De Gaulle Gains Special Powers In Paris After Algiers Uprising
Pierre Lagaillarde, a French insurgent leader, was jailed in Paris with charges of attacking state security after surrendering in Algiers. Joseph Ortiz remained a fugitive as De Gaulle’s government assumes special powers to stabilize the capital. Troops cleared barricades, secured areas, and resumed normal life in central Algiers while barring access until threats are removed.
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Michel Debre
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Senate
Algiers
Paris
Pierre Lagaillarde
Father Shoots Wife Then Kills Self Killing Six Orphans
In Columbus a man Thomas Mack Pead 36 shot and killed his wife Martha Jane 28 who had filed for divorce two weeks earlier. He then shot himself in the mouth with a 12 gauge shotgun. Six children ages 3 to 10 were left orphaned. The couple's bodies were found in an upstairs bedroom.
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Columbus
Robert E. Evans
Thomas Mack Pead
Martha Jane
Robert
Soviet Space Satellite Likely Next Month
Prague reports Dr. Vladimir Guth of Ondrejov Observatory claims the Soviet Union will launch a space satellite next month that may carry a living animal. He cites the Jan. 20 and Sunday rocket tests into the Pacific as basis for the prediction.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Earth
Vladimir Guth
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Observatory
Ondrejov
CTK
Pacific
Groundhog Day Frenzy Across Pennsylvania Clubs
Groundhog Day draws Pennsylvanians into quirky rituals from Quarryville’s Slumbering Groundhog Lodge led by Robert Herr to Punxsutawney Pete’s Gobbler’s Knob forecasts. Enthusiasts wear silk robes, march aboard a converted railroad, and judge the animal’s shadow for six more weeks of winter.
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Quarryville
Lancaster County
Groundhog Lodge
Robert Herr
Pennsylvania
Quarryville Boys
Punxsutawney Club
Nummer Ainson da Lecha
Lehigh
Philadelphia Zoo
Tricker is Charged In Fined Murder Trial
Carole Tregoff, 23, and her doctor lover face murder charges in Los Angeles as her attorney claims she was tricked by prosecutors into incriminating statements. Robert A. Neeb contends a judge aided in pressuring her during the preliminary hearing.
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LOS Angeles
Carole Tregoff
Robert A. Neeb, Jr
R. Bernard Finch
Miss Trogoff
Neeb
Fred N. Whichello
Albert H. Miller
Carole
Groundhog Sees Shadow Delivers Winter Prognosis
Columbus reports point to six more weeks of winter though temperatures in Ohio run above normal with little snow so far. Forecasters joke about a sunny groundhog blinding him and speculate on Easter snow and spring delays.
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Columbus
Groundhog
Ohio
Lake Erie
Debate Over Poll Tax Vote In Senate Beginning
After a week of debate the Senate begins voting on measures to end the poll tax as a condition for voting. The fight centers on whether to achieve this by a constitutional amendment or a simple act of Congress. Senator Holland seeks a constitutional amendment tied to Kefauver’s broader proposal. Senator Russell opposes. Final passage requires two thirds.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Holland
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Dga
MacArthur Improves While Being Treated For Prostate Enlargement
Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Lenox Hill Hospital shows gradual improvement from an enlarged prostate causing urinary interference. Army officials note possible kidney involvement, to be clarified by further study. Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton consulted with MacArthur's physician Dr. George W. Laughter. The general, turning 80 last week, had left bed for 15 minutes on Monday.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Lenox Hill Hospital
Leonard D. Heaton
Army
Washington
MacArthur
George W. Laughter
Car Plunge Kills Two In Valley Creek Near Hillsboro
A car plunged through a bridge railing and flipped into a creek north east of Hillsboro, killing occupants Wilbur Stroop 61 and Melvina Shoemaker about 60, both of Sabina Route 1. The crash happened Monday at Bridges.
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Hillsboro
Wilbur Stroop
Melvina Shoemaker
Rt. 1
Sabina
Here
Piketon Bank Robber Identified By Police
A federal warrant was issued for Gale Wells also known as Argelus Ison in the $1128 robbery of the Piketon branch of the First National Bank of Waverly. Authorities traced the getaway car to a Camp Creek barn owned by Wells’ parents as sheriff Foster reported.
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Wells
Ohio
Adams County
Jesse H. Foster
Camp Creek
Pike County
Foster
Piketon
Portsmouth
John Stratton
Nine Miners Still Sought in Yubari Blast
SAPPORO Japan rescue workers searched the smoldering Yubari coal mine for nine miners missing after a gas explosion that killed 34 including a rescuer. Twenty of the 62 men inside the mine escaped or were saved.
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Sapporo
Japan
Yubari
Ohio's First Woman Atty Died Tuesday
Henrietta Friesner 89 of Logan died Tuesday at Saunders Rest Home. Daughter of Judge John S. Friesner and Harriet C. Gallagher Friesner she is believed to be Ohio's first woman lawyer, practiced with her father, and was a former newspaperwoman. She helped organize St Pauls Episcopal Church and had streets Friesner Ave Gallagher Ave and Henrietta Ave named after her family. Funeral Thursday at 10 am Episcopal Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Heinlein funeral home in charge.
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Logan
Henrietta Friesner
Saunders Rest Home
John S
Harriet C. Gallagher Friesner
Friesner
Ohio
Gallagher
Henrietta
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Peyton D. Reed
Oak Grove Cemetery
Heinlein Funeral Home
Famous Circus Clown Felix Adler Dies at 62
New York report says Felix Adler, a famed 50 year veteran of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, died Monday during surgery at St. Clare's Hospital. Adler left the circus last May after half a century with the big top and was known for his droopy clown persona and accompanying piglets.
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New York
Felix Adler
Adler
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
St. Clare's Hospital
Mainline NY Central tracks reopen after derailment
In Painesville Ohio two of four mainline New York Central tracks damaged by Sunday freight derailment were opened to traffic about 5 pm Monday. The remaining two tracks were to be cleared by noon today. The derailment involved 33 cars and traffic had been detoured onto the Nickel Plate Road.
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Painesville
Ohio
New York Central
Nickel Plate Road
Kreisler Honored on 85th Birthday in New York
Fritz Kreisler turns 85 in New York as he retires from public violin performance yet his legacy remains a priceless treasure of America's musical heritage.
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New York
Fritz Kreisler
America
Lumber strike hits eight area firms after talks fail
Truck drivers and carpenters strike eight lumber companies after negotiations broke down between Teamsters Local 377 and Carpenters Local 171. The unions demand higher wages and better conditions as picket lines form.
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Youngstown
Teamsters Local 377
Carpenters Local
Mine Officials Still Hopeful Miners Alive
COALBROOK, South Africa Mine officials refused to abandon hope for 435 miners entombed since Jan 21. A senior official said reports of all deaths were premature and fresh air and water appeared while food was found from 49 horses with them. A drill reached 226 feet toward the 500-foot level where 6 whites and 429 Africans are trapped.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Vae To Seek Huge Budget
London with Harold Macmillan leading the Conservatives plans a large peacetime defense budget. Parliament will consider a boost of 120 to 150 million pounds about 336 to 420 million dollars, raising total defense spending to around 4.56 billion dollars.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
House of Commons
NATO Forces Hold Line in Winter War Games
NATO troops in Sulzbach-Rosenberg Germany established a new defense line as Aggressor forces led by a U S infantry division and a German armored brigade pressed northward. NATO launched several counterattacks amid increasing resistance.
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Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Germany
NATO
U. S
31year old Griffin Sentenced for 60 Cent Burglary
Memphis Tennessee James L Griffin, 31, was sent to the country penal farm for one year after pleading guilty to stealing 60 cents from a cafe. The burglary occurred in Memphis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Country
James L. Griffin
U A R S Troops Move To Border Amid Syrian-Israeli Clashes
The United Arab Republic announces troop reinforcement to the Sinai frontier after renewed fighting on Israel's northeast border with Syria. The Middle East News Agency reports a state of emergency for U A R armed forces and canceled leaves.
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Cairo
United Arab Republic
Middle East
Sinai Desert
Egypt
U.A.R
Israel
U.A R
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
Tawafik
Driver Slams Into Smiths Drive In Drugs Window
In Hollywood Florida Sol Stavis 47 drove into the Smiths drive in drugs store after his foot slipped on the accelerator three customers suffered cuts from flying glass and merchandise was scattered.
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Hollywood
Fla
Smith’s Drive-In Drugs
Sol Stavis
Stavis
Belmont auditor Mc Cort seeks Democratic nomination for state post
Columbus reports Belmont County auditor W T Mc Cort who has served since 1947 filed petitions with Secretary of State Ted W Brown seeking the Democratic nomination for state auditor in the May 3 primary. His petitions include 3800 signatures from 77 counties.
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Columbus
W. T. McCort
Belmont County
Ted W. Brown
Mc Cort
Hoffa campaigns against Kennedy in 1960 race
President James R. Hoffa leads Teamsters opposition to Sen. John F. Kennedy as a presidential candidate. Hoffa targets Kennedy for backing the 1960 labor control law and notes Robert Kennedy’s role as counsel to the Senate Labor Management Committee as a source of pressure. Hoffa says it is early to choose a party nominee. He continues campaigning in Wisconsin and other states while weighing congressional candidates.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Senate Labor Management Committee
Hoffar
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