Logan Temperature Dips Below Zero
A cold snap lowered Logan temperatures to one below zero after a six inch snowfall. State and county crews treated icy roads while mph milder weather was forecast for Sunday. Accidents were reported on Rt 33 near Diamond and south of Lancaster with minor damage and no injuries.
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Logan
Maine
Diamond
Rt. 33
Clarence Kepler
Rt. 2
Nelsonville
Holland Auto
Main and
Mulberry Sts
Charles V. Donaldson
Logan Rt
Paul E. Lee
N. Mulberry St
Donaldson
Jurgensmier
Ohio River
The
Weather Bureau
Banks In Ohio to Receive Tax Refunds After Supreme Court Ruling
Ohio Tax Commissioner Stanley Bowers announced refunds due banks and savings and loan companies following a Supreme Court decision. The ruling allows deduction of federal securities from intangible taxes, prompting abatements totaling 12.36 million dollars for 1947 through 1955.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stanley Bowers
Supreme Court
Bowers
Commissioner's Office
van Wert
Senate delays final decision on farm bill amid amendments
The Senate recessed for St. Patrick's Day after nine hours of wrangling on the omnibus farm bill. An amendment was approved to provide 500 million dollars for federal purchases of beef, pork and other perishable farm products, up from 250 million. The bill could add up to 5 billion to farmers' income this year as about 60 amendments remain.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Sen. Anderson
DNM
Agriculture Committee
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Logan
Girls Industrial School
Kentland
Ind
Ohio Liquor Control Training Session Scheduled
The eighth session of the Ohio Department of Liquor Control enforcement investigators training will be held in Columbus from March 19 to 23.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
What is it to be Irish on St Patrick's Day?
A HAL BOYLE essay ponders Irish identity on St Patrick's Day, claiming the Irishman becomes a different man with a kingly aura and inner music. It extols heritage, awe, and a profound connection to history, nature, and language as the day heightens national spirit.
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Hal Boyle
New York
St. Patrick's Day
Pet
Cornet
Hanae
Logan St. Pat's Parade Held Despite Snow and Ice
The 8th annual Logan St. Patrick's Day parade occurred in downtown Logan despite snow and ice. It featured Thomas Aloysius Walsh as the sole participant, a long-time local foreman and Irish-born craftsman with deep family roots in Logan and Cincinnati.
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Emerald Isle
Logan
Thomas Aloysius Walsh
Erin
America
Logan's
Tom Walsh
Patrick Walsh
County
Sligo
Anne Finley Walsh
County Galway
Cincinnati
Tom
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake & Ohio
Emma Catherine'Lecrone
Walshes
John
New York St Patrick’s Day Parade Draws 100000 Plus Marchers
Weavers on the green joined the Fifth Avenue march at noon led by Parade Chairman John J Shea Han. Street crews cleared the route after a snow slush storm while Ireland’s visiting prime minister John A Costello watched from the reviewing stand.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick's Day
John J. Sheahan
Ireland
John A. Costello
Mme Curie Dies in Paris at 58
Nobel prize winning physicist Irene Joliot Curie daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie died in a Paris hospital at age 58. The cause of death was not disclosed.
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Paris
Mme
Irene Joliot- Curie
Pierre and
Marie Curie
Khrushchev Attacks Stalin Amid Soviet Unrest
Report outlines Khrushchev denouncing Stalin as murderer and bungler to 1300 party delegates, fueling anti Stalin protests in Tiflis and Georgian riots against Russians. Western diplomats note Kremlin suppression as Moscow leaks to London and press.
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Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Tiflis
Moscow
London
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
Georgi Malenkov
Britain
Mrs Daisy Armstrong Dies at 77 in Laurelville
Mrs Daisy Armstrong of Laurelville died about 7 30 a m today in Hocking Valley Hospital aged 77. Born in Ross County February 24 1879 to Alfred and Jennie Bitzer she is survived by sons Robert E Armstrong of Circleville and Melvin Armstrong of Laurelville a sister Gladys Stemper of Dayton Funeral arrangements are with the funeral home.
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Daisy Armstrong
Laurelville
Hocking Valley Hospital
Ross County
Alfred
Jennie Johnson Bitzer
Robert E. Armstrong
Circleville
Melvin Armstrong
Gladys Stemper
Dayton
Another Big Harvest Seen For Farmers
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a bumper crop year unless farmers reduce plans. March 1 plantings are seen at 352 million acres, about three million less than 194? last year. Soil bank legislation could push reductions further. Ohio crops include corn 3,750,000 acres 99 percent oats 1,275,000 92 soybeans 1,377,000 110 tobacco 12,500 91 sugar beets 20,000 103.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Soil Bank
Senate
Ohio
Trade Club Board Meets City Officials
Logan Trade Club directors met Mayor Francis Myers and a City Council delegation to discuss the city financial crisis and a proposed two mill levy to be voted in the May primary. The group will continue the discussion next week. They approved 1956 committees with chairmen including R. B. Perkins and Delbert Marstiller.
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Logan Trade Club
Francis Myers
Bill Robb
R. B. Perkins
Delbert Marstiller
Consolidated Charities
Community Chest
Walter Ott
Barton A. Hall
Planning Commission
Neal Dillon
John Hildabolt
Clarence Blosser
Ralph Helber
Dean Collison
Richard Geren
Janowicz Freed by Columbus Jury
Columbus Ohio Vice Janowicz Washington Redskins player and former Ohio State All American is found innocent of resisting arrest stemming from a Feb 5 scuffle. A municipal court jury acquitted Janowicz and three companions after officers investigated a broken restaurant window while Janowicz was a guest. The judge instructed that an officer may be resisted if excess force is used.
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Janowicz
Washington Redskins
Ohio State
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