DiSalle seeks decree power to reorganize Ohio departments
Ohio Governor Michael V DiSalle pushes a King bill to grant him decree authority to reorganize state agencies during a legislative session subject to a 60 day veto window by the Legislature. The plan spans all state departments except legislative judicial and university branches with a 90 day automatic enactment if not acted on.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Senate
Frank W. King
D-Lucas
Simi
United States
Hoover Commission
Castro Winning Friends In U. S.
Fidel Castro's Washington visit shifts perception as skeptics dwindle. Officials note he handles himself well and his goal of goodwill in Cuba gains traction while vowing not to come for money but for friends. The two week tour resumes after a positive Washington reception.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Little Republic
Castro
State Department
Chief Gets 16 Month Paid Vacation From City Council
SEAL BEACH Calif AP After 26 years Police Chief Lee Howard is granted a 16 month paid vacation by the City Council, to start May 1 and run through his retirement in fall 1960. Howard, age 64, says he will stay in town to care for his paralyzed son Edward.
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Seal Beach
Calif
Lee Howard
Howard
Los Angeles
Chief Howard
Edward
Death Cheats Mother Who Slays Girls
Covington, Kentucky. Esther Deitsch, after killing her two young daughters Cynthia six and Kathy five, wounded herself in a failed suicide attempt. Police issued two murder warrants as investigators cited job loss as a possible motive.
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Covington
Esther Deitsch
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Deitsch
Churchill Seeks Commons Seat Return in Woodford
Sir Winston Churchill announces candidacy for the House of Commons at Woodford, seeking to reclaim the seat he first won 59 years ago. The move signals a dramatic political comeback for the veteran leader in postwar Britain.
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Woodford
England
Sir Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Slayer Starkweather Seeks Life Spared in Nebraska Case
Charles Starkweather, 20, the confessed slayer of 11 people, was to appeal to two state officials to spare his life. State Attorney General C Beck and Secretary of State Frank Marsh would hear his plea as Governor Brooks was unavailable for a hospital checkup.
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Lincoln
Charles Starkweather
Beck
Frank Marsh
Ralph Brooks
Cadets Salute Oldest West Point Graduate
West Point cadets honored Maj. Gen. Henry Clay Hodges on his 99th birthday. Hodges, a Stamford Connecticut native and 1881 graduate, was saluted by 2400 cadets who sang and gave a cake with 99 candles.
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West Point
N. Y
Corps of Cadets
Henry Clay Hodges
Stamford
Goodyear Lions Reach URW Pact Across 11 Cities
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co and the United Rubber Workers Union signed agreements covering 24 000 employees in 11 cities. The contracts include improved pensions, insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits and working conditions, with key dates in 1961 and 1964. Ratification requires six of Goodyear's 11 locals.
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Cleveland
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
URW
Firestone
Goodrich
Canton
Hearing Set for Celanese in Ohio NLRB Review
Celanese Corp of America's Celanese plant in Point Pleasant P C. Pearson said a hearing is scheduled before a trial examiner of the National Labor Relations Board. The May 13 hearing in Cincinnati will review the case against the Textile Workers Union of America over alleged unfair labor practices.
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Point Pleasant
P. C. Pearson
Celanese Corp. of America
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Cincinnati
Ohio City
Celanese Corp
Textile Workers Union of America
Broken Chain Fatality at Dover Strip Mine
A broken chain caused fatal injuries to 36 year old Jacob Mizer at a Dover strip mine on Monday night. Police and investigators labeled it an industrial accident and are reviewing safety procedures at the site.
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Dover
Ohio
Jacob Mizer
Violence Flares in Henderson Cotton Mill Strike
In Henderson North Carolina nearly 100 state highway patrolmen escorted workers as violence erupted around Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills after a week of unrest. About 300 workers inside the plant and angry crowds outside demanded scab removal and clashed with several rock and gunfire incidents reported by police. The strike began five months earlier over arbitration clauses job seniority and union check off provisions with Gov Hodges mediating the dispute before a tentative contract was ratified but not signed by union locals.
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Henderson
N. C
Harriet-Henderson
North Henderson
Luther Hodges
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd Patton
Charlotte
iHodges
Predictions In Capital See Men, Mice In Space Soon
Washington reports space flight forecasts with mice in orbit within a month and a manned moon trip within eight years. Roy W. Johnson of ARPA outlined the mice plan to a Republican women's group, while Abraham Hyatt cited a six to eight year timeline for a manned lunar mission and a 12 million pound thrust engine for Project Nova.
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Washington
Roy W. Johnson
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Johnson
America
Atlantic Ocean
Abraham Hyatt
House Space Committee
United States
Moon
Mars
Hyatt
Earth
Herter Appears Before Senate for State Secretary Nomination
Christian A. Herter testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid strong backing for his nomination as secretary of state. Senator Mansfield urged waiving rules to vote today, with Senate confirmation expected Thursday. He will travel to Paris April 29 for Western Foreign Ministers talks ahead of a May 11 Soviet Berlin crisis meeting.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Foster Dulles
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Herter
Paris
Berlin
Family Listed As Missing Is Found Safe
In Butler Pennsylvania four Perkins family members were found safe after a 13 state search. John Perkins 79 said they traveled to Iowa for farm equipment parts and had been listed missing since Friday. The group left Beloit Ohio and were at Des Moines area before returning home Monday night.
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Butler
Pennsylvania
Iowa
John Perkins
Fenelton
Des Moines
Perkins
Chester
Elizabeth
Harry
Anna Mae Armitage
Beloit
Ohio
Nicaragua Youth Leaders Seized In Plot Against Government
In Managua five leaders of the Conservative party youth movement were arrested on charges of plotting against the state. Police tied the detentions to recent scare bombings and leaflets urging revolt, saying Gen. Anastasio Somoza would release them.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Conservative
Youth Movement
Anastasio Somoza
Cincinnati Man Heads Ohio Heart Association
Dr Dale P Osborn of Cincinnati was named president elect of the Ohio State Heart Association at its annual meeting in Columbus The Heart Fund campaign goal for Ohio was expected to match last year’s record collection of 1613000 dollars
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Columbus
Ohio State Heart Association
Dale P. Osborn
Cincinnati
Heart Fund
Ohio
Red China to Raise Military Spending This Year
The government announced a 16 percent increase in military expenditure over 1958, with no details on fund use. Tibetan uprising prompted Peiping to deploy thousands of troops and more material to the remote frontier.
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Tokyo
Red China
Peiping
Sprague Boat Remodeled for Pittsburgh Bicentennial Show
Capt Billy Bryant known as Mr Showboat Man will host ceremonies aboard the Sprague during its Pittsburgh visit for the May 9 bicentennial opening. The showboat, rented from Vicksburg Miss, is being rebuilt by The Dravo Co to host frequent program changes with veteran showpeople aboard.
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Mary Hyre
Point Pleasant
Billy Bryant
Sprague
Pittsburgh
Vicksburg
Miss
the Sprague
Ing
Dravo Co
Capt. Bryant
Hollywood
Missouri Traveler
Sam Bryant
Billy
Messenger
Bryants
Princess
Henderson Landing
Truck Rattle Incident Ends With Injuries in Long Beach
Fireman John W. Makemason was driving through Long Beach when his pickup suddenly lurched after an alleged rattle. The vehicle mounted a curb struck a sign and collided with a tree, leaving Makemason with a 20 stitch forehead wound.
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Long Beach
Calif
John W. Makemason
Makemason
Dam Repair To Start At Gallipolis
Gallipolis dam repair will begin Thursday after one lock was damaged when the tow boat Salvati rammed the upper land wall gate on April 7. Damages are not yet estimated but expected to be thousands. Repairs will take 10 days to two weeks, delaying river traffic and causing towboats to queue above and below the locks.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Dam
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Land Wail
Eisenhower Proposes Nuclear Test Ban Plan to Khrushchev
President Eisenhower proposes a phased ban on atmospheric nuclear tests and seeks a partial agreement to restart stalled Geneva negotiations. British Prime Minister Macmillan backs a broader prohibition or a low altitude tests ban. Khrushchev had not replied as of press time. Eisenhower plans to depart Augusta for Washington.
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Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Macmillan
London
Britain
Kremlin
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Geneva
U. S
Panama Holds British Dancer Fonteyn Under Arrest
Panama detains renowned British ballerina Margot Fonteyn amid charges linked to her husband Roberto Arias and a plot to overthrow President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr. Fonteyn is held inside Panama City's main jail facility with about ten armed men reported arriving with Arias.
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Panama
Margot Fonteyn
Ernesto de la Guardia, Jr
Panama City
National Guard
Miss Fonteyn
Roberto Arias
Pacific
Arias
Memorial Funds Forged for Beavership Two Library
A trusteeship forms to raise money for a memorial library building in honor of eight Girl Scouts killed in a train auto crash near Beavership Two last month. More than $4000 has been collected so far.
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XENIA
Beavership
Here
Toledo Public School Employees to Receive 4 Percent Increase
Toledo's 2400 public school employees will get a four percent salary increase next September, raising pay scales across the district and affecting teachers and staff.
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Toledo
Kentucky Man Thought To Be Murder Victim
Deputy sheriffs believe Dock Caswell Martin 68 of South Shore Kentucky died from a crushed skull and may have been murdered. He was found Monday night at the rear of a tavern near Massieville seven miles south of Chillicothe on U S 23.
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Chillicothe
Kentucky
Chillicothe Hospital
Dock Caswell Martin
South Shore
Massieville
Here
U.S. 23
Stepson Dead in Plymouth Truck Crash Discovered
David Sharp stopped to assist at a crash scene on U S 6 near Walkerton and found his stepson Jerry Ef Yankees of Plains City Ohio had died in the accident.
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Plymouth
Ind
David Sharp
U.S. 6
Walkerton
Jerry EF. Yankees
Plains City
Ohio
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