
Israel
Iig
Cairo
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Gamal Abdel Nasser
America
U. N
Henry Cabott
Gaza Strip
Mediterranean
56 Report of City Finances Published
City receipts for 1956 total $420 153.29 with disbursements at $344 892.88. Salaries and wages are $119 053.71. The City Council seeks voter approval of a four mill levy at the May primary to raise about $41,000 for maintenance of minimum services.
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Logan
Today’s Daily News
1900 Auto Tags Sold In Logan
About 1900 sets of new auto license plates have been sold in Logan to date. Purchases reached Y-350-J at noon. Vehicles must display the new plates by April 1 per deputy registrar Dean Collison.
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Logan
Dean Collison
Eisenhower sails to Bermuda aboard Canber ra for six day cruise
President Eisenhower sails tonight aboard the guided missile cruiser Canberra on a six day voyage to Bermuda. The excursion highlights a routine naval cruise with the president aboard for leisure.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Canberra
Bermuda
Polio Shots Given To 1 146 School Children
Hocking County health department completed the first 1957 polio vaccine round in city and county schools, totaling 1 146 doses across 19 schools. An additional 219 people have been vaccinated at the courthouse, bringing year to date inoculations to 1 365.
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Hocking
Logan Senior High
Logan Junior High
Central
St. John's
East
West
West Logan
Marion
Enterprise
Rockbridge
Gibisonville
Laurelville
South Bloomingville
Ilesboro
Murray City
Carbon Hill
Green
Union Furnace
Gore
Indonesia Sees Premier Resign Amid Island Rebellions
Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo resigns after Sukarno proclaims a state of war and military rulers seize control in a year of four bloodless coups. The Jakarta government faces revolt across outer islands while Java remains under central authority and demands more balanced development.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Sukarno
Java
Sastroamidjojo
Washington
Idential
Army
Navy
Air Force
Mercury Reaches 75 Degrees in Hocking County
Temperatures climbed to 75 degrees in mid afternoon in Hocking County marking a new high for the year after a 32 degree low the previous night. A 63 degree reading was recorded at 11:30 this morning as clouds linger and light rain falls. Scattered showers are forecast later today with cloudy, much colder weather expected Friday.
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Hocking County
Mercury
Village Marshal Held As Burglar
Shawnee village marshal Harry Opperman is jailed on $60 thefts from three burglaries last week. Police say he is being held for further questioning in connection with other thefts in the past five months.
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New Lexington
Harry Opperman
Shawnee
Opperman
Crash Fatal To 20 Persons in Manchester Landing
A Viscount airliner of Britain's air fleet crashed on approach in Manchester plunging through three houses on landing. Twenty persons aboard were killed or feared dead as rescue teams scour the wreckage for survivors.
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Manchester
England
Britain
Farm Leaders Seek To Build Up Bloc
House farm leaders sought to reunify the once invincible farm bloc after defeats on new subsidies for corn and feed grains. The vote split along party and regional lines as lawmakers rejected proposals to expand subsidies and support differing crops. Secretary Benson signaled continued price supports, while officials pledged to back compliance corn at 70 percent of parity.
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Washington
House
Midwest
Big City
Representanie
Ohio
Ashley
Hays
Ayres
Baumhart
Betts
Bow
Brown
Cleven
Feighan
Kirwan
Vanik
Minshall
Rolston
Scherer
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
Soil Bank
House Agriculture Committee
Violent quake hits Aleutian region for seventh time
The U S Geodetic Survey reports another violent earthquake in the Aleutian Island chain marking the seventh major quake in a series begun Saturday. The quake was recorded at 9 57 am EST and continued strong about an hour later. Capt Elliott Roberts noted the seismograph needle moved violently and had to be stopped. Deceatas University's geological observatory also recorded today's quake, nearly as large as last Saturday's which triggered a Pacific tidal wave.
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Washington
U. S. Geodetic Survey Today
Aleutian Island
Elliott Roberts
Survey
Division of
Geophysics
Deceatas University
Geological Observatory
Pacific
Nixon Delayed on Africa Trip in Khartoum Flight Return
Vice President Nixon’s plane to Libya returned to Khartoum after a partial engine failure. In Khartoum he said Sudan had not decided on support for Eisenhower’s Middle East doctrine while Premier Abbud Khalil sought U.S. aid for road improvements. Thousands cheered Amman’s British treaty verdict, while Iraq’s oil shipment moved from Syria to England. The day also saw a Cyprus execution and Greek Princess Helen’s death.
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Tripoli
Libya
Nixon
Khartoum
Sudan
Eisenhower
Middle East
Abuddah Khalil
U. S
Khalil
Damascus
Syria
Iraqi Petroleum Co
Aramis
Baniyas
England
Egypt
Welfare Unit Moves to New Quarters in County Office
Mrs. Margaret Webb announces the Hocking County welfare department will occupy the second floor of the former Mabel Wright Ruble residence at Market and Second Streets. The building has been cleaned and redecorated with new lighting installed. Access will be via the sel ed street entrance at the end of the hallway.
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Margaret Webb
Hocking
Housing Starts Seen Rise Despite Tight Credit
Federal housing officials predict easing money conditions this year and more home buying. Mr. Cole says the best judgment is 1,100,000 new houses to be started, roughly the 1,010,000 January pace and similar to last year’s rate.
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Washington
Cole
Portland Official Refuses To Talk At Senate Inquiry
Indicted Portland district attorney William Langley invoked the Fifth Amendment during questions before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee. Langley, backed by the Teamsters, refused to answer when asked about meeting gambler James B. Elkins. The hearings focused on Teamsters Oregon finances and a $5,000 retainer fee paid to attorney K. C. Tanner, Langley’s lawyer.
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Washington
William Langley
Portland, Ore
Senate
James B. Elkins
Portland
Elkins
Senators
Teamsters
Langley
There
Ant U. S
Oregon
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Mikesell
International Conference of Teamsters
Council
Atty. K. C. Tanner
Tanner
Mrs. Bess Pierson Dies at 70 in Logan
Mrs. Bess Victoria Pierson aged 70 died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Doc Hospital Logan after a cerebral hemorrhage at home. Wife of W. E. Pierson they would have marked 54th anniversary March 29. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Heinlein Funeral Home Rev. D. S. Dunkle. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Call after 7 p.m. today.
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Bess Victoria Pierson
Wisday
Doc Hospital
Mbus
Front St
W. E. Pierson
Logan
John
Jane Phillips Manning
Autoist Killed Near Mount Vernon
Hubert Shrieves aged 53 of The Plains Athens County was killed Wednesday night when his car left Ohio 661 about one mile south of Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Hubert Shrieves
the Plains
Athens County
Ohio
Here
Cuban Students Fight Batista Plot Ends In Bloodshed
Tank backed troops crushed a student assault on Havana’s presidential palace killing about 40 people and wounding 60. Policemen hunted participants as an identified rebel leader and Cuban politics figures were found dead or wounded. The nation remained tense but orderly with a curfew lifted.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Peter Korenda
Clifton
N. J
Regis Hotel
Ed R. Butts
Garfield, N.J
Jose Antonio Echeverria
University of Havana Students’ Federation
Menelao Mora
Carlos Piio Soccarras
Sen
Pelayo Cuervo Navarro
Echeverria
Fidel Castro Luz
Union Veep Hoffa Charged in Bribe Plot With Labor Panel
James R. Hoffa, 44, Teamsters vice president, faces federal bribery charges for allegedly hiring attorney John Dye Cheasty to obtain a committee job and feed information from a Senate inquiry into labor racketeering. FBI seized documents. two other arrests announced in Florida and Detroit. Hoffa bond set at 25,000 with March 28 hearing.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate
Hoffa
Teamster
FBI
John Dye Cheasty
New York
Committee
Florida
Detroit
McClellan
D-Ark
Cheasty
Mittee
Robert F
U. S
James Splain
Splain
Fischbach
Coral Gables
Fla
U. S. Dist
Richmond B. Keech
Mya
P. Dobrescu
United States
Fischback
Dobrescu
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