Franklin Firemen to Face H hearing tomorrow
Six Franklin firemen suspended last week face a public hearing tomorrow at 8 p.m. before the City Civil Service Commission to determine if charges of neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming a fireman are substantiated. If proven, they may be dismissed. if not, the case will be dropped.
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Jim Mills Franklin
Frankn
Franklin Cvil Service Commission
Haseen
Ells Bridge
Bridge
Commis
Safety Service
Robert Borden
Franklin
Lloyd E. Ritz
Ritz
Court Sets Name For Desegregation
In Prince Edward County Virginia a special court order targets ending racial segregation in public schools. The ruling delays a fixed compliance date, granting time to adjust and move toward nondiscriminatory admission, with observers noting possible gradual desegregation in the 1955-56 session. The decision mirrors a prior ruling in Clarendon County South Carolina.
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Richmond
National Assn
Oliver Hill
Prince Edward Coun
Virginia
J. Lindy Almond Jr
Edward
Andrginia
Ready
U. S. Supreme Court
Circuit
Armistead Dobie
Federal Dist
Albert V. Bryan
Sterling Hutcheson
Prince Edward
Summeron
Clarendon County
8. C
Supreme Court
City fire department fills vacancies with six call workers
Mayor Shotwell appoints six men as temporary call firemen to fill vacancies after suspensions. Howard Harville is named temporary captain while Chief Morgan and Harville remain the department’s only full time members.
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Shotwell
Howard Harville
Morgan
Harville
Faulty Cord Kills Man in Reading Home Yard
Larry B. Tit tle, 28, was electrocuted last night by a faulty extension cord while planting a tree in the rear yard at his suburban Reading home. He was working among wet bushes.
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Cincinnati
Larry B. Tittle
Reading
Two Armco workers honored with 50 year pins and watches
Clarence E. Steele and Chauncey D. Wilson received 50 year service pins and engraved gold watches from Armco Steel Corp. chair man Charles R. Hook in a brief ceremony. Wilson, 70, began in 1905 rising to chief general accountant before retirement in 1950. Steele, 73, started in 1905 and ended as foreman of the blooming bar and jobbing mill, retiring in 1939. Both men reside in Hamilton.
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Clarence E. Steele
Chauncey D. Wilson
Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Corp
Hook
Armco
Wilson
Yankee Rd
General Office
Steele
Ashland
Blooming
Hamilton
Main St
Fallen Line Blamed For 4 Deaths
In Alexandria Louisiana a power line fell during a rainstorm and killed four people and injured a fifth. Victims were Y E Tillman 36 William Brosette 23 William L Voorhies 33 and Linda Carolyn Voorhies 6. Voorhies son William Jr 5 burned but survived.
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Alexandria
Y. E. Tillman
William Brosette
William L. Voorhies
Voorhies
Linda Carolyn
William Jr
Brosettes
Ume
Brosette
Tillman
County Officials Attend National Convention in Richmond
Several Butler County officials travelled to Richmond Virginia for the National Convention of County Officials. Commissioners Gorder Augspurger and Ren VanGorden and deputy treasurer Jesse Pochard joined sessions on roads highways civic defense and property. County auditor R H Smith canceled the trip.
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Butler County
Richmond
Gorder Augspurger
Ren. S. VanGorden
Hamilton
Virginia City
Jesse Pochard
R.H. Smith
Doris Duke Sues Expose Magazine for Libel
Doris Duke files a three million dollar libel suit in Santa Monica Superior Court against Confidential magazine and associated editors and writers. Attorney Jerry Giesler states Duke seeks to defend her name and deter similar attacks with any damages donated to charity. Defendants include publisher Robert Harrison editor Howard Rushmore and purported author Grant Peters.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Fortune
Doris Duke
Jerry Giesler
New York
Miss Duke
Giesler
Robert Harrison
Howard Rushmore
Grant Peters
Confidential
Eisenhower Appears In Chinese Communist Papers
In Hong Kong, for the first time since his election, President Eisenhower’s picture ran on Red front pages along with Geneva Big Four summit reports.
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Hong Kong
Eisenhower
Geneva
Auto-Borne Arsenal Costs Man $100 in Court
Walter Gross aged 38 of 1820 Oxford State Rd faced a $100 fine and costs for carrying two loaded guns, a .38 pistol and a 12 gauge shotgun, in his car. The judge suspended half the fine on conditions he avoids firearms at home or in vehicles and refrains from appearing in court. weapons were confiscated. Officers testified Gross had warned he would shoot the first policeman if obstructed.
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Walter Gross
Oxford State Rd
J.T. Lamb
Gross
Garfield Street
Robert Walton
John Combs
Robert Sloan
Paul Jones
Walton
Squire Lammie Bailey
James Sakes
Texas Ave
Ohio
Richard Lampley
Baltimore St
Lampley
Snellie Lampley
Bert Antrim
Yankee Rd
Claiice Wysong
Deadliest Snakes Include Tiger Snake and Island Viper
Two snakes vie for the title of most poisonous the tiger snake of Australia and the island viper found on a small Brazilian coast island.
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Australia
Brazil
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Saan
Ranklin
L. G. Shawhan
A. T. Stamper
Edgar Farmer
Borden
John Shotwell
Carl Mogan
Civil Service Commission
Blue Cross
Hospital Care Corporation
Hamilton, Obie
American Hospital
Expose Magazine
Ike
Oran Patrick
10Th Ave
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Patrick
Algier Martin
Omaha St
Misses Sportswear
Rtety
Will
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