Columbus Pressmen Strike Looms Over Electric Co Negotiations
Southeastern Ohio residents awaited a Saturday vote by 1300 Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co workers in Local 1466 and Local 832 demand for higher lineman rates. IBEW officials warned a breakdown risks service delays, with voting set at Nelsonville Eagles Hall and Chillicothe Union Hall amid past near strike.
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Southeastern
Ohio
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Nelsonville Eagles Hall
C&so
E. M. Poston
Athens
Nelsonville
Union Hall
Chillicothe
Chicago Lake Michigan water plan faces regional opposition
Six Great Lakes states and Canada united against Chicago's bid to divert 1000 cubic feet per second from Lake Michigan. Officials say diversions harm shipping channels and harbors and would lower Lakes Michigan and Huron levels, reducing cargo capacity and increasing transportation costs by about 20 million dollars.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Canada
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
New York
Harry Brockel
Milwaukee
Lyndon Spencer
Lake Carriers Association
Lakes
Huron
Weather outlook for West Virginia Ohio and surrounding states
Cloudy with periods of rain tonight and cooler Saturday with snow possible in the north. West Virginia highs around 36 to 45, Ohio also cool with lows 30 to 35 and Saturday highs near 46 to 50. Five day forecast calls for temperatures slightly above normal then warmer by Sunday through Wednesday with mixed rain and rain or snow tonight into Monday.
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West Virginia
Onio
Ohlo
Albany
OS Atlants
Cuay Civics
Chicago
Cleveland
Fort Worth
Helena
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Washington
Navy Vet Directs Boarding Party
Lt Cmdr Ernest J. Korte 42, captain of the destroyer Hale, led a boarding party on a Soviet trawler off Newfoundland. A 25 year Navy career includes World War II submarine service and command of the submarine Kingfish. He and his wife and two children live in Pawcatuck.
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Pawcatuck
Conn
Ernest J. Korte
Newfoundland
Pacific
Community Aids Genna Family After Total Fire Loss
Newburyport Mass residents respond to a Thursday Plum Island house fire that destroyed the Genna family home. The Salvation Army will receive goods while organizations and individuals arrange new living quarters for 11 people within a week. The Juniors Club to supply appliances and linen. Kiwanis donate 225 for clothing. Rotary seeks a suitable home. Columbus Licking County extends real estate tax collection deadline to 49th county in state.
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Newburyport
Mass
Genna
Anthony Genna
Plum Island
Newburyport News
Gennas
Salvation Army
William L. Plante Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Licking County
Rubber Workers Union Renegotiation Talks Across Major Firms
The United Rubber Workers announce plans to renegotiate contracts and welfare agreements. Key bargaining with the Big Four starts: U.S. Rubber Co. in New York on March 10, Firestone and Goodyear in Cleveland, and B. F. Goodrich in Canton, with Akron area plants also involved.
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Akron
General Tire & Rubber Co
Seiberling Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers
New York
U.S. Rubber Co
URW
Cleveland
Firestone
Goodyear
Canton
B. F. Goodrich Co
Truck Hijacker Captured After Misfired Threat
Wisconsin truck driver Melvin Hazaert said a hitchhiker posed as a traveler and hijacked his tractor-trailer near Elyria Ohio. A 32 caliber pistol misfired when pressed to his head, and the gunman, identified as Charlie Mitchell, was captured two miles west of Lorain after the truck was recovered.
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Wisconsin
Lorain
Edward Hale
Melvin Hazaert
Green Bay
Wis
Phila
Delphia
Hazaert
Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike
Norwalk
Lorain County
Charlie Mitchell
Venus Probes Target Venus and Mars in June Launches
U S space program plans two probes from Cape Canaveral next June to study Venus. One Atlas Able craft would orbit Venus while a Thor Able craft may pass Mars or enter a solar orbit. Soviet interest rumored. Rand Corp. cites June 8 as favorable launch date through 1961.
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U. S
Venus
Mars
Soviet Union
Rand Corp
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Rhodesian Emergency Strips Native Leaders Behind Barbed Wire
In Salisbury Southern Rhodesia the British rulers moved to quell African nationalism by rapidly detaining leading native politicians after declaring a state of emergency. Across Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia the region remained quiet as a camp at Bulawayo filled, while Kariba hydroelectric project workers struck for higher pay and then returned to work. Prime Minister Sir Edgar Whitehead defended the move as necessary to save the federation from extreme nationalism.
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Southern Rhodesia
African National Party
Nyasaland
Northern Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
Kariba
Edgar Whitehead
Federation
British Commonwealth
Khrushchev blamed as Macmillan trip seen as failure
British newspapers blame Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev for undermining Harold Macmillan's Moscow mission after no concessions were secured. Spokesmen in Moscow say the visit yielded little, with divided Germany and West Berlin sticking points. Khrushchev's withdrawal and a diplomatic toothache are cited as further blows to the talks.
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London
Today
Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
Macmillan
Kiev
Germany
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Woman Granted Parole in Fatal Shooting Case
Annie W. Timley 38 of Willoughby was paroled after conviction for the fatal shooting of her common-law husband Sam Ridley following a quarrel on November 18, 1956 in Columbus.
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Columbus
Annie W. Timley
Willoughby
Sam Ridley
Three Strikers Admit Damage To Residence
Three Carborundum strikers from Local 11-630 pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property in Logan. Mack Wicks, Al Visintainer, and Thomas Pittman were fined 50 dollars plus costs and given a 30 day suspended jail term for smashing concrete through windows at William Eisen’s home on February 9. Police Chief Roy Kelch promised continued protection to prevent further violence during the Carborundum strike.
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Roy Kelch
William Eisen
Midland Place
Eisen
Kelch
Logan
Toledo Fire Injures 30 In Downtown Blaze
Thirty Toledo firemen were injured while fighting a four story downtown Toledo blaze estimated at 250000 dollars. Nine were hospitalized, the rest treated at the scene by rescue squads.
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Toledo
Louisville Hosts Bobcats Saturday In NCAA Bid Bid
NCAA bound Louisville prepares to host the Ohio University Bobcats Saturday in a key showdown. The game adds pressure as both teams seek a strong late-season push for an NCAA tournament berth.
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Lancaster
Louisville
Bobcats
Chamber
McArthur Boy
Pressman
Empacs
Athens
Glauster
Chauncey
Logan
Ae Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Capitol Hill Warns on Berlin Crisis Actions
Senator Everett Dirksen urged restraint on Capitol Hill amid Berlin tensions as President Eisenhower weighs hour to hour developments. He warned against loud speeches or rushed moves that could derail negotiations. Democratic demands for a stronger defense and alert to war risk complicate talks with Khrushchev and Macmillan.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Berlin
Capitol Hill
Fisenhower
Dirksen
Senate
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Moscow
Harold Macmillan
West Germans Approve Soviet German Trade Pact
In Bonn the West German Parliament gave final approval to a three year Soviet German trade and consular agreement. The pact, already in operation for about a year, remains unsettled on establishing consulates due to mutual agreement.
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Germany
Russia
Dulles Begins Second Week of Cancer Treatment
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles starts his second week of X ray therapy for cancer in Washington. Officials say he will continue treatment at private medical facility with daily supervision as doctors evaluate progress.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Wet Weather Outlook With No Major Storms
The nation faces mainly minor weather changes with no storms or severe cold. The far northwest and eastern half show wet conditions while clear skies prevail west of the Mississippi. Snow flurries occur in western New York to northern West Virginia and the northern Great Lakes, with rain or drizzle in the southern Great Lakes and Gulf states. Fog covers northern Indiana Illinois and western Michigan Wisconsin.
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West Virginia
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
South Atlantic States
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Logan man pleads innocent to two counts in shooting case
William A. Flood, 77, of Logan, arraigned before County Judge Vaughan Collins on two counts of maliciously shooting with intent to wound. Held to the grand jury under $1000 bond on each count. unable to post, he remains in the county jail. The shooting at Gore Route 1 injured Welden McGrath and Jean Nutter Brown as the Hemricks and others were in the home.
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Logan
William A. Flood
Vaughan Collins
Weldon McGrath
Gore Route 1
Jean Nutter Brown
McGrath
Brown
Herschel Hemrick
Gore
Hocking Valley Hospital
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Hemricks
William Evans
Hemrick
Flood
Capital Without Papers Strikes Hit Columbus Newspapers
A strike by Columbus Web Pressmen's Local 15 halted all three daily Columbus papers causing TV and radio to boost news. The Dispatch Journal and Citizen suspended after picket lines formed outside their buildings. Premium pay for Saturday night work is cited as the key dispute.
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Columbus
Columbus Web
Ohio State Journal
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Citizen
Dispatch Journal
Citizen
Journal
John Winnestaffer
Dispatch
Mexican Railroad Strike Ends With 4 Percent Raise
About 6 000 striking Mexican railroad workers were ordered back to work after an agreement granting an average 4 percent raise plus medical and housing benefits. Union head Demetrio Vallejo announced all would return by 9 30 a m and resume full operations, ending the first major challenge to President Adolfo Lopez Mateos' government. The stoppage halted two thirds of government owned lines, affecting most major routes.
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Mexico City
Demetrio Vallejo
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Indictment Returned In Triangle Murder Case
Edythe Klumpp, 40, was indicted for first degree murder in the slaying of Louise Bergen, 32, in a triangle love affair. Bergen's partially burned body was found on Lake Cowan shore in Clinton County November 1, 1958 after Klumpp said Bergen was shot in a struggle for a pistol during an October 30 argument.
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Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
Louise Bergen
Beck Sentenced Friday for Tax Cheating in Tacoma
Dave Beck Sr., once a giant figure in U.S. labor, faces sentencing Friday in Tacoma for income tax fraud. He is charged with cheating on his income taxes and faces legal consequences.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dave Beck Sr
U.S
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