Nationwide storm leaves 11 dead and widespread damage
Violent weather lashed the nation from the Southwest to the Northeast with rain sleet snow and tornadoes. The death toll reached at least eleven including four in California and three in Texas while property losses climbed into the hundreds of thousands. Roads were shut and motorists stranded as 4 to 6 inches of new snow blanketed the Midwest.
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Murder Trial or Dutchman Opens Today
A Dutch radio operator Willem Van Rie aged 31 from Utrecht goes on trial in Boston for the death of Lynn Kauffman a 23 year old Chicago divorcee. Prosecutors seek the death penalty if convicted. Van Rie his wife Nella 31 say they expect to be home by tulip time. The victim was found battered on a Boston harbor island after the ship Utrecht departed for New York.
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Anti Pollution Bill Sparks Budget Battle With Eisenhower
Congress faces a possible veto as a House passed 90 million anti pollution bill surpasses the President's proposal. The measure from the House could trigger the first major clash over the budget between President Eisenhower and a Democratic Congress.
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Von Dohnanyi 82 Dies in New York
Renowned Hungarian conductor pianist Ernst von Dohnanyi dies at 82 in New York after influenza related heart failure. He lectured at Ohio University since 1948 and recorded works during a three week visit. Body to be taken to Tallahassee for memorial arrangements. Elena his wife present.
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Widow, 68, seeks husband in Painesville ad
Pearl Potts, 68, widow of 14 years, ran a classified ad in the Painesville Telegraph seeking a man 68 or older for companionship with a home. She highlights dancing as a qualification and says she lives with her brother and his wife. Three prospective husbands seek interviews, one noting he prefers non redheads.
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Missouri man killed as light plane explodes in flight
A Missouri man identified as Myra Hallmark of Jefferson City died Tuesday night when his Piper Tri Pacer exploded in flight and crashed on a farm near Dayton Ohio. He was alone aboard the aircraft officials said.
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Yugoslavian Cardinal Stepinac Dies Amid Political Legacy
Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac, 61, spiritual leader of seven million Yugoslav Catholics and a Tito regime opponent, died in Krasnic. Once imprisoned for 16 years, he became a symbol of church resistance to Communism and sparked a Vatican-Yugoslavia rift after being named cardinal in 1952.
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Ballot Split Planned to Fit Printing Press Limits
Columbus. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown says two ballots will be printed for each party to handle oversized candidate lists for the May 3 primary. The move avoids exceeding the 22 by 17 inch printing limit in smaller counties.
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Eisenhower May Buy Ranch Near Indio
President Eisenhower questioned about buying a 20 acre ranch near Indio California. Owner William Carey of San Diego would only say no comment and that he cannot think of a better new resident for Indio.
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Parole ends free for 27 years bank robber Evans
Harry Eugene Evans, 50, known as Harry Eugene Hill, was arrested in Birmingham after 27 years as a missing parolee. He had been freed in 1933 on a 10 day parole from a 1930 bank holdup and never returned, later claiming a lawyer took $250 and vanished. His wife and employer supported him, while authorities noted his long crime record.
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Eisenhower Visits Cape Canaveral for Missile Facility Tour
President Eisenhower flies from Andrews Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral to inspect missile facilities. He plans a brief visit with no launches, to view Atlas and Titan missiles amid the ongoing defense strength debate with Congress and the Soviet Union.
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Finch Gives Reason For Tecc 2 Wife Spying
Los Angeles jurors heard Dr. R Bernard Finch explain he hired private detectives to follow his wife Barbara Jean Finch who was killed July 18 The doctor said he feared her possible infidelity amid pending divorce proceedings which could ruin him He and Carole Tregoff 23 are charged with murder to permit marriage without sharing property.
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Ohio governor refuses clemency for police slayer Lyons
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle announced he would not grant clemency to Robert Lee Lyons 30, scheduled for execution on February 19 in the Ohio Penitentiary for the killing of a police officer.
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Khrushchev Heads to India for Asian Tour
Premier Nikita Khrushchev left Moscow with family and top Soviet officials on a multi nation tour. He will refuel in Tashkent before reaching New Delhi and then proceed to Burma Indonesia and Afghanistan on a mission to boost Soviet prestige.
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Benson Holds Program Late On Farm Problem
Washington reports Ezra Taft Benson faces the farm issue as he testifies next week on Eisenhower's new proposals. The President sent critical wheat surplus questions to Congress and urged a constructive solution within guidelines, shifting responsibility to lawmakers.
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Miami University Increases Fees for 1960 61
Miami University announced a $12.50 per semester rise in registration fees effective next fall, bringing the fee to $100 per term. When combined with a prior $12.50 semester increase for room charges, the total 1960-1961 student costs reach $1019.
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Mrs. Elberfeld Dies Tuesday At Gallipolis
Mrs. Jacob B. Elberfeld died Tuesday evening at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Born Feb 22 1872 in Mason West Virginia she was the daughter of Henry and the late Mees. She married Jacob B. Elberfeld Jan 13 1897 and is survived by children including Jacob Alfred Earl and several daughters and sons in law. Grandchildren listed include Jacob Sara Margaret Jo Edward and others. Continued on Page 18.
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Kidnapping reported in Golden as Adolph Coors III vanishes
Adolph Coors III, 44, wealthy brewer and Adolph Coors Co. board chairman, disappeared from his bloodstained car on a rural road west of Denver. Sheriff Art Wermuth said a kidnap victim is possible as authorities launch a wide search in the Rocky Mountain foothills. The carry-all wagon with its motor running was found on a wooden bridge over a shallow creek with blood on the bridge railing and seat. Coors had left his foothills home at 8 am for the 12 mile drive to the Coors plant.
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Wine Ship Adrift In Historic Golden Gate Storm
The 520 foot 21 800 ton tanker Angelo Petri carrying 22 million gallons of bulk wine rode a Pacific storm off San Francisco. Coast Guard crews evacuated 14 of 40 aboard as tug Sea Wolf and Sea Cloud attempted tow lines. Captain Edward A Lehn Jr steered efforts to bring Petri ashore with multiple lines and cutter support.
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Bomb damages home of Negro student amid Little Rock integration
A homemade dynamite blast struck the Cartelyou Walls residence as Little Rock integration tensions flare. Carlotta Walls 16 and three relatives escaped injury while police and FBI agents increased patrols around Central High School and other homes connected to integration.
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Law Invoked To Sentence Phone Caller
Geneva Frye was sentenced in Municipal Court by Judge Frank F. Wessel to six months in the workhouse and a $500 fine for harassing and threatening a minister and his wife by telephone. The Rev. Lowell B. Garvin and his wife reported more than 400 calls to the minister’s home about Frye's ward, a 12 year old boy placed with the Garvins after the Welfare Department obtained custody.
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DiSalle Backs Pact on Pornography Printing and Sales
Gov Michael V DiSalle urged a multi state agreement to curb pornographic material after deputies seized 17000 dollars worth of such material on a Wyandot County farm. He called for tougher penalties for printing and selling this material.
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Senate may probe leaks of secret intelligence
Senator Everett M. Dirksen says the Senate may investigate reported leaks of secret intelligence information given to Congress behind closed doors.
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