Santa to greet youngsters on Esplanade float tonight
Santa Claus arrives at 7 p.m. on a special float at Gallia Street Esplanade as the Jaycees host a child friendly program. Richard B. Gardner leads the reception with City Manager Layton welcoming, aided by the Portsmouth High School Band and Marine guard. A 400 strong Girl Scout group will sing carols around the community tree.
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North Pole
Robert E. Layton
Portsmouth High School
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Color Guard
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Jaycees
PHS
Richard Sunder
Marine Color Guard
Marine Reserve
Marine Mobile
Jaycettes
Robbery in Lucasville and Clay High School Burglary
Armed bandit steals 300 dollars from Welcome Inn owner Myrtle McCally in Lucasville after 5 am opening. A safe worth nearly 400 dollars is reported stolen from Clay High School by Principal Carl Bandy. Sheriff Burl E. Justice has requested Bureau of Criminal Investigation help. The suspect is described as 5 feet 5 inches, about 140 pounds, wearing dark clothes.
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Clay Township High
Burl E. Justice
Myrtle McCally
Welcome Inn
Jess Mosley
Carl Bandy
Clay High School
William Reeg
Justice
Jack London
Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
London
Ohio
Proses
McCally
Ex-Resident Killed In Auto Crash In Huntington Area
A former resident of Lavalette near Huntington died on arrival at Memorial Hospital after a vehicle crash. The death was attributed to a skull fracture and multiple limb injuries. Witnesses place Mrs. Hatton and her husband Ted R Hatton at the Route 52 Miller Road junction.
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Memorial Hospital
Huntington
Lavalette
Route 52
Miller Road
Hatton
Ted R. Hatton
Portsmouth Banking Celebrates 50 Years In Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Banking Co marked its 50th anniversary with resources rising from under one million in 1934 to 11 million today. The bank, founded in 1905 in the West End, now occupies the Masonic Temple Building and hosts the Money of the World exhibit through December 14 in its lobby. The display, part of Museum of Moneys of the World, features ancient coins including a widow’s mite and travels nationwide.
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Portsmouth Banking Co
Masonic Temple
Clarence P. Steahly
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Portsmouth
West End
Greece
Rome
West
Ells
Second and Court Sts
P. Steahly
Harry H. Colburn
Everett Wilkerson
Paulette Rees
Cecil Johnson
Arnold Mason
Cahier
William A. Burke
George L. Davis A. D. Troxel
Atty. F. Carl Daehler
H. Glenn Duis
T. K
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Opening of AFL-CIO convention in New York
The AFL CIO opened in New York at the 71st Regiment Armory with a 16 million member federation. Meany is slated as president while Eisenhower planned to outline GOP labor policy from Gettysburg. The event featured a new AFL CIO insignia and pledges of unity among former rivals.
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Eisenhower
GOP
Special Circuit
Gettysburg
Case of
New Jersey
U.S. backs Open Sky plan at United Nations
United States chief delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr outlines Eisenhower Open Sky proposal to U N political committee as a path to disarmament. He urges Soviet consent to aerial inspections and defense blueprint exchanges with the United States and other nations to deter surprise attacks and reduce nuclear threat.
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Fight Today
U. N. Assembly
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
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Soviet Union
South Africa
Lodge
Eden Ike to Plan Strategy in Washington Visit
British Prime Minister Eden will meet President Eisenhower in Washington at the end of January to plan cold war strategy amid Russia’s belligerent stance. White House Press Secretary Hagerty said Eden will be the President’s guest for a few days to discuss mutual interests.
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Eden
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Russia
James C. Hagerty
United States
Three-Way Change Harsha Resigns and Burton Named Prosecutor
In Baltimore a three‑way change sees Harsha resign and Burton named new prosecutor. Glenn L. Martin, aviation pioneer and founder of the Glenn L. Martin Co, dies at 69 after a cerebral hemorrhage at his Maryland farm and University of Maryland Hospital. He pioneered the first powered flight, air mail, ocean crossing, and led a firm that built bombers, cargo ships, missiles, and other aviation firsts.
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Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Co
Glenarm
Maryland
University of Maryland Hospital
Martin
Santa
Harsha Resigns as Scioto County Prosecutor in Prearranged Ceremony
William H. Harsha Jr. resigns as Scioto County prosecutor effective today. Everett Burton Jr. is appointed as his interim successor. Burton has served as an assistant prosecutor since April 1, 1952. Harsha returns to private practice with Kimble Schapiro Stevens & Harsha, saying he does not plan a political career but may seek future roles.
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William H. Harsha Jr
Common Pleas
Vernon Smith
Everett Burton Jr
Center
Burton
Howard H. Hardin Jr
Scioto County
Common Pleas Court
Harsha
Smith
Berlin River Trade Faces Soviet Squeeze
East Germany declares waterway traffic to West Berlin must be handled ministerially by Bonn. Russians empower East Germans to approve or deny Western barges, risking a partial blockade that could cut coal and other goods reaching the surrounded city. Bonn denies imminent blockade and says reports of a squeeze are not factual.
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East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
Edmund Forschbach
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Forschbach
Santa And The Dumdiddy In A Christmas Tale
The Times annual Christmas story features Santa facing the Gimme Dwarf after Beanie runs from home rather than give gifts. A clay figure called the Dumdiddy asks Santa to rescue Beanie and temptations of vast gold await, testing Santa’s courage.
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Times Bee
Lucrece Hudgins Beal
Santa
Beanie
Dumdiddy
Ravenswood Plant Expansion Tied to Kaiser Growth
Kaiser plans to spend 120 million dollars to build a 220 000 ton aluminum reduction plant at Willow Grove Ravenswood W Va creating about 3700 jobs alongside an aluminum rolling mill announced last summer in Ravenswood. Philip Sporn of Ohio Power Co says power supplies may be expanded to meet the demand.
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Ohio Power Co
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Kaiser
Ohio Valley
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Willow Grove
Ravenswood
W. Va
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Parkersburg
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Miami, Fla
Ohio Power
Hanging Rock
Clarington
Ohio
Wheelsing
Pedestrian Struck By Car In Rain Fractures Leg
A Hilltop barber Emory Burgess, age unknown, suffered a broken right leg when struck by a car at Grant and Summit Streets Saturday. He was moved by ambulance to Mercy Hospital after the driver said he failed to see the victim until the umbrella caught his attention in the wet conditions.
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Grant and
Summit Sts
Emory Burgess
Grant St
Winder- Howland
Mercy
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