Miss America 1956 Title To Be Announced Tonight
Atlantic City reports the Miss America selection will come late tonight after 11 judges evaluate 49 contestants from 45 states plus Chicago, DC, Hawaii and Canada. Preliminary wins include Barbara Vieira Miss Hawaii in swimsuit and Patricia Huddleston in talent with Sondra Wirth and Virginia Maface as finalists. The 1955 winner Lee Ann Meriwether will be replaced. results air on ABC at 9:30 p.m. EST.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Chicago
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Canada
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
Barbara Maria Vieira
Honolulu
Ann Campbell
Oklahoma City
Clara Faye Arnold
Raleigh, N. C
Patricia Huddleston
Clanton
Ala
Sondra Wirth
Miami
Fla
Virginia E. Mafface
Watertown
Mass
ABC
Tiffin GE Aides Pick CIO Union
Production workers at the General Electric plant in Tiffin chose the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers as their bargaining agent, replacing the United Electrical Workers. The NLRB directed vote resulted in 422 to 270 in favor of CIO IUE.
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Tiffin
General Electric Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
National Labor Relations Board
CIO Iue
Harold Mill er Named Comptroller at American Pad
Harold Miller has been named comptroller of American Pad and Textile Co. Henri Mare, the firm’s president, announced the appointment yesterday at the plant in Greenfield.
Chestnut Tree Staging Comeback In Hocking County
Darius Shackelford and James Hummel of Logan report finding a healthy chestnut tree near Lake Logan Rd bearing many edible nuts. The tree, once decimated by blight, appears to be staging a recovery in Hocking County with burr encased nuts on several twigs on display in the Daily News window.
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Hocking County
Darius Shackelford
James Hummel
Logan
Lake Logan
Lake Logan Rd
Daily News
Episcopalians Prepare To Review Budget At General Convention
Delegates at the 58th General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church plan Monday sessions to study a budget that may reach six to eight million dollars and rank among the churchs largest. The House of Deputies defeated efforts to drop Protestant from the churches name by 89 to 55. Two proposed changes to marriage canons were rejected, including shortening the remarriage wait and expanding permission for divorced individuals to remarry.
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Honouu
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Rotary Club
Bar Association
Thugs Grab $1500 From Dayton Bar
Three men entered an east side bar yesterday dressed in work clothes. They pulled guns and escaped with 1500 dollars.
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Dayton P
GOP State Chairmen Hopeful He Will Give Early Consent
GOP state chairmen in Denver pressed for an early second term decision from President Eisenhower ahead of a White House conference. They urged support for a 1956 ticket with Nixon and predicted Eisenhower would defeat any Democratic nominee by a larger margin than in 1952.
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GOP
Lhe
Denver
Washington
Hisenhower
Eisenhower
Leonard W Hiatt
Nixon
Hall
Averell Harriman
New York
Ohio corn to average sixty two bushels per acre
The U S Department of Agriculture predicts Ohio corn will average 62 bushels per acre this year, totaling 234 360 000 bushels. Oats are seen at 70 980 000 bushels and soybeans at 31 125 000 bushels. National figures place corn at 3 113 467 000 and wheat at 916 776 000 bushels.
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Ohio
Ag Agency
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Westinghouse Aides Prepare For Walkout
CIO IUE members plan a strike against Westinghouse Electric Corp across 28 plants with midnight deadline. Talks between R D Blasier and James B Carey continued with no progress reported as locals vote on strike action and East Pittsburgh plant clash escalates since August.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
R. D Blasier
Westinghouse
James B. Carey
Cio-Iue
District 6
Williamsport
Big East Pittsburgh
East Pittsburgh
Lausche names Carr to panel against unemployment boost
George E. Carr of Logan joins two others on a committee named by Governor Lausche to prepare official arguments against a proposed U S unemployment benefits increase. The plan would raise maximum benefits to 50 or 59 dollars a week with dependents, or 33 dollars without, shifting costs to taxpayers and workers alike.
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George E. Carr
Logan
Lausche
Ohio
Carr
Ohio Information Committee
Lowell Fess
Yellow Springs, O
Simeon Fess
Ohio CIO Council backs unemployment proposal arguments filed
Rep Horace W Troop and M O Gregory backed the proposal with arguments filed Friday for two million Ohio voters before the November 8 election. The CIO coordinated the pro side with Jacob Clayman John Rooney and James Ogden drafting the text. The argument praised dignity for the unemployed, no new taxes, a stable economy during layoffs, and adherence to President Eisenhower’s economic guidance, while noting Ohio employers pay half the national rate and criticizing the loss in living standards without work.
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Secretary of State
Ohio
Ohio Cio Council
Jacob Clayman
Ohio Cio
John R. Rooney
James Ogden
CIO Uaw
Eisenhower
Congress
Union Bell Phone talks continue amid walkout in Cleveland
Wage talks between Ohio Bell Telephone Co and the CIO Communications Workers persisted in Cleveland while about 1,000 Akron employees returned to work after a wildcat strike. Service was reportedly uninterrupted though some long distance calls were delayed. The union seeks a substantial pay boost, details undisclosed, and has rejected an offer of 150 dollars weekly.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications
Akrop
Truman says he should have fired MacArthur earlier
Former President Truman told Chicago that he regrets not firing Gen. Douglas MacArthur two years sooner. He cited lack of wholehearted support for U.N. and U.S. policy in Korea and noted MacArthur could not push past Chinese forces to reach the Yalu River. Aide said no immediate comment from MacArthur.
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Chicago
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Korea
California
Executives Club of
U. N
Yalu River
38Th Parallel
U.N
Yalu
China
New York
Dentists License Inquiry Sparks Ironton Feud
Deputy Sheriff Clay Eaches faced a dental dispute after a “dental technician” fitted him with ill fitting dentures. The incident arose amid questions about licensing and professional standards in Ironton.
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Ironton
Clay Eaches
Geneva Parley Reaches Accord on Repatriation Deal
In Geneva, Communist China said ten American civilians imprisoned or under house arrest would be released within days. Ambassadors Wang Ping Nan and U. Alexis Johnson announced the accord handling repatriation of U S civilians in China and Chinese citizens in the United States, with British and Indian mediation.
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Geneva
China
United States
Lawrence R. Buol
Dismas T Kanady
Levi Lovegren
Dorothy Middleton
Sara Perkins
Walter A. Rickett
Harold W. Rigney
Frederick D. Gordon
Joseph E. Hyde
James Joyce
Wang
Johnson
Peiping
Shanghai
U. S
America
Red China
Hong Kong
Figures Complete For 1955 County School Enrollment
The Enterprise reports 1955 enrollment totals for the county school system. Enrollment reaches 2 754 with 1 003 in West Hocking and 501 in Starr Washington. East Hocking 1 232 and last year’s total was 2 913.
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Enterprise
Fast Hocking
West Hocking
Starr-Washington
East Hocking
Nine pound baby born to Roanoke woman at nine
Roanoke Virginia Friday night nine month nine o clock nine pounds. Mrs C S Wilkerson of Roanoke gave birth to a baby weighing nine pounds.
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Roanoke
C. S. Wilkerson
Adenauer and Soviet Leaders Begin Detailed Talks in Moscow
In Moscow Chancellor Adenauer meets Soviet Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev for high level talks on German questions. He opposes immediate ambassador exchanges and urges quick settlement of POW repatriation and reunification by the four occupying powers, signaling more talks to follow.
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Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Kremlin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Heinrich von Brentano
Leningrad
Sovietskaya
West Germany
Germany
Pravda
Geneva
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Heat records and scattered storms forecast weekend cooling
The day opened with a 10:50 a.m. reading of 87 as yesterday’s 95 degree high loomed, with a 95 degree high reported at 3:30 p.m. Scattered afternoon storms may cool the county, with windy, cooler conditions tonight and Sunday after a 62 degree low.
Minnie Ends Fishing Fine in Hailey Court
Minnie End of Hailey Idaho was fined 25 dollars for fishing without a license. The judge noted the incident as a final warning, and Minnie reportedly stated this was the end of Minnie Find fishing.
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Hailey
Idaho
Minnie End
Alicense
Firefighters Gain Edge in California Brush Fire Fight
California blaze near Santa Barbara shows progress as firefighters including 500 Marines along a seven mile line work with fog and rising humidity. The fire threatened 20 cattle ranches while 2,000 fighters control 70,000 acres and watershed damage is pegged at 5 million. In Sierra Nevada, Converse Basin fire near Boole Tree and Grant Tree area remains out of control though conditions improve.
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San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Bruce Barron
U. S. Forest Service
Alisal Guest Ranch
Nojoqui Fall State Park
Nolan O'Neal
Sequoia National Forest
Sierra Nevada
Fresno
John Beebe
Converse Basin
King’s Canyon
Grant
Legal Action In Dock Strike Delayed Over Weekend
New York longshoremen strike actions slowed over the weekend as the ILA dispute with the New York New Jersey Waterfront Commission sparked backing talks. Port Newark Bayonne Jersey City and Hoboken remain idle with 70 ships immobile and $20 million daily perishables backlog. Courts delayed full injunctions while employers seek contempt charges and a $10 million damages suit.
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New York
Philadelphia
Ballimore
Norfolk
Port Newark
Bayonne
Jersey City
Hoboken
New York Harbor
State Supreme Court
William Hecht
New York- New Jersey Waterfront Commission
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
Bistate Agency
New York Shipping Assn
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Annabelle Lanning
Murray City
Andrew Sorenson
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Miss Lanning
Roy Lanning
Tiffin GE Aides
Pick
CIO Union
Chestnut Tree
Episcopalians
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
CIO
United Rubber Workers
U.S
Gov
G. E. Carr
Horace W. Troop
Westerville
M. O. Gregory
Granville
Santa Monica
Calif
Jimmy Gleason
Rabat
French
Morocco
Wang Ping-Nan
U. Alexis Johnson
State Department
Izvestia
Minnie
Boston
Providence
Justice Hecht
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