Outstanding Shows Scheduled For 1955 Hocking County Fair
The 1955 Hocking County Fair opens Wednesday with near record entries and new attractions. Harness racing returns under lights with a mechanical starting gate on Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. Stock car racing is set for Saturday at 7 30 p.m. The Congress of Canadian Dare devils appears opening night the first time in southern Ohio. Events include a machinery parade pet parade tractor rodeo horse and tractor pulling contests school child contests junior fair board king queen livestock parade exhibit judging and five bands. The midway is described as the most elaborate in the fair s history. Schools will dismiss Friday for the show with free admission for students up to 4 p.m. and free grounds for under 12 year olds anytime.
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Joshua Matheny
Hocking County Agricultural Society
Congress of Canadian Dare
Devils
Ohio
Matheny
County Fair Week Events Schedule
The schedule lists West Hocking Band and official opening on Wednesday September 28 with a machinery parade. Thursday features merchant judging and harness horse racing under lights plus Union Furnace Band. Friday includes school day events with pet parade and tractor rodeo. Saturday covers horse pulling livestock parade tractor pulls and stock car races with crowning of the King and Queen.
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West Hocking Band
Boy
Five Traffic Accidents Reported Over Weekend
Five Hocking County weekend crashes left no serious injuries. Timothy Sudlow 17 and James Darius 21 were in a rear-front collision on Voris Road at 6 50 p.m. Saturday. Bonnie Starr 27 and Robert Halley 45 collided on Route 75 near Logan at 2 55 p.m. Saturday. Mildred Triplett 32 and Jackson Mingus 34 rolled over on Route 33 near Logan at 3 40 p.m. Saturday. Triplett suffered knee injuries and possible broken ribs. Harold Van Bibber 55 and Floyd Tenshill 20 collided on Route 33 near the Athens County line at 10 p.m. Saturday. Tenshill cited for failure to stop. Edward Anderson 18 and Donald Collison 16 collided on Route 33 north of Logan at 3 50 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Timothy B Sudlow
Logan Rt. 2
James R. Darius
Lancaster Rt. 6
Voris Rd
Rt. 33
Sheriff's
Joe Breeze
Spurgeon Metzler
Bonnie Starr
Gore
Robert Halley
Twilight
W. Va
Logan
Rt. 75
State Highway Patrol
Mildred Triplett
Columbus
Jackson Mingus
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Harold van
Bibber
Floyd Tenshill
Buchtel
Athens
Tennhill
Joseph Phillips
Edward Anderson
Donald Collison
Laurelville i
Ohio sees fall weekend dip in traffic fatalities
Autumn's first weekend brought a slight dip in road deaths in Ohio. Between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight, 12 people died in traffic accidents statewide, with three more dying in other miscellaneous accidents.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dr. W. D. Burt 86 Died After Surgery in Athens
Dr Warren D Burt 86 retired Athens chiropractor died Sunday at 445 pm after surgery at Mount St Mary Hospital He was a native of Meigs County and half brother of Mrs Freda Davidson of Logan Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 pm at First Christian Church Athens with burial in W Union St Cemetery Athens
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Warren D. Burt
Athens
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Meigs County
Freda Davidson
Logan
First Christian Church
W. Union St
Conservativ e Firefighter Douses Flames at Logan Theatre
Assistant Fire Chief C. J. Hysell used only a paper cup of water to extinguish a smoldering fire in the Logan Theatre men’s rest room. He arrived at 8:30 p.m. to dense smoke on the ground floor and doused lint in an air vent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hysell
Logan Theatre
Hysell
Missing Delaware teen found with carnival worker in hotel
City police received a missing person report for 15 year old Patty Heineman of Delaware and located her with 24 year old Joseph Willie Permenter of Jackson Mississippi in a local hotel room. The events unfolded between 12 17 a.m. and 1 30 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Patty Heineman
Delaware
Joseph Willie Permenter
Jackson
Miss
Peron Near Freedom as Argentine Rebels Offer Safe Conduct
In Buenos Aires Juan Domingo Peron edged toward freedom but awaited a pledged safe conduct from the revolutionary government that toppled him three miles away from release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Domingo Peron
Prices fall on stock market after Eisenhower health scare
New York stocks slumped amid heavy selling as reports confirm President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack. Markets reacted to health concerns and uncertainty surrounding his condition and recovery prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Americans Arrive in Hong Kong After Detention
Five American civilians reached Hong Kong today after long detention in Red China. Of the 41 promised release during Geneva talks, 14 have now gained freedom.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Geneva
Air Force rushes doctors to Iwo Jima garrison
The U S Air Force moved medical teams and supplies to its 300 man unit on typhoon battered Iwo Jima and reported no casualties. In Washington the U S evaluates a Russian bid to sell arms to Egypt and warns it could provoke an Israeli protest.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Iwo Jima
Air Force
Washington
United States
Egypt
Israel
Two Teens Die in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Accident
Shirley Mc Cloud 17 and Ernest Harrington 18, both residents near Chillicothe, died early today from carbon monoxide poisoning near the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Shirley McCloud
Near
Ernest Harrington
Here
Grandmother completes 1500 mile Appalachian Trail hike
Emma Gatewood of Gallipolis Ohio, known as Grandma Gatewood, finishes a 1500 mile trek along the Appalachian Trail after four months on the rugged routes. She travels from Georgia to Maine, enduring tough terrain and variable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Emma Gatewood
Gallipolis
Ohio
Nine Drivers Fined In Weekend City Court
Nine drivers were fined in Mayor Joseph Phillips court over the weekend on charges filed by city police and the state highway patrol. Individuals include William K. Spicer 22 New Straitsville fined 10 dollars for reckless operation and Mark Junior Burgess 18 497 W Front St fined 10 dollars for reckless operation. Other cases cover failure to yield the right of way speeding and driving left of center with fines of 10 dollars each. Charges against four drivers were filed by the state patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Phillips
State Highway Patrol
William K. Spicer
New Straitsville
W. Hunter St
Mark Junior Burgess
W. Front St
Paul A. Schrader
Third St
White Tip Cab Co
Church and
Riff Sts
Dennis K. Welkes
Rockbridge
E. Front St
Ronald Sinnott
Logan
Wiliam Fisher
Union Furnace
Wayne Wolfe
New Plymouth
Walter Mansberger
Enterprise
Democrats Eye Stevenson Path If Eisenhower Steps Aside
News that President Eisenhower may not seek a second term sparks Democratic speculation. Stevenson leads among potential candidates with Harriman, Lausche, Williams and Ribicoff also floated. Senators Kefauver and Symington among top VP prospects, Humprhey bloc discussed.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Buckeye
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Stevenson
Harriman
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
George M
Pennsylvania
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Richard Russell
Georgia
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Eisenhower's Recovery Prospects Seen Favorable
Dr. Paul Dudley White said Eisenhower’s recovery from a heart attack appears reasonably good barring unforeseen complications. White, after final exam, predicted he could be physically able to serve a second term if progress continues. Doctors described the attack as moderate and the President’s night as comfortable with stable condition at Fitzsimons Army Hospital.
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Denver
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Howard M. Snyder
Byron E. Pollock
Fitzsimons
White
Policy Continuity Maintained Amid President’s Absence
The Eisenhower administration moves forward on a business as usual basis with the National Security Council as key policy maker. Nixon and Cabinet members pledge continuity as Eisenhower delegates powers while recuperating from a heart attack and officials discuss authority during his absence.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Dulles
State
Humphrey
Treasury
Benson
Agriculture
New Plymouth Man Bound Over To Grand Jury Here
Robert W. Bartley 28 of New Plymouth Rt 1 arraigned before Magistrate Elias E. Brighton on non support charges. Bound over to October term of Hocking County grand jury under $500 bond, unable to post. He was committed to county jail after appearing at Sheriff Waldron’s office and served with a divorce summons. His wife Janice filed for divorce in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty and seeks custody support and permanent alimony for their minor children.
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Robert W. Bartley
New Plymouth
Rt 1
Elias E. Brighton
Common Pleas Court
Charles Brehm Dies At 85 After 60 Years As Printer
Charles Brehm of 183 Mound St died at 4 a.m. at 85 after a six week illness. He lived most of his life in Logan and spent six decades as a printer with the Hocking Sentinel Journal Gazette and Brooke Printing Co. He chaired the Logan Presbyterian Church and served 45 years as secretary of the International Typographical Union Logan lodge. He is survived by his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, with funeral rites Wednesday at 2 pm at Heinlein Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FE
Squire) Brehm
Mound St
Logan
George W
Eliza Snake Brehm
Martha May Crawford
Squire
Hocking Sentinel
Daily News
International Typographical Union
Modern Woodmen of America
Logan Lodge
Logan Presbyterian Church
Brehm
Harry Reeves
Paul Beck
Titusville
Mayme Young
Pomeroy
Heinlein Funeral Home
Karl F. Schottke
Presbyterian Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Man Fined For Reckless Operation In Multiple Offenses
Thurman R. Bush, 21, of Logan Route 2, charged with reckless operation on September 11, 1954, was picked up by city police on North Street. Before Mayor Joseph Phillips he faced three offenses, receiving fines of 25 dollars for a prior July 20, 1952 offense, 50 dollars plus costs and 10 days in jail with suspended term for the latest, and a final jail term suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman R. Bush
Logan Rt 2
North St
Joseph Phillips
Nixon considers White House visit amid talk on Eisenhower duties
Vice President Nixon worked in the Capitol today and may go to the White House to review matters with Sherman Adams. He avoided commenting on Eisenhower’s delegation of duties, noting the attorney general must interpret how technical details are handled. Brownell will be in Washington tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Earl Warren
California
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Denver
White House
James C. Hagerty
Justice Department
Washington
Capitol
Sherman Adams
Gen
Brownell
New York
Debating Farm Prices as Dems and GOP Trade Barbs
The Democratic National Committee releases a fact sheet blaming the Eisenhower administration for falling farm prices and low parity, while a Republican Senate group publishes a 79 page campaign guide arguing the GOP fulfilled pledges and that price supports shifted from a rigid 90 percent parity to a flexible program. The exchange highlights partisan interpretations of farm policy history.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Senate
GOP
Republican Handbook
National Committee
Eisenhower
Benson
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Hocking County Fair
Kiwanis Club of
Evalan Hansel
Harley Meyer
Jim Nihiser
East Hocking Band
W. D. Burt
Dem
Thomas E Dewey
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Sen
Dirksen
Illinois
Averell Harriman
Carmine DeSapio
Tammany Hall
U.S
National Security Council
Woodrow Wilson
Ottawa
Charles Brehm
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