Storm damages power and phone lines in Portsmouth area
Ohio Power Co and Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co suffered major outages as storms struck Portsmouth at about 10 45 am. Lightning hit transformers and cables Rain entered lines and branches felled wires Total rainfall 1.23 inches eased heat from 96 to 66 overnight Linemen worked to restore service, with outages centered on Ninth Street near Daehler Funeral Home.
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Ohio Power Co
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Portsmouth
Ninth St
Daehler Funeral
Dougherty
Ohio Power
Taft to relinquish Senate floor leadership duties
Senator Taft of Ohio, citing a serious hip ailment, steps back from day to day floor leadership of Senate Republicans. Senator Knowland of California assumes the floor duties while Taft retains the title and majority leader role, limiting only routine floor work to focus on treatment.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Republicans
Knowland
California
Senate
White House
De Gasperi Coalition Narrowly Secures Italian Lower House Victory
In Rome, Alcide De Gasperi's center coalition wins a 303 of 590 seat majority in the Chamber of Deputies, with a popular vote lead by about 9,000 over left and right blocs. Senate seats total 125 of 243 for the government. The regional vote totals show Christian Democrats atop the poll, followed by Moderates and Liberals, while Communists lead the opposition in overall votes. The final seat tally remains contested between agencies, but a working majority is reported.
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Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Rome
Premer
Italy
Center Bloc
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Center
Christian Democrat Party
ANSA
Extreme Left
Extreme Right
Associated Press
Insurance and Allied Workers Open CIO Convention Today
The Insurance and Allied Workers Organizing Committee launches its constitutional convention in Cleveland, marking the first new CIO union formed since 1951. The gathering inaugurates foundational rules and framing for the newly organized entity.
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Cleveland
Insurance and Allied Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Wreck Blocks Route 23 After Norfolk & Western Train Derailment
Four hurt when a Norfolk and Western time freight crashed into a stalled auto west of Route 23 near Piketon. Thirteen cars derailed. Engineer Ebert Bruce and Fireman Albert J. Kingly, both of Columbus, hospitalized for injuries and ammonia inhalation. Others arrested for investigation or intoxication. Route 23 traffic halted over an hour. passenger service rerouted.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Piketon
Ebert Bruce
Albert J. Kingly
Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
John A. Lane
Dorsie Sheets
17Th St
Portsmouth
Russell Wright
Chillicothe
Bruce Lee Lewis
Sheets
Pike County
Waverly
Wright
Lewis
Korea Truce Within Week Is Predicted
United Nations and Communist truce negotiators near final form for a Korean armistice as staff officers review the cease fire line while protests erupt in Seoul. Switzerland balks at the prisoner repatriation role without South Korean approval, raising concern of a delay.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Switzerland
South Korea
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Washington
Rhee
U. N
U. S
Graves Appointed To Scioto Co. Draft Board
Orin L. Graves was appointed by President Eisenhower as a member of the Scioto County draft board. Recommended by the local draft board committee led by Judge Vernon Smith, Graves is a World War I veteran and former business manager of James Dickey Post American Legion. He succeeds R. Kline Grieb, who resigned after over three years of service.
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Orin L. Graves
Eisenhower
Scioto County
Ohio Senate Votes To Boost State Spending
The Ohio Senate approved a two year plan lifting the state budget to 841 million dollars with higher subsidies for schools and local governments. Republicans moved to a 231 million school subsidy and 40 million for local government aid, edging past Lausche proposals while signaling House divergence on overall spending.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Lausche
Senate Education Committee
GOP
Education Committee
Ohio Municipal League
Inside The Times Pale Comics 27 Death Notices 16 Editorial Page
Portsmouth notices and features span the editorial page and social affairs in the issue. The section highlights memorials, cultural items, and roundups across the paper with brief items and notices.
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Pale Comics
Portsmouth
Wonder Drug From Mung Bean Sprout Juice Surfaces
In Washington a new medical product named B N G tyrosinase gains attention as a potential burn treatment. Congress members say it shows promise after reports from the Congressional Record and early tests by doctors. The discovery traces to a 1944 incident at an Oak Lawn Illinois chop suey plant where mung bean sprout juice was applied to burns.
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Food and Drug
Congress
Rep. Wickersham
D‘okla
McMillan
D-Sc
House
Zaremba
Oak Lawn
Ill
Devastating Gale Sweeps Worcester
A massive New England tornado struck Worcester and surrounding towns killing dozens and injuring hundreds. The disaster leveled homes and buildings, damaged a five million dollar Norton plant, and disrupted a Catholic college retreat where clergy were killed. Rescue teams searched through the night for missing people.
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Worcester
Mass
New England
Massachusetts
Holden
Norton Company
Worcester Machine Tool
Assumption College
National Guard
Boys Discover Body In River
Two Manchester youths Gerald and Harry McDaniel found the body of Walter Irwin in the Ohio River near shore while playing. Coroner E T Gibboney ruled the death accidental drowning, noting two marks on the body and the man had been missing since Friday night after reportedly trying to cross the river to his Trinity home.
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Walter Irwin
Trinity
Gerald
Harry McDaniel
Forrest MacDaniel
Rt. 1
E. T. Gibboney
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