Willocks Completes 40 Years Riding the Wire at Western Union
William W. Willocks, longtime Western Union telegrapher and night manager in Portsmouth, receives a 40 year service pin. Starting in Cincinnati in 1915 and serving through World War I and later in Portsmouth since 1919, he witnessed telegraphy evolve from Morse to electronic tape systems. He remains active, single, and connected to Maysville Kentucky roots with ties to the Eagles Lodge and St. Mary Church.
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Bill Willocks
Western Union Telegraph Co
William W. Willocks
J. E. Rose
Portsmouth
Bill
Western Union
Cincinnati
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Maysville
Third St
Rose
The
Eagles Lodge
St. Mary Church
Kutcher Optimistic In Fight Over WWII Benefits
James Kutcher told a newsman he expects to win his appeal to keep his $329 a month wartime disability. The Veterans Administration hearing considered disloyal activities linked to his Socialist Workers Party membership and possible loss of benefits. The committee’s verdict was expected next week or later, with appeals to follow if needed.
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Washington
James Kutcher
Kutcher
Veterans Administration
Peyton H. Moss
Socialist Workers Party
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Leon Trotsky
Aise
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
John Silard
Don’t Drive if Police Will Help You Home on New Year Eve
Scioto Countians will be urged not to drive drunk again this New Year’s Eve as police plan arrests for drunken drivers while offering rides home. Assistant Police Chief Albert D Bailey announced a program directing callers at 2631 to a desk sergeant who will dispatch a cruiser to ensure safe home transport if no other option exists. Ohio watchdogs will intensify an aggressive campaign against careless driving led by the Ohio Department of Highway Safety with five statewide associations joining forces to curb tipsy driving ahead of a sobering holiday toll expectation.
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Albert D. Bailey
Bailey
Ohio
A. C. Felty
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Ohio Highway Patrol
Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Assn
Toll in New Year Holiday Traffic Tops 420 Expected
The National Safety Council predicts 420 motor vehicle deaths by midnight Monday, a New Year record. Early counts show at least 24 killed since Friday 6 p m with Ohio New York recording four deaths each and multiple states reporting losses. Police orders for drastic enforcement were issued to curb the toll.
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Ohio
New York
California
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Washington
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
New
National Safety Council
Blood Donors Sought for 1956 Program Start
Scioto County Red Cross plans the 1956 blood program with a two day Bloodmobile visit to First Presbyterian Church Portsmouth on Thursday and Friday. Registration at the blood recruitment office in the National Bank Building moves to Tuesday after the New Year holiday with hours 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Scioto County
Red Cross
Huntington
First Presbyterian Church
Third and
Court Sts
Portsmouth
Red Cross Blood
Portsmouth National Bank
Blood Toll Page 3 Turn to Toll Page 3
A fragment from page three references tolls and blood in unclear context. No clear events, persons, or organizations are readable. The item appears as a stray OCR snippet rather than a full notice or story.
Big Four In Congress Face Big 56 Tasks
Four seasoned lawmakers will guide Congress in 1956 as Democrats hold both houses and Republicans control the presidency. Sam Rayburn Lyndon B. Johnson Joseph W. Martin Jr. William F. Knowland lead a year of party balancing, loyalty, and possible presidential ambitions. Johnson recovers from a heart attack while Knowland weighs a presidential bid and policy tensions with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Sam Rayburn
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
GOP
Dems
White House
Martin
Johnson
Knowland
Woodrow Wilson
Portsmouth Welcomes 1956 With Reflections On 1955
Old Man 1955 ends its reign as 1956 nears, marking the most prosperous year Portsmouth has seen. The city anticipates celebrations at midnight as 1956 arrives and looks back on 1955’s success.
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Portsmouth
Ringing out the old year and warning on holiday driving
The piece notes many New Year celebrations and warns police and state patrols about safety during a three day holiday weekend. The National Safety Council cites a record traffic toll and over 600 deaths last weekend, urging drivers to avoid drinking and drive carefully.
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National Safety Council
Local City Resumes Normal Services After Holiday
Greetings announce closures Sunday and Monday affecting businesses and offices. No mail, no garbage service. Public offices closed, with operations returning to normal Tuesday as residents resume work in 1956.
Inside The Times Page Highlights And Notices
A compact roundup of church announcements, death notices, editorials, and social briefs from Portsmouth. Includes theater listings, radio and television notes, and round about queries from the city pages.
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Portsmouth
Negotiators Set For Rare Weekend Session
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the AFL CIO International Union of Electric Workers planned a weekend session in Pittsburgh the first in over a month. No progress toward ending the 77 day old strike was reported after yesterday's talks. Both sides seek a wage reduction under reopening in two year contracts expiring in October 1956.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electric Workers
TUE
New Boston Officials Approve Pay Raises Amid Withdrawals
Mayor Vernal Riffe and Solicitor Richard Canter asked Council to skip raises for themselves as six councilmen voted to suspend rules. Major gains went to city auditor Charles Ottney from 3900 to 5760, with clerk and treasurer also boosted. Council set raises for councilmen and Clerk Wohler, while notes show proposed increases for mayor and solicitor were withdrawn.
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New Boston
Vernal Riffe
Richard Canter
Charles L. Ottney
Ottney
Wendell Wohler
C. C. Chinn
Riffe
Solicitor Canter
Clyde Cochran
Joe Hensley
Paul Yinger
Cochran
Hensley
Bitter Battle Tops French Campaign as Algeria Claims Rally
Paris AP reports a heated closing phase to the French election with Premier Edgar Faure denouncing a gendarme shooting of an unarmed Algerian prisoner last August. The Interior Ministry dropped bribery charges against a Fox Movietone News cameraman amid last minute political strain.
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Paris
Algeria
Edgar Faure
France
L’express
Pierre Mendes
Interior Ministry
Georges Chassagne
U.S
Fox Movietone News
Chassagne
Algiers
Faure
Dole
Jurors Find Smith Slain Put In River
A Greenup County coroner's jury ruled Sherwood Finley Smith was murdered with unknown assailants after his body was found in the Ohio River near Ashland. The six men concluded he did not die by his own action, amid ongoing questions about how he fell from the Ashland- Coal Grove bridge during an investigation led by County Coroner Lewis Wright.
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Greenup
Sherwood Finley Smith
Ashland
Greenup County
Washington
Smith
Ashlana
Coal Grove
Lewis Wright
Midnight tax writeoffs end for new freight cars planes plants
The government will halt special five year write off tax benefits for railroads airlines and electric utilities at midnight. The Office of Defense Mobilization explains no further applications will be considered, ending a broad incentive that spurred a fall rush for new equipment under the Eisenhower administration.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobiliztion
Probation Report Studied in Bold HoldUp Case
A probation report on Mrs Betty Lou Newman Schmidt a 27 year old mother of three was examined in Common Pleas after judges granted probation to three men indicted in May term. Schmidt pleaded guilty to a July 16 bold robbery at Wilhelm Jewelry Store looting $500. She confessed after detectives trailed the money saying she was desperate for funds for a home down payment. The case was referred after her September term plea. Probation for three years was also granted Friday to Kenneth Preller Robert Mofford and Roy Fannin on various charges.
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Vernon Smith
Schmidt
Gilbert Heisel
Wilhelm Jewelry
Smith
Kenneth Preller
Buena Vista
Robert Mofford
Vanceburg
Roy Fannin
12Th St
Clear, Chilly Rose Bowl Weather Forecast
Pasadena forecasts a clear dry and chilly New Year’s Day for the Rose Bowl showdown between Michigan State and UCLA. The forecast suits coaches and an anticipated large parade crowd as the Tournament of Roses events begin with this classic clash.
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Pasadena
Calif
Michigan State
UCLA
Holiday Times Preview of Old Year and New Year Outlook
The Times will publish a Monday edition with an annual review of the Old Year and forecasts for the New Year in industry, business, and finance. Sub scribers will receive early morning delivery, with the newsroom open Sunday evening. watch for Monday's comprehensive review.
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Times
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