Schuler Chosen to Fill Portsmouth First Ward Seat
Harold L. Schuler 724 Fighth St. named by Portsmouth City Council to serve as 1st Ward Councilman after Harry E. Foehr resignation. Appointment followed unanimous vote. Schuler is an insurance dealer and shoe retailer with local ties, active in church and civic groups. Council also authorized bidding for 23,000 in improvements to City Hall and fire stations, including rewiring lighting, new air cooling, and folding doors in the council chamber.
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Portsmouth
Harold L. Schuler
Fighth St
Schuler
Yearoid
Harry E. Foehr
Harry Martin Jr
William W. Bierley
Howard Berndt
Avanell
Councilman's
Second St
Pamels
Elks Club
United Commercial Travelers
Hie
Manly Methodist Church
Robert E. Jlayton
City Hall
Seventh St
Gallia St
Layton
Ata
Sid
Portsmouth School Board Awards 38 245 in Contracts
The Portsmouth city school board awarded contracts totaling 38 245 for furniture equipment flooring playground surfacing and paving with five of seven going to local bidders. The board authorized a vote in November on renewing a 2.18 mill levy for four years and ordered action to recover damages from parents whose children admitted breaking 130 windows at McKinley School.
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Portsmouth City School , Board
McKinley School
William A. Newman Co
10Th St
Gordon & Adh Construction, Inc
Robinson Ave
Lindsay School
County Election Board
Ridenour
Valle Captured Rebel General Seized in Argentina
Gen Juan Jose Valle a top Peronist rebel chief reported captured early today in Buenos Aires Clarin cited unnamed sources saying Valle was taken prisoner and is at the disposition of the Army Ministry Valle and Gen Raul Tanco were named as key military leaders in the abortive revolt Tanco remained at large An Aramburu clemency order likely spares them from other executions and imposes life terms on some detainees
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Jose Valle
Clarin
Valle
Raul Tanco
Juan Peron
Tanco
Pedro Aramburu
Santa Hosa
la Pampa
Campo de Mayo
la Plata
Andi-Peronistas
Peron
America
Aramburu
Truman To Talk After Nominee Has Been Chosen
Chicago dispatch reports former President Truman, a neutral in the Democratic contest, will address the party after the presidential nominee is chosen. Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler announced the plan, saying it aligns with Truman’s wishes. The arrangements committee met in a closed session ahead of the August 12 opening at Chicago’s International Amphitheater.
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Chicago
Paul Butler
Truman
Butler
International Amphitheater
Dried Corneas Restore Sight in Chicago Report
ALTON L. BLAKESLEE reports a new dry-storage eye bank that can preserve corneas for weeks enabling 10 previously blind patients to regain sight. Traditional eye banks keep corneas viable for only days. dried corneas offer faster access to donated tissue.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Selience
Chicago
Revolutionary
Tyro
McKelvey Gets New Three Year Contract For Portsmouth School
Portsmouth City school board extended superintendent H W McKelvey for three years at 11000 annually. Pay hikes for 1956 57 go to 50 teachers and supervisors. 137 others keep current salaries. Jacob Frowne and Richard Sunderland hired on 10 month terms at 5500 each.
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Portsmouth
McKelvey
Portsmouth High School
Painesville
Ohio
Jacob Frowiie
PHS
Richard Sunderland
Ike Feels Fine Signs 3 Documents After Surgery
President Eisenhower signed three documents and, while seated, held papers on his knee as doctors reported a comfortable night after emergency intestinal surgery. He met aides Sherman Adams and Maj. Gen. Wilton Pearson during a brief staff session, with a morning medical bulletin noting normal vital signs and high morale.
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Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Moening
White House
Adams
Maj
Igen
Wilton B. Pearsons
Congress
House
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Clear Creek
Jefferson
Colorado
Georgetown
U. S. Army
Army Brucker
Senate
James C. Hagty
Hagerty
Ike
USW Policy Men To Meet In New York
The United Steelworkers of America called its 170 member wage policy committee to a Friday meeting in New York as talks with the Big Three steel producers face a potential contract offer. The 39 member executive board will also meet, with negotiations suspended earlier in the week. The union seeks a substantial pay boost for about 350,000 workers at US Steel Bethlehem and Republic, aiming to set a wage pattern for the industry as current contracts expire June 30 with no counter-offer yet from management.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Us, Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Crop Picture For'56 Hinges On Weather
A Washington crop report warns farmers face lower yields this year if rains and warmth don’t arrive. June 4 projections show the 1943 low in production, with wheat at 923 million bushels, 2 percent below last year and 20 percent under the 10 year average. Reserve stocks total about 1.1 billion bushels as rains in May offered limited relief to corn, cotton, soybeans, sorghums, and other crops.
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OVID
A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
iC OFC Shows Off Quarters To Visitors
More than 2M inspected the new Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce headquarters at 811 Chillicothe St. Larry Johnson, secretary manager, announced hours 9 am to 5 pm weekdays, noon Saturday. The office is open to the public with Walnut paneling and a lobby, board room, staff area, and industrial development office. The project was built by T. G Fry Inc as general contractor.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Larry Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Sandra McKeen
Joseph Hodges
B. LeRoy Compton
John Irwin
Automobile Club of Southern Ohio
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Chillicothe St
Johnson
I T
C. of C
Portsmouth
John R. Hardin
Mel Blaney
Lake Central Airlines
Ohio
Shirley Loughead
Columbus
Industrial Development Committee
T. G Fry, Inc
Heiress plans sale of Killarney estate in Kerry
Miss Beatrice Grosvenor confirms desire to sell the 8300 acre Kenmare estate spanning the Killarney lakes and three central Kerry mountains. She will keep about 1000 acres and build a small new house. Tax concerns and inheritance duties in Britain pressure the sale as Irish property potential buyers are sought.
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Kenmare
Killarney Lakes
County Kerry
Ireland
Beatrice Grosvenor
Killarney
Mrs. Grosvenor
Pagee
Britain
Scioto Man Is Creek Victim Near Columbus
Alva Tranner, 90, of Owl Creek, drowned in Big Walnut Creek nine miles south of Columbus. His body was recovered at 1 am in nine feet of water, found about 20 feet from the drowning site. His daughter Linda Lou and other relatives reported the tragedy after his wife said he could not swim. The swift current and lack of clothing hindered the search as deputies and volunteers continued dragging through the night and resumed in the morning.
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Scioto County
Alva Tranner
Big Walnut Creek
Columbus
Tranner
Owl Creek
Lucasvillé Rt. 1
Linda Lou
Lee Tranner
Lockbourne Rt. 1
Roy Thompson
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Thompson
Trantner
Work Halted Pending Pact As Plasterers Strike
A partial wet stoppage by plasterers and cement masons is reported pending a new wage agreement with local contractors. Albert Carver of Local 232 says some contractors signed new contracts and jobs proceed. The union notes a one year contract with Pike County Contractors Association includes a 1 cent increase.
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Albert Carver
Plasterers and
Cement Masons International Union
Carver
Portsmouth Contractors Assn
Pike County Contractors Asst
Portsmouth
Kenyon
Carpenters Union
Appeals Court Denies Film Workers' Claims
The State District Court of Appeal denied damage claims by 23 actors writers and other film workers who said they were blacklisted in Hollywood after refusing to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee. Plaintiffs claimed they were barred from film work since Sept 20 1951 and sued major film companies and distributing firms along with Representatives Doyle and Jackson, members of the House committee.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
State District Court of Appeal
House Un-American Activities Committee
Doyle
Dcalif
Jackson
Calif
House Committee
Ike Seeks Restored Foreign Aid After Hospital Plea
Washington strong urging from officials sought to restore at least 600 million of the 1.1 billion cut from a foreign aid bill. President Eisenhower, recovering at Walter Reed, sent an oral plea for the full 4.9 billion request through aide Sherman Adams as Senate Republicans weighed proposed boosts and possible further reductions.
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Senate
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White House
Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Adams
Radford
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
GOP
John B. Hollister
International Cooperation Administration
United States
Sen
Jong
D-La
Long
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Ohio Department of Highways
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Modern Healing Co
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