Lewis To Retire As UMW Leader
John L. Lewis announces resignation as president of the United Mine Workers early next year. He will be 80 in February and will retire shortly after the new year with a $50 000 salary. Thomas Kennedy will succeed him as UMW president. The longtime labor figure helped organize major industries into unions and shaped New Deal labor policy.
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John L. Lewis
American Labor Movement
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Europe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
CIO
Magnode union strike workers urged to return by Wednesday
Magnode Products Co officials urged the striking machinists to return to work by Wednesday to allow negotiations to resume. The walkout began last Thursday, said company secretary Arthur Bidwell.
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Middletown
Magnode Products Co
Arthur Bidwell
Portsmouth Man Murders Two and Kills Himself
Police, alerted by a call about a man threatening to kill his invalid wife, sister in law, and himself, found Ella Lawhorn dead in a wheelchair and Miss Allice Fuller in the yard. Cyrus Lawhorn, 77, survived with a gunshot wound and died two hours later. The three victims lived on Miss Fuller’s cottage.
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Portsmouth
Cyrus Lawhorn
Lawhorn
Ella
Allice Fuller
Portsmouth Hospital
Silk Stocking Bandit Strikes Union National Bank
A tall husky man robbed the Union National Bank branch on the north outskirts of Youngstown. Dressed with a silk stocking over his face and armed with a snub-nosed revolver, he fled in a convertible on Ohio 90 with 35 120 dollars, threatening six employees and one customer to back off.
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Youngstown
Union National Bank
Ohio
Ohio Gov DiSalle weighs favorite son bid for 64 vote delegation
Greek Parliament Gives DiSalle Undecided As Favorite Son reports Gov. Michael V. DiSalle will decide in January whether to seek Ohio's 64 pledged delegation to the Democratic national convention as a favorite son. Coleman and county endorsements push for unity and deter Kennedy or other contenders in the May primary.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Los Angeles
William L. Coleman
Coleman
U. S
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democratic Committee
Cuyahoga County
Kennedy
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
U.S
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Eisenhower Hailed In Greek Parliament On Peace Plea
President Eisenhower received a rousing ovation in the Greek Parliament as he urged freedom and peace in a speech. He then rested aboard the Des Moines for a three day pause after a 12 day peace mission, with a Tunis meeting scheduled. The reception contrasted with mixed reactions from Communist and left leaning members.
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Des Moines
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Parliament
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Free Nations
Rival Packinghouse Fight Heads To Court And Conference
In Albert Lea Minnesota rival Wilson and Co packinghouse forces head to a conference table today and to U S District Court in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The State seeks to block a company move reopening Wilsons plant in Albert Lea as martial law remains after two days of picket line violence.
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Minn
Wilson & Co
U. S. District Court
Minneapolis
Wilson's
Orville Freeman
National Guard
Rock Hill School District Levy Passes on Second Try
IRONTON 2 An 8.2 mill school levy for Rock Hill School District passed Monday by a comfortable margin after a January special election. The general operating levy was approved 1 059 to 464, meeting the 60 percent requirement after a November defeat by about 100 votes.
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Ironton
Rock Hill
Makarios Wins Cyprus Presidency Vote
Arch bishop Makarios is elected president by a two to one margin as Cyprus prepares to gain independence from Britain on February 19. The Greek Cypriot community gave a tremendous ovation Monday night after Sunday’s ballot counting and proclamation of the results.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
East Mediterranean
Britain
Ohio National Guard test alert mobilizes 300-plus in state
More than 300 guardsmen from Southeastern Ohio joined a statewide alert test in Columbus and Athens Logan Caldwell Marietta and Marietta to measure readiness. About 75 percent of the 37th Infantry Division's 8054 soldiers reported in within an hour with 75 percent of Battery A's staff in Athens Armory in two hours. The drill covered 29 officers two warrant officers and 408 enlisted across six towns. Soldiers were told to bring equipment and personal items for immediate action and plans to contact units were reviewed.
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Ohio
Columbus
37Th Infantry Division
Athens
Earl F. Mathews
Plane Fell Into Lake Erie Report
A possible plane crash in Lake Erie near Ashtabula prompted a four hour search by Coast Guardsmen and Lakeville firefighters. A filling station operator reported three men said a plane went down about 200 yards off shore. no wreckage or survivors were found as daylight ended.
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Ashtabula
Lake Erie
Coast
Allied Unity in Question as France Sparks Western Strains
Foreign ministers from 15 NATO allies met in Paris seeking ways to mend Western unity strained by France's bid for greater glory and by U S concerns that France and others are not sharing defense burdens. Gen Twining had earlier accused partners of undercontributing, drawing French sting from Couve de Murville's reply.
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Atlantic
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
de Gaulle
Nathan Twining
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
America
Maurice Couve de Murville
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Twining
Castro Says Major Matos Plotted Crisis
In Havana Fidel Castro's military prosecutor sought the death penalty for Maj. Hubert Matos on treason charges. Matos, who resigned his Camaguey command, accused Castro's government of Communist infiltration. Castro testified for the prosecution with a seven hour address defending his regime.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Hubert Matos
Castro
Matos
Camaguey
Rain Forecast Into Wednesday Across Ohio
A high pressure area grips the eastern seaboard while a cold front nears Ohio from the west. Rain is expected to start in the southwestern counties tonight and spread to the rest of the state by Wednesday. Temperatures will vary little, with a slightly warmer night tonight.
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Columbus
Ohio
Army eyes Ravenna site for solid fuel plant
Washington reports a Ravenna Ohio site is among four under Army review for a solid fuel plant for missiles. Other sites under consideration are in Kansas Nebraska and Louisiana. A decision may come by January.
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Washington
Ravenna
Ohio
Army
Kansas
Nebraska
Louisiana
Soviets Lose Astronaut in Space Flight Claim
German space expert Prof. Hermann Oberth cited American intelligence to say one Soviet astronaut disappeared in a failed space launch at end of 1957 or start of 1958. He alleged several other attempts followed, though Prague sources offered no official confirmation. Soviet embassy denied knowledge of the reports.
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Germany
Hermann Oberth
Continentale
Soviet Union
U.S
Huntsville
Ala
Prague
Vienna
Ike's Visit Is Too Short Iranians Say
Iranians complain Eisenhower's visit was brief six hours on Monday yet the welcome was overwhelming. Fatela'at editorial praised his peace loving policy and Tehran's two million residents saw or heard his message. Mayor Zulfaghaeri estimated 750,000 lined his route with thousands watching on TV and radio.
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Tehran
Iran
Eisenhower
Fatela’at
Nasser Zulfaghaeri
Attorney to Appeal Klump Death Verdict
Cincinnati attorney set to appeal Edythe Klumpp’s murder conviction and death sentence. Klumpp, 41, former home economics teacher and mother of four, awaits outcome at Marysville Reformatory. Prosecutor Hover and Hopkins filed briefs as the First District Court of Appeals considers the appeal.
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Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
1.5 Mill Levy Beaten Again
PAINESVILLE Voters rejected a 4.5 mill tax levy for Wickliffe schools at a special election. Only 54 percent approved, short of the 60 percent needed, by 158 votes. The defeat would leave the district about $200 000 in the red next year with a minimum budget of $1,053,000 and current income of $856,000.
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Painesville
Wickliffe
Paraguayan Rebel Army Grows Across Parana River
In Posadas Argentina residents report hundreds of Paraguayan rebels crossing the Parana River to join the guerrilla campaign against President Alfredo Stroessner. Argentine authorities say border closures fail to stop the exiles and local workers have fled to join the uprising amid estimates of about 1000 rebels.
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Posadas
Argentina
Parana
Alfredo Stroessner
Paraguay
Abel
Brazil
Stroessner
Jury To Hear Britton Trial Defense Today
The prosecution rested in Olin I. Britton's first degree murder trial after witnesses tied Britton to the scene at a Ross County ice cream stand where his estranged wife Audrey Parnell Britton was shot five times. A ballistics expert linked a cartridge from a gun found in Britton's pickup to the victim. The defense prepared five witnesses and did not state if Britton will testify. A 12-member jury sits in Ross County Common Pleas Court.
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Chillicothe
Olin I
Britton
Ross County Common Pleas Court
Ailing Confederate Veteran Walter Williams In Critical Condition
In Houston Texas doctors report little change in the condition of Walter Williams the last surviving Confederate veteran. Williams 117 has pneumonia for the fourth time in six months and remains in critical condition after a second doctor visit today according to family members.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Wiliams
Williams
Thor Missile Misfires After Takeoff Over Pacific
A Thor intermediate range missile launched by a British Royal Air Force crew from Vandenberg AFB California misfired and exploded in the Pacific shortly after liftoff. It marked the second of ten Thor launches this crew handled to misfire with one earlier misfire destroyed by a safety officer after veering off course.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Pacific
Royal Air Force
Mayor Salary Increase Approved in East Liverpool
Democratic mayor elect Bert H. Goodballet will earn 5200 annually when he takes office in January. The raise comes from legislation approved by Republican Mayor Fred P. Lawrence, boosting current pay from 2400. Nine other city jobs also receive raises, eight to be held by Democrats.
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Bert H. Goodballet
Fred P. Lawrence
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