DiSalle Backs Kennedy as Ohio Favorite Son Candidate
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle pledged to back Sen. John F. Kennedy for the presidential nomination as the state’s favorite son. The move aims to unify Ohio delegates for the convention while keeping the open primary and avoiding a Kennedy-DiSalle vice presidency scenario.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Cuyahoga County
Kennedy
DiSalle
Democratic Party
Sen
Sen. Kennedy
Seoul Darkens to Conserve Power Amid Shortage
Seoul dimmed power Monday night to combat a drought caused shortage. Neon signs and outdoor lighting were shut off except for security, and homes and factories faced power rationing during the blackout.
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Seoul
Korea
Rockefeller To Lead N Y Delegations
Albany Gov Nelson A Rockefeller said he would head New York 96 vote delegation to the Republican National Convention next July. He declined to say whether he supports Vice President Richard M Nixon for the nomination and spoke by phone with President Eisenhower and Nixon since withdrawing from the race.
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Albany
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Eisenhower
Payroll Check of 994 999 Stuns Bank Officials
Springfield report details a payroll check for 994 999 dollars presented by Ruth Sweeney a pregnant nurse seeking cash. Bank officials reacted with surprise and alerted authorities after a machine glitch produced the erroneous amount. City officials recovered the check and avoided a financial risk.
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Springfield
Lagonda National Bank
Ruth Sweeney
Stevens Plans Latin America Trip On Business And Education
Adlai E Stevenson announces a two month tour through Central and South America for business and education. President Eisenhower may visit Latin America concurrent with the trip.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Central
South America
Eisenhower
Latin America
Finch murder trial moves to scene of crime
The Los Angeles case shifts to the suburban site where Barbara Jean Finch died after July 18. Her husband Dr. R Bernard Finch and his mistress Carole Tregoff face conspiracy charges tied to an alleged motive over community property and an illicit affair. Prosecution describes a 50cc air embolism device used to kill, with syringe and needle found unused in a case near the couple's West Covina home. The doctor, a tennis player, had shared several apartments with Miss Tregoff, including Las Vegas, where he was arrested July 19. the murder weapon has not been recovered.
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Los Angeles
Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Dep
Atty
Fred N
Whichello
Miss Tregoff
Nixon Mitchell steel pact reshapes 1960 politics
The 30 month steel industry contract valued at a billion dollars eases wage pressure while stoking inflation fears. Nixon and Mitchell gain fresh standing as a Republican ticket possibility amid protests and jubilation in Buffalo and Augusta as ratifications loom.
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Che
GOP
Nixon-Mitchell
United
Mitchell
McDonald
Mitchel
Nixon
Augusta
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Actress Sullavan dies in accidental drug poisoning
New Haven coroner rules actress Margaret Sullavan died from accidental barbiturate poisoning at 48. Found in her hotel room Friday, she was in a pre-Broadway tryout of the play Sweet Love Remembered.
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New Haven
Conn
Margaret Sullavan
Gates Talks With Top Brass On Defense Future
Defense Secretary Thomas Gates meets with U S military leaders for two days of discussions at the Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk and Richmond focusing on fundamental national defense issues. A Cedar Street Baptist baptismal service proceeded on schedule after firefighters used a fire hose to fill the 500 gallon pool due to a water shutoff oversight.
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Norfolk
Thomas 8. Gates
U. S
Free World
Atlantic Fleet
Richmond
Cedar Street Baptist Church
Lopp Resigns as Jackson City Auditor After Four Days
Carl Lopp resigns as City Auditor of Jackson Ohio after four days in office citing inability to leave his construction job for a $300 monthly salary. James Thomas appointed to fill the remaining term of Lopp.
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Carl Lopp
Jackson
Ohio
James Thomas
Lopp
Steel Workers Jubilant Over End Of Strike
Pittsburgh area steel workers and their wives celebrate a settlement with J and L and U S Steel plants. Veterans like Patrick DeCarlo and Louis Pierre praise the just agreement while homeowners wives describe relief from economic strain and mortgage pressures.
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Pittsburgh
Patrick DeCarlo
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
George Ostermeyer
J&l
Louis Pierre
United Steelworkers Local
Tony Amantea
Amantea
U. S. Steel
William Hilla
Homestead
Eva Higwood
Marie Soyka
Roy Maughan
Pittsburgh Works of
Christ Called Capitalist Plot By Russians
London reports Radio Moscow claimed Jesus Christ did not exist and Christmas is a capitalist plot to keep workers in chains. The broadcast called the gospel tale legendary and mythical and attacked nonresistance teachings noting Soviets do not seek grace but create happiness themselves.
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London
Radio
Moscow
Jesus Christ
God
Murder weapon found linked to Christmas Eve slaying
Floyd E. Hargrove, under truth serum, led authorities to a rifle in the Chagrin River that may have killed Charles P. Clark. Hargrove, amid an eight month affair with Clark’s widow Lois, pleaded guilty in court while awaiting grand jury action. He remains jailed without bond.
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Painesville
Floyd E. Hargrove
Hargrove
Charles P. Clark
Clark
Lois
Chagrin River
Mentor Township
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
Mentor
Albert W Haver
Train wreck near Monza leaves many dead and injured
A jammed ten car commuter train derailed in dense fog two miles north of Monza Italy near Milan. The electric locomotive and five cars left the rails killing the engineer and injuring many others while 20 to 30 people died and about 100 were hurt.
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Monza
Italy
Milan
Paralytic Polio Cases Rise Sharply in 1959
Public Health Service reports 1959 paralytic polio cases near 85 percent higher than 1958. Through December 26, 1959 there were 5,661 paralytic cases versus 3,090 in the same period of 1958.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Court In Seoul Flooded With 2024 Traffic Violation Cases
A Seoul district court faced a flood of traffic case filings during the five day New Year holiday with 2024 cases. Three extra judges were assigned to handle the backlog.
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Seoul
South Korea
Plastic Bags Claim 2 More Victims In N Y
A young mother in Wapping Falls New York found her two sons age three and two unconscious with plastic bags over their heads in bed. They died on arrival at the hospital. The mother Judy Hummel twenty says the bags were found in a closet. The husband Leonard twenty one is in Army service.
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Wappings Falls
N. Y
David Hummel
George
Atd Hospital
Judy Hummel
Leonard
Bevan Reports Reasonably Good Night After Surgery
Aneurin Bevan deputy Labour leader, 62, is said to have had a reasonably good night as he recovers from a major abdominal operation performed a week ago for an undisclosed ailment.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Car owner reports thefts after long jail sentence
Long Beach resident Jerome L Colwell, 23, said thieves removed accessories from his car parked near Terminal Island since November 15. Colwell explained he was in jail serving a sentence for car stripping, delaying his ability to address the loss.
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Long Beach
Calif
Jerome L. Colwell
Terminal Island
Colwell
Presidential Hopefuls Share Spotlight in Congress Session
Washington AP Senate convenes Wednesday with hopefuls Nixon Johnson Kennedy Humphrey Symington among those seeking the spotlight. Johnson must face critics while Nixon aims to mend party fences as Eisenhower’s program advances. Legislative clash looms on civil rights education aid defense spending and farming policy.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Kennedy
Humphrey
Symington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Oregon
Congress
Los Angeles
Albert Rains
Ala
House
Senate
Teenagers Die In ER Crossing Collision Near Air Base
Four teenagers riding in a car were killed when it slowed at an Erie Railroad crossing on Yellow Springs Road near Wright Patterson Air Force Base and was struck by a freight train traveling about 50 mph. Victims Irene Gayheart and Joan Calahan, both 15 and 13, driver Agron Stevens 16, and Sandra York 16 died. train crew unharmed. The crossing lacked electrical warning devices.
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Dayton
Erie
Yellow Springs Road
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Irene Gayheart
Joan Calahan
Agron Stevens
Fairborn
Sandra York
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Sets Record in Chicago
Chicago reports 374 traffic deaths over a three day New Year holiday, the highest since 1955 56. Overall accident toll reached 513, tying the three day New Year record. 63 died in fires and 76 in other accidents.
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Chicago
Two Murder Charges Filed Against Father in Ohio
Alfred Searberry, 41, was indicted by the Scioto County Grand Jury on two counts of first degree murder in the Dec 12 drowning of his two young children Kenneth 2 and David Lee 10 months. Prosecutors say he threw them into the Little Scioto River after a fight with his wife. Bodies not recovered.
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Portsmouth
Alfred Searberry
Scioto County
Searberry
Kenneth
David Lee
Scioto
Diphtheria Cases Reported At Pingree Elementary
Five of 117 Pingree Idaho elementary students are known to have diphtheria. Inoculation of the others is to start today. Local health officials warn of the outbreak and begin vaccinations to curb spread.
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Pingree
Idaho
Cholera Epidemic Rises in East Pakistan
A new cholera outbreak in East Pakistan has claimed 180 lives in the last two weeks. Health officials attribute the deaths to use of open ponds as drinking water sources.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Health Department
Insurgents Gain Ground at BRT Convention Vote
Insurgents challenging President William P. Kennedy won a 15 vote margin 531 to 516 to seat C. M. U in lineman Afandan Whelison at Clana Muiraay and defeat Kennedy ally Wilkinson over Satterwhite. The move expands fights over convention scope and leadership. H. E. Gilbert addresses delegates as visiting speaker.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
William P. Kennedy
Afandan
Whelison
Clana Muiraay
Wilkinson
W. W. Satterwhite
Kennedy
Hiller
BRT
William J. Weil
Weil
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
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R. Conrad Cooper
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MiMeuwin
James P. Mitchell
Sullavan
Rochester
Lois Clark
Carl E. Clark
Floyd Hargrove
Score
Calumet River
Bevan
R.R. Crossing
Clyde M. Titler
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