Ohio Legislature Ends Session With Key Bills Passed
The 102nd General Assembly adjourned amid last minute deals. A new point system will flag risky drivers and mayors can assign points for state road violations through 1960. The Senate postponed veto override on county service fee hikes. Controversial horse racing dates were trimmed at River Downs. Committee studies focused on debtor laws education police pension systems county governments and private cemeteries.
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Senate
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Senate House
River Downs Track
Hamilton County
Hamilton
Butler County
Hugh Jenkins
Ohio
State Board of Tax Appeals
Hugh Wait
Worthington
James Donnelly
Cleveland
State Board of Liquor Control
Edward Dell
Butler
Don H. Ebright
State Banking Advisory Board
James L. Young
Columbus
Bureau of ‘Workmen's Compensation
Charles J. Chastang
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Thomas F. Patton
Shaker Heights
Ohio State University
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Motor Vehi
Legislative Service Commission
Benson Urges Farmers Get Pay Off Land
Secretary of Agriculture Benson urged low income farm people to seek income opportunities off the land during a Tennessee Farmers Convention speech at the University of Tennessee. He highlighted the government's rural development program offering training, job information, and local industrial development to help those choosing nonfarm work.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Benson
Tennessee Farmers Convention
University of Tennessee
Boy Drowns In Well Near Home
Oberlin Ohio deputies report Floyd D Cain Jr aged 3 drowned after falling into a well being dug beside their home. His body was found face down in 30 inches of water by Lorain county deputies.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Floyd D. Cain Jr
Lorain County
Scientists Seek Water and Oxygen on Mars by Spectrography
Researchers from Mt. Wilson and Palomar propose using rockets to mount a spectrograph above Earth's atmosphere to detect Mars oxygen. A balloon borne spectrometer could study Martian water vapor directly, though Martian water quantity remains unknown.
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Ariz
Mars
International Mars Committee
Astronomical Society of the
Earth
Richardson
Audouin Dollfus
Meudon Observatory
Paris
France
Red Planet
Heat Ruins Flea Circus in Long Beach
In Long Beach California trainer Bob Matthews seeks new fleas after a 98 degree heat wave wiped out his 24 member troupe at the Pike. He mourns the losses of Freddy the weight lifter and Hildregard and vows to start anew while eyeing a passing dog as a sign the show must go on.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bob Matthews
Freddy
Hildregard
Matthews
Long Beach Pike
Reporter Relives Harrowing Kidnap Ordeal in Carolina
Roving reporter Bev Ballard of the Morning News was forced at gunpoint to drive a fleeing hitchhiker from Society Hill toward North Carolina. Ballard escaped unharmed but lost $20 and had to discard the ignition keys after the car ran out of gas near Martinsville.
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Florence
S.C
Bev Ballard
Morning News
Cheraw
Martinsville
Society Hill
Ft. Bragg
N.C
North Carolina
North Caro
Lina
Ballard
Chimp Roy Loses Leading Role At St Louis Zoo
Roy the chimp star of the St Louis Zoo show was removed from the cast after he lashed out during a performance. Trainers said he grew too human and resented other chimps in the limelight, culminating when he threw an assistant into the moat.
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ST. Louis
Roy
St. Louis Zoo
Mike Kostial
Anyother
Ohio Girls Win Big in Buckeye State Assembly Elections
The 102nd Ohio General Assembly adjourned as Buckeye Girls' State at Capital University elected Carole McCollum of Cincinnati as governor. Federalists claimed lieutenant governor Philomena Zurzola Akron and secretary of state Anna Mae Deitrich Philo, while Janet Combs Hamilton became attorney general. Nationalists elected Carolyn Reidy Columbus treasurer and Janet Blackwood Yellow Springs auditor.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly of
Buckeye Girls
Capital University
Carole McCollum
Cincinnati
Philomena Zurzola
Akron
Anna Mae Deitrich
Philo
Janet Combs
Hamilton
Carolyn Reidy
Janet Blackwood
Yellow Springs
Husband Of Actress Suffers Heart Attack
Irene Dunne’s husband Dr. Francis D. Griffin, a dental surgeon, was hospitalized in Santa Monica today after a heart attack. He was stricken Monday and reported much improved last night and resting comfortably this morning.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Irene Dunne
Francis D. Griffin
Griffin
Cop Delivers His Own Baby
Off duty New York police officer Vincent F Campbell delivered his own daughter in his Brooklyn apartment. The five pound eight ounce infant was born to Campbell's wife Barbara Marie. Doctors said Campbell did a fine job.
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New York
Vincent F. Campbell
Brooklyn
Campbell
Barbara Marie
Americans Need Low Mood Says Louisville Painter
James Francis Kurfees told Memphis teachers that the country risks disappearance if it does not adopt a low mood he calls essential. He warned the nation has swung away from basic values and could go out of existence like other prospering nations that vanished.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Francis Kurfees
Louisville, Ky
Kurfees
Memphis State College
U S Ambassador Willis Presents Credentials in Oslo
The new United States ambassador Frances E. Willis delivered her credentials to Regent Crown Prince Olav at the royal palace in Oslo Norway today, beginning her post in Norway with formal ceremonies.
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Oslo
Norway
U.S
Frances E. Willis
Olav
Royal
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