Ohio boards seek Athens County school merger study
The Nelsonville and Glouster boards ask the State Department of Education to study merging Nelsonville, Glouster, Chauncey Dover, Trimble Two, and York local schools in Athens County with results to be placed on the 1963 ballot. The plan aims to raise standards and set Sept 15 for six-year-olds entering first grade by 1966. A countywide district in Logan County is also proposed for voter approval in May 1963.
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Columbus
State Board of Education
Department of Education
Athens County
Nelsonville
Glouster
Chauncey - Dover
Trimble Two
York
State Department of Education
State Department
Athens
Ohio
General Assembly
Logan County
Bellefontaine City
Morgan County
Teamsters and Guild clash in Cleveland strike turns violent
In Cleveland the Cleveland Newspaper Guild seeks extra police protection after a picket line incident outside the Press and News building. Teamsters Local 473 business agent Anthony DePalma punched and wrestled editor Max Riddle during the 12 day strike against the city’s two daily papers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Press and News
Teamsters Union
Max Riddle
Pets
The
Press
Anthony DePalma
Teamsters Local 473
President Kennedy forms bipartisan panel to review foreign aid
President Kennedy creates a blue ribbon committee led by Gen. Lucius D. Clay to examine the four billion dollar annual foreign aid program. The group aims to craft a plan acceptable to Congress and the public in 1963, following Hamiltons resignation as AID chief and Bell named to succeed him.
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Washington
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
West Berlin
Fowler Hamilton
Foreign Aid Agency
Agency For International Development
Hamilton
White House
David E. Bell
Farmers Advocate Substantial Farm Subsidy Cut Proposed
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention delegates from 49 states consider resolutions urging a 10 percent cut in federal farm spending from about 100 billion dollars annually. The proposal aims to free funds for a tax cut and to reduce the federal deficit, with about a one billion dollar cut to farm aid.
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Atlanta
American Farm Bureau Federation
Big Farm Organization
Uncle Sam
Bundy Data Linked to Adlai Crisis Coverage
New York report states McGeorge Bundy, national security adviser, provided two Saturday Evening Post writers with information for a recent article on Adlai E. Stevenson and the Cuban crisis. CBS also said President Kennedy approved Bartlett and Alsop access to NSC deliberations at a meeting attended by U.N. Ambassador Stevenson.
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New York
McGeorge Bundy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bundy
Saturday Evening Post
Kennedy
Charles Bartlett
Stewart Alsop
National Security Council
U.N
Stevenson
Soviet Troops Leave Cuba At Slow Rate
U S officials report slow Soviet withdrawals from Cuba with 9000 to 15000 officers and men remaining. Secretary Rusk says the extent of Soviet combat units on the island is modest but well armed and remains a concern for the Hemisphere. He notes the United States will press if withdrawals do not speed up.
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Washington
Cuba
U. S
United States
Russia
Dean Rusk
Caribbean
Rusk
37 Miners Die In Methane Blaze At Robena No 3
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania 37 miners killed after an explosion at U S Steel Robena No 3 mine. Rescue teams recovered all bodies over five days, with 44 other workers escaping. Coroner cites blast force as cause.
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Carmichaels
U. S. Steel Corporation
Robena No. 3
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Joe Seper
Ronco
Charles J
Frank Behm
Greene County
FBI Charges Man With Plane Theft in Columbus
The FBI holds 24 year old Roger Lee Woods of Baltimore on interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft bond set at 7500 dollars. The $70,000 twin engine plane vanished from Martinsburg West Virginia and was spotted at Baltimore Friendship Airport on December 5. Woods wore a uniform to imitate a U.S. Air Force captain and traveled from Baltimore to Columbus. A separate item notes U Thant signaling a possible boycott to end Katanga secession.
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Columbus
FBI
Baltimore, Md
Roger Lee Woods
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore Friendship Airport
Woods
Baltimore
Communist Registration Trial Starts Today
The Communist party of the United States faces trial for refusing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union as part of the 1950 Internal Security Act enforcement. Supporters decry the case while James J. Tormey warns that democracy itself could be at stake. Hall and Davis face separate indictments as party leaders.
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Communist Party
New York
Gus Hall
Benjamin Davis
Joseph Forer
Right
Washington
Communist Party of the
James J. Tormey
American Democracy
Tormey
Defense Committee
Benjamin J. Davis
Hall
Davis
Justice Department
Athens Wins Federal Support for South Green Urban Renewal
Washington announced a $121,433 federal advance to Athens to start survey and planning for the South Green project, an area south of the central business district near the university. The URA noted 161 dwellings, most substandard, with relocation promises and a projected total federal capital grant of $1,172,746 once planning is complete. Mayor Raymond Shepard said the city had previously budgeted $214,000 for urban renewal in 1963.
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Athens
Washington
Urban Renewal Administration
URA
South Green
Ohio University
Central Business District
Raymond Shepard
British troops siege Seria as rebels hold hostages
British troops recaptured most of Seria in Brunei and closed in on the police station where 50 rebels were holding nine Europeans as hostages. Brig. A. G. Patterson said no women or children were among the captives. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the air force chief was fired by President Jose Mario Guido.
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Anduki
Brunei
Seria
A. G. Patterson
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Mario Guido
Ohio Democrat Young Demands Coleman DiSalle Resign
Sen Stephen Young accused Ohio Democratic leaders William Coleman and Gov Michael DiSalle of defeatism after last month defeats and said he will take control of the party reins. He criticized fundraising and called for revitalization while noting support from Kennedy aides but offered no replacement choice. Lausche defended Coleman and avoided involvement in the spat.
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Washington
Ohio
Stephen M. Young
Young
White House
William Coleman
Michael V. DiSalle
Coleman
DiSalle
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Kennedy
Amish Fight School Closure Near Hazleton
In Independence Iowa an Old Order Amish community challenges a Buchanan County effort to shut two one room schools near Hazleton for lacking state certification. The two schools serve 37 pupils taught by teachers with only eighth grade educations.
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Independence
Iowa
Buchanan County
Hazleton
Tragedy In Ridge Fire Claims Three Children
A two story home in Ridge near Sharpsburg burned in the early morning blaze killing Carl Holbert Jr aged 3 Freda 5 and Marlene 7. Their mother Mrs Carl Holbert 29 and son Ronald 9 survived in serious or critical condition. Father Carl Holbert Sr was shocked and hospitalized.
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Paul Efaw
Roy Cross
Ridge
Sharpsburg
Carl
Buster) Holbert, Sr
Carl, Jr
Freda
Marlene
Holbert
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Ronald
Jeffery
Columbus
Marietta Hospital
Ames-Bern- Amesville
Athens County Sheriff's
Dewitt Walker
Carl Welling
Fred Lawrence
Lawrence
Chesterhill Exchange
Eastern Telephone Co
Orville Weaver
Athens Salvation Army
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Chesterhill
Ohio Shoveling Ahead After Heavy Snow Falls
The Associated Press reports Northeast Ohio faced up to two feet of new snow with roads closed and schools canceled. Main routes like U S 20 and I 90 were plowed but hazardous, as Ashtabula County remained partly impassable amid drifting. Conneaut measured 11 inches while southern areas had 1 to 3 inches.
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Associated Press
Ohio
The
Highway Patrol
U. S. 20
Ashtabula County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Conneaut
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Robert ©. Weaver
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