West Seeks To Bolster NATO Military Alliance
Paris dispatch reports nine days of diplomacy as the West aims to strengthen NATO ahead of Khrushchev talks. Herter and France's Couve de Murville meet to set tone for NATO foreign ministers conference amid Washington’s push for integrated air defense and U S atomic stockpile unity. Douglas Dillon wrapped five days of economic talks warning a trade war must be avoided between the EEC and EFTA blocs.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
NATO
Nathan Twining
U. S
Soviet Union
Douglas Dillon
London
Brussels
Bonn
Europe
Dillon
Mercury Rise Predicted For Tuesday In Ohio
Clear skies across Ohio gave way to a warmup as high pressure lingered. Temperatures rose slowly with morning readings from 20 in Zanesville to 27 in Dayton and Mansfield, 23 in Columbus, 25 in Cleveland, and 26 in Cincinnati as a low-pressure system approaches from the west for possible rain by Wednesday.
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Ohio
Zanesville
Dayton
Mansfield
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
New Mexico
Great Plains
Last Civil War Vet Rallyine for 4th Time
Walter W. Williams the Civil War's last surviving veteran aged 117 rallied again from pneumonia in Houston Texas doctors reported slight improvement Sunday night though he remained critical. He has been fed intravenously since Friday and placed under an oxygen tent after pneumonia developed December 6. This marks his fourth attack in six months.
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Houston
Tex
Walter W. Williams
Williams
26 Feared Dead In German Apartment Blast
Hundreds of rescuers combed rubble in Dortmund after a blast wrecked two apartment houses. Police fear 26 dead and say 34 people were in the buildings when the explosion and ensuing fire occurred Sunday.
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Dortmund
Germany
Union Chief Attacks Rail Bosses Over Work Rules
H E Gilbert president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen accuses railroads of seeking surrender and a return to submission as they push work rule changes. He notes safety risks from removing firemen on diesel locomotives and cites potential 12 percent wage demands while contracts expired.
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Cleveland
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Blf&e
Gilbert
Transit Strike Ends In Pittsburgh After Six Days
Pittsburgh Railway Co 1700 workers resume work after a 26 cent an hour raise over three years ending a six day strike. Agreement reached by union negotiating committee approved 914 to 11. Union was Amalgamated Street Electric and Motor Coach Employes Division 85.
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Pittsburgh
Steel City
Pittsburgh Railway Co
Division 85
Amalgamated Street, Electric & Motor Coach Employes Union
Soviets Not Interested In Wreck Of Red Plane
Reykjavik reports the Soviet Union shows no interest in the wreck of a Soviet plane sighted by an American patrol on an ice floe 12 miles east of Greenland. Divern Jonsson says the Soviet embassy confirms airmen abandoned a plane of the same type in the summer of 1955.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Soviet Union
Greenland
Divern Jonsson
North Atlantic Air Control
Flooding Water Main Closes City Highway
A one yard wide water main broke early Sunday swelling Gilbert Avenue and blocking a major route to downtown Cincinnati. City crews anticipated repairs to restore traffic while residents faced delays and detours.
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Cincinnati
Gilbert Avenue
Portsmouth Father Held In Drowning Of Two Children
Alfred Searberry, 42, is jailed on two counts of first degree murder after confessing he threw his two youngest children, 2 year old Kenneth and 2 month old David Lee, into the Little Scioto River near Sciotoville. Police say high water delays river searches.
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Portsmouth
Scioto
Alfred Searberry
Kenneth
David Lee
Searberry
David
Portsmouth General Hospital
Searberrys
Sciotoville
Girl Fails In Try To Save Woman At Crossings
In Cincinnati a 14 year old Bonnie Sexton attempted to rescue Rose Blevins a 32 year old woman struck and killed by a passenger train at a north side railroad crossing. Bonnie described trying to lift the woman and flag the train away but she could not move her.
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Cincinnati
Bonnie Sexton
Rose Blevins
Bonnie
DiSalle Considers Clemency For Jack Dean
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle said he will interview witnesses before ruling on Homer Jack Dean's clemency plea. Dean, serving life for first degree murder in Elmo Rice's 1947 Columbus death, faced conflicting testimony and claimed he was not in Columbus at the time.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Homer Jack Dean
Elmo Rice
Dean
Rice
Worthington
West Virginia
Motive unclear in fatal North Ridgeville shooting
Police investigated the Sunday fatal shooting of 33 year old Raymond Duncan at his North Ridgeville home. Investigators spent about 14 hours questioning Duncan's wife and his half brother but remained unable to determine a motive or several key details.
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Elyria
Raymond Duncan
North Ridgeville
Reopen Strikebound Plant In Albert Lea
About 300 nonunion workers entered the Wilson & Co plant under National Guard guard as cleanup began to prevent meat spoilage. No incidents reported. guards checked entrants and tension eased after prior violence. Governor Freeman announced negotiations would resume with UPWA and Wilson.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Wilson & Co
National Guard
Wilson
U.S. District Court
Minneapolis
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Wilson Gates
Eisenhower Honored by Greeks Amid Ohio Egg Slump
Ohio egg producers face a record bad year with oversupply and weak demand says the Market News Service. Too many farmers enter the business and feed companies place flocks on contract, hurting earnings. Large grade A egg sellers fare best, though still not profitable.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federal Market News Service
Eisenhower Lands in Athens on Greece Welcome
President Eisenhower arrived in Athens aboard a orange and silver jet after a Tehran layover on a 22000 mile goodwill tour. King Paul I Crown Prince Constantine and Premier Karamanlis greeted him at Ellinikon amid a massive celebratory turnout.
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Greece
Eisenhower
Iran
Paul I
Ellinikon
Tehran
Constantine
Constantine Karamanlis
U. S
Acropolis
Parthenon
Wife Held Pending Autopsy In Circleville Death
Circleville police hold Rose Mae Hitch 33 for investigation after her husband John W. Hitch 48 died en route to Berger Hospital. She admitted striking him with a shoe in a quarrel, but he had a known heart condition. Autopsy result pending to clarify cause.
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Circleville
John W. Hitch
Hitch
Berger Hospital
Rose Mae
Umbrella-Wielding Customer Foils Camera Store Robbery
Police say two Springfield men John N. Burden 24 and Roy C. Perkins 22 admitted taking part in a $100 Saturday holdup at a Cincinnati camera store. A customer Raymond Bryan 72 used an umbrella to strike and drive off the bandit as the thief grabbed the money and fled.
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Cincinnati
Springfield
John N. Burden
Roy C. Perkins
Perkins
Burden
Raymond Bryan
Heavy rains flood private Lake Edwards in Hamilton County
In Cincinnati area heavy rains swelled a man made Lake Edwards in southwest Hamilton County breaking its earth barrier. Police reported fish and water pouring into Indian Creek and onward to the Ohio River. Catfish to 15 pounds and bass to 8 pounds were found in the creek along with perch and carp.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
North Bend
Indian Creek
Ohio River
Lake Edwards
Banker Found Dead In Park In Denver
In Denver a 52 year old banker and Colorado Democratic national committeeman George F Rock was found dead in a park after a night of revelry. Autopsy cites a skull fracture as the cause of death and the scene showed blood stained clothes and pockets turned inside out.
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Denver
Colo
George F. Rock
Colorado
Weekend Burglars Hit Two Cleveland Stores
Weekend burglars cut through inside walls to raid two Euclid Avenue firms. A wholesale jewelry firm lost merchandise valued at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars and a fur company reported 3500 dollars in coats jackets and stoles stolen.
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Cleveland
Euclid Ave
Ohio five day forecast and temperature outlook
Temperatures will average 6 to 10 degrees above normal with normal highs of 36 in the north and 41 in the south and lows 22 to 25. Temperatures rise Tuesday and Wednesday then turn colder Friday and Saturday with rain likely Wednesday and Thursday totaling about one inch.
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Ohio
More Control Sought Over Animal Feeds
Washington Congress will be asked to ease the government’s power to revoke animal feed agents. Secretary Flemming says current law lets FDA refuse new licenses but hard to revoke existing ones even if later tests show cancer risk. He plans to ask Congress to amend the law so FDA can revoke old licenses as easily as denying new ones.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Food and Drug Administration
Fleming
FDA
Fleeing Youth Wounded By Sheriff's Men
Dayton youth Melvin Wells Standley, 18, was wounded by two sheriff deputies after allegedly pointing a shotgun at a service station attendant during a Sunday incident. Deputies Sgt. Paul Whalen and John McIntire ordered him to stop as they pursued him. Standley is in fair condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
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Dayton
Ohio
Melvin Wells Standley
Miami Valley Hospital
Paul Whalen
John McIintire
Boy Kills Stepfather in Ohio Home Shooting
James Reeves, 14, of South Salem is held for investigation after fatally shooting his stepfather Cecil Elliott, 50, at their Chillicothe area home. Elliott was shot twice with a .22 caliber rifle following an argument, according to sheriff's deputies.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
James Reeves
South Salem
Cecil Elliott
Elliott
Sheriff's Deputies
Rockefeller Faces Warm Reception in Midwest Tour
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller drew large crowds in Indiana and Missouri as he campaigned through the Midwest. Despite Nixon’s strength in GOP circles, many locals told him they are Democrats, signaling cross party support. Rockefeller plans a final West to Midwest swing before deciding on a presidential bid, hoping to announce before January 6.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Middle West
South Bend
Ind
St Louis
Richard M. Nixon
Macidant
Rockefeller
GOP
West Coast
Great Plains
New York
Nixon
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