Senate Civil Rights Battle Begins with Around-the-Clock Sessions
The Senate opens an endurance fight over civil rights with around-the-clock sessions set to begin at noon. Southern opponents vow to talk the bill to death while leaders aim to force a vote amid heavy overtime work and halted Senate business.
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Washington
Dixie
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Joseph S$. Clark
Dpa
Capitol
Honest Car Thief Returns Stolen Vehicle
Police found a notice clipped to a car in downtown Washington apologizing for taking the vehicle to hurry to Washington. The thief claimed he used only good gasoline and did not speed and urged the owner not to leave the keys. The car belongs to Kenneth Mullis of Lancaster South Carolina, who reported the theft Friday night in Rocky Mount North Carolina.
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Washington
K. Kenneth Mullis
Lancaster, S.C
Rocky Mount
N.C
No Russian Explosion Reported Across Finnish Soviet Border
Police and press sources in Finland say they have no information to substantiate a published report of an explosion Feb. 2 at a Soviet rocket base across the border. The Finnish border commander notes constant small blasts from road construction but no big blast is known. Finnish papers have not reported such an explosion.
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Helsinki
Finland
Peiping accuses U.S. plane of trespass over Chinese isles
Peiping radio charged that a U.S. patrol plane violated Chinese air space by flying over Yunghsing and Tung islands in Kwangtung province. Flights allegedly occurred Sunday.
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China Today
U.S
Yunghsing
Tung Islands
Hsisha Islands
Kwangtung Province
Peiping Radio
Unions Vote Today on Ohio Electric Contract
Union members across southern and central Ohio prepare to vote on a new contract with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric. Negotiators have worked 20 hours straight with Federal Mediator George Bell overseeing talks in Columbus. Votes by some 1350 IBEW Local 1466 and 832 members will occur in Nelsonville Columbus Chillicothe and Coshocton. The old deal expires at midnight. wage demands remain the main hurdle though terms are broadly agreeable.
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Central Ohio
Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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Coschocton
George Bell
C&soe
Ohio
Poston
Compulsory Training at OSU Could Move to Voluntary Basis
Ohio State University faculty may act in April on a student resolution adopted a year ago calling for ending compulsory military training on campus. The proposal would not end ROTC but shift it to voluntary, currently requiring first and second year male students to participate except veterans and the handicapped. The Faculty Council on Instruction has studied the measure since May and hopes to report in April. final decision would rest with the board of trustees.
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Ohio State University
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Heimberger
Council On Instruction
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Witch doctors picket Graham crusade in Kisumu
In Kisumu Kenya native medicine men parade outside Rev Billy Graham’s pre crusade meetings muttering incantations. Graham is due to speak Tuesday with no incidents reported as he travels from Nairobi.
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Kenya
Billy Graham
Kisumu
Joseph Blinco
Graham
Mansfield To Host Miss Ohio Pageant This Summer
The Miss Ohio contest final to Miss America is set for July 29 30 in Mansfield with 24 contestants. Guest star and current Miss America Lynda Lee Mead is announced to appear.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Lynda Lee Mead
Not Day To Forget Her Birthday February Leap Year Note
Washington reports leap year trivia noting 118000 people would celebrate every four years and 11000 born on February 29 today. It explains why February 29 exists, its calendar corrections, and historic adjustments including British practice of February 28 under Henry VII.
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Census Bureau
National Geographic Society
Julius Caesar
Gregory
Henry VII
Fire damages home of Zaleski mayor
A fire gutted one room and damaged two others in the home of Zaleski mayor Thomas West on Monday around 7 50 a m. Volunteers arrived by 8 00 and Fire Chief Richard O Leary said the blaze was under control about 20 minutes later.
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Zaleski
Thomas West
Kennedy Calls Congress to Vote Defense Boost Before Summit
Senator John F. Kennedy urges Congress to approve higher missile air alert and ground force spending before Eisenhower's summit. He argues current forces are strong but a missile gap risks U.S. survival and alliance confidence, urging timely action and full costs to ensure peace.
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John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
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Eisenhower
Kennedy
Senate
America
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
Snow is Forecast To Continue Across Ohio Midweek
Snow flurries persisted with locally heavy bands as a low pressure system moves through the southwest region. Temperatures remained far below normal with Pandora recording 6 degrees above zero, while Columbus posted 19 and Cincinnati 16. Slick roads were reported south of the McArthur to Woodsfield corridor and west of Bellefontaine to Springfield with coverage around Washington Court House and Hillsboro.
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Police Rescue Robber After Holdup Attempt
DETROIT police rushed to the scene of a gas station hold up when a robber feigned a gun and took $30 from Jewel Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald seized the suspect by the collar and choked him until unconscious. Police revived the assailant with a resuscitator after bystanders called for help.
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Jewel Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Family Of Eight Is Found Dead In Illinois Snow
Auto dealer Leroy Hensel, 59, his wife Dora, 53, and six children ages 7 to 17 were found dead in a four room house near Thomson. Deputy coroner says death by asphyxia likely, oil burner extinguished and tanks empty after a week. Family home is near Ebner, northwestern Illinois.
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Leroy C. Hensel
Dora
Eddie Shuler
Hensel
L. B. Hussey
Carroll County
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Morrison
Judy
Billy
Leroy
Susan
Patricia
Jane
Authorities Seek Swindler Impersonating Minister in Bank Fraud
Police and the FBI hunt a man about 30 who poses as a traveling minister to open accounts, deposit large checks from out of town, and withdraw funds before a bounce. He swindled banks in Akron, Syracuse, and Cleveland, with losses totaling over $1,000. He uses a non existent bank account and travels city to city.
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FBI
John G. Cleary
Cuyahoga Savings & Loan Co
Akron
Syracuse
N.Y
Ohio five day forecast with below normal temperatures
Temperatures expected to average 4 to 6 degrees below normal with highs 40s and lows 20s. Warmer Tuesday or Wednesday, turning colder Thursday and remaining cold Friday and Saturday. Snow likely Wednesday and Thursday, with snow flurries at Lake Erie Friday and Saturday.
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Lake Erie
Khrushchev Signals East Germany Peace Treaty if Talks Fail
Soviet Premier Khrushchev said Moscow will sign a separate peace treaty giving East Germany control of West Berlin if the Big Four summit in May fails to reach a settlement on Germany. He spoke after Bogor talks with Indonesia and a $250 million credit to aid Jakarta.
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Bogor
Berlin
Christian A. Herter
U. N
Khrushchey
Subandrio
U. S
GSA Plans Sale of 173 Acres at Jenkins Dam Site
The General Services Administration announced plans to sell 173.08 acres of land adjacent to Tom Jenkins Dam and Lake Burr Oak by bid or auction, likely on April 29. The land, supervised by the Corps of Engineers, includes areas at the dam base and hill nearby.
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Tom Jenkins
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Lake Burr Oak
U. S
Brazil's Navy Holds Rites for Crash Victims
Brazil's navy conducted a military service for U S Navy men killed in last Thursday's air collision in Rio de Janeiro. Twenty one bodies were moved from the morgue to the Navy Ministry for rites before being flown home. Mrs Juscelino Kubitschek visited the three survivors, Lt George Fitzgibbons of Worcester Massachusetts Air Ordnanceman Hal Halenza of Norfolk Virginia and Sonarman Fred Wilson of Dallas Texas, and reported they were in good spirits.
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Navy Ministry
Rites
United States
Juscelino Kubitschek
Brazil
George Fitzgibbons
Worcester
Mass
Hal Halenza
Norfolk
DiSalle to Present Views on Ohio Death Penalty
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle will testify March 8 before the legislative committee studying abolition of capital punishment in Columbus. Also invited are Maury Koblentz, head of the Division of Corrections, and Ralph W. Alvis, former warden of the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
General Assembly
Maury Koblentz
Division of Corrections
Ralph W. Alvis
Ohio Penitentiary
Appoint Walter and Jones to Boards of Election
Noah E. Walters of Crown City and Elmer Jones of Athens among 17 new members named by Secretary of State Ted W. Brown. Walters sworn in at Columbus meeting joins Gallia County board. Jones joins Athens County board.
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Crown City
Elmer Jones
Athens
Ted W. Brown
Columbus
Walters
Gallia
Jones
Ohio Auto Deaths Up January Toll Rises 26 Percent
In Columbus the Highway Safety department reports 139 traffic deaths in January 1960 versus 110 in January 1959, a 26 percent increase. Director J Grant Keys says the rise may warn of worse tolls ahead. Rural deaths up 24 percent. urban fatalities total 47, up 31 percent.
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Ohio
Highway Safety Department
J. Grant Keys
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