Rebels Seize Damascus as Syrian President Is Ousted
Rebel army leaders drive Gen Adib Shishekly from power and send him to Lebanon after taking Damascus and Aleppo. Twelve arrested leaders are freed, including top chiefs of nationalist, populist, socialist factions. Attassi favored to head new government as revolt spreads.
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Damascus
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Lebanon
Shawkat Shukeyr
Shukeyr
Shishekly
Salah
Beirut
Saudi Arabia
Camille Chamoun
Mediterranean
Hachem Bey Attasi
Levant Alive Hospitalized For Nerves
Beverly Hills police rushed to pianist Oscar LeVant’s home after he told a operator he would be dead in 30 minutes. He was found unable to talk, treated for stomach pumping, and said to have taken paraldehyde. His physician described him in an extremely nervous condition.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Oscar Levant
Levant
C. H. Anderson
Anderson
Morley Kerr
Police Chief Quits in Columbus After 29 Years
Frank L. Harrison, Columbus police chief since November 1948, will submit his resignation today. He is 62, has served 29 years on the force, and could have retired four years ago.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank L. Harrison
Harrison
Big Value for Small Change Delivery Message
A playful notice emphasizes the big value of newspaper delivery for a small weekly fee. It highlights an itemized bill showing stories pictures and features delivered to homes and urges readers to remember delivery day and pay promptly when the carrier calls.
Administration Opposes Hike in Tax Exemptions
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration resisting any rise in individual income tax exemptions. Lawmakers from both parties forecast votes, with Rep Boggs proposing an increase from 600 to 700 dollars. Treasury Secretary Humphrey argues such a rise would widen deficits and hinder national security funding.
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Administration
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Rep. Boggs
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Solons Pledge Industry Aid
Congressmen from three states pledged aid to the handmade glassware industry in its fight against foreign competition. A delegation met with Reps Buchan an Saylor and Morgan of Pennsylvania Hayes of Ohio and Johan and Staggers of West Virginia. Spokesman Ed Shay of Star City West Virginia said the delegation was encouraged. The glass workers seek help on reciprocal trade matters and urge Eisenhower to consider a quota on handmade glassware imports.
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Washington
Buchanan
Saylor
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Edmund Purdom to star in The Egyptian remake
British actor Edmund Purdom has been signed for the role in The Egyptian which Marlon Brando was to play. Brando, claiming illness, departed suddenly for New York during rehearsals for the film.
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Hollywood
Edmund Purdom
Marlon Brando
Brando
New York
Howard Hughes Named in Star Divorce Case
In California, Susan Hayward alleges mental cruelty in her divorce from Jess Barker. Barker testifies their twins Timothy and Gregory say a man called Mr Magic, identified as Howard Hughes, visited Hayward and offered an airplane ride. Hayward says Hughes discussed script changes and claims her income is $17 000 a month. She seeks a restraining order, custody of the children, and a halt to Barker’s disposal of community property.
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Burbank
Calif
Howard Hughes
Susan Hayward
Jess Barker
Barker
Timothy
Gregory
Hughes
Mr. Magic
RKO
Mr. Howard
Choice of site for TB hospital slated Monday
The state health director announced an impending Monday decision on the location of a $1,150,000 tuberculosis hospital in southeastern Ohio. Three of 11 candidate communities—Zanesville Cambridge Logan Nelsonville Athens New Lexington Gallipolis Ironton Marietta Wellsville and McArthur—received priority ratings though details were not released.
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Columbus
Ohio
John D. Porterfield
Zanesville
Cambridge
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Bricker Urges Dillon Dam Funding in Congress
Sen Bricker and Rep Secrest urged a Senate subcommittee to approve two million dollars for Dillon Dam near Zanesville Ohio. About nine million has been appropriated for flood control at the Muskingum and Ohio rivers junction. Total project cost is about 27 million. past spending covered railroad relocation land purchases a back water dike and steel for bridges. Bricker said nine million spent with no flood control yet.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Secrest
Dohio
Senate Appropriations
Dillon Dam
Zanesville
Congress
Marietta
Muskingum
Eisenhower
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Heavy Plane Traffic Prompts Crash Rumor
The Civil Aeronautics Administration said reports of a lost plane near Wellington Thursday night likely stemmed from the stacking up of commercial airlines awaiting landing at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Wellington in Lorain County serves as a holding point for air transports in bad weather.
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Cleveland
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Wellington
Cleveland Hopkins
Lorain County
Mild spell to persist through midweek with light precipitation
Weather outlook shows temperatures above normal from Saturday through Wednesday with normal lows ranging from 23 to 27 and highs from 30 to 46. A warm weekend precedes cooler Monday then warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain or snow is expected, bringing 0.1 to 0.5 inch moisture Saturday night or Sunday and again around Wednesday.
Portsmouth Plant to Resume Operations at New Boston Complex
The Portsmouth division of Detroit Steel Corp announces that two major divisions at its New Boston plant will resume operation after a shutdown. Officials expect quick full restart and continued production at the facility.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Detroit Steel Corp
Boston
National Methodist Convocation on Urban Life Ends
The three day gathering concluded in Columbus Ohio marking the first National Methodist Convocation on Urban Life in America with closing remarks and commitments to urban renewal.
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Columbus
Ohio
America
Treaty Curb Vote Climax Seen Today
Washington AP reports the Senate faces a decisive day on curbing treaty powers with three possible paths: approval of a GOP plan deemed acceptable to the president, passage of a George substitute opposed by the administration, or failure to muster a two thirds vote risking shelving the issue for the year.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Sen. George
D-Ga
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
House
Bricker
Sen
Morse
George
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
Red Telephone List Is Found
Senator McCarthy revealed a photographed list of 600 to 700 telephone numbers of people who allegedly called Communist party headquarters in the 1940s. He will forward copies to the Civil Service Commission to review government employment and plans to summon current officials named on the list. Some names appear to be Pentagon workers.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Communist Party
McCarthy
Civil Service Commission
United States
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Pentagon
Zwicker
Hliast
Stevens
Sonnel
Dr Louis Mark Dies Noted TB Authority in Columbus
Funeral services will be held in Columbus Sunday for Dr Louis Mark 61 a leading tuberculosis authority and noted contract bridge player He died Thursday in a Columbus hospital He owned the Rocky Glen Sanatorium at McConnelaville the largest privately owned sanatorium in the country
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Columbus
Ohio
Louis Mark
Mark
Rocky Glen
McConnelaville
West German Bundestag approves army changes for European Army
The West German Bundestag passes constitutional changes authorizing the arming of about 500000 soldiers to support the European Army plan. The vote 314 to 144 backs defense responsibility, conscription, and clarifies that the treaty does not violate the constitution. Adenauer seeks Western-aligned militarization amid Cold War tensions. The changes go to the Bundesrat before three Western powers ratify.
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Bundestag
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Bonn
Bundesrat
Adenauer
U. S
Britain
France
Star Witness Details Third Love in Sternbaum Case
Mansfield Ohio tale centers on Max Sternbaum and his alleged affairs with Margaret Rozenman and Lillian Weisblat as defense probes motive in Leah Sternbaum murder. Rozenman testifies of meetings, flirtations, and a dinner with Weisblat. Sternbaum denies love while Rozenman asserts he confessed to motive and hid truth.
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Star Witness
Sternbaum
Mansfield
Ohio
Max Sternbaum
Leah
Margaret Rozenman
Miss Weishlat
Italy’s Senate Near Decision on Premier Scelba
The divided Italian Senate debates confidence in Premier Mario Scelba’s Western allied government. A confidence vote looms after a week of Communist strikes and Monarchist and Fascist opposition. Scelba’s coalition holds a slim 10 to 12 vote margin over extremists. defeat would force his resignation.
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Rome
Senate
Mario Scelba
Italy
Scebba
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Scebha
Ohio axle-mile tax collection progress reported
COLUMBUS Ohio the state tax department expressed optimism over axle mile tax collections on trucks with three or more axles for the first quarter totals 2 582 92 dollars with refunds 66 000 dollars. Delinquency assessments reach 227 000 dollars against truckers who filed but did not pay. The department is compiling a list of truckers who failed to file or pay.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Tax Department
Stanley J. Bowers
Gloomy Dean Inge Dies at 93 in Wallingford England
The Very Rev Sir William R Inge, known as the Gloomy Dean, died at his home in Wallingford at age 93 after a long retirement from St Pauls Cathedral He suffered bronchitis recently and had expressed doubt about heaven and British socialism He spoke bluntly of truth and remained a respected classical scholar and philosopher with works from 1886 to 1949.
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Wallingford
England
William R. Inge
Church of England
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dean Inge
Rome
Dean
St. Paul's
Jeffers dies at 75 in Columbus after Burlingham visit
Rudolph D. Jeffers 75 of Hurlingham died Thursday in Columbus at a daughter’s home. He survived by four daughters and three sons, plus two sisters and five brothers. Funeral services set for Burlingham Church Sunday at 2 30 p.m. with burial in Burlingham Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Rudolph D. Jeffers
Hurlingham
Columbus
Stephen Bradley
Bradley
Florence Williamson
Marion
Ruby Weptune
West Newton
Mass
Fermie Jeffers
Westchester
William D
Fresno
Calif
Wallace C
Powell
Charlies L
Wilmington
Mary Bobo
Shade
French Claim Rebels Abandon Luang Prabang Offensive
The French command announced Viet Minh rebels have ended their month long assault on Luang Prabang Laotian capital. Rebels of Division 308 retreat into the jungle under heavy air attack with heavy losses reported.
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Saigon
Indochina
Luang Prabang
Boy Dies After Being Hit By Baseball in Frederick
An 11-year-old boy, Elmer Mullinix, died from a fractured skull after a baseball struck him on the head in Frederick, Maryland. He was reportedly riding his bicycle later that day and showed no apparent immediate injuries. The medical examiner, Dr. Robert Furie, confirmed the cause.
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Frederick
Frederick Memo Hospital
Robert Furie
Elmer Mullinix
Holdup Man Robs Century Food Market In Warren
In Warren Ohio a gunman forced entry through a window and robbed the Century Food Market last night. Cash from pay checks was stolen and a precise amount was not disclosed. Police described the suspect as an armed male attacker fled in an unknown direction.
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Warren
Ohio
Century
Rail Magnate Gains Ground In Stock Race
Cleveland report says Robert R Young seeks control of New York CentralRailroad and has two Texas buyers holding about 1.0 percent of the 6,447,410 outstanding shares Clinton W Murchison of Dallas and Sir W Richardson of Fort Worth bought 490000 shares each from Chesapeake and Ohio Hallway as investments White claims 90 percent support but the purchases indicate otherwise in the power battle for Central Railroads presidency
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Cleveland
Robert R Young
New York Central Railroad
Texas
Clinton W. Murchison
Dallas
Sir W. Richardson
Fort Worth
Young
William White
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York
White
Central
Building Burns At Wilkesville
A one story tile block building in Wilkesville burned early today causing about 19900 in losses. Pomeroy and Vinton firefighters fought the flames in the structure owned by James Jackson. A 1954 two and a half ton truck and stored lumber were destroyed. The fire likely started from a short circuit in the truck engine. The nearby Jackson home was threatened. Fire began about 2 am.
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Wilkesville
Pomeroy
Vinton
James Jackson
Ralph Sisson
Jackson
Egypts Young Bosses Replace an Old Guard
In Cairo a 36 year old Lt Col Gamal Abdel Nasser and fellow Revolutionary Council members assured Western powers that Egypt will maintain its Western friendly foreign policy despite a leadership change. They emphasized the council’s unity and that policies have always been decided by the revolt’s leaders, not a single figure, and that no external shift is expected. The move removes Maj Gen Mohamed Naguib from the presidency, while Nasser reportedly remains the driving force behind the government.
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Naguib
Mohammed Naguib
Egypt
Iron Man
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Revolutionary Council
Farouk
Washington
London
Mohamed Nazaib
Nile Republic
Military Revolutionary Council
Col
Salah Salem
Salem
Young Army
Mfcers
2Uncil
Nas
Farler
Nat Nasser
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