Funds Voted For Locks At Greenup And Other Water Projects
The House Appropriations Committee recommends 3.9 million dollars for Greenup high level dam and 1.54 million for Maysville flood defenses while urging planning money for Catlettsburg floodwall. Also included are funds for Sutton dam Elk River and New Cumberland roller dam with a Summersville reservoir planning fund. The bill faces House debate and then Senate consideration.
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Greenup
House Appropriations Committee
Maysville
Congress
Catlettsburg
Ohio Valley Boosters
Markland
Cincinnati
L Eisenhower
Ohio Valley
U.S
House
Sutton
Elk River
Charleston
Ohio
New Cumberland
Breakfast To Launch Drive for Portsmouth Chamber
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce kicks off a two week drive to recruit 1000 members with a Tuesday 7 30 am breakfast at the Legion Home. More than 300 business professionals have attended prior meetings in the Build a Greater Portsmouth program to fund and expand Chamber activities.
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Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Legion Home
Two Dutch Children Die In Bus Fire In Osnabrück
A bus fire in Osnabrück Germany fatally burned two Dutch children and injured 21 other people police said. The incident occurred in the city as emergency services responded to the blaze.
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Osnabrueck
Germany
Dupuy Named For Making Of Shoe Line
Paul H. Dupuy promoted by Selby Shoe Co to superintendent of production for the Easy Goer line. Allen Griffin promoted to superintendent in charge of new Casual footwear development, succeeding Dupuy. Griffin formerly fore man in Arch Preserver fitting room.
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Paul H. Dupuy
Selby Shoe Co
Allen Griffin
High St
Mr. Dupuy
Arch Preserver
Dupuy
Homer C. Selby
Portsmouth
J. F. Davis Shoe Co
Excelsior Shoe Co
Selby
Zuefle Dr
West Side
Griffin
Pontiac Shoe Co
Pontiac, II
Charles Wales
Scioto Trail
Yates
Brookfield
Cecil H. Yates
Cincinnati
Public Health Service Faces Scrutiny Over Polio Vaccine Safety
The Public Health Service defends the Salk vaccine as safer under stricter standards while critics from Basil O’Connor and Wyeth Inc push back. A white paper reviews past safety concerns, citing three polio cases but backing mass immunization as safe to continue.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Health Service
New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Philadelphia
H. W. Blades
Wyeth Inc
James A. Shannon
The
National Institutes of Health
Shannon
Wyeth
Blades
Kiewit Lands VA Hospital Contract Worth 17.9 Million
Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. won a 17.9 million dollar contract to build a 1000 bed neuropsychiatric hospital near Topeka Kansas for the Veterans Administration. PKS is prime on the Portsmouth Area Atomic Plant and builds parts of the Ohio Turnpike. George Holling of 2816 Circle Dr is a PKS vice president and A plant project GM. The company also secured a canal contract on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co
Veterans Administration
Topeka
Kan
PKS
Portsmouth Area
George Holling
Circle Dr
St. Lawrence Seaway
GM Delays Bid On Wage Settlement
DETROIT The GM labor dispute deepens as General Motors delays its wage contract bid before the Sunday strike deadline. GM aims to surprise CIO UAW leader Walter Reuther with a near last-minute offer to force a quick yes or no, while hoping the union avoids a strike of its 350 000 members, which would dent UAW dues income.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Big
UAW
Secrecy on GM UAW talks as negotiations resume
A secrecy lid remains clamped on General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers contract talks as negotiators return to the bargaining table. There is no hint of any offer aligned with the union won by Ford Motor Co. The union has publicly hinted a new offer may come after extending GM’s contract to Sunday midnight. One union source said no offer had been presented by dinnertime Friday.
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Reuther
UAW
John Livingston
Ford Motor Co
Harry W. Anderson
Louis G. Seaton
Ford
Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Woman Sues City Over Water Meter Cover Collapse
Mrs. Evelyn Cox of Portsmouth files a $5,045 damage suit in Common Pleas Court alleging a defective water meter lid caused a fall outside her home on February 5. She claims negligence in maintenance and is represented by attorney Harry T. Herdman.
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Portsmouth
Common Pleas Court
Evelyn Cox
Cox
Harry T. Herdman
Dozen Traffic Accidents Driver Hurt Seriously In Rural Wreck
Sciotodale resident Forrest Harris aged 48 was seriously injured in a one car crash on Swanger Valley Minford road two miles north of Route 335 at 10 45 p m Friday. He is in poor condition at Mercy Hospital.
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Forrest Harris
Sciotodale
Mercy Hospital
Harris
Swanger Valley
Minford Road
Two Injured in Portsmouth Road Crash and Nearby Accidents
A Portsmouth man identified as Mr. Harris suffered rib fractures and head injuries when his southbound car failed to turn, rolled, and ended on its top. He was hospitalized after the crash, one of several injuries reported in a day of local accidents. Mary Ailstock sustained an ankle injury in a two car crash at Seventh and Broadway, with Henry Wuest driving a car owned by Julius Wuest.
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Portsmouth
Harris
Gill Ambulance
New
Henry Wuest
Robinson Ave
Julius Wuest
Target Rock Farm
Huntington
N.Y
Hat maker denies funds paid out in bribes
Hat maker Harry Lev testifies he cannot recall how he disposed of 213927 over two years in 1952 and 1953 while denying any bribes. The Senate subcommittee probes possible graft in awarding contracts for uniforms and caps to Lev and others. An audit of Lev’s bank records by staff auditor Carmine Bellino underpins the questioning.
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Harry Lev
Lev
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Carmine Bellino
Mt Asama Volcano Erupts Shaking Area North West of Tokyo
Japan’s Mt Asama, the nation’s largest active volcano, emitted ash high into the air and caused a three minute tremor affecting towns about 100 miles northwest of Tokyo as night fell.
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Tokyo
Mt. Asama
Japan
Four Scioto County Youths Headed to Tar Hollow Forest Camp
Four Scioto County youths join 116 Ohio campers for a week at Tar Hollow State Forest east of Chillicothe. The group, selected for forestry interest, will receive William H. Vodrey forestry scholarships funded by Brush-Moore Newspapers.
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Hyland
Scioto County
Ohio Forestry Assn
Tar Hollow State Forest
Clifford O. Jenkins Jr
Emil Haney
Wells Peach
Kenton D. Riley
George E. Wood
Jim Wells
Ohio
Chillicothe
Times
WPAY
William H. Vodrey
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Vodrey
East Liverpool
James Wells
Beatrice Bender
Kenton Dale Riley
Otway
Portsmouth Rt
Emil B. Haney
Sciotoville Rt
Roy McKinley
Robert Paton
CFA Forester
Willard Carmean
Akron controls on Salk vaccine supply
Akron health board imposed a temporary ordinance to restrict Salk polio vaccine. It requires manufacturers distributors and pharmacists to record buyer names and addresses with a $100 fine and 90 days jail for violations. Unauthorized possession also a misdemeanor while vaccine is in short supply.
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Akron
Ohio
City Health Board
Child Chokes To Death On Part Of Crayon
A 19 month-old Rubyville girl Carol Jean Doss choked on a crayon at home. She died en route to Sewards Funeral Home New Boston after her parents found her choking. She is survived by parents John H. and Florence Bauer Doss and 12 siblings. funeral at Sewards Funeral Home Sunday.
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Rubyville
Carol Jean Doss
John H. Doss
Lucasville Rt. 2
Sewards Funeral Home
New Boston
James F. Scott
Carol Jean
Sewards
James
Walter
John
Grover
Raymond
Harry
Judith
Nancy
Linda
Joyce Ann
Sharon
Caron
John H
Florence Bauer Doss
Lucasville Cemetery
Storm Scattered Women Pilots Headed to Key West
More than 50 women pilots in the Washington Havana Powder Puff Derby set course for Key West as storms forced 800 miles of detours along the South Atlantic coast. Only three of 33 planes reached Key West by nightfall. others stretched to Florence South Carolina and New Smyrna Beach Florida with delays and a forced highway landing. Lucile Wright of Jamestown and Mrs. M reached first, leading a challenging start to the seaside event.
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Key West
Fla
South Atlantic
Washington
Florence
S. C
New Smyrna Beach
Lucile Wright
Jamestown
Blue Cross Seeks Over 20 Percent Rate Hike
Hospital Care Corp of Cincinnati files with the Ohio Division of Insurance for increases averaging just over 20 percent on all Blue Cross contracts to start Sept 1. Executive director James E. Stuart cites rising hospital costs and labor as key factors. He notes per member costs rose 24.6 percent in two years and emphasizes medical progress and drugs as cost drivers.
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Blue Cross
Hospital Care Corp
Cincinnati
Scioto County
Ohio
Ohio Division of Insurance
James E. Stuart
Stuart
Eisenhower outlines two atoms for peace programs
President Eisenhower proposed two new atoms for peace programs at Penn State centennial exercises. The plan would have the United States fund half the cost of research reactors for free nations and provide fuel, while also offering training in construction and operation of power reactors for nations willing to invest their own funds. He urged Soviet participation but said the effort would proceed with or without them.
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Greenup
Huntington
Dravo Corp
Catlettsburg
University Park
Eisenhower
United States
Free Nations
Pennsylvania State University
Russia
Congress
NBC
ABC
Penn State
Milton S. Eisenhower
Turkey
Lebanon
Israel
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Denmark
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Soviet Union
City Extends Playground Season To Ten Weeks
The city opens a 10 week summer playground season across seven playfields Monday, expanding from eight weeks last year. Recreation Director L. T. Henderson notes activities will be similar but may add enhancements while attendance is again to be census checked three times daily. George Bahner returns as supervisor with staff nearly complete and Alice Gorby listed as Mound Park activities supervisor among appointed leaders.
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L. T. Henderson
Henderson
Ers
George
Bill) Bahner
Sycamore St
Sciotoville
Alice Gorby
Lincoln St
Mound Park
Herman Schomburg
Eunice St
Allard
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Wales
Selby Factory
U.S. Health Service
O'Conner
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Kiewit
City Water Meter Ltd
Inside the Times
Ige
Ihe
Chicago
State
Tar Hollow
Carmean
Stephen Boyce
W. R. Schramm
John Hacskaylo
Fred C. Brokaw
M. Paul Koller
Akron Clamps
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