Batista Army Claims Gains Against Castro Rebels in Cuba
The Cuban army said it crushed a major rebel group led by Paul Castro and pursued another along the Oriente coast. It also reported shooting down a foreign C46 transport plane, with crew killed, origin and crew undisclosed. Seven rebels were killed and 30 plus wounded or captured. Castro remained at large, with Sierra Maestra reports contested.
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Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
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Paul Castro
Oriente
Sierra Maestra
Earlio Batista
Fire destroys room at West Elementary School
One of six classrooms at West Elementary School in Franklin was destroyed when papers from a teacher’s desk were ignited in all rooms. Fires went out in all but one room. State fire marshal to investigate. No damage estimate released.
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Franklin
River Yields Baby Girl Body Found in Muskingum River
A fisherman found the body of a baby girl in the Muskingum River about 13 miles south of Zanesville. Sheriff David Weissert said the infant appeared to have died shortly after birth with no apparent injuries. An autopsy is pending.
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Muskingum River
Here
David Weissert
Stop-and-Go Signs Originated in 1910
Stop and Go signs and one way traffic idea trace to 1910 in New York by Patrick McCarthy then deputy chief inspector of police. Messenger Classified Ads spread ads quickly. call 31242 for an ad taker. Tractor sale: 1949 Farmall H with plow disc mower cultivator. call 2389.
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Patrick McCarthy
New York
Farmall H Tractor
Northern California Weather Warns of Critical 24 Hours
Full reservoirs and record snow pack push California into alert as no heavy rain is forecast yet the 24 hour window is deemed most critical. Levees weak and soggy ground threaten flood risk while mountains hold 269 inches of snow at Norden near Donner Summit.
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William Ward, Jr
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Central Valley
San Francisco Bay
Eureka
Santa Maria
Central California
Norden
Donner Summit
Sierra Nevada
Indonesia Reports Red Weapons Purchases From East Bloc
President Sukarno’s government plans to buy jet fighters and bombers from the Communist bloc. An arms mission visited Eastern Europe last December after Washington failed to act on new arms requests. A spokesman said the shipments will include MiG jets and Ilyushin bombers along with smaller arms, with talks completed with Yugoslavia Poland and Czechoslovakia and no strings attached. Indonesia still seeks Western arms options if offered.
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U. S. State Department
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Easter Egg Roll At White House Draws Thousands
Thousands of youngsters are expected on the White House lawns for the traditional Easter egg roll. Mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 60s are forecast as President Eisenhower returns from Gettysburg and may greet the crowd.
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White House
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Niacin Tested Against Lung Cancer in Mice
San Francisco researchers report initial mouse trials using 3 acetyl pyridine to induce lung tumors and niacin to prevent or counteract cancer development. Early results suggest niacin deficiency increases malignant growth by about twofold when exposed to the chemical.
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Rennie Taylor
Science
San Francisco
Frederic A. French
Freedlander
Congress Veers From Tax Cuts
Congress may shift away from tax cuts as lawmakers return from Easter recess to gather public opinion on tax reduction and recession remedies. Senate and House members will seek input from voters before deciding the next steps.
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Senate
House
Senate forecast to cut taxes in recession fight
Senator Douglas predicts lawmakers will reconvene next Monday ready to trim taxes. He calls for a six billion dollar tax cut as the quickest and most effective way to fight the recession.
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Solons Split On Getting PA System in Senate Chamber
Senators debate a public address system with about two thirds replying. Of those, 25 opposed and 25 supported, others undecided. Arguments cite decorum versus clarity of debate, cost, and potential misuses. Mansfield notes a trend against broad tax cuts influenced by Baruch and Anderson, with Ives and Javits opposing cuts as inflationary.
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Montana
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R-Ny
Baruch
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Fired Counsel Questions Probers' Original Focus
Bernard Schwartz, fired chief counsel, says the House subcommittee has limited its inquiry to issues he helped develop. He questions how long the hearings can continue on borrowed steam as it moves beyond the Federal Communications Commission misconduct phase. He urges a public inquiry into White House pressure on agencies, citing committee files suggesting Sherman Adams showed interest in pending cases. Adams did not comment.
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Bernard Schwartz
House
Federal Communications Commission
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White House
Subcommittee
Sherman Adams
Adams
Trans World Airliner Averts Trouble Lands Safely
A Trans World Airlines Constellation with fourteen passengers and five crew aboard landed safely in Wichita after circling the airport for nearly an hour due to landing gear trouble. There were no injuries reported.
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Wichita
Kan
Trans World Airlines
Kansas City
Signs Point To Drought This Year In Ohio
State hydrologist Paul Ka no a CAPR ette en coe cage ee ser notes signs of possible drought in Ohio with less snow and rain in March. March rainfall ranged from .58 to 1.66 inches, and January through March total averaged 3.97 inches, less than half of normal. Since 1883 only 1941 had a lower first quarter total at 3.70 inches.
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Ohio
Kaser
Weather Bureau
Two Locals Sign Pacts With Aluminum Plants
In Wheeling area, a Marietta laborers local and a Bellaire bricklayers local signed new agreements with Olin, Mathieson, and Ormet aluminum plants. Cement finishers remain on strike, and no union-employer meetings are set. Teamsters local rejected a contract offer.
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W.va
Marietta
Bellaire
Olin Mathieson
Ormet
Paul Jury
Teamsters
H. Cletus Tuttle
Congressional Scoreboard Washington Ohio votes recap
Ohio members' roll call results cover Senate passage of a 12 billion flood control and navigation bill with Lausche voting against and Bricker not voting. A 272 to 98 Senate amendment funds Civil Rights Commission expenses. a 300 to 28 highway bill passes with incentive payments to curb billboard construction. names of voting members listed with party affiliations and absences.
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Dennison
Feighan
Hays
Henderson
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Minshall
Polk
Schenck
Vanik
Vorys
Ayres
McGregor
Bolton
Bow
Clevenger
Hess
Scherer
Kirwan
Freights Collide Headon in Ohio Wreck Kills Two
Two engineers Leon Shack and Furman Spence died when an eastbound freight collided head on with a westbound freight near Sardinia Brown County Ohio during a morning rain squall. Five others were injured and 30 boxcars plus five diesels were derailed as salvage began.
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Sardinia
Ohio
Brown County
Train Kills 5 on San Antonio Trestle in Easter Tragedy
Horrified picnickers watched a speeding Sunset Limited plow through five children trapped on a Medina River trestle near MecDonna Texas. Three Garza siblings from San Antonio and two Ramiriz siblings from Laredo died. Manuel Ramiriz barely escaped as emergency brakes failed.
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Southern Pacific
MecDonna
Here
Texas
Paula Garza
Manuel Ramiriz
Laredo
Ramiriz
Garza
Diana Garza
Louis Garza
Laura Garza
Anna Maria Ramiriz
Norma Ramiriz
Norma
Adventists oppose Sunday blue laws in Ohio convention
At the Ohio Adventist Conference biennial meeting in Mount Vernon Ohio Adventists unanimously passed a resolution opposing blue laws. They argue that choosing a sabbath day is a religious matter and that Sunday restrictions amount to religious legislation, which they say is unconstitutional.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Ohio Adventist Conference
Sea Captain Sphears Turns 109 at Riverview Hospital
Windsor Ontario report notes Capt. Welling ton B. Sphears born Gloucester Massachusetts during the gold rush era celebrates his 109th birthday. His sea career includes wind jammers steamers and Great Lakes service with Civil War era British Navy years. He quit regular work in 1935 and now smokes a cigar drinks whisky and offers no life advice.
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Ont
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Riverview Hospital
Great Lakes
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Mass
California
Rush
Plane Hits Nose First On Farm In Midland Crash
A Capital Airlines Viscount crashed in a snowbound field near Tri City Airport Midland killing all 47 aboard. The four engine craft struck 300 feet short of the runway scattering bodies across mud and water amid windy conditions and three mile visibility. Capital Airlines HQ said no explosion information. Civil Aeronautics investigators headed to the scene.
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N. Y
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St. Petersburg
Fla
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Ohio
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Minford
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Akron
Perry County Death Leaves Family in Mourning
In Washington Township New Jersey Captain William J Hull 43 and 46 Capital Airlines crew members died when their plane crashed at Midland Michigan Easter night. Hull widow received the news as Debbie 22 and David 5 months mourn their loss. Hull left a wife four children and a second marriage produced Deborah 3 and Daniel 6 months. Hulls mother and sister live in Crooksville Ohio while his father Ralph was a noted magician.
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W. J. Hull
Debbie
David
Daddy
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Joe) Hull
Westwood
N. J
Earle M. Binckley
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Ruth Denecke
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hull
Crooksville
Ohio
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Carol Sopko
Ralph
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Daniel James
Hannah
Eric
Charles Rea
Zanesville
Ohio and West Virginia Weather Outlook Prospects
Partly cloudy and cool tonight in Ohio with a low near 32 to 36 and a high Tuesday around 44 to 48. West Virginia follows a cooler, cloudy pattern with occasional rain, tonight’s low 35 to 39 and Tuesday remaining cool. The five day outlook shows near normal highs for Ohio and Pennsylvania weather trends, with possible snow flurries near Lake Erie tonight and rain midweek, and again late Saturday.
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