Armco Site Favored For Middletown Armory Move
Brig Gen Kenneth Cooper and Armco Steel chief W W Sebald discussed locating Middletown's $250000 pre draft armory on the west side of Route 4 near Veterans Village with Armco making land available if approved. State officials cited parking and accessibility concerns on alternative sites including airport land and land offered by WPFB.
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Veterans Village
Armco Steel Corporation
Armory site eyed near Route 4 amid land offers
Commercial Realty proposes five acres on Route 4 east of the Dixie Cruise-In Theater for an Ohio National Guard armory. Attorn ey Max Finkleman announced the deed offer to Fred J. Schatzmann, city attorney, with Brig. Gen. Kenneth Cooper inspecting sites. A 63 acre tract owner would donate the five acres to the state if approved, while sewer and water extensions beyond city limits are deemed costly. Armco lands nearby may supply temporary parking as Veterans Village housing is discussed. Middletown tops Ohio armory needs lists, with bills pending in the Ohio Legislature. The site committee, led by John Ingwersen, will finalize selection, aiming for public accessibility and ample parking.
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Ohio National Guard
Columbus
W. W. Sebald
Armco
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Citizens’ Committee
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Commercial Realty Company
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Fred J. Schatzmann
Buena Vista Subdivision
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Middletown
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Ohio
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Ohio Senate
House
John Ingwersen
Cain promises longer blast at Wallgren
Senator Cain of Washington guns for Mon Wallgren's fitness to head the National Securities Resources Board. Cain's six hour forty five minute speech stretched the 81st Congress session, with plans for a longer case to press Wallgren’s defense post, accusing him of being soft on Communists. Wallgren denied the dice game claim and Pearson defended pursuing official channels.
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Johnny Meyer
California
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Howard Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
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Miami
Next Filibuster Move May Be Up To Truman
In Washington Democratic leaders signaled they will defer to President Truman after a failed first attempt to break a southern filibuster in the Senate. Senator Lucas of Illinois said top level policy discussion would guide the administration’s next step if the cloture petition fails. Dixie lawmakers resume talkathon as the Senate returns from a break due to Senator Broughton’s death.
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Truman Florida Vacation Ends Briefly With Routine
President Truman settles into sixth Florida vacation in Key West with routines of morning walks, swims, and sunbathes. Chief Justice Vinson plans to join later, Ross to fly in soon, and aides note no successor named yet for the Army secretary post. He briefly spoke in Winter Park after Rollins College degree and aims to return to Washington March 19.
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King George VI to undergo right lumbar sympathectomy
London AP reports King George VI will be operated on likely within a week to improve blood flow to his endangered right foot. Buckingham Palace announced the procedure, described as a right side lumbar sympathectomy that targets nerve knots in front of the spine in the lower back.
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Soviet Leaders Are Promoted in Moscow Cabinet Shuffle
MOSCOW AP reports two more Soviet leaders were elevated. A I Efremov is removed as minister of the machine tool industry and becomes vice chairman of the council of ministers, A E Kostousov takes Efremov's post. Earlier V M Molotov was relieved as Foreign Minister and replaced by Andrei Vishinsky, while remaining first vice chairman and Politburo member.
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Communist Party
Four States Hit By Flood Waters Across Midwest
Associated Press reports widespread flooding across Nebraska Iowa Montana and Louisiana with hundreds left homeless and thousands of acres inundated. Beatrice Nebraska evacuated nearly 100 families as the Big Blue River overflowed while towns like Crete Seward and O'Neill faced closures mud and washed bridges. In Louisiana 245 families fled bottom land homes as the Mississippi ran above flood stage from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
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Cincinnati Dean Named President of Honor Societies
Cincinnati AP reports Dr. Robert W. Bishop, dean of men at the University of Cincinnati, has been named president of the National Association of College Honor Societies. The announcement was made today in Cincinnati.
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University of Cincinnati
National Association of College Honor Societies
Military Bills Slated For House Approval
Washington AP two bills give the Air Force new duties including guarding the nation from air attack and authorizing a 3000 mile guided missile test range. The measures, linked to a Canadian warning network, would be funded by a 2.21 billion dollar Labor Department and Social Security bill.
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Verdict Near In Trial Of Axis Sally
The Axis Sally treason case went to the jury in federal court at 12 03 pm. The seven men and five women retired after the judge Curran instructed them to weigh the evidence and follow the law. Mildred Gillars 48 faced possible death penalty if convicted for wartime broadcasts.
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Federal District Court
Edward M. Curran
Mildred FE. Gillars
Way Sought To Block Vet Pension Bill
Washington AP. House leaders search tactics to keep a billion-dollar veteran pension bill from the House floor. The plan would grant WWI and WWII veterans a $90 monthly pension at age 65 regardless of need. The Truman administration opposes the measure as too costly. A Rules Committee meeting was set to map strategy including possible referral or rule changes. If no action is taken, Rankin could move the bill next Monday under existing amendment restrictions.
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Veterans Committee
Remington Rand to Move Syracuse Plant to Scotland
Syracuse plant will end production tomorrow as Remington Rand transfers operations to Hillington Scotland. Crating of machinery is under way and staffing has been reduced to about 150 from a peak of 1,200 to 1,500 in all departments. No reason given for the move.
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Hillington
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Freeman
Mayor Zipfel of Monroeville Dies in Norwalk at 65
Clarence H. Zipfel, age 65, long serving mayor of Monroeville, died yesterday in Norwalk. He held six terms as mayor and was a key local figure in the community.
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City to Seek Land for Barnitz Field Stadium Plan
The Middletown City Commission will likely approve a request from the Board of Education to deed about nine acres of the Barnitz tract for a new football stadium at Barnitz Field. The plan envisions a two-sided concrete stadium seating 7,000 to 9,000 with parking and track, funded and maintained by the school board.
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Atlantic Pact Defense Moves To Secure Western Europe
Secretary Acheson outlined the Atlantic pact as a self defense treaty among the United States Canada and Western Europe against aggression from any quarter. He cited four aims including formal ties among allies, alignment with the UN charter, easing insecurity to aid economic recovery, and a regional security machinery with a consultative body and North Atlantic command. The agreement would bind the U S to defend Western Europe pending congressional action on war declarations.
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Southerners Probe Myers On Filibuster Rent Controls
Southern senators plan to place Senator Myers in a political spot to probe administration views on letting rent controls expire March 31 or broaden filibuster tactics. Myers, sponsor of a 27 month rent extension, testifies before a Senate Banking subcommittee amid a tense Capitol rent situation and party pressure on extending or ending controls.
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