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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1950
Page
1
U S officials accuse Chinese Communist forces of direct military intervention in Korea and urge the United Nations Security Council to demand Maoist withdrawal. Warren R. Austin states 30,000 Chinese troops may be in Korea and increasing, warning against the invasion being condoned by the UN.
Compiled results list Joseph T. Ferguson and Taft with vote tallies for U S Senator Governor and other statewide offices. Other races include Nye Roberts Sweeney Brown Quinn Tracy and attorney general candidates with figures. Supreme Court chief justice Weygandt vs Douglass totals shown along with January team tallies and statewide totals.
A federal grand jury indicted 13 men and the Franklin Press of Miami on 47 counts for conspiring to violate lottery laws in a $2,000,000 international ring. Named are Sam Salome and Shapir Camiola of Rochester New York, B W I I Michael Austerlitz of Pittsburgh, B Trottman Jamaican, Carl Angelo Rizzo in Canton Ohio, Arthur L Blaz Beverly Hills, and Carl L Bess Jr of Los Angeles. The ring allegedly began January 1950 with distribution plans for a Kingston Jamaica sweepstakes and tickets sent across state lines.
Six hundred Allied warplanes blasted the Manchurian border to block Red reinforcements as UN air and ground forces push on all fronts. Jets clashed over Sinuiju with an F-80 shooting down a MiG-15 while 800 B-29s dropped 640 tons of bombs on the city a major target for Chinese Red supplies.
A second unidentified woman, headless and armless, was found floating in the Ohio River near Lawrenceburg Indiana by a towboat crew. Lawrenceburg Sheriff Negangard calls the death an obvious murder. Pathologists say internal injuries could be from an ax or boat propellers. Age estimated 50 to 65. FBI probes a plumber's helper linked to a prior missing Covington girl.
U S Senator Robert A Taft won by a margin exceeding 426000 votes over Democrat Joseph T Ferguson in Ohio final tallies Taft carried 1642537 to 1211658 with Governor Lausche and Lieut Governor Nye also re elected Republicans swept several state offices and made gains in the legislature while final statewide turnout fell short of 3 million The long campaign ended around 2 15 am with Ferguson conceding
Almost 12,000 residents cast ballots in Middletown with Lausche defeating Ebright 6,192 to 5,252 while the county totals favored Ebright 23,189 to 22,494. Wilmer lost statewide despite Middletown showing 7,115 to McCandless 3,865 locally. Sexton carried Middletown 6,883 to Hughes 3,993 as the county voted 23,281 to 19,530. Breen narrowly beat Schenck in Middletown and led the county 22,049 to 21,144.
Election results at 11:00 a.m. EST show Democrats retaining Senate control 49 to 47 with 54 to 42 present, 18 Democrats elected, 31 holdovers. House: 220 Democrats, 185 Republicans, 1 Independent, 28 undecided. Democrats maintained control. Governors: Democrats 10 elected, Republicans 20. multiple races undecided or pending.
Democrats held on to congressional control while Republicans surged, sweeping Senate seats and defeating key leaders. The new Senate would sit at 49 Democrats to 47 Republicans, a six seat GOP gain, with losses including Forrest Donnell in Missouri. Taft and Millikin solidified GOP leadership as Dewey won a third term. New York's Lehman re-elected. Impellitteri won NYC mayor. Republicans also led in governor races in several states.
GOP gains 15 of Ohio's 23 House seats, defeating four Democrat incumbents. George H. Bender regains the at large seat, with Republicans flipping districts 2, 14, 16 and 9 to expand their tally. several incumbents hold or switch in other contests, reshaping Ohio's federal delegation.
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