Hope Is Seen For Restoring Phone Service
Portsmouth officials see hope for restoring phone service in Scioto County soon after Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co asked for a restraining order to curb picketing by the Communications Workers of America. Judge Vernon Smith set a Monday hearing as the company, claiming threats and violence, seeks to reopen exchanges with enhanced law enforcement backing. The governor pledged National Guard if violence flares, while a new bargaining session with the union is planned for Tuesday in Columbus.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
Ohio
Scioto
New Boston
Vernon Smith
Robert E. Layton
State Highway Patrol
Layton
Frank J. Lausche
National Guard
Columbus
Firemen Question Lt. Babb’s Fire Duty
Wilmington firemen claim Lt. Donald Babb has not reached a blaze since his promotion. They say Friday he turned away from the Champion Bridge Co. fire instead of toward it.
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L. C. Clinton
Wilmington
Donald Babb
Lt. Babb
Champion Bridge Co
NATO Seeks UN Settlement in Middle East At Meeting
The NATO council ended a four day session in Paris with a call for a UN driven settlement of the Israeli Arab conflict and for reopening the Suez Canal. The ministers warned of Soviet influence in the region and pledged closer political liaison and military readiness. U S promised weapons able to fire atomic missiles but without warheads. Dulles praised talks with Lloyd and Pineau and said unity issues were being buried.
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Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Middle East
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Suez Canal
Hungary
U. S
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Britain
France
Mid-East
Big Three Harmony
Washington
Suez Canal Zone
Santa visit brings joy to Dallas dogs in shelter
Bill Griffin visited the city animal shelter Friday to play Santa Claus for 270 dogs awaiting homes. He brought a dog food box for each dog and stockings with dog goodies. Shelter officials called the event the gayest and noisiest party in the pound's history.
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Dallas
Bill Griffin
City Animal Shelter
Griffin
Dulles to report progress toward uniting NATO after Egypt crisis
Secretary of State Dulles returns from Paris to brief President Eisenhower on healing NATO rifts after Britain's and France's attack on Egypt. He aims to present private talks with Lloyd and Pineau as steps toward unity and outline preparations for Eisenhower's Nehru talks.
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Dulles
Paris
Eisenhower
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Nehru
Red China
Hungary
Suez Canal
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Britain
France
United States
NATO Council
Middle East
Union contract awaits ratification for CWA members
The CWA announces a new contract with General Telephone Co parent of Ohio Consolidated awaiting ratification by about 800 employees across Marion Celina Waverly Jackson New Philadelphia and other communities. National Director J Curtis Fletcher cites unresolved issues on union status arbitration and union shop. Terms not disclosed.
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CWA
General Telephone Co
Ohio Consolidated
Marion
Celina
Waverly
Jackson
New Philadelphia
J. Curtis Fletcher
Louisiana Police Nab Texas Bandit
Shreveport police arrested W. R. Starnes 24, who admitted a Thursday bank robbery in Sour Lake Texas worth 25211 dollars. He was armed but offered no resistance when detained in a Shreveport hotel. Officers found a suitcase with a large amount of money.
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Shreveport
Sour Lake
Tex
Wayne Batenan
W. R. Starnes
Airman 65 Re-Enlists for Six Year Hitch
Manchester New Hampshire Air Force Sgt Roy Baxter aged 65 of Alton re-enlisted for six years claiming no age limit for enlisted men He seeks Far East duty after tours in Europe and Korea His son Roy Jr died at Wake Island in World War II.
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N. H
Air Force
Roy Baxter
Alton
Baxter
Far East
Europe
Korea
Roy Jr
Wake Island
He Goes Hunting Bride Walks Out Divorce Granted
In St Louis Robert E. Peters 25 says after his wedding 21 months ago he found his bride Adria 20 had left and he has not seen her since. Judge Raymond E. Ladriere granted Peters a divorce Friday.
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ST. Louis
Robert E. Peters
Adria
Raymond E. Ladriere
Peters
Fire Victim Dies Today In Columbus After Mansion Blaze
Herschel Collins 32, critically burned when his Route 729 home near Sabina burned early Dec 5, died at University Hospital Columbus at 1 15 a m. Mrs Collins was treated at Memorial Washington D C since the fire and was to be released today. The older daughter Gracie remains at Washington D H for two weeks while Irvin, the son, is out of danger at Children's Hospital. The twins are with Mrs Collins mother in Hillsboro and the family plans to reunite there. A relief fund has reached 1021 with more contributions. Funeral arrangements by Turner Miller Funeral Home Hillsboro are incomplete.
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Herschel Collins
Sabina
University Hospital
Columbus
Rev. Culver
Hillsboro
Mr. Collins
Turner. Miller
Postmaster General Sends Bride Gift After Faulty Stamps
Acting Postmaster General Maurice H. Stans writes a personal note of regret to Sherryn Ann Schornberg from Louisville Kentucky and sends a silver stamp box with stamps as a wedding gift after faulty stamps caused 150 invitations and announcements to be returned with postage due. The defect originated from new presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and has since been corrected.
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Washington
Maurice H. Stans
Harry Schornberg
Louisville
Sherryn Ann
Wendell Reynolds
Cars Stolen From Garage In Blanchester
Cochran's Motor Sales in Blanchester was burglarized Friday night with two cars stolen. A 1949 Plymouth and a 1954 Pontiac were recovered damaged. Plymouth found in a ditch on Route 28 at 11:30 p.m. and Pontiac on Second Creek road at 2 a.m. No suspects identified.
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Cochran
Blanchester
Everett Cochran
Willard Quigley
Donald Jones
Russell Regan
Route 28
Second Creek
Politico Seeks Tax Skim To Fund Major Parties
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler proposes financing parties by deducting a political contribution from federal income tax. Taxpayers could contribute up to 10 dollars per year, reducing their tax by that amount. He estimates the plan could raise up to 12 million dollars annually for each major party.
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Los Angeles
Paul Butler
Sam
Butler
Egyptian Guerrillas Fire Shots at U N Police Patrol
Egyptian guerrillas fired on a Norwegian U N police patrol in Port Said amid the British and French withdrawal. No casualties among U N troops. the attack followed a wave of assaults by the Egyptian underground as the port is cleared. The Theseus sailed with 1,100 British soldiers and 330 Jews fled Port Said amid fears of persecution as foreign troops pull out. Egypt agreed to U N help clearing the Suez Canal but waits for all foreign troops to depart.
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Egypt
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U.N
Theseus
England
Raeii
Sinai Peninsula
France
Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Suez Canal
Britain
United Nations
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
High Publishing Costs Killing 2 Famous U. S. Magazines
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. will discontinue Collier's and the Woman's Home Companion next month due to rising costs and falling ad revenue. The two magazines, with combined circulation about 8.4 million, lost 74 million this year and employ about 2,600 people. Look magazine to take over unexpired subscriptions. Companion subscriptions redirected to other publishers.
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New York
Collier’s
The
Woman’s Home Companion
Direc
Tors
Crowell-Collier Publishing Co
Paul C. Smith
Smith
Crowell-Collier
Companion
Gardner Cowles
Cowles Magazine, Inc
Look Magazine
Colliers
Ex-GIs in Small Towns Face GI Mortgage Hurdles in Congress
Ohio veterans in rural areas struggle to obtain GI home loans while lawmakers debate raising rates from 4 to 5 percent. TEague pushes cutting red tape to boost rural lending, arguing banks favor cities and suburbs.
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Congress
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
House Veterans Committee
Teague
Ohio
Franklin County
Columbus
Pike County
Delaware County
Delaware
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Lake
Adams
Athens
Clinton
Gallia
Henry
Highland
Big City
Veterans Administration
Red Satellites Protests Grow in Poland and Hungary
In Poland anti Russian demonstrations spread to five towns as Gomulka faction tensions rise and Polish workers demand Soviet pullout from Hungary. In Hungary the Kadar regime tightens control while factories and mines idle under threat of punishment and promises of loyalty bonuses for returning workers.
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Hungary
Kadar
United Workers’ Communist Party
Russia
East Germany
Stettin
Warsaw
Lublin
Czestochowa
Kutno
Lalisz
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Cegielsko Steel Works
Poznan
Budapest
Janos Kadar
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