Fairgrounds Beehive Of Activity For Coming Horse Show
Portsmouth prepares for its seventh annual Charity Horse Show at Lucastville Fairgrounds with 275 horses and 100 exhibitors. The three day event begins tonight at 7 with four more performances planned. Officials hope for dry weather after heavy rain in the week and have moved the date from Memorial Day to June to improve conditions. The event, sponsored by the Portsmouth General Hospital Women's Auxiliary, features 53 classes with 11 tonight and 11 each for Saturday and Sunday, culminating in the grand championship stake events. Proceeds fund hospital equipment and improvements.
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Raymond Glenn
Hamilton
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Ruhlman Ave
Ex-Resident Fatally Hurt At Columbus Police Station
A former Portsmouth woman, Mrs Bessie Margaret Voit, 42, died after being struck by a Columbus police department wrecker as she walked from a rear station doorway to a waiting car about 8 30 pm Thursday. The driver failed to see her and backed over her, crushing her body. She had come to the station to file a complaint and was transported to White Cross Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Survived by husband Nick and three daughters in Columbus, and by her father Harry S Sheets and multiple siblings in Ohio. Funeral services to be handled by Mart Glynn Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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Columbus
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Harry S. Sheets
Scioto Trail
Voit
Ralph Mantel
Mart Glynn
Gardner Sheets
Los Angeles
Byer
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Hanna Lyon
Astrid Congel
Zelma Schmittauer
Richard W. Voit
Harry Ss. Sheets
Bjarne Olsen
Norway
Circleville
Portsymouth
Olsen
Mnecoal
Marilyn Monroe and Miller wed date kept secret
New Yorkers Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller disclosed plans for a spring or summer wedding, saying it would be before July 13 in either Connecticut or New York. Miller announced the date during House Committee testimony, while Monroe confirmed it in a terse statement and later at a hallway news conference.
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Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Connecticut
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
Washington
Marilyn
Miller
State Department
London
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Senate
Wilson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Sen
Bridges
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Congress
Defense
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Ike's Third Week in Hospital Amid Silence on Politics
President Eisenhower enters week three of hospitalization with a comfortable night’s rest and progress described as very satisfactory. He is walking more and receiving visitors but remains silent on politics. White House officials deny a change in stance and say no decision on a second term was discussed with defense budget figures.
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Eisenhower
White House
Hos
Yee
Oan James C. Hagerty
Thurst
Senate
House
Army
Navy
Air Force
Hagerty
Wilson Calls Money Boost Plan Phony At Marine Base
Secretary of Defense Wilson calls a proposed Air Force funding increase phony and debates whether to use extra money. He spoke at the fourth annual Secretaries Conference at Quantico as top military officials gathered. After the remark he cautioned it may have been too strong and urged voters to stand up and be counted. Debate suspended.
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Quantico
Wilson
Senate
Marine Corps
Wedding plans debated for Miller residence
Olivier Hoth said the wedding will be in New York City or Roxbury Connecticut where Miller owns a fine room house on a two acre plot.
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Olivier. Hoth
New York City
Roxbury
Steel Talks Grow Bitter Amid Looming Steel Strike
Union leaders accuse the industry of conspiracy as United Steelworkers set up strike machinery with only eight days until a possible shutdown. Major firms Cushioned by tentative letters from Bethlehem and Republic, U.S. Steel held firm. Wages and cost estimates clash over a five year pact amid joint and separate talks with the Big Three. Parley resumes after three plus hours with no headway as the labor tension escalates.
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New York
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Steel
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David J. McDonald
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Public Open House For New Eastown Bank Office
A public open house is planned Saturday at the National Bank of Portsmouth Eastown Office at Ith and Clay Streets from 4 to 9 p.m. Mayor Frecka and City Manager Layton will cut the ribbon at 4 p.m. Then officials and union representatives will participate in the ceremony. The Eastown Office begins operations Monday at 9 a.m. with Paul Warren named manager. The bank highlights modern facilities including two drive in windows, 315 safety deposit boxes, a 24 hour night deposit with envelope dispenser, and a glass-topped teller counter.
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National Bank of Portsmouth
Ith
Clay Sts
Harold Frecka
Robert Layton
Thomas Silvia
Carpenters Union
Emerson Bente
Ad Shoeworkers of America
John RB. Marcha
Chamber of
National Bank of
Portsmouth
Atty
Louis D. Bannan
Clyde Eckard
Astown
Bannon
Bastown
Vturn
Clay
J. Harold Frecka
Paul Warren
Harold McKittrick
U S weighs intervention as steel talks stall
Washington officials privately fret over a possible steel strike and may reassess intervention if impasse lasts into mid next week. A walkout could force President Eisenhower to invoke Taft Hartley emergency provisions and seek an 80 day injunction, complicating a campaign year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Capitol Wiretap Search Sparks Senate Furore
A sweep of the Capitol for wiretaps and secret recording gear sparked a Senate furor after Defense Department agents searched a suite used by Sen. Lehman and adjoining hearing rooms. The probe found nothing, but lawmakers demanded apologies and urged expert checks for listening devices.
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Lehman
D-Ny
Senate
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Special Armed Services
Lyndon B Johnson
D-Tex
Douglas Veri
Sen. Green
D-Ri
Senate Rules Committee
Johnson
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Symington
Chip Harris sprees ends in fatal crash in Warren
Wil Harris 37 a PHS graduate and chemist from Boston led a shooting spree that killed a girl and two sisters in law, injuring another before dying in a crash en route to work. The spree followed a quarrel and involved his wife and three companions as authorities pursued to unravel the事件. Sheriff Crozier identified Alfred Wilson as a separate suspect linked to a kidnapped girl found dead in a ditch, with Wilson at large after the shooting near Leavittsburg.
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Kelley
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Oakland Ave
George McNay
Argonne Rd
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Purdue
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Leavittsburg
Wilson
Crozier
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Warren
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