Mayor Is Disqualified In Sheppard Hearing
Common Pleas Judge Merrick disqualified Acting Mayor Gershom Barber from presiding over the Sheppard murder preliminary hearing. An affidavit of prejudice was granted, and Judge Thomas was named to handle the proceedings set for 9:15 a.m. Monday. The case concerns Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard charged with first degree murder in Marilyn Sheppard’s July 4 death.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Gershom M. Barber
Bay Village
Sheppard
Barber
William K. Thomas
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Merrick
George Serb
Robert L. Swanker
Bay Village Service
Joseph and Feiss Co
Frank W. Story
Stephen Sheppard
Pace
Story
Lester T. Haversten
Sheppards
Dr. Hoversten
Japan Pact of Trade and Aid Ties to United States
Nine years after surrender Japan shows recovery yet runs a chronic balance of payments deficit needing US aid. Prime Minister Yoshida pursues austerity, while US military ties and aid continue despite strain from the Pacific test dust-up and Communist propaganda efforts.
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Japan
United States
Hirohito
U. S
California
Shigeru Yoshida
U. S. Japan
Central Pacific
U.S
Yoshida
Peiping
Moscow
Autumnlike chill hits Midwest as southern heat persists
The Associated Press reports a mix of weather with near freezing readings in parts of the Midwest and heat above 100 in the South and Southwest. Cadillac Michigan logged 36 while Fort Worth Texas had 85 and Miami 83 as cooler air inches southward bringing partial relief to Kentucky Tennessee and the Carolinas. Highs reached 107 at Presidio Texas and 104 in Jackson Mississippi with 103 in Little Rock Arkansas and 102 in Shreveport Louisiana.
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Cadillac
Mich
Fort Worth
Miami
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolinas
Jackson
Miss
Little Rock
Shrevert
Montgomery
Presidio
Tex
Fort Worth Man Sees The Fort Worth Room Sign Change
A Fort Worth oil man and a dozen guest oilmen entered the Statler Hotel luncheon room in Los Angeles but found the room renamed to The Fort Worth Room by James H. McCabe. The temporary sign change evoked Dallas again as the group waited for service.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Statler
Dallas
Ralph H. Cummings
California
Texas
James H. McCabe
Statler West Coast
Last Call for Johnny Grand Rapids Page Boy
Anthony M. Boris 39 known as Johnny, famous for Philip Morris cigarette ads, died Thursday. Born in Grand Rapids, he rose to national recognition as a hotel page boy in vintage advertising.
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Johnny
Cleveland Courier Buys Waechter und Anzeiger Assets
The Cleveland Courier, a German language weekly, acquires the assets of the bankrupt 102 year old Waechter und Anzeiger after ceasing publication. Editor Richard Sperber says the transaction with Benjamin Shulman of New York, who acquired assets of the bankrupt Press and Plate Inc., has no disclosed price. The new paper will be named Waechter und Anzeiger and Courier.
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Cleveland Courier
Waechter Und Anzeiger
Richard Sperber
The
Courier
Benjamin Shulman
New York
Press & Plate, Inc
Sperber
Waechter Und Anzeiger and Courier
Police Recapture Escapee After Eight Hour Manhunt
Robert G. Gottschalk, 26, of Providence, escaped from police custody at his arraignment last week. It took eight hours to recapture him after he fled. Police failed to open his cell during a court appearance and had to use wires to release the block.
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East Greenwich
Robert G. Gottschalk
Gottschalk
Providence
Chicago Man Tells Court Sobering Story
Michael Meeg an, 42, told Municipal Judge Oscar S Caplan he stole five pounds of coffee from a store because he had been drinking and needed something to sober up. The judge sent him to city jail for 15 days.
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Chicago
Michael Meegan
Oscar S. Caplan
Parole Board Members Sued Over Inmate Statement
William A. Doban of Cleveland sued four members of Ohio's Pardon and Parole Commission for 75000 dollars alleging the commission's report to Governor Lausche contained a false and malicious statement about him. Doban was sentenced in 1959 to ten years on a charge of armed robbery.
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Ohio
Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio Penitentiary
William A. Doban
Cleveland
Doban
Frank J. Lausche
Second Major Strike Hits Rubber Industry
Baltimore reports three armed men robbed a bank at Andrews Air Force Base losing 160000 dollars as the vault was emptied. Maryland police halted exits and searched vehicles while troops patrolled the base. In Cleveland 25500 United Rubber Workers struck Firestone and Rubber Co plants, with 290 pickets in Akron and actions at Goodyear, Goodyear workers joined nationwide walkout threatening more losses.
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Des Moines
Pottstown
Goodyear
Masa
Angeles
Senate OKs Outlawing Communist Party in U S
The Senate approved 85 4 a bill to outlaw the Communist party and strip Communist dominated unions of bargaining rights. The measure forged by Humphrey added to a Butler bill targeting Communist infiltrated unions and now moves to the House for action amid administration opposition.
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House
Congress
Atty
Brownell
Sen
Humphrey
Minnesota
Cooper
P-Ky
Butner
R-Md
Butler
Communist Party
National Labor Relations Board
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Humphrey Bill Monda
McCarthy Wins Senate Approval to Hire Defense Attorney
Senator McCarthy wins a Senate approval to pay an attorney to represent him in the official conduct investigation. Senator Watkins announces the decision and says McCarthy may choose the lawyer. Key leaders from both parties back the arrangement as hearings proceed and a report on the Army dispute nears completion. McCarthy plans to resume investigations after Mundt subcommittee reports and Watkins hearings conclude.
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McCarthy
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Senate
Watkins
Utah
Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Jenner
Ind
Senate Rules Committee
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R-Sd
Jackson
Dwash
Dirksen
R-Sil
Army
Stage and film actor Murray Kinnell dies at 65
Santa Barbara obituary notes Murray Kinnell born in England dies Wednesday. The 65 year old actor worked in stage and motion pictures and was recognized for his long career in entertainment.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Murray Kinnell
England
RIVALS ARE GIGANTIC Churches Making Appeal
In Evanston Illinois churches unite to oppose rival faiths in a World Council of Churches assembly opening Sunday. Leaders urge a united Christian voice to counter hostile doctrines and reinforce faith as a global aid. George E. Johnson leads the opening Festial of Faith narration at Soldier Field.
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Theodore C. Wedel
Washington
Episcopal House of Deputies
World Council of Churches
W. A. Visser’t Hooft
Council
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Chicago
George E. Johnson
Fred H. Johnson
Columbus
Mr. Johnson
Ohio University
Nelsonville
Soldier Field
Girl 17 Slain by Friend Near Toledo
Mary Jolene Freies 17 was dragged from a bicycle and killed in a woods west of Toledo. Sheriff's deputies searched for the killer as three relatives found her bloodied unclad body with the bicycle and mail near the scene. Dr. Paul Hohly conducted the autopsy and the girl had been visiting an aunt, Mrs. Mary Bond, whose son George is the legal guardian.
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Toledo
Sheriff's Deputies
Here
Mary Jolene Freies
Paul Hohly
Lucas County
Mary Jolene
Mary Bond
George
Munich Strike Enters Fifth Day With Walkout
Munich commerce and police clash during the fifth day of a Bavarian metal workers strike affecting 220 000 employees. At Siemens Electrical Plant police confronted 1000 pickets while 5000 non strikers attempted to work as employers and unions report diverging turnout figures.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Munich
Siemens
Confederate Bankroll Stolen by Damyankee Crook Laughs
Charleston reports Raymond V. Hunter lost a roll of imitation Confederate $190 notes to a damyankee crook in New York City. The Charleston Chamber of Commerce is distributing the notes as a goodwill stunt.
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Charleston
8. C
Raymond V. Hunter
New York City
Hunter
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Plea of Guilty Filed in Obscene Films Case
Fletcher E. Cryder of Piedmont pleaded guilty to possessing obscene films in Canton Common Pleas Court. Judge D Dean McLaughlin deferred sentence after prosecutor Rossetti cited Cryder's grand jury cooperation. Cryder faces up to $2000 fine or seven years. four others indicted for manufacturing obscene films to be arraigned tomorrow.
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Canton
P — Fletcher E. Cryder
Piedmont
Common Pleas
D. Dean McLaughlin
John Rossetti
Cryder
Atomic Bill Showdown Nearing Senate Vote
Senators and aides clash over the Eisenhower atomic energy bill as a close vote looms. Key issues include private patent rights and government controls, with Gore noting party differences and lawmakers predicting a tight result before adjournment.
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Senate
Congress
America
Monroney
D-Okla
Knowland
California
House
White House
Eisenhower
Gore
D-Tenn
Disappearing Corpse Pranksters Sentenced in Alliance
Alliance police closed a case of a disappearing corpse after frightened motorists reported a dead man on the road. Four 18-year-old pranksters were arrested for fashioning a straw man with a rope and jerking it away when cars stopped. Sebring Mayor J. W. Hoopes jailed them for four days and fined $50.
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Alliance
Aleliance
Sebring
J. W. Hoopes
Cleveland Matron Slain by Unknown Attacker
A young mother, Lois Giles, 24, was stabbed to death in her bed as two daughters slept nearby in Cleveland. Her husband, Diamond, 29, found the body after returning home from helping repair a car. Detectives believe the killer climbed through a first floor bedroom window. the children Beverly, 4, and Diane, 5, slept through the attack.
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Cleveland
Lois Giles
Diamond
Beverly
Diane
Miss U S A 1953 Contract for Bond Purchase
Miss U S A 1953 Myrna Hansen aged 20 from Illinois was approved by the Superior Court for a five year contract with Universal International Studio and ordered to buy a 25 dollar Savings Bond each week from her earnings. Hansen represented Illinois in last year’s Miss Universe contest.
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Los Angeles
U S. A
Friday the 13th Becomes Rare 1954 Chicago
The city notes a Friday the 13th in 1954, the first since last November and the only one this year. Superstitious residents take it easy while awaiting the next such date Friday May 13, 1955.
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Chicago
Super Roads Are Planned Across Ohio by 1997
State Highway Director Linzell outlines 650 miles of toll roads including the 240 mile East West turnpike and 410 mile North South toll road with a goal to finish by late 1957. He spoke with Toledo and Lucas County planners about Cincinnati Conneaut connections and possible routes and noted past conflicts at Elyria.
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Columbus
Ohio
G. Linzell
Linzell
Toledo
Lucas County
Elyria
Cheering Thousands Greet Rhee on Return
President Rhee returns to Seoul after a 20 day U S visit. He says American officials congressmen and the people showed sympathy for Korea and urged renewal of the Korean War.
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Rhee
Seoul
Man Rhee
U States
Ehee
Greseman
Korea
Five Day Forecast Sees Warm Weekend Then Cooling Start
The five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures Saturday to Tuesday with a warmer weekend and a cool spell Monday or Tuesday followed by a warming trend Wednesday. Normal lows range 61 to 65 and highs 81 to 85. Scattered showers could drop about one quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain.
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