Salinger quits 50 mile hike defense of fitness plan
President Kennedy press secretary Pierre Salinger withdraws from a 50 mile trek amid cold, stating he is not in shape and will not pretend to be, while Lt. Donald Bernath leads Marines to finish the distance at Camp Lejeune. Atty. Gen. Kennedy also completes a 17 hour 50 mile effort.
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Pierre Salinger
C&o Canal
Kennedy
Teddy Roosevelt
Donald L. Bernath
Camp Lejuene
N.C
Capitol Hill
Legislative Branch
Council On Physical Fitness
Salinger
White House
Fitness Council
Robert F. Kennedy
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Rathven McClure Tompkins
Stees Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder
Gene Isaac Stees, 31, a former Ohio University assistant professor, was sentenced to life in the Ohio State Penitentiary for first degree murder. Judge John W. Bolin ordered life with solitary confinement annually on October 20, the date of his wife Helen Stees death.
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Gene Isaac Stees
Ohio State Penitentiary
Stees
John W. Bolin
Ohio University
Helen
Homer B. Gall
Joseph B. Vanity
Neta Spaulding
Eleanor Beckler
Harold Shields
Bob Allen
Steel
Bolin
Sheriff Shields
New Castle County builds 5600 seat gym for high school
Henry County school officials planned ahead by constructing a 5600 seat gymnasium to serve the county high school. The facility holds far more than current needs and aims to accommodate future growth for 75 years. Most residents reportedly support the decision, with 95 percent pleased. Actor George Maharis is suspended from Route 66 co starring role.
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New Castle
Henry County
John W. Long
Long
Hollywood
George Maharis
United States Presses for Nuclear Test Ban Talks
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva US negotiator William C. Foster meets with Abdel Fattah Hassan and plans talks with Swedish Nigerian British Italian and Canadian delegates. Soviet deputy minister Kuznetsov proposes a ban on deploying nuclear weapons abroad. Western officials call it a distraction from the test ban stalemate. Next session set for Thursday.
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Kennedy
William C. Foster
Abdel Fattah Hassan
United Arab Republic
Britain
Italy
Canada
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
U.S
William Foster
Wassily Kusnetzoy
L. Nervo
Mexico
Kennedy pushes to enlarge Senate Finance Committee
President Kennedy backs adding two seats to the 17 member Finance Committee led by Senator Byrd to gain room for his tax bill and major legislation. White House aides lobby on Capitol Hill as Byrd opposes the plan with a key test vote set for a Thursday steering committee meeting. The outcome hinges on secret ballot votes and a fragile 8-7 liberal coalition edge. In Caracas, President Betancourt begins his fifth year as Venezuela’s longest serving freely elected leader.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
White House
Capitol Hill
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
House Rules Committee
Finance Committee
Democratic Steering Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Asian Flu Spreading Across the U.S. Epidemic Hits Many States
The Asian flu sweeps the eastern half of the nation causing widespread absenteeism, school closures, and at least 20 deaths. North Carolina declares an epidemic with outbreaks in about 20 counties and multiple deaths, while the Public Health Service reports pneumonia influenza deaths above epidemic thresholds in 108 cities for four weeks. Elderly, chronically ill, and pregnant women remain most vulnerable.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
Chillicothe
Ohio
Veterans Administration
Public Health Service
Washington
Maryland
Kansas
Illinois
District of Columbia
Ohio Guards Stay At Home
Ohio Air National Guard units will remain in state for two weeks of active duty training this summer. The 121st Tactical Fighter Wing will train at Lockbourne, Mansfield, and Springfield facilities from June 15 to 29.
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Columbus
Ohio Air National Guard
Adjutant General’s Department
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Mansfield
Springfield
Mission Money Urged To Balance Buildings
Cincinnati report from a Methodist minister at the National Association of Methodist Hospitals and Homes Convention urges balancing aid for a multi million dollar church building boom with a responsible missionary support program. He warns that neglecting critical needs could lose the world.
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Cincinnati
D. Don Gilmore
Groesbeck Methodist Church
National Association of Methodist Hospitals and Homes
Missing ships join long list of vanished at sea
Houston report recalls numerous legendary disappearances from maritime history. The 15000 ton tanker SS Marine Sulphur Queen left Beaumont on February 2 bound for Norfolk with 38 crewmen and has not reached port. An air and sea search found no trace. The piece then lists famous lost vessels such as the City of Glasgow, USS Albany, City of Boston, Fernwood, Preston, Clanders, Humber, Thane more, Cyclops, Swift Star, Monique, and the Mary Celeste with dates and crews.
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New York
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Preston
Clanders
Humber
Thames
Thanemore
Barbados
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Monique
New Caledonia
Genoa
Gibraltar
Seek Athens Man On Fraud Charge
Athens authorities seek a local businessman charged in affidavits with fraud for securing 36000 in loans from Athens National Bank. Warrant sent to Columbus and telegraph to Cleveland as the case proceeds after Municipal Court handling.
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Athens
Harold Shields
Columbus
Charles W. Kirkwood
Athens National Bank
Kirkwood
Sheriff Shields
Cleveland
John Newcomb
Lumbermen Slain as Ontario Strike Turns Violent
In Kapuskasing Ontario gunfire during a strike killed three lumbermen and wounded nine after weeks of tension. About 1,500 union workers had walked out January 14 demanding a 40 hour week with full pay and benefits from Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co and Kimberly Clark Pulp and Paper Co, with average daily earnings cited at about $21 under prior contract.
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Kapuskasing
Ont
Ontario
Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co
Kimberly-Clark Pulp and Paper Co
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr Delayed Flight
NASA reports Cooper mission postponed from early April to mid May due to Atlas booster wiring work. The 22 orbit flight planned from Manned Spacecraft Center will pause while electricians rewire the launch system.
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Houston
Tex
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Atlas
Air Force
Ohio Senators Seek Federal Constitutional Reform
Two Ohio state senators urge Congress to call a constitutional convention or amend the U S Constitution to resolve state legislative apportionment disputes and give two thirds of state legislatures power to propose amendments. The actions come as the House votes on 3 2 beer restrictions for 18 plus drivers and tax exemptions for prescriptions by dentists and chiropodists.
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Ohio
Congress
Robert E. Zellar
Muskingum
U. S
Tennyson Guyer
R Findlay
House
Senate
Airliner Plummets in Florida Swamp Killing 43
Federal investigators and FBI probe the Northwest Orient jet wrecked near Miami in the Everglades with 43 aboard. CAB crews, guards, and a makeshift morgue at Miccosukee school assess debris and recover recorders. Rescue delays hinder body airlift as a cold wind sweeps the swamp.
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Ore
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