Solons Face Busy Week in Ohio Legislature
Governor DiSalle to submit a third special message urging an end to capital punishment. Senate and House committees plan hearings on 81 bills including minimum wage, tax exemptions, school entrance age, and unauthorized practice of law. Lincoln Birthday observances and various committee actions headline a packed week in Columbus.
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Michael V. DiSalle
HOUSE
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Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
House Industry and Labor Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Statehouse
Senate Taxation Committee
House Education Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Air Force to Trim Wings Amid Modernization Drive
The Air Force plans shrinking to under 90 wings in five to six years, including missile units. Size drop stems from new aircraft and missiles, not budget alone, with B47 bomber wings cut as superior systems replace them. Wing strength has declined from 137 in 1957 to 105 expected end of this year.
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Washington
Air Force
Tion
Congress
Nose Section of Plane Is Recovered
New York investigators focused on the crash cause of an American Airlines jet that struck the Fast River near La Guardia Field. The nose section and cockpit were recovered, with the cockpit intact and a running clock on the panel. The veteran pilot Captain Alfred De Witt and three other bodies were recovered, while 32 victims remained missing.
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New York
American Airlines
Fast River
Civil Aeronautics Board
la Guardia Field
Alfred de Witt
Decatur
Mich
Robert Emerson
Urbana
Ill
Benjamin Weinstein
Great Neck
N. Y
Robert David Willemin
la Grange
Til
Weekend Ohio Death Toll Rises With 15 Fatalities
AP tally of accidental deaths across Ohio from Friday evening to Sunday midnight reports 15 fatalities. Ten in traffic crashes, two in fires, three in other accidents. Victims include a boy who drowned a man shot dead and another crushed by a 50 ton welding machine.
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Ohio
Akron
Associated Press
Servicemen Injured In State Route 35 Crash
Two servicemen returning to Fort Bragg North Carolina were in a one car accident on Route 35 at 4 a.m. Monday. Their car slid on wet pavement on Steenbergen Hill and overturned. Joseph William King 19 of Portland Oregon and John L Turner 21 of Columbia North Carolina were treated at Holzer Hospital. King suffered a back injury while Turner had a broken wrist and minor injuries.
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Point Pleasant
Fort Bragg
N. C
Steenbergen Hill
Joseph William King
Portland
Ore
John L. Turner
Columbia
Holzer Hospital
King
Turner
Thief Stole $400,000 in Jewels From Miami Beach Suite
A thief, possibly a gem expert, took about 400000 dollars worth of diamonds emeralds and jewelry from the hotel suite of Leon Greenebaum and family in Miami Beach. The largest piece was a 180000 dollar ring and many pieces were insured. Mrs Cole urged not to publish details. The owners are linked to Hertz Car Rental Corp and a New York dress house Mort.
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Miami Beach
Fla
New York
Leon ©. Greenebaum
Hertz Car Rental Corp
Arthur Cole
Greenebaum
Near Agreement For Free Cyprus
Greece and Turkey are close to a draft constitution for an independent Cyprus with a Turkish veto on foreign relations defense and internal security. Britain would keep bases under NATO control while troop replacements and exact arrangements remain unsettled. The draft creates separate parliaments for Turks and Greeks and a joint upper house with proportional representation.
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Switzerland
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Mediterranean
Constantine Karamanlis
Adnan Menderes
Macmillan
Britain
Prize-Winning Times Reporter Meyer Berger Dies
New York reporter Meyer Berger aged 60 and Pulitzer prize winner died Sunday after suffering a stroke midweek. Berger was a longtime columnist and member of The New York Times staff since 1928, shaping national journalism.
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New York
Meyer Berger
The
New York Times
Berger
Libby Plans Midyear Resignation From AEC
Dr Willard F Libby says he is not mad at anyone and intends to resign from the Atomic Energy Commission by midsummer. He plans to step down as part of a broader personnel shift within the agency.
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Washington
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Ice Plagues Toledo Roads With Freezing Rains
Ice coated highways and streets in Toledo and Northwest Ohio making driving hazardous as freezing rain created slick conditions and prompted travel delays and extra caution for motorists and officials.
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Toledo
Northwest Ohio
Brig. Gen. James B. Newman Dies at 62 in Orlando
Orlando obituary notes Brig. Gen. James B. Newman 62 retired Air Force officer who helped plan the Air Force Academy died Saturday of a heart attack.
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Orlando
Fla
James B. Newman
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Sharon Steel Ends Merger Talks With Pittsburgh Steel
Sharon Steel Corp announced merger discussions with Pittsburgh Steel Co have been terminated. The companies had been exploring a combination, but no agreement was reached and talks are concluded.
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New York
Sharon Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Government Blame for Inflation Sparks Senate Hearings
Walter Reuther told Congress that different government policies could have boosted production by over 100 billion dollars in six years. He urged an extensive program of government action to secure full employment and growth, while the U S Chamber of Commerce argued policies are the main inflation cause.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
Congress
United States
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Senate
House Economic Committee
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Coast Guard Plans To Free Orphan Barge In Lake Erie
The Coast Guard will attempt to free a 15 by 30 foot barge trapped in ice two miles north of Geneva on the Lake in Lake Erie. The vessel valued at $20,000 has drifted into the lake and its ownership is unknown.
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Ashtabula
Lake Erie
U. S. Coast Guard
Geneva on-the-Lake
Coast Guard
Schwartz calls for new probe into Hagerty role
Dr. Bernard Schwartz, NYU law professor and former House investigator, urges Congress to probe White House press secretary James C. Hagerty over a television case. Hagerty denies the claim and cites an FCC reversal three months after Hagerty intervened.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Bernard Schwartz
House
Hagerty
Richard A. Mack
Federal Communications Commissioner
Albany-Schenectady
New York
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Schwartz
Dulles Seeks Unity on Berlin Blockade Procedures
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said Western Allies agree on procedures if the Soviet Union uses physical means to block access to Berlin. He renewed West’s offer to talk for a general settlement and reported unity of position after talks in London Paris and Bonn. Dulles emphasized no substitution of East Germans for Soviet responsibilities and said West Berlin access will be preserved. He planned to brief President Eisenhower after his week abroad with Britain France West Germany and NATO. West German Chancellor Adenauer opposed concessions without returns.
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John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Berlin
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Dulles
London
Paris
Bonn
West Berlin
Britain
France
West Germany
Paul-Henri Spaak
NATO
Fisenhower
Georgia
C. Douglas Dillon
Ussr
Konrad Adenauer
Prisoners in Jackson County Jail Demand Grievances Over Soup
In Kansas City Missouri Sheriff Arvid Owsley agreed to hear grievances from 28 prisoners after a quiet protest in the Jackson County Jail. The inmates complained the Friday soup was too thin and described it as clam chowder, a claim the sheriff later explained.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Arvid Owsley
Owsley
Return To Work At Logan Carborundum Plant
About 40 workers returned to the Logan plant this morning with production at roughly 15 percent capacity. Plant manager Grant G. Byrnes said Local 11630 strikers were orderly in picketing and a temporary injunction prohibits interference with operations. A large crowd gathered nearby but no incidents occurred. State and local officers remained on scene. negotiations are adjourned pending federal mediation. Roughly 100 people, including clerical and supervisory staff, are employed at the plant.
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Carborundum Co
Grant G. Byrnes
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Afl-Cio-Clc
Common Pleas Court
Harley Meyer
Byrnes
Radio Ven Strike Hits KYW Cleveland Pickets Parade
Top KYW radio and TV personalities joined picket lines in Cleveland during a 15 hour contract deadlock. About 24 announcers newsmen and disc jockeys, plus 80 engineers stage hands and directors, walked out after the old contract expired November 5. Operations stayed open with supervisors and about a dozen staff brought in from other Westinghouse stations.
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Cleveland
KYW
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
Strike Ends At Akron General Tire Plant
A strike at General Tire and Rubber Co. ended at midnight Sunday night. A separate pay rates dispute continues at Goodyear’s passenger tire curing division with about 1000 idle workers.
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Akron
General Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Unemployment Edging Up Near Five Million
Washington reports unemployment rising toward five million as January 1959 figures loom. Winters slow hiring in construction and farming keep joblessness higher though economy shows some recovery. Current data show about one in seventeen workers seeking jobs unemployed, with higher rates for singles and lower for married individuals.
Alexandria Plans To Integrate Public Schools
Alexandria completes plans to integrate three public schools making it the state's third locality in eight days to admit nine Negro children to formerly all white classrooms. Officials hope for peaceful integration following similar moves in Norfolk and Arlington. A request for a stay of the ruling was rejected. Harrisonburg hears a plea to reopen Warren County High School on an integrated basis.
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Alexandria
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington
U. S. Supreme Court
District Court
Harrisonburg
Warren County High School
Front Royal
Berlin Mayor Meets Today With Brass
West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt meets with State Department officials and will lunch with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He says Berlin is a symptom of the crisis and urges Western unity against the Soviets without capitulation, noting limited influence.
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Washington
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Brandt
Socialist Party— Social Democratic Federation
Social Democratic Party
Berlin
DiSalle Named Honorary Chairman of Ohio Teen Age Hall
Gov Michael V. DiSalle was named honorary chairman of the selection committee for Ohio's Teenage Hall of Fame in Columbus. The appointment places the governor at the helm of the effort to recognize outstanding young Ohioans for their achievements.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Weather Ohto Five Day Forecast Brings Colder Trend
Weather outlook shows temperatures averaging 2 to 8 degrees below normal with a normal high around 35 and low near 19 to 25. Turning colder midweek with more chill Thursday and Friday, then warmer by Saturday. Rain or snow possible Saturday and mixed conditions elsewhere.
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San Francisco
Washington
Brother Dies After Being Hit By Auto
Point Pleasant man Harry Franklin Jones aged 45 died after a Friday night auto strike in Charleston. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Survived by mother Mrs Elizabeth Jones and brothers W E Jones and B W Jones. Body at Keller funeral home in Charleston. A Duncan man admitted driving the vehicle.
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Thomas Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
Harry Franklin Jones
B. W. Jones
Viand St
Charleston
Elizabeth Jones
W .E. Jones
Keller Funeral Home
Duncan
Jones
Workmen Find Body After Trestle Falls
After four days of digging the body of Larry Szymanski was recovered from the rubble of a collapsed trestle in Youngstown. Szymanski, 20, of Campbell, was working on the trestle when it collapsed Thursday and was buried under a diesel engine and three hopper cars at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Campbell works.
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Youngstown
Larry Szymanski
Szymanski
Campbell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Corp
Campbell Works
Lost The Children In The Smoke
Mrs Mil dred Plummer tried to save her five nieces and nephews in a southwest Philadelphia fire that killed them. She crawled back inside to wake the children, led them to a front room window, and smashed the glass before leaping to safety. The five victims were found near the window and five others escaped with smoke inhalation. The father is an army sergeant in Texas.
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Philadelphia
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