Ohio Cold Years National Record
Ohio records a record low when minus 23 degrees was logged at Putnam County near Pandora and at Marion three miles northwest. Other lows included 22 below in 1915, 15 at Cleveland Hopkins, and single digits across several cities as the cold mass loomed southward.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Ray Burkholder
Putnam County
Pandora
Weather Bureau
Burkholder
Marion
Charles Whysall
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Delaware Dam
Findlay
Akron
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Zanesville
Money Bill For Highways Is Set Today
Ohio moves to approve a highway appropriation bill to sustain a $300 million per year road program. The measure would total about $739 million including federal funds, with roughly $140 million for engineering and administration. The vote follows a slow start in the 105th General Assembly and features Jacqueline Jean Mayer, Miss America 1963, appearing before both houses.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
105Th General Assembly
Jacqueline Jean Mayer
Sandusky
Sea Of Sludge Destroys West End Plant Area
In Louisville Kentucky a huge pile of carbide lime residue collapsed from the Air Reduction Chemical and Carbide Co plant sending thousands of tons of sludge across buildings homes railroad cars and storage tanks along the West End near the Ohio River. No injuries were reported.
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Louisville
Air Reduction Chemical & Carbide Co
West End
Ohio River
Redistricting plan would reshape Ohio 10th District
A proposed Ohio General Assembly bill would redraw the 10th District to span 10 counties from Athens to Washington, creating a longer district and adding a fourth congressional seat for the 24th. The changes shift population centers toward Zanesville and alter county alignment, affecting Rep. Homer Abele and Rep. Robert Secrest.
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Ohio General Assembly
Ohio
Muskingum County
Ert Secrest
Homer E
Pete) Abele
McArthur
Secre
Tary
Ernest Collins
Abele
Lancaster
Zanesville
Lawrence
Washington
Athens County
Ohio University
Vinton
Welfare Costs Double in Six Years in Ohio
In Columbus, Ohio, three locally administered welfare programs more than doubled from 1956 to 1962. Speaker Roger Cloud presented a budget resume showing total expenditures rising from 59.9 million to 126 million with detailed funding breakdowns for dependent children, poor relief, and disabled aid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger Cloud
Cloud
New Reformation Push Seeks Methodist Anglican Merger
New York reports a global drive toward church unity with a proposed Methodist Church of England merger in Britain seen as a stimulant for Anglo American rapprochement. Talks include the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and other denominations as the Second Vatican Council fuses Protestant Catholic and Orthodox efforts.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
Protestant Episcopal
Methodist Church
Oberlin
Ohio
United Presbyterian Church
Christian Churches Disciples
United Evangelical Brethren
United Church of Christ
United Church
Congregational Christians
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lutheran Church In America
American Lutheran Church
Britain
John Wesley
John XXIII
Financier Convicted In Bond Fraud Case
The first of three trials on Mer vin L. Gold ends in conviction for using 55000 dollars of stolen Canadian bonds as collateral for bank loans. In Washington, Dr Louis Schwartz 79 retired medical director of the U S Public Health Service died Monday.
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Cleveland
Mervin L. Gold
Washington
Louis Schwartz
U. S. Public Health Service
Stars Of 30 Contenders For Oscars
Hollywood stars Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn lead the best actress race for the 35th Academy Awards after Monday's nominations. Davis, born 1908, seeks a third Oscar after wins in 1935 and 1938, while Hepburn, born 1909, remains a top contender as the year’s box office surge centers on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Katharine Hepburn
Gregory Peck
Jack Lemon
Miss Davis
Baby Jane
Bette
Jezebel
Anthologist Melville Herskovits Dies at 68
Evanston Ill. Prof Melville Herskovits renowned anthropologist and founder of the first U S university program in African studies died Monday. He chaired Northwestern University's Anthropology Department and shaped African studies.
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Evanston, Ill
Melville Herskovits
United States
Herskovits
Northwestern University
Bond Posted frees Roberts after cash bond posted
James B. Roberts Jr. 33 of Route 50W was released from Athens County Jail after a $20,000 cash bond posted with Clerk Phyllis L. Cross. He faced two larceny by trick counts from loans of 20 000 and 16 000 at Athens National Bank.
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James B. Roberts, Jr
Athens County
Phyllis L. Cross
Roberts
Trick
Common Pleas Court
Charles W. Kirkwood
Athens National Bank
Athens Bank
Kennedy Shifts Tax Plan Amid Growing Criticism
President Kennedy retreats on tax reforms as opposition rises. He now signals willingness to drop reform elements and fears a recession without the stimulus, while Congress critics and allied business groups show divided support and a failed effort to expand the Finance Committee.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Four Americans Die in Bay of Pigs Air Missions
Senate leaders spar over the Bay of Pigs invasion with Mansfield confirming that several American airmen volunteered for combat missions and four were killed. Dirksen claims evidence of the four fliers’ deaths amid Cuba's denial of firing on a shrimp boat and tensions with the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
U. S
Cuba
U. S. State Department
Dirksen
Fidel Castro
Betancourt toward Mexico seeks stance on Castro threat
Venezuelan President Betancourt visited Mexico City for a three day state visit but failed to win President Lopez Mateos support against Fidel Castro. They issued a joint communique outlining planned consultations on protecting raw material prices, exchange of petroleum technicians, and a mixed commission to boost commerce.
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Mexico City
Romulo Bentancourt
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Betancourt
Castro
Havana
Moscow
Latin America
Mexican Lopez Mateos
Venezuela
Flexible Plan Favored by Reuther for Work Week
Walter Reuther, head of the Auto Workers Union, advocates a flexible work week that adjusts with economic conditions rather than a fixed 35-hour week. He cautions a straight 35-hour reduction could harm industries and raise unemployment, proposing an automatic, progressive cutoff as unemployment rises.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Mariner II Data To Be Public At NASA Conference
NASA announces an afternoon news conference to disclose Dec 14 Mariner II flyby findings on Venus temperatures. Separate from this, a Pershing missile near-operational model has achieved its first test flight success at Cape Canaveral Florida.
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Washington
Venus
Mariner II
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner
Cape Canaveral
Fla.p
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