End of 36 Day Strike By Electric Workers In Nelsonville
The 36 day strike against Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co ends with 823 workers voting to return to work. Local 832 IBEW approves 131 to 62 and Local 1466 IBEW 565 to 65. Wages rise by about 4.85 percent with tiered increases and a 15 cent raise for crew foremen. Contract expires March 1 1960. Pickets depart. shifts resume at 11 p m. Hospitalization insurance reinstated.
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ern
The
IBEW
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Con
Chestnut St
Nelsonville
Poston
Nehru Defers Tibet Policy While Dalai Lama Travels
Prime Minister Nehru cautions India will balance security treaty with Red China and Tibetan sympathy as the Dalai Lama, fleeing toward India, travels with a party of 80 toward Towang near the northeast frontier. He will be treated as an honored guest and not allowed to form a government in exile.
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New Delhi
India
Dalai Lama
Nehru
Tibet
Towang
Lhasa
Red China
Officials Reject Charge Over Berlin Air Corridor Incident
Moscow accuses the United States of deliberately violating Berlin altitude rules to disrupt East West talks. Washington denies intent, saying no legal ceiling restricts Berlin corridor flights though a C130 did fly at 20 000 feet and was challenged by Soviet fighters.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
West Berelin
State Department
U. S
Washington
West Berlin
Germany
Berlin
Democrats Move to Pass Ohio Tax Increases Under DiSalle
Ohio legislators push multiple tax hikes as Gov. Michael V. DiSalle urges action. A beer tax raise would add about four million over two years, gasoline levy would add 11 million per biennium, cigarette tax could yield 46 million, and corporate franchise tax would rise by 15 million. Senate hearings continue on expanding the sales tax to retail purchases, with projected gains exceeding 150 million dollars.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
HOUSE
House Taxation Committee
DiSalle
Senate
Senate Taxation Committee
Ohio
Infant Death Probed in Butler County Case
Dr. Garrett J. Boone the Butler County coroner continued an investigation into the suffocation death of five month old Theresa Lee Allen found in bed with two brothers and a step-sibling. The infant was reportedly smothered by a piece of plastic left on the bed while a 13 year old babysitter watched the other children.
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Middletown
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Theresa Lee Allen
Eugene Allen
Theresa Lee
Boone
Debbie Reynolds Skips Oscars Show Amid Triangle Drama
Debbie Reynolds will not attend the Academy Awards ceremony where Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher are central figures. Taylor will present an Oscar, Fisher will sing a nominated song, and Reynolds plans to watch at home. The best actress race features Russell, MacLaine, Hayward, Kerr, and Taylor. David Niven is favored for best actor, and Gigi competes with Auntie Mame for best picture.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Colossal
Toight
Miss Reynolds
Miss Taylor
Fisher
Las Vegas
Rosalind Russell
Shirley Maclaine
Susan Hayward
Deborah Kerr
David Niven
Gigi
Mame
Britain denies Singapore atomic warhead missiles plan
British Defense Minister Duncan Sandys told SEATO ministers in Wellington that Britain has no definite plans to station anti-aircraft missiles with atomic warheads in Singapore. He said Britain is deploying missiles with explosive warheads at home and may shift forces east of Suez, possibly reducing land forces and increasing naval forces over five years.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Britain
Singapore
Far East
Duncan Sandys
Sandys
Suez
Scientist Warns Soviets May Seek Hell Fires Discovery
Dr Aristid V. Grosse of Temple University told the American Chemical Society that the Soviets likely aim to create lab temperatures from 10 000 to 60 000 degrees. He warned such conditions could enable new chemistry and fuels for rockets and heat resistant materials, urging further study of reactions over 5000 degrees.
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Boston
Soviet Union
Earth
Aristid V. Grosse
Research Institute
Temple University
American Chemical Society
Chester Firm Wins Post Office Extension Contract
The General Services Administration awarded Miller-Karr Co Inc of Chester Ohio a 162000 dollar contract to enlarge and modernize the U S Post Office in Marietta. The project includes building and driveway extensions with completion targeted for February 1960.
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Chicago
General Services Administration Today
Miller-Karr Co., Inc
Chester
Ohio
U. S. Post Office
Marietta
Family Of LO Gets By German Border Guard
A seven ton truck carried Friedrich Graefe a 47 year old father his wife and eight children aged 2 to 13 as they escaped East Germany by forcing through the Iron Curtain. The family cited political and economic reasons for leaving.
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Brunswick Germany
Friedrich Graefe
East Germany
Man Killed On Birthday in Point Pleasant Fire
Daniel Dale Durst died at age 66 on his birthday when a bedroom fire broke out at his home on Monroe Avenue. Fire officials suspect suffocation from smoke, with the blaze possibly started by a defective electric incubator or overturned gas stove. The incident left $5000 in home damage and $1000 in contents loss. coroner Dr. Oliver Eschenaur ruled death by suffocation. Durst was a foreman at Marietta Manufacturing Co. who had recently earned a 40 year pin.
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Point Pleasant
Deniel Dale Durst
Monroe Ave
Mr. Durst
Cora
Stanley Hesson
Durst
Oliver Eschenaur
Mason County
Fitters Department
Marietta Manufacturing Co
State liquor agents raid clubs in northeastern Ohio counties
State liquor agents raided after hours clubs in the northeastern Ohio counties over the weekend and confiscated pinball machines in two counties. The raids focused on Warren and Campbell, a suburb of Youngstown. Two play-for-pay pinball machines were seized in Cuyahoga County Saturday night and a like number were found in Jefferson County.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Warren
Campbell
Youngstown
Cuyahoga County
Jefferson County
Crosby wife confirms pregnancy again in Ishpeming
In Ishpeming Michigan Bing Crosby's wife announces she is once more an expectant mother.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Bing Crosby
Power urges boost in bombers and ICBMs to deter Soviets
Gen. Thomas S. Power head of the Strategic Air Command told a House subcommittee in a Feb hearing that the United States must speed up production of B52 and B58 bombers and Atlas ICBMs to maintain a deterrent posture. A censored transcript of his remarks was released.
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Washington
America
United States
Soviet Union
Thomas S. Power
House Appropriations
Power
Strategic Air Command
Delinquency Rising in Formosa Youth
Juvenile delinquency on Formosa is increasing at an alarming rate with rising cases reported across cities. Authorities call for tighter enforcement and community programs to curb youth crime and channel energy into constructive activities.
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Formosa
Soviet protest over Berlin flight raises Geneva doubts
Moscow charged U S plane entry violated Berlin corridor rules to derail Geneva talks starting May 11. U S officials denied the claim as NATO ministers vowed unity, while Lloyd and Couve de Murville expressed guarded optimism for progress toward a summit conference and Brentano urged tempered expectations. Norstad warned NATO forces may be insufficient for Europe’s defense.
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United States
Berlin
Geneva
State Department
U. S
NATO
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Weather Front Passes Over Midwest and Ohio
West Virginia shows clear skies with frost in eastern areas and warmer tones in the west as Tuesday brings more clouds and a chance of showers at night. Ohio forecast: fair today and tonight with generally mild readings. Five day outlooks call for near normal temperatures and a modest shower risk Tuesday night through Wednesday with a uptick in warmth by Friday and Saturday.
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Ohito
Ohio
Albany
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Des Moines
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Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Cloudy
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Omaha
Phoenix
Price Ae
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Ore
Richmond
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Francisco
Clear
Wampa
Csssceeon
Washington
Fugitives Hunted After Patuxent Prison Break
In Jessup Maryland hundreds of state police National Guardsmen and volunteers search for 14 of 34 inmates who escaped from Patuxent Institution for Defective Delinquents Sunday night. Two guards were overpowered and the escapees used keys to open six doors. The largest Maryland prison break on record.
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Jessups
Patuxent Institution
Maryland
James W. Curran
Canton Construction Workers Strike Affects County Jobs
About 600 Stark County construction workers walked out today over new contract demands. Picket lines were set up and bricklayers vowed not to cross. The strike could affect roughly 3000 building trades workers in the county.
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Canton
Stark County
Knight Co Purchases Charlotte Newspaper
The Knights Publishing Co. bought the Charlotte News on Sunday, joining the Charlotte Observer and papers in Miami Detroit and Akron. No price was disclosed but unconfirmed reports suggested 1.5 to 2 million dollars.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte News
The
Knights Publishing Co
Charlotte Observer
Miami
Detroit
Akron
Ohio
Cyprus Ministers Open First Council Meeting
Predict Bright Future NICOSIA Cyprus 4 Britain joined Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders in opening the inaugural meeting of the Cyprus Ministerial Council with bright predictions for the island soon to become a republic.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Chicago and Three States Vote On Tuesday Mayors and Judges
Chicago voters head to polls to pick a mayor and education officials while Wisconsin and Michigan hold statewide contests for Supreme Court justices and other posts. Oklahoma voters face liquor sales on the ballot after 51 years of prohibition, as Michigan campaigns push party contenders and turnout. Safety raids by Joe Cannon target Tulsa nightclubs and bootleggers ahead of Oklahoma’s vote. Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley is expected to win a second term.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Joe Cannon
Tulsa
Richard J. Daley
Wheeling-Steubenville Area May Be Split
The Wheeling-Steubenville metropolitan area may be divided on May 1. The split would group Ohio and Marshall counties in West Virginia with Belmont County Ohio in one section, and Hancock and Brooke counties in West Virginia with Jefferson County Ohio in the other.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling-Steubenville
U. S. Office of Statistical Standards
Frank A. Cisar
Ohio
Marshall
West Virginia
Belmont County
Hancock
Brooke
Jefferson County
Intensive Hunt For Kidnap Slayings In Grafton Wisconsin
Authorities pursued an intensive manhunt for the kidnap slayer of 6 year old Ben Wagner of Milwaukee. The boy was found dead in a roadside ditch after being stabbed five times despite ice cream money clenched in his fist. Autopsy found no sexual abuse. Christ Wilhelm, 6, said a stranger lured Ben into a car in an alley near their home.
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Grafton
Wis
Ben Wagner
Milwaukee
Ben
L. J. van Hecke
Milwaukee County
Christ Wilhelm
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