Turncoat GI Declares He Neither For Nor Against Reds
Hong Kong report on Richard Roger Tenneson a 22 year old turncoat former war prisoner arriving from Red China. He claims neutrality toward communism and supports Chinese charges of U S germ warfare in Korea citing alleged evidence. He predicts hostility at home and notes other American turncoats remain in China.
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Hong Kong
Richard Roger Tenneson
Tenneson
Alden
Minn
Korea
United States
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Olympia
Wash
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
China
Portia Howe
U. S. Defense Department
Cowart
Bell
Griggs
U. S. Supreme Court
Bomb Planter Sought in Columbus as Westinghouse Offers Reward
Westinghouse Electric Co offers 5000 reward for information leading to conviction after a bomb damaged an unoccupied 1954 station wagon owned by Charles Clark president of Local 746 IUE. Sheriff holds two men, one released. three sticks of dynamite found in the car of the man still held. The blast occurs amid labor strike activity with 44,000 union members walking out nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Westinghouse Electric Co
Charles Clark
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Ralph Paul
Westinghouse
Christmas Radio Gift for Ill Greene Rest Haven Patient
Xi Beta Zeta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority presented a table radio to a patient at Greene Rest Haven. The elderly man, ill and visually impaired, cannot read, and Loretta K. Higgins reported his need. Mrs. Ralph Stirr and Miss Higgins delivered the radio.
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Greene Rest Haven
Xi Beta Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Loretta K. Higgins
Ralph Stirr
Service Committee
Miss Higgins
Fluoridation Shown Safe In Newburgh Kingston Study
A New York health official announced a 10 year two community test found fluoridation of public water reduces tooth decay and does not cause physical harm. Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe presented Newburg Kingston results showing Newburgh began adding sodium fluoride a decade ago while Kingston did not. both towns約 population around 30,000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herman E. Hilleboe
Newburg-Kingston
Newburgh
N. Y
Kingston
U N Security Council faces showdown on 18 nation entry plan
The United Nations Security Council expected to vote on a package to admit 18 nations with little chance of a veto. East-West discord over disarmament persists as the General Assembly eyes approval of related Open Skies measures led by the United States Britain France and Canada. The five Communist entries are Hungary Romania Albania Outer Mongolia and Bulgaria. Non Communist applicants include Jordan Ireland Portugal Italy Austria Finland Ceylon Nepal Libya Cambodia Japan Laos and Spain.
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United Nations
N. Y.A
Security Council
U. N
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
France
Canada
General Assembly
Bulgaria
Assembly
Council
China
Outer Mongolia
Hungary
Romania
Albania
Jordan
Ireland
Portugal
Italy
Austria
Finland
Ceylon
Nepal
Libya
Cambodia
Japan
Laos
Spain
Popcorn Nibblers Stir Pasadena Theater Scare
David Gordon drew a gun in a Pasadena cinema to stop popcorn nibblers who argued over sound. Police jailed him and suspended his permit. He said he fired only after one man grabbed his weapon during a dispute over the movie. The film continued as a janitor cleaned the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
David Gordon
Gordon
Dixon-Yates Sues for Expenses in TVA Contract
The Dixon-Yates power group sues the U S government for 3 534 778 claiming it paid expenses tied to the cancelled private power plant contract in the Tennessee Valley Authority area. The AEC previously refused payment stating Adolphe H Wenzell held a conflicting private interest while advising on the government negotiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dixon- Yates Power Group
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
Mississippi Valley Generating
AEC
Adolphe H. Wenzell
West enters GOP bid for Clinton County commissioner
Will W. West a Martinsville farmer and first term Clinton County commissioner announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to succeed himself. West has 30 years in the party and prior service as board chair and on the Republican Central Committee. He farms in Clark township and breeds purebred Duroc swine on Quigley Road and participates in local groups. Petitions deadline is February 8 at 4 p.m.
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Clinton County
Will W. West
Farmer
Martinsville
West
Republican Central Committee
Clark Township
Quigley Road
The
Friends Church
Masons, Odd Fellows and
Grange
George L. Schilling Sr
Jean Richardson
General Assembly
Judge criticizes new courthouse annex offices
Judge F B Davenport complains about leak prone offices in the $2 million annex. Water dripping last week delayed a jury trial and a ceiling deluge yesterday drenched the judge and staff. Source notes uncertainty about the water source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallasp
F. B. Davenport
January Draft Call Set For Ohio
Selective Service headquarters in Columbus announces a January induction call for 410 men. Inductees must be 21 by January 1, 1956 unless volunteering or previously delinquent. The 1956 figure follows 1,453 called in January 1955, with county allocations listed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Clinton
Fayette
Hocking
Pickaway
van Wert L
Ford Foundation Ends Historic Half-Billion Gift to Private Colleges and Hospitals
The Ford Foundation announced a record half‑billion-dollar grant to privately funded colleges, universities, hospitals and medical schools nationwide. Colleges receive 210 million for teacher pay, hospitals 200 million, medical schools 90 million, with donations varying by institution and a prior 50 million to boost salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
New York
Ford Foundation
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
New York University
Harv
City School Tax Rate For 1955 Is Accepted
Wilmington Board of Education approved the 1956 budget and 1955 tax rates at the year end meeting. The total 1955 school tax rate is 15.7 mills 15.70 per thousand with a 0.3 mill increase due to bond retirement for a new elementary school. Bond retirement 2.2 mills, operating levy 10.6 mills, inside 10 mill limit reduced to 2.9 mills to add a half mill, total operation about 334,970. Bond funds estimated at 54,588. Superintendent Holmes noted plan to shift a half mill within the 10 mill limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
County Budget Commission
Wilming
Budget Commission
W. H. Robinson
John McDonald
George L. Schilling Sr
General Fund
Charles R. Kirk
German Turncoat Dr John Fleeing East to West
Former West German security chief Dr John, long suspected of spying for Moscow, returned to the West after crossing into West Berlin and being flown to Bonn. He is in custody as prosecutors review his case while denying details of his escape and current location.
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Bom
Germany
Otto John
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Supreme Court
Hitler
John
Russia
East Berlin
Washington
Allen Dulles
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
Office For Protection of the Constitution
Bonn
West German
Konrad Adenauer
East
Potsdam
Ford Foundation Grants Benefit Wilmington College
Wilmington College will receive 78 700 from a 210 million Ford Foundation grant to private four year colleges. The funds aim to raise faculty salaries with income from invested grants used for increases. The 500 million total program covers private colleges hospitals and medical schools over 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington College
United States
Ford Foundation
Foundation
Ohio Hospitals May Get Grants
The Ford Foundation released a list of Ohio hospitals believed eligible for grants to be computed from hospital reports to the American Hospital Association. Final grant amounts and eligibility will be determined by the foundation. Highlands Community Hospital in Hillsboro is listed for 18900 dollars, Hocking Valley Hospital in Logan for 13200 dollars, and Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert for 25300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Medical Assn
American Hospital Assn
New York
Ford
Foundation
Ohio
Highlands Community Hospital
Hillsboro
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
van Wert County Hospital
van Wert
Soil bank proposal tied to flexible farm price plan
CHICAGO The head of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged a soil bank within the flexible price support program. Charles B. Shuman said acres would be taken out and rented to the government with surplus commodities as rent. He warned against overreliance on subsidies and urged a gradual shift to price support rather than rigid parity. Delegates from 1,623,222 farm families will decide on the plan and other measures at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Shuman
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Bright Kids Absent From College Talk
A Columbia College report finds 200000 of the nation’s brightest high school graduates will not enroll in college this year. The study highlights shifting plans as students pursue work training and immediate employment opportunities amid economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia College
Rita Hayme Divorced From Dick Haymes After Fourth Marriage
Actress Rita Hayworth was granted a divorce from Dick Haymes her fourth husband ending their marriage dated yesterday in Reno Nevada. The ruling follows a brief union reflecting Hayworths ongoing turbulent marriage history in the era.
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Reno
Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
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Yale
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San Francisco
Henry Ford II
Harvard
Nathan Pusey
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Robinson
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