Two of Three Red Spies Sentenced to Prison
Bertha neared land along the Louisiana coast as residents evacuated low-lying areas. The hurricane warning came with 65 mph winds and a path toward the Texas border, with potential inland impact near Houston Galveston or back into Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Bertha
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Lake Charles
Audrey
Louisiana-Texas
Cameron Parish
G. L. Allen
Houston-Galveston
Allen
Wie Guilf
Unions Plan Joint Meet On Merger In Ohio
Ohio State Federation of Labor and Ohio CIO Council announce a Columbus meeting on August 20 to discuss a merger. Each group claims about 500000 members in Ohio and supports uniting after national AFL CIO merger in 1955. A nine member merger committee will represent each group at the talks amid jurisdictional disputes with building trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Ohio Cio Council
American Federation of Labor and
CIO
Ohio
Newspaperman To Be Speaker For Graduation
Ohio University ends an eight week summer term with 179 graduates. Don E. Weaver editor of The Columbus Citizen will give the commencement address at 10 30 a m in Memorial Auditorium. Weaver’s career spans three states and he holds several Columbus civic posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Don E. Weaver
Columbus Citizen
Memorial Auditorium
Ira L. Shanafelt
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Weaver
Columbus
The
Ohio Historical Society
Greater Columbus
Metropolitan Committee
Columbus Park Board
Columbus Automobile Club
Community Chest
United Appeals and
Town Meeting
Reserve Banks Hike Money Rate to 3.2 Percent
The Federal Reserve Board raised the discount rate by 0.5 percent to 3.2 percent at four district banks to curb credit expansion and inflation. The move sets the highest rate in 23 years and may extend to eight other banks with a lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Chicago
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
New York
Boston
San Francisco
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
St. Louis
Dallas
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Japan Flooded Again in Central Japan
National police report 29 dead 35 injured 32 missing and 33205 homeless as floods and landslides from torrential rains hit central Japan on Thursday near Nagoya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagoya
Japan
Three-Time Loser Chooses Death in Indianapolis Hotel
Everett Sparks 30 of Portland Ore died in a Sheraton Lincoln Hotel room after shooting two policemen and a girl bystander in the lobby and wounding another officer in the corridor. Police killed the room with tear gas then gunfire. investigators say he may have taken his own life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Everett Sparks
Portland
Ore
Sheraton-Lincoln
Britain accuses Russia and Czechoslovakia of arming Yemen
Britain charged that Russia and Czechoslovakia have made substantial deliveries of arms to the Arab kingdom of Yemen, including tanks and airplanes, amid tensions in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Yemen
Bike Rider Killed by Tractor Trailer in Cincinnati
A tractor trailer struck and killed 12 year old David Cox Jr as he attempted to cut in front of the moving truck at an intersection in Cincinnati. The accident occurred Thursday and left the community mourning a young cyclist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
David Cox, Jr
British columnist mocks American women dominance claim
London based Daily Mirror writer Edward N. Connor argues American women are dominant over men, noting women spend heavily on clothing, own cars and appliances, and outlive husbands by seven years. He mocks male dependence and the notion of togetherness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward N. Connor
The
Daily Mirror
United States
Statue of Liberty
Connor
Pilot Nurses Disable Plane Over Sea With 67 Aboard
Maj. Samuel Tyson guided a C97 air transport after engines failed over the Pacific. He landed at Hilo after 1000 miles and seven hours with 67 on board, two engines out and one gear malfunction. Tyson credited the Lord, and said no ditch was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Samuel Tyson
Pacific
Tyson
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Hilo
Hawaii
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickman Afb
Oahu
Guard Pay and Recruiting Suspended for August
CAMP BRECKINRIDGE Ky The 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard in summer training will not receive pay for August armory drills and has suspended recruiting due to stringent expenditure limitations placed on the guard by the federal government, said Division Commander Maj. Gen. Kenneth Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Breckinridge
Kyp
Ohio National Guard
Kenneth Cooper
Weather Outlook for OHTO and West Virginia
OHTO: Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Saturday with scattered showers. Low tonight 65 to 70, high Saturday 0 to 4. WEST VIRGINIA: Partly cloudy not as cool, low 56 to 68 tonight. Saturday partly cloudy warm with scattered thundery showers possible in the north in the afternoon. Five day forecast: normal highs near 82 to 86, lows 61 to 63. Warm Saturday, cooler Sunday, cool Monday and Tuesday, warmer Wednesday. precipitation about one-quarter to one-half inch, with scattered showers Saturday-Sunday and again midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHTO
West Virginia
Ex-UAW official Dio link to $10,000 payoff debate
Former UAW AFL official Morris Weintraub testified that racketeer Johnny Dio asked for $10,000 to quit the union but secretly received $16,000. Dio invoked the Fifth Amendment on questions about the payment and ties to James R. Hoffa as Senate committee probes linked to union power and money. Robert F. Kennedy said Earl Heaton would be questioned next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Auto Workers Union
AFL
Johnny Dio
Morris Weintraub
Newport
Dio
UAW
Weintraub
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
Earl Heaton
Allied Industrial Workers
AIW
House Leader Favors Senate Civil Rights Bill Vote
Speaker Rayburn endorses the Senate passed civil rights bill with a possible limit on the jury trial provision to voting cases. He notes House passage depends on Rules Committee approval and Republican support to clear the bill amid opposition from some Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Aid Plan Presented for Foreign Aid Program
Washington Congress received a 3.366 billion dollar foreign aid plan as the initial step in a long range program to help economies abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
News stores raided in Cincinnati for vulgar magazines
Cincinnati police raided four news stores on Thursday and seized about 500 magazines described as vulgar trash. Officers cited operators under a new Ohio law section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Two Escapees Nabbed After Day of Freedom
Two youths who escaped from the city jail early Wednesday were captured Thursday night at nearby Fresno. They are charged with forgery and breaking and entering and were returned here for probable arraignment today, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
City
Fresno
Cuba in Turmoil as Bombs Strike Havana and Rebels Die
In Havana at least nine bombs exploded Thursday night. Five people were wounded in two blasts at small movie theaters. The army reported four rebels killed in a clash with Fidel Castro's forces on the island's eastern end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castro
Accused Top Spy Arraigned
In New York Jacob Albam 64 and Myra Soble 52 were sentenced to 54 years each for spying for the Soviet Union. Their ally Jack Soble 54 faces later sentencing. All three pleaded guilty and faced a tense courtroom as sobles' son Lawrence watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Albam
Brooklyn
Myra Sobel
Soviet Union
Jack
Fring
Albam
Soble
Sobles
Lawrence
United States
Manhattan
FBI
Lithuania
Abel arraigned on charges that could carry death penalty
Rudolph Abel, a reputed Russian spy, was brought before Brooklyn Federal Court where he pleaded innocent. Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo ordered him held without bail as the case moves forward in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rudolph Ivanovich Abel
Brooklyn
Abel
Matthew T. Abruzzo
Four Escape Cop Wounded In Grocery Robbery Pursuit
Sheriff Harry W. Grossglaus ended a large chase from Canton to Louisville after four robbers wounded Patrolman Harris Lillie in a grocery store heist. The quartet robbed Fairhope market of 400 dollars, then fled toward Louisville. Lillie, patrolling in the town square, cornered the suspects in a dead end alley and was shot as he stepped from his cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Harry W. Grossglaus
Here
Louisville
Harris Lillie
Fairhope
Lillie
Town Square
Festival Youth Delegate Defects 40 To Visit China
About 40 American delegates to the World Youth Festival in Moscow accepted invitations to visit Red China amid reports that one delegate, a WWII veteran in his early 30s, may have defected to the Soviet Union. The U.S. ban on China travel complicates the journey and other delegates consider staying for study after the festival. Fifteen Americans, including eight on the administrative committee, will go as non paying guests of the Peiping government. The American Embassy had no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Can
Red China
Soviet Union
State Department
Communist China
U. S
Moscow
Grippe
Peiping
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gulf Coast
Athens County
Arthur Hines
Athens Route 3
Larry
Gene
Messenger News
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Rotary International
Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Men’s Professional Honor Society
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social Fraternity
Masons
Denison University
Newark Advocate
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Post
Kentucky Post
Ft. Worth
Tex
Honolulu
Sky Giant
Army
Fleet Post Office
Albuquerque
Denver
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Helena
Marquette
Memphis
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Cloof
San Diego
Seattle
Tampa
Cuba
News Index
Athens
Chauncey
Gare Aeest
Glouster
Logan
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy-Middleport
We Television
China
Sunday Messenger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!