Congress Opens With Civil Rights and Education Debates
The 86th Congress begins amid fights over civil rights and federal aid to education. Thirty three senators and all 435 House members face reelection, with Nixon and other leaders positioning for the Democratic and Republican nominations. Eisenhower to deliver State of the Union on Thursday.
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86Th Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
House
Los Angeles
Chicago
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
William Langer
Norman Brunsdale
John Kyl
Iowa
Steven Carter
Eisenhower
GOP
Congress
Snow Likely in Northern Ohio Tonight
Skies were partly cloudy in northern Ohio this morning while the south reported clouds and snow flurries along the Ohio River. Temperatures ranged from 15 in Toledo to 24 in Columbus and 31 in Chesapeake. A snowstorm that hit the South may bring some accumulation to extreme Southern Ohio as most of the state stays cloudy and cold. temperatures are forecast to moderate Thursday as precipitation ends.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio River
Toledo
Chesapeake
Five Day Forecast With Cooler Weekend Outlook
The forecast calls for temperatures 1 to 4 degrees below normal with a high near 50 in the south and a low around 20 to 23 across the region. A slow moderation is expected through Saturday followed by cooler conditions Sunday or Monday. Precipitation totals range from about a quarter inch near Lake Erie to three quarters of an inch south, with snow possible Thursday and again over the weekend possibly mixed with rain in the far south.
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Lake Erie
Steel Industry and Union End Eight Month Contract Battle
The United Steelworkers Union and 11 Big Steel companies signed a 30 month pact, ending eight months of deadlock. The union expects to enroll 80 or more smaller firms, with chief negotiator R. Conrad Cooper noting cooperation ahead. Edgar Kaiser of Kaiser Steel shaped terms. details include improvements in supplemental unemployment benefits.
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Washington
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
David J. McDonald
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser
Murder Trial Interrupted For Lie Tests In Ohio
The second degree murder case of Robert Williams 32 a former Washington Court House police officer was paused Tuesday to receive a lie detector test. Williams contends the Oct 27 fatal shooting of his fiancée Margaret Leath 32 was accidental. The test was ordered after nine jurors were seated and was performed at the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation before the trial resumed.
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Ohio
Washington Court House
Robert Williams
Margaret Leath
Unemployed Claims Rise in Week Ended Jan 2 in Columbus
New claims climbed from 15 909 to 18 381 while continuing claims rose from 85 976 to 93 075 according to the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Holiday temporary job losses contributed to the increase.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Cleveland man leaps 170 feet to his death from Lorain Carnegie Bridge
Michael Michaeloff, 33, on leave from Fairhill Psychiatric Hospital, jumped from the Lorain Carnegie Bridge Tuesday and died. Police reported the fatal fall.
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Cleveland
Michael Michaeloff
Fairhill Psychiatric Hospital
Lorain - Carnegie Bridge
Kanauga Tire Garage Destroyed By Early Fire
A morning fire destroyed the Kanauga tire service garage in Gallia County. Owner Edward E. Knotts escaped with a truck, while Gallipolis firemen reported a collapsed roof and heavy flames. Damages estimated at 10 000 to 15 000 dollars. Telecommunication lines and long distance services were disrupted in multiple areas.
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Kanauga Tire
Kanauga
Gallia County
Edward E. Knotts
Hector Steele
Gallipolis
Steele
Knotts
Point Pleasant
Herb Spencer
Hugh Asbury
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Meigs County
Athens
AP Nominates Gilbert Story Second Month
For the second consecutive month Messenger News Editor Jack Gilbert won the Associated Press Hoopingamer Award for best feature story by an Ohio media member. His December piece followed a boy on a Christmas shopping trip and a relief-filled reunion with his mother. The article notes Gilbert’s November win as well and cites Burdette Johns announcing the awards. In Akron, a Cuyaoga Falls High School student Calvin P. Van Noy Jr. was found dead with a shotgun at a National Guard range. coroner ruling pending.
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Messenger News
Jack Gilbert
Associated Press
Ohio
Gilbert
Burdette T. Johns
Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
National Guard
Calvin P. van Noy, Jr
Danger Lurks At Scene Of Plane Crash
Air Force jet crashed on Sand Ridge Tuesday and a captain warned residents that live ammunition may be scattered in the area. He said the plane could have carried rockets and urged anyone finding shells or rockets to notify the State Highway Patrol.
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Sand Ridge
Air Force
Hal McClanahan
Lockbourne Afb
McClanahan
State Highway Patrol
Humphrey Considers Entering Ohio Primary
A Humphrey aide left open the possibility he may run in Ohio's presidential preference primary after Gov. DiSalle pledged to Kennedy. Humphrey had not considered Ohio but indicated new thinking may be needed. Both he and Kennedy were the only active primary contenders outside their home states.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Ohio
Humphrey
Michael V. DiSalle
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Korean Bonus Claims Reach $59 Million
The Korean Conflict Compensation Fund paid 232 421 bonus claimants $59 909 678 through Dec 31, director C W Goble reported. Checks began in 1957. The filing deadline passed a year ago, but 3517 claims remain to be settled with some needing formal hearings.
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Columbus
C. W. Goble
Woman Hit by Hammer Says Request Came From Wife
Mrs. James M. Lee, 64, could not explain to police why she asked her husband to strike her with a hammer on Tuesday. She is in fair condition after the blows. Her husband, 84, who was placed in a rest home temporarily, said Mrs. Lee requested the hammer blows.
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Washington Court House
James M. Lee
Pilot Survives Jet Crash After High Altitude Plunge
First Lt. Tom Barnett, 27, ejected from a jet interceptor at about 25 000 feet during a training incident Tuesday afternoon. He landed on a Washington County farm on Barnett Ridge near Bartlett and was taken for questioning by state troopers and Air Force investigators from Lockbourne AFB. The 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron earned a safety award for nearly nine years without an accident, as aftermath details describe scorched earth and blast damage at the Chauncey crash site.
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Safe and Sound
Tom Barnett
Boulder
Colo
Air Force
Earth
Barnett
Washington County
Sand Ridge
State Highway Patrol
Messenger
Barnett Ridge
Bartlett
Marietta
Athens Post
Carl Seiferth
Lockbourne Afb
87Th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Air Defense Command
Chauncey
Lockhebourne Air Force Base
Athens
Mt. Nebo
Millfield
Chauncey and
Chauncey- Dover
National banks ordered to file year end condition report
The comptroller of the currency issued a formal call for a statement of condition from all national banks as of the close of business Thursday, December 31, requiring detailed disclosure of assets liabilities and other financial positions.
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Washington—I
Comptroller of the Currency
F-102 Jet Fighter Crashes on Sand Ridge Near Chauncey
Air Force investigators began piecing together the wreckage of an F-102 Delta Dagger that crashed on Sand Ridge two miles southeast of Chauncey after Lt. Tom Barnett bailed out. The $2 million jet exploded on impact, cratered the hill, and drew responders from Chauncey, Millfield, and Athens County.
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Ben Greene
Roy Cross
Air Force
Sand Ridge
Chauncey
Athens County
Crashed Delta Dagger Jet Worth About 2 Million
An Air Force F102 Delta Dagger crashed five miles north of Athens on Sand Ridge Road. Lt. Tom Barnett parachuted to safety after the midafternoon impact as Col. Caleb Moberly estimated the jet and equipment at about two million dollars. The jet traveled at 350 to 400 mph before hitting the hillside, weighing 16 tons when empty.
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Sand Ridge Road
Chauncey
Athens
Caleb Moberly
Ohio University
Air Force
Washington County
Tom Barnett
Denver
Colo
Bartlett
Moberly
Barnett
Fear 32 Lost in Commercial Plane Crash
A four engine Nation al Airlines plane with 32 aboard crashed near Bolivia North Carolina. Seven bodies recovered and no survivors expected according to North Carolina Highway Patrol. The DC6B, carrying crew of five and 27 passengers, was on a New York to Miami run and last contacted at 2 31 a m.
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Bolivia
N. C
National Airlines
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Wilmington
Atlantic
New York
Miami
Palm Beach
Insanity Plea Shaping For Confessed Slaver
Floyd E. Hargrove, 35, faces possible insanity defenses after admitting the Christmas Eve slaying of Charles R. Clark in Mentor. Attorney Louis A. Turi plans psychiatric evaluation while prosecutors seek Lima State Hospital for tests. Hargrove claimed a mental blackout and said he would not have killed if sane. Clark, 35, was a church and Boy Scout leader and engineer. a rifle bullet entered through a kitchen window.
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Painesville
Louis A. Turi
Floyd E. Hargrove
Hargrove
Turi
Charles R. Clark
Clark
Lois
Lima State Hospital
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