Soviet Union Rejects Western Disarmament Proposals
Moscow rebuffs the latest Western disarmament plans in the UN subcommittee as Valerian Zorin denounces Western aims to mislead public opinion. He urges a first stage pact and halt to nuclear tests while warning against open skies probing Western bases.
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London
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Zorin
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
East
Europe
Great Britain
Senate Closes Ranks on Civil Rights Bill Debate
Southern opponents pressed for lengthy talks as Lyndon Johnson signaled unlimited time for opposition in the Senate. A filibuster appeared unlikely, while Thurmond moved to refer the measure to Eastland’s Judiciary Committee. Senator Jackson urged speeding missile programs amid Soviet claims, with Quarles and officials stressing broad U S action and caution on immediate military impact. The Ohio delegation endorsed the compromise bill, and the Senate rejected a motion to adjourn, with leaders aiming for a vote by week’s end.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Sen. Thurmond
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D-Miss
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Jackson
D-Wash
United States
Russia
Defense Department
Donald A. Quarles
White House
State Department
Quarles
Johnson
Ellender
D-La
Knowland
California
Proxmire Upsets Kohler To Win Wisconsin Senate Seat
In Wisconsin a liberal Democrat, William Proxmire, defeats Republican Walter Kohler for the McCarthy term seat. Proxmire leads with about 56 percent of roughly 435,000 votes to 313,000 for Kohler, ending 25 years of Democratic absence in the state. Final returns show a 121,000 vote margin amid high GOP losses nationwide. Proxmire will assume office once canvass is completed within about ten days.
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Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
White House
William Proxmire
U. S
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
James C. Hagerty
GOP
McCarthy
Proxmire
State
Democrats
Kohler
Experts Predict Seaway Boom to Lift Ohio Valley
Columbus expert panel at the International Day luncheon at the Ohio State Fair discussed the St. Lawrence Seaway's half billion dollar project. Gov. ONeill and port officials forecast expanded lake ports Cleveland Lorain Ashtabula Toledo and broader Ohio Valley benefits while Rogers pledges a highway network to tie lake and valley.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Ohio
Lake Erie
Ohio State Fair
C. William O'Neill
W. J. Rogers
Port of
Connent
Cleveland
Lorain
Ashtabula
Toledo
Ohio Valley
Lake
Rogers
New York
Assistant Chief Named for Ohio Juvenile Division
George W. Miles, longtime superintendent of the Pennsylvania Training School at Canonsburg, Pa., was appointed assistant chief of the Ohio Division of Juvenile Research, expanding his role in state juvenile services.
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Columbus
George W. Miles
Pennsylvania
Canonsburg
Ohio Division of Juvenile Research
Weather outlook Ohio and nearby states with showers
Occasional showers and warmer conditions tonight and Thursday with low 58 to 62 and a high near 79 in the north. Northern areas stay cloudy and cool with likely rain. southern Ohio sees showers and possible thundershowers. Temperatures average slightly below normal. precipitation 0.25 to 1 inch Wednesday to Friday.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Boston
Cleveland
Des Moines
Grand Rapids
Helena
Sapanees
Kansas City
Raim
Los Angeles
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
New York
Omaha
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
Francisco
Vetoes Seen For Pay Bills
Washington reports two bills to boost pay of about 1 percent of federal workers by roughly 850 million dollars a year moved toward President Eisenhower with expected vetoes. Republican leaders warned the measures likely would not become law and could be pocket vetoed if Congress is out of town when the president acts within ten days.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Mail train held up near Woodstock Ontario
Three gunmen robbed a moving Canadian National Railways mail car between Woodstock and Ingersoll. They escaped with an undetermined amount of money.
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Woodstock
Ont
Canadian National Railways
Ingersoll
Riviera Visit for 6th Fleet Is Canceled
The U S Navy canceled plans for ships of the 6th Fleet to visit French Riviera ports and ordered the fleet to remain at sea. The Mediterranean maneuvers began Aug 17 and the major phases were to finish last Monday. Navy officials cited training for NATO exercises, with secrecy over the fleet’s whereabouts amid reported Russian warships nearby.
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Washington
French Riviera
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Charles R. Brown
Middle East
Compromise Sought on Foreign Aid Bill Split
Washington conferees from the Senate and House met to seek a compromise on the foreign aid money bill. They appeared likely to split a five hundred nine hundred thousand dollar difference.
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Washington
Senate
House
Guards Beat, Inmate Killed in Colorado Prison Riot
In Buena Vista Colorado 125 inmates sparked a 45 minute riot in the Colorado State Re formatory. Evaristo Gomez 23 was killed as guards and officers battled fleeing prisoners. Two guards were beaten unconscious and four inmates injured by gunfire or blunt force. Warden James S Thomas fired to quell the chaos.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Colorado State Reformatory
James S. Thomas
Thomas
Evaristo Gomez
Robert Allinger
Sam Montgomery
Crowning of Sandra Maurer brightest moment of Nelsonville Industrial Day
Industrial Day in Nelsonville capped by the crowning of Sandra Maurer as Little Miss Parade of the Hills. Escort was Jimmy Hall. Judges, three tries, selected Maurer after reviewing booths from Nelsonville Broiler Co and other local displays. Rita Conner and Cheryl Bookman were runners up from Buchtel, with judges A L Vandeveer and Lydia Cooper.
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Raymond Foughty
Jimmy Patton
Wilbur Morman
Messenger
Don Moore
Sandra Maurer
Jimmy Hall
Nelsonville
Shirley Kern
Sandra
Shirley
Jack Maurer
Jimmy
Roy Hall
Don Kern
Miss Maurer
Maurer
Cheryl Bookman
Roy Bookman
Buchtel
Rita Conner
Raymond Conner
A. L. Vandeveer
Amesville
Lydiana Cooper
McArthur
Nelsonville Broiler Co
William Brooks Shoe
National Fireproofing Co
Diamond
Haydenville
Harvest season sale of farm equipment ad
Mrs. F. E. Cone of Athens Route 3 sold a wood silo 12x24 using a Messenger Classified ad to clear unused harvest gear ahead of the fall harvest. Classification 61-A covers farm equipment.
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F. E. Cone
Athens
Ohio unions press to block AFL CIO merger
Dayton report shows a building trades council seeks to delay the AFL CIO merger by asking for moral support. The Ohio Federation of Labor convention will consider a resolution urging the National Building Trades Assn to withdraw due to jurisdictional disputes with CIO unions. A second resolution from an unnamed union, likely the Ohio State Council of Painters and Decorators, will also be reviewed.
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AFL and Cio
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Labor
Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council
Building Trades Council
National Building Trades Assn
AFL Cio
CIO
Ohio Afl
Ohio State Council of Painters and Decorators
Construction Workers Cross Picket Line at Kaiser Ravenswood
About 5000 Kaiser Aluminum plant workers at Ravenswood faced a Wednesday morning picket line with 800 Local 1159 carpenters not reporting to work in a jurisdictional dispute. A plant official said current staffing was unknown and a national Carpenters representative was expected today.
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Point Pleasant
Kaiser Aluminum
Ravenswood
Marietta Murder Trial Begins Against Lightfritz
The first degree murder trial of Benjamin C. Lightfritz, 52, of Marietta, opened with testimony about the July 9 shooting of Earl Hill, 57, of Marietta. Hill died eight days after being shot amid a long standing feud. A 12-member jury hears the case.
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Marietta
Benjamin C. Lightfritz
Earl Hill
Hill
Lightfritz
Woman Undertakes 2028 Mile Appalachian Hike
Mrs Emma Gatewood a 69 year old great grandmother from Gallipolis Ohio begins the final stretch of a 2028 mile trek to complete the Appalachian trail.
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Shelbourne
N. H
Emma Gatewood
Gallipolis
Ohio
Appalachian Mountain Range
Fat's in the Fire in Levittown School Hiring
In Levittown Pennsylvania a Southeastern Pennsylvania suburb of about 60 000 residents two Black teachers were hired for local schools following violent protests that greeted the arrival of the town's first Black family.
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Levittown
Pennsylvania
Malenkov Denounced As Stooge By Khrushchev
Khrushchev in Kommunist accuses Georgi Malenkov of being under Lavrenty Beria's influence and a shadow and tool in his hands. He says Malenkov goaded Stalin in his final years and contributed to grave mistakes, though Stalin did some good for Russia.
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Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
Lavrenty Beria
Communist Party
Kommunist
Malenkov
Beria
Stalin
Khrushchev
Russia
Communist Movement
Southern Educator Threatened as Integrated Classes Begin
Nashville officials report a day of orderly registration for the city’s first integrated classes ended with telephone threats to a school official and to the families of six of the 13 first grade Negro pupils. Enrollment ran 43 percent below expectations but no violence occurred as Negro mothers brought their children to newly assigned schools. One white pupil joined a formerly all Negro school.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. H. Oliver
Ohio and W Va Firms Bid Low on Paving
Charleston bid call reports Ohio and West Virginia firms as joint bidders for a widening and paving project from Charleston to Kanawha Airport. The low bid amounts to 1 166 805 dollars by W E Ringold and Sons of Chillicothe Ohio and Haynes Construction Co Inc of Bluefield West Virginia. No action has been taken yet.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charges Filed in Korea
Seoul U S Army filed involuntary manslaughter charges against a 19 year old Brooklyn soldier accused of fatally shooting a Korean guard while guarding an oil pipeline.
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Seoul
U. S. Army Today
Brooklyn
Mystery murder confession could be worthless claim
22 year old Nelson Stewart, a poet-prisoner, confessed to killing Augustus Kirschner, a Cincinnati river boat captain, in 1935. A Hamilton County official says Stewart was in a Kentucky reformatory at the time, suggesting the confession may be considered invalid. Stewart said he admitted the crime to strike a deal to reduce burglary charges in Ohio and Ashland.
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Catlettsburg
Cincinnati
Nelson Stewart
Augustus O. Kirschner
Hamilton County
Stewart
Kentucky
Ashland
Kirchner
Bank Cashier's Hold-Up Story Doesn't Stick
The FBI charged Ira G. Maddux Jr. with embezzling 24200 after he claimed two men looted the bank vault. Auditors moved in as Maddux allegedly locked in the vault cage and cried foul amid a two hour lie detector test. The bank's president said the vault time lock would only open after 8 30 Tuesday, casting doubt on the cashier's tale.
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Kansas City
FBI
Ira G. Maddux Jr
Maddux
Victory State Bank
Kan
George H. Gray
Probers Seek Total Of Air Base Waste
Senate investigators sought to learn how much the government lost when nine Far North air bases received 44 million dollars worth of spare parts they did not need. The subcommittee planned a public hearing to spell out that Pentagon confirmed 20 million dollars worth was recovered and steps are being taken to recover more.
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Senate
Far
Senate Investigations
Pentagon
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