Train Wreck Area Traffic Is Resumed
A Baltimore and Ohio diesel engine and nine cars derailed near Letart, washing out under the track. Three crewmen injured, with brakeman Carl Lott most seriously hurt. Damages estimated at tens of thousands. recovery and clearing efforts described.
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Point Pleasant
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Letart
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Carl Lott
John Dean
H. D. Bee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
W.va
Liquor Agent Hearing Opens in Bribery Case
Cleveland officials begin hearing statements in a bribery case involving liquor enforcement agent Michael T. Corsaro. Prosecutor John Corrigan plans to interview Corsaro, cafe manager Peter Reid who alleges payoffs through an intermediary, and Ohio liquor enforcement chief Ivan W. Smith.
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Cleveland
John T. Corrigan
Michael T. Corsaro
Corrigan
Corsaro
Peter Reid
Ivan W. Smith
Ohio
Couple Weds After Playing Single At Seattle Home
William Holt 96 and Laura Bonner 85 married in a Seattle old folks home where romance blossomed during card games. Mrs Bonner, divorced long ago, widowed since 1953, and Holt, whose first wife died about 30 years back, said they were lonely and fell in love. Katherie Lowe, who runs the home, described the single solitaire explanation. The couple will continue living at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
William Holt
Laura Bonner
DiSalle Praises Byesville At Banquet In Cambridge
Governor Michael V. DiSalle lauded Byesville Thursday night for attracting industry. A plastics plant is under construction and a second water treatment plant is planned as Ohio anticipates a 30 percent population rise in the next decade. He cited appropriations for conservancy lakes in Scioto Belmont Noble and Guernsey counties to draw more residents.
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Cambridge
Michael V. DiSalle
Byesville
DiSalle
Board of Trade
Ohio
Scioto
Belmont
Noble
Guernsey
Cupp Co Low Bidder for Clinton County AFB Mess Building
F S Cupp Construction Co of Washington Court House Ohio was apparent low bidder at 363 246 for the Clinton County Air Force Base mess building project the U S Corps of Engineers announced in Huntington West Virginia on Thursday.
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Huntington
W. Va
F. S. Cupp Construction Co
Washington Court House
Ohio
Clinton County Air Force Base
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Ohio Division Orders Cease And Desist On Ohio Securities Sale
The Ohio Division of Securities sent cease and desist orders to Commercial Savings & Loan Assn of Baltimore and First Fidelity Savings & Loan Assn of Baltimore. Both firms solicited accounts in Ohio without proper licensing or registration, violating state securities laws.
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Columbus
Ohio Division of Securities
Commercial Savings & Loan Assn
Baltimore
Nine Airmen Die When Navy Seaplane Crashes
A Navy seaplane on a training mission from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station burst into flame and fell into Puget Sound 11 miles southwest of Oak Harbor Washington. Four bodies recovered and search teams scoured debris to determine the cause.
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Oak Harbor
Wash
Puget Sound
Here
Navy
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Windy Beach Day Cash Lost By Windy Beach Grab
Daytona Beach residents watched a gust snatch $80 from the sun deck as Frank Jenns, 89, of Niagara Falls New York, dropped a handkerchief. The wind carried bills onto Seabreeze Boulevard and he chose not to chase them, declaring Finder's keepers.
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Daytona Beach
Frank Jenns
Seabreeze Boulevard
Jenns
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Khrushchev Sees USSR as Strongest Military Power
NEW DELHI Khrushchev declared the Soviet Union the strongest military power yet said it does not seek to exploit its superiority. He urged peaceful coexistence and said per capita production will surpass the United States within years. He spoke to about 400000 Indians at Ram Lila Park and witnessed a Soviet loan agreement for India’s 21 billion dollar third five year plan, worth 378 million dollars.
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New Delhi
India
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Ram Lila Park
Delhi
Eis
Enhower
Nehru
Red China
Himalayan
Mao Tzetung
United States
U.S
Aiken
Foreign Relations
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committees
Britain
Allensville School Damaged By Fire
Wind driven blaze damaged a 35 year old Allensville Consolidated School building nine miles west of McArthur on Route 50. McArthur volunteers saved the wooden structure and prevented spread to a nearby church. No cause determined. previous wiring fire noted in 1957.
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Roy Cross
Messenger
Allensville
McArthur
Loyd Gill
Hazel Harper
Middlefork Creek
Cat Beating Felines Wounds East Liverpool Woman
Mrs Gladys Lowe of East Liverpool was clawed by her two pet cats when she tried to break up their fight. She was listed in fair condition at City Hospital with a wound to her right hand after shooing them with a broom.
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East Liverpool
Gladys Lowe
City Hospital
Meatcutters Strike Closes Six Washington Area Chains
Six supermarket chains including A and P Acme Safeway Food Lane and Grain Union shut down after Meatcutters Local 555 struck. Shoppers rushed to stock up while a federal mediator tried to broker talks with little progress. Journeymen earned $2.30 an hour and women meat packers $1.85 under the old contract.
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Washington
Giant
555
Contractor protests street paving assessment in Houston
S W Gaylord appeared before the City Council to protest a street paving assessment of 16905.30. He had a $217919 contract to handle the project in September and argues the paving will not increase his property value by the assessed amount. He owns 1110 feet facing the project.
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Houston
Tex
S. W. Gaylord
Jack Paar Walks Off NBC Show In On-Air Dispute
NBC and Jack Paar faced an on-air clash after a censored anecdote led to Paar leaving the program mid show. He criticized NBC for the network’s handling and signaled he might not return, while Hugh Downs filled in as host.
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NEW York
Jack Paar
NBC
Paar
Hugh Downs
W.C
Europe
Department of Standards and Practices
Downs
Atlas Missile Successful For 19th Time
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Atlas America s most powerful military rocket continued its success streak with a 6300 mile range flight The Air Force said the Thursday night test marked the 19th straight Atlas launch since last July Seventeen were weapons tests two were space shots
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America
Atlantic
Air Force
Ike Presents Lincoln Portrait to Japan in Ceremony
President Eisenhower delivered a portrait he painted of Abraham Lincoln to Ichiro Kiyose speaker of the House through U S Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Eisenhower
Japan
Abraham Lincoln
U. S
Douglas MacArthur II
Ichiro Kiyose
House of Representatives
Nobusuke Kishi
U.S. to close four bases in Morocco by 1963 end
U S military will shut four installations and move three aircraft squadrons from Morocco by end of June as part of a plan to close all bases in the country by year end 1963, according to a U S embassy spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
Morocco
U.S
Soviet Reaction Hardens on Eisenhower Test Ban Proposal
Senator George D. Aiken praised the U S plan as potentially ratifiable though Geneva talks remained gridlocked. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin in Geneva called the Soviet reply negative, signaling ongoing opposition to the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
U.S
Senate
Aiken
Geneva
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Engineers Deny Letart Canal Plan Amid Dam Survey
The Huntington West Virginia engineers say a preliminary dam survey is underway in Letart Falls Meigs County with one bore near Letart Falls and four more planned to test rock beds. They stress the work aims to find a suitable dam site and deny any canal project. The Racine Belleville dam plans remain under consideration and the survey will take about a month and a half.
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Huntington
W. Va
Corps of Army Engineers
Letart Falls
Meigs County
J. N. Barnes
Racine
Belleville
Barnes
Julian Hill
Letart Two
Hill
Skunk Trick Ends With Foul Odor In Covina
Garbage crew John Hunnikutt and Bobby Joe Jennen reported a prank in Covina California when a sealed trash can released a live skunk into their truck. The animal sprayed them head on and escaped as they aired out the vehicle. They deodorized the truck with pine spray.
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Covina
Calif
John Hunnikutt
Bobby Joe Jennen
Ohio Five Day Forecast and Temperature Outlook
Forecast shows temperatures near normal across Ohio, with highs 36 to 42 and lows near 0 to 2 above/below. Little change through Wednesday. Precipitation totals from one third to one half inch, light east Sunday, widespread by midweek across the state.
Shelby Depot to close one year early in 1961
The Shelby Air Force Depot will shut on June 39 1961, a year ahead of schedule, per the Air Materiel Command. Officials cited efficiency and economy as key factors behind the gradual elimination of the Air Force supply center.
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Shelby
Ohio
Shelby Air Force
Air Materiel Command
Air Force
City and State Offices Closed for Lincoln Birthday
Columbus observes Lincoln's birthday with all city and state offices closed. Businesses and services report adjusted hours as the holiday affects government operations locally.
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Columbus
Lincoln
Mystery Submarine Trapped by Argentine Navy in Golfo Nuevo
Argentine warships report trapping a mystery submarine after 12 days of pursuit near the Golfo Nuevo naval base about 650 miles southwest of Buenos Aires. The sub surfaces every 48 hours, indicating damage from depth charges and artillery, as authorities deny any US or UK submarine involvement.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Argentina Gulf
Navy
Gaston Clement
Golfo Nuevo
South Atlantic
Clement
United States
Britan
Gulfo Nuevo
Gulf
Atlantic
Washington
US Navy
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