House Slashes Eisenhower Budget by Half a Billion
The House Appropriations Committee cut 516.9933 million dollars from the 5.923 billion dollar request for 18 federal agencies for the fiscal year starting July 1. Major cuts hit Veterans Administration Civil Defense and General Services Administration. Cole urged further cuts at the Federal Housing Administration, while Congress considers extending current corporate and excise tax rates to April 1 1958.
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Senate
Blizzard Month Brings Deadly Storms to Midwest
Severe blizzards swept the northern Midwest bringing at least six deaths across Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas. Snow rain and sleet closed schools cut power and isolated towns as winds gusted to 70 mph and hundreds traveled blocked roads.
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Associated Press
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Minnesota
Iowa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Rolfe
North Dakota
Upper Great Lakes
Hike For Trainmen Urged By Probers
An emergency presidential board urged a 26 percent hourly wage increase over three years for about 160 000 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen members employed by 175 class 1 railroads. The report also calls for semiannual cost of living adjusts tied to the CPI a mutual three year wage moratorium and seven paid holidays a year for yardmen.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad
White House
Wm. Brown of Straitsville Dies at 68
William J. Brown Sr. 68, funeral director of New Straitsville, died at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital after a heart condition. Survivors include wife Nelle, two sons J E Brown and William Jr, two daughters, a sister, and ten grandchildren. Funeral Monday at New Straitsville Methodist Church. Burial in New Straitsville Cemetery.
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New Straitsville
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Mills & Brown
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Order of the Eastern Star
Nelle
Mills & Brown Funeral Home
Geauga County Seeks Frost as Spring Warms Ohio
Geauga residents lament warm spell while agricultural agent notes only 20 percent of maple sugaring season has passed. Forecast calls for 46 to 53 degree highs and 28 to 33 degree lows with a mix of showers, as Hocking County records warm day and cool night.
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Geauga County
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Schuler
Hocking County
Navy blimp ends 11 day sky romp breaking endurance record
ZPG 2 completed an 11 day non refueled flight from Weymouth MA to Key West FL covering over 7000 miles. The airship surpassed the 1929 Graf Zeppelin mark and 200 hour non refueled flight record, with Adm Arleigh Burke sending congratulations.
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Logan Jet Pilot Survives Crash Landing Near El Toro Field
Marine Lt. Thomas Helber of Logan narrowly escaped death when his jet crashed about 40 miles from El Toro Field California. He suffered multiple injuries including a broken leg and ankle fracture. His radio man sustained a fractured pelvis. Emergency crews pulled them from the flaming wreck minutes before it exploded. Helicopter and ground units saved their lives. Helber, 20, expects at least three weeks of hospitalization. The field of the crash was not disclosed. He is a 1954 Logan High School graduate and has a history in Navy and Marine aviation.
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Lawrence
William C. Woodgeard
Logan Rt. 3
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Bainbridge
Naval Training Station
New Minister Named for St. Pauls Church in Logan
Bishop Henry W. Hobson appoints the Rev. Peyton Reed of Cincinnati as minister in charge of St. Pauls Episcopal Church Logan Ohio. Reed a former Athens resident has served seven years as assistant rector at St. Thomas Terrace Park and will be the first full time minister to live in the rectory. The appointment initiates a five year plan to make the parish self supporting with duties starting around June 1.
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Southern Ohio
Peyton Reed
Cincinnati
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Logan
Lucius Wright
St. Paul’s
St. Paul's
Reed
Fire Ashes Damage Autos Across Huntington Area
White ash from a South Point Ohio fertilizer plant fire spread over Huntington area autos causing mottled finish damage. Allied Chemical & Dye plant blast produced nitrous oxide and chlorine in the smoke. Auto insurers report widespread claims as stainless steel trim spots show the ash fallout.
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Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
South Point
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Cuban Suspects Roundup Continues After Palace Attack
Cuban police continue a broad roundup of suspects in the attack on the presidential palace by student rebels. About 200 people were said to have been detained for questioning, with most later released as Havana remained calm. Police still held Havana University, closed since November over anti-government conspiracies.
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Fire destroys Porter Heigle residence on Rt 664
A residence on Route 664 nine miles south of Logan burned down early this afternoon. Logan Fire Department was called at 12 06 p m. Details were not available at press time.
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Egyptian General Governs Gaza Strip
Maj. Gen. Hassan Abdel Latif arrived as the new Egyptian governor of Gaza with aides while UNEF troops remain the only military force. Israel had pulled out under the expectation of UN control. The U N and U.S. officials sought to ease tensions and resume aid to Israel as Britain and Labor criticized UN guarantees for Israel against Arab aggression.
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Senator Presses Benson on Higher Corn Support
Sen. Humphrey urged Agriculture Secretary Benson to raise this year's corn support price to 1.50, matching 1956, while a House petition seeks 1.60. An Eisenhower aide urged science over politics to solve farm surplus, noting production outpacing demand and calling for new uses of cotton, wheat, and feed grains.
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Rail Track Torn Up Near Galatea Wood County
Railroad crews repaired 550 feet of New York Central track ten miles north of Findlay at Galatea after a northbound freight derailed 28 coal cars. No injuries were reported.
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Eisenhower sails south to Bermuda on Navy cruiser Canberra
President Eisenhower cruiser trip aims to improve health and shake a lingering cold Rumors place the voyage along the Atlantic coast from Norfolk Virginia toward Bermuda He will land off Daytona Beach Florida likely near Miami for talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan No landing planned during the cruise aboard the guided missile craft Canberra The trip follows meetings with NATO officers and seven allied nations at NATO supreme command headquarters
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April Draft Call Set For 3 From Hocking County
Ohio Selective Service in Columbus issued an April draft call for 726 men, lower than March’s 831. Inductees must be 22 by April 1 unless volunteering or delinquent, with county counts listing Putnam 13 and Athens 9 among others.
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Girl Five Strangled While Skipping Rope Incident
A five year old girl, Cathie Ann Mulhall, died in Chicago after hanging from a clothesline tied to a telephone pole while attempting a tight rope walk on a neighbor’s board fence. Her father, Gerald, found her lifeless as the rope entangled around her throat and one end caught at the fence top.
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Cathie Ann Mulhall
Gerald
New Sex Editor Dies In Perry County
A heart attack in his office felled A. M. Tinker editor of the weekly Somerset Press in Perry County at age 55. He led the paper and was known in Somerset community circles.
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A. M. Tinker
Somerset Press
Perry County
Brewster Denies Teamsters Conspiracy in Portland
West Coast teamsters leader Frank W. Brewster testified before a Senate committee that the union was not involved in any racketeering or plots to control law enforcement in Portland Oregon. The hearing also covered bribery probes into Hoffa aide and Miami lawyer Fishbach as the federal grand jury investigates the case.
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Cheasty
Hyman I. Fishbach
Miami
House Investigating Committees
Ohio to Relocate Section of Route 595 in Monday Creek Area
The Ohio Department of Highways approved a proposal to relocate a tenth of a mile of Ohio 595 in the Monday Creek area of the county. The plan was authorized at a hearing in Van.
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Ohio
Department of Highways
Monday Creek
Van
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