New Developments In Growing Vanceburg 150 Years Old This Month
Vanceburg, 150 years old, unveils modern improvements including a natural amphitheater behind new fairgrounds. A brick building for U.S. Shoe Corp opens on the Vanceburg Concord road as a 210000 dollar facility. Bel Air subdivision adds three bedroom homes on a tenth of an acre east of town. Utilities brought in by Vanceburg Electric Light Heat and Power Co. personnel include C. Johnson, Ralph Davis Sr., and Leland Cock.
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Vanceburg 150th birthday advance with shoe plant plans
Vanceburg Kentucky marks 150th anniversary this month while postponing the sesquicentennial celebration. Citizens work on a growth plan including natural gas, water, and electric upgrades to support a new United States Shoe Corp plant expected to employ about 450 at peak. W. C. Bertram and George M. Plummer led the industrial push as the town builds utilities and a 16 inch gas line to the factory site on Route 10.
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van Stryk Times
Vanceburg, Ky
Vanceburg
Lewis County
Kentucky
United States Shoe Corp. of
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ihe Commission
Vaneceburg
Ohio
Black Oak Bottom
Vanceburg-Concord
W. C. Bertram
George M. Plummer
Two-Way Study Of Telephone Service Set
Ohio lawmakers order two five-member committees to study uninterrupted public utility service and possible general police powers for the State Highway Patrol during emergencies. The move follows the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. strike that caused outages in 24 southeastern counties including Scioto.
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Ohio
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Ohio River
Communications Workers of America
Service Commission
Charles J. Carney
Dmahoning
Arthur Blake
City Plans To Cope With Emergency
City mobilizes county and state agencies to meet any emergency. Ohio National Guard alerted to Portsmouth to restore order if violence erupts. Police begin 16 hour mobs and riots training Monday through Thursday. Portmouth and Sciotoville exchanges to reopen Dec 17 only after law and order is restored. City Manager Layton leads workshop with Gov Lausche and sheriff pledging support.
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Frank J. Lausche
Portsmouth
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Sciotoville
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LaMarca Given Death Sentence In Kidnapping Case
MINEOLA Long Island jury condemned Angelo LaMarca to death in the electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of 32 day old Peter Weinberger. Defense claimed temporary insanity due to debt pressures. Prosecutor urged no mercy as baby Peter’s body was found after the crime. Trial judge set sentencing for December 14. Also reports on a Hungarian dissenter fleeing East Berlin and a repatriation wave from Polish occupied East Germany. President Eisenhower arranged a conference on Atomic Energy Commission spending with Strauss and Brundage.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Augusta
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ABC
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White House
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Strauss
Percival Brundage
Brundage
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Pentagon
Wilson
Washington
Air Force
Navy
Army
Test Rocket Reaches 125 Miles in Early Flight
At Cape Canaveral Navy and civilian scientists launched the Viking test rocket to study instruments for a future earth satellite. The 45 foot Viking Series rocket reached 4,000 mph before splashing into the Atlantic about 160 miles from the base. The 13th Viking unit was built for the Navy by Glenn L. Martin Co.
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Polish Church State Accord Restores Religious Education
Poland's anti Stalinist government and the Roman Catholic hierarchy announced a broad settlement ending state church tensions. The accord grants religious education in schools upon parental request, allows chaplains in hospitals and prisons, and sets a government commission to return exiled priests and nuns to western territories. The joint commission worked four weeks following Cardinal Wyszynski's release and Gomulka's rise in the party.
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Inside The Times Portsmouth Section Highlights
The page outlines features in the Portsmouth edition including Mae Church announcements, death notices, editorial page, radio and television, round about Portsmouth, social affairs, sports and theaters. It signals a local paperscape with community notices and entertainment items.
Bandit Safe Loots Portsmouth Shoplets Sign
Robbers struck a Portsmouth area safe at Newman Parts Co on Gallia Street. A sign reading This safe is not locked for your convenience faced the scene as $60 in currency vanished between 5:30 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. today. Bookkeeper Herbert Spence said replacing the safe would cost about $2,000, a loss he calls minimal compared to a larger payout. Nearby, Vandervort Co’s safe had been looted weeks earlier and Kopy Kat shop’s safe was hit a week prior.
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Jorg
Newman Parts Co
Gallia St
Herbert Spence
Vandervort Co
Kopy Kat
Chillicothe St [Wore
Wascar
Minford School Levy Renewal Put To Voters Tuesday
Minford Local School District faces potential loss of state aid if the 4 mill operating levy is defeated. District executive head E. J. Duncan warns that dropping below the 19 mill minimum could end state financial support, risking day to day expenses for 1,388 students. The levy is a continuation, not an increase, of current funding.
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Department of Education
Duncan
Hoover Quits As Duties Aide and Herter Named Successor
AUGUSTA GA Herbert Hoover Jr resigned as undersecretary of state effective about February 1. President Eisenhower selected Gov Christian A Herter of Massachusetts to succeed him. Hoover said he will resume engineering. Herter to be formally nominated when Hoover steps aside. Whitney linked to administration post as potential British ambassador.
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Jock) Whitney
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Winthrop Ww. Aldrich
Dulles Heads to Paris for NATO Council Mission
Secretary of State Dulles flies to Paris to reassure Western European leaders of U S support amid their economic crisis. The NATO meeting will review defense plans and seek closer US Britain and France cooperation while seeking unity after the Egypt dispute. Congress will shape possible economic aid and broader military assistance policy. Dulles later aims to rebuild Western alliance solidarity and back Europe’s economic strength.
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