Rock House State Park Attracts Naturalists
Charles Goslin leads a Gahanna Garden Club nature tour at Rock House in Hocking County. The area’s un disturbed vegetation has endured for nearly a century, preserving virgin trees, diverse ferns, wildflowers, and rare Sullivantia on the cliff face.
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Rock House
Hocking County
Gahanna Garden Club
Shelter House
New York
W. S. Sullivant
Columbus
Blackhand
Fairfield County
Gunfire at Alabama plant leaves two dead
In GUNTHERSVILLE Alabama gunfire killed two men and wounded six others at a Cotton Producers plant construction site. Gulf States Construction filed a $250000 suit in Marshall Circuit Court against United Mine Workers District 60, seeking injunctions against mass picketing and alleging conspiracy to disrupt work. Six others were detained as officers investigated the fatalities of John Leroy Ward and Rev. William Clinton Harrison.
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Gunthersville
Ala
Marshall Circuit
United Mine Workers, District 60
Gulf States Construction Co. Inc
Atlanta
UMW
Assn
Gulf States
James L. Ledbetter
Ed Payton
John Leroy Ward
Parsons
Kan
William Clinton Harrison
Marshall County
Ed Bonner
Eight Inch Rain Hits Texas Floods Subside
Cloudbursts dumped up to eight inches of rain on scattered Texas areas while major floods eased in the Southwest. Thousands remained homeless in Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas as rivers ran high. Arkansas Gov Faubus sought federal aid as 1000 people evacuated and Missouri saw flood damage and drownings.
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Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Orval Fabus
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Crest
Civil Defense
Moffett, Okla
South Texas
San Antonio
Missouri
Mississippi River
Chester
Ill
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi
St. Francis
Armory In Logan Assured Bright
State and federal officers raided a whisky still in Ward Two on Monday and arrested Bearl Lanning and Woodrow Wilson Spencer on federal liquor charges. The pair, aged 53 and 42, were found with 100 gallons of mash and two 55 gallon drums at a site near Lanning’s New Pittsburg home. They faced arraignment in Columbus after being jailed in Hocking County.
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Ward Two
Bearl Lanning
Glouster
Lanning
New Pittsburg
Spencer
Hocking County
U.S
Columbus
Robert Newlun
Logan to Get National Guard Armory in Budget Plan
Logan Guards Construction of a 200000 armory is assured in the coming biennium with 400000 in the House bill plus 150000 federal aid. Other Ohio cities receive armory funds including Massillon 60000 Cleveland 100000 Sandusky 75000 Greenville 50000 and Cincinnati 100000. The Logan site on the county fair grounds will host Battery D 137th AAA Battalion with facilities for drill rifle range classrooms and community use.
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National Guard
Logan
Hocking County
Rolland Bright
Ohio House
Logan Armory
A&b
Ohio
Massillon
Cleveland
Sandusky
Greenville
Cincinnati
Bright
137Th Aaa
Kenneth Cooper
Ohio National Guard
Underground H Bomb Test Plan Aimed to Cut Fallout
AEC official Gordon M. Dunning said the committee is studying underground detonation of nuclear devices to keep radioactive material contained. He cited fallout reduction as a goal and noted current Nevada tests use higher towers and balloons.
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Washington W
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Gordon M. Dunning
AEC
Division of Biology and Medicine
Dunning
Senate House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Nevada
Wrigley Comments on Franchise Shift Talks in Baseball
Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley, NL vice-president, says a league franchise vote is expected, noting only the Brooklyn Dodgers transfer to Los Angeles is clearly on the agenda. He dismisses as newspaper talk any definite moves for the Reds to New York or Giants to San Francisco.
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Chicago
Phil K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles
Cincinnati Redlegs
New York
Giants
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Probe Hinted In Leasing Of Luxury Autos
Washington lawmakers question how the government rents luxury Cadillacs for officials at 500 dollars a year while owning and buying many more cars. Rep Brown says an inquiry will start soon into government auto purchases and leases, with concerns over costs and Pentagon fleet practices.
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Washington
Pentagon
Break-In At Logan Concrete Reported On Route 75
Logan Concrete on Route 75N reported a night break-in to the Hocking County sheriff's department. Deputy Gerald Morrison said intruders smashed the front door and stole two hammers and a hydraulic truck jack.
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Logan Concrete, Inc
Rt. 75N
Hocking County
Tractor Crash Kills West Virginia Youth
Holly Shamblin Jr. 20, of Ravenswood WV, died when a tractor he operated overturned on a farm eight miles south of Athens on Monday.
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Athens
Holly Shamblin Jr
Ravenswood
W. Va
Here
Memorial Day Observance Plans Completed Here
Logan plans a Memorial Day parade led by the Logan High School band with Scout Army Reserve and National Guard units honoring fallen service members. The procession forms on Market Street at 9 15 a.m. and moves to Oak Grove Cemetery for ceremonies. The Daily News will not publish Memorial Day.
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Logan
Keith Schultz
Veterans Organizations
Scout
Army Reserve
National Guard
Veterans
Logan High School
Market St
Schultz
Oak Grove Cemetery
The
Daily News
Murray City
Memorial Day Services and Closures in Logan
Bernard Garrett will place a wreath on the unknown soldier's grave as a National Guard firing squad presents the salute. Children will lay flowers on veterans graves. flags were placed last Sunday by veterans groups. After services, a parade leads to Worthington Park for the Memorial Day program. The Rev. Dunkle will give the benediction.
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Bernard Garrett
VFW
National Guard
Worthington Park
Woman's Relief Corps
D. S. Dunkle
Logan Eub
Keith Schultz
Virgil Emerick
Logan
Medina Declares Park Meter Ordinance Illegal After Referendum
Medina officials find the 1944 park meter ordinance unenforceable after referendum petitions signed soon after adoption. Law Director Wendell Lerch cites lack of council clerk certification as the flaw rendering the measure invalid.
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Medina i
Medina
Wendell Lerch
Pope taps Hesburgh for Vatican atomic agency post
The University of Notre Dame reports Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, its president, has been named permanent representative of Vatican City to the new International Atomic Energy Agency by Pope Pius XII.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Pius XII
Vatican City
International Atomic Energy Agency
Union Furnace Band Director Resigns After Eight Years
Miss Mary Jane McKinley has submitted her resignation as instructor of instrumental and vocal music at Union Furnace and Ilesboro schools. She has served eight years and led top-ranked soloists ensembles and bands in district and state competition. She reportedly accepts a similar post with Glouster schools. The resignation will go to the Starr Washington school board at Wednesday’s meeting.
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Mary Jane McKinley
Union Furnace
Ilesboro
C. C. Penrod
Starr-Washington
Miss McKinley
Penrod
Glouster
Two BIS Escapees Captured Near Enterprise
Hocking County sheriff reports two Boys Industrial School escapees missing over a week were captured this morning by a BIS officer south of Enterprise. The youths were seen along railroad tracks toward Logan, and their apprehension ends a spate of break ins and attempted burglaries between Lancaster and Sugar Grove.
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Hocking County
BIS
Logan
Lancaster
Sugar Grove
Escapee Subdued at Dayton Hospital
Albert Casanova a 47 year old Dayton man was returned to St Elizabeth Hospital Monday after a brief escape. Casanova described as violent threw bricks at police who were called to the hospital.
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Dayton
Albert Casanova
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Casanova
Berserk Sailor Kills Officer on Treasure Island
A Navy enlisted man on the cargo ship Uvalde at Treasure Island went berserk and killed Ensign Arthur Lusk Morris and wounded two others. He held four more hostages for over two hours before slipping away unharmed. The man, Jimmie Henderson, was later identified as a prisoner at large awaiting confirmation of a four month brig sentence from a court martial for stealing a watch.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
Uvalde
Navy
Jimmie Henderson
Henderson
Martha Henderson
Alameda County
Ens
Arthur Lusk Morris
Fns
R. D. Harrison
Jake H. Verbdek
Uvaldé
San Francisco Bay
Bay Bridge
Verbdek
Morris
Ensign Harrison
Harrison
GOP triple play boosts Eisenhower unity on housing bill
Senate Republicans seized a threefold chance to back President Eisenhower on a housing authorization bill raising his budget request from 1.025 billion to 2.85 billion. Senator Knowland and Bricker led calls for cuts, while Democrats faced a split over expanding vs trimming the program and a potential roll call vote.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Banking Committee
GOP
White House
Knowland
Sen
Byrd
D - Va
Congress
Treasury
Alaska Statehood Bill Approved by House Panel
Washington The House Insular Affairs Committee endorsed the Alaska statehood bill by a 24 to 6 vote. The panel struck a provision requiring a general referendum in Alaska before any admission machinery would take effect.
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Washington
House Insular Affairs Committee
Alaska
Eisenhower Pushes Budget Message To Congress
President Eisenhower urges a $71.8 billion spending program urging Republicans to unite behind his plan. He mobilizes cabinet members and regional GOP rallies while Postmaster General Summerfield warns mail service cuts of $140 million may hit July 1 without more funds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Republican Party
Senate
House
Administrations
Summerfield
Post Office Department
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Rock House State Park
Charles Goslin
Nature
Fred Meyers
Brushy Fork
Nellie Kraft
M. R. McBride
Alabama
Uvalde, Tex
Garner
Hocking Whisky Plan
Military Affairs Committee
Probe
City Board of Education
Hack St
Pope
Enterprise
Berserk
Sailor
Col. E. M. Williams
Williams
California
Bricker
Sparkman
D-Ala
Ike
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