Australian police seize pistols from Soviet escorts in Darwin
Blonde Mrs. Vladimir Petrov sought asylum in Australia after police wrestled loaded pistols from two Soviet escorts at Darwin during a dramatic confrontation tied to her husband’s escape from the Soviet Embassy in Canberra. Crowds in Sydney earlier clashed with police as the BOAC Constellation carried the Russians’ diplomatic team toward Moscow.
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Darwin
Australia
Vladimir Petrov
Moscow
Free World
Europe
Sydney
MVC
Secret Police
Canberra
Nicolai Generalov
Petrov
Robert G. Menzies
Tralian
Kremlin
Menzies
Burmese Army Seizes Key Stronghold in Tenasserim
Burmese forces report capture of Myawadi in Tenasserim coast, a strategic town guarding supply routes into southern Thailand. The move follows an April drive to clear Karen rebels and their Chinese allies from the area, strengthening government control near the Karen region.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Tenasserim
Myawadi
March 15 Take Tops Eleven Billion for U S Treasury
The March 15 tax date boosted net receipts by 11.454 billion dollars to the Treasury. For the first nine months of the fiscal year receipts totaled 47.688 billion, down from 48.245 billion a year earlier. March receipts exceeded March 1953 by about one billion, but year total remains about 20 billion short of the 67.629 billion estimate for the year ending June 30.
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Treasury
Sternbaum Is Grounded
The Columbus Civil Aeronautics Administration suspended Ernest Max Sternbaum's flying license for six months effective March 23. The Mansfield resident and supermarket executive was acquitted last month of first degree murder in his wife Leah's death. He reportedly flew in bad weather without an instrument rating or flight plan on October 29, circling central Ohio for about two hours before an Ohio National Guard aircraft guided him back to Port Columbus.
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Sternbaum
Mansfield
Leah
CAA
Port Columbus
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Solons Seek Hearing Rules For McCarthy Army Probe
With two days left Senate investigators work on rules for public hearings into the McCarthy Army row. A closed door meeting was planned to resolve questions about allowing McCarthy and Army antagonists to question witnesses. A potential hitch remains over how far McCarthy will stay on the sidelines while he leads the subcommittee's inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
Bender Papers Signed by Saxbe Endorsement Claim
Columbus report states Rep. George H. Bender presented what he said was an endorsement from opponent William Saxbe for the Republican senatorial nomination. Saxbe, Ohio House speaker, signed Bender’s candidacy declaration dated January 6 in Mechanicsburg.
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Bender
Saxbe
Columbus
George H. Bender
Cleveland
William Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
Congress Leaders Meet Indochina Debate in Washington
Senators Ferguson Bridges and Cooper press for a clear Indochina policy after a Dulles briefing. Dulles signaled no immediate decision on sending U S troops, urging French to allow training of native forces. Cooper hopes fighting can be avoided, while Saltonstall confirms no change in the ban on combat units. Johnson criticizes Nixon’s private remarks as aggressive toward war.
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Washington
Dulles
Indochina
Ferguson
Michigan
Bridges
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Augusta
Southeast Asia
U. S
Cooper
United Nations
United States
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Wilson
Thurston B. Morton
Nixon
Sen
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Forces tighten ring on Dien Bien Phu siege
The Dien Bien Phu garrison, cut off by Vietminh lines, received American supplied air drops of ammunition and food as rebels closed the siege to under 1000 yards from fortifications. French forces fought stubbornly amid cloudy skies with air support limited by anti aircraft fire and ongoing assaults.
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Dien Bien Phu
Hanot
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Roosevelt plans divorce suit amid California candidacy
Jimmy Roosevelt plans a divorce and proposes a property settlement as part of marital troubles linked to his congressional bid. He will seek leave to amend a separate maintenance case to include divorce on cruelty grounds. His wife Romelie is expected to pursue divorce on cruelty grounds as well. Democratic leaders consider dropping his bid in the 26th California District.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Congress
Superior Court
Roosevelts
Romelie
Stephen Mitchell
Roosevelt
California
Ohio Sees Five Warm Days With Rain Across State
Ohio forecasts call for five days with temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal. Highs hover near 59 to 62 and lows around 39 to 42, with scattered showers in the north turning more widespread by Thursday or Friday. Total precipitation about half an inch.
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Columbus
Ohio
Vets Take Case to Congress Over Closed Veterans Housing
In Zanesville Ohio a group of World War II veterans plans to lobby Rep Robert Secrest to overturn the federal housing authority order to close a 75 unit veterans housing project and demolish the wooden buildings by September 1.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Robert T. Secrest
Federal Public Housing Authority
AWOL Soldier Charged in Baby’s Death in Ohio
Sheriff James Meagley filed first degree murder charges against Pvt. Robert E. Parks Jr. for killing his nine month old daughter. The 24 year old Bowling Green soldier allegedly confessed in a signed statement that he hit the infant several times and choked her when she cried. The baby died last Wednesday of cerebral hemorrhage.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
James Meagley
Army
Meagley
Justice of the Peace
Robert E. Parks Jr
Parks
Dayton Pair Nabbed Half Hour After Theft
Cincinnati police arrested a Dayton couple Robert Grasham 26 and Margaret Grasham 20 about 30 minutes after a $121 holdup of an Aurora Indiana tavern keeper. The pair claimed they had been driving around for two days when nabbed at a county patrol intersection.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Here
Aurora
Ind
Robert Grasham
Margaret
Death Toll Rises to 13 in Dellwood Maternity Hospital Fire
In Reading, England, a Sunday blaze swept the Dellwood Maternity Hospital nursery, leaving 13 dead and three infants surviving after doctors fought to save them. Rescue teams battled the flames as officials investigated the cause.
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Reading
England
Dellwood Maternity Hospital
Body Found in Ohio River Near Gallipolis
A body was recovered from the Ohio River at Clipper Mill below Gallipolis around noon. Miller's Funeral Home received the call, and Charley Butler and ambulance attendant Ernest Thompson responded to the scene.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Clipper Mill
Miller
Ohio Side
Charley Butler
Ernest Thompson
Windshield Pitting Report Spreads From Ohio to Nation
Portsmouth in southern Ohio reports cars, including a police sergeant’s, with pitted windshields. Sciotodale resident and a Portsmouth used car dealer confirm pits on multiple vehicles. Weather Bureau cites highly corrosive airborne acid as a possible cause and Cincinnati motorists report glasspox patterns like asterisks.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Margaret Ferrell
Sciotodale
Cincinnati
A. W. Walstrom
U.S. Weather Bureau
Windshield reports spread to Indiana cities
Packed windshields like those seen on the West coast have appeared in Terre Haute South Bend Rochester and Auburn Indiana, signaling a potential wider pattern or copycat incidents across the Midwest.
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Indianapolis
West Coast
Terre Haute
South Bend
Rochester
Auburn
Ind
Ohio panels back Korea War bonus proposal
An A subcommittee of the Ohio Legislative Service Commission voted to send a Korea War bonus proposal to the 101st General Assembly. The request came from Ohio chapters of the American Legion VFW Amvets and Disabled American Veterans. Suggested payments include 10 dollars per month of domestic service 15 dollars for foreign service and 20 dollars per month in combat.
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Columbus
Ohio Legislative Service Commission
101St General Assembly
Ohio
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amvets
Disabled American Veterans
Rhodes Calls for Immediate Drouth Action in Ohio
James A. Rhodes, gubernatorial candidate, urged Governor Lausche to use the Division of Water in the Department of Natural Resources to act now on drouth conditions in Ohio and relieve the drought impact.
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Chillicothe
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Division of Water
Department of Natural Resources
Coal Pipe Line To Get Two Million Dollars Planned
Cleveland Electric Aluminating Co. announced it will spend over two million dollars to build a northern terminus for a 110 mile coal pipe line. The pipeline will start at Cadiz area mines and be owned and operated by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co, the largest producer of bituminous coal.
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Cleveland-4
Cleveland Electric Aluminating Co
Cadiz
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
AP Adds 16 Papers to Membership List
The Associated Press elected 16 more newspapers to regular AP membership yesterday, including the Ironton Ohio Courier.
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New York
Associated Press
Ironton
Onio) Courier
Tractor Collision Claims Life in Wilmington Area
A collision between an automobile and a farm tractor near Wilmington resulted in the death of Heber Mullenix age 7 of Sabina. The crash occurred yesterday and involved a local vehicle traveling in the Sabina area.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Heber Mullenix
Sabina
Government housing chief questioned in multifront probe
Senate Banking Committee questions Albert M. Cole head of FHA amid claims of collusion with builders and alleged kickbacks. Parallel hearings involve IRS Commissioner T Coleman Andrews and the Byrd committee examining irregularities in the apartment construction program and home improvement loan abuses. President Eisenhower orders release of tax files for 1942-1953 period to aid inquiry.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Capitol Hill
Albert M. Cole
Senate Banking Committee
Guy T. ©. Hollyday
Sen
Douglas
DII
Cole
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
T. Coleman Andrews
Senate
House Committee
Len Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Andrews
Eisenhower
Augusta
The
Revenue Service
Banking Committee
Byrd Committee
White House
Hollyday
Death Is Accident Fremont Man Died In River
Ken neth E. Neuman, 46, was found in the Sandusky River and ruled an accidental death by Coroner F. A. Visconti. Officials believe he stumbled and fell into the water near Fremont.
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Fremont
Ohio
Kenneth E. Neuman
Sandusky River
F. A. Visconti
Surplus Spreads From Crops to Livestock Markets
Washington reports surplus farm crops driving controls as dairy and meat outputs rise. Government actions cut dairy price supports while spring hog production in Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Kansas is forecast nine percent higher than last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Disarmament Talks Begin Amid Soviet Participation Question
The United Nations Disarmament Commission set up a private subcommittee to start talks Friday with 12 members. A British proposal named Britain, Canada, France, the Soviet Union and the United States to the subgroup, while a Soviet bid to add Communist China Czechoslovakia and India was rejected. Only Andrei Vishinsky opposed the British plan. Lebanon and Nationalist China abstained on the former and Lebanon on the latter.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
UN Disarmament Commission
Britain
Canada
France
United States
China
Czechoslovakia
India
Andrei Y Vishinsky
Lbanon
Lebanon
Ohio Movie Censorship Law May Face Full Legislature
Ohio film censor Dr Clyde Hissong says the states censorship law may be examined by the next legislature. The main issue is defining immoral and stricter rules will be pushed by supporters, while exhibitors oppose tighter standards.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clyde Hissong
Kin Held Prisoners
A group of women calling themselves Kin of America's Forgotten Men plans to press the United States government and President Eisenhower for action to locate and free husbands and sons reported missing or held by Chinese Reds. Sentries will be posted in New York and at the White House to press for talks with Red China and UN action.
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New York
Washington
United Nations
America
Opal Foster
Canton
Ohio
Geneva
Eben Coulter
Uniontown
Marjorie Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
White House
Eisenhower
Romanian Red Resigns as General Secretary in Romania
The Romanian Communist Party announces Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej has resigned as general secretary in line with Soviet style power realignments. Gheorghiu-Dej is replaced by Gheorghe Apostol who also relinquishes deputy premier and agriculture minister posts. Radio Bucharest broadcasts confirm Central Committee order.
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Vienna
Austria
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland
Radio Bucharest
Gheorghe Apostol
Child 3 Missing in West Virginia Mountains
Nearly 400 searchers scoured the Allegheny Mountain wilds of West Virginia to locate 3 year old Shirley Sherman who wandered from her grandparents home near Kingwood around Easter. The missing child is the daughter of Goldie Sherman Kingwood.
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Franklin
W. Va
Shirley Sherman
Allegheny Mountain
West Virginia
Panhandle
Goldie Sherman
Kingwood
Ollie Sites
Here
State Girls School Inspection Scheduled
The state welfare department advisory council on juvenile care will inspect the Girls' Industrial School at Delaware tomorrow. The council will advise on improvements in caring for juvenile girls and is visiting state juvenile institutions as part of its tour.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Welfare Department
Delaware
James A. Rhodes
Welfare Department
Tragic Farmhouse Murder Suicide Claims Grandson and Grandfather
An elderly Lodi Township farmer shot his grandson at the Frank Hartley farm near Shade then killed himself with a knife. William Colmer 76 and James Franklin Smith 19 died in what officials call a possible mistaken identity event amid family feud tensions.
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Lodi Township
Shade
William Colmer
Garden Road
Guynville
James Franklin Smith
Carseytown
Athens
Young Smith
Smith Farm
Colmer
Harry Smith
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Smith Law
Smith
Bateman
Carsey
John H. Elias
Athens County
Bernard Porter
Harold Shields
Boy Leads Uncle Into Life of Crime in Cleveland
A 15 year old boy told police he led his uncle into crime by stealing from candy vending machines. Police caught him rifling a machine and, when his uncle arrived, the youth claimed the thefts were his idea. About three weeks of openings yielded roughly 200 dollars.
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Cleveland
Local Man Pulled From River After Fishing Line Incident
A middle aged man was dragged from the river yesterday after being entangled on a fishing line belonging to John Philip Smith. Rescue crews recovered the body and notified authorities. Further details pending investigation.
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Columbus
Eetag
Oid
Philip Smith
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