Tornadoes and Snow Hit Six Southeast States and Ohio
A powerful spring storm unleashed tornadoes across six Southeast states killing at least six people in North Carolina and injuring more than 150 as it tracked from Mississippi and Alabama into Virginia. The same system dumped up to 14 inches of snow in Northern Ohio causing school closures and travel disruptions.
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Carolinas
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Ohio Valley
Central
Appalachians
Atlantic
Roseboro
N.C
Raleigh
Falkville
Ala
Birmingham
Jefferson
Wallace
S.C
Jonas
Daystrom
Pembroke
Calhoun
Fairmont
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
U.S. Weather Bureau
Columbus
Medical Use Of Lost Dogs Is Discussed
A House Health Committee hearing in Columbus weighs a bill requiring pounds to hold unclaimed dogs for six days and sell them to medical colleges and hospitals for five dollars each. Proponents say scarce dogs hinder medical research. opponents can present views this afternoon after testimony last week by Dr. Thomas Kinney of Western Reserve University who said the aim is to obtain dogs that would be destroyed.
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Columbus
House Health Committee
Thomas Kinney
Western Reserve University
Tornado Flips Truck Sets It Back on Wheels
Wallace South Carolina report says truck driver David A. Petty of Reidsville North Carolina piloting a tractor trailer was hit by a tornado Monday lifting the rig off the road and flipping it before landing on its wheels. A following driver said the tornado carried the truck high enough to pass underneath.
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Wallace, S. C
David A. Petty
Reidsville
N. C
Petty
Ohio River Flood Forecast Reaches Four Day Outlook
The weather bureau predicts the Ohio River will spill a little water over banks from Portsmouth downstream in four days as crests move downriver. Downriver areas may rise toward flood stages while upriver communities from Portsmouth to Ashland stay below major crests. Pumps operate in Portsmouth and cofferdams are filled at Greenup and Markland to mitigate high water pressures.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Portsmouth
U. S. Weather Bureau
Upper
Marietta
Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ashland
Gallipolis
Kanawha
Scioto County
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Cincinnati
Greenup
Ironton
Markland
Ind
Lausche Warns Against Farm Aid Precedent
Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio questions a farm aid bill that would compensate drought hit livestock growers who cut grazing. He argues it could set a broader federal disaster aid precedent and may lead to broader future costs and extensions beyond five years.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Congress
Lausche
Reuther Controls UAW Convention At Atlantic City
Walter P. Reuther solidly controlled the UAW convention in Atlantic City as delegates backed his proposals including a public review board and governance reforms. An anti-Reuther faction led by Carl Stellato urged a dues increase but opposed the proposed use of funds for the strike fund, while the review board of seven nonunion members was approved. The slate for the Executive Board was nearly unanimously accepted, with appointees including Msgr. George Higgins and Circuit Judge Wade H. McCree.
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Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Convention
UAW
Reuther
Carl Stellato
Ford Rouge
Stellato
Msgr
George Higgins
Washington, D. C
Morris Adler
Detroit
G. Bromley Oxman
Washington
Clark Kerr
University of California
Edwin Witte
University of Wisconsin
Wade H. McCree
Two 20000 Ton Vessels Enter Suez Canal at Port Said Today
Two 20,000 ton tankers cleared the Suez Canal at Port Said on reopening to ships up to 20,000 tons. The Elizabeth and the Fina Canada led an eight-ship southbound convoy toward Middle East ports to pick up oil while the first passenger liner Oceania prepared to depart Port Said for Australia with 809 passengers.
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Port Said
Cairo
Elizabeth
Fina Canada
Middle East
Suez
Ine Snip
Oceania
Australia
Abukir
Suez Canal Authority
Raymond.a. Wheeler
Channel
Eisenhower backs Summerfield in bid for 47 million
Washington representatives of postal workers report President Eisenhower supports Postmaster General Summerfield in seeking 47 million dollars from Congress to fund post office operations through July 1. Spokesmen from 13 postal employee organizations visited the White House Monday to pledge backing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Congress
White House
William C. Doherty
National
Jack Anderson
Supermarkets Post 41 Billion 1956 Revenue, Up 18 Percent
Curt Kornblau of the Supermarket Institute reports a 1956 dollar volume of 41 billion for U.S. supermarkets, reflecting an 18 percent gain over 1955. He notes market growth amid expanding store sales and industry trends.
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Cleveland
Curt Kornblau
Supermarket Institute
Salary Cut Hits Ohio Governor’s Cabinet Officials
In Columbus AP reports Gov. C William ONeill cabinet officers face salary cuts as Ohio House factions scrap middle ground salary plans. House Speaker Roger Cloud confirms the shift despite earlier sentiment toward moderate pay for the governor’s official team.
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Columbus
C. William O’neill
Ohio House
House
Roger Cloud
Board warns of funding cuts to Ohio education programs
The State Board of Education warns it may cut activities in 1957 58 if the Legislature does not provide more money. Elliott Meyers says lawmakers must fund expanded duties and personnel or scale back programs. The big $1.151 billion appropriations bill and highway rights of way negotiator provisions are on the House and Senate agenda.
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Columbus
State Board of Education
Ohio
Elliott E. Meyers
Youngstown
Meyers
HOUSE
Senate
Induction Call Issued For 833 In May Across Ohio
Columbus selects 833 men for May induction with rules allowing volunteers or delinquents from prior calls. The youngest inductee must be 22 on or before May 1. April total was 726. May last year was 764. County allocations include Athens seven, Gallia three, Hocking five, Jackson seven, and Meigs one.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Tiny Radio Capsule Reveals Digestive Tract Inside Story
A one inch pill containing a tiny radio was demonstrated at Rockefeller Institute. The swallowed capsule broadcasts information as it traverses the stomach and intestines. A doctor uses a receiver held to the patient to pick up internal signals.
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Tiny Radio
New York
Rockefeller Institute
Strikers Approve Pay Hike at Aluminum Industries Plant
Striking production and maintenance workers at Aluminum Industries in Cincinnati approved a nine cent hourly raise after a week idle. Regular shifts expected to resume today as the walkout ends.
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Cincinnati
Aluminum Industries
Appellate Court Hears Clinton Segregationist Appeal
The Sixth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals today hears the appeal of segregationist John Kasper from his conviction for contempt of court in Clinton Tennessee last August. Kasper, executive secretary of the Seaboard White Citizens' Council, was sentenced to a year in prison for violating a federal court order against interfering with facial integration at Clinton High School.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John Kasper
Clinton, Tenn
Kaser
Seaboard White Citizens’ Council
Clinton High School
Capetown Trains Collide Killing Dozens in Suburb
In Capetown South Africa two crowded electric trains collided head on in a suburb killing at least 24 people and wounding many more. Rescue operations and emergency services swarmed the scene as investigators began inquiries.
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Capetown
South Africa
Russell Opposes Perpetual Foreign Aid Spending Plan
Senator Russell and other lawmakers discuss a shift to a long range foreign aid program. Dulles envisions a lending fund for development abroad potentially reaching 750 million dollars annually. Proposals separate economic assistance from military arms aid and defense funds. Fulbright suggests arming services oversight for military aid.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Fulbright
D-Ark
Capehart
R-Ind
Dulles
United States
Defense Department
Armed Services Committee
Republicans Deny Delay on Civil Rights Action
Sen Eastland of Mississippi and Senate Republicans deny any agreement to delay civil rights action until next year. Eastland, ch author of the Judiciary Committee, says no stall pact exists though some reports claim GOP would back a delay to create an election year split among Democrats in 1958. Southern Democrats press for a showdown, fearing approval if a vote occurs.
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Washington
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bridges
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Two Murder Charges Filed Against French Ex-Soldier
Two first degree murder charges were filed against Mau rice Chavigny, 44, a French ex-soldier and former chauffeur to Brig. Gen. Wilburg R. McReynolds and his wife Faye. He allegedly confessed to shooting the couple in their St. Petersburg home. A preliminary hearing was set for next Wednesday. the state plans to present evidence to a May 6 grand jury.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla.—m
Maurice Chavigny
Ralph Lee
Detective Bureau
Chavigny
Wilburg R. McReynolds
Columbus
Ohio
Faye
Robert Pauley
Harry Fogle
Pt. Pleasant Man Held to Grand Jury
William Harold Blankenship was held to the grand jury after arraignment before Justice A M Goodwin. He faces felonious assault charges for a March 23 shooting of Gerald Spud McDaniel who underwent head surgery and is listed in fair condition at Holzer Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
William Harold Blankenship
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Blankenship
Gerald
Spud) McDaniel
McDaniel
Holzer Hospital
Trouble With Wheels Delays Plane's Landing
A Capital Airlines Viscount flight from Philadelphia to Atlanta touched ground five times to test its wheels before a safe landing with 20 people aboard. The aircraft arrived around 2 a.m. and lingered over the airport for five hours before taxiing in. There were no injuries.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Capital Airlines
Jury Acquits Doctor Adams Of Dope Death
A London jury acquitted Dr John Bodkin Adams on the charge of murdering an elderly widow for her estate. The court also quashed a secret indictment over another patient while he faces minor cremation act charges.
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Adams
London
John Bodkin Adams
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Old Bailey
Scotland Yard
Eastbourne
Edith Alice Morrell
Supreme Court agrees to hear Chessman appeal
The Supreme Court granted a hearing for Daryl Chessman, the Los Angeles sex offender known as a rovers lane rapist, who has fought execution since his 1948 conviction. A May 13 hearing in federal habeas corpus proceedings was set amid objections from California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Daryl Chessman
Los Angeles
Chessman
San Quentin
High Tribunal
California
High Court
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
U S and Saudi extend Dharan air base use for five years
The United States and Saudi Arabia reach a formal accord allowing U S forces to operate at Dharan air field for five more years. In exchange Washington will continue arms sales to expand Saudi Arabia’s 13 000 strong forces and upgrade Dharan civil aviation facilities and the nearby Dammam port while no agreement is reached to allow Jewish Americans to serve with U S advisory groups at Dharan.
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Washington
United States
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Dharan
Persian Gulf
Dammam
Medical Schools Seek Private Aid To Sustain Growth
The National Fund for Medical Education warns 82 U S medical schools face solvency strain unless private funds rise. It urges industry and others to contribute about 10 million dollars annually for grants to accredited schools to maintain medical personnel supply and advance health research.
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New York
National Fund For Medical Education
Plane Crash Kills 34 in Algeria
Air France officials announced 34 people died in a DC3 transport crash Monday night at Biskra in northeast Algeria. The fiery wreck occurred as rescue teams searched the scene.
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Algiers
Air France
Biskra
Algeria
New York Payouts Probed by Rackets Committee
Senate Rackets Committee digs into alleged crooked payoffs to New York labor officials and others in the metro area. Mundt cites evidence of payoffs from corrupt employers to union leaders, affecting workers benefits and Long Island home buyers as hearings loom next month.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Mundt
R-Sc
New York City
Long Island
Nunzio J. Squillante
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