Nonunion Workers Target Of Organization Campaign
In Cleveland the CIO Auto Workers Union proposes a pooled fund of one dollar per member to finance organizing drives targeting nonunion workers in small cities. AFL-CIO merger plans prompt Meany to back a revived organizing push, with Reuther pushing for a common strike fund and wage guarantees as unions prepare to elect leaders.
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Cleveland
CIO Auto Workers Union
UAW
Afl-Cio
AFL
George Meany
Meany
Walter Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Workers of America
Man Admits Beer Sales To Minor In Rockbridge Case
Herschel L. Graham of Sugar Grove admitted at a hearing before the Ohio Department of Liquor Control that he furnished beer to a Rockbridge juvenile. Witnesses included Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Breeze and Juvenile Court officer Ralph Blum. The youths, housed at Mansfield Reformatory and Boys Industrial School, had testified they had been buying beer from Graham for about six months prior to a February auto theft.
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Herschel L. Graham
Sugar Grove
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Rockbridge
Ralph Blum
I. Vy
Joe Breeze
Blum
Graham
Mansfield Reformatory
Quail Shooting Season Urged by Ohio House Committee
The Ohio House Conservation Committee recommended an open quail shooting season for passage. The bill would end a 40 year ban, leaving season length and timing to the state wildlife division and providing no annual requirement.
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Columbus
Ohio House Conservation Committee
Buckeye
State Wildlife Division
New Furnace Set to Boost Steel Output in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH The Ports mouth division of Detroit Steel Corp plans to install a new 1 250 000 slab pre heating furnace designed to double the output of continuous hot rolled sheet steel.
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Portsmouth
Detroit Steel Corp
Civil Service Test Results Announced for City Posts
The civil service commission submitted an eligibility list to service director Lewis Price. Orville J. Kistler qualified as water works engineer, Roy E. Kelch as chief of police, with two examined for that post and Glenn H. Van Atta Spurgeon Metzler Jr. Jimmie Joe Braglin listed for city patrolman. The next week may see appointments after Chief Sol Ellinger retires May 12. Kelch currently acts as chief.
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Lewis Price
Civil Service Commission
Orville J. Kistler
Roy E. Kelch
Glenn H. van Atta
Spurgeon Metzler Jr
Jimmie Joe Braglin
Tax On Personal Property Due By 4 P.M. Tomorrow
Hocking County confirms tomorrow at 4 p.m. as the deadline for personal property tax payments. Auditor Harry Smith expects about 1,400 filings total, with around 500 more due by the closing hour. The tax covers intangible assets and listed tangible items including inventory and equipment.
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Hocking County
Harry Smith
Titusville Woman Plans to Deliver Her Eighth Child Alone
Mrs. Ellerbe W. Carter of Titusville Florida expects her eighth baby in April and intends to deliver it herself as she has done with five prior unattended births. She uses whisky highballs to relax, then ties the cord, bathes the baby, and returns to chores, claiming a brief painless birth and rapid recovery.
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Titusville
Fla
Ellerbe W. Carter
Ohio House and Senate clash over school bills
Lawmakers argued over a House backed bill to require eight basic subjects in schools and a Senate probe into forbidding fraternities in public schools. The session saw heated exchanges as a 22 to 10 Senate vote sent the three R’s bill back to the House for key amendments and the expulsion tied to Greek membership passed 109 to 13. The wet-dry issue also surfaced with a permissive clause on teaching alcohol’s harmful effects.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Senate
House
Ohio
Ohio School Survey Committee
Senate to Approve 750 Million Pay Boost for Armed Forces
Washington predicts Senate action to authorize a 750 million dollar pay raise for over half of the three million armed forces personnel. In New York, the U N Security Council shifts to efforts to calm the Israeli Egyptian frontier after Gaza criticism. In Minot Jelke case, closing arguments are heard as trial nears verdict.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations
N. Y
Israel
Gaza
U.N. Security Council
New York
Case Society
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Veterans reject contractor buyback offer in Columbus dispute
An angry crowd of 110 veterans last night flatly rejected a contractor's offer to buy back their homes during a dispute on construction.
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Columbus
Senatorial Press Gallery Superintendent Harold Beckley Dies
Harold R. Beckley aged 57, longtime superintendent of the Senate press gallery since 1940, died yesterday.
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Washington
Harold R. Beckley
Senate Press Gallery
Lawmakers accuse Bricker and Bender of pressuring federal official
Ohio congressman Ashley accuses Sens. Bricker and Bender of bullying John L. Farley director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to fire Fred L. Jacobson for enforcing duck hunting laws. Ashley says Bricker and Bender pressured Farley with threats of cuts to support and political frame ups.
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Washington
Ohio
Sens
Bricker
Bender
Rep
Ashley
John L. Farley
Fish and Wildlife Service
Farley
Fred L. Jacobson
Jacobson
Sen. Bricker
Sen
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo Blade
Albert M. Day
Minshall
Baumhart
Clevenger
Lake Erie
Toledo
di Salle
Rep. Reams
Ind
Matsu Island Chief Foresees Possible Communist Attack
Col Hua, commander of the Chinese Nationalist garrison on Matsu Island, says a Communist attack could come soon but offers no date. He estimates 11,000 troops under his command across seven islands and notes preparations with American guns and tractors present on the remote outpost near Formosa. The six square mile rock is key in American foreign policy and houses American advisers from the MAAG.
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Matsu Island
Free World
Hua
America
Military Assistance Advisory Group
Formosa
Damage Thought Slight From Last Night's Freeze
Hocking County experienced another cold night with 15 degrees. Agriculture showed little new damage as County Agricultural Agent Charles Ingraham noted slow warming from the weekend freeze. Temperatures rose to 46 by 3 p.m. with a 51 degree noon reading. another freeze is forecast tonight amid cloudy warmer conditions tomorrow.
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Hocking
Charles Ingraham
Weather warms across the East with clear skies in most areas
The nation saw a springlike easing with warming and clear skies east of the Rockies. Below freezing temps persisted in the Great Lakes, upper Ohio Valley, and northern New England as showers hit coastal Oregon and Washington and rain or snow formed in the northern Rockies.
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Chicago
Rockies
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Oregon
Washington
Gulf
Middle Atlantic
Bevan Agrees To Behave Himself
London British Labor chieftains dropped efforts to expel Aneurin Bevan after a three hour meeting. Bevan promised to toe the party line following his recent ouster over disloyal criticism of Clement Attlee in Parliament.
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London
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
National Geographic extols Hocking scenic area in Ohio feature
A 50 page National Geographic April issue highlights Ohio, with two page photo of Old Man's Cave in Hocking County. Leo A Borah led the piece after a month in state, with Ohio Development and Publicity Commission coordination and Logan official James Wells as guide.
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National Geographic Magazine
Hocking County
Ohio
Old Man’s Cave
Leo A Borah
National Geographic Society
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
James Wells
Logan
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hocking
Mr. Borah
Old Man's Cave
Queer Creek
Rock House Cavern
House Delays 1956 Tax Cuts Vote Pushes One Year Extension
Washington leaders press to wrap up a bill delaying roughly three billion dollars in corporate and excise tax cuts for one year. The measure would extend present rates to April 1 1956 and reverse planned reductions including liquor autos gasoline beer wine and truck taxes pending further action next year.
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Washington
House
Congressional
Senate
House Conference
Saigon Unrest Quelled After Private Army Attempt
National troops locked down key Saigon locations after repelling a private army bid to overthrow Premier Ngo Dinh Diem with force. The clash underscores heightened security as U S backed leadership remains in place.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Eisenhower warns against speculation on war pace
President Eisenhower urged limits on talk of war and said he has no clear information that China’s Reds plan an attack on Quemoy and Matsu. He declined to reprimand Admiral Carney, noted no firm mid April attack, and said US defense actions follow congressional authority if needed.
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China
Reds
Isles
Washington
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Carney
Matsus
United States
U. S
Congress
Formosa
Pescadores
White House
James Hagerty
Formosa Strait
Eisenhower signals readiness to ease world tension
President Eisenhower stated the United States is prepared to act to ease global tensions while warning that a high level Western powers conference with Russia would entail many dangers without a specific agenda. He planned White House talks with House leaders and Senate leaders on the topic of the world situation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
White House
House
Senate
Haydenville Tot Bitten By Cat
A five year old Haydenville girl, Mary Lou Lehman, was bitten by a suspected rabid cat at 3 20 pm. She was taken to a Nelsonville physician and then to Mount St. Mary Hospital for skin tests. Sheriff Waldron and dog warden Reedy investigated and found a cat in a stupor kept under observation. if it dies, its brain will be sent to Athens for analysis.
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Haydenville
Mary Lou Lehman
Paul Lehman
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital
A. J. Waldron
Hocking County
James Reédy
Mr. Y
Athens
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