Boy Clerk Fends Off Robber In Galva Drug Store
A 16 year old clerk at Hagen Webb drug store in Galva thwarted an armed robbery Tuesday night. William Hale, freshman at Portsmouth High, refused the thief’s demand for money and shut the cash drawer as the bandit reached in. The suspect, about 25, 5 feet 8 inches, white with dark eyes and complexion, wore a railroad cap and dungaree jacket and fled after leaving 35 cents behind. Police describe the attacker and continue investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagen & Webb
Gallia
John Srs
Wiliam Hale
William C. Hale
Mary Beth Webb
Hale
Miss Webb
Portsmouth High School
Huge Electric Contracts Set for Portsmouth A Plant
General Electric Co and Westinghouse Corp won contracts totaling over eight million dollars for electric equipment for the Portsmouth A plant and its associated power plants. Ohio Valley Electric Corp will build plants at Cheshire and Madison to serve the A plant, placing 80 million dollars in orders. The Atomic Energy Commission supply division at Oak Ridge placed eight million three hundred sixty one thousand thirty five dollars in orders. Turbo generators and boilers for the two plants were ordered, including eleven 1200 kilowatt turbo generators and eleven boilers, plus additional generators and boilers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth Aves
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Corp
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Cheshire
Madison
Ind
Atomic Energy Commission Supply Division
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Ohio
Valley Electric Corp
India Truce Plan Heads to General Assembly Vote
India's peace plan for Korea moves to a General Assembly vote in New York. The resolution is expected to receive broad support despite Soviet opposition, with China and North Korea likely to veto if needed. Light Co-op loan approved for Inter-County Rural Electric Co-op of Hillsboro in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
General Assembly
United Nations
N.Y. Ut
Korea
Ful U.N. General Assembly
Inside The Times Page Comics And Notices Fragment
A brief fragment from Inside The Times lists sections such as Page Comics Death Notices Editorial Page Radio and Television Round About Portsmouth Social Affairs Sports and other page numbers reflecting a grid of the paper’s content. It reads as a contents index rather than a complete article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
City 'Clean' On Vice Warns Of Future Rise In Portsmouth
Portsmouth earned a clean rating on commercial vice from the American Social Hygiene Association but a warning followed. ASHA field official Thomas Edwards reported no current prostitution, yet cited conditions near A-plant construction and drunkenness in seven bars. He warned of possible influx of vice and urged police and council action to prevent future rise.
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Portsmouth
American Social Hygiene Association
Edward T. Beall
Thomas ©. Edwards
ASHA
Association
Edwards
Mr. Edwards
City Hall
Hughie Rudity
Beall
Edward
Edd jWards
Rudity
Vice
Eothne
Public Safety Committee
ASELA
Atomic Energy Commission
United Defense Fund
Scioto County Social Hygiene Society
Margaret Walgenbach
Cranston Appointed Probate Judge in Scioto County
Gov Lausche appointed Kenneth Cranston today as Scioto County probate judge, with formal commission and bond to follow within a day or two. The Portsmouth municipal court vacancy remains. Miss Gladys E. Davis, former New Boston city solicitor, seeks eligibility by 30 days residence.
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Kenneth Cranton
Sciot County
Frank J. Lausche
Colynebus
Gladys E. Davis
New Boston
Portsmouth
Miss Davis
Portsmouth Wold
Atty Davis
Ninth St
J.W. Weidner
Marvin A. Kelly
Cranston
Ralph A. Stevens
Lausche
Ports- Touth
Lowell C. Thompsson
Dartmoor lashes: inmate whipped after assault on officer
At Dartmoor Prison in England, convict William Edward McGuire, 22, tied to the triangle and whipped with a nine tailed whip called the eat with leather pads protecting his neck and kidneys. He received twelve months cut from his 14 year sentence for a prison assault.
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Dartmoor
England
William Edward McGuire
McGuire
Capt Longhair Wits a Wyindle Pirate Tale
A storied pirate captain with long red hair schemes to ransom Prince Jonathan but discovers his own gold will instead save the prince's father and kingdom. The tale unfolds as reads reveal the true stakes and heroes.
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Prince Jonathan
Santa and the Pirates children’s tale by Beale
Lyucrece Hudgins Beale writes Santa and the Pirates, a Christmas story for youngsters. The tale begins today on Page 5, continuing the author’s long line of holiday children’s stories.
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Lyucrece Hudgins Beale
Air Force to Get Big Bite Of Arms Budget
Air Force is reported to receive about 174 billion dollars of a 40.7 billion defense budget request for the year starting July 1, 1953. The budget plan, awaiting White House and Congress action, includes a third supercarrier and reflects Lovett's stance on service demands and potential duplication with the Navy.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
White House
White House and Budget Bureau
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Torrestal
Saratoga
Lovett
Roswell Gilpatric
United States
Air
USAF
Navy
Marine
Army
Dan Kimball
Gilpatric
Gipatric
A Corp Names Two Engineers for Atomic Plant
Goodyear Atomic Corp. named William H. Taylor superintendent of engineering and design and Howard L Osterson head of inspection for the Portsmouth area atomic energy plant. Albert J. Gracia, general manager of the organization to operate the large gaseous diffusion plant for the Atomic Energy Commission, announced the appointments. Both men report to D. H. Francis, director of development engineering. Taylor and Osterson bring broad experience in continuous processes as production of Granium-238 will run 24 hours daily with no downtime.
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Goodyear Atomic Corp
Portsmouth Area
William H. Taylor
Howard L Caterson
Albert J. Gracia
Atomic Energy Commission
D. H. Francis
Goodyear Atomic
Taylor
Osterson
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Goodyear Zeppelin Corp
Goodyear
Deer Hunt Season Preparations In Shawnee Forest
Forest officials in Shawnee State Forest announce hunting permits cost 5 dollars and must be obtained at the Courthouse clerk’s office or Scott’s Sperling Goods Store. Hunts run December 11 to 13 with 9 am to 4 pm hours. only bucks with at least two points per side may be hunted. Deer registration at a 24 hour checking station near Camp Oye begins December 10. ammunition restricted to single balls and rifle slugs. Citing drought, forester Kenne mar warns deer numbers may be low, though other game like grouse and raccoons remain in season. Feeding of smaller game already begun. deer feeding postponed until after season to avoid trapping.
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Shawnee State Forest
Chuck Kenhemar
Clerk of Courts
Scott's
Sperling Goods
Kennemar
Boy Scout
Council To Get Planning Ideas For Growth
City Council will review tonight a report proposing new regulations for housing subdivisions and extending municipal facilities beyond city limits. The finance committee chair E E Matthews is absent, delaying city finances. The Planning Commission aims to present a study on extending facilities outside limits, with decisions expected soon as four county Portsmouth AEC Area anticipates population growth.
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Eisine E. Matthews
City Planning Commission
Portsmouth
AEC
Matthews
Local Pastor Quits To Take Ashland Post
Rev. Harry C. Dougherty pastor of First Christian Church in Portsmouth resigns after five and a half years to become minister of First Christian Church in Ashland. The resignation was accepted Tuesday night by the church board. the congregation will vote on it Sunday morning. The Doughertys likely leave after the new year. A Kentucky native, he came to Portsmouth June 1, 1947, after serving 70 years at Parkland Christian Church in Louisville. He has been active in interchurch affairs and Disciples of Christ work. Ashland church serves about 1,100 members and is aided by a secretary and a part-time youth director. Ad interim pastor Rev. Frank Brow, retired, now serves in Ashland. The Doughertys and their son Donald, 12, live at 1706 Grandview Ave. Mrs. Dougherty’s mother, Mrs. Elmo Peck, formerly of Lexington, will move with them. Dougherty holds an A.B. from Transylvania College and a B.D. from the College of the Bible. He was president of the Portsmouth Ministerial Association in 1950-51.
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Harry C. Dougherty
First Christian Church
Ashland
Dougherty
Secon
Kentucky
Portsmouth
Third and Gay Sts
Parkland
Frank Brow
Transylvania College
Lexington
Disciples’ Seminary
Clege of the Bible
Stevenson Truman To Sift Past Today
President Truman and Adlai Stevenson meet in the White House to review the Democratic party’s past and plan its future. They focus on why the 1952 election swung to Eisenhower as Stevenson travels from Atlantic City after memorial services for CIO President Philip Murray.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Harry
Truman
White House
Dwight Eisenhower
Stevenson
Trindis
Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Philip Murray
Ex-Leaders Of Nation Executed In Purge Trial Convicted
In Prague, Rudolf Slansky and 16 Czechoslovak Communist leaders were executed after a mass trial. They faced charges of treason and espionage, admitting a Zionist Trotskyite plot to overthrow the pro Moscow regime. The 14 Jews among them confessed, and the court said the ring aimed to liquidate the people's democratic system and rejoin capitalist imperialism.
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Vienna
Rudolf Slansky
Prague Radio
Kremlin
Slansky
Vlado Clementis
Bedrich Geminder
Communist Party
Prague
Otto Sling
Milo Sling
Ludvik Frejka
State Economic Commission
Bedrich Rei¢in
Otto Fisch
Rudolf Margotius
Andre Simone
Rude Pravo
Josef ‘Frank
Stansay
Karel Svuh
Depuy
Arthur London
Vavro Hajdu
Certty
Loeb
Clementis
Frank
Lyach
Radio Prague
Pankrac Frisen
Czech
Klement Gottwald
Cers
Czechoslovakia
Reuther Faces Floor Battle at CIO Convention
The CIO presidency struggle moves to the convention floor as Walter Reuther faces a floor fight from Allan S. Haywood backers. Reuther appears to hold enough votes to win an open convention showdown, while Haywood’s faction continues pressure during the memorial session for late CIO president Philip Murray. Governor Adlai E. Stevenson is slated to speak at the memorial observance amid calls for an internal agreement.
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Atlantic City
Walter P. Reusther
CIO
Reuther
Graf Reuther
Allan S. Haywood
Haywood
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Minnie Lo Otunger
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