Mild Hero Of Melvin Miller Week Takes Laguna Beach by Storm
Melvin Miller of Peoria, a tractor factory foreman, is hailed during his Laguna Beach week as the king of Melvin Miller Week. A long distance joke sparked a wild welcome with a 300 strong crowd, a key to the town, and a motorcade to the Sandpaper Bar.
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Marine Hangout
End To Hunger Is Seen By Eisenhower Speech
President Eisenhower told nutrition experts from 59 nations that hunger and malnutrition are on the defensive for the first time in history. He cited U.S. aid, noting more than 4,000 shiploads of food sent abroad in six years in exchange for currencies, as part of a wider free world effort to lift hunger and malnutrition.
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Eisenhower
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Khrushchev to Attend UN Assembly in New York
Moscow Radio announced that Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev will attend the 15th session of the United Nations Assembly in New York. The session opens September 20.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
United Nations Assembly
New York
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German sprinter Armin Hary wins 100 meter Olympic crown
Rome reports Armin Hary of Germany wins the Olympic 100 meter title as Dave Sime of the United States finishes with a sharp lunging dash for second place. The race ends United States sprint supremacy.
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Armin Hary
United States
Dave Sime
Duke Flash
Presidential Candidates Criticize Congress in Heated Summer Session
Washington AP report notes both John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon fault Congress as it winds down its summer session. Kennedy vows to press agenda in January, while Nixon says lawmakers back home for political reasons blocked a full program.
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Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Sugar Debate Stalls Congress Adjournment
Congress failed to adjourn after a long sugar dispute over Eisenhower's authority to cut Dominican Republic sugar. The Senate backed discretionary power with no strings, while the House resisted. leaders delayed, passing 65 million for foreign aid but leaving adjournment in doubt.
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Eisenhower
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Archie Griffith Dies At Age 75
Archie C. Griffith 75 longtime Hocking County farmer died at 2 50 am in Hocking Valley Hospital after nine years of declining health. Survived by son Vance Griffith two daughters Ruth Redick and Grace Poling and two siblings Edgar and Bertha Griffith. Funeral Sunday 2 pm at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev. Dunkle burial in Fairview EUB Cemetery.
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Hocking County
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Logan Rt. 1
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Nancy Huggins Griffith
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Columbus
Bertha Griffith
Dayton
Vance
Ruth Redick
Logan
Grace Poling
Oberlin
Rt. 1
Leonard Funeral Home
D. S. Dunkle
Fairview Eub Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant
New Heat Record Likely Today in Hocking Valley
A new season high for the Hocking Valley appeared possible as the temperature reached 92 degrees at noon, two below the old record. The previous day rose to 89 with a 65 degree low, and hot humid weather was expected to persist through Friday.
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Soviet Demands Congo Bases Transfer Amid UN Talks
At UN headquarters the Soviet Union urged Dag Hammarskjold to hand over the Kamina and Kitona bases to Patrice Lumumba's government and called for Belgian troops and technicians to be removed or replaced. The move aims to empower Lumumba in Katanga amid Congo power struggles.
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Moise Tshombe
Hammarskiold
Quiet Labor Day Observed in Logan
A public celebration is planned in Logan for Labor Day on Monday September 5. Most stores and public offices will close and the Post Office will follow holiday rules. The Logan Daily News will not publish. Publica tion resumes Tuesday. The city pool opens 1 to 5 30 p m and 7 to 9 p m marking the last swim day until next summer.
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Logan Daily News
Spunky Firman pleads innocent to four kidnapping charges
Gordon Spunky Firman, 21, pleaded innocent in Hamilton Common Pleas Court to four kidnapping counts tied to a one month crime spree. He was ordered held on 60,000 bond and scheduled for trial within weeks. He entered court with a bullet wound and heavy guard after being shot resisting capture in Sherrodsville.
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Fred B. Cramer
Ralph Marshall
Zanesville
Sherrodsville
Coshocton County
LHS Grads Leave Soon For Many U S Colleges
Logan High School graduates head to colleges and universities across the nation for the fall term. Names include Mark Myers and Larry Wells bound for Harvard and embracing freshman lectures, with others entering Muskingum College Otterbein College University of Cincinnati Capital University and Bowling Green.
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Jack Myers
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James Wells
W. Main St
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Straitsville Brick Co
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Francis Myers
N. Market St
Bill Walker
Ralph Walker
N. Spring St
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Walkers
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Logan High School
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Zanesville
Logan
University of Cincinnati
David Reed
Peyton D. Reed
Reed
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St. Stephen's, Cincinnati
Otterbein College
Ruth Lackey
Heavy Ohio losses from Pennsylvanian Railroad strike
The Transport Workers Union strike against Pennsylvania Railroad impacts Ohiois with 2000 Chrysler stamping plant workers sent home at Twinsburg and 900 to 1000 union members affected in Columbus. City economy faces about half a million dollars weekly loss in wages. indirect freight slowdowns threaten further pain if the strike lasts. Negotiations failed near the 2:01 a.m. deadline as leaders warned talks were back to scratch.
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Supreme Court to rule on three anti integration cases
Three requests to halt or speed up public school integration were set for the Supreme Court. Texas Gov. Daniel refused to intervene in a federal order integrating first grade. Louisiana Gov. Davis seeks to regain control of New Orleans schools. Delaware protests a speedup of its grade by grade plan. Eight Knoxville schools opened with first grade integration. Dollarway Ark. reports a 6 year old enrolled. Miami Beach, Dade County see limited Negro placements. Houston denies three enrollments under a policy tying family attendance to one school.
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