Putnam to Press On With Wage Curbs Amid Board Walkout
Washington economic stabilizer Roger Putnam takes charge of the stalled wage stabilization program amid resignations by industry and regional wage boards. AFL leader Meany warns of possible union strikes if a solution is not found, while CIO chief Reuther presses for an end to wage controls and suspension of curbs.
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Roger Putnam
Eisenhower
Putnam
Tere
Boston
Chicago
Truman
Kentucky-Ohio
Defense
Henry Fowler
AFL
George Meany
WSB
Meany
CIO
Walter Reuther
Washington
Five Are Lost In Coast Storm
Northern California endured a weekend storm bringing wind rain and snow. Five people died and 1370 passengers faced stranded trains and disrupted travel as snow plows freed several routes near Dunsmuir and Klamath Falls.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Here
Klamath Falls
Siskiyou Mountains
Oregon-California
U.S
Batavia Woman Goes On Trial For Murder
Mrs. Davie Blanche Dean, 54, stands trial in Clermont County Common Pleas Court for first degree murder in the death of her husband Hawkins Dean, 68, an Owensville farmer, allegedly poisoned his milk. Her sanity ruling followed a period at Lima State Hospital.
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Batavia, O
Davie Blanche Dean
Clermont County
Inside The Times Comics Death Notices Editorial Page
Brief overview of sections including radio and television notes, round about features, Portsmouth items, Santa story, social affairs and sports drawn from the Times.
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Portsmouth
Santa Story
Staker Sworn In As Judge Of City Court
John Alden Staker was sworn in as municipal judge of Portsmouth succeeding Kenneth Cranston. Gov. Lausche appointed him Saturday until a successor is elected in November 1953. Speculation links Atty Gladys E Davis to the post. she could be eligible after 30 days residency.
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John Alden Staker
Portsmouth
Kenneth Cranston
Frank J. Lausche
Stoker
Miss Davis
Common Pleas
Vernon Smith
Staker
Ritchie Sr
Powellsville
Green Township
Farmers Boost Soil Conservation in Scioto County
Scioto County's soil conservation gains were reported by Charles Zaler of the SCS district board. Forty-six farmers joined as new cooperators in the last 11 months, with total local cooperators at 390 and 47,686 acres under SCS programs. The national total neared 1.12 million cooperators, reflecting an 80 percent rise from 1951.
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Scioto County
Charles Zaler
Scioto Soil Conservation District
Board of Supervisors
SCS
New Soil Conservation District
George L. Schmelzer
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Zaler
Soil Conservation Service
County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
PMA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Schmelzer
House panel drafts new federal election rules in 1950s bid
A special House committee led by Rev Boggs begins drafting changes to federal election laws amid calls to raise the three million dollar annual cap on committee spending. Witnesses from both parties push for broader coverage and tighter accounting, but past inertia clouds prospects for real reform.
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Washington
House
Congress
Boggs
Slots Ruling Is Appealed By Urbana Man
Albert L. Dodson of Urbana appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court from lower court rulings upholding Ohio's ban on possession display or transport of slot machines. He claimed authorities threatened arrest and seizure while he operates the United Amusement Co. The statute carries prison terms from one to five years and fines up to $5,000.
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Dodson
Urbana
Ohio Supreme Court
Tower Court
Ohio
United Amusement Co. Common Pleas
New Mexico Prison Riot Grips Santa Fe Area
Eight or nine inmates seized two guards at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe and held them as bargaining leverage. More than 100 officers and local security forces surrounded the prison as a curfew and blackout were imposed. No details on how the seizure occurred were released and one prisoner was reported lightly injured.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe County
Joe Roach
Freddie Salazar
Edwin L. Mechem
Roach
London Emerges From Worst Fog With Sun Returns
After four days of a choking smog London begins to see the sun as buses trains and taxis return to near normal service. Milk supplies and river shipping resume while a crime wave linked to the blackout era is noted and police investigate dozens of burglaries.
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London
Thames
Hyde Park
Eisenhower Opens Parley With Advisers
On the USS Helena en route to Hawaii, Dwight Eisenhower opened a formal conference with advisers and future administration members aboard the heavy cruiser. The main topic was believed to be the Korean War, though no decisions would be announced. The session will continue in Pearl Harbor with military leaders before the trip proceeds.
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Helena
Hawaii
Dwight Eisenhower
Wake Island
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Korea
Pearl Harbor
Hagerty
John Foster Dulles
Gov
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Treasury
Gen
Lucius Clay
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit
C. D. Jackson
Emmet Hughes
White House
Two Men Die In West Side Ohio Crash Toll Rises
Rural Scioto County records two more traffic deaths as Harlan Ewing 35 McDermott and Roy Hoover 19 Friendship die from skull fractures and other injuries. Hoover died at Portsmouth General Hospital while Ewing passed in an ambulance en route to care. The crash occurred near Cole's Park at 1 20 a.m. on Route 73. The other incident involved Paul McElhaney 19 Lucasville Rt 1 who was fined for reckless operation after a ditch landing following a brake failure. The two fatalities bring the county total to 23 and 24 for the year. Betty Arthurs 27 Ironton sustained possible internal injuries in a Route 52 crash with Wilbur Sparling 45 Coal Grove and Troy Walters 33 Franklin Furnace. Sparling received charges for having no horn and was fined.
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Roy Leslie
Bill) Hoover
Friendship
Harlan Ewing
McDermott
Cole’s Park
Hoover
Ewing Auto
Paul McElhaney
Lucasville
Scioto County
Ewing
Portsmouth General Hospital
Mart Glynn
Robert Hoover
Washington Blvd
Mort Glynn
Billy Graham
The
Times
Lucasville Rt. 1
Dwight Halloway
Graham
Halloway
McElhaney
Justice P. E. Lute
West Side
Ironton
Franklin Furnace
Betty Arthurs
Wilbur Sparling
Coal Grove
Arthurs
Wheelersburg
Sparling
Troy Walters
Olive Goodman
Radium Beam Unit Promises Cancer Fight at RSNA Meet
Cincinnati hosts the 38th RSNA meeting as Dr. G Failla and Edith Quimby unveil a 50 gram radium beam therapy device. Built for Dr. Douglas Quick at Roosevelt Hospital, it uses a record amount of radium from uranium to treat cancer.
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Cincinnati
Radiological Society of North America, Inc
G. Failla
Radiological Research Laboratory
Columbia University Medical School
Edith Quimby
Wreck at Franklin Furnace injures five including driver
Four other people were injured in a wreck at Franklin Furnace at 1 45 p m Saturday patrolmen reported One car driven by Della Esther Hickman 37 of 1632 Robinson Ave was involvedShe lost control and it over turned The driver suffered bruised right shoulder and shock and was re-
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Franklin Furnace
Della Esther Hickman
Robinson Ave
Major A-Plant Contracts Totaling 8.33 Million Awarded
The Atomic Energy Commission supply division at Oak Ridge awarded more than 8.33 million dollars in contracts for the Portsmouth Area A-Plant. Electric transformers and condensers will be supplied by General Electric 1,880,500 dollars Westinghouse 2,910,150 dollars and Allis-Chalmers 3,535,729 dollars with erection supervision included.
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Portsmouth Area
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Co
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
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Arthur Radford
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Roy Hoover
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