Russell and Zanner Vie In Logan Third Ward Clash
Russell 73 47 GOP nomination over Ricketts. Zanner 53 27 Democratic win over May. Russell, 30, Logan native, Army veteran, Ohio Univ graduate, works at brick firm. Zanner, 49, Logan native, longtime public service, Ohio Fuel Gas clerk, with wife Lisa Fernandez. Both advance to November as others run unopposed or in other wards.
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Russell
Frank Ricketts Jr
Zanner
Louis EB
Precinct
Ricketts
Newcomerstown
U.S. Army
Ohio University
Cleveland Electric Illumination Co
Goodrich Rubber Co
Akron
Brooklyn
Ind
Logan
General Hocking Brick Co
Grada Whitis
Denise
Marsha
Johnny
Tommy
Mohican Ave
South Logan
Logan High School
Eric
GOP
Ralph Adcock
William H. Morgan
J. Albert McGaw
George Malloy
Robert Prater
Richard M. Collison
Raymond Turner
William Wolfe
Sam Bright
Rolland Schorr
Fourth Ward
Logan’s Primary Election Cost Per Vote Revealed
The Hocking County election board spent 1899.50 on the city primary with 838 voters casting ballots. Costs included ballots 94.50 precinct workers 1276 installation and removal of booths 128 rental 140 janitorial service 20 and poll books 231.
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Dean Collison
Hocking County Election Board
Johnson Seen As Possible 1960 Presidential Candidate
Democratic outlook in Washington centers on four names Lyndon B. Johnson John F. Kennedy Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson as Truman weighs which candidate best fits a winning coalition Kennedy presses hard while Johnson moves to gain Senate nomination by May or June in Texas and avoid July August primary timing potential civil rights push noted
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Truman
Sens
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Symington
Kennedy
Stevenson
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Price Daniel
Lancaster Voters Approve 4 Million School Bond Issue
Lancaster voters approved a 4 190 000 dollar school bond, 60.49 percent, 3850 yes to 2514 no, funding a senior high, two elementary schools, and additions to elementary schools as part of a long range program.
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Associated Press
Lancaster
Acts the Bar Association
Youngstown
Frank R. Franko
Ohio
Franko
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank Kryzan
Edward J. Gilronan
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Cleveland
Celebrezze
Tom Ireland
Fallout in North America Driven by Soviet Tests
Washington AP reports top scientists tell a Senate subcommittee that Soviet nuclear tests concentrate radioactive fallout in the Northern Hemisphere and fall to earth faster than expected. Libby revises estimates to about one year for Soviet debris and four to five years for U S and British fallout. Strontium 90 levels raise northern dose and total northern fallout to about 2.42 times world average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
United States
Willard F. Libby
AEC
Subcommittee
Earth
U.S
Pacific
Equator
Lester Machta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Extremely Light Vote Sees Only 838 At Polls
A city primary drew 838 votes, 20 percent of the 4,000 electors. Democrats led Republicans 445 to 393, with heavy variation among precincts. turnout ranged from 32 percent in 3-A to 37 percent in 2-C, and several precincts posted major declines from November. Election officials finished the official count by about 8 p.m.
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Election Board
Logan Man Fined In BUC Fraud Case
Rollie E. Fisher of Logan pleaded guilty before County Judge Vaughn Collins to drawing unemployment compensation while employed. BUC investigator Earl Weaver said the offense lasted five weeks last summer while Fisher worked in Columbus. Judge Collins fined Fisher 50 dollars plus costs, sentenced him to 30 days in jail with suspension, and ordered restitution of 160 dollars within 90 days.
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Rollie E. Fisher
Logan
Vaughn Collins
Earl Weaver
BUC
Fisher
Columbus
Weaver
Collins
Nelsonville Primaries Narrowly Span Two Races
Nelsonville voters turnout higher than Logan with 882 ballots cast in the primary. Republicans 595 and Democrats 287. Mayor Robert Auflick unopposed in the Democratic primary, facing Earl Hilleary in November after Hilleary won the Republican nomination 390 to 202 over Hubert Mender. City treasurer race: Mabel Tigner 126, Herman Ruble 65, Mary Sparks 50.
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Nelsonville
Logan
Robert Auflick
Earl Hilleary
Hilleary
Hubert Mender
Mender
Mabel Tigner
Herman Ruble
Mary Sparks
He'll Be Mayor Again For 12th Or 13th Term
Harry Clissold, 66, is set to win another term as mayor of Jackson, Wyoming, next Tuesday barring a late write-in challenge. He jokes he cannot recall his first election year, saying it was either 1935 or 1987.
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Jackson
Wyo
Harry Clissold
Clissold
Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor to Wed in Las Vegas
Eddie Fisher says he will marry Elizabeth Taylor next Tuesday in Las Vegas with Michael Todd serving as best man. Fisher is Taylor's former husband and her stepson in this report context.
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Hollywood
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Las Vegas
New
Michael Tedder
Liquor Chief Probes Ohio Gambling Permit Withholding
Ohio Governor DiSalle says Liquor Director Richard Crouch is gathering evidence on whether liquor permit fees should be withheld from municipalities and townships that tolerate gambling. The cabinet committee recommends coordinating crime information and wider agency cooperation to enforce liquor laws statewide, with local governments bearing primary enforcement responsibility.
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Columbus, Ohio
Richard C. Crouch
Michael V. DiSalle
Crouch
FBI
State Board of Liquor Control
DiSalle
Vega Space Rocket Contract Awarded to General Dynamics
NASA awarded General Dynamics Convair Division a 33 million dollar contract to design build test and launch eight Vega rockets by 1961. The Vega rockets will loft a two ton space laboratory for a multi week 300 mile earth orbit and support moon planet explorations.
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Washington
General Dynamics Corp
Vega
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
General Dynamics
Convair
Vegas
NASA
Earth
Dixiecrats Stand Against Potter Stewart Senate Vote
After more than six months on the Supreme Court Potter Stewart is confirmed as associate justice by a 70 17 Senate vote All opposition votes come from southern Democrats in protest of the court 1954 ruling declaring segregated public schools unconstitutional
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Senate
Mayor Myers seeks third term against Republican newcomer Brimner
Incumbent Mayor Francis Myers a Democrat, defeats challenger Ralph Griffin 283 to 153 in the Democratic primary and faces Republican Harold Brimner in November. Brimner won the GOP nomination 327 to 46 over Hal Spang. Myers carried nine of 11 precincts, Brimner dominated several precincts with large margins. Myers, 51, Logan native and WWII veteran, has led city recreation efforts. Brimner, 35, Green Township native, pre med student, Coast Guard veteran, and longtime budget and credit manager in Logan. They live in Logan with families. Results detail precinct by precinct margins and notes on other city offices all unopposed in November.
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Francis
Scrappy) Myers
Harold A. Brimner
Ralph F. Griffin
Brimner
GOP
Hal BE. Spang
Myers
Griffin
Mayor Myers
Logan
Logan High School
Ed Myers
U. S. Navy
Air Wing
Hendron 14
Eniwetok Island
Pacific
Jim
Chris
N. Market St
Waters
Hermann & Strait Firestone
Logan Foundry
Diamond Power Specialties, Inc
Lancaster
North American Aviation, Inc
Columbus
Joan Fellen
Nelsonville
Ronnie
Johnnie
Mohican Ave
South
Precinct
Myers Griffin
Éerdinnoue
SOF. v
Iiss
Ruth Easterling
Democcrat
Lawrence G. Euinger
Council
Juliet S. White
Neal Dillon
Jay Cole
Dean Collison
Dick Buntz
Ralph Adcock
Frank Wherst
Frank Ricketts
Kirby Snyder
Ned Gabriel
Tate Schrader
Raymond Turner
Hubert Lappen
Fatal Crash Driver Put On Probation
Komer T. Carney, 48, of New Lexington Route 1, pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter after a head on collision that killed Clifford McCabe of Somerset near Murray City on October 25. Judge Harley Meyer placed him on two years probation and suspended his license for one year. Green, 21, Logan, on auto theft plea, got three years probation for stealing a car from Burke's used car lot March 7. Brokaw, Laurelville Route 2, faced a secret indictment for failure to support a minor, with a suspended sentence and $10 weekly payments.
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Komer T. Carney
New Lexington
Paul B. Green
Logan
Meyer
Green
Burke
George Brokaw
Laurelville
Brokaw
Mercury Reaches 92 Degrees in Hocking County
An unseasonable heat wave persists in Hocking County with noon temperature at 92 degrees matching the 1950 high. The day’s 3 PM reading hit 89 degrees, and officials expect hot conditions to continue through Thursday with a slim chance of thunderstorms bringing relief.
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Council Post
Don R. Russell
Raymond F. Zanner
Don Lightfoot
Walter Bray
Charlies Blackston
Don Russell
Texan
Francis Myers
Harold Brimner
Lawrence Ellinger
Juliet White
William Morgan
Albert McGaw
Richard Collison
Raymond Tanner
North America
2-C
Logan Man
Eddie
Liz
Board of Liquor Control
Vega Space Rocket
Green Two
Logan High
Columbia University
U. S. Coast Guard
Alaskan
Harold Brinmner
Hocking County
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