Approval Put On 2 Building Sites Here
Portsmouth receives 240 rental defense housing units from FHA with two sites planned. Ohio allocation includes 300 in Chillicothe, 155 in Jackson, 315 in Waverly and 2,377 applications in Portsmouth Plant Area. HHFA may add more. loans insured up to 90 or 95 percent.
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Portsmouth
Federal Housing Administration
Chillicothe
Jackson
Waverly
Karl Kumler
FHA
Ohio
Portsmouth U Plant
Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Defense Housing Act
Glenn Levern
Portsmouth General Hospital
Forest Heights Co
George Taylor
Bihlman
Roosevelt School
Galbreath Mortgage Co. of
Columbus
Two Pedestrians Hurt in Portsmouth Traffic Incidents
Two pedestrians and a passenger suffered injuries in Portsmouth traffic accidents. Joseph Friend, 65, of Columbus, was hit at Ninth and Gay by Charles Woodward, fracturing a leg and experiencing shock. Raymond Ruley, 23, of Highland Bend, incurred possible back injuries in a Gallia Street crash as a passenger in a car driven by Gerald Harris. He was taken to Portsmouth General Hospital.
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Jaspeh Friend
Columbus
Front St
Ninth and
Gay Sts
Charles Robert Woodward
Third St
Friend
Portsmouth General
Piatt
Gay St
Ninth St
Gallia St
Damarin Hill
Raymond Ruley
Highland Bend
Portsmouth General Hospital
Mort Glynn
Gerald Harris
Sciotoville
Inside The Times Comics Death Notices Editorial Page
A compact page overview highlights sections such as radio and television round about Portsmouth and a Santa story. It notes social affairs and sports as reading items within the newspaper.
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Portsmouth
Santa Story
Slowed-Down Reaction Idea From Hydrogen Materials
Dr. George Gamow outlined a theoretical path to tame hydrogen bomb materials for peaceful uses. He described a slowed-down atomic reaction triggered by a powerful electric discharge through a thin wire, noting other possible but unproven methods. The statement followed Sen. Hickenlooper’s remarks on peaceful fusion potential.
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George Gamow
Gamew
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee
Hickenlooper
AEC
Federation of American Scientists
Gamow
PHS Junior Tops In Voice Of Democracy Contest
Portsmouth junior David Roth won first place in the Voice of Democracy contest among 280 entrants. Retha Massie took second and Robert Cunningham third. Awards included scholarships and donated items. Roth's script will be judged in Columbus with state entries.
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Portsmouth
Jane Carver
Minford High
Bernadine Montavon
Notre Dame
Wilma Blanton
Otway High
Ray Woloschek
McKell High
Alma Fouch
Barden High
Geneva Fields
Washington High
Ned Sheridan
Jaycee Project
Jaycee
Reuther Named CIO President Charts Active Labor Plan
Walter P. Reuther, 45, accepted the CIO presidency in Atlantic City. He vowed bold gains for organized workers and a push to unionize non union workers, aiming to keep the CIO a major force in U S industry. Allan S. Haywood, 64, was re elected executive vice president after losing the leadership contest.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
America
Reuther
Philip Murray
CIO Auto Workers Union
Allan S. Haywood
Haywood
Snook Heads Church Group For AEC Area
John L. Snook was elected chairman of the new Committee on Ministry to the Defense Communities in the Scioto Valley. Rev. E T Wikle and Rev Bernard W Knox joined the executive committee as church leaders from Portsmouth. The meeting at First Presbyterian Church in Waverly drew about 40 ministers from a seven county area.
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A-plant
John L. Snook
Episcopal Church
Snook
Scioto Valley
Portsmouth
E. T. Wikle
Allen Chapel Ame
Bernard W. Knox
First Nazarene Church
First Presbyterian Church
Waverly
Ward C. Radford
Piketon Methodist Church
Her‘Shel Roper
Chilicothe Baptist Church
Eli Mowry
Lloyd Tuttle
Tyler Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Chilicothe
W. Henry Schillington
Columbus
Ohio Council of Churches
National Council of Churches
Ohio
National Councils of Churches
Salvation Army Kettle Day Sets Holiday Help Drive in Portsmouth
Bells ring Saturday for the Salvation Army Kettle Day in Portsmouth downtown as eight civic clubs man kettles at key spots. Proceeds fund Christmas food orders for needy families, toys and treats for underprivileged children, sunshine treats for shut-ins, and veterans at Chillicothe Hospital. New this year the Soroptimist Club will oversee one street corner and join the efforts for the Christmas house.
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Salvation Army
Portsmouth
Soroptimist Club
Cherce of the
Christmas House
103000 In Yule Saving Checks Go To Selby Workers
It was a double pay day for 969 Selby Shoe Co. workers as Christmas Club checks totaling 193201 were issued with the regular payroll. Edward Hoechst, director of industrial relations, said the program let employees save from 1 to 1 dollar weekly.
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Selby
Selby Shoe Co
Edward Hoechst
Hoechst
Lausche Leads Groundbreaking Of Big Ohio Valley Power Plant
Governor Frank Lausche predicted a vast industrial boom for the Ohio Valley as he broke ground for a 145 million dollar steam electric generating plant to supply power to the Portsmouth Area atomic energy facility. Officials from Atomic Energy Commission Ohio Valley Electric and local leaders attended the ceremony in Cheshire Ohio with another plant planned near Madison Indiana. He cited liberty and democracy as the engine of progress and urged rapid, economical construction to bolster peace and prosperity in the region.
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Portsmouth Area
Ohio Valley
Frank J. Lausche
Gallia County
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Madison
Ind
Kenneth A. Dunbar
Atomic Energy Commission
Portsmouth
Robert E. Rose
Mr. Dunbar
Ohio Power Co
E. D. Dougherty
Valley Division
Chester H. Allen
Russell G. Ketter
Retail Merchants Association
Lausche
America
Philip Sporn
Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis
Dunbar
Eisenhower Takes Hard Look At War
General Dwight D. Eisenhower weighs strategic options as he reviews wartime plans and aims to balance resources with mounting global demands. The article reflects the high command's scrutiny of campaign timing, allied cooperation, and potential risks.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Red China
Eisenhower Leaves Korea After Three Day War Tour
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a three day rapid tour of Korea including a hastily arranged meeting with President Syngman Rhee. He stressed the aim to learn and indicated no plan to widen the war, leaving Korea by early morning EST with his aide Maj John Eisenhower and a strong security detail.
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Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
Ike
Eighth Army
United States
Asia
U. S. Eighth Army
Europe
New York
Korea
Red China
Eiserhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Young Eisenhower
U.S. Third Infantry Division
New WSB Chief Faces Coal Wage Clash After Cox Exit
Washington reports Charles C. Killingsworth named chair of the Wage Stabilization Board amid likely resignations by industry members in protest of President Truman’s coal wage decision. Archibald Cox quit, saying approval of the $1.90 daily wage boost for 440 000 miners could trigger more upheaval.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Charles C. Killingsworth
Michigan State College
Archibald Cox
WSB
Killingsworth
Cox
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AP Science Reporter
Federal Grand Jury
Catlettsburg
Hobart Clay Barker
Dexter Ave
Virginia Buffington
U. S
Laurence M. Kimble
Barker
Trojan
Heargaret Yanovitz
PHS
Washington Rural High School
Billie Pridemore
Joe Luchi
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Jaycee Americanism Project
Phil Murray
Snook Heads Church
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