Ohio plans 90 million highway program for 1954
The Ohio Highway Construction Council launched a 90 million dollar road program for 1954, 50 percent above 1953. About 60 million from gas tax and axle-mile tax, 30 million from federal and local matching funds, with potential bond funds of 500 million. By priority classes, five by passes are slated for 1954 including Bluffton Route 25 and Ashland Route 42 projects.
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Columbus
State Highway Construction Council
Ohio
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Clingan Jackson
Bluffton
Ashland
Ravenna
Fultonham
Milan
20 Die In Holiday Accidents In Ohio
Ohio newspapers report a holiday tragedy with at least twenty dead in traffic derailments fires and a train crash. Among the dead are Lloyd Wentworth and Dwane Burger from Castine and Versailles respectively, Estella Rinderlee and her children, plus several others across Darke Clermont and Franklin counties. A Portsmouth handyman Yank Robinson perished in a north end cabin fire and Betty McKain died in a Fremont area crash.
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Ohio
Little Darke County
Greenville
Portsmouth
Lloyd Walter Wentworth
Castine, C
Dwane Lee Burger
Versailles
Estella Rinderlee
Henry
Patricia
Clarence Kaiser
Norwood
Cincinnati
Clarence Perry
Clermont
Ind
Harlan Hensley
Franklin
Middletown
Baltimore & Ohio
Edwin Kidder
Rt. 2 Coraddle
Batavia
U. S
New Albany
William F. Parker
Centerbury
Knox County
Ralph J. Tyre
Sandusky
Rt. 101
Clyde
Thomas W
Sue For 75000 After Woman Dies In Gas Explosion
Juanita Jones and Ward Maynus administrators of Martha Maynus estate sue Ohio Fuel Gas Co and property owners Ben and Janet Stanziano over a Lorain gas explosion on September 19. Martha Maynus died after 54 days in hospital. petition cites a gas leak and tenants in a second floor apartment.
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Lorain
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ben
Janet Stanziano
Long Avenue
Juanita Jones
Ward Maynus
Martha Maynus
Stanzisnos
Bodies May Be Left On Glacier Until Spring
U S Air Force officials said eight men killed when a Navy Neptune bomber crashed on Myra dasjokull Glacier may remain in the wreckage until next spring. A helicopter lift failed after one body was recovered due to howling snow storms. Ground teams worked days on the glacier hoping for survivors from the routine training flight.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U. S. Air Force
Myradasjokull
Officials urge increased breeding on farms in Hungary
The officially published Szabad Nep urged intensified breeding across all farms in Communist Hungary. Male stock including bulls rams boards roosters and billy goats should be reported if they fail to fertilize, as part of broader production drives.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Communist Party
Szabad Nep
Mvwovcl
Wall Gmi
LY LidlWig
Hoffman
U. S
House Committee On Government Operations
Democrats Blast Shock Campaign For Europe Army
Democrats attack the administrations shock campaign to push quick approval of the European Army plan. Sen. Guy Gillette and Sen. John Sparkman challenge Dulles warnings while urging alternatives and warning against using foreign aid as leverage. France and others delay ratification, Eisenhower backs Dulles, West Germany ratifies.
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Washington
Guy Gillette
D-Ia
John Foster Dulles
Europe
United States
John J. Sparkman
Sparkman
Gillette
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Congress
White House
U.S
North Atlantic Council
West Germany
Eisenhower
France
Christmas Continues for Sheba at Lincoln Park Zoo
At Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, the chimpanzee Sheba receives so many Yuletide bags of peanuts that attendants plan to dole them out one by one, ensuring enough to last until next spring.
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Chicago
Sheba
Lincoln Park Zoo
Eisenhower Works At Augusta After Christmas
President Eisenhower, at his Augusta vacation headquarters, begins shaping three major messages to Congress. White House staff assists in preparing the state of the union, budget, and economic plans for delivery after New Year’s Day. The scene includes his family and grandchildren in the Little White House at the National Golf Course.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Augusta National Golf Course
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
John S. Doud
Dwight David II
Barbara Ann
Susan 2
Business Firms Give $264,904 To College Fund
Denison University president Dr A Blair Knapp announced that 239 business firms have donated 264 904 dollars to the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges this year. He noted Christmas Eve gifts surpass last year and that many gifts are pledged for 1954. The foundation plans to raise about 1 000 000 dollars to sustain Ohio's independent colleges as operating costs rise. Twenty two member schools share gifts by equal or enrollment-based division, unless donors specify otherwise, including Ashland Antioch Bluffton Capital Defiance Denison Findlay Heidelberg Hiram Kenyon Lake Erie Marietta Mount Union Muskingum Notre Dame South Euclid Oberlin Ohio Northern Ohio Wesleyan Otterbein Western Wittenberg Wooster.
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Columbus, C
A. Blair Knapp
Denison University
Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
Knapp
Benson
Agricultural Politie
Cies
Qohio
Ashland
Antioch
Bluffton
Capital
Defiance
Denison
Findlay
Heidelberg
Hiram
Kenyon
Lake Erie
Marjietta
Mount Union
Muskingum
Notre Dame
Letters Indicate Pro Benson Trend on Tours Abroad
Washington reports reveal farmers and taxpayers warming to Ezra Taft Benson as he defends price supports and a free rice economy. Secretaries praise his stand while Congressmen and citizens, from Michigan to California, voice approval through letters, praising his policy and resisting changes to his reorganization plan.
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Washington
INS
Ezra Taft
Benson
Kansas
San Diego
Calif
Department of Agri
Earl
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Warren
Asecretary
California
Rich
Ward Nixon
Senate
William Knowland
Golden State
Pennsylvania
Pro Benson Support Seen in Farmer Letters
Letters show a stronger pro Benson sentiment among readers even as actual voters express views through ballots. Correspondents praise the Mormon church figure who became secretary of agriculture last January and urge him to "stick to guns" amid pressures from cattlemen and soil conservationists.
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Mormon Church
Two Hit Skip Incidents Leave Drivers Apprehended
Two hit-skip drivers were arrested after Christmas holiday crashes in multiple locations. William O. Murvine faced tentative charges for leaving the scene, DUI, and reckless driving after his car struck Willie Murray's stopped vehicle at Oberlin Road and West Avenue, then fled and was found in a ditch on Sugar Ridge Road. Another incident netted David Holman for striking Donald Weiland on Lake Avenue and Lodi Street. Holman was arrested at his Rush Street home. A third report involved Carl Elnora’s parked car receiving damages on West River Street, and George Hildreth’s car on Woodford Avenue was hit on Christmas Eve by a nonreporting motorist.
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Oberlin Road
West Avenue
William O. Murvine
S. Abberoad
Murvine
Willie Murray
16Th Street
Sugar Ridge Road
Abbe Road
George Krute
Root Road
South Abbe
Fuller
Grafton Roads
David Holman
State Street
George Hildreth
South Second Street
Woodford Avenue
Morgenthau's Sister Dies At 66 In New York
Mrs Alma Morgenthau aged 66 sister of former Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. died in a New York hospital after a long illness. An amateur singer, she supported organizations aiding young unknown composers. She was married to banker Maurice Wertheim and architect Paul Weiner, both marriages ending in divorce.
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New York
Alma Morgenthau
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Car crashes through wall into home on Christmas morning
Dover residents Mr. and Mrs. Burrough Van Syckels of Mine Hill woke before dawn Christmas Day to a crash as Paul Turcicci, 36, of Succasunna, plowed his car through their bedroom wall while they awaited Santa. The accident occurred in Mine Hill, causing property damage but no injuries reported to the couple.
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Dover
N. J
Burrough van Syckels
Mine Hill
Santa Claus
Paul Turoczy
Succasunna
Sentiment Found For Rigid Plan In Farm Policy
Rep Clifford Hope Kansas leads a House farm group tour finding farmer support for the current rigid price support system for six commodities wheat corn rice cotton tobacco and peanuts He favors giving farmers a wide choice between continuing the present program or switching to flexible supports or a two price system Other farm policy ideas include water shed machine federal state cooperation grazing regulation soil conservation loans and increased funds for drought aid with CCC loan limits noted
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Clifford Hope
Kansas
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
U. S
Forest Service
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Man Awaits Extradition For W. Va. Slaying
STEUBENVILLE, C. W.Va. police say John Pastucha 29 awaits extradition to West Virginia for the Christmas Eve murder of Joseph M. Bennett 53 owner of the Gateway Service Station in Weirton. Bennett's wife Dora heard a shot as he returned to his car and found him fatally wounded. Chalalka 27 implicated two accomplices Harvey Tolamine and others. Chalalka arrested near the scene identified by Mrs Bennett as among three loitering men.
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Steubenville
C. WS
Weirton
W. Va
West Virginia
John Pastucha
Lawrence Chalalka
Joseph M. Bennett
Gateway
Chaltalka
Harvey Tolamine
Charles Padden
Bennett
Dora
Chalalka
Nineteen Killed by Morocco Bomb in Casablanca Market
In Casablanca a Christmas Eve bomb exploded in the central market, killing nineteen and injuring twenty eight as a saboteur wounded Police Inspector Mohammed Ben Cherquaoui. The attack, first in the European quarter, prompted around-the-clock patrols.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Mohammed Ben Cherquaoui
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E. von Kreeck Jr
Fourth Naval District
R. P. Beaman Jr
E. J. Burger
Reserve
McManes
Willard Zimmerman
Fred Kreutzfeld
Lorain Chamber of Commerce
International News Service
Fremont
Richard May
West Side
Cleveland
Democrats
Campaign For Europe
Sparkman Critical
Cheers Hospital
Gates Hospital
Bigbee Baby Furniture Store
Jack Evenchik
Evenchik
North Carolina
Oro
Mrs. Sponseller
Ruth Sponseller
Bruigus
Geport Iron
State Department
Committee of
Hhaurnwaw
Charles B. Brownson
Morgenthau
Thomas J. Foley
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