Ohio to cover federal share for road program
Ohio will pay 125 million dollars of the federal share for the interstate program by July 1, 1959, using state bond money to keep construction moving. The money will be repaid when federal funds next come in, with an expected December allocation of about 104 million dollars to supplement the balanced plan. Ohio officials say early preallocation is unlikely, but some leaders may support fronting funds for speedy states.
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Columbus
Charles M. Noble
Noble
Tunisia Faces French Retaliation After Algerian Bombing
Tunisia warns of military and diplomatic retaliation after France backs its Algerian command in the Sakiet Sidi Youssef bombing. Bourguiba's government seeks to starve 15 000 to 20 000 French troops from Tunisia as Algerian rebels offer support.
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Tunisia
France
French Assembly
Felix Gaillard
Gaillard
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Habib Bourguiba
Bizerte
Algerian National Liberation Movement
Algeria
Bourguiba
United Nations
Security Council
Four Cousins Drown In Lake Accident
In Dublin Virginia the bodies of four boys were recovered from Peak Creek after slipping on ice that covered the creek. The victims are Tommy Rigdon 10 and Danny Rigdon 11 of East Liverpool Ohio and Edward Lee Booth 15 and John Clinton Booth 10 of Newbern Virginia. The tragedy occurred when ice broke, dumping them into about 10 feet of water.
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John Clinton Booth
Newbern
Continued Cold With Snow Flurries North and Lake Erie
The forecast calls for continued cold tonight and Thursday with partly cloudy skies and light snow flurries, especially north and near Lake Erie east of Cleveland. Highs range 10 to 35 with cooler readings north. tonight’s lows near zero to 6 above in the north and 5 to 12 above south. West Virginia remains partly cloudy and colder with a few flurries, highs around minus 26 and lows near zero in the mountains. Temperatures stay 8 to 14 degrees below normal with little change through Monday. occasional snow flurries expected mainly near Lake Erie.
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Federation Uniting Iraq and Jordan Nears Final Pact
In Amman authorities draft a federation uniting Iraq and Jordan with shared army foreign affairs and defense ministries a single flag and Parliament while maintaining separate thrones for Fahad Husain and Hussein. Key issues include Saudi involvement and Iraq’s position on the Baghdad Pact.
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McCray on Trial In Virginia First
Jeremiah McCray 25 faces first degree murder charges for the July 2 death of 82 year old Mrs. Sarah C. DeWitt in Ohio. He is held in Richmond Virginia where Sheriff Orland Hays noted the case. A Caroline County Virginia trial is set for March 8 on another murder charge.
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Ohio
Jereiah McCray
Sarah C. DeWitt
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Richmond
Orland Hays
Caroline County
Senator Morse to Return Files From House Probe
Sen Morse says he received files from ousted subcommittee aide Bernard Schwartz and will return them to the House. He asserts the material shows political immorality in the administration and calls for a Senate inquiry into regulatory agencies including the FCC. Schwartz claims the documents reveal attempts to influence agency actions and corruption.
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House Interstate Commerce
Moulder
Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz
Washington
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D-Ore
House Subcommittee
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Subcommittee
New York
House
White House
Plastic rocket launch claims world first
Akita Japan reports a Tokyo University led team launched a plastic tube rocket 9 feet long and 51 inches wide weighing 78 pounds with a radio transmitter. Officials say it reached about 7200 feet before an arc at 33000 feet off the northwest coast and achieved speeds near three times the speed of sound.
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Tokyo University
Redstone Fired in Test Flight at Cape Canaveral
The Army conducted a routine Redstone missile test at Cape Canaveral Florida. The 280 mile ballistic missile launched at 7 52 p m rose in orange fire then disappeared into overcast after 25 seconds. Army officials say the Redstone will be operational by midsummer and field handable by troops.
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Army
Ohio Supreme Court Reaffirms Convictions
The Ohio Supreme Court reaffirmed contempt convictions of four witnesses who refused to answer questions before the now defunct Ohio Un American Activities Commission. The high court upheld February 23 1956 rulings against Mrs Anna H Morgan of Columbus Talmadge Raley of Sidney and formerly of Cincinnati and Joseph Stern and Emmett C Brown of Cincinnati.
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Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
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Hamilton County
Anna H. Morgan
Talmadge Raley
Sidney
Cincinnati
Joseph Stern
Emmett C. Brown
Eisenhower to Fly South for Quail Hunt in Georgia
President Eisenhower will depart Thursday for about ten days in Thomasville Georgia to pursue quail hunting and play golf. He will be accompanied by aides and spend time at a southern resort before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Thomasville
Elvis Presleys Army Draft Plan Alters Haircut
Elvis Presley keeps long sideburns for King Creole and will report for Army duty soon. Producer Hal Wallis secured an eight week draft deferment. Presley plans to finish the film March 14 then travel to Memphis and Fort Chaffee by March 22 before enlisting.
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Elvis Presley
Hal Wallis
Elvis
Memphis
Tenn
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Bandit Dies After Confessing Desert Ambush Murders
Ahmed Shah, an Iranian bandit, confessed at a court martial to killing Anita Carroll of Issaquah Washington and two others after a desert ambush. Carroll's husband Kevin Carroll and Brewster A. Wilson were among the slain in the southeastern Iranian desert.
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Anita Carroll
Issaquah
Wash
Dadshah
Workers Seek New Ford Plant Jobs in Lorain after Ohio Factory Closure
Nearly two thirds of the Ford Motor Co. workers at the Lorain, New York assembly plant slated for closure expressed interest in transferring to Ford's Lorain, Ohio facility, according to the United Auto Workers on Tuesday.
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N. Y
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Lorain
Ohio
United Auto Workers
Prosecution Calls FBI In Rhodes Spy Case
The court martial opens with Maj. Winchester Kelso Jr. alleging M Sgt Roy A Rhodes sold Pentagon code and embassy info to Soviet agents in Moscow from 1951 to 1953. Rhodes pleads innocent to espionage conspiracy and falsifying a loyalty oath as two Soviet officers Abel and Hayhanen linked to the case.
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FBI
Roy A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Winchester Kelso
U. S
Moscow
Kelso
Pentagon
U.S
Rudolph Abel
Reino Hayhanen
Abel
Brooklyn
N. J
100 Songs Written About Abe Lincoln
Philadelphia American reports Musical Americana records about 400 songs dedicated to Abraham Lincoln the 16th president whose birthday is celebrated today.
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Philadelphia
America
Abraham Lincoln
Musical Americana
Lincoln
Taxmen Seek To Cut Moonshiners Sugar
Cincinnati reports the Alcohol Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service warns sugar suppliers that moonshiners are moving into Ohio and Indiana for raw materials. Assistant regional commissioner H. R. Peterson urged that sugar not be sold in large lots to suspicious buyers or known offenders.
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Alcohol Tax Division
Internal Revenue Service
Ohio
Indiana
H. R. Peterson
Tax Division
Cold weather grips Ohio with subzero readings across state
Snow flurries drift over central Ohio as a broad cold wave grips the state. Zero to one degree readings appear in Akron Toledo Cleveland Findlay and Marietta with Cincinnati at three and Dayton Zanesville at two. High pressure keeps the chill through the weekend with modest moderation likely next week.
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Cleveland
Findley
Marietta
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Dayton
Zanesville
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1500 Roman Catholics Welcome New Bishop
Some 1200 to 1500 persons welcomed Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann Tuesday night after his installation as the sixth bishop of the Columbus diocese He leads about 150000 Catholics across 23 central Ohio counties in a ceremony at St Joseph Cathedral.
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Columbus
Clarence G. Issenmann
Ohio
St. Joseph
Seven Children Die as Father Perishes in House Fire
A two story frame home fire killed seven children and their father, Robert L. Lilly, a chipper at American Steel Foundries Co. Cynthia 13 Gregory 11 Marshall 8 Clara 7 twins Robert and Roberta 5 Pamlin 4, while mother Barbara Lilly and 5-month Miles escaped in near zero cold. Fire officials blamed an overheated coal furnace. fire chief Mile Sights called it the worst fire tragedy he had seen as the blaze raced from the basement up stairs and through all floors.
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Miles
Mile Sights
Lincoln’s rise and fall from captain to private in Black Hawk War
Records show Abraham Lincoln enlisted as a captain in Richland County Illinois volunteers on April 21 1832 and elected himself to lead. He later mustered out as a private on May 27 after serving a 21 day extension to continue fighting Chief Black Hawk and his followers.
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Abraham Lincoln
Illinois Militia
National Guard
Lincoln
Richland
Sangamon County
Illinois ‘Mounted Infantry
Black Hawk
Eisenhower seeks 2 billion for postal moderniza tion
President Eisenhower asks Congress to approve a 2 billion plan to modernize post offices and services to spur jobs, financed mainly by private investment under lease-purchase, with postage increases from 3 to 5 cents for out of town letters. The plan aims to ease an unemployment surge totaling 4.494 million and includes private investment of 114 billion dollars in construction and 175 million per year for equipment and upgrades.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Washington
Labor and Commerce Department
State Seeks Bids for Prison Farm and Hospital Buildings
The State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction calls for bids on three long range projects. They include a building for the Bureau of Criminal Identification at London Prison Farm a 160 bed aged patient building at Dayton State Hospital and a reception and intensive treatment center at Hawthornden State Hospital near Cleveland.
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Columbus
State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London Prison Farm
Dayton State Hospital
Hawthornden State Hospital
Cleveland
Byrd Ends Re election Bid in Virginia Senate Race
Winchester Virginia Senator Harry F Byrd chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and longtime Virginia senator announces he will not seek reelection this year marking a major political shift in the state and party dynamics.
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Winchester
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Virginia
Unemployment Rises 90 Percent in Cleveland Area
Donald P. Smith of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation says jobless figures in Cuyahoga and Lake counties have grown 90 percent in two months, with about 57,000 unemployed in February.
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Cleveland
Donald P. Smith
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Cuyahoga
Lake Counties
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