Ohio Plans Demerit System To Clean Up Bad Drivers
Ohio state officials outline a demerit based plan to tighten licensing rules with a mechanized license card index and a separate conviction records index for traffic violations. Drivers would face warnings or new examinations after six or twelve demerits, with local safety committees expanded statewide.
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Columbus
A. C. Felty
State Highway Safety Department
Felty
State
Highway Patrol
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
General Assembly
Lausche
Safety Committee
Youngsters Prepare To Trek To School In June Opening
Logan and Hocking County school systems will open Tuesday with about 4 525 pupils. East Hocking leads with 1 655 students, followed by West Hocking and Starr Washington. Teachers include Mrs Matthew Murtha as seventh grade instructor. Laurelville lacks an eighth grade teacher. Superintendents met with Samuel Dillon to finalize opening preparations.
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Hocking County
Logan
East Hocking
West Hocking
Starr-Washington
Laurelville
Wallace
Blake
Logan City
Matthew Murtha
Samuel Dillon
Cold Night Then Warmer Forecast In Hocking County
Nightly low reached 42 degrees in Hocking County, five degrees cooler than the prior night. By 11:30 a.m. the temperature rose to 73, five degrees below yesterday’s high. Saturday’s forecast calls for cloudy skies and a touch warmer conditions.
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Hocking County
Five Day Forecast Marshals Warmer Weekend And Showers
Five day forecast shows temperatures averaging three to five degrees above normal with normal highs 79 to 82 and lows 58 to 60. Expect warmer conditions over the weekend and a cooler Tuesday with showers Monday totaling half to two thirds of an inch.
Storms Kill 13 in Formosa Havoc
Violent rainstorms over the last three days in southern Formosa have killed at least 13 people and left more than 10,000 homeless. Rescue and relief efforts are underway as communities reel from the disaster.
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Taipei
Formosa
Heatwave Drives Los Angeles To 110 Degrees
Southern Californians faced a new scorcher as LA reached 110, Tujunga 120, with a 108 forecast downtown. The heat caused four deaths, 57 heat prostration cases, fires in San Dimas, and widespread water and traffic disruptions across the region.
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Los Angeles
Tujunga
Mojave
San Dimas
Here
Attendance Brings Ohio State Fair Near 500000 Mark
The 1955 Ohio State Fair ends today with attendance expected to reach the half million level after 425420 by Wednesday. Gov Lausche led Governor's Day with talks on water supply and farm improvements. Highlights include stock car races, cattle and sheep shows, horse show championships, a Fat Cattle Sale, and 4 H and FFA demonstrations.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
Lake Erie
Labor strike actions and auto industry settlements across the U S
The CIO Transport Workers Union orders a postponement of a 5000 nonoperating railroad workers strike amid looming wildcat walkouts. American Motors settles with the UAW setting a pattern for Big Three contracts. Britain seeks to ease Soviet fears over disarmament talks. Timothy Murphy named national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ohio Midland Light and Power wins permission to close the Groveport to Pieway electric railroad. Chicago reports recovery of three $20 bills from a missing ransom fund case.
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New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio- Midland Light and Power Co
Groveport
Pieway Station
Pickaway County
Two elderly Indians plan Denver trip to study long life
Perkins Oklahoma reports 95-year-old Frank Eaton and his 114-year-old companion Chief Big Bear Two Hands prepare to travel to Denver with Jesse James Hil to share insights on their longevity. Eaton jokes about eating any food and keeping his pistol, while the pair recall dodging bullets in pioneer days and their fame as frontier figures.
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Perkins
Okla
Frank
Pistol Pete) Eaton
Pete
Eaton
Big Bear Two Hands
Denver
Jesse James Hil
Towa
Jesse James
Jesse
Indian Territory
Negro Voting Probe Ordered in Mississippi Primaries
Atty. Gen Brownell orders an immediate probe into alleged civil rights violations in Mississippi Democratic primaries. PBI agents conduct investigations amid reports of ballot denial and intimidation of Black voters. Coleman denies violations and emphasizes Mississippi good name.
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Washington
Brownell
Mississippi
Tom Tubb
Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee
J. P. Coleman
Explosion tears through Chicago plant district injuring dozens
A massive blast and flash fire ripped a near Southwest Side factory area destroying half a block. At least 26 people injured eight hospitalized with varying burns. no deaths reported. The Griffith Laboratory and adjacent Cart Consolidated Biscuit Co buildings were destroyed in a 3 hour fire with cause undetermined. About 90 workers, mostly women, were present at the time.
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Chicago
Griffith Laboratory
Cart Consolidated Biscuit Co
Biscuit
Death of Ernest Cornell Ohio unemployment chief at 69
Ernest Cornell administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation died at his home at age 69 from an apparent heart attack. A corporation lawyer by training he became known nationally as head of Ohio's securities division for his tough stance on registering stocks of dubious value.
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Columbus
Ernest Cornell
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Cornell
Ohio Securities Division
Peron Wins Congressional Approval For State of Siege
Argentina grants President Juan Peron emergency powers after the Senate and lower house approve a state of siege to crush opposition. The measure suspends constitutional guarantees in Buenos Aires for 15 days following a naval revolt, with Peron expected to sign into law. Angel Enrique Peralta of the CGT backs the act, pledging it will last until threats are eliminated.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
All Peronista
Senate
Oka
Peron
Argentina
House of Deputies
Angel Enrique Peralta
Can n Market Fire Causes 33000 Damage
An early morning blaze at Can n Market, above which Mrs Etta Oyler lives, caused about 33000 in damage. Neighbors aided Oyler to safety as the fire burned around the cash register area and damaged goods mainly by smoke and water. Fire inspectors credited the department with quick response and noted the second floor was spared.
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Cannon's Market
Etta Oyler
Ray Frasure
W. Main St
Mr. Sharrett
Mrs. Oyler
Mr. Appleman
Mrs
Pearl Appleman
John McBroom
Logan
Logan Fire Department
Oyler
Burlin Taylor
Taylor
Stephenson
Pickle Patch Mixup Ends With Farmer Offer
In Deckerville Michigan a group of picklers mistook Herb Clements patch for a free pickle giveaway and started gathering pickles. Clements told them the actual patch was six miles away but allowed them to keep the pickles they took.
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Deckerville
Mich
Herb Clements
Israel Accepts U N Cease Fire for Gaza Front
Israel says it accepts the U N cease fire proposal provided all Egyptian attacks end. Egypt reports troop orders to observe cease fire as fighting in the Gaza Strip continues with casualties tallied from Khan Yunis and surrounding areas.
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Jerusalem
Israel
U. N
Egypt
Palestine Department
Cairo
FE. L. M Burns
U. N. Truce Supervisory Commission
Gaza
Khan Yunis
Voice of Israel Radio
Gaza Strip
Woman and Union Settle Strike Fuss in Chicago
A Chicago housewife Esther Quigley and Local 1214 president Nicholas Prete settled a dispute after a milk carton incident outside Harrison Sheet Steel Co. Charges of disorderly conduct were dismissed by Judge Erwin Hastens as the strike, involving Mrs Quigley’s husband, ended with no grudges held by the union.
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Chicago
Esther Quigley
Nicholas Prete
United Auto Workers
Quigley
Prete
Harrison Sheet Steel Co
Andrew
County observes Labor Day with many closures Mon
Industry and businesses in Logan and Hocking County will close for Labor Day with token crews in furnaces. Courthouse city and state offices close. Some meetings postponed. Police fire and sheriff offices operate. Logan Daily News closed. Post office will handle mail with no local delivery and front windows open.
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Logan
Hocking County
County Board of Health
Starr-Washington Board of Education
Sheriff's Office
Logan Daily News
Logan Postoffice
Postoffice
Ike To Build GOP Drive Even If He Recedes From 1956
President Eisenhower plans an active role in the 1956 campaign regardless of a reelection bid. He will meet Sept. 10 with Republican chairmen from all states to push “dynamic conservatism” and boost party organization while keeping White House ties.
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Ike
Denver
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Ates
Republican Party
White House
Washington
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Fisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Augusta National Club
Georgia
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John McKee
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Dennis Lammers
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Charles H. Stephenson
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