Italian Freighter Bonitas Sinks After Storm at Sea
Twenty seven crewmen abandoned the sinking Italian freighter Bonitas as 20 foot seas capsized their lifeboat. Three were saved as rescue ships including the President Adams searched for the missing men 120 miles east of Cape Lookout. The Bonitas was bound for Baltimore and measures 447 feet in length.
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Norfolk
President Adams
Cavalaire
Cape Lookout
N.C
Adams
Bonitas
Coast Guard
Jenazin Marini
Alfredo Contessi
Giovanni Barbaro
Eisenhower urges Congress on foreign aid budget
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 3.942 billion dollars in foreign aid warning that sharp cuts would force higher defense spending and taxes and risk U.S. security. He called the aid plan a deterrent to nuclear war and urged continued support for mutual security.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Congress
Soviet Union
China
America
House
Cuba Faces Destruction If Peace Fails in June Elections
In Havana civic leaders warn Cuba faces violence without internal peace as the Allied Professional Institute denounces June election frauds. In Oriente province Batista’s forces fail to destroy Fidel Castro's rebels after a ground-air assault. 16 rebels and 5 soldiers die before rebels retreat to mountains.
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Havana
Cuba
Unles
Allied Professional Institute
Batista
Fidel Castro
Oriente
France Moves To Free Bases In Tunisian Standoff
France shows readiness to abandon five small Tunisian air bases and convert Bizerte into a North Atlantic Pact facility with French personnel, while backing border observers and a no man’s land on the Algerian border. Eisenhower suggests Soviet leaders and influential citizens visit the United States to learn about peace and democracy.
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Washington
France
Bizerte
Tunisia
UN Security Council
Bigerte
Felix Gaillard
Algeria
No Man's Land
Eisenhower
United States
Bulganin
Soviet Union
State Department
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Logan Fire Smoulders Into Night Starting Today
In Middleport and Nelsonville a tournament runs as GAMERS compete for victory. Gallia teachers win a pay raise approved setting a stronger district budget in a year marked by local education strides.
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Logan
Jesus
Ames-Bern
Trimble
Buchtel
Middleport
Nelsonville
Victors Gallia
Plane finds crash on Vesuvius in fog bound search
A U S Air Force C47 missing since Saturday night with 16 aboard was spotted on Mt Vesuvius north slope by a search plane. No signs of life noted as fog and sleet hindered ground teams from Naples to the scene.
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Naples
Italy
Mt Vesuvius
U. S
Athens
Ramstein-Landstuhl
Germany
Istanbul
Turkey
Robert D. Bennett
Cincinnati
Bay of
Vesuvius
Chauncey Rail Agency Station Ordered to Stay Open
Columbus attorney examiner Lewis S. Witherspoon for the Utilities Commission recommends the New York Central Railroad keep Chauncey as an agency station citing profitable operations despite the railroad's claim of low business and high costs. A public hearing supported the profit conclusion.
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Columbus
Lewis S. Witherspoon
The
Utilities Commission
New York Central Railroad
Chauncey
Witherspoon
Unemployment Improves as U S Steel Restarts 1000 Workers
Lorain shows slight improvement in unemployment. The National Tube Division of U S Steel Corp orders 1000 furloughed workers to return to work next week.
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Lorain
National Tube Division
U. S. Steel Corp
Bathing Beauties Rally To Aid Beach Tourism
Ten paid models and 16 volunteer high school girls posed in swimsuits on Miami Beach to boost lagging tourism. They shed winter coats before the photo session as photographers sought lively summer imagery.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Rights Staff Director Is Named
President Eisenhower nominated Gordon M. Tiffany a former New Hampshire attorney general for the Civil Rights Commission staff director post in Thomasville Georgia. The six member panel awaits a full time director to supervise daily operations pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Eisenhower
Thomasville
Gordon M. Tiffany
New Hampshire
Tiffy
Senate
Sir Winston Churchill Resting After Illness
A household aide reports former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill resting well at a villa. He reportedly had a chill with flu like symptoms but the staff says his condition is not serious and he was put to bed on Tuesday.
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Winston Churchill
Churchill
Cincinnati Suspect Questioned in Hotel Knife Slaying
Police seek to question a Cincinnati resident tied to the knife slaying of Mrs. Margaret McAllister in a local hotel room last week. The man, questioned earlier and released, reportedly has handwriting matching the hotel registrant who is still at large.
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Cincinnati
Bicycle Tragedy Claims 3 Year Old in Kansas City
David John Schlachter age three and a half died after a bicycle’s fender and frame trapped his neck. The incident occurred in Kansas City where the bike belonged to his six year old brother. His mother, Mrs Edward Schlachter, discovered him on his back with the fatal entrapment.
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Kansas City
David John Schlachter
Edward Schlachter
Koreans Arrest Seizure Agent Over Airliner Hijack
South Korea reports arrest of a high ranking Communist agent tied to the seizure of a South Korean airliner that diverted to North Korea. The seven Communist passengers allegedly seized the plane at gunpoint during a Pusan to Seoul flight, with two American pilots aboard. Some aboard were wounded and treated, per North Korean sources at Panmunjom.
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North Korea
United Nations
Willis P. Hobbs
Vallejo
Calif
Howard W. McClellan
Buchanan
Mich
Republic of Korea
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Geneva
Seoul
Korea
Pusan
U. S. State Department
Panmunjom
UN Command
lawmakers probe Miami TV grant in FCC case
Investigators press deeper into the Miami TV Channel 10 dispute as House subcommittee members hear from A. Frank Katzentine and review allegations tied to four U.S. senators. Bernard Schwartz testified about $2650 in checks to FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack from Thurman A. Whiteside's side tied to the National Airlines case.
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Washington
House
Miami
U.S
Schwartz
Thurman A. Whiteside
National Airlines
Mack
Publ Service Television, Inc
FCC
Lost Burro Adrift Near Wenatchee Express Office
A small burro wanders among lost items at the Wenatchee Railway Express office. Officials are unsure who should claim the animal after it chewed through its shipping tags.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Wenatchee Railway
Kentucky bill seeks to ban parking meters statewide
In Frankfort a measure by Senator J. E. Johnson a Williamson Democrat would prohibit parking meters across Kentucky. The proposal targets municipal meters and aims to remove paid parking from cities and towns statewide.
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Frankfort
J. E. Johnson
Williamson Democrat
Kentucky
Farrell completes space sim and heads to New York visit
San Antonio reports Donald G. Farrell returns to normal flights after a week of simulated space conditions. He boards a conventional aircraft today to visit his parents in New York.
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San Antonio
Tex
Donald G. Farrell
New York
Weather outlook with mixed conditions across states
Partly cloudy with snow flurries and windy nights. Thursday mostly fair and a bit warmer. Ohio and West Virginia see cold, windy spells with lake effect flurries. temperatures dip near zero to 10 above tonight. Five day forecast shows normal highs around 38 to 44 and low 22 to 26 as a slow warm trend gives way to a colder spell late weekend into Sunday. Nearby cities report a mix of clear, cloudy or snowy conditions with varied temperatures.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Lake Erie
Albuquerque
Biamarck
Cleveland
Des Moines
Detroit
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
Cccesnece
Paul
New York
Portiana
Ore
S. Ste. Marie
Tampa
Traverse City
Radio Station Urges Five Degree Gas Save
Macon Georgia radio WBML urged listeners to lower gas heater thermostats by five degrees as a public service. The station repeated the appeal and a listener later reported complying, saying his living room cooled to 40 degrees and he grew tired of the effort.
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Macon
WBML
Neighbors Find Body Of Woman In Middleport Home
The frozen body of 80 year old Effie Shuler was found by neighbors Tuesday evening in her one room home above Dana Gatewood service station Route 7 Middleport. Coroner Henry Ewing ruled death due to freezing though heart attack could not be ruled out without autopsy. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Rawlings Coats with burial Cheshire Gravel Hill cemetery. She leaves a daughter Mrs Ethel Shively Akron a son Alee Cheshire Route 2 13 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Middleport
Dana Gatewood
Route 7
Effie Shuler
Meigs County
Henry Ewing
Ewing
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Shuler
Ethel Shively
Akron
Alee
Cheshire
Cold Easing Seen Amid Ongoing Storm Fallout
The midcontinent enjoyed milder readings while the Northeast and other storm-affected regions faced snow removal and ongoing disruptions. Officials reported millions in economic losses as winter’s bitter stretch continued across the Eastern half, with 209 deaths across 26 states linked to the storm.
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Missouri
Iowa
Maine
Alabama
Eye Loss After Surgery Sparks Local Return Home
Roy Eugene Nickell, who lost an eye in surgery, has returned home to Middletown. A tumor necessitated a delicate operation in New York, but he appears unconcerned about the eye loss.
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Middletown
Roy Eugene Nickell
New York
China and North Korea push UN forces over Korean crisis
China and North Korea announced they will withdraw all troops from North Korea by year end to pressure UN forces to leave Korea. They promised repatriation of volunteers by April 30 regardless of UN actions, while U S officials rejected the demand. The move drew skepticism in Seoul and Washington as UN forces clashed with the plan.
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Seoul
Korea
Red China
North Korea
South Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chou En-Lai
Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang
U. S
Japan
Okinawa
Kim Chung Yul
Amish Parents Cited For Contempt In School Attendance Case
Wayne County Ohio prosecutors cite three Amish couples for contempt for allegedly dodging the compulsory school attendance law. The parents must appear in Wayne County Juvenile Court on March 12 to answer contempt citations and explain why youths were not surrendered to the Wayne County Child Welfare Board. Authorities say homes sent two sons to Pennsylvania to evade the law and Emanuel Slabaugh refused to yield his son Jacob. the court had ordered six children removed earlier.
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Jacob Slabaugh
Emanuel
Ohio
Akron man charged in obscene calls to teen girl
Cleveland reports police filed disorderly conduct charges against 54 year old Paul Leroy Trask of Akron for making obscene telephone calls to a teenage girl. Detectives say the girl helped set a trap and led to his arrest.
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Cleveland
Akron
Paul Leroy Trask
Florida Birds Die of Exposure in Cold Winter
In Winter Park Florida C Russell Mason executive director of the Florida Audubon Society says many birds are starving and dying from exposure due to an unusually cold winter.
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Winter Park
Fla
Florida
C. Russell Mason
The
Florida Audubon Society
Judge Admonishes Parent over Canton Bank Robbery Trio
Three men Arnold Campbell Alvin Campbell and Donald Lester faced 25 year prison terms for the 313,618 Canton Bank and Trust robbery. Judge William T McCarthy noted the family’s loot spree in Columbus including 12,900 spent on cars hi fi sets and furniture. Pvt Richard Gibson remains held as a material witness and will be dealt with later.
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Canton
Mass
Norfolk County Bank and Trust Co
Arnold Campbell
Alvin
Donald Lester
William T. McCarthy
Columbus
Cyril Campbell
McCarthy
Pvt
Richard Gibson
Gibson
Hiness
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