French City Named Start Point for Ohio Civil War Centennial
Gallipolis chosen as the site for the first event Master Day on May 28. Ohio Historical Society chief Erwin Zepp and Civil War expert Robert Harper outlined plans to honor the war’s 100th anniversary with parades, plaques, and speeches by state leaders. Taber named area chairman as groups prepare events highlighting the city park’s role as a Civil War logistics site.
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Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce Board of
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Ohio Historical Society
Robert S. Harper
Legislature Laughs At Supreme Court Action
New Orleans schools remain split as the legislature in Baton Rouge moves to oust the Orleans Parish School Board for accepting federal court orders on token integration. White Boycott at Frantz and McDonogh No 19 persists with few students attending, while U.S. Supreme Court condemns interposition.
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Supreme Court
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Orleans Parish
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McDonogh No
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U. S
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Federal Court
Louisiana
Foreign Loan Probe Urged by Owens-Corning President
Harold Boeschenstein of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp urged a rigorous re examination of the entire foreign loan and grants program as part of a probe.
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Harold Boeschenstein
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
McNamara to Accept Defense Secretary Post
Detroit Free Press reports Ford Motor Co. President Robert S. McNamara, 44, will accept the post of secretary of defense in the new national administration.
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Fred V. Heinkel
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Paul H. Nitze
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Roswell Gilpatric
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Chester Bowles
D-Conn
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Connecticut
Abraham Ribicoff
Health, Education and Welfare
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
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Stewart L. Udall
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Treasury
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No Date Set for DiSalle Meeting With New Legislature
No date has been set for the called off meeting between Governor Michael V. Di Salle and leaders of the new legislature convening next month.
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Columbus
Michael V. di Salle
Teachers Get Raise in Toledo Schools
Teachers in Toledo will receive pay raises of up to 936 dollars a year starting January 1 as part of a new salary plan.
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Toledo
Farm Group Attacks Unions At Farm Bureau Meet
Denver convention speaker Charles B. Shuman links steel industry unemployment to wage hikes, cites monopolistic union practices, and resolutions condemn West Coast and Northeast drives to organize farmers and farm laborers.
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Colo
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Charles B. Shuman
18 Month Old Boy Wins British Soccer Pool
An 18 month old baby boy in Oxford England won 43 283 pounds 121 192 with eight stabs on the coupon drawn by his mother using a colored pencil each stab made a drawn match and hit the pool jackpot for a farthing quarter of a cent bet
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England
Army scores second straight Pershing launch success
Cape Canaveral report notes a second consecutive successful test at Cape Canaveral Florida as the Army fires a two stage Pershing tactical missile model.
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Fla.—P
Record Coldest Dec 13 as Blizzard Paralyzes Northeast
A historic blizzard and bitter cold crippled the Northeast with over 110 deaths. New York coal and snow levels hit record lows with up to 17 inches in the city and drifts to 10 feet in New Jersey.
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Harris Murder Trial Recessed in Gallia Court
The first degree murder trial of Tommy Harris 42 of Vinton Route 2 was recessed as juror panel exhaustion halted proceedings in Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Betz ordered more names drawn and reconvening at 9 a.m. Wednesday Prosecutor Sheets indicates a death penalty request while defense counsel seeks self defense. Harris previously pleaded innocent at a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Tommy Harris
Vinton
Gallia County
John A. Epling
Sheets
Lena Garnes
Garnes
Harris
Marion Hatfield
Jackson
Brush Ridge
Frank Hatfield
Cuba Capital Hit by Three Bombs Shaking Regime
Three blasts rocked Havana on a Monday night injuring seven people and signaling rising opposition to Fidel Castro. The Cuban Labor Confederation moved to oust the Electrical Workers Union leaders after Amaury Fraginals led a march to the Presidential Palace with anti Soviet cries.
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Fidel Castro
Vedado District
Almendares River
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Electrical Workers Union
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Amaury Fraginals
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Russia
Fraginals
Osvaldo Dorticos
Fidel Iglesias
Electrical Workers
Labor Confederation
Herter Flies To Brussels For Royal Wedding Events
U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter arrived in Brussels to represent President Eisenhower at pre wedding ceremonies for King Baudouin who will wed Dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon of Spain. He plans to leave for Paris for NATO ministers meeting.
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Belgium
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Baudouin
Dona Fabiola de Mora Y Aragon
Spain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Republicans Lose Court Bids to Overturn Vote Margin
Republicans failed in court attempts to overturn Kennedy's lead in Illinois and Texas amid mixed official returns. New York official canvass trimmed Kennedy by 20 869 votes. Kennedy remains at 300 electoral votes while Nixon trails. Unpledged Mississippi and Alabama electors said they would back Byrd. In Texas, Judge Connally ruled the suit lacked jurisdiction and no proof of rights violations from ballot voids. In Illinois, Judge Kluczynski dismissed Republican suits against Cook County and Chicago boards.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Harry F. Byrd
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Blast at Atlanta Negro school blamed on fanatic
A fanatic is blamed for an explosion that damaged the side of a large Negro elementary school in Atlanta's northwest, blasting the auditorium and two classrooms and harming around a dozen nearby homes. Police and FBI with a demolition team probe the motive and explosive type. repairs to the school are estimated at 1000 to 1500 dollars.
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FBI
3Rd Army
John Letson
Railroaders reach pay hike pact with Pennsylvanian RR
Philadelphia March officials announce a new contract between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Transport Workers Union granting a five cent hourly wage increase retroactive to July 1.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Transport Workers Union
Plant To Move Aero Products From Vandalia to Indianapolis
The Aero Products plant in Vandalia will relocate its operations to Indianapolis as employment has fallen from a peak above 3000 to about 1050. The move affects the Dayton area and shifts production to Indiana.
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Aero Products
Vandalia
Indianapolis
White Motor recalls 200 workers for new compact trucks line
Cleveland reports that about 200 workers will be recalled next month as White Motor Co begins production on a new line of compact trucks and tractors.
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The
White Motor Co
UN Congo Command Jeopardized as Nations Withdraw Troops
Guinea and Morocco announced pullouts reducing UN Congo force by over 5500 troops. With about 20,000 personnel in Congo, fewer than 17,000 are combat contingents as Morocco 3100 and Guinea 749 leave. The UAR and Indonesia also pulled men, eroding security for Patrice Lumumba's fate and Dag Hammarskjold's Congo mission.
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Security Council
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Morocco
Dag Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
TwoYear Contract Reached Between Greyhound and Union
Representatives of Greyhound Corp s Eastern Division and the Amalgamated Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union reached a tentative two year contract.
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Cleveland
Greyhound Corp
Amalgamated Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes Union
Meany Confers With Kennedy On Labor Post
Kennedy holds talks with AFL-CIO President George Meany at his Georgetown home as he weighs candidates for secretary of labor. The meeting follows announcements of other cabinet picks and signals possible choices for defense and treasury.
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George Meany
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Secretary of the Treasury
Ralph Bradley
Illinois Farmers Union
Rep
Harold Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Moslem Outbursts Follow Algiers Mass Violence
In Algiers riot toll stands at 90 dead with hundreds wounded as Moslems bury their dead. French troops brace the Casbah while Charles de Gaulle shortens his Algeria visit amid vows to wind down tensions and prevent further violence.
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Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Paris
Oran
Casbah
Swiss file thief nabbed
Bern Switzerland government announced arrest of retired Defense Ministry employee Alois Dittli aged 68 a mathematics instructor and former chief technical clerk accused of stealing secret files three years ago and attempting to sell a gunpowder formula to private industry He joined the supply office in 1944 and pursued several inventions before that.
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Switzerland
Defense Ministry
Alois Dittli
Unions Declare War on Government Pressure
In Oakland California two top labor figures James Hoffa of the Teamsters and Harry Bridges of the West Coast Longshoremen vow to resist government efforts to harass organized labor.
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Calif
James Hoffa
The
Teamsters
Harry Bridges
Lost Tan collie with collar and reward offered
Local classified ad reports a tan collie missing with a wide white collar and tag 301. Reward offered for return. Owner received the dog after an ad appeared in the Messenger Classifieds. Contact K. D. Ams bury Wyoming 23433 or WY-26816.
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K. D. Amsbury
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