Alabama Votes to Abolish Macon County for White Majority
Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment to abolish Macon County and annex its territory to neighboring counties with white majorities. In Tuskegee the vote reflected fears of black political control following a federal voting rights act. The county's white voters outnumber blacks roughly two to one.
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Deep South
Macon
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute
Famous Negro College
MISSILE LOST Atlas Soars Beyond Test Limits
The Air Force Atlas missile flew over 600 miles out over the Atlantic on the first long distance test, reaching altitude of 80 miles or more. The flight went faster, higher and farther than planned, but the missile was not recovered and no recovery attempt will be made.
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Cape ‘Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlas
Atlantic
Donald N. Yates
Air Force Missile Test Center
Defense Department
Yates
Ohio to take over 11 Muskingum River locks and dams
Columbus Ohio Tuesday agreed to take over 11 locks and dams along the Muskingum River. Gov C William O Neill announced immediate partial repairs with 235 000 from federal government. an additional 330 000 federal grant is sought to finish work with Bricker Henderson and other officials pledging to press for funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Muskingum River
C. Wiliam O'Neill
U.S
John W. Bricker
U. S
John Henderson
Cambridge
O'Neill
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Will Morrissey Stage Producer Dead at 72
Santa Barbara California reports veteran producer Will Morrissey age 72 a longtime collaborator with Martha Raye Billy Rose Jack Oakie Gracie Allen and Hugh Herbert has died.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Will Morrissey
Martha Raye
Billy Rose
Jack Oakie
Gracie Allen
Hugh Herbert
Marietta to Host New Social Security District Office
The Social Security Administration will open a Marietta district office to serve Athens Meigs Monroe and Washington Counties. Commissioner Charles I. Schottland announced the plan noting the office will join 25 such facilities to improve service.
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Athens
Meigs
Monroe
Washington
Charles I. Schottland
Social Security
Schottland
Herman R. Frame
Zanesville
Athens County
Frame
Meigs County
Portsmouth
Bethe Surprises: Russians Third in Nuclear Physics Race
In Palo Alto Dr. Hans Bethe of Cornell says Russians are no better than third in nuclear physics. He asserts America leads, Britain second, with the race described as close and competitive among the three nations.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Hans Bethe
Cornell
Cornell University
America
Ohio Historical Society Calls for Wright Brothers Mural Artists
The Ohio Historical Society invited 19 artists to submit qualifications to paint a Wright Brothers mural. A $25,000 state allocation funds a 9 by 12 foot work, sized like the Edison mural at the Statehouse. An Ohio artist would be paid $15,000, with five finalists to submit oil sketches and receive $1,000 each. One winner will be chosen.
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Ohio Historical Society
Wright Brothers
Ohio
Tomas A. Edison
Statehouse
The
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Erwin C. Zepp
Zepp
Johnson urges a tireless push on missiles and space
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson warns that U S space weapons work faces a Pearl Harbor like danger and urges Americans to spend days and nights racing Russia in missiles and space science. Maj. Gen. Schriewer and Gen LeMay testify the program slowed by funding cuts and economy orders.
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Pearl Harbor
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New Hampshire
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SAC
Chauffeur Chavigny Breaks Down At Murder Trial
In Clearwater Florida Mau rice Chavigny the 44 year old chauffeur accused of killing Brig Gen Wilbur R McReynolds and his wife 61 in their St Petersburg home on April 3 sobbed in court He had been on friendly terms with the couple and with Miss Lavonne McReynolds who testified about visits to Fort Lauderdale and the changing attitude of Mrs McReynolds toward him during earlier visits
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Zanesville
Chavigny
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Lavonne McReynolds
Fort Lauderdale
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Police Continue Search For Escaped Patient Fred Durr
Police and sheriff's deputies seek Fred Durr 46 of Columbus after his escape from authorities during a trial visit to his home. Durr is armed with a shotgun and considered extremely dangerous after wounding his son Marvin 19 when the son attempted to disarm him.
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Columbus
Fred Durr
State Hospital
Durr
Marvin
Weather outlook Ohio and West Virginia warmer with rain
Occasional rain and increasing warmth forecast across Ohio and West Virginia. Temperatures will run 10 to 15 degrees above normal with a mix of showers today tonight and Thursday. Rain totals expected four tenths to seven tenths inch with rain ending Thursday. Chance of rain Friday and again Sunday or Monday.
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West Virginia
O Neill Names Rights Group Choose William Lazarus Heads Panel
Governor O Neill created a 16 member Advisory Commission in Civil Rights to study discrimination in Ohio. Charles Y Lazarus of Columbus a vice president of F R Lazarus Co will head the commission and it will hold its first meeting soon after the holidays.
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Columbus
William O'Neill
Charles Y. Lazarus
F. & R. Lazarus Co
O'Neill
Capital U Board approves higher fees and faculty raises
The Capital University board in Columbus approved a $100 increase in student fees to $1210 for the school year. They also authorized undisclosed faculty pay raises pending American Lutheran Church approval.
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Columbus
Capital University
Board of Regents
American Lutheran Church
Assistant Appointed Columbus Man to Mental Hygiene Department
William G. Lavell of Columbus is named assistant to Dr. Robert A. Haines, director of the Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction, in an announcement from Dr. Haines' office.
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Columbus
William G. Lavell
Robert A. Haines
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Haines
Denver votes down income tax in city selection
More than 100000 Denver residents, the most ever in a special city election, rejected a proposed city income tax by a 5 to 4 margin on Tuesday, indicating strong opposition to the measure.
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Denver
Christmas Message From Antarctic Reaches Antioch College
A Buffalo native and Antioch College senior Roger Brown stationed as a meteorologist in Antarctica sent a Christmas greeting 8000 miles away. The radio message traveled via Syracuse and Cincinnati to the Red Cross offices in Xenia before reaching the college.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Roger Brown
Antioch College
Buffalo
N.Y
Brown
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Antioch
Syracuse
Home Service Department
the Red Cross
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Xenia Red Cross
Little America
Statewide search for armed pair after Athens holdup attempt
A statewide manhunt continues for two armed suspects who menaced Atlantic and Pacific supermarket officials in Athens and injured a traveling salesman. Victims Scott Wilson and Judson Young identified the pair as two Black men who fled in a car after the attempt failed. Police, sheriff deputies, and state troopers joined the hunt.
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Atlantic and Pacific
Athens
Scott Wilson
Judson Young
Joseph Wilkinson
Logan
Streitmann Baking Co
J. B. Grogan
Wilson
Report Links Stassen With Election Bid
Harold Stassen, 50, disarmament aide to the White House, appears near quitting to seek the Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nomination. He has written to chairmen in all 67 Pennsylvania counties signaling serious consideration ahead of the May 20 primary, though party leaders there have reacted coolly or hostilely in some cases.
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Washington
Harold Stassen
White House
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Stassen
Jassen
Lady Finds Fifteen Christmas Trees in Garage
In Columbus Mrs. John Graf discovered 15 Christmas trees when she turned on her garage light Tuesday night. She reported to police she had no idea how the trees arrived there and then bought one for her home.
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Columbus
John Graf
Hoerneman and Hess Withdraw From Ohio University Coach Race
Two of three announced candidates for Ohio University head football coach have withdrawn. Paul Hoerneman of Heidelberg and Bill Hess of Ohio State will no longer be considered, leaving Keith Piper of Denison as the remaining applicant. The committee aims to name a successor to Carroll Widdoes by February 1 or earlier.
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Brandon T. Grover
Carroll Widdoes
Paul Hoerneman
Bill Hess
Hoerneman
Heidelberg
Hess
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Keith Piper
Denison
Widdoes
Grover
Ohio
Miami
Ara Parseghian
Northwestern
Piper
J. G
Explosion at Kelly Air Force Base injures dozen dining hall workers
A gas blast rocked the main dining hall at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas on Tuesday injuring 12 civilian food handlers.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Air Force Base
Farmers Caught in Cycle 1957 Harvest Ties Record Set in '48
Washington reports that the 1957 harvest ties the record first set in 1948 and matched in 1956, despite the smallest acreage since 1919. The crop shows rising efficiency with more pounds per acre, especially in feed grains and forage crops. The result could boost hogs poultry and milk next year and pressure prices for producers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Britain To Get First Rockets As NATO Bases Missiles
At the Paris NATO summit the alliance agreed to base U.S. nuclear missiles in Europe. Britain is expected to receive the first missiles by end-1958, with continental supplies in six months. Denmark and Norway shifted to accept missiles. Netherlands and Turkey also on board.
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Europe
United States
U. S
Eisenhower
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Einar Gerhardsen
Hans Christian Hansen
Denmark
Foreiin
Britain
NATO
Soviet Union
Lauris Norstad
Norway
Netherlands
Turkey
Ike in Paris coats off for lunch as Coty cautions
President Eisenhower peeled his overcoat in Coty’s hallway at lunch in Paris despite Coty warning. Hagerty said a joint TV radio report with Dulles on the NATO conference may happen after returning to Washington, not before early next week. Ike was to depart Paris Thursday night for Washington arriving Friday morning CST.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Rene Coty
Coty
Ike
Washington
Hagerty
Wrong Turn Leads To Rescue Of Girl
In Wallingford Connecticut a drugstore delivery boy saved 2% year old Patricia Bunnell from drowning after a wrong turn near a water-filled excavation ditch. The children were playing with a brother and sister when she fell in. Edward C. Cutnick, 20, pulled her from the water and reported he intended to turn down another street.
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Wallingford
Conn
Patricia Bunnell
Edward C. Cutnick
Cuttnick
First Missile Airmen Graduate From Hawthorne Training
Hawthorne California reports the graduation of 105 airmen trained to fire intercontinental guided missiles. Most are officers and men assigned to the Strategic Air Command's first long range missile squadron, trained at Northrop Aircraft, Inc., maker of the 5000 mile Snark.
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Hawthorne
Calif
U. S
Strategic Air Command
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
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