City Council Hears Three Resolutions in Short Session
City Council held a brief meeting approving first readings on three resolutions. A proposed 20 percent water-rate increase for outside-city users was referred to a committee amid calls for public input. The panel also ordered actions on a moral obligation payment to F. H. Brewer Co. and reviewed title defects and Glenwood Addison project issues with pending investigations and committee referrals.
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Glenwood Addition
Jay
Cole
Laurence Inger
F. H. Brewer Co
Brewer Co
Bell & Scholl
Citor
Richard Gerken
Hocking Canal
Fanny Davey
Vernon
Carrie Mauk
Washington
Florence Bowers
Glenwood
Gerken
Martin Heirs
Jack Myers
John, Mary and
Minnie Tschappat
Mrs Hansel Becomes Head Librarian in Lancaster
Evalan Hansel, longtime Logan-Hocking County librarian, accepted the Lancaster public library head librarian post. She will start mid May and leaves Logan-Hocking after 13 years to address a proposed dissolution of the bookmobile partnership with Vinton County.
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Evalan Hansel
Logan-Hocking County
Lancaster Public Library
Hansel
Louise Harris
Vinton County Library Board
Western College For Women
Oxford
University of Illinois
Woodsfield
Monroe County
Hospital Patient Finally Identified
Mrs Frances Hamilton Kleimann of Long Beach California identified a Brighton Marine Hospital patient as her brother James William Hamilton after 12 years of anonymity. The man, once listed as Charles W Jamieson, was born in England and had not seen his sister in 36 years.
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Boston
Frances Hamilton
Kleimann
Long Beach
Calif
Brighton Marine Hospital
Charles W. Jamieson
James William Hamilton
England
High Court Declines Review On Damage Claim By Child
Ohio Supreme Court refused to rule on whether a child can sue for loss of companionship when her father is injured in a traffic accident. The appeal by Phyllis Gibson and three siblings was dismissed, leaving decisions by Montgomery County Court in place. The incident involved Marilyn Anne Johnston driving at age 16 and hitting James L. Gibson near Kettering on U.S. 25.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Montgomery County
Phyllis Gibson
James L. Gibson
Phyllis
Marilyn Anne Johnston
Kenneth B Johnston
Johnston
Marilyn
Gibson
U.S. 25
Kettering
Bank of New York
Ock County
Cleveland Trust Co
Thomas A. Orndorff
Findlay
Helen Bicknell
New York
Miss Bick
Hammarskjold Leaves With Egyptian Suez Plan
Dag Hammarskjold heads to the United Nations with Egypts plan for the Suez Canal. The plan proposes tolls placed in a separate account for UN maintenance and development, plus escrow for compensation claims and reaffirming the 1888 Constantinople Convention. Egypt may favor a canal users group to discuss tolls and improvements. The approach tolerates US acceptance though not all parties will be pleased.
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Cairo
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Hammarskjold
United Nations
U.N. Technical Assistance Board
Old Suez Canal Co
Tucker's Town
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Britain
Logan Board Considers Operating City Pool This Summer
The Logan recreation board discussed summer recreation plans with city director Harry Westfall. City funding shortages may shift pool operation to the Logan school board, which owns title to the pool and leases it to the city. Baseball leagues may run with private support, and American Legion play is explored for older boys.
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Logan Recreation Board
Harry Westfall
Westfall
Logan School Board
American Legion
Logan
Frisco Still Rocks After Friday Earthquakes
Frisco SAN FRANCISCO experiences continued tremors as aftershocks follow Friday's large earthquake rocking the sea port city. Authorities report ongoing shaking and urge residents to stay alert and follow safety measures.
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San Francisco
Logan Four Mill Levy Campaign Begins April Fifteenth
The Citizens Committee for a Better Logan will launch its drive for the city's four mill levy on April 15. Arthur Gasser, committee chairman, urged about 115 organizations to fund and distribute brochures and help present the city’s financial needs to maintain services.
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Citizens Committee For A
Logan
Arthur Gasser
Gasser
Committee
Speakers Bureau
B. G. Greenman
Walter Ott
Wallace Blake
Tas
Purchases for Beck Liability Face Senate Inquiry
Nathan Shefferman testified that he bought items totaling 850,000 for Dave Beck using union funds over years ending 1953. He said purchases included washing machines refrigerators nylons and even dental repair and suspected some items may have gone to Beck Jr and Mrs Beck. The Senate Rackets Investigating Committee grilled Beck who defended discounts from a longtime labor ally saying the matter could be settled in court.
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Washington
Nathan Shefferman
Chicago
Dave Beck
Shefferman
Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters
The
Teamsters Union
1957 license plates go on sale. deadline Monday
Dean Collison, deputy registrar of motor vehicles, urged Hocking Countians to display the new 1957 plates by Monday. Logan sales progress well but a last minute rush is possible. About 3,400 plates exist with 900 sets left to match last year. Hull Printing Co. will stay open until at least 10 p.m. Saturday to aid motorists.
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Dean Collison
Dollison
Hull Printing Co
E. Main St
Hocking County Sees Additional Rainfall
Hocking County received another half-inch of rain, per the Rt. 75N gauge, with amounts logged Monday and Tuesday. Cloudy cool weather persists. Thursday forecast calls for continued unsettled conditions. Morning temperature at 11:30 a.m. was 41 degrees, down from 43 the prior day. yesterday’s high reached 48 at 3:30 p.m.
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Hocking County
Mercury
Five Day Forecast With Mild Temperatures and Rain
The outlook shows temperatures averaging about two degrees above normal with highs near 51 north and 57 south and lows around 33 north and 36 south. A little warmer Thursday followed by small daily changes. Precipitation expected near half an inch with rain today Friday and Saturday and again about.
Eisenhower Warns of Suffering If Government Cuts Pass
President Eisenhower warned at a news conference that large budget cuts in domestic programs could cause the nation to suffer. He defended foreign aid as fiscally prudent for long term peace and prosperity and said Congress and the administration must coordinate to achieve retrenchment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Sen
Byrd
Dva
Knowland
California
Senate
Congress
British Union Leaders Call for 500000 Strike Saturday
Union bosses order half a million factory workers to walk out in a second stage of a snowball strike. The earlier week saw about a million employees quitting in aviation electrical and machine tool sectors to halt key British dollar earning industries.
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London
Britain
Snowstorm leaves drought relief in doubt across plains
Six state high plains area faced heavy snow with up to 14 inches and drifts to 30 feet while drought persisted. Trains resumed, main roads opened, yet crop and grazing land suffered. Oklahoma reports damage to bloom trees as drought relief remains limited.
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New Mexico
High Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandles
Plains
Texas
Iran Bandits Kill 2 American AID Officials In Iran
Two American aid officials were killed and a wife kidnapped when bandits attacked their cars near Iran Shahr in southeastern Iran. The victims were Kevin M. Carroll 37 and Brewster A. Wilson 35, with Carroll's wife abducted as the party exchanged fire for about an hour before the assault. General Golpii confirmed the deaths and a pair of Iranian casualties.
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Tehran
Almaghi Golpiri
Golpii
Kevin M. Carroll
Quah
Wark
Point Four
Kerman
Iran
Brewster A. Wilson
Portland
Ore
Near East Union
International Cooperation Administration
Golphi
Carroll
Iranshahr
Port Chahbahar
Persia Gulf
James Richards
Eisenhower
Middle East
Ohioans recall snowbound Kansas train ordeal
Miss Norma Duff of Middletown recounts two days aboard the Golden State Limited trapped by blizzard near Meade Kansas. Rescue arrives Tuesday afternoon as 253 passengers endure darkness no heat and food shortages.
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Kansas City
Norma Duff
Middletown
Ohio
Rock Island Railroad
Golden State Limited
Meade
Kan
Chicago
Miss Duff
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