Many Theories Offered In Touhy Assassination
Chicago police explore motives and suspects in the shotgun killing of ex-convict Roger Touhy on a West Side stoop. Wounded retiree Walter Miller, 62, fired at the gunmen. Investigators consider Capone remnants, Mafia ties, and organized crime patterns in the case.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
Touhy
Stateville
Walter Miller
al Capone
Capone
Virgil Peterson
FBI
Chicago Crime Commission
Robert Tieken
U.S
Mafia
Tieken
Richard B. Ogilive
U. S
To Spend Christmas In Jail For Theft
Four Cincinnati area women from Hamilton Ohio face Christmas behind bars after a Common Pleas Court conviction for shoplifting about 700 dollars in merchandise from two department stores. Judge Otis Hess gave 30 day sentences and planned a probation review on a related receiving stolen goods charge potentially yielding one to seven years. The defendants are Ella Mae Croucher, Barbara Croucher, Wanda Hager, and Vernda Lee Sayler, with a combined nine children.
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Cincinnati —i
Hamilton
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Otis R Hess
Hess
Ella Mae Croucher
Inlaw
Barbara Croucher
Wanda Hager
Vernda Lee Saylor
Sayler
Hager
Athens Watches Not Found In Local Jewelry Stores
A local jeweler says there are no Rolex GMT Master watches in Athens and that both city stores avoid the brand due to cost. The Swiss manufacturer makes the watches and authorities warn they may contain radioactive strontium. Three such watches were recovered Thursday in El Paso, Texas, with the AEC seeking recall from the distributor.
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Atecisic Energy Commission
Paso
Tex
AEC
Birth Defects Study Center to Open at Columbus Hospital
The nation’s first Birth Defects Study Center, funded by the National Foundation, will be dedicated at Children’s Hospital in Columbus on January 4. Financing comes from March of Dimes contributions.
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Columbus
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Poison Plot Involving Czech Consul Aimed At Radio Free Europe
The U S Army charged Jaroslav Nemec, a Czech vice consul in Salzburg, with giving a Communist agent salt shakers laced with atropine for RFE Munich. Erik Hazelhoff disclosed the plot, with West German and U S officials confirming prior ignorance. Atropine risks death in hours in certain doses.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Salzburg
Austria
Radio Free Europe
Munich
Jaroslav Nemec
RFE
Erik Hazelhoff
Mount Kisco
N.Y
Columbus Girl Sets OSU Record With All A Grades
Alice Marie Gordon 22 of Columbus graduates from Ohio State University as the fourth person in the university's 86 year history to finish with straight A grades. She earned Phi Beta Kappa honors as part of a notable scholastic and leadership record.
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Columbus
Alice Marie Gordon
Ohio State University
Ohio State
Phi Beta Kappa
Gordon
Typhoon Gilda Roars Toward Philippines
Typhoon Gilda moved toward Samar and Masbate with 120 mile per hour winds. The storm tracked west at about 12 miles per hour threatening northern Visayas and southern Luzon with heavy crop and public works damage reported. no casualty figures yet.
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Gilda
Philippines
Samar
Masbate
Visayan
Luzon
Eisenhower Heads to Paris Summit as Peacemaker
President Eisenhower lands in Toulon after a Mediterranean cruise to join a Western alliance summit with De Gaulle Macmillan and Adenauer. The talks aim to shape an approach for nuclear disarmament and Berlin talks with Khrushchev with Geneva as a likely site between April 15 and May 15.
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France
U.S
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Toulon
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Paris
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Konrad Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
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Macmillan
Adenauer
Geneva
Britton Convicted of First Degree Murder in Slaying
Olin L. Britton, 54, found guilty of first degree murder for shooting his wife Audrey, 51, at the ice cream stand in Chillicothe. Jury did not impose death penalty due to mercy recommendation. life sentence mandatory with sentencing due next week. Britton offered no comment and potential appeal undecided.
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Olin L. Britton
Britton
Audrey
Ross County Common Pleas
Wright brothers painting decorates Ohio State House
An oil painting by Dwight Mutchler of Athens, 9 by 12 feet, honors Orville and Wilbur Wright and hangs in the Ohio State House. Unveiled on the 56th anniversary of Kitty Hawk flight, the work was chosen by a legislative contest, with Mrs Mutchler present and Gov DiSalle represented by a press secretary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wright Brothers
Orville and
Wilbur
Dayton
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Dwight Mutchler
Athens
Mutchler
Ohio Legislature
Ohio Historical Society
Michael V. DiSalle
Gerald Poston
London Sailors Grant Christmas Party To Orphans
In London sailors and marines hosted a Christmas party for British orphans. About 100 children received ice cream candy and gifts from Santa Claus. A screening of Walt Disney's Peter Pan topped the festive event.
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London
Santa Claus
Walt Disney
Parents Back School Administration At Ravenna Meeting
About 300 parents endorsed the Randolph Township High School administration amid protests over menu changes and lunch prices. The dispute centers on rice served, lunch-hour rules, and recent suspensions tied to a student protest dubbed a rice rebellion.
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Ravenna
Randolph Township High School
Board of Educaor
Ore PR
Plane Missing After Alaska to San Francisco Flight
A P 6 amphibian with six aboard vanished Thursday night between Juneau and Annette Island after reporting engine trouble. Crew included pilot Philip Gray and co pilot Carl Scott with Burras Smith engineer, plus two unidentified passengers. Coast Guard from Annette Island issued search efforts near Gravina Island but weather hampered detection.
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Alaska
San Francisco
Calif
Philip Gray
San Lorenzo
Here
Annette Island
Coast Guard
Carl Scott
Burras Smith
Corte Madera
Bob Meath
Ketchikan
Gravina Island
Fire destroys Ironton shop and damages garage
A blaze in downtown Ironton Thursday began in a paint shop and destroyed an antique car amid garage damage. Firefighter Joe Laber, 26, suffered facial burns in an explosion that started the fire, while the burned car belonged to firefighter Jim Brown.
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Ironton
Joe Laber
Jim Brown
Mechem Opposed in Ohio Senate Re election Bid
Opposition surfaces to Senator C Stanley Mechem of Nelsonville Republican leader in the Ohio Senate. R M Eyman Lancaster Democrat former state education director has filed to run in the 9th 14th district May 3 primaries. District includes Fairfield Hocking Athens Washington Morgan and part of Noble.
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Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Ohio Senate
R. M. Eyman
Lancaster
Jurist To Hear Pleas Against Work Walkout
Common Pleas Judge Otis R Hess is to hear Vulcan Manufacturing Co petition to force 132 striking steelworkers to return to work. The workers from the United Steelworkers Union have been on strike since December 8. Swigert argues the stoppage violates a no strike contract while union officials call the action unauthorized.
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Cincinnati
Power Outage Closes Stores in Circleville
A power failure hit Circleville Thursday evening during the Christmas shopping rush. Police reported a cable exploded at a transformer causing the blackout at 6 01 p m. Power was restored at 7 29 p m. Foot patrolmen aided merchants as stores closed and a traffic crash strained police resources.
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Circleville
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Three Die In Long Beach Tunnel Gas Blast
Three Macco Construction workers died from asphyxiation after a methane gas buildup sparked explosions in an underground waterline project in Long Beach California. Two others were critically burned and one was expected to recover. A bystander cigarette sparked the blast.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe E. Snow
Allen R. Holmes
Holmes
Snow
Macco Construction Corp
Father-In-Law Held For Murder Probe
Ernest Watkins aged 59 was detained in Chillicothe for murder investigation after his son-in-law James Campbell aged 38 was shot at their home 10 miles south. Sheriff Fred Heinzelman said the shooting happened Thursday night following a quarrel over Campbell’s 14 year old step daughter. Prosecutor Robert Perdue stated the case will be further investigated before charges.
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Campbell
Robert Perdue
Commissions To Sales Tax Agents Hiked
Columbus Ohio State Treasurer Joseph T Ferguson announced higher commissions for sales tax agents starting January The new stamp sales commission rate increases to one percent on the first fifty thousand dollars and three fourths of one percent thereafter The change will raise average pay by about five thousand dollars per four week period but only about fifty of four hundred twenty two agents will benefit because many earn under one hundred dollars per pay period County treasurers and clerks of court not affected as their commissions go to counties
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Elevator Drops12 Floors at Dayton Hotel Backs to Basement
A runaway hotel elevator carrying about a dozen high school students and an operator dropped 12 floors to the basement in Dayton. The ride occurred after a singing engagement. the operator tried to stop on the 11th floor. Several riders were treated for minor injuries. The manager said the elevator did not go into free fall and that a safety cable limits speed.
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Dayton
Miami
Gene Barry
Frances Mobley
Ohio Five Day Forecast Near Normal Temperatures
Temperatures will average near normal with highs around 36 in the north and 40 in the south and lows near 21 to 24. Precipitation totals about 0.1 inch in eastern sections tonight into early Saturday.
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Ohio
Michigan Senate approves 87 million revenue plan
The Michigan Senate passed a revenue package to add 87 million dollars to the treasury and sent it to the House. It liquidates the veterans trust fund for quick income, raises 34 million from liquor and beer taxes, and adds 13 million from a one mill increase in the corporate franchise tax. Governor Williams called it a workable compromise after an 11 month stalemate.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
State
Senate
House
G. Mennen Williams
Veterans Trust Fund
Michigan Supreme Court
Williams
General Phone Contract Vote To Be Taken
About 1400 General Telephone Co of Ohio employees will vote on ratifying a new one year contract offering wage increases up to 14 cents an hour plus fringe benefits. The agreement, reached after 14 days of bargaining, becomes effective Dec. 20 if approved. The 14 cent raise applies to Georgetown area plant craftsmen. others receive 3 to 9 cent raises.
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Marion
General Telephone Co
Ohio
Communication Workers of America
Georgetown
R. C. Fletcher
Victim Stabbed 22 Times on Cleveland East Side
Police said Charles L. Johnson, 22, was stabbed 22 times Thursday night in his Cleveland East Side apartment and died on arrival at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Clarence Anderson, 26, who lived there, is held for questioning.
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Charles L. Johnson
East Side
Johnson
Mt. Sinai Hospiy
Clarence Anderson
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