Ohio Governor Forges Urgent Road Plan With Washington Help
Gov. C. William O'Neill urged Ohio GOP congressmen to back federal funds for the emergency roads program. He warned of red tape in Bureau of Public Roads approvals and stressed plans must be in by May 1 with contracts ready by June for rural roads, though federal rules cap work by Dec. 7.
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Washington
Ohio
William O'Neill
GOP
O’neill
Bureau of Public Roads
O'Neill
Congress
Roads Bureau
Newsmen
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Senate Banking Committee
Public Works
Meigs Judge Denies Offutt Bond Request
George Lynn Offutt 21 of Minersville Route 1 is jailed in Meigs County on first degree murder charges in the death of his wife Donna Jean 21. Judge John C. Bacon dismissed the bond application citing lack of special circumstances and set May 26 for trial. A bill of particulars was agreed to and due by May 10. Attorneys Porter Halliday OBrien and Webster appeared for the defense and state.
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George Lynn Offutt
Meigs County
John C. Bacon
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Offutt
Frank W. Porter
John Halliday
Gallipolis
James B. O’brien
Manning Webster
Railway Leader Dies in Washington at 76
Ernest Eden Norris Sr. died Wednesday in Washington at age 76 from an apparent heart attack. He started as a telegrapher in a small Illinois railroad station and rose to the presidency of the Southern Railway.
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Washington
Ernest Eden Norris Sr
Illinois
Southern Railway
Shower of Bargains Drives Summer Ad Market
The note touts a big new period for used furniture and cars as readers seek country living and summer cottages. It urges selling unwanted items through low cost ads to capitalize on summer buying.
Ad placements rush: call 31242 before 9 for same-day.
Call 31242 before 9 to place an advertisement for same-day insertion. This brief notice emphasizes rapid response and immediate publication availability for local customers.
American Thor Vanguard missile sets new intercontinental range
Cape Canaveral AP The two stage Thor Vanguard credited with reaching possibly 5500 miles to the Ascension Island area while telemetry problems prevented precise tracking of the flight. The nose cone was not recovered and full impact details remained uncertain though the mission achieved a record long-range ascent.
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Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Ascension Island
Soviet Union
U.S
Ascension
Stahl Resigns as OSU Basketball Coach
Ohio State University announced Floyd Stahl's resignation as basketball coach. The athletic board accepted the resignation Wednesday night and named a screening committee to seek a successor.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Today
Floyd Stahl
The
House Passes School Aid Bill in Three Year Program
The House approved a three year extension of federal school aid to districts strained by influx of workers. The plan covers construction and operation costs for about 3300 districts, with an estimated 211 million dollars in the coming year. The vote followed rejection of a move to block aid to racially segregated schools.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ambassador's car hits scooter officer on Triborough Bridge
Chilean ambassador Alfonso Grez drove a car that struck a policeman on a motor scooter on the Triborough Bridge and then left the scene. Police said he later claimed not to have known he struck a vehicle. Diplomatic immunity applies.
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New York
United Nations
Alfonso Grez
Triborough Bridge
Military chiefs clash over risk of general war
At the American Newspaper Publishers Association convention Gen. Curtis LeMay warned the Soviet Union strengthens the threat of general war daily while Gen. Maxwell Taylor argued nuclear parity favors limited wars. Adm. Felt backed the Navy’s Polaris submarine missiles as a factor in deterrence amid debate on mutual deterrence and the path from limited to general conflict.
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Curtis E. LeMay
Soviet Union
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Army
LeMay
Air Force
Assn. Adm
Harry D. Felt
Naval Operations
Knowland Opposes Coalition in Labor Regulation Push
Senator Knowland of California joins a cross party coalition plan to force votes this week on broad labor union regulation proposals including secret ballots. The move aims to curb union abuses while facing opposition from labor leaders and liberal Republicans. Senate sessions were extended to address the clash as Democrats and liberal Republicans weigh in.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Sen. Ives
Senate Labor Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sporn Unit Building Advances at Graham Plant
Construction of a 60 million dollar addition to the Philip Sporn Plant at Graham Station West Virginia is at the concrete-pouring stage. The project will pour about 50 000 cubic yards of concrete and create a 450 000 kilowatt unit expected to become the largest by 75 percent.
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Philip Sporn
Graham Station
W. Va
Sporn
Testimony Questions Bethlehem Youngstown Merger Impact
Two defense witnesses disputed prior claims that Bethlehem Steel uses tie-in sales to squeeze smaller firms. Luther B. Beck of Alpha Tank Co. and Roger A. Yoder of Detroit Steel testified in a government antitrust suit seeking to block Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet & Tube from merging. The government says the merger would lessen Midwest competition. the defense argues it would increase competition with U S Steel.
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Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem and
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Luther B. Beck
Alpha Tank Co. Inc
New York City
Roger A. Yoder
Detroit Steel Co
Bethlehem
Youngstown
Midwest
Defense
United States Steel Corp
Lana Turner Daughter Cheryl Faces Juvenile Court Custody
In Santa Monica California Lana Turner fights for custody of her 14 year old daughter Cheryl. The Juvenile Court hearing before Judge Allen T. Lynch considers possible placements including returning Cheryl to Turner, custody by her father Steve Crane, her grandmother Mildred Turner, a foster home, or a state institution. Witnesses include Cheryl Lana Turner and Steve Crane.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lana Turner
Cheryl
Johnny Stompanato
Stompanato
Allen T. Lynch
Lana
Steve Crane
Miss Turner
Tall Ones Win Girls Tested
In Monterey a Pomona College study reports tall female students see themselves as tall. Among 50 coeds, 5 feet 7 inches marks tall, with those 5 feet 7 and taller more likely to be leaders and better adjusted, optimistic, cheerful, and tolerant.
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Monterey
Calif
Pomona College
Claremont
Western Psychology Association
Eisenhower authorizes overtime to speed air navigation system
President Eisenhower authorized overtime work to hasten the modernization of the national air navigation system. The emergency action aims to install communications facilities and radar equipment to guide aircraft between airports, suspending the eight hour day to finish quickly for national defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army plans bigger drop after five killed in air jump
At Fort Campbell Kentucky the Army announced a Saturday mass air drop of over 4000 men from the 101st Airborne Division as part of Exercise Eagle Wing. Winds up to eight knots caused Wednesday's jump tragedy with five paratroopers killed and 137 hospitalized among almost 1400 participants. Ohioans among the injured include Pfe James Scalia and SP3 C James B Mills along with others named, while Maj. L. A. Breault said the exercise will continue.
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FT. Campbell
101St Airborne Division
L. A. Breault
Pfe
Danny J. Ruffin
Danny Ruffin
Hamilton
James Scalia
James B. Mills
Cleveland
Thomas J. May
Ironton
Tim Gee
Medina
Leonard O. Sanford
St. Marys
Alfred J. Grant
Montpelier
J. C. William J. Ashcraft
Painesville
Reds Reject Ike's Latest Disarmament Offer
Khrushchev rejected Eisenhower's proposal to open East West talks on arms control as the three Western powers seek Moscow consent to joint talks in Moscow on summit conference arrangements. The White House released Khrushchev's letter showing Moscow will not enter negotiations on terms dictated by the West.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
U.S.S.R
State Dulles
White House
State Department
Soviet Union
Teachers Still Needed As U S Faces Shortage
Colleges will graduate 116000 new teachers this spring but shortages next fall will remain critical. The National Education Association released the finding after a state by state survey.
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Washington
National Education Association
Bourguiba Drops UN Threat in Tunisian-Standoff with France
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba announced he would not take his quarrel with France back to the United Nations Security Council. He said he would accept a new Tunisian government aligned with the U S British compromise or pursue other actions, reversing a prior pledge.
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Habib Bourguiba
France
UN Security Council
Bourguiba
Good Offices
Tunisia
Council
Israel Birth Anniversary Begins in Philadelphia
The 10th anniversary celebration opens in Philadelphia with former President Harry Truman and U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren as principal honors. Local officials and guests gather as events commence marking the milestone.
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Philadelphia
Israel
Harry Truman
U. S
Earl Warren
Conference closes in Van Wert with 900 attending women
About 900 women from member churches of the Ohio Conference of Churches conclude a two day conference on Christian life in Van Wert Ohio.
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van Wert
Ohio
Ohio Conference of Churches
Virginian New ANPA Leader Virginian New ANPA Leader
D. Ten nant Bryan becomes president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association succeeding his father. A World War II Pacific naval officer, Bryan leads Richmond two daily papers with courteous leadership. He chairs the Tampa Tribune board and is active in civic and church work with his wife and four children.
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D. Tennant Bryan
The
American Newspaper Publishing Assn
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Richmond News Leader
Times-Dispatch
Bryan
Tampa
Fla
Tribune
Joseph Bryan
LaBurnum
Mary Harkness Davidson
NLRB Orders Election at Ironton Pipe Co
Cincinnati May 1 election ordered by the NLRB to choose a bargaining representative at Kyowa Fiber Pipe Co Ironton. About 46 production and maintenance employees are eligible to vote on the petition filed by the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers.
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Cincinnati
Kyowa Fiber Pipe Co
Ironton
National Labor Relations Board
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers
NLRB
Prince Rainier Intervenes in Suit On Riviera Feud
Prince Rainier of Monaco involved in a clash with industrialist Sir Bernard Docker and Lady Norah Docker over a Riviera dispute. Docker vows to sue for libel and claims Monaco will pay about 20 million francs. The Docker couple are noted for luxury interests and headline activities.
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Nice
France
Bernard Docker
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Riviera
Norah Docker
Friendship Gone Gates and Philbrick Clash on Communism
Former FBI counterspy Herbert Philbrick and John Gates, former editor of the Daily Worker, debated communism at Southern Methodist University before a crowd of over 3400. Gates accused Philbrick of fakery while denying lingering Communist ties, claiming to be a Democratic Socialist after leaving the party.
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Dallas
FBI
Herbert Philbrick
Daily Worker
John Gates
Gates
Atlanta
Philbrick
Southern Methodist
Daily Yorker
Cent Stamp Knocked Out Of Postal Bill
Washington Senate House conferees meet again today to finish a postal rate and pay bill. They remove the five-cent tempo rary rate on out of town letters and approve a straight four-cent charge. The pay raise totals about 257 million dollars yearly, vs 320 million in the Senate bill and 160 million proposed by the President.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Summerfield
AF Probes Reports of Jet Joker Near Civil Airliners
The Air Force orders a formal investigation into reports of jets performing aerobatics close to commercial airliners. If verified, the act on a civil airway could result in a court martial and dismissal for the stunting pilot.
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Jet Joker
Los Angeles
Air Force
Full Production Begins at GM Fisher Body Plant
Mansfield plant to recall 175 furloughed workers Monday as it resumes full production. Plant manager R. H. Gathman announced the plan.
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Mansfield
General Motors Fisher
R. H. Gathman
Claims Office Opens in Lausanne for Nazi Seizure Claims
An office opened in Lausanne to coordinate claims against West Germany for property confiscated by the Nazis. The office handles non German held property and is part of a broader effort to recover assets seized during wartime.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
West Germany
Weather Roundup West Virginia Ohio and National Patterns
A mixed weather summary reports showers and scattered thunderstorms fading tonight in West Virginia, followed by cloudy and much colder conditions on Friday. Ohio clears and becomes cooler with a low of 45 and a high near 55. Temperatures and conditions vary across major cities from Albany to San Diego with mostly clear or cloudy skies and cooler nights in many areas.
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Ohio
Albany
Bismarck
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
San Diegyo
Conner Arenes
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