Muskingum County Pops 6.3 Percent Growth in Ten Years
Census figures released show Muskingum County population rising to 74 184 from 69 795 over the decade. Zanesville city gained 7.46 percent while New Concord surged to 1 790 from 1 067. Dresden declined slightly to 1 305 from 1 350. Licking County up 13.1 percent to 10 427 from 9 240.
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Muskingum County
Zanesville
New Concord
Muskingum College
Dresden
Licking County
Muskingum
Licking Country
Three Men Shot At Enka Rayon Plant Morristown
Three workers wounded by gunfire at the American Enka rayon plant in Morristown during shift change. Gunfire shattered windows amid ongoing labor unrest from CIO Textile Workers Local 1054 support actions begun March 28. Early reports of deaths were unconfirmed.
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Morristown
American Enka Corporation
Rayon Producing
CIO Textile Workers Union Local 1054
Nashville
Zanesville Family Moves to Australia for Jobs and Home
A Zanesville couple Edra S. Watts and wife Bobbie with two children depart by TWA from Zanesville for Melbourne Australia. The Australian government guarantees jobs and homes for settlers, Watts to work at Preston Motors and reunite with relatives.
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Zanesville
Australia
Edra S. Watts
Bobbie
TWA
Brownwyn
Gary Leslie
Melbourne
Watts
Preston Motors Company
Mr. Watts
Tor Down
Ender—J
Rent Control Bill Extends Controls Through Year End
The 2 line bill extends federal rent controls for six months with option for a further six months, sending it to President Truman who was expected to sign. Congress approved the measure 40 to 24 in the Senate after a 116 to 145 House vote, removing a racial segregation amendment in the draft act extension. Taft and Bricker opposed the conference report in the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Trueman
House
Senate
Senate - House
Truman
Robert A Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Health Officials Visit Flood Area in Ohio
Four public health experts from the state health department are in the Roseville Crooksville flood zone to curb disease spread. Dr John D Porterfield state health director led the team with Dr Charles Freeble and Walter E Brehm. Brehm injured when inspecting flood damage in Crooksville after slipping from a bench in Columbus. The fall aggravated an old shoulder injury, though he said it is not serious.
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State Health Department
Roseville
Crooksville
John D. Porterfield
State Ealth
Charles Freeble
Division of Communi
Walter E. Brehm
Millersport
Columbus
Ohio Wesleyan University
Brehm
Four Die in Athens County Crash Involving Truck
Four passengers in a car died in an incident near Athens as Zane Grey Harris of Sharpsburg was questioned by deputies. The dead include James A Cephar 42 and James Nichols 38 both of Sharpsburg Mrs Raymond Keerns and her seven month old son Jack. Funeral services for Nichols and Cephas set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt Herman U B Church with Rev Vinton Smith. Burial at Mt Herman Cemetery. Bodies moved to Fawrett Lane Funeral Home in Chesterville.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Dorsen Watts
Market Street
Athens B
James A Cephar
James Nichols
Sharpshi
Athens Coun
Raymond Kerns
McDougall
Athens County
Jack
Keirns
Cephar
Nichols
Zane Grey Harris
Sharpsburg
Cephas
Mt Herman UB
Vinton Smith
Mt. Herman
Fawrett- Lane
Chesterbail
Partly Cloudy Ohio Weather Summary
Partly cloudy conditions in Ohio with warmer temperatures tonight. Low around 47 degrees with scattered afternoon and evening shower showers. Yesterday's high not specified. today's low around 5:30 a.m. and evening readings show around 83 degrees.
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Ohio
Health officials outline flood area health threats and water issues
Dr Porterfield lists four health problems in the Roseville area typhoid fever insect pests contaminated food and restoring the water supply U S engineers reassess Roseville flood costs and Rep Secrest will attach figures to an appropriations amendment Taft will sponsor in the Senate Residents no longer need to boil water after the fresh flood but safeguards remain in place for contamination risks
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Allen Greenflee
Thomas Lathrop
Clarence Robinson
Porterfield
Rose Farm
U. S
Roseville
Hum
Robert T Secrest
Robert A Taft
Senate
Crooksville
Harold Forn
Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton wed in Paris secretly
The Negro singer Lena Horne and MGM director Lennie Hayton, who is white, reportedly married in Paris. Harris, Horne’s manager, said the couple kept the wedding secret for professional reasons and have now decided that it is time everyone knows.
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Paris
Lena Horne
MGM
Lennie Hayton
Paris 7
Miss Horne
Harris
Bids Open for West Pike Four Lane Project Near Columbus
The Ohio highway department will open bids in Columbus on July 11 for a four lane addition to the West Pike from Zanesville to Brownsville. The 11 mile section will add two lanes and widen five bridges to 24 foot concrete lanes with a grass divider. Completion will extend U S Route 4 to three or four lanes from New Concord to Columbus, with minor two lane gaps being widened.
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Brownsville
State Highway Department
Columbus
Zanesville
New Concord
Linn-ville
Hebron
Orwich
C. of C
State’ Highway Department
National Air Races Canceled For Year In Cleveland
The 1950 National Air Races in Cleveland are canceled by the event's executive committee. Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson's stance against military participation led to the decision. The races will be rescheduled for May 19 and 20, 1951 to align with Armed Forces Day.
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Cleveland
Louis Johnson
Bill Odom
Odomm
Berea
O. House
Johnson
Revents
Frederik C. Crawford
Thompson Products Inc
Sonora School Contract Awarded and Bond Sale Approved
The Guernsey Engineering and Supply of Cambridge won the two room Sonora grade school contract. The First National Bank issued 315000 in bonds to finance the project. Bids were opened Monday and awarded at a special board meeting. Construction begins at once and should finish in September. Local residents will excavate the foundation and handle landscaping to cut costs.
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Guernsey Engineering and Supply Company
Cambridge
Sonora
First National Bank
Chester Hughes
J. A. White Company of
Cincinnati
Jane Cowl Dies Famed Stage Star at 65
Santa Monica report says Jane Cowl, 65, renowned stage star and once the foremost Juliet, died today of abdominal cancer after a hospital stay for surgery. Born in Boston, she debuted in 1903 in New York and later moved to Hollywood where she appeared in films.
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Santa Monica
C. Jane Cowl
Juliet
Miss Cowl
the Artress
Boston
New York City
Hollywood
Probers to Study Election Expenses in Senate Races
Senator Gillette said Senate investigators will review complaints of alleged huge expenditures in at least four senatorial primaries. The probes cover campaigns in North Carolina Florida Pennsylvania and other states as part of policing this year's 36 senatorial elections.
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Washington
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
North Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
Finois
Columbus Population Rises 22 Percent to 373 821
Preliminary census figures show Columbus with a 22 percent population gain from 1940 to 1950. The 1950 figure stands at 373 821, up from 306 687 in 1940.
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Columbus
Ford Strike Threatens Nationwide Plant Shutdown
Ford Motor Co faces a national shutdown risk as a one day strike by an AFL union at its New Canton Ohio forge plant idles 1,803 workers. The company alleges AFL agents provoked the walkout to force recognition over the UAW CIO. The strike jeopardizes operations across Ford divisions.
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Detroit
Ohio
Ford Motor Co
National Labor Relations Board
Cleveland
Ford
AFL
CIO
United Auto Workers
International Executive Board
AFL - Cio
Canton
International Brotherhood of Black , Grey
Uaw-Cio
Theater Ceiling Collapse Injures Thirty At Sequoia
A collapsed theater balcony at the Sequoia in Redwood City injuries Thirty people. Fifteen hospitalized, one in serious condition. Mrs Vangie Case 34 uncon scious in Palo Alto hospital after jumping or falling from loge seats. Six others to Palo Alto hospital and eight to San Mateo community hospitals. Approx 15 minutes before midnight.
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Redwood City
Calif
Vangie Case
Palo Alto Hospital
Palo Alto
San Mateo Community Hospitals
New One For Traffic Cop In 19‑Block Chase
Patrolman Robert Barnes pursued a woman driver on Chester Avenue after a 19‑block chase. She reached 66 miles per hour on a motorcycle and used her siren, saying she was trying to get out of the way. She received a court summons for driving without a license.
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Cleveland
Robert Barnes
Chester Ave
Execution Date Set For Athens Slayer
The Ohio Supreme Court set June 21 1985 as the execution date for Delbert Eugene Spencer 53 Athens convicted in the fatal shooting of his former sweetheart Pauline Bailey 33 near Georgetown The court also agreed to review a district court of appeals ruling granting a new trial for Deight David Tudor 27 convicted in Clark County of first degree murder in the 1948 shooting of Mary Ann Page 14 Springfield
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Delbert Eugene Spencer
Athens
Pauline Bailey
Giouster
District Court of Appeals
David Tudor
Tudor
Clark County
President Truman Hosts Democratic Governors Lunch
President Truman convened Democratic governors at the Mayflower for a private luncheon during the annual conference. Ohio Governor Frank Lausche, a Democrat, raised questions by not yet deciding whether to back Taft or Ferguson, casting a quiet pall over the gathering. Thurmond and Wright were reportedly not invited, as Truman emphasized a strictly Democratic attendee list.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol
Hio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Mayflower
Wwhite Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ohio
Ferguson
Frank Lausche
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Wright
Thurmond
States’ Rights
Thhe
Runcheon
National Navy Mothers of America
Labor dispute settled at Rittberger meat plant
A labor dispute at Rittberger Brothers Willow and State streets ended today after Local 348 and meat firm representatives reached an agreement. Pickets at the plant entrances, set last December 22, were withdrawn, with counsel for both sides announcing the settlement following an NLRB hearing before examiner Gerald Ryan.
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Rittberger Brothers
Willow
State Streets
Heat Cutters
Clarence Graham
Carl Martin
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Gerald Ryan
NLRB
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South Street
Woman's
Australia Air Corps
Beres
Secret Wedding
West Pike
Jane Cowl
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Lausches
White Sulphur Springs
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Ghia
Beqfen
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
UN Americas Activities Committee
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