Jet Crash Kills Pilot and Wife in Mountain View
Lt. Gordon N. Blake 36 perished when his A4D jet struck a Mountain View home five miles from Moffett Naval Air Station during a training flight. The pilot’s death came alongside the decapitation of Margaret Halmi, wife of Hungarian freedom fighter Dezso Halmi, in the same wreck. Their sons George and David, students at Mountain View Union High, were nearby at school. Blake’s family ties include his Ohio-born father Vernon Blake. his wife Kay survived.
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Gordon N. Blake
Moffett Naval Air Station
Margaret Halmi
Dezso Halmi
Palo Alto
George
David
Mountain View Union High School
Halmi
Blake
University of South Carolina
Vernon Blake
Circleville
Ohio
Kay
Attempt To Force Civil Rights Bill Vote In Senate
Republicans seek to force President Eisenhower civil rights legislation out of the Senate Judiciary Committee as Johnson uses a harmless school bill to unlock debate. Southern opponents decry the device while Dirksen backs the move and Morse calls it subterfuge.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kenneth B. Keating
RNY
GOP
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Stella
Ft. Crowder
Judiciary Committee
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Air Force seeks clear authority for continuous bomber alert
Washington outlines the need for explicit presidential power to order a continuous airborne bomber alert in an emergency. Senators Saltonstall and Chavez noted defense budget language allowing up to 600 million next year and up to a billion in subsequent years, while Air Force officials urged precise statutory wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Congress
Sens
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Dennis Chavez
DNM
Dudlevy C. Sharp
Sharp
Thomas D. White
Senate Appropriations Committee
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
White
Fall Is Fatal For R. B. Shivers
A 30 foot fall from a steel beam proved fatal Monday to Robert B. Shivers 48 of Buffalo Guernsey County while he worked as a pipefitter for Kaighin and Hughes Construction Co of Toledo at the Universal Cyclops Corp plant site near Coshocton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Robert B. Shivers
Buffalo
Guernsey County
Shivers
Kaighin and Hughes Construction Co
Toledo
Universal Cyclops Corp
Prisoner Walks Out Before Verdict Known
COLORADO CITY Texas A prisoner strolled out of a District Court room to freedom Monday while a jury considered his case. David W. Leach 34 had been gone for 15 minutes before the jury returned with a verdict of guilty of possessing firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
Tex
David W. Leach
Snow Closes Six Vinton County Schools
McArthur Ohio reports a district free day as six Vinton County schools cancel classes due to the weekend snowstorm. Wilton North Wilton South Allenstown Consolidated Eagle Mills and Brown Zaleski join in the closure.
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Mcarthur
Ohio
Vinton County
Wilton North
Wilton South
Allensville
Consolidated
Eagle Mills
Brown-Zaleski
Cleveland pensioner accuses Miller of deceit over convention slate
Harry A. Petrash, a 63 year old Cleveland pensioner, claims Ray T. Miller Sr., Cuyahoga County Democratic chairman, deceived him into signing as a delegate candidate. Petrash asked to withdraw after learning he was used as a "stooge" for a Miller slate backing Kennedy. Miller denied any employment offer or intent to draft Petrash. DiSalle received Petrash’s affidavit and noted Petrash mentioned an all expense paid trip to the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Cuyahoga County
Harry A. Petrash
Miller
Petrash
Michael V. DiSalle
Albert S. Porter
Stella School Rent Fight On Civil Rights Bill Sparks Debate
In Stella Missouri the town of 177 urged a new school bill after a fire hit their school in 1959. The Army offered nominal rental for an officers club, later billed $1 550, while Stella sought relief via Rep Charles Brown and Sen Stuart Symington. Local officials questioned civil rights riders grafted onto the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Pogue
Missouri
Stella
Ft. Crowder
Army
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Charles Brown
Dmo
Dewey Short
Brown
Congress
House
Johnson
Don Parsons
Senate
Stella School
Fumes From Heater Cause Death Of Man
Carbon monoxide from an improperly vented gas heater killed Charles E. Morris 62 in Columbus. He died at his son Charles Morris 26 residence where he had visited with his wife and three young children. No one else in the home reported illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles E. Morris
Pedro
Lawrence County
Charles
Contempt Charge To Be Heard Thursday
Cleveland Plain Dealer faces contempt proceedings to be heard by Common Pleas Judge Charles W. White for publishing a grand jury report before indictments were returned. A similar charge against the Cleveland Press concluded Friday.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Common Pleas
Charles W. White
Cleveland Press
Argentina Navy Pursues Phantom Sub In Golfo Nuevo
The Argentine Navy insists a submarine remains in Golfo Nuevo despite growing public doubt. The 18 day chase near Puerto Madryn sparked theories from Soviet subs to Nazi fugitives as defense officials warned the intruder might have escaped the gulf mouth.
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Buenos Aires
Golfo Nuevo
United States
South America
Argentina
Puerto
Madryn
U.S
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Eisenhower
Gulf
Navy Ministry
Defense
Justo Villar
Nixon Enters Wisconsin Primary On April Fifth
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will enter the Wisconsin presidential preference primary on April 5, as announced by Harvey V. Higley of Marinette. Nixon replied by letter to Higley thanking him for the committee’s request and consent to place Nixon’s name on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Richard M. Nixon
Wisconsin
Harvey V. Higley
Nixon
Higley
Cold Weather With Light Flurries Across Ohio
Ohio skies mostly cloudy with temperatures from 11 in Zanesville to 33 in Toledo. Light snow flurries reported in Cincinnati. Southwest winds will lift temperatures above Monday's levels, with afternoon readings in the 30s.
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Columbus
Ohio
Zanesville
Marietta
Toledo
Cincinnati
New Polio Vaccine Trial Opened in Greater Miami
Dr Harold Cox who developed a cherry flavored oral vaccine praises the Greater Miami start as 7000 residents drink two cubic centimeters of pink solution at civic centers. Officials aim for up to 500000 to gauge effectiveness next fall.
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Miami
Harold Cox
Dade County
Soviet Union
Cox
New York
Greater Miami
Chessman seeks Supreme Court stay in bid to delay execution
Convicted robber and kidnapper Daryl Chessman again seeks relief in Washington as his date to die at San Quentin nears. Attorney Rosalie Asher asks the Supreme Court for a writ of review and habeas corpus while George T. Davis seeks a stay. The court is recess until March 1 after the Ninth Circuit denied a stay and earlier certificate of probable cause.
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San Francisco
Daryl
Chessman
Washington, D. C
U. S. Supreme Court
San Quentin
Sacramento
Rosalie Asher
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
U. S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Daryl Chessman
Vian Found Dead in Ditch Near Pomeroy
Meigs County reports the death of Theodore J. Hess 69 of Pomeroy after exposure during a weekend cold snap. Hess was found along Route 33 near Salisbury School with no signs of foul play. last seen Sunday night at Stark's Pharmacy. Services set for Thursday at Ewing funeral home Beech Grove Cemetery burial.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Theodore J. Hess
Route 33
Salisbury School
State Highway Department
Henry Ewing
Hess
Stark
Robert Hartenbach
Jed Webster
Seagraves
Columbus
Anna Ohlinger
Clara Squires
Leonard
Arthur
Middleport
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Carole Tregoff Denies Killing Barbara Finch
Los Angeles. Carole Tregoff testifies she did not kill or plan to kill Barbara Jean Finch. The 23 year old ex model and Dr R Bernard Finch are charged with murder and conspiracy in the shooting of his wife. She denies hiring an underworld figure and denies involvement in the plan.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Miss Tregoff
Robert A. Neeb Jr
Neeb
Mrs. Finch
Las Vegas
Nev
Finch
West Covina
Police Check On Death Of Man In Snow
Charles Ramey of Hogsett was found on a hill top behind the Baird home in Point Pleasant. He had been there Sunday en route home and lived with his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Ramey. Investigators from the coroner sheriff and state police sought cause of death amid a snowstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Ramey
Hogsett
J. S. Baird
Ramey
George Ramey
Oliver Eschenaur
Sheriff's Department
State Police
Eisenhower asks Congress for 4.175 billion in foreign aid
President Eisenhower appeals to Congress for 4.175 billion dollars in new foreign aid to strengthen free nations against Communist expansion. He outlines two billion for weapons aid and 2.175 billion for economic and technical assistance, urging swift action before election-year debates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Asia
Middle East
Europe
House
House Appropriations Committee
Soviet Union
China
Tibet
Paiwan Straits
Laos
Indian
Christian A. Herter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Major New Director At TB Hospital
Dr. John Joseph Major is named director of the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital in Nelsonville to begin March 16, succeeding Dr. K. K. Waering who resigned in December. A Romanian graduate with post graduate tubercular medicine study, he served in Germany after World War II and later held roles at Hopemont Sanitarium Toledo and Belmont Hospital before taking the new post.
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John Joseph Major
Southeast Ohio
Nelsonville
Major
Belmont County
St. Clairsville
Ralph E. Dwork
K. K. Waering
Nelsonville Hospital
State Health Department
University of Roumania
Budapest
Red Cross
Germany
United States
Hopemont Sanitarium
Hopemont
W. Va
William Roche Hospital
Toledo
Belmont Hospital
Outbursts Spread as Segregation Protests Grow
In High Point North Carolina violence flared when whites and Negroes clashed outside a Woolworth store as sit down demonstrations against segregated lunch counters spread from Greensboro. Police subdued the crowd while NAACP official warned of potential further resistance.
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High Point
N. C
South
Greensboro
F. W. Woolworth Co
Woolworth
Elton Cox
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Portsmouth-Newport News
North Carolina
Nixon Visit Gives Michigan GOP a Boost for 1958
Vice President Richard Nixon’s Detroit swing energized Michigan Republicans promising a comeback in 1958. GOP leaders hailed the tour as a “great shot in the arm” as Nixon pledged attention to, and support for, Michigan in the drive for a U.S. Senate seat and a governor’s race. He spoke three times before more than 6500 people, outlining Eisenhower era policies.
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Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
GOP
Lawrence Lindemer
Nixon
Pattel Namara
Eisenhower
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R. B. Shivers
Cleveland Pensioner Claims Petition
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
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Vian
Barbara Finch
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