Harris is Sentenced to Life for Gallia County Murder
Tom Harris 42 of Vinton Route 2 was found guilty of first degree murder after an hour of deliberation in Gallia County Common Pleas Court. Judge Betz sentenced Harris to life in the Ohio Penitentiary, with a mercy recommendation. The trial, ongoing through ten days, covered the shooting of Marion Hatfield's father, Frank Hatfield, at the Harris residence on Brush Ridge.
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Marion Hatfield
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Brush Ridge
Warren F
Labor Chief Will Probe RR Dispute
President Eisenhower named Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell to head a 15 member commission to investigate railroads and operating unions over work rules and featherbedding. The panel includes five public members, five carrier nominees, and five from the unions, formed after a mid October agreement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Fisenhower
Commission
NLRB Fights Lorain Picketing Over Ford Dock Work
The National Labor Relations Board filed an injunction in Federal Court to halt a union picket at Ford Motor Co in Lorain Ohio where a loading dock is under construction beside the New York Central Railroad tracks.
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Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Co
Lorain
New York Central
Record cold grips large region with widespread fatalities
A massive icy air mass chilled much of the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with subzero readings in OSK and a string of storm deaths totaling at least 55 nationwide. Ohio suffered 25 deaths from overexertion and weather, while Illinois Michigan Kentucky Missouri New York Indiana and West Virginia each reported several fatalities.
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Dixie
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
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Missouri
New York
Indiana
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Rebuffed in Legislature Davis Ponders New Sales Tax Boost
Louisiana leaders debated pressing for a new House vote on a 28 million sales tax hike to raise the statewide rate from two to three percent for eight months in 1961. The measure failed 65-36, short of two thirds, amid ties to aid private schools and desegregation disputes. A federal panel then cited Lt. Gov Aycock and others for contempt over delays in releasing teacher salaries at Frantz and McDonogh 19 schools.
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House
Jimmie H. Davis
Senate
New Orleans
C. C. Aycock
Gunfight on crowded bus wounds six on Chicago trip
Police say a quarrel near the exit sparked a bus shootout on Chicago's west side as a man warned others to move. About a dozen shots struck the rear of the bus leaving six wounded and one in critical condition.
Sheriff Says Charges Loom In Crown City Shooting
Gallia County sheriff Oscar Baird said charges would be filed against Junior Johnson 25 Athalia in the Tuesday fatal shooting of Carroll Short 46 Federal Creek at Crown City. Johnson held on open charges after the shooting and four others remain in custody for questioning. Autopsy cited massive internal hemorrhage from a 32 caliber bullet through the left lung. coroner Donald Warehime has not yet issued a verdict.
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Harris
Crown City
Baird
Gallipolis
Oscar Baird
Junior Johnson
Athalia
Carroll Short
Federal Creek
Johnson
Yallia County
Short
Athens Messenger Announces Junior Reporter Trip to Brazil
The Athens Messenger seeks area youths for its Most Popular Boy contest to select a Junior Reporter. The winner earns a trip to Brazil with a group of Junior Reporters from across America to observe and report on impressions traveling under his own name.
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TWA
New York
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South America
Young Ozark Farm Lass Enlists Police Aid To Find Santa Claus
An 11 year old Coleta Burns from the Arkansas Ozarks writes to the New York City Police seeking Santa Claus. She asks officers to read the letter to Santa and notes her family’s Christmas needs. Deputy Commissioner Walter Arm replies there is a real Santa but he is busy and may have overlooked her family.
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Santa Claus
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New York City
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Red Party States Meet In Chicago
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned that Communists are arranging a Chicago conference beginning December 31 to form a new national youth organization. The FBI notes Moscow trained Gus Hall leads U S Communists who intend clandestine youth outreach and a new publication New Horizons for Youth edited by Daniel Rubin of New York.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Chicago
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Hoover
William P. Rogers
Gus Hall
U. S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Cuba
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New Horizons For Youth
Daniel Rubin
New York
King Saud removes brother as premier in Saudi purge
King Saud halts Faisal as premier and reclaims full governmental powers. Observers say Faisal 56 angered many, notably princes who faced subsidy and salary cuts during his austerity regime.
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Cairo
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Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Intertribal Fight Near Umtat Kills Eighteen
Eighteen people were killed and many seriously injured in an intertribal clash near Umtat between Durban and East London. Police and local authorities reported the casualty toll as authorities urged calm and investigations continued into the violence.
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Umtat
South Africa
Durban
London
Nixon fund disclosed in Columbus report
A filing with Secretary of State Ted W. Brown shows the Ohio Volunteers for Nixon Lodge raised 79337 dollars during the presidential campaign.
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Nixon Fund
Columbus
Ted W. Brown
Ohio
Nixon Lodge
Freighter Wreck Off Santander Leaves One Survivor
In Santander Spain a 21 member crew aboard an old freighter on its final voyage collided with rocks. Only one man survived and one body was recovered. The wreck and casualty details remain under investigation.
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Santander
Spain
Unfair charges filed against Standard Oil of Ohio
The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union filed three unfair labor practice charges against Standard Oil Co of Ohio.
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Cleveland
The
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Pine Ridge tanker breakup leaves 20 crew presumed aboard stern
Helicopters from the carrier Valley Forge plucked eight crewmen from the Pine Ridge stern after the tanker broke in heavy seas 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Twenty other survivors were aboard the after part, with rescue operations continuing as four more men were later reported salvaged. Coast Guard noted drift between wreck sections and warned of navigation hazards as two tugs prepared to salvage both ends. Waves and winds hindered efforts amid a 39 member crew and Balt last ballast voyage from New York to Corpus Christi.
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Plane Wreck Victims Found Near Newfoundland Wreckage
Nine Navy airmen aboard a P2V Neptune were presumed dead as two bodies were recovered near the wreckage 17 miles off Cape Race. The American Clipper recovered two remains. the Wolfe to transport them to St John’s for identification at Argentia.
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Cape Race
Mitchell Sets Plans to Return to Private Consulting
Washington Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, slated to retire January 20, will resume his role as a private consultant on labor management relations.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Diamond figure dies in West Acton obituary
Jack Onslow, 72, longtime baseball figure and former Chicago White Sox manager, died today in West Acton Mass. He guided teams in major league circuits and left a lasting impact on the sport through his managerial career and contributions.
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West Acton
Mass
Jack Onslow
Chicago White Sox
Recordings Show Plane Off Course and Crash
FAA tapes reveal United Air Lines Flight 826 went off course before colliding with Trans World Flight 266 over Staten Island. La Guardia and Idlewild controllers failed to locate the DC8 in the landing pattern. the cause remains undisclosed.
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Columbus
Kennedy to lead conference on federal aid to education
President-elect John F Kennedy plans a Palm Beach conference on education funding with Rep Frank Thompson to push a program combining classroom construction funds with teacher salary support. Kennedy will urge Congress to act when it convenes January 3. Speaker Sam Rayburn signals possible Democratic pushback on salary payments.
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Sam Rayburn
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John F. Kennedy
Frank Thompson
House Committee On Education and Labor
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Texas
Eisenhower
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Cleveland Ohio Railway Board To Approve C and O Exchange
Cleveland dispatch reports that Chesapeake and Ohio Railway directors are to approve today an exchange of C&O stock for about 55 percent of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock outstanding. The move signals a strategic consolidation and potential control shift in the two rail systems.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
C&o
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Britain to place fighters under NATO supreme command
Under NATO control London's fighter command comprising more than 100 jet fighters and guided missiles will come under the authority of NATO's supreme commander General Lauris Norstad.
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Lauris Norstad
Committee Woman Mil Dred Jaster Dies in Cleveland
Mrs Mil dred R Jaster 70 longtime Democratic national committee woman for Ohio from 1936 to 1944 died Wednesday in Cleveland The obituary notes her service to the party and her years of involvement in state and national politics.
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Cleveland
Mildred R. Jaster
Ohio
Cuban diplomat accuses U S of harboring refugees
Cuban diplomat Carlos M Lechuga charges the United States harbors criminals assassins and traitors by taking in Cuban refugees He says a million dollar Eisenhower refugee aid fund funds psychological warfare and prompts Cubans to flee their homes blaming humanitarian pretense.
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Washington
Carlos M. Lechuga
United States
Cuba
Eisenhower
Sunday Messenger Classified: Encyclopedia Ad Promises Quick Sales
An advertiser promotes selling a World Book Encyclopedia in excellent condition for $30.00 and urges readers to call LY 2-6562. Another listing offers items for sale with LY 3-1242 for prompt results, noting the advertiser is home on Sundays.
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World Book Encyclopedia
Call LY
Family Plans Rule For Adopted Daughters Despite Court Ruling
Cincinnati parents Mr. and Mrs. John Dyar proceed with Christmas plans for their two adopted daughters. On December 27 they must yield custody of five year old Vickie Sue Michie to her natural mother Mrs. Barbara Michie Early of Oakland California. Judge Chase M. Davies had upheld Early's claim of lack of legal notification for the adoption but delayed an official ruling until December 27 to avoid disturbing Christmas celebrations.
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Mrs. Dyar
DYARS
Vickie Sue Michie
Barbara Michie Early
Oakland
Calif
Vickie
Chase M. Davies
Early
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