Test Pilot Ejects Safely From Craft
George S. Burdick civilian test pilot for North American Aviation ejected at 6000 feet after a Vigilante jet crash in Meigs County near Dexter. The plane tore through trees, exploded, and fuel fires were extinguished by damp grass. Burdick, uninjured, was taken to Athens airport. crash site access hindered by Hungry Ridge terrain. Officials from multiple counties and North American Aviation investigated.
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Meigs County
Messenger News
Hungry Ridge
Salem Twp
Ndavtor
George S. Burdick
Worthington
North American Aviation
Earl Goode
Dexter
Meigs-Vinton County
Burdick
Goode
Robert Hartenbach
Bob Goode
Justice Store
Manning Roush
Ohio University
Athens
Columbus
Salem Two
Pomeroy
Meigs-Vinton
L. R. Chapman
England
Hocking
Meigs
Ross
Vinton
Jed W. Webster
North American
Navy
George Burdick
Dock Strike Toll Hits Global Trade And Jobs
The East Coast dock strike halts 41 ports from Maine to Texas, forcing a two day vacation for workers at a West German auto plant. Bananas rally in price while U S aid shipments clog in ports. Domestic losses top 400 million dollars and grow daily. The AFL CIO I L A dispute with New York Shipping Association cuts cargo and raises prices across industries.
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New York
West Germany
Maine
Texas
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Aflcio International Longshoremen’s Association
New York Shipping Association
Alexander P. Chopin
Chicago
Stees Murder Trial Jurors Drawn in Athens County
Names of 75 Athens County residents were drawn Thursday to form a jury for the first degree murder trial of Gene I. Stees, 30, a former Ohio University professor. Stees, charged in the October 20 death of his wife Helen, 30, must go to trial in Common Pleas Court February 1.
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Athens
Gene I. Stees
Ohio University
Kennedy seeks new cabinet post for urban affairs
President Kennedy to ask Congress to create a Department of Urban Affairs with cabinet rank and to name Robert C. Weaver head the department. The prior plan had racial controversy and failed in the House Rules Committee, but Kennedy aims to reorganize it into law. The House rejected last year 264 to 150. The other item notes the Soviet Union opening regular passenger and cargo ship service to Cuba.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Department of Urban Affairs
Robert C. Weaver
Weaver
House Rules Committee
Senate
House
Wellston Man Named State Fire Chief
Fred Rice of Wellston Jackson County will be the new state fire marshal succeeding Wilson McLaughlin. Rice, a former state representative and tire and appliance dealer, will take the post Monday as Gov. Rhodes administration begins. He is an Athens High and Kent State graduate.
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Columbus
Fred Rice
Wellston
Jackson County
Commerce
Warren H. Chase Jr
Rice
James A. Rhodes
Wilson
Slip) McLaughlin
Sandusky
Ohio
Athens
Kent State
Gooding Co. Settles Suit Out Of Court
Richmond Indiana August 5 195? Gooding Amusement Co of Columbus Ohio settled out of court with the father of Lester Gabbard a Richmont youth who died after being thrown from a thrill ride last Aug 5 A $50 000 suit in Wayne Circuit Court was dismissed after the settlement was reported by an attorney for the family.
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Richmond
Ind
Gooding Amusement Co
Columbus
Ohio
Richmont
Gooding
Lester Gabbard
Wayne
Empire State Building suffers second fire in as many days
Firefighters ripped into a wall on the first floor of the Empire State Building to uncover and extinguish insulation fire from a cigarette suspected as the cause. The blaze halted hours of work but caused no injuries or evacuations while fires burned in other offices on multiple floors of the 102 story tower. Police seek the thief who stole $300 from a Daytona Beach insurance firm, un insured.
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New York
Empire State Building
Daytona Beach
Fla
Kennedy Forces Victory in First Congress Fight
The Kennedy administration wins the opening House Rules Committee vote 235 to 196 to retain 15 members, preserving a potential liberal edge while Republicans attack the budget. The outcome pleases the President as waits for tougher battles ahead in the new Congress.
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Kennedy
First Congress
Congress
House
Rules Committee
Hocking Men Plead Guilty To Moonshining Case
Two Hocking County men Willard Garner and Harry Reynolds pleaded guilty in U S District Court to four counts tied to a moonshine operation. Sentencing awaits a probation report as officials testified about a November 16 arrest at a Pittsburg Hollow still near Murray City and confiscation of 70 gallons of cash. Both coal miners are free on $1000 bonds each.
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Carl Weinman
Willard Garner
Harry M. Reynolds
Charles Crosley
Internal Revenue Service
Pittsburg Hollow
Murray City
Garner
Brando Sues Magazine For 5 Million Libel
Marlon Brando filed a five million dollar libel suit against the Saturday Evening Post accusing defamation from a June article about his Mutiny on the Bounty filming and alleged waste of six million. In a separate item, P J Tru man Bidwell, ex chairman of the NYSE, was acquitted on income tax evasion charges.
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Los Angeles
Marlon Brando
Saturday Evening Post
Brando
Bidwell
NEW York
P—J. Truman Bidwell
New York Stock Exchange
Tshombe Rides Jeep Urging No Resistance
Katanga's leader Moise Tshombe, released from house arrest, travels with a UN column toward Sakania urging his scattered forces to avoid resistance. UN and British officials clarified movement rights as tensions over Kolwezi and dam sabotage loom, with Jadotville and Kolwezi forces poised for action.
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Tshombe
John Latz
Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Sakania
Dent Tshombe
Rhodesia
U Thant
Kolwezi
Kasembulesa
Northern
Mona Lisa draws crowds at National Gallery of Art
Mona Lisa continued to pack them in at the National Gallery of Art as her first American showing drew large crowds. Reports said Whistler's Mother may also be headed to the United States for an exhibition.
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Washington
National Gallery of Art
Paris
Louvre
Whistler
United States
Dayton Woman in Stable Condition After Tavern Building Collapse
Mrs. Mary Coe 32 of Dayton sustained injuries in a condemned building collapse at the adjacent tavern where she worked and is listed in satisfactory condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
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Dayton
Mary Coe
Miami Valley Hospital
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