Seesaw Battle Over Laos Capital Continues Amid Turmoil
Fighting rages in Vientiane as pro Western forces led by Gen Phoumi Nosavan clash with pro Communist Kong Le troops. Control flips within 24 hours with light shelling and no confirmed foreign casualties.
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Vientiane
Phoumi Nosavan
Kong le
Phoumi
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Hanoi
Savang Vatthana
Boun Oum
Savannakhet
Death claims golden voice of baritone John Charles Thomas
John Charles Thomas 68 longtime baritone star of opera concert and radio died at his Apple Valley California home after months with intestinal cancer He retired from the circuit in 1953 and lived with his wife Dorothy since 1954 The NBC radio era made his booming voice familiar from 1942 to 1947 and he would sign off with Good night mother in tribute to his singer mother Anna Dorothea Schnabel Thomas.
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Apple Valley
Calif
John Charles Thomas
America
Thomas
Dorothy
Los Angeles
National Broadcasting Co
Anna Dorothea Schnabel Thomas
Shareholders Decide On Railroad Merger
Several thousand Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shareholders face a final day decision on the Chesapeake and Ohio exchange offer for B&O stock. The rival New York Central System bid for B&O shares also expires today, potentially shaping control of the railroad lineage.
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Cleveland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
B&o
C&o
New York Central System
Jury seating continues in Harris murder trial at Gallia court
Common Pleas Court in Gallipolis works to seat a jury for the first degree murder trial of Tommy Harris 42 of Vinton Route 2. Eleven jurors are tentatively seated from a pool of 125 with 75 more names to be drawn and report by telephone.
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Common Pleas Court
Tommy Harris
Vinton Route 2
Robert M. Betz
Sarah Glenn
Vinton
Margaret Hardin
Crown City
S. M
Byrd Opposes Cut In Taxes
Sen Harry F Byrd D Va head of the Senate Finance Committee opposes any tax cut to counter the downturn He warns deficit financing would risk worsening gold outflows after studying Europe this fall and could complicate Kennedy's early agenda in Washington
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Presse
Europe
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Byrd
Herter Arrives in Paris to Head NATO Review Delegation
U S Secretary of State Christian A Herter arrived in Paris from Brussels to lead the American delegation at the annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization review.
Ex-Congressman Cliff Clevenger Dies in Ohio
The former Fifth Ohio District congressman Cliff Clevenger, age 75, who served from 1939 to 1958, died Tuesday in TIFFIN Ohio.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Cliff Clevenger
Japan Moves to Ease Trade Curbs With Communist China
Tokyo announced steps to loosen trade restrictions with the mainland as officials said measures would ease friction with China. The move signals a potential shift in economic policy amid ongoing regional tensions and trade discussions.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Moon Orbiting Spacecraft Postponed By Technical Trouble
The 388 pound Atlas Able lunar spacecraft launch was postponed today due to technical difficulties. NASA did not specify the problem, with a five day window in a favorable moon position for lift off. If minor, another attempt could occur Thursday. if not, the launch would wait 28 days for the next ideal period. The craft carries instruments to study radiation magnetic fields and micrometeoroids to aid future manned lunar missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Texas Police Hold Ohioan Escapee From Athens State Hospital
A 20 year old Columbus man claiming to be an Athens State Hospital escapee was arrested by Houston police after being found at a railroad yard. He admitted setting fires for thrill and confessed to arson at Gluck's Restaurant in New Orleans causing about 160000 dollars in damages. He is held for New Orleans authorities.
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Columbus
Athens State Hospital
Houston
Tex
William E. Hopkins
Hopkins
Athens Institution
B. A. Cook
Gluck
New Orleans
Enrollment jumps as NEA reports rising public school totals
The National Education Association estimates 37,244,284 students in public schools this year with $16.476 billion in expenditures and an $1.2 billion increase from last year. Ohio figures show elementary enrollment at 1,331,900 and secondary at 626,782, with average teacher salaries rising to $5,108 and per-student spending at $388.
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Washington
United States
National Education Association
NEA
California
New York
Texas
Ohio
Kennedy fills halfway mark in Cabinet posts
President elect John F. Kennedy reaches the halfway point in filling his Cabinet with five appointed and five to go. Robert S. McNamara is named secretary of Defense, a move after leaving Ford Motor Co. to join the administration. McNamara, 44, Republican-leaning but independent in voting, joins a lineup including Dean Rusk, Hodges, and Udall as Kennedy negotiates the remaining posts.
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Georgetown
Luther H. Hodges
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California
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Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
State Department
Truman
Commerce — Hodges
Abrama Ribicoff
Connecticut
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Arizona
New Storm Starts Fuss In Southwest
A new storm strikes New Mexico and sweeps the Southwest as the latest outburst follows a bitter arctic chill across the East. Death toll climbs past 220 with millions in losses from snow removal and business disruption. Snow ranges up to 12 inches in New Mexico mountains, six inches or less in the plains, with wind complicating digs and traffic.
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United States
New Mexico
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Two Tankers Collide and Explode in Bosporus
Two tankers World Harmony of Greece and Peter Zoranich of Yugoslavia collided and exploded in flames in the Bosporus. An empty passenger ship nearby caught fire. Twenty eight crewmen were unaccounted for.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bosporus
World Harmony
Peter Zoranich
Flight marks broken by Air Force B52G at Edwards Base
A U S Air Force B52G jet bomber landed at Edwards Air Force Base California after a 10 000 mile nonstop flight without refueling breaking two world long distance flight records
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Ohio Highway Safety predicts 30 deaths in holiday traffic
The Department of Highway Safety forecasts 30 fatalities in Ohio during the 78 hour Christmas weekend. The agency urges safe driving and adherence to traffic laws to reduce fatalities.
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Columbus
Department of Highway Safety
Ohio
Ohio blackout hits 24 counties at suppertime
A power failure plunged about a million people into darkness at suppertime Tuesday night across 24 Ohio counties. Utilities reported widespread outages with restoration efforts underway as crews worked to identify the cause and repair the system.
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Dayton
Ohio
Congoese Takeover at Kitona Airbase in Kinshasa Report
The Congolese army seized the former Belgian airbase at Kitona, marking a decisive move in the Congo crisis as forces consolidate control in the Kinshasa region.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Kitona
American actor-director Gregory Ratoff dies at 63
Solothurn Switzerland report says Gregory Ratoff American actor director died aged 63 from blood cancer in Solothurn.
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Solothurn
Switzerland
Gregory Ratoff
Polio cases climb to 104 in Ohio this year
Ohio reports 104 poliomyelitis cases this year across the state, with officials noting the rising tally and continued surveillance.
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Columbus
Ohio
Congo Debate Ends as UN Council Backs Assembly Move
The UN Security Council rejected rival East West Congo crisis proposals and sent the issue to the General Assembly. A Western resolution urged Dag Hammarskjold to continue efforts to restore order while the Soviet Union blocked Lumumba’s release and disbanding calls. The session ended in a US Soviet clash after a marathon late night.
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Security Council
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Ceylon
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Britain
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Joseph Mobutu
Poland
Lumumba
Civil Unrest Roars Through Rock Casbah Algeria
In Algiers a mob of about 5000 roared through the Moslem quarter shouting nationalist slogans and taunting French soldiers. Rioters surged through the Casbah near a looted synagogue as tensions flare in a struggle seen as one of France’s gravest postwar challenges.
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Casbah
Abbas
Fehrat Abbas
Algeria
Oran
France
Mason Solon Resigns Post
Mason County representative to the West Virginia House of Delegates, Republican Clifford Carder of Point Pleasant, resigns citing ill health. E. Bartow Jones says Mason County committee will pick three successors Thursday. Governor Underwood will select Carder’s replacement from those nominees.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia
House of Dele
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Underwood
Ohio Five Day Forecast Temperatures Trend
Ohio forecasts show temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal with a high near 41 and a low around 25. Expect warmer conditions Thursday, then colder Friday, with a return to warmth Sunday or Monday. Rain or snow totals near a quarter inch across Thursday and again Sunday or Monday.
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Integration In Readiiness Gains Forces
New Orleans civic leaders backed school integration as 100 leaders urged support for the Orleans Parish School Board. The board met with Baton Rouge leaders as President Louis G. Riecke Sr. said progress on finances could ease issues. White boycotts kept attendance low at one school. another had only three Black students. The Legislature moved to replace the board, passing a House measure, with Senate action and court challenges pending. The civic statement marked a significant public shift after silence from the community.
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Orleans Parish
Baton Rouge
Louis G. Riecke Sr
Orleans
House
Senate
Judiciary B Committee
U. S. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
State Supreme Court
U S and Western Nations Sign Economic Cooperation Pact
Paris dispatch reports the United States and 19 Western nations signing an economy linking treaty under the new Organization for Economic Co operation and Development. The accord aims to tighten trade and financial ties among member states.
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Paris
United States
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Springfield to host science institute for teachers
Science Institute in Springfield Ohio will run an astronomy and geology program next summer for general science teachers funded by a 44500 dollar National Science Foundation grant.
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Springfield
Ohio
Wittenberg University
National Science Foundation
Explosion Demolishes Welders Supply Co Building
A series of blasts destroyed a Welders Supply Co concrete block building on Cleveland's near west side. Two workers were injured in the blast today and conditions were not specified.
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Cleveland
Welders Supply Co
Near West Side
Ike in Hospital For Medical Checkup Phase Two
President Eisenhower remains at Walter Reed Army Hospital for the second phase of his annual medical checkup. Doctors monitor his condition and report steady progress during the examination.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Santa Clauses Toy Sale Ad From The Plains Ohio
Tom Cade of The Plains Ohio reports strong demand for holiday gifts with an ad selling an erector set and other toys. He notes several buyers, advertises like new items at 25 dollars from 70 dollar retail, and urges others to call to place ads before the season ends.
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Tom Cade
Plains
Ohio
Fourth St
the Plains
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