Cleveland Faces Crisis as Demonstrator Killed
Cleveland faced its second racial crisis in three months after a civil rights march ended with Rev. Bruce W. Klunder crushed under a bulldozer at an East Side school site. Fifteen others injured, 26 arrested as riots and property damage followed. Police cleared the driver, John White, of responsibility.
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Ralph S. Locher
Church of the Covenant
Klunder
Glenville
Ruth Turner
Congress of Racial Equality
John White
Mentor
White
Bruce Klunder
Nationwide work stoppage likely to hit rail transport
Railroads announce new work rules to take effect Friday as labor leaders forecast a nationwide tieup following a strike by four operating unions against Illinois Central Railroad. J E Wolfe, chair of the National Railway Labor Conference, denounced the action as guerrilla warfare and said rules would be posted at 12:01 a m Friday April 10. Barbara Hutton marries Doan Vinh in Cuernavaca. she becomes bride seventh time and princess third.
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J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Washington
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Barbara Hutton
Doan Vinh
Cancer Kills Colts Pitcher Jim Umbricht
Jim Umbricht, 33, a Houston Colt right hander who battled back from a malignant tumor, died of cancer after last entering hospital on March 16. Officials and family had kept details private as death neared.
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Houston
Jim Umbricht
Big Houston Colt
Umbricht
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital
Colts
Two Critically Hurt In Car Truck Crash Near Gallia-Meigs
Two people were critically injured in a head on collision on State Route 7 six miles north of the Gallia Meigs County line. Billy Cremeans 38 and passenger William H Eads 25 both suffered severe injuries and were taken to Meigs Memorial Hospital. Rodney Sexton 42 of Clinton Tenn drove the northbound truck and was uninjured.
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Gallia-Meigs County
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Billy Cremeans
Cheshire
William H. Eads
Gallipolis
Cremeans
Eads
State Highway Patrol
Rodney Sexton
Clinton
Tenn
Sexton
Bond Issue Wins Favor in Columbus Civic Poll
Columbus voters and civic leaders show strong support for highway bond issue. An Ohio Information Committee poll of 2175 leaders found 1585 or 73 percent favor passage of the $500 million highway bond. prior August poll showed 85 percent backing the $250 million capital improvements bond and 60 percent support at the November election.
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Columbus
Ohio Information Committee
OIC
Fight Steel Firms Named In Indictment
Eight steel companies led by U S Steel have been indicted on antitrust charges for allegedly conspiring to fix prices in the $3.6 billion carbon sheet steel market. Two company executives are also named in the indictment, which traces tensions to the clash with President John F Kennedy in April 1962.
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New York
U. S. Steel
John F. Kennedy
Reynolds Wins Wisconsin Primary Ahead of Wallace
Wisconsin voters favored Governor John W. Reynolds over Wallace in the presidential primary. Reynolds captured 483,066 votes to Wallace 246,275 with 3,349 of 3,552 precincts reporting. Byrnes, the Republican favorite son, had 287,632.
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End to Coal Mine Strikes In Ohio Panhandle District
United Mine Workers officials planned talks with dissidents in Bellaire to end wildcat strikes. A four man UMW team aims to bring workers back in District 6 covering about 45 mines and 5000 employees across Eastern Ohio and the Northern West Virginia Panhandle. Most strikers were expected to return to work in Pennsylvania.
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United Mine Workers
Rex Lauck
UMW
Ohio
West Virginia
Moslem Kashmiri Leader Freed After 11 Years in Prison
New Delhi reports Sheik Mohammed Abdulla a prominent Moslem leader in the Kashmir independence movement was released after eleven years in prison under Prime Minister Nehru's government.
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India
Sheik Mohammed Abdulla
Kashmir
Nehru
Belgium weighs draft to quell doctors strike
Belgium considers calling 12 000 striking doctors into the army if the eight day walkout continues Premier Theo Lefevre plans for a possible draft in national interest Most doctors hold commissions in the army reserve The strike began April 1 over proposed health insurance reforms and a 20 million dollar deficit concerns about patient care and government inspectors
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Brussels
Belgium
Theo Lefevre
Army
Mourning MacArthur Returns to New York for Farewell
Silent crowds packed rain soaked streets in New York as General Douglas MacArthur lay in state before a train carried his GI coffin to Washington for funeral honors. Flags hung at half staff as a horse drawn caisson bore the 84 year old commander through the city where he had retired. Cadet Harold Kindleberger of El Paso carried the flag while widow and son Arthur watched.
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Douglas MacArthur
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MacArthur
Pennsylvania Station
Harold Paul Kindleberger
el Paso
Tex
Arthur
May Testimony Hinted in Evers Slaying Trial
Jackson Mississippi ahead of Medgar Evers murder case second trial hints of Ron Hub De La Beckwith may testify as defense counsel suggest.
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Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar W. Evers
Lancaster Teen-Ager Charged With Murder
A 16-year-old Lancaster youth is charged in the stabbing and slaying of Mrs. Vanetta Brucker. Prosecutor E. Raymond Morehart said the teen gave a detailed account, led investigators to $31 and rings hidden near the Fairgrounds, and clothing found at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital appeared bloodstained.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
E. Raymond Morehart
Vanetta Brucker
Jack Blazer
Fairgrounds
Blazer
Gemini Craft Launched At Florida Cape
CAPE KENNEDY Fla A Titan 2 rocket lofted a unmanned Gemini craft into orbit marking the first of two tests for the Project Gemini program The 90 foot booster launched at 11 am EST delivering 430 000 pounds of thrust as it cleared the pad to begin a planned one orbit flight test later this year the capsule will mimic the weight and exterior of the manned version for comparison
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Ohio Counties Barred From Appalachia Project
Twenty southeast Ohio counties are excluded from the Appalachia project but could join War on Poverty programs if Congress funds them. Gov. Rhodes argues counties would benefit more under state programs and awaits details on authorization, while lawmakers weigh the scope of the Appalachia project and War on Poverty budgets. The counties listed include Adams Athens Belmont Broon Clermont Gallia Guernsey Highland Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs Monroe Morgan Noble Pike Ross Scioto Vinton Washington.
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Robert T. Secrest
D. Abele
Appalachia
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