Boykin Charged with First Degree Murder in Athens
Johnnie A. Boykin, 23, of Athens Route 1, is charged with first degree murder in the knife slaying of his brother in law Robert L. Bailey, 25, of the same address. Boykin was arraigned in Athens Municipal Court Monday and pleaded innocent. He was ordered held without bond for the May term.
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Johnnie A. Boykin
Robert Bailey
Athens County
Harold Shields
Boykin
Athens Municipal Court
Athens Route 1
Inlaw
Robert L
Bailey
Athens
Forest fires scorch hundreds of acres in Ohio
Damage from forest fires across Ohio nears 500 acres as volunteers from Ohio University and several counties battled the flames through the weekend. A large 300 acre fire along the Ross Vinton County line near Londonderry prompted widespread evacuations and prevented the issuance of burning permits until rainfall occurs. Fire crews set back fires to halt the blaze and saved at least three homes.
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Ross-Vinton
Londonderry
Zaleski State
Ohio
A. O. Alderman
Ohio Division of Forestry
Alderman
Woodlands
Ohio University
Vinton County
Richard J. Schuerman
Ed Chesser
Chesser
Dem Rivals Renew Fight In West Virginia
Two Democratic contenders planned a televised debate in ten days while touring West Virginia by bus to rally primary votes. Lyndon B. Johnson appeared in Las Vegas and denied seeking the nomination. Nixon trailed Kennedy in Indiana polls as Stassen talked of a new anti Nixon drive.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Las Vegas
Nev
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Indiana
Harold Stassen
Tunisia Accuses France of New Border Raids
Tunisia warns that further border attacks will be acts of war after France conducts air and ground raids in Ouled Bou laba and incursions near Thala. President Bourguiba’s government cites two attacks in the past week as tensions flare along the frontier.
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Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Ouled Boulaba
Thala
Missing Judge W. Lynn Parkinson Found Dead
The decomposed body of federal judge W Lynn Parkinson was found floating face down in Lake Michigan near the Loop. An autopsy said drowning consistent with police theory, as his spectacles and umbrella had earlier been found along a route to Oak Street Beach. The death resolves the vacancy on the U S Court of Appeals though the cause remains a mystery.
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Bailey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Harold Shields
Roscoe Bailey
Sam Buffington
Ervin Road
Whitehall
Boykin
Bernard M. Boykin
Buffington
Johnnie Boykin
Bernard Boykin
Vanity
Newcomb
Shields
W. Lynn Parkinson
Chicago
U. S. Court of Appeals
Lake Michigan
Drake Hotel
Oak Street Beach
Lar Earthquake Devastates Iranian City and Surroundings
A massive earthquake struck Lar Iran killing thousands with unofficial estimates up to 3000. Rescue teams found hundreds of bodies in Lar and Gerash as officials reported near total destruction. The United States pledged aid and special trains moved the injured to Shiraz hospital.
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Iran
Lar
Shiraz
Riots Provoke Martial Law in Seoul Over Rhee Regime
Crowds of students and civilians clash with soldiers in Seoul as tear gas and gunfire echo through the streets. Tanks patrol key routes to the National Assembly and the presidential palace amid renewed demands for President Rhee and Vice President Lee Ki-poong to resign.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Lee Ki-poong
National Assembly
Rhee
Supreme Court
Assembly
Liberal Party
Capitol
Greek Editor Kidnapped in Cyprus Plot to Silence Paper
In Nicosia a gang of masked men raided Ethniki's plant. Andoris Pharmakides, 55, editor of the anti Makarios newspaper, was dragged from his home after four earlier attempts to muzzle the paper. Bloodstains were found in a room.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Ethniki
Makarios
Andoris Pharmakides
Ethnikis
Nehru and Chou Conclude Seventh Talks Over Border Dispute
In New Delhi Nehru and Red China's Premier Chou En Lai held their seventh and final day of discussions on the India China border dispute. Observers term the exchange a failure as talks concluded without resolution.
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India
Nehru
Red China
Chou En-lai
Shipwrecked Pair Kill Boat Captain in Bahama Piracy
Two shipwrecked Americans plundered rescuers and shot charter boat skipper Angus Boatwright to death off a Bahamas island. The trio fled toward Cuban waters as Coast Guard planes watched. Barbara Table, Alvin, and William Lees fled aboard the Muriel III stealing the vessel after terrorizing four Pennsylvania fishermen.
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Bahamas
Bahama
Coast Guard
Isla Morada
Fla
Muriel III
Pennsylvania
Angus Boatwright
Barbara Table
Alvin
William Lees
Johnson
Key West
Murial
Floods Hit Texas Area
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan communities battled floods as a Texas town began debris cleanup after tornadic winds. Weekend rainfalls of up to 8 inches swelled northern Wisconsin rivers over their banks, tearing away power lines and washing out roads and railroad tracks, chasing about 400 from their homes.
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Upper Michigan
Texas
Death Hits From Blue Near Columbus in Fiery Crash
A single engine plane and car collided on U S 40 about 17 miles east of downtown Columbus, killing six people from Columbus and injuring others. Mrs Dorothy Winger 49 pulled victims from the burning vehicle and asked for a priest. The dead include Mrs Vingle s son Jim 14 daughter Rita Cecile Lyle 20 sister Julia Jacques 58 pilot Delbert Charles Stiles 23 and his wife Monalee 22. Surviving are John Wingle 22 and Linda Armentrout 14 with Mrs Vingle and her niece reported in satisfactory condition and John in fair condition at St Anthony s Hospital.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. 40
Dorothy Winger
Ten Are Wounded In Biloxi Beach Race Violence
Racial violence at segregated Biloxi beaches left ten injured by gunfire and four more hurt in beachfront clashes. White mobs chased Black beachgoers, with later crowds near Dr. Gilbert Mason’s home drawing gunfire and arrests as the episode unfolded across multiple sites along the Gulf.
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Gulf
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De Gaulle urges end to weapons with international oversight
French President Charles de Gaulle told Congress that destruction of nuclear weapons by common consent under international supervision offers the only hope for humanity. He warned that if major powers refuse disarmament France may arm itself, as fear and uncertainty rise globally during his Washington visit with Eisenhower.
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Charles de Gaulle
U. S
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Chip Off The Prop Lands Plane On Track
W H Bullock of Mountain View and his wife were flying over Bay Meadows Race Track when a chipped propeller caused vibration. He landed safely in the track's empty lot, replaced the prop, and returned home. He dismissed the incident as nothing more than a chip off the old prop.
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Calif
W. H. Bullock
Mountain View
Bay Meadows Race Track
Bullock
Weather forecast calls for cool start to week with scattered storms
Temperatures expected to average 3 to 6 degrees below normal in the north and near to below normal in the south. Normal highs range from 63 north to 67 south, with lows from 41 to 46. Cooler Tuesday and Wednesday, warmer Thursday and Friday, cooler again Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms tonight through Tuesday, possibly into Wednesday, with another shower chance Saturday. Total rainfall around 0.5 to 1 inch, locally heavier.
Khrushchev Warns West Over Berlin Air Rights
In a Baku speech at the Azerbaijan Communist party jubilee Khrushchev warned the Western powers that if a separate East German peace treaty is signed they would forfeit air access to West Berlin. He said the Soviet Union would “meet force with force” and go it alone if needed, with disarmament labeled the summit’s first problem.
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Khrushchev
Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
Baku
Azerbaijan Communist Party
Tass
Living Cost Reaches New High in March
The nation's living costs rose to 125.7 percent of the 1947-49 base in March, driven by a first rise in food prices in six months. The March average increased 0.1 percent from February and 1.6 percent from March last year, with Labor Department chief Arnold Chase forecasting further gradual price gains into late summer. The rise added a one-cent-per-hour pay bump for over 800000 railroad workers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Typhoon Karen Hits Philippines. Death Toll Rising
Karen intensified into a typhoon and moved toward Formosa with 85 mile center winds. It swept the Philippines over the weekend causing eight deaths and leaving scores unaccounted for.
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Karen
Formosa
Philippines
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