Officials defend new telephone rate hike in Ohio hearing
Commonwealth Telephone Co officials defend a 465 822 dollar rate increase for Southeastern Ohio subscribers before the Utilities Commission. Marion executive F W Hamper noted rising operating costs and depreciation. He cited 2 599 844 in plant additions in 1956 1960 plus 523 215 spent in 1961 and 842 000 planned for 1962.
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Berlin Talks To Proceed At Slow Pace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin resume Berlin exploratory talks at a measured pace. They plan to begin core discussions after Rusk’s round the world trip expected to conclude by mid May. The Monday session was largely procedural with no major breakthroughs reported.
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Taylor and Burton Return to Rome for Cleopatra Scenes
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton return to Rome after Easter weekend seaside moments to film love scenes for Cleopatra. Burton denies reports of seeking divorce from Sybil, despite abroad gossip. In Cyprus gunmen assassinated two Turkish language newspaper publishers who planned to publish names of two extremists tied to mosque bombings in Nicosia last month.
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Hens and Roosters For Sale Mixed Lot 25
Heavy lot of 25 mixed hens and roosters offered for sale for 15 dollars. Call LY 2 9835 for details or to claim the birds. Advertiser notes first caller takes all. Place your own ad by calling LY 93 1242 to charge.
New Straitsville May Get Water System Upgrade via Loan
New Straitsville may obtain a municipal water system through a second government agency. A $125,000 loan approved by the state Farmers Home Administration office is submitted to the Washington office under the area development program. Burr Oak water was piped to the village limits two years ago under 1955 Iowa legislation.
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State Office of the Farmers Home Ad
Ington
New Straitsville
Ike Passed Program Feared U2 Incident
Look magazine reports Eisenhower worried that a U2 plane might fall into Soviet hands when he approved the 1955 program. The issue notes the 1955 fear ahead of Francis Gary Powers' 1960 crash heightening Cold War tensions. Also mentions Kennedy Easter vacation and Israel nuclear test ban call, plus Cleveland Board of Education offering free summer classes to relief families.
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Ranger 4 Mooncraft Heads for Moon Collision
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Ranger 4 tumbling through space toward a near useless crash on the moons far side after engineers fail to revive its coma like brain. The 730 pound craft launched Monday hoped to study the moon and send close up pictures but a telemetry system fault left it spiraling with solar panels not facing the sun and unable to receive steering commands.
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Autopsy Planned For Carnival Worker Found In Pool
Zanesville Ohio Muskingum County Sheriff orders autopsy on the body of Ralph E. Scalf 27 of Endicott Kentucky found at a pool in a local park. Scalf had arrived March 21 to work for Nolan Amusement Co and was reported missing March 22 after arrival. A park caretaker drained the pool Monday to prepare for summer swimming.
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Soviets Launch Cosmos III Orbital Satellite
Moscow reports Cosmos III, the Soviet Union's latest unmanned satellite, carries scientific instruments and a multichannel radio telemetric system. Cosmos III follows Cosmos I and II and aims to study radiation belts and meteorites while orbiting Earth about every 93.8 minutes. The Supreme Soviet recessed early to hear Tass’s announcement.
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Guido to Seek New Elections in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports President Jose Maria Guido will issue a call for new presidential elections before the weekend after withdrawing a bid to Congress to extend his term. The move follows navy pressure amid protests against Peronist victories from March 18 and a brief naval show of force in Buenos Aires.
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Father Killed Wife and Three Children in Delaware
Delaware authorities investigate a family murder suicide after Wallace Cox returns from a railroad run to find wife Janice dead from a gunshot and three children also dead. Sheriff Wernstaff said it appears the mother killed the children then herself. Autopsies ordered to confirm the tragedy.
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Reds Fallout Set to Double This Spring from Soviet Tests
Dr Willard F Libby a leading fallout expert says radioactive debris from the 1961 Soviet tests will be about twice as plentiful in spring and early summer as the 1958 autumn tests. He expects a peak by late May or June with a gradual taper afterward.
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Will Aid Missile Defense Blasts For Research
The first explosions in a new U S nuclear test series will use research devices to study electromagnetic and other defense related effects. Later tests in the Pacific will verify full nuclear weapons for ICBMs and Polaris rockets with high altitude and balloon launched devices.
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Africans Demonstrate in Ndola Attacking Drivers
A Monday protest in Ndola Northern Rhodesia saw Africans shout anti white slogans and hurl bricks at white motorists injuring several drivers and a 14 year old boy passenger as a crowd gathered near the area.
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Paul Fink Wins Messenger Carrier Contest Hopeful To Tour
Paul Fink 15 of Chauncey wins The Messenger carrier boy contest with 330 Atlas orders and 2000 doors knocked. He leaves Saturday to represent The Messenger at the National Newspaperboy Convention in Disneyland California. His mother aided his sales trips while his father hopes he joins Royal McBee Corp someday. Runner up is Johnny Clendenin of Point Pleasant with 69 daily and 102 Sunday customers.
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Literacy Bill Faces Senate Filibuster Clash
Southern Democrats denounce Kennedy literacy test bill as unconstitutional as Senate readies a marathon filibuster. Senator Lister Hill announces three teams for a rotation in the talk marathon while arguing the federal measure usurps Supreme Court authority. The bill would replace state literacy tests with a sixth grade education requirement for federal voting eligibility.
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Kent State Library Becomes Government Documents Depot
Kent State University is designated a depository for U S government documents. Sen. Frank J Lausche told officials that federally issued documents will be automatically sent to the Kent State library under the depository plan.
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Kent State University
U. S
Frank J. Lausche
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Kent State Library
1000 Negroes Offered Trip
An official of the Citizens Council in New Orleans says unnamed donors will underwrite a special train to move about 1000 Negroes northward at a cost of $20,000. George Singelmann, a council director, declined to name the donors. The NAACP urged Negroes to ignore the segregationist offer of free one way tickets from the South.
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Citizens Council
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Citizens Council of Greater
Armco Faces Lawsuit Over Etna Plant Shutdown
Armco Steel Corp. faces a nearly $50 million suit in U S District Court filed Monday on behalf of 1210 former Etna employees. The action challenges the shutdown and transfer of Etna operations to Armco's Ambrose plant as part of a corporate reorganization.
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Armco Steel Corp
Etna
U. S. District Court
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