Weather plane with 12 crew missing in mid Atlantic
A US B50 Hurricane Hunter weather aircraft with 12 aboard vanished in foul Atlantic conditions about 300 miles northwest of Bermuda. A Japanese freighter reported seeing a burning aircraft, but official details awaited next of kin. Coast Guard and Navy units pursued search efforts as conditions worsened.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Navy
59Th
Kindley Air Base
North Atlantic
Mackinac
Tarawa
Probe Seeks Cause of Airliner Crash Into East River
Investigators question if mechanical failure or human error caused the American Airlines four-engine jet to plunge into the East River near LaGuardia with 73 aboard. Eight survivors, 22 recovered bodies. pilot Capt. Albert De Witt died. Copilot Frank Hlavacek critically injured. Visibility two miles. ceiling about 400 feet. landing approach over Runway 22.
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New York
la Guardia Field
American Airlines
East River
Frank Hlavacek
Wilmette
Albert H. de Witt
Secatur, Mich
de Witt
President seeks stronger civil rights laws and school desegregation reforms
President Eisenhower urged Congress to make federal crimes of using force to block court orders in school desegregation. The plan adds FBI power to investigate attacks on schools or churches, allows election records review, and extends civil rights protections. It includes temporary aid to states, military family schooling fixes, a two year Civil Rights Commission extension, and a move to transform the government contracts commission into a general equal job opportunity body.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
FBI
Civil Rights Commission
Committee On
Commission
Four Hocking Schools Face Charter Revocation
The Ohio State Board of Education proposes to revoke temporary charters for Carbon Hill Rockbridge Gibisonville and South Bloomingville in Hocking County while Albany in Athens County keeps its charter for another year. In total 20 temporary high school charters were discontinued, with hearings possible and appeals to the courts.
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Columbus
Hocking County
State Board of Education
Carbon Hill
Rockbridge
Gibisonville
South Bloomingville
Athens County
Albany
Columbus Attoney
Hugh E. Kirkwood
Grand Jury Probes GM in New York
Government sources say a federal grand jury in New York is investigating General Motors Corp. amid an anti trust inquiry into undue concentration in the auto industry. The Justice Department subpoenaed extensive records from GM and a team of nine lawyers has been presenting evidence to the jury for several weeks.
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Washington
New York
General Motors Corp
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Justice Departments
Detroit Corporation
Kattie Roos Dies Pomeroy Resident
Arrangements by Ewing funeral home for Kattie Roos a long time Pomeroy resident who died Wednesday night in a Columbus hospital.
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Pomeroy
Ewing Funeral Home
Kattie Roos
Columbus
FBI Probes Theft of Ammunition and Grenades in Pomeroy Area
FBI continues investigation into the theft of 24 000 rounds of ammunition and 36 hand grenades from a TNT plant area. Vincent Knight, John Bryant, and Lee Reed, all youths, faced juvenile court charges for breaking and entering after admitting taking the items. Half the ammunition has been recovered and the incident involves National Guard storage rules and nearby sites in West Virginia and Ohio.
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Point Pleasant
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pomeroy Area
Mason County
Vincent Knight
John Bryant
Lee Reed
Hemlock Grove
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
West Virginia
Justice Goodwin
FBI
Huntington
West Virginia National Guard
National Guard
Lakin
Meigs County Fairgrounds
Rock Springs
Cohen Declines to Testify to Federal Grand Jury
Mickey Cohen refuses to testify before a federal grand jury probing his finances citing self incrimination and distrust. He declines to provide his address and tells assistant U S attorney Robert Jensen his grounds.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
U.S. Attorney'’S
Robert Jensen
Cohen
Housing Bill Moves Toward Final Action
Washington report on an omnibus housing bill advancing toward final Senate action amid ongoing efforts to modify its scope. Senator Sparkman predicted passage with no further changes after Wednesday’s revision trimmed 150 million dollars from direct government home loans for veterans, a move intended to gain President Eisenhower’s support.
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Washington
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Birdseye View Of Plane Too Close For Comfort
seventy year old Andrew Bird narrowly escaped injury when a four engine Air Force Hercules C130A struck his car on Cleveland Hopkins Airport runway. Bird entered the field by a ramp while waiting for his wife and was not harmed. guard alerted control tower as he backed away.
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Cleveland
Andrew Bird
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Bird
Lida
Land For Wood Pulp Cited In Resolution
The Ohio Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the state to explore using marginal and strip mined land to produce wood pulp for newsprint. Sponsored by Sen. Danny D. Johnson and Sen. Ed Whitmer, the measure aims to turn Ohio into a newsprint producing state.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Danny D. Johnson
Tuscarans
Ed Whitmer
Dstark
Ohio
Fatal infant deaths linked to household hazards in Cleveland
Two infants died on Cleveland east side on Wednesday. One choked on a rubber blanket he placed in his mouth. The other suffocated when a blocked furnace flue let carbon monoxide fumes seep through the home.
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Cleveland
East Side
Balloon team aims for unmanned altitude record
Brownwood Texas reports scientists plan to release a huge balloon today to break the world altitude record for unmanned balloons. The current record cited is 142000 feet.
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Brownwood
Tex
Kill Castro Plot Admitted
A former U S Navy pilot Alan Robert Nye, 31, confessed in Havana that he came to Cuba in December to assassinate Fidel Castro. He said he was promised $100000 by Brig Gen Carlos Tabernilla, chief of the Batista Air Force, and was captured in Oriente province on December 26, five days before Batista fled the island.
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Havana
U. S. Navy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Alan Robert Nye
Batista
Carlos Tabernilla
Nye
Whiting
Ind
Coral Gables
Fla
Oriente
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
Wrong Body Delivered in Gaffney Navy Family Tragedy
A Gaffney couple waited as Navy and FBI search for their son’s body after a Florida highway crash killed three sailors. The wrong body had been sent home for burial on Wednesday.
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Gaffney, &. C
Gaffney
Navy
FBI
Florida
McArthur Council Backs Mail Service Request
The Messenger reports the McArthur city council supports a request to restore or extend mail service. In other front page items, the school board chair resigns amid personnel disputes and four May primary contests are guaranteed. Residents raise barriers to a new fire station project. Athens faces a clincher game with Gallipolis in a primary election region.
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McArthur Council
Gallipolis
Athens
Glouster
Nelsonvill Athens
Logan
Pom-Mid
Chauncey
McArthur
S- Television
Nelsonville
Wongin Glouster
Alexandria Ordered to Integrate Negro Pupils in White Schools
A federal court in Virginia ordered Alexandria to admit nine Black students to three white public schools. If no stay is granted, they will enroll next Tuesday, raising integrated classes in the state to 30 since desegregation began Monday. The Alexandria board will appeal and seek a stay.
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Richmond
Virginia
Alexandria
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington
Norfolk
Bryan
Administrators Meet in Columbus on Better Schools Theme
Ohio elementary school administrators open a three day meeting in Columbus tonight focused on improved administration to achieve better schools. The event gathers district leaders to share strategies and experiences aimed at raising student outcomes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hit-Skip Driver Sought After Darwin Man Dies
Edward A. Carsey 70 died after being struck on Route 33 near Darwin Saturday night. Meigs County Sheriff seeks a pink or red auto with damaged headlight and mirror. suspect described as about 6 feet, 200 pounds, 40, well dressed with glasses. Services set for Saturday at Carleton Church. survived by wife Minnie and three sisters.
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Pomeroy
Darwin
Edward A. Carsey
Meigs General Hospital
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Carsey
Burson
Burlingham
Carleton Church
Minnie
Edna Hauch
Athers
Blanche Stone
Beloit
Ohio
Mary Stahl
Ewing Funeral Home
Woman and two men vie for Columbus mayor
In Columbus a non partisan mayoral race will feature incumbent M F E Sensenbrenner council president W Ralston Westlake and Mrs Vivienne Suarez. Primary on May 5 will select the two candidates whose names appear on the November ballot after petitions were filed before yesterday’s deadline.
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Columbus
M. F E. Sensenbrenner
Ralston Westlake
Vivienne Suarez
Logan Plant Workers Strike for Contract Demands
Logan union workers at the Carborundum Co plant began a strike at 5 p.m. Wednesday after meetings of Local 11-630 AFL CIO. The union seeks wage adjustments a union shop and fringe benefits. Pickets guard plant approaches while some supervisory staff aim to maintain partial production.
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Lancaster
John W. Wagner
Federal Mediation Service
Police Chief's Son Fined and Given Probation in Speeding Case
In Cincinnati, the 19-year-old son of Police Chief Stanley R. Schroter was fined $50 and costs, received a suspended two-day workhouse sentence, had his drivers license suspended for a year, and was placed on a one-year probation. Chief Schroter supported his son during the sentence, acknowledging responsibility.
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Cincinnati
Stanley R. Schroter
Thomas
William F. Keating
Airlines seek extended Ohio route from Cincinnati to Detroit
Lake Central Airlines says it can add the long route from Cincinnati through Dayton Columbus Toledo to Detroit and would also like to serve Lima and Mansfield on the same corridor if granted. The plan hinges on securing access to the current TWA service path.
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Washington
Lake Central Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Toledo
Detroit
Lima
Mansfield
Ohio
Five American soldiers freed from East Germany after weeks
U S Army pilot Richard Mackin and four other soldiers were released by East Germany after negotiations between Red Cross societies. The men had disappeared in Berlin during November and December. They crossed into West Germany at a border post shortly after noon. The release occurred as a Soviet held convoy near Marienborn was freed after over 50 hours.
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Herleshausen
Germany
East Germany
Richard Mackin
Mackin
Washington, D. C
Elwyn Bell
Hill City
Kan
Kenneth G. Carlson
San Leandro
Calif
James W. Hayes
Baltimore
Melvyn Hampton
Berlin
Red Cross
U. S. State Department
West Germany
Marienborn
SUB Passes list Hurdle In Legislature
In Columbus the Senate Commerce and Labor committee voted 5 to 2 along party lines to advance the controversial supplementary unemployment benefits bill after a three hour hearing. Democrats supported it while Republicans opposed, led by Fred J. Milligan of the Ohio Information Committee.
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Columbus
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Senate
Fred J. Milligan
Ohio Information Committee
Hope to Stow Down on Doctor’s Advice
Hollywood reports Bob Hope, 54, has a blood clot in his left eye causing blurred vision. His doctor ordered rest and treatment, predicting a quick recovery.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Hope
Pasadena Manufacturer Wins Court Ban On Mother at Wedding
A Pasadena manufacturer obtained a court injunction banning his mother from attending his marriage in San Marino. Louis F. Parmort said Mrs. Tessie Purmort threatened to kill him rather than see him wed Barbara Stanley Thorndike. Judge Ellsworth Meyer ordered Purmort to keep away from the wedding reception and send-off as the couple left for Hawaii on their honeymoon.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
San Marino
Louis FE. Parmort
Tessie Purmort
Barbara Stanley Thorndike
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