Armed Robber Loots Athens Western Union Office
A lone intruder robbed the Athens Western Union at 16 W Union St on Monday evening. He demanded cash and money orders totaling about $60 plus nine money order forms and fled westward after keeping worker Geneva Steele locked in the back room. Police and state units pursued leads. a prior 1958 heist at the same office involved about $150 and traveler's checks.
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Athens
Western Union
W. Union St
Geneva Lou Steele
S. High St
Miss Steele
Capt. McBride
Police
Sheriff Departments
State Highway Patrol
Georgia
DiSalle urges education and welfare funding in Ohio
Governor Michael V. DiSalle told about 300 Meigs County residents at Middleport High School that citizens must provide opportunities for higher education and strengthen welfare, mental health and juvenile training. He cited state needs, noted Ohio ranks fifth in population and income and 43rd in public health expenditures, and highlighted declines in welfare and mental hospital patients since 1940.
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Middleport
Michael V. DiSalle
Middleport High School
DiSalle
Ohio
Indonesia scoffs at Dutch invasion charges over New Guinea clash
President Sukarno’s government confirms losing a torpedo boat in a clash off West New Guinea and denies Dutch invasion accusations. Maj. Gen. Achmad Jani says only one Indonesian vessel lost with no casualties reported. Dutch forces claim sinking one Indonesian torpedo boat and probably a second, with 50 Indonesians captured.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Achmad Jani
New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Kennedy to Meet U Thant in New York City
President Kennedy will discuss with U Thant in New York on Friday. Lunch is planned with U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson at Stevenson’s hotel suite, per the White House announcement Monday.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. N
U Thant
New York City
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
White House
Taft files for Republican nomination for chief justice
Ohio Supreme Court Judge Kingsley A. Taft 58 filed petitions to run as a Republican for chief justice. Taft has served on the state bench since January 2, 1949. Viet Cong forces suffer 55 casualties in clashes with South Vietnamese government troops near the southern Viet Nam tip, according to a government report.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Kingsley A. Taft
Taft
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Hearings Opened on Ohio Canal
Youngstown witnesses including Congressmen and steel industry leaders testified at an Army Corps of Engineers hearing on a Lake Erie to Ohio River canal. Opponents led by John C. Bane of the Upper Ohio Valley Association argued the project would cost about 1.33 billion dollars to build and 50 million annually to operate. A local labor management team urged the canal, while James P. Griffin of United Steel Workers District 26 blamed railroads for slowing growth in Youngstown Warren.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Steel Industry
Army Corps of Engineers
John C. Bane
Pittsburgh
Upper Ohio Valley Association
Youngstown Area
James P. Griffin
District 26
United Steelworkers of America
Youngstown - Warren
Eighteen Catholic Missionaries Killed in Congo Massacre
A report from Bukavu says eighteen Roman Catholic missionaries were killed by Congolese soldiers at Kongolo in North Katanga on January 1. Survivors told the bishop at Bukavu. one missionary body was removed and not yet heard from.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Kongolo
Katanga
Associated Press
Bukavu
Kivu
Hamilton Fairfield merger study committee formed
A committee is formed to examine merging Hamilton with nearby Fairfield. Hamilton’s population is 72 354 and Fairfield has 9 734 residents. Paris and Tunisian officials begin talks over Tunisia’s demand to surrender the Bizerte base in northeast Tunisia.
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Hamilton
Fairfield
Paris
Tunisia
Bizerte
Fire at Nelsonville C and S O E Garage Causes Heavy Loss
A two hour blaze gutted the Nelsonville C and S O E garage on Hocking Street with nine trucks and equipment damaged. Firefighters led by Chief Clarence Hall fought heavy smoke and heat from 12 25 a m. Damage runs to several thousand dollars with ladder truck heaviest hit. Authorities compare the loss to a Maurer Variety Store fire from about 15 years ago.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Hall
Paul Allen
Peabody Coal Co
Edward Howe
Injuries Claim Point Infant in Route 17 Accident
Three month old Joey Jay Zahrndt, son of Paul and Beulah Mul ling Zahrndt, died in Columbus Children's Hospital from injuries from a one car crash on December 24. The funeral is set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Crow Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth W. Chandler officiating. Burial will be in Ravenswood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
Joey Jay Zahrndt
Paul
Beulah Mae Mulling Zahrndt
Burdette
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Crow Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Chandler
Ravenswood Cemetery
Lost items found by LY 3-1242 messenger ads
Lost belongings and pets can be recovered quickly via the Found ad service. The Classified Department Result File promises more finders each week and urges calling LY 3-1242 immediately after discovering a loss.
Kennedy says no nuclear test ban was his biggest disappointment
President Kennedy says failure to reach a nuclear test ban with the Soviet Union was the most disappointing event of his first year. He cites unity among Western Allies and Latin America as a heartening development while urging continued talks on Laos and Berlin. He expects a quick steel accord to avoid a strike and stockpiling.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
White House
Latin America
Laos
Berlin
Army to restructure ordnance and support services
Washington reports the Army will unveil a broad reorganization of its ordnance quar tersmaster and other technical services and streamline general staff operations. President Kennedy reportedly approves creating two new commands to group Transporta tion Chemical Signal Ordnance and Quartermaster activities. The General Staff will shift training and schools to Continental Army Command while preserving combat structure.
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Washington
Army
Kennedy
Transportation, Chemical
Signal
Ordnance and
Quartermaster Corps
Army General Staff
Continental Army Command
U S and Britain Keep Line on Nuclear Test Ban
Washington reports the Geneva conference on banning nuclear tests resumes with little hope of a East West accord. U S Britain will stick to their treaty plan with an inspection system to detect violators. The Soviets back away from proposals as President Kennedy calls the setback his biggest disappointment of his first year.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Civil Rights Move Tied to Kennedy Executive Order
President Kennedy said he will issue an executive order banning racial bans in federally assisted housing when in the public interest. He cited progress on civil rights and said the administration has made more strides in 12 months than in the prior eight years. In Cincinnati the Board of Education weighs a $24 million building program.
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Laos
Kennedy
Congress
United States
Berlin
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Tariff Cuts Agreed Between EEC and United States
In Brussels an agreement was announced for broad tariff reductions between the European Common Market and the United States. The accord marks a new step in trade relations with officials confirming the deal today.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
Criticizes Trade Plan From Rep Bow on Kennedy Proposals
Rep Frank Bow of Ohio says President Kennedy's foreign trade plan marks a major shift from his 1960 campaign stance. Bow quotes Kennedy promising tariff reductions and subsidies for industries harmed by lower tariffs and notes emphasis on the European Common Market as a challenge needing new legislation.
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Washington
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Kennedy
Bow
Canton
Two Zaleski Escapees Face Felonious Assault Trial
Two 17 year old youths, James Trammell and Charles Turner, go on trial in Campbell County Circuit Court on felonious assault and battery charges. They allegedly broke into Anthony Breinich's home in Fort Thomas and beat him after he found them. Breinich shot his son Robert accidentally fatally during the melee. The pair had escaped from Zaleski Youth Camp on August 21.
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Newport
Campbell County
Fort Thomas
James Trammell
Cincinnati
Charles Turner
St. Paris
Ohio
Anthony Breinich
Breinich
Robert
Trammell
Turner
Zaleski
Britain asks ambassador to probe U.S. move on Viscount sale
London reports Britain asked Ambassador Sir David Ormsby Gore to investigate Washington's latest action aimed at blocking the sale of six Viscount airliners to Red China in a $9.8 million deal. Khrushchev calls for pensioners to work night clerical jobs to fill idle time.
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London
Britain Today
David Ormsby-Gore
Washington
United States
Red China
Khrushchev
Byrd Proposes Debt Limit Rise Amid Budget Inquiry
Senator Harry F. Byrd D Va announced a Senate Finance Committee led inquiry into federal spending and taxation as President Kennedy requests a debt limit increase from 298 to 308 billion dollars. Secretary Dillon urged a 2 billion rise by March 1 and 8 billion for the next fiscal year to cover peak debt near 304.5 billion by December.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Dillon
The
Army Begins Flying Troops To Germany
The United States starts a massive peacetime airlift of 6000 troops to West Germany. A C135 jet from McChord AFB carrying 78 members of the 4th Infantry Division landed at Rhine Main Air Base near Frankfurt. The operation runs around the clock until Monday to test rapid troop deployment in an emergency like the Berlin crisis.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
United States
McChord Air Force Base
Washington
4Th Infantry
Rhine-Main Air Base
U. S
Europe
Berlin
Cleveland power drop blamed on wet coal at plant
Wet coal caused a partial outage at the municipal light plant in Cleveland affecting 10 000 customers and darkening streets and traffic signals for about an hour on Monday night.
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Cleveland
Municipal
French Prepare Siege Measures Amid Algerian Violence
In Algiers authorities studied harsher options as violence spikes in Algeria. Three killings in Oran raise the death toll to 20, with a bank holdup by five Europeans netting about 18 000 dollars. Louis Joxe met officials near Rocher Noir to discuss a possible state of siege and tighter civil restrictions.
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Algiers
Algeria
Oran
Louis Joxe
Rocher Noir
Chillicothe Runaway Dies In Direct Detention
An 18 year old escapee from a Chillicothe Ohio reformatory died in a water filled ditch after fleeing Taylor Township police in Michigan. Douglas W. Wallace of Medina Ohio is the victim. Companion John Robert Chevalier of Trenton Michigan was captured while Gary G. Bogges of Miami West Virginia escaped. Wallace died from exposure. body found 250 feet from a stolen car wreck site. All three were serving time for interstate transportation of stolen automobiles.
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Detroit
Mich
Chillicothe
Ohio
Taylor Township
Douglas W. Wallace
Medina
Trenton
John Robert Chevalier
Gary G. Bogges
Miami
W.va
Wallace
Reformatory
Portugal Faces Attack at United Nations on Angola Policy
United Nations diplomats reported Portugal facing sharp criticism from Communist and African blocs over its Angola policy. Africa group members were expected to push for condemnation and possibly independence for Angola, while penalties were not anticipated.
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United Nations
N. Y
Portugal
Angola
Congo
Seminar Series Explains DiSalle Policies at U Cincinnati
The second of eight one day seminars to explain Gov. Michael V. DiSalle’s program to Ohio voters was to start today at the University of Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Michael V. di Salle
Ohio Voters
University of Cincinnati
Tito Protested Soviet Nuclear Test Move
Specialists on Yugoslavia report Marshal Tito showed a soft stance toward Soviet tests but actually filed a protest with Premier Khrushchev. The note reflects Yugoslavia’s cautious position in Cold War nuclear tension.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Tito
Khrushchev
Khrushchev Attacks Byelorussian Hog Losses
In Moscow Khrushchev criticized Byelorussian farmers for 15 percent hog mortality citing fodder shortages and poor livestock care. He cited 516000 hogs and 395000 pigs died from neglect, and 499000 underweight cattle were sold to the government.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Byelorussia
Pushkin
Khrushchev Faces Domestic Struggles Baffles Kremlin
U S specialists see growing difficulties for Khrushchev at home despite big Minsk speech. They caution the United States and allies have no grounds to celebrate while Moscow sifts the Molo tov affair the Moscow Peiping rift and Albania s role. Details of Khrushchev s Minsk address remain unclear in Soviet press reports.
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Washington
Khrushchev
U.S
United States
Kremlin
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Peiping
Albania
Minsk
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