Welfare Director cites hospital misuse in Ohio
State Welfare Director John H. Lamneck says 300 aged persons in Columbus state hospitals require no therapy and should be cared for at home. He projects 2,950 such patients in Ohio state hospitals, urging rethinking of commitments to mental institutions and noting overcrowding and lack of home care options.
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Ohio
John H. Lamneck
Columbus
Lamneck
Columbus State Hospital
Baker
Workman Killed at Ohio Box Board Co in Rittman
John Zdravje aged 49 died yesterday after becoming entangled in machinery at the Ohio Box Board Company plant in Rittman Ohio. Police investigated the accident as a workplace fatality and notified next of kin.
Greeks Question Moscow Offer to End Greek Civil War
In Athens the Greek cabinet weighed Russia's proposal to end the three year conflict but showed little enthusiasm. Observers warned to beware hidden motives while Greece insisted on direct Greek involvement and consultation with Britain on any peace moves.
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Athens
Moscow
Tass
Greece
Britain
West tensions rise as Greece seeks end to civil war
Washington said the United States would not ease aid to non communist Greece until communist satellite states stop aiding Greek guerrillas. Britain refused to negotiate behind Athens’s back, urging consult with Athens on any steps. Tass cited Gromyko proposing joint power action, an end to hostilities, amnesty and supervised elections with frontier policing.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Greece
State Department
London
Britain
Athens
Hector McNeil
Andrei Gromyko
New York
Tass
Moscow
Gromyko
Rains Delay Probe of River Pollution
Ed Eberst of Hocking County says recent rains slowed his investigation into the Hocking River discoloration. He will persist until the water's source is found after the river turned nearly black last weekend.
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Ed € Eberst
Hocking County
Hocking River
Eberst
Passerby Slain Over Gunman's Dislike for Beard
In Los Angeles a 45 year old unemployed machinist is held for murder after a father of four was fatally shot. The victim William G Whatley 37 a musician and former movie extra was killed when a bullet pierced his stomach as he passed a rooming house. Police say the suspect said he did it because he did not like the victim’s goatee.
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Los Angeles
William G. Whatley
Whatley
Sylvester E. Eaton
39 Children Undergo Health Round-Up at Central School
Thirty nine pre school children received complete physical exams in a health round up yesterday at Central School. Twenty two were immunized for diphtheria and 18 were vaccinated for small pox. Examiners included Dr J Ward Doering Dr Owen Yaw Dr Richard Jones Dr Lethia Starr Boocks and Dr H G Southard county health commissioner with trainee nurses clerks and teachers aiding.
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Central School
J. Ward Doering
Owen Yaw
Richard Jones
Lethia Starr Boocks
H. G. Southard
Nelle Nutt
Josephine Iles
Harry Morton
R. N
Ford ends talks stance as UAW strike widens
Detroit May 20 Ford Motor Company refused to open simultaneous union contract talks while a 16 day old UAW strike continues. The UAW threatened to walk out on peace talks unless a new contract is considered by next Monday. The Ford contract expires July 15 and vice president John S Bugas reaffirmed the company will not start talks before June 1.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
John S. Bugas
Lewis Reported Dickering for Return to AFL
Cleveland May 20. AFL leaders say John L Lewis is dicking to rejoin the AFL and may seek leadership as William Green nears retirement. Green spoke with Lewis two weeks ago about Taft-Hartley repeal and related issues amid looming coal industry contracts.
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Harold W. Ward Cleveland
AFL
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
Green
Mine Workers
Senators Again Seek to Slash U S Spending
Washington May 20 Economy minded senators renewed efforts to cut federal spending after three straight defeats. Douglas proposed a 39 percent cut to $751 million army civil functions funds, a $300 million reduction, despite rivers and harbors projects totaling $722 million. Ferguson and Bridges urged a five percent cut across three bills, a plan repeatedly defeated. The Agriculture Department bill advanced with a $21 million smaller amount after House review.
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Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Ferguson
Mich
Bridges
Agriculture Department
House
Subversive Aliens Under Scrutiny
Attorney General Clark says the Justice Department is acting on 833 suspected subversive aliens. The letter, read to a House judiciary subcommittee, urges passage of a bill to jail deportable aliens like Gerhart Eisler. Eisler, dubbed former No 1 Communist here, awaits an extradition hearing in England after being removed from a Polish ship as a stowaway.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
House Judiciary
Watson B. Miller
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
House Committee On un-American Activities
United States
England
Negotiators Resume Shoe Strike Talks
In Cincinnati today 2,500 workers at Selby Shoe Company plants in Portsmouth Ohio and Ashland Kentucky resume talks to resolve a wage dispute. Company and United Shoe Workers agreed to meet with federal mediators George H Bell and Martin E Swanger to address a 22 cent per hour accrued wage increase under the escalator clause. The company wants the raise applied to piece work rates while the union objects.
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Cincinnati
Selby Shoe Company
Portsmouth
Ashland
United Shoe Workers of America
George H. Bell
Martin E. Swanger
Autopsy Awaited in Death of Thomas Heggen
New York May 20 autopsy awaited in death of Thomas Heggen 29 author of Mr. Roberts. Veteran writer found drowned in a half filled bathtub in his apartment with a nearly empty bottle of sleeping pills nearby.
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New York
Thomas Heggen
Mr. Roberts
Heggen
Turbulent Weather Sends Temperatures Plummeting
Severe storm system sweeps the central and eastern states with tornadoes and high winds. An 11 day old Sammie Kay Stewart dies after a wind demolished a home in Parma Missouri. Fisk Missouri high school unroofed by wind with damage estimated up to 100000 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Sammie Kay Stewart
Parma
Fisk
Bartlesville
Okla
Kansas
Ohio
California
Young Vandals Wreck Columbus Play Centers
In Columbus Ohio youths blamed for vandalism damage totaling thousands at three recreation centers. Eight thousand six hundred dollar field houses were described as completely wrecked by Emil Bratka. Police say nearly every family in Lincoln Park housing project is involved and many parents were ordered to appear.
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Columbus
Emil Bratka
Lincoln Park
Students for Wallace Group Banned at OSU
OSU bans Students for Wallace after a campus meeting with an unapproved speaker and actions against the faculty advisor’s guidance. The speaker was Dr. Herbert J. Phillips, recently departed from the University of Washington amid a state un American activities probe.
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Students For Wallace
Osu
Students For
Wallace
Robert C. Elliott
Dean Conaway
Herbert J. Phillips
University of Washington
Washington State un-American Activities Committee
Markets At A Glance Mixed Wheat And Mixed Cattle
Wheat firm for May while new crop weak. Corn offered in large cash supplies. Hogs unevenly higher and lower with a top of 19.85. Cattle generally steady with limited high grade available. Stocks and bonds move lower with selective rail demand.
Court Case Against Officials Dismissed
Two Franklin County commissioners and a former commissioner were freed of an indictment on misconduct in a veterans housing project. C. P. Lauderbaugh Harry T. Vigor and George W. Matson were told to disregard 12 counts while the two remaining counts were dismissed. The judge noted the officials acted in good faith though concerns about bids were raised.
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Franklin County
C. P. Lauderbaugh
Harry T. Vigor
George W. Matson
Common Pleas
Clifford L. Belt
Ralph J. Bartlett
House Starts Draft of New Farm Program
House farm leaders began drafting a new farm program aimed at preserving much of the current price support system. The agriculture subcommittee under Rep Pace is expected to reject both the Truman administration's production payment bill and the Aiken law enacted by the Republican Congress last year.
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House
Agriculture Subcommittee
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Truman Administration
Republican Congress
Acheson Pledges No Compromise Ahead of Paris Talks
Secretary of State Acheson leaves for the Paris Foreign Ministers Conference pledging a no compromise policy toward Russia on Germany. He says his focus is Western Europe’s economic recovery and political stability, not just an east west deal, while Greece looms in Russia’s bid for settlement.
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Acheson
Paris
Russia
Germany
Europe
Tass
Former Candidate Herbert Hoover Injured in Head-on Crash
Herbert Hoover, a former candidate for various state offices, was in fair condition at Lancaster City Hospital after chest injuries from a head-on collision near Somerset. He was a passenger in one of the cars yesterday.
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Herbert Hoover
Lancaster City Hospital
Hoover
Somerset
Attorney Demands Probe Into Embezzlement of Rusk Property
Logan attorney Phil A. Henderson filed in the court of common pleas for an investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol into alleged embezzlement of Harold Budd Rusk's seized personal property. Rusk, 31, of Newark, was in court for sentencing on two indictments for grand larceny after being arrested April 16. Henderson claimed patrolmen at Columbus headquarters ignored repeated requests to return 21 miscellaneous refundable bus tickets and two books of refundable items.
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Court of Common Pleas
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Phil A. Henderson
Harold Budd Rusk
Newark
Henderson
Columbus
Rusk
Patrol officer says Rusk case properly handled in Columbus
Deputy superintendent Fred Moritz of the State Highway Patrol in Columbus told the Daily News at noon today that all of Rusk's property has been disposed of and receipts obtained from the owner, except bus tickets used for further investigation.
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Fred Moritz
State Highway Patrol
Columbus
The
Daily News
Rusk
Rusk Sentenced for Double Grand Larceny in Ohio
In Logan County Court Judge Harley Meyer orders indeterminate terms at Mansfield Reformatory for Rusk who pleaded guilty to two counts of grand larceny. He shoplifted over $100 worth of merchandise from Elberfelds and Luckoff stores and was captured on a Logan-Columbus bus near Groveport after patrols broadcast an arrest. The case prompted a demand for an investigation into alleged embezzlement of personal property by patrol officers.
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Rusk
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Logan Department
Elberfeld’s
Luckoff-Mutual
Logan-Columbus
Groveport
East Broad Street
Columbus
Archbishop Damaskinos Dies Suddenly in Athens
Archbishop Damaskinos former regent of Greece died suddenly in Athens on May 20. The church leader was a prominent figure in Greek politics and religion.
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Athens
Damaskinos
Greece
Cops n Robbers Chase Ends With College Boys Detained
Two Grove City freshmen, Eugene Renz and Robert Sopher, aided by a man who hired them to drive a stolen car, fled from police after detectives fired seven shots at the fleeing vehicle. The youths denied knowledge of the theft and were held for questioning as charges against the car thief were prepared.
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Grove City
Big City
Central Police Station
Eugene Renz
Robert Sopher
Benz
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