Tornado Toll Rise as Vicksburg Devastation Mounts
Rescue teams in Vicksburg Mississippi resumed the search for tornado victims after a night of cold, loss and emergency repairs. Officials put damage at 25 million dollars as Eisenhower declared the city a disaster area. Twenty eight thousand residents faced power outages while volunteers from Mississippi towns ferried aid. The storm killed at least 30 people including ten children and damaged key sites such as the Saenger Theater and Hap pyland Nursery. A parallel tornado struck Dothan Alabama damaging Napier Field State Trade School.
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Miss
Vicksburgs
Eisenhower
Old City
Jack Palermo
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Saenger Theater
Happyland Nursery
Union Parish
Louisiana
Napier Field State Trade School
Dothan
Ala
Two Car Crash Kills Five Ohio Youths
A rain slick highway near Delaware, Ohio, killed five young people when a car driven by 21 year old Vesta Nasoff of Mansfield skidded broadside into an oncoming car carrying four youths. Nasoff survived in fair condition. The dead include Naomi Lee Sampson 22 of Mansfield and passengers Victoria Borrer 13 Sunbury Betty Jean Burns 18 Delaware Ray Glynn 16 Marion and Lowell Beddow 24 Galena.
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Associated Press
Delaware
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Vesta Nasoff
Mansfield
Nasoff
Naomi Lee Sampson
Victoria Borrer
Sunbury
Betty Jean Burns
Ray Glynn
Marion
Lowell Beddow
Galena
Post Office Entry Probed
Glenwood Post Office break in reported to the sheriff’s office early Sunday. A car was seen with a man inside and another man entering the front door. The two fled when questioned. Lock and door broken. Sheriff Charles A. Roberts and post office inspectors investigate. No articles reported missing.
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Point Pleasant
Glenwood
Sheriff's Office
Charles A. Roberts
Post Office
Amos Daughter Weds Radio Star’s Daughter in Santa Barbara
Virginia Maria Gosden, 23, daughter of Freeman Gosden known as Amos of Amos and Andy, married Richard Emery Jackson, 29, an office employee, in a Sunday ceremony in Santa Barbara.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Virginia Maria Gosden
Freeman Gosden
Amos
Amos 'N Andy
Richard Emery Jackson
GOP Chiefs Avoid White House Fuss
Republican congressional leaders kept discreet silence amid the McCarthy Eisenhower Dulles clash. McCarthy urged stopping trade with Red China labeling a blood trade while White House tallies telegrams and letters. McCarthy disputed figures and claimed higher telegram counts.
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Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
GOP
United States
World Nations
Red China
Eisenhower
Dulles
America
McCrathy
Murray Snyder
Western Union
Snyder
Toledo Blade
Marion Dump Yields Body
Marion Ohio police expanded the death probe of 31 year old Violet Elswick found partially buried in a dump. Bert Elswick and friend William Baker were questioned after living with her in Baker's Green Camp trailer. Authorities say she was apparently strangled.
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Marion
Ohio
Green Camp
Violet Elswick
Glenn Obenour
Bert Elswick
William Baker
Baker
Green
Murder Charge Filed In Parking Lot Death
George H Varner 58 will be arraigned in municipal court on second degree murder charges. Police say he shot and killed Lewis Holland Jr 21 of Columbus after Holland parked on the used car lot where Varner worked Saturday.
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Columbus
George H. Varner
Lewis Holland Jr
Holland
Varner
Widow Cancels Wedding to Dempsey in Palm Beach
A wealthy Florida widow Estella Auguste ends engagement to boxer Jack Dempsey saying oil and water won t mix. She flies to Florida and invites Douglas to visit Palm Beach for Christmas, while Dempsey exits Waldorf Astoria in anger.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Florida
Estella Auguste
Palm Beach
Fla
Dempsey
Mrs. Auguste
Douglas
Auguste
Europe
Ohio Civil Defense Drill Reveals Mixed City Results
Ohio's major cities tested civil defense with alarms and simulated bomber attacks. Toledo and Cleveland reported complete success, Dayton faced operation confusion after an early alarm and a second alarm caused more chaos. Cincinnati had no simulated buzz, Columbus staged ten disaster hits in the county.
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Ohio
Toledo
Cleveland
Dayton
Milton I. Glad
Federal
Cincinnati
Fund Drive Underway at Rio Grande College
Rio Grande College launches a campus gym fund drive led by Coach Newt Oliver and Bevo Francis to raise 75000 dollars for a 2000 seat facility. The project aims to convert the multipurpose auditorium into a basketball venue with a 35 foot wide court.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Newt Oliver
Oliver
Bevo Francis
Supreme Court Opens Long Legal Tiff Over Segregation
The Supreme Court hears the Virginia and South Carolina cases on opening public schools to all races. NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall argues segregation perpetuates an inferior status, while John W. Davis and the Eisenhower administration push separate but equal and equal protection under the 14th Amendment. The ruling will take months.
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Virginia
South Carolina
Thurgood Marshall
New York City
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
America
John W. Davis
Justice Department
Eisenhower to Address UN as Big Three Meet
President Eisenhower heads to New York to address the United Nations on the atomic age perils. With Churchill and Laniel present, the plan proposes a fresh approach to disarmament and atomic control amid seven years of Soviet Western deadlock.
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New York
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France
Indochina
West Germany
Laniel
London
U. S
State Dulles
Eden
Bidault
Berlin
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Widow Refuses Aid As Police Surround One Room Shack
In Staley North Carolina an aged widow Mary Mines 54 resists police and medical help to move herself and her mentally disabled nephew George Fox from their one room shack. Police chief W L Lednum says she has threatened to shoot anyone entering. An ambulance and nurse were sent but she refused access. Fox cannot feed or dress himself and Mines reportedly tied him with a rope. Mayor John Staley notes she promised Fox’s mother she would care for him for life.
Five Area Servicemen Arrive at Seattle
Five area servicemen arrived Saturday at Seattle from the Far East aboard the transport Marine Phoenix. They are Pvt. Marion L. Burnheimer Gallipolis Pfc Robert E. Friel New Straitsville W O (jg) Eugene B. Snyder Glouster Sgt Roland S. Stedwill Nelsonville 608 Walnut St. Also scheduled to arrive today aboard the transport Gen. Daniel I. Sultan is Sgt. Jimmie L. King Glouster.
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Far East
Marine Phoenix
Marion L. Burnheimer
Gallipolis
Robert E. Friel
New Straitsville
W. O
Eugene B. Snyder
Glouster
Roland S. Stedwill
Walnut St
Nelsonville
Daniel I. Sultan
Jimmie L. King
Police Blame Death On Lovers' Quarrel
Mrs Annie Ruth Collier 25 faces coroner's inquest Tuesday over the stabbing death of Henry Simmons 27 of New Miami. Police say the death occurred during a lovers quarrel and Mrs Collier is charged with second degree murder.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Annie Ruth Collier
Henry Simmons
New Miami
Simmons
McGregor Seeks Re election in Coshocton May Primary
Rep J Harry McGregor Republican congressman from the 17th Ohio District since 1940 announces candidacy for re election in the May 4 primary.
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Coshocton
Ohio
J. Harry McGregor
North American striker admits auto bombing in Columbus
Columbus police say a striker from North American Aviation Inc. admitted bombing a car in Lancaster. Nine other strikers are held in related bombings as the CIO United Auto Workers seeks an end to a wage dispute at the Sabre jet plant.
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Columbus
Ohio
North American Aviation Inc
Lancaster
CIO
United Auto Workers
Frank Wallick
Japanese Ex‑POW Reports U S Prison Near Vladimir
Tadashi Maeda a 58 year old former Navy captain testified before Japan’s Repatriation Committee saying he saw American prisoners in a Vladimir southeast prison. He noted the facility held many Germans and other nationalities and described treatment as very poor.
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Tokyo
Russia
Vladimir
Moscow
Tadashi Maeda
Japan
House of Representatives
Maeda
Rescuers Find Boy Lost in Mountains
Rescuers rescued 8 year old Dickie Lutzoff from a Mt Wilson cliff in the San Gabriel range after a 10 hour freezing ordeal. Altadena Mountaineers Rescue Club members found him perched on an old slide above a 1000 foot drop. Sheriff’s officers said he had set out with three companions but chose to return alone.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dickie Lutzoff
San Gabriel Mountains
Mt. Wilson
Altadena Mountaineers Rescue Club
Mother and Three Children Die in Edmonton Explosion
A mother Mrs Robert Blair 33 and her 5 year old twins David and Donna and 14 year old Mariene died in a southwest Edmonton home explosion and fire. Father Robert Blair escaped and rescued 11 year old Donald. An oil stove caused the blast.
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Edmonton
Alta
Robert Blair
David
Donna
Mariene
Robert
Donald
Jet Bomber Sets Atlantic Flight Record At Tampa
A B47 Stratojet bomber flew nonstop from England to MacDill Air Force Base in 8 hours 53 minutes, 14 minutes faster than the previous record for the 4480 mile route. Commander Col. William E. Creer of Spanish Fork Utah cited strong head winds as the main issue and reported no major difficulties.
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Tampa
Fla
England
MacDill Air Force Base
William E. Creer
Spanish Fork
Utah
Anti British Rioters Slain at Tehran University
Iranian troops fired on a crowd of anti-British demonstrators at Tehran University killing two and wounding one. Thirty demonstrators were arrested as Premier Zahedi announced Iran would resume diplomatic relations with Britain. Ayatullah Kashani threatened national mourning with black armbands and banners.
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Tehran
Iran
Tehran University
Farollah Zahedi
Britain
Ayatullah Kashani
Son of Prominent Lawyer Kills Self
Portland Ore Bartley Crum Jr son of a prominent California attorney shot himself Sunday coroner reported. The 18 year old youth was found by a schoolmate in a private home they roomed in. He fired a rifle bullet into his forehead.
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Portland
Ore
Bartley Crum, Jr
California
Lausche Confirms Candidacy for Fifth Term Governor
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche ends retirement talk by announcing he will seek a fifth two year term as governor. He releases a prepared statement saying he will run in the Democratic primary in May. The move ends speculation about a U.S. Senate bid or private practice.
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Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
U.S
Oble
Lausche
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Senate
Robert Araft
Young Thugs Kill Wealthy Manufacturer in Downtown LA
A gang of youths beat to death William D. Cluff of Hollywood, head of Western Chemical & Manufacturing, after he intervened to aid Marine Pfc. John W. Moore at Seventh and Broadway. Seven youths were questioned as police pursued others connected to the assault.
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Los Angeles
William D. Cluff
Hollywood
Western Chemical & Manufacturing Co
Pfc
John W. Moore
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Seventh and
Broadway
Moore
Cluff
Jet Planes Crash Kills Four Guardsmen Near Atlanta
Four Thunderjets of the Atlanta Air National Guard crashed in a pine thicket near Lawrenceville Georgia during a routine instrument flight from Miami. Capt Idon M Hodge Jr WW and 1st Lts Samuel P Dixon Elwood C Kent and William A Tennent were all killed. Bodies were found hundreds of yards from the wreckage as debris strewn over three quarters of a mile.
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Lawrenceville
Dobbins Air Force Base
Ketta
Dobbins
Miami
Atlanta Air National Guard
Idon M. Hodge, Jr
Atlanta
Samuel P. Dixon
Chamblee
Elwood C. Kent
East Point
William A. Tennent
Halls Captor Is Threatened
J A Long president of the St Louis Police Board says Louis Shoulders has asked for protection after receiving threats. Officers will collect a detailed statement and, if justified, provide protection. The note follows a police inquiry into the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and ransom recovery.
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ST. Louis
Bobby Greenlease
J. A. Long
St .Louis
Envoy Skips Korean Talks with Rhee in Seoul
The U S chief delegate Arthur H Dean skipped Panmunjom talks and met South Korean President Syngman Rhee in Seoul to discuss the peace conference progress. Kenneth Young called the meeting a move forward as Ellis O Briggs and Dean weighed urgent topics. Meanwhile 160 South Korean POWs have refused repatriation explanations with no returns in five days. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission head urged both sides to decide POW fates if no conference advances occur.
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Panmunjon
U. S
Reds
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Arthur H. Dean
Rhee
Kenneth Young
Panmunjom
Young
Dean
Ellis O. Briggs
Korea
Ject
United Nations
South Korea
Neutral Nations
Blast Cripples Huge Airliner
A four engine American airliner en route from San Francisco to Tokyo via Honolulu to Hong Kong and Karachi suffered an engine explosion near Johnston Island and limped 700 miles southwest of Honolulu. Passengers included Chinese and Japanese travelers as crew prepared life jackets during a tense three hour flight.
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Pacific
Johnston Island
Johnnston
San Francisco
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Karachi
Bus Drivers Strike Set for Wednesday In Zanesville
Federal mediator E. L. Phillips urged company and union leaders to meet Tuesday to avert a bus strike that would halt public transport. Fifty three drivers and mechanics threaten to walk out at 12 01 am Wednesday over a new contract as the union seeks a twenty five cent pay increase and had offered three cents.
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Zanesville
Ohio
E. L. Phillips
Zanesville Rapid Transi Co
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