Local Phone Company Seeks Rate Increase in Ohio
General Telephone Company of Ohio files with PUCO to raise local service and miscellaneous charges for 190000 telephones across Band Five exchanges. Proposed tariffs would set uniform rates including Residence and Business plans, with $263,095 monthly gross revenue increase before taxes.
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General Telephone Company of Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Commission
Ohio
PUCO
Wilmington
Brandister
Clarksville
Georgetown
Jackson
Martinsville
New Vienna
Oak Hill
Port William
Sabina
Wellston
Clare E. Williams
Marion
Public Utilities Commission
General
Williams
DiSalle Aides Hear Ohio Finances Bleak and Bleakest
Toledo report from Monday says Gov elect DiSalle will inherit a tight budget with a possible June zero or deficit. Finance director James Maloon warns of a worst fiscal stretch since the 1930s and heavy school foundation fund payments in February and May. He notes highway funding delays and possible borrowing, while stressing necessities over wants ahead of the January 12 inauguration.
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Toledo
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
James Maloon
Maloon
DiSalle
Maroon
Salary Commission
Mother Accused In Baby's Death
Phyllis Ann Smalley of Oxford faces manslaughter charges in the death of her baby girl found near a creek bank last November 12. Prosecutor Robert L Marrs says Smalley admitted throwing the infant from a covered bridge abutment after claiming the baby was born dead. Coroner Dr. Garret J Boone had ruled the infant died from a fractured skull and believed the baby may have been born alive.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Oxford
Robert L Marrs
Butler County
Phyllis Ann Smalley
Garret J. Boone
Charles de Gaulle Named Time Man of the Year
President elect Charles de Gaulle of France is Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1958. His portrait will appear on the cover of the yearend edition of Time.
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New York
Charles de Gaulle
France
Time
No Paper Thursday Will Observe New Year Holiday
The News Journal will not publish on New Year’s Day to give employees the national holiday with their families.
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the News-Journal
Harvester rejects union request on holiday pay during strike
The International Harvester Co. refused a United Auto Workers demand to pay strikers for two December holidays during a 38,000 worker walkout now in its seventh week. Negotiations continued with little progress as two major issues tied to pay scales, holiday pay and shift premiums remained unresolved.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
United Auto Workers
Harvester
Aked Harvester
Blizzard Strands Thousands as Southwest Hit Hard
A raging blizzard dumps heavy snow across New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma stranding about 800 motorists and killing four. Albuquerque endures its heaviest snowfall on record with 11 inches and power failures affecting tens of thousands of residents. Linemen reconnect lines as cars clog highways and roads remain impassable.
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Dumas
Tex
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Conchos’ Dam
Tucumcari
Texas Panhandle
Texa
Russia Expands War on Liquor and Tobacco
Moscow reports push to curb hard liquor and smoking with New Year shifts to champagne and light wines. Health journal Health cites smoking as a chronic poison and warns of dire illness. Tobacco ads banned. vending machines sell single cigarettes.
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Ministry of Health
Health
United States
Woman leaps to death crashes into pedestrian below
In Los Angeles a despondent woman, Louise Stark aged 41, leaped from a seventh floor window and fell onto a downtown sidewalk, killing 44 year old flower seller Victor Angel who was deaf and mute. Stark died at the scene.
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Los Angeles
Louise Stark
Victor Angel
Annual Dinner Held for News-Journal Carriers
Seventy two people including forty five carriers attended the News Journal carriers Christmas party Monday night at Don McNeil's restaurant. Miss Nelle Mills provided introductions while Tom Hunter spoke briefly. Following dinner, carriers and guests were hosted by Murphy Theater management.
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News-Journal
Don McNeil
Nelle Mills
Tom Hunter
Charles Wilkinson
Ralph Curliss
Floyd Florea
Donna Florea
Joanna Florea
Roger Johnson
Blanchester
Robert Thompson
Judy Thompson
New Vienna
Vernon Hooper
Bobby Hooper
Port William
Elsa Osborne
Ronnie Rittenhouse
Steve Warehime
Carroll Wilt
Sabina
Cherry Bagford
Shirley Lamb
Jackie Lamb
Clarksville
Murphy Theater Management
New Year's Baby To Get Many Gifts
The News Journal Baby Derby selects the first baby born in 1959 to Clinton county parents as the lucky child. Twelve or more Wilmington merchants participate offering gifts to the newborn, with the midnight Dec 31 start date and simple rules for eligibility.
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News-Journal
Clinton County
Wilmington
Journal
Fulton 2
Miller’s Bakery
Jack & Jill Shop
Model Dry Cleaners
Clinton County National Bank and Trust Co
Garret Oil Co
Wixson
Fairley Hardware Store
Landmark Farm Bureau Cooperative
Clinton
G. M
Gabe’s Sports Center
Thorne’s Department
Carl Stanforth
Meadow Gold
Glen’s Cab Co
Howard A. Hiatt
G. C. Murphy Co
Keller
Paris
Hyer’s
Murphy Theater
New Year's Eve Prices Match 1957 Across Major Hotels
A nationwide survey shows New Year's Eve costs at leading hotels and night spots largely unchanged from 1957. Dinner and entertainment run about 37.50 per person with drinks extra at top venues like the Waldorf Astoria Empire Room and Cocoanut Grove, while many spots in Miami Beach Chicago Los Angeles and New York offer tiers from 15 to 25 dollars per person plus drink upcharges.
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New York
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Los Angeles
Cocoanut Grove
Waldorf’s
Eartha Kitt
Emil Coleman
Bela Bebai
Miami Beach
Chicago
Sunset Strip
el Morocco
Copacabana
Latin Quarter
Guide Dog Sheba Fights Cancer Still Guides Ray Myers
In Los Angeles AP report, guide dog Sheba endures terminal cancer yet continues to guide blind owner Ray Myers through city streets. As Sheba weakens, Myers prepares to train a new service dog with help from cafe owner Morris Kaufman and local patrons funding the transition. Sheba's fate casts a shadow over their hometown routine at the sidewalk stand.
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Los Angeles
Sheba
Ray Myers
Myers
Morris Kaufman
Ray
Insurgent Attacks Shake Havana Area As Cuba Turmoil Rages
Rebels claim 5 000 armed partisans inside Havana with heavy clashes in the city and Guanabacoa after a large dynamite warehouse explosion. Reports cite near 1 000 killed or wounded as Fidel Castro battles Santa Clara, while Delta Airlines says Cuban police removed two American travelers from a Havana bound flight amid protests.
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Havana
Guanabacoa
Havana Bay
Fidel Castro
Santa Clara
Cuba
Las Villas
New Orleans
Delta Airlines
Jamaica
Louis F. Brantley
James W. Reid
Atlanta
Brantley
Reid
Caniel Freeman
Oakland
Calif
Yule Gift Rifle Used To Kill Giver In New Jersey
In Palmyra New Jersey Mrs Jeannette Willard gave husband Edwin L Willard a Christmas rifle. He used it Monday night to kill her at her mother's home in front of their three year old son. Willard 21 was arraigned on murder charges.
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Palmyra
N.J
Jeannette Willard
Edwin L. Willard
Louise Divenney
Willard
Yale Weekend Toll Total Set at 594
The nation records 594 traffic deaths during a four day Christmas holiday period. Fires caused 93 deaths and miscellaneous accidents 97 for an overall toll of 784. California leads with 61 traffic victims followed by Texas 43 and New York and Illinois with 38 each.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
California
Texas
New York
Illnois
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