Water main break prompts Columbus downtown emergency
A water main break at the filtration works in Columbus prompted a downtown emergency order from Mayor Ralston Westlake. Many offices and shops closed as officials worked to restore service. partial restoration hoped for by noon and full pressure by afternoon. Some areas, including north and northwest, remained without water.
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Ralston Westlake
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Vidalle
Judge Halts Natco Proxy Fight and Appoints Portage Judge
U S District Judge Louis Rosenberg barred Natco Corp stockholders from voting on a new board amid a proxy fight with Great Lakes Industries. The injunction stops proxy solicitation and orders Great Lakes to seek SEC status ruling. Governor DiSalle announced Rep. Robert Cook will become Portage County common pleas judge effective December 16.
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Louis Rosenberg
U.S. District Court
Natco Corp
Rosenberg
Natco
Great Lakes Industries, Inc
Monmouth
Ill
Great Lakes
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Robert Cook
Common Pleas
Portage County
Skybolt scrap strains U.S. British bond over nuclear missiles
London reports the United States Defense Department plans to cancel the Skybolt air to ground missile. Britain warned such a move could trigger a review of defense commitments and the use of Holy Loch for a U.S. Polaris submarine base. The Skybolt cost 650 million dollars and failed in five test firings.
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U. S. Defense Department
Britain
Holy Loch
Scotland
U. S
British Forces Retake Seria as Borneo Uprising Falters
British troops launched coordinated assaults on rebel centers in North Borneo. The oil town of Seria was recaptured, and three other rebel-held towns were reportedly retaken as the uprising neared collapse.
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Brunei
North Borneo
Seria
Thousands of Soviet troops reportedly leaving Cuba
U S sources estimate 2000 to 3000 Soviet troops have left Cuba in recent weeks. Remaining numbers vary from 9000 to 15000. In Cleveland, Guild representatives from the two major newspapers planned a 4:30 p.m. meeting to resolve a strike against the papers.
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Washington
U. S
Cleveland
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Coleman Won't Quit Job With Democrats in Ohio
Coleman, chairman in Ohio, says there will be no vacancy and he will not resign before his term ends in 1964. He defends his record amid Sen. Young's calls for change and notes past party victories under his leadership.
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Ohio
William L. Coleman
U. S
Stephen M. Young
Coleman
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Springfield Sun
Young
Frank J. Lausche
James A. Farley
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Michael V. DiSalle
Sen
Springfield
Nation Grips With Unseasonable Cold Across the U S
Unseasonably cold air and gusty winds grip two thirds of the nation causing record low temperatures for December. Snow piles deepen in the Northeast while the South and Florida face near freezing readings. crops face damage but citrus seems spared. Miami records 38 above, a Dec 11 low for the day.
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S.D
Midwest
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Thant Seeks Boycott Over Katanga Exports
United Nations Secretary General U Thant urges the United States Britain and Belgium to impose an economic squeeze on Katangas breakaway province to pressure President Moise Tshombe. The U S and Belgium reportedly pledged to consider boycotting Katanga copper and cobalt shipments if needed.
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N. Y
U Thant
United States
Britain
Belgium
Congo
Katanga
Thant
Moise Tshombe
Khrushchev Warns West To Keep Cuba Pledges
Premier Khrushchev warned the West in Moscow that if pledges on Cuba are not fulfilled the USSR will take action as required. He praised Kennedy’s peace efforts and said both sides must keep pledges while defending Cuba against aggression. The address framed as defensive, stressing peace as the victory in the Cuban crisis.
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Fire Claims Five Young Victims In Rural Ohio House
Mrs. Carl Holbert Sr and her son Ronald remain in critical condition at Marietta Memorial Hospital after a fire destroyed the Tick Ridge home in Sharpsburg area around 2 45 am Tuesday. Three Holbert children died in the blaze Carl Jr Freda and Marlene. The pregnant mother walked barefoot through snow for two miles to seek aid carrying Ronald and Jeffrey two. Funeral arrangements show for the three children by Fawcett Stone funeral home Chesterhill.
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Marietta Memorial Hospital
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Carl, Jr
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Marlene
Fawcett-Stone
Chesterhill
Farm Bureau Seeks View On Unions At Convention
The American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Atlanta discussed a possible Kennedy administration outline on extending labor unions and wage standards to agriculture. Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz addressed the convention as officials hoped to hear the administration’s stance on union efforts targeting farmers and farm workers. The federation has opposed such moves.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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W. Willard Wirtz
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Pope John XXIII speaks on illness and future papacy
Vatican City Pope John XXIII said he might still be Pope in a year or there will be another with a calm tone about his illness at his first general audience since Nov. 27. In Ohio a Scioto Valley Local School District levy plan passes after re submission, 1,110 to 512, to fund operating costs after Jan. 1.
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John XXII
Piketon
Scioto Valley
Byrd forecasts defeat of Kennedy tax cut
Sen. Harry F. Byrd predicts Congress will reject Kennedy’s 1963 tax cut unless spending is cut. He cites a rising federal deficit near 10 billion and says tax cuts financed by borrowing are irresponsible. Byrd backs Mills on no tax cut without spending reductions.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
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Virginia
Wilbur D. Mills
Ark
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Ways and Means Committee
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Republican National Committee
Ohio towns battle record lows as cold snap grips state
Conneaut and Athens County reported subzero readings as Ohio faced a deep freeze with City of Conneaut at 10 degrees below and Hamley Run station at 17 below. Cleveland and Toledo set regional records while Meigs and Athens Counties endured ongoing snow and cold. Emergency measures included guards on duty and power outages affecting Columbus areas.
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Ohio
Hamley Run
E. M. Poston
Toledo
Cleveland
Erie
Amesville
Athens County
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Canada
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Ashtabula
Stanley Robertson
Michael V. DiSalle
Woolly Worm Foretells Harsh Early Winter for Athens
The article notes a severe pre-winter spell in Athens with temperatures dipping to 7 below at 9 am and a 10 below reading elsewhere. Snow increased and schools closed as forecasts call for temperatures 14 to 18 degrees below normal with light snow flurries expected Friday. A separate Weather Bureau post reports extreme cold near Hamley Run despite some sun.
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U. S
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
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Hamley Run
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hocking Valley
Walter Porter
Grosvenor St
Athens High School
Yellowstone National Park
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