Ohio Senate OKs Turnpike Bill for Toll Highways
The Ohio Legislature passed a bill authorizing a state turnpike commission to build toll super highways with private financing. The measure, approved 21 to 0 in the Senate and 72 to 49 in the House, heads to Gov. Lausche for signing with a 90 day effective date. Sens. Ralph A. Winter and William M. Boyd sponsored the legislation amid other budget and tax actions in Columbus. Winter learned of the votes while a patient in a Lodi hospital.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Frank J. Lauche
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Highway Department
Commission
Lausche
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
William M. Boyd
Cuyahoga
Winter
Lodi
Dry Ice Clears Ground Fog Says GE Scientist
Cleveland May 19 A GE Research Laboratory expert Dr Vincent J Schaefer described a method to vanish dense ground fog using dry ice sparingly Water droplets form ice crystals drift to the ground clearing the air but too much dry ice causes smog and persistence of fog
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Cleveland
Vincent J. Schaefer
General Electric Research Laboratory
Supreme Court Denies Slayer Appeal in Cleveland Killing
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review the first degree murder conviction of Barney Kenneth Davis Jr. of Cleveland. Davis is sentenced to die in the electric chair on June 23 for the fatal shooting of Cleveland Heights police officer Norman Carl Reker.
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Columbus
Barney Kenneth Davis, Jr
Cleveland
State Supreme Court
Davis
Cleveland Heights
Norman Carl Reker
Murder Ruling In Sandusky Man's Death
Coroner Harrison W. Pratt tentatively ruled the death of Willard Zeller a homicide. Zeller, 30, was found shot in his parked brown sedan on the Lake Erie waterfront with a .25 caliber shell in the rear seat. Ballistics tests in Cleveland were to confirm the slug wound as Pratt awaits a formal ruling.
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Sandusky
Harrison W. Pratt
Willard Zeller
Lake Erie
Zeller
General Motors
William Zeller
Sandusky Bay
Erie County
Ottawa County
Woman Fined After Auto Crash at Spring and Main
No injuries were reported after a collision at Spring and Main in which Harrell G Valley Jr of Salisbury and Velva Lucille Scott of Logan Route 2 collided on Main Street. Mrs Scott was charged with failing to yield and found guilty by Mayor Roger W. Friend, fined $10 plus costs.
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Spring
Main Streets
Harrell G. Valley, Jr
Salisbury
N. C
Main Street
Velva Lucille Scott
Logan
Progressive Party Speaker Voices Opposition to Anti Communist Bill
Hugh DeLacy of Ohio Progressive Party urged the crowd at the statehouse hearing to oppose a bill banning communists and front groups from state jobs. Senate officers cleared a large audience as sergeant at arms escorted attendees from the third floor committee room after the hearing concluded.
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Columbus
Progressive Party
Statehouse Committee
Senate
Hugh DeLacy
Cleveland
Ohio Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
DeLacy
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Veterans’ Organization
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cuyahoga
Bartunek
Fred R. Seibert
Auglaize
Capitol
Russia
Howard M. Metzenbaum
D-Cuyahoga
Prison Farm Superintendent Seeks Extra Year at London
W F Amrine aged 72, head of London Prison Farm, will stay on another year after requesting extension from welfare director John H Lamneck. The move keeps Warden R W Alvis at Ohio Penitentiary and follows a new law allowing service beyond 70 if fit and requested. Overcrowding prompts veteran administration to stay intact.
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Columbus
W. F. Amrine
London Prison Farm
Amrine
John H. Lamneck
London
R. W. Alvis
Ohio Penitentiary
Alvis
Amline
Lamneck
Welfare Department
Strip Mine Control Bill Wins Approval in House
The Ohio House approved a administration backed bill to tighten strip mining control in a 110 to 0 vote. The measure would create a new division of reclamation in the agriculture department with a six year chief's term and a five member board. Operators producing 250 tons or more annually would pay licenses and bonds and must restore lands with planting plans and graded spoil banks. The bill moves to the Senate for action.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Senate
Division of Reclamation
State Agriculture Department
Frank J. Lausche
Robbers Gain Marriage License Amid Sentencing Talks
Two Darke County jail inmates charged with robbery obtained a marriage license in Greenville. Mrs. Elizabeth Napoli, 30, Toledo, and James D. Kline, 37, Dayton, are tied to the torture robbery of Robert Cooper. Napoli pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery. Kline to assault with intent to rob. The license awaits sentencing by Judge Robert Riegel pending potential probation.
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Greenville
Darke County
Elizabeth Napoli
Toledo
James D. Kline
Dayton
Robert Cooper
Pomeroy Man Dies In Fire at Home
William L. Offutt a 48 year old state highway department worker died in a home fire in Pomeroy. His wife La vina escaped by jumping from a second floor window onto a porch and unharmed. Firemen blamed a stove explosion for starting the blaze.
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Pomeroy
William L. Offutt
Offutt
Lavina
Russians lift truck movement ban through Helmstedt to Berlin
Russian frontier officials ended the two day restriction on truck traffic to Berlin. Drivers will now need only an inter zonal pass issued by West German authorities, easing the Soviet imposed permit ban.
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REDS
Helmstedt
Germany
Berlin
Editorial Writer Of Dispatch Dies
Elmer P. Fries, 64, editorial writer and political columnist for the Columbus Dispatch, died yesterday. A Nevada native, he worked at the Cincinnati Post and Commercial Tribune, Philadelphia North American, New York Post, and Chicago Journal. Fries began in Cincinnati as a high school student and later directed the Democratic State News Service for over four years before joining the Dispatch in 1935.
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Columbus
Elmer P. Fries
Columbus Dispatch
Old
Cincinnati Post
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia North American
New York Post
Old Chicago Journal
Fries
Carson City
Nev
Cincinnati
Democratic State News Service
The
Dispatch
Dedication of Church Camp Slated Sunday
Dr. Roy Burkhart of First Community Church Columbus announced the dedication of a new 125000 camp in Marion Township. Rev. Edward Hydman said the main lodge cabins dining hall and kitchens are finished with a five acre lake to be stocked. Ground donated by John Galbreath. plans by Todd Tibball.
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Roy Burkhart
First Community Church
Columbus
Marion Township
Edward J. Hydman
Hocking
Fairfield County Line
Logan
John Galbreath
Columbus Real Estate
First Community
Todd Tibball
Byrd calls for half‑million federal payroll cuts
Senator Byrd of Virginia plea for economy urges the Truman administration to trim 500000 federal workers as the Senate considers a five percent cut to an appropriation bill. Previous economy efforts to slash two other spending bills by the same amount failed.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Virginia
Senate
Judge Quils Rape Charges Against Two Youths
Judge Harley Meyer quashed indictments for rape against Eugene Karr and Virgil Ricketts, Circleville youths charged with raping a 15 year old girl. The defense move was sustained and both defendants were allowed to withdraw not guilty pleas. Trial was set to begin at 9 A M Monday in the court of common pleas.
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South Perry
Harley Meyer
Court of Common Pleas
Eugene Karr
Virgil Ricketts
Circleville
Phil A. Henderson
Meyer
Markets at a Glance Wheat and Corn Steady
Wheat May and new crop months hold. corn shows small price changes with light trade. Hogs rise 25 to 50 cents to a top of 19.85, cattle steady to 25 cents lower at 26.25, stocks irregular with leaders drifting lower, bonds mixed, rails in demand.
U N Rejects Polish Move on Eisler Case at Assembly
United Nations delegates closed the spring session by denying Poland a push to debate Gerhart Eisler, a communist fugitive held in England after bail jumping. Poland’s bid was blocked as two major issues, Italy’s colonies and Latin American representation in Spain, were deferred. The Eisler appeal to overrule Evatt failed 42 to 2.
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New York
United Nations
General Assembly
Gerhart Eisler
Poland
Eisler
Israel
U.N
Italy
Spain
Julusz Katz- Suchy
England
United States
Acheson to Review Policy on Russia Pre Paris Talks
Secretary of State Acheson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to outline the stern policy he plans to pursue in negotiations with Russia on Germany’s future. He departs tomorrow for the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stern
Paris
Russia
Germany
Senate Threatens AEC on Communist Education Funds
In heated Senate proceedings Lilienthal defended the AEC as senators demand that none of the $1.09 billion appropriated for the next year be spent educating communists. The clash centered on a $1,600 annual fellowship for Hans Freistadt a UNC graduate student and avowed communist.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
AEC
David E. Lilien
Lilienthal
Subcommittee
Hans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Freistadt
Wherry
R-Neb
FBI
Herbert M Richards Dies at 74 in Logan Ohio
Herbert M Richards 74 retired railroad employee died at 4 25 PM yesterday at his home 201 Hocking Avenue after a four year illness. He was a lifelong Hocking County resident formerly with Hocking Valley car shops. Survivors include wife Jenny five sons John Alfred Howard Leroy Robert M Sherman M Kenneth E one sister Mrs Mary E Reynolds one half brother Thomas Hardy one half sister Mrs Florence Hayden and step brother Joseph Hardy. Funeral 2 PM Saturday Leonard Funeral Home with Rev A N Grueser officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Body to remain at funeral home after 6 PM today for visiting hours.
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Herbert M. Richards
Hocking Avenue
Hocking County
Richards
Hocking Valley
Jennie
John Alfred
Howard Leroy
Robert M
Logan
Sherman M
Hackensack
N. J
Kenneth E
Ashland
Mary E. Reynolds
Brunswick, O
Thomas Hardy
Cleveland
Florence Hayden
Medina
Joseph Hardy
Bessemer
Ala
Leonard Funeral Home
A. N. Grueser
Oak Grove Cemetery
Man Wins Burial Right on Family Plot in Ohio Court
Carey Persinger won a court order allowing burial in the Persinger family plot at Washington D. H. Cemetery in Washington C. H. Ohio and permission to erect a monument. The ruling by Common Pleas Judge James F. Bell honored Persinger against brother Jesse Persinger and sister Mrs Emma Pugsley, who contested the claim citing procedural issues and missing defendants.
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Washington C. H., O
Carey Persinger
Persinger
Washington D. H
Common Pleas
James F. Bell
Madison County
Bell
Fayette County
Jesse Persinger
Emma Pugsley
Jesse
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