Hocking Lake Hope State Park Areas Readied For Summer
Southeastern Ohio readies Hocking and Lake Hope State Parks for summer with spring cleaning and new facilities. Lake Hope sees lodge remodeling, 50 new outdoor fireplaces, 75 new picnic tables, and improved trails and camping. Openings begin April 8 for housekeeping cottages and camping, with boat house May 1 and swimming areas May 30. park staff report active maintenance and bid notices for concessions.
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Hocking
Lake Hope State Park
John McDaniel
Lake Hope
McDaniel
Ed Reichley
Hocking State Parks
Ash Cave
Reichley
Lake Logan
Marvin Nungester
Vance Griffith
Ohio Weather Outlook Cooler Today Then Warmer Friday
Official Weather Bureau summary notes cooler air moved over Ohio overnight and will persist today and tonight. Rain and drizzle accompanied the change with Cleveland reporting one of the heavier totals at three quarters of an inch. Weather expected to warm again by Friday afternoon.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Cleveland
Weather recap and rising Ohio River near flood stage
Overcast skies and cooler weather prevailed in the Hocking Valley with measurable rainfall totaling .55 inch at Logan and .33 inch at Nelsonville in the 24 hours to 8 a.m. The Hocking River stood eight feet below flood stage, and overnight low temperatures reached 44 while the day rose to 76. Elsewhere Ohio reported light to moderate rain with dry weather by afternoon.
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Hocking Valley
Logan
Nelsonville
Hocking
East Liverpool
Ohio
Ohio River
Midwest floods drive thousands from homes across five states
Flood danger grips the Midwest as spring overflows force evacuations in Nebraska Iowa South Dakota Kansas and Missouri. The Red Cross estimates about 4000 people displaced with hundreds more temporarily homeless in Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Midwest
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Red Cross
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Eisenhower Looks For Private Talks At Paris Summit
President Eisenhower signals a Paris summit in May with private session plans among himself and the Big Four. He hints a caretaker government role in his final months while leaving room to act decisively if a crisis arises. The four leaders must address Germany reunification West Berlin and disarmament.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
2000 U.S. troops to bolster Okinawa forces
The Army will deploy a 2nd Airborne Battle Group of the 82nd Division about 2,000 men from Fort Bragg to Okinawa in June. The move aims to give the Pacific commander greater flexible response in the western Pacific, with added artillery engineer aviation maintenance and support units.
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Okinawa
Ohio Fuel Gas Proposes $1.23 Million Pipeline Build
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co of Columbus asks the Power Commission for authority to construct about $1,225,250 in natural gas pipelines. The project would replace portions of the existing system and add a distribution network to start retail service in North Robinson Crawford County Ohio.
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Washington
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
The
Power Commission
Ohio
North Robinson
Crawford County
Senate Set For Showdown On Rights Bill Hearings
The Senate moves toward a clash over required procedures for Negro voters registering before court appointed registrars. A House bill proposes simple hearings, while an amendment would allow two days notice and allow registrars to attend and possibly participate, sparking disputes over intimidation and effect on the voting rights plan.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Alley Cat Attacks Nelsonville Man in Back Yard
Nelsonville police seek a half grown white alley cat that mauled Ted Winningman in a storage building. He endured eight bites to his hand when the animal leapt at him as he fetched fishing tackle. He may be forced to take rabies shots if the cat is not found.
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Nelsonville
Ted Winningman
Winningman
Second French Atomic Test Is Expected
Paris reports a Sahara Desert atomic testing area being restricted to aircraft from Friday morning as France prepared for a second test. Khrushchev’s Paris visit and talks with de Gaulle frame the timing and potential opposition to further tests.
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Paris
France
Sahara Desert
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Cranberry Growers Get 10 Million Dollar Support
Washington reports the government will pay about 10 million dollars to cranberry farmers who could not sell uncontaminated berries after last fall's scare. Growers sought 15 to 20 million dollars for 1959 crop losses and potential 1960 losses, arguing there was no necessary scare.
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Washington
Jet Bomber Blast Kills Five Near Capitol in Little Rock
A flaming six engine B47 bomber exploded over Little Rock while on a training flight from Little Rock Air Force Base. Five people died including three crewmen and two civilians. Seven homes were destroyed by fire and a 25 foot crater opened near the Capitol. Mrs. A L Clark perished in her Pulaski Heights residence. One airman parachuted to safety despite serious burns.
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Little Rock
Ark
Capitol
Little Rock Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
A. L. Clark
Pulaski Heights
Death Claims R. G. Stivison
Russell Gale Stivison 57 a section worker for Chesapeake & Ohio and old Hocking Valley Railroads was found dead at his Lake Logan Road home of a heart attack. He was born in Falls Two and survived by a son Donald a brother and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Heinlein Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Russell Gale Stivison
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Old
Hocking Valley Railroad
Lake Logan Rd
Mr. Stivison
Falls Two
David
Laura Lindsey Stivison
Frieda
EUB Church
Logan
Donald
Robert W. Stivison
Union Furnace
Heinlein
Rev
D. S. Dunkle
Fairview Cemetery
Ways and Means Rejects Government Health Insurance Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 17 to 8 to block a government paid health insurance proposal for retired persons. The plan was aimed at extending coverage within a broader Social Security overhaul.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
1960 Census Under Way Across Nation Tonight
The 1960 census launches with T night counting hotel guests in 50 plus room properties. 170000 temporary workers will conduct a nationwide door to door phase starting Friday. Uncle Sam spends about 118 million dollars to prepare a statistical portrait guiding government and business plans.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
County Financial Report Published
Hocking County's government expands yearly per the auditor's annual report on Page 11. Total tax valuation stands at 40,334,396 with reassessment planned this year. Operating cost for 1959 ran to 2,447,941. Total receipts and balances reached 2,941,237, leaving a year-end fund balance of 493,295.
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Hocking County
Soviet Proposes linked weapons ban with test ban treaty
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin urged a two step approach at the disarmament conference linking a nuclear test ban to a commitment by world powers to renounce atomic and hydrogen weapons. Western powers called it a moral obligation, while Eisenhower and Macmillan prepared to press the three power talks on a verifiable test ban with international controls. Fyodorov said Moscow seeks immediate loan agreement with later controls and noted the USSR has never conducted an underground nuke.
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Geneva
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Camp David
Tass
Fyodorov
Fire Hoses Stop Lunch Counter Sit-Ins in Texas City
Fire hoses halted a few hundred Texas Negro youths as a thousand more marched at Baton Rouge to protest lunch counter segregation. Marshall police arrested 55 for unlawful assembly and later detained 200 more while crowds sang. President Eisenhower voiced confidence in eventual equality.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
South
Marshall
East Texas
Courthouse Square
California
Eisenhower
America
Racial Turmoil Spurs Military Lockdown in South Africa
In Cape Town area three thousand armed white troops sealed off Nyanga and Langa to curb protests as Verwoerd uses regular forces amid warnings of further crackdowns. Police and magistrates gain power to ban meetings while 72 Negroes were killed in last week’s clashes sparking UN Security Council debate in New York.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Nyanga
Langa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Ft. Johannesburg
African National Congress
Pan- Africanist Congress
New York
United Nations Security Council
Slnation Council
Last Day For 1959 Ohio License Tags Display
Ohio motorists face the final day to legally display 1959 vehicle license tags in Columbus AP reports. Authorities remind drivers to update plates to comply with state regulations.
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Columbus
Ohio
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