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Portsmouth Times

Location

Portsmouth, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1954

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Decision Clears Yates Indictments for Statutory Rape

In Com Pleasant Court Judge James W. Lang Jr. abated four indictments against 84 year old Robert L. Yates former Hillcrest Children's Home supervisor for statutory rape. The ruling cited an ineligible grand juror and may send the case to the September term grand jury for possible reindictment or dismissal.

Robert L. Yates Hillcrest Children’s Home Common Pleas Court James W. Lang Jr West Union Yates Hillcrest Lang Atty Edgar H. Hale Scioto County C. Raymond Smith Fourth St Vernon Smith Smith Bowling Green University William H. Harsha Jr Adams County Hale Harsha Everett Burton Jr

Second Body Found At Farm In Coshocton County Case

Coshocton and Knox counties dig up a shallow grave on Cletus Reese’s farm revealing a second unidentified man killed in a separate incident. Reese, linked to Clyde Patton earlier, is jailed after confessing to Patton’s death and later alleged Melick murder before retracting. A grand jury is to reconvene.

Clyde Patton Fresno Cletus Reese Reese Patton Lester Melick Danville Melick Harry Coshocton Knox Paul Cochran Knox County Cochran Gilbert Kempt Kempt Kempf Columbus Cambridge State Hospital

E W Gableman Dies In Sleep Veteran Newsman

Edwin W. Bud Gableman 66 retired Sun Oil Co publicist and longtime Washington bureau chief for the Cincinnati Enquirer died in his sleep at his Washington home. A native of Waverly he was a reporter and editor on several Ohio papers before joining the Enquirer in 1913. He left the Enquirer in 1943 for Sun Oil and retired earlier this year after illness.

Edwin W Bud) Gableman Sun Oil Co Ohio and Washington Cincinnati Enquirer Gableman Sun Oil Waverly Portsmouth Times Old Lima Times- Democrat The Enquirer Columbus

Trojans Hire Tom Watson Buckeye Great

Portsmouth High School selects Tom Watson as football coach replacing resignations. Watson, a Urbana High School alum and Ohio State end, signs a one year contract for 5200 dollars and plans to hire one assistant. He arrives with a 17 1 record at Urbana and aims to mirror Brownsons single wing offense.

the Times Tom Watson Portsmouth High School Watson Urbana High School PHS Ohio State University Robert Brownson Bruce Schmidt Anna M. Streich Caroline Mackay Lulu Newland Margaret Patterson Joan Cowdrey Grace Hughes Hoobler McKelvey Brownson Ashland College Portsmouth Dick Anderson Urbana High Urbana Fostoria High School Ed Zoreth Earl Gibson

A Jobs Cut Likely If Walkout Prolongs At A Plant

Construction work at the Portsmouth Area atomic energy plant may slow as carpenters and cement workers remain on strike. Other crafts face layoffs, while mediator George Bell continues wage talks. Picket lines may form if disputes persist. 2,000 pipefitters and welders return after a jurisdictional issue preceding Goodyear Atomic Corp. take over.

Mouth Area Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co George Bell Columbus Kiewit Company A-plant Kiewit Goodyear Atomic Corp GAT

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Scioto County Sets July Draft Quota at 12 Men

The Ohio Selective Service Board announced Scioto County will supply 12 men for the July draft. Individuals born before July 1, 1934 are eligible unless volunteering or delinquent. Jackson and Pike counties each have quotas of 3.

Scioto County Ohio Selective Service Board Jackson Pike

High-Spirited Boy Paralyzed Since Birth Drives School Fun

Jackie Kirkland a 13-year-old with paralysis since birth leads afterschool play at Tripp Long Creek School near Mesquite Texas. He maneuvers a wheelchair with friends, writes with his teeth, turns pages, and competes in marble games, earning respect from teachers and peers.

Jackie Kirkland O.K Jackie Tripp Long Creek School Mesquite Dallas, Tex William Kirkland

Eisenhower pledges action to uproot subversion and unity

President Eisenhower in a nationwide address urges unity on his legislative program including the flexible farm price plan. He vows to stay everlastingly at the job of uprooting subversion and calls Congress for speedy action, addressing Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee and rallying supporters for the 1956 elections.

Eisenhower Congress Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee Marty Snyder Citizens Committee House Agriculture Committee

Ex Navy Secretary Charles Adams Dies in Boston

Charles Francis Adams former secretary of the Navy died at his home in Boston yesterday at age 87. He served the Navy during the Hoover administration and was a lawyer by profession with various business interests. In later life he engaged in banking.

Boston Charles Francis Adams Secretary of the Navy Adams Navy Hoover

Strike Brief On Trail Jobs

Negotiations between Local 232 and Pike County Contractors Assn. ended a work stoppage on Route 23 projects in the Portsmouth area. Cement finishers will earn 2.822 dollars per hour and plasterers 3.00 dollars, up 25 cents. Scioto County concrete work resumes Monday as Portsmouth Mixed Concrete Co. begins hauling. Teamsters settled for 5 cents with the concrete firm. Officials John Hauck, Anthony Giordano, and Albert Carver led talks.

Portsmouth Cement Masons International Assn United States Canada Pike County Scioto County Portsmouth Mixed Concrete Co Teamsters Union John Hauck Philadelphia Anthony Giordano Pittsburgh Ohio Albert Carver

Britain and U S Ready To Quit Geneva Talks

Western powers reported progress on winding up the Geneva conference amid a deadlocked Indo China discussion. Walter Bedell Smith and Anthony Eden held talks as Georges Bidault planned separate meetings, with a Korean conference session scheduled but deemed hopeless.

United States U.S Walter Bedell Smith Anthony Eden Eden V. M. Molotov Smith Georges Bidault Paris Bidault National Assembly Indochina Molotov

Young Mother Released By Her Abductor

A Phoenix mother Evelyn Ann Smith was kidnapped from a beauty parlor, taken to the Superstition Mountains, and freed unharmed after $75,000 in ransom was taken. Officers hunted a short man with light brown hair as FBI and local troopers closed in near Canyon Lake.

Phoenix Ariz Evelyn Ann Smith Superstition Mountains Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company Canyon Lake Smith Kidsaper Chicago Herbert Arizona

Speedup Of Security Cases Asked

Washington Senate Appropriations Committee ordered the Defense Department to speed up clearance of military and civilian security cases as it approved a 29 billion plus defense spending bill for the next fiscal year. Sen. Ferguson said the directive aims to coordinate security and loyalty investigations after recent cases including the Naval Academy midshipmen delays and Maj. Irving Peress. The plan calls for a single civilian official to oversee investigations, prioritizing due process and national security.

Washington Senate Appropriations Committee Defense Department Sen. Ferguson R-Mich McCarthy Army Naval Academy Peress Ferguson Irving Peress Senate Investigations Subcommittee Mel Carthy R-Wis Pentagon United States

Senator McCarthy Denies Harsh Remark as Facetious

In the Army McCarthy hearings Sen McCarthy testified he was completely facetious when he told Secretary Stevens that Roy Cohn thought Schine should be a general and work from a Waldorf penthouse. He said he was ribbing Stevens during cross examination. A monitored phone conversation was introduced earlier in the hearings.

Stevens Schine Army McCarthy Ft. Dix N. J Cohn Ray H. Jenkins Jenkins Washington Sen Roy M. Cohn G. David Schine the Waldorf

Flanders Demands McCarthy Ouster Over Contempt Charge

Senator Flanders urges Senate to remove Senator McCarthy from chairing the Investigations subcommittee and its parent group unless McCarthy clears himself of contempt and answers charges from 1952. He says McCarthy treated a three man subcommittee investigating his actions with contempt.

Washington Flanders R-Vt Senate Sen McCarthy Senate Investigations Subcommittee Benton D-Conn

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