Record Ocean Tide Drowns New England in Flood Deaths
A northeast storm caused the highest tide in 108 years, reaching 14.3 feet and flooding streets up to seven feet deep along 30 miles of Boston shoreline. Thousands fled, hundreds were rescued, and nine deaths were blamed as evacuations spread to Hull Quincy Scituate Cohasset Revere Winthrop Nahant with 44,900 New York homes without power due to downed lines.
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New England
Atlantic Ocean
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New Jersey
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Coast Guard
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Quincy
Scituate
Cohasset
South Shore
Revere
Winthrop
Nahant
Quincey
New York
King Lrees Youth Join In New Order at Ohio Univ
Dr. Martin Luther King addressed 3600 delegates at the 18th Ecumenical Student Conference in Memorial Auditorium Ohio University urging a new order embracing the world through youth. He called racial clash a fight between justice and injustice and urged patience with the old while pushing forward in the crusade for Negro rights.
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Martin Luther King
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
King
Montgomery
Ala
Interdenominational Conference
Two Ohio Boys Die in Accidental Shooting
Richard Roberts aged 14 of Huntington was killed when Roy Lee Martin also 14 accidentally shot him during target practice at Martins home near Chesapeake Ohio across the Ohio River from Huntington. Sheriff Carl Rose said the incident occurred Tuesday as the youths practiced with a firearm.
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W. War
Richard Roberts
Roy Lee Martin
Lawrence County
Ohio
Carl FE. Rose
Rose
Martin
Chesapeake
Ohio River
Frohring Estate Receives Additional Million Inheritance
Appraisers added 1 million to the Frohring estate of Dr. William C. Frohring of Newbury Geauga County who died Sept 13. The estate now totals 6,005,640. Frohring, a chemist, helped develop nationally sold SMA baby food. Temperatures forecast for the weekend call for a little warmer Saturday and Sunday but colder by Monday with precipitation of a half inch to one inch as rain or snow.
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William C. Frohring
Newbury
Geauga County
Frohring
Aged man dies in wheelchair fire in Lakeland
In Lakeland Florida Fred S Scobie 81 died when his wheelchair caught fire as he was unable to move and slumped over. His daughter Mrs Claude Ridley found him and reported the scene to firefighters after returning home Tuesday.
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Lakeland
Fla
Fred S. Scobie
Claude Ridley
Scobie
Patrolman Named To Logan Force
Logan selects Ralph Edward Brandon 23 of Walnut Street to join the police force replacing Leland Bateman. Brandon, a Navy veteran and Logan High School graduate, will start January 1, increasing patrolmen to seven with a request for three more. Others on eligibility list were Kenneth Bumgardner and Richard Sargent, all scoring above 100.
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Ralph Edward Brandon
Walnut St. Rd
Fd Rutgers
New City
Brandon
Leland Bateman
Kenneth D. Bumgardner
Richard Sargent
Navy
Logan High School
Ogg and
Beasley Ford Co
Logan Department
Roy Kelch
Tax Men To Look Close At Entertainment Costs
Washington AP income tax chief Dana Latham says detailed records must be kept for entertainment deductions and business expenses after Dec 21. Corporations and partnerships will report salaries and expenses of top officers and, for proprietors, the five highest paid employees if over 10 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Dana Latham
Internal Revenue
Latham
US-Soviet talks face test as crisis nears Geneva talks
The United States and Britain confront a possible crisis in negotiating a enforceable treaty banning nuclear test explosions. Eisenhower warns Khrushchev that the U S may resume underground tests if Moscow blocks a strong inspection system. A limited ban could be used if progress stalls at Geneva on Jan 12.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
Eisenhower
U.S
Eiisenhower
Augusta
Nikita Khrushchev
Motive Sought In Sniper Slaying In Painesville
Police probe into the Christmas Eve sniper slaying of Charles R. Clark centers on motive and possible accident. Lois Clark, 30, mother of four, is questioned as detectives probe her love life and Clark s travels and associates at Reliance Electric. Prosecutor Ostrander says she may undergo polygraph tests as part of the inquiry.
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Painesville
Charles R. Clark
Lois Clark
Edward R. Ostrander
Lake County
Clark
William B. Evans
Ostrander
Humphrey Enters 1960 Presidential Race
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota formally entered the 1960 Democratic presidential contest announcing his name in primaries for Wisconsin the District of Columbia Oregon and South Dakota He called for bold actions on foreign policy and national security and criticized the Eisenhower administration Kennedy was expected to announce after a Jamaica vacation.
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Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Bert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
District of Columbia
Oregon
South Dakota
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Jamaica
Steel Deadlock Rift Widens in Eisenhower Inquiry
President Eisenhower's fact finding board finished steel strike hearings amid sharp exchanges from both sides. The panel voiced pessimism over a settlement before January 6, the date its report is due. Vice President Nixon held private talks with union leader David J. McDonald, amid a visit by Thomas E. Dewey.
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Eisenhower
White House
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Taylor
Afl-Cio
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James P. Mitchell
Dewey
Maine Governor Clauson Dies in Sleep at 64
Gov. Clinton A. Clauson of Maine died in his sleep at the Blaine House in Augusta at 2:35 a.m. He was in the first year of a four year term and had served as Maine’s governor since 1958. He leaves a widow and two children.
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Maine
Augusta
Clinton A. Clauson
Clauson
Ames
Iowa
State Senate
John R. Reed
Fort Fairfield
Blaine House
Joseph R. Crawford
Horace Hildreth
Waterville
Edmund S. Muskie
U. S
Cold Weather with Snow Forecast Across Ohio
Skies remained cloudy across Ohio with light snow flurries general this morning. Temperatures were below freezing except at Chesapeake and few spots. Snow depth reached two inches in Cleveland and one inch in Toledo with lighter amounts elsewhere. Forecast calls for continued cold weather with scattered light snow flurries for several days. Nighttime temps fall below freezing except in the far south, daytime highs only in the low to mid 30s today and Thursday.
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Ohio
Chesapeake
Cleveland
Toledo
Eisenhower to Deliver State of the Union Message
President Eisenhower will refine his State of the Union address to Congress and may play a round of golf if weather permits. Congress begins a new session on January 6, with the message typically delivered in person a day or two later, outlining the administration’s program for the year ahead.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
New Chemicals Pollute Nations Drinking Water
Chicago experts warn hundreds of new chemical products contaminate drinking water with unknown health effects. H. W. Poston calls for urgent research and notes current water treatment cannot remove viruses or predict chemical impacts. Arve H. Dahl adds that expanding pollution risks will grow with population and sprawling super cities along major watercourses.
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Chicago
H. W. Poston
Arve H. Dahl
Washington, D. C
U. S. Public Health Service
Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Dahl
Poston
See Inquiry into US Space Missile Plans Sparks Probe
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson leads a critical inquiry into space, missile and defense programs. Top staffers on the Space Committee and Armed Services Preparedness subcommittee are drafting details for an investigation set to begin after Congress reconvenes. Johnson, a potential 1960 Democratic candidate, may scrutinize controversial defense policy.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Space Committee
Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
Congress
Johnson
Free coffee offered on Ohio Turnpike New Year’s Eve
The Ohio Turnpike Commission will provide free coffee from 11 p.m. New Year’s Eve to 6 a.m. the following morning. Motorists entering the turnpike will receive a card for one free cup of coffee, supplied by concessionaires at the 16 service plazas along the turnpike.
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Turnpike Commission
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