Ike Macmillan To Talk In Bermuda In March
President Eisenhower will meet British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Bermuda March 21 24 to ease post Suez tensions. He will also confer in Washington February 26 27 with French Premier Guy Mollet.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Bermuda
Harold Macmillan
Great Britain
Washington
Guy Mollet
United States
Britain
France
Israel
Egypt
James C. Hagerty
White House
Macmillan
Anthony Eden
Cicada To Invade Large Part Of Southern Ohio This Spring
The 17 year periodical cicada will appear over an area covering all or part of 17 Ohio counties from Montgomery to Scioto and eastward to Gallia. The insects emerge late in May causing damage to fruit trees. The cycle varies by region with 13 years in the south and 17 years in the north.
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Ohio
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Montgomery County
Fayette, Greene and Pickaway Counties
Ross and Pike
Scioto County
Jackson County
Gallia County
Ohio River
Butler
Hamilton
Agriculture Department
Melvin Starts Car Shifts and Roars Ahead
In Chesterfield Utah Melvin North perhaps faces license trouble after starting a car with his sleeping father beside him and pressing the gas. The vehicle struck a car being worked on, sending it into a utility pole. The other owner Elmer W Ray 25 suffered a cut forehead. Melvin sustained a bruised lip.
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Chesterfield
Utah
R— Melvin North
Melvin
Elmer W. Ray
Rains Trigger Flood Damage Across Three States
Heavy weekend rains caused widespread flooding in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania with numerous creeks and the Ohio River rising near flood stage. No deaths were reported but roads bridges and small towns along the river were heavily damaged. Weston WV was hardest hit with isolation after the West Fork River crested and receded. Clarksburg WV saw the river crest 4% feet above flood level and about 100 families evacuated.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Weston
West Fork
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ohio River Fears as Flood Stage Near Portsmouth Strains
Scioto County residents clean up after a flash flood from a two inch rain, as the Ohio River near Portsmouth threatens flood stage. Predictions show crest near 49.5 feet Tuesday, with minor rises on Scioto and Kanawha tributaries. Basements flooded in New Boston. one home destroyed by lightning near Lucasville. no injuries.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
Ohio
Cincinnati Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Eden Park
New Bos
Scioto
Tithe
Kanawha
Communists keep party form at New York convention
The American Communist party decided to retain its present structure after two hours of discussion, rejecting plans to organize as a non party political action group. Hungarian pickets, including refugees, protested outside the Chateau Gardens, throwing eggs and chanting indictments of mass murder.
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NEW York
American Communist Party
Moscow Marxist- Leninist
Noa Bntt
Action Association
Wall Street
Chateau Gardens
Lower East Side
Hungary
Ussr
Hungarian American Federation
Father Held After Family Drowns in Florida Car Plunge
Ralph Evans, 50, faced seven counts of manslaughter after his wife and five sons perished along with another teen when his car plunged into a stream near his Hialeah Gardens home. Evans claimed brake failure and disputed the charges while bail was set at $5000 ahead of arraignment. Only Evans and Edwin McDonough, 58, survived a nine-person party.
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Miami
Fla
Ralph Evans
Evans
Dade County
Hugh Duval
W. M. Hudson
Hialeah Gardens
Edwin McDonnough
Irish Aid Help Too Hard To Use In Ireland
Cincinnati envoy Taft says the United States has ironed out aid issues but Ireland still struggles to spend half of an 18 million dollar Marshal Plan grant from 1951. He cited a lack of ready projects and the challenge of finding tasks to improve efficiency in a technically backward country.
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Cincinnati
William Howard Taft III
Ireland
U. S
Taft
To Have The Messenger Want Ad Habit
An advertisement urges readers to read Messenger Classified Ads daily. It touts bargains and notes an advertiser canceled a guitar ad after selling it, highlighting the successful experience with Messenger ads. The ad promotes calling 31242 for results.
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Messenger
Police Seek Brother of Fire Victim in Mass Manhunt
Police nationwide search for Russell McCoy 22 sought for murder of his half sister Louise See 46 and husband Lloyd 39 at their log cabin east of Zanesville. He allegedly shot them then burned the home, stole a car, and robbed three Columbus spots totaling about 525 dollars. He is armed and considered dangerous.
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Columbus
Russell McCoy
Zanesville
McCoy
Louise See
Lloyd
See
California
Lee
Muskingum County
David Weissert
Weissert
Red Star Grill
British royal rift rumors denied by Buckingham Palace
London newspapers break a three day silence on reports of a rift between Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Cmdr Richard Colville calls the tale a silly rumor and baseless speculation as the Queen and family return from Windsor while the Duke continues a four month world voyage from Gibraltar.
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London
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Buckingham Palace
Cmdr
Richard Colville
Princess Margaret
Queen Mother
Elizabeth
Windsor
Duke
Gibraltar
My Brother George Gets Beaned Robbed
Bandleader George Liberace was slugged and robbed while returning from a nightclub engagement with his pianist brother. He required 16 stitches for three deep head lacerations and was taken to a hospital. robbers took $50, a violin worth 1,500 dollars and a diamond violin shaped ring also valued at 1,500 dollars.
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Chicago
George Liberace
Liberace
State Announces Draft Quota for March in Ohio
Ohio Selective Service announces 831 men to be inducted in March. The youngest possible inductee must be 22 by March 1 unless volunteering or delinquent from a prior call. February call totaled 851. March previous year had 1033 men.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Selective Service
Local Briefs Mention Nelsonville and Point Pleasant Areas
An unreadable clump of text notes places including Nelsonville and Point Pleasant and references to regional topics like a women’s issue. The fragment lacks clear events, dates, or names to confirm a full summary.
Five Day Forecast Calls for Unseasonably Mild Start
Temperatures will average 2 to 5 degrees above normal with highs from 35 to 43 and lows 20 to 23. Expect a warmer Tuesday, mild midweek, and a turn to colder air Friday into Saturday. Snow flurries possible north Thursday or Friday and rain in the south Friday or Saturday.
GOP Split Over Modernism Divides Republicans in Key Speeches
Senator Aiken argues public backs Eisenhower's modern Republicanism despite dissent in Chicago conservatives. Meade Alcorn, new RNC chair, urges party unity at Lincoln Day event in Kansas City as other figures push against the internationalist, modern faction.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
Eisenhower
GOP
Chicago
Kansas City
Meade Alcorn
Republican National Committee
Jenner
R-Ind
Abraham Lincoln Club
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Herman Welker
Idaho
McCarthy
Alcorn
5-Cent Stamp Asked by PO
The Post Office Department asks Congress to require a 5-cent stamp on letter mail to avert a potential yearly deficit of about one billion dollars. Deputy postmaster general Maurice H. Stans testified the Eisenhower administration will seek a 5-cent letter rate. He warned the deficit must be addressed. President Eisenhower proposed a 654 million dollar annual postal rate increase. Congress may also consider higher air mail rates, and boosts for second and third class mail.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Maurice H. Stans
House Appropriations Committee
Stans
Eisenhower
Accidents Kill 13 in Ohio Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports thirteen deaths in Ohio over the weekend from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. Ten occurred in traffic, two in fires, and a boy was run over by a train while fishing from a trestle.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Hammarskjold Warns UN Against Punishing Israel Now
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold cautioned that UN sanctions against Israel could worsen the Middle East situation. He reported no progress on Israel withdrawing from Egypt and the Gaza Strip and urged guidance on next steps amid private talks and possible sanctions by the Asian African bloc.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Middle East
General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Fulbright Warns On Senate War Powers Blankets
Sen. Fulbright and Sen. O Mahoney oppose Eisenhower Middle East powers as checks and balances they warn would erode Congress. They criticize the plan as blanket transfer of war declaring authority to the president during hearings on military economic powers to curb Communist expansion.
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Washington
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Middle East
Eisenhower
Senate
Phone Man Hit by Bricks While on Pole
In Portsmouth a supervisor for Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. was injured atop a utility pole when five men attacked with bricks. J. M. Southerland suffered cuts and was taken to a hospital. a windshield was broken in a company truck during the assault. The riot follows ongoing NLRB related strike as CWA and the company remain at odds over a new contract.
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Portsmouth
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
J. M. Southerland
Southerland
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Ohio Consolidated
Ohio Elementary Teachers Rank Higher in Pay Than Most States
Ohio elementary teachers earn an average 4250 dollars per year, above the 3686 state average across 34 states. However eight states pay more, while Ohio trails in the share of teachers with 120 or more semester hours.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Education Department
Harold J. Bowers
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Illinois
Bowers
Butler Says Hell Not Quit
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler says he has no plan to quit soon amid criticism from Gov. A. B. Chandler of Kentucky. He calls Chandler’s move to oust him a fringe effort and predicts the DNC meeting in San Francisco will address the controversy to “clear the air.”
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Butler
CBS Face the Nation
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
Hitler Bust Sparks Tennessee WWII Museum Complaint
The Tennessee American Legion adopted a resolution protesting that the only World War II museum bust in the state is of Adolf Hitler. Soldiers returning from Berchtesgaden brought the bust to Nashville for display.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee American Legion
Adolf Hitler
Tennessee
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Tariff Drops Help Country
President Eisenhower told Congress the policy of gradually cutting tariffs boosts national security domestic prosperity and world trade. He issued the message with his first annual report on trade agreements required by the 1955 Reciprocal Trade Extension Act. He urged congressional approval of U S membership in the Organization for Trade Cooperation.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Organization For Trade Cooperation
Gotham Faces Crisis In Harbor Tie-Up
Efforts to settle an 11 day harbor craft strike resume with federal and city mediators after a weekend recess. Mayor Wagner warned a real crisis by Wednesday if no settlement is reached while forecasters predict colder weather raising fuel oil supply concerns.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Segni Faces Crisis as Socialists Weigh Cabinet Exit
In Rome Premier Antonio Segni confronts a deep political crisis as Socialists ponder leaving the coalition to rejoin their left wing former allies. The move risks destabilizing the government and reshaping Italy's political landscape.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
NYC Locomotive Derails Near Kanauga Siding in Ohio Washout
A three unit New York Central diesel locomotive and a freight car derailed near Kanauga siding in Gallia County after heavy rains washed out the roadbed. No injuries with conductor Harry Hysell of Middleport reported badly shaken. Press reports say the watch was near 7:30 p.m. and the train carried 48 loaded and 34 empty cars.
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Middleport
New York Central
Kanauga
Gallia County
Harry Hysell
Ohio
NYC
Palos
Cheshire
Toledo and Norfolk
Georges Creek Road
L. R. Roush
Pomeroy
L. E. Roush
Wayland
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