Two Traffic Accidents Kill Three Along River
Three people died and two were injured in two crashes along the Ohio River Monday. Hugh and Paul Anderson of Belpre were killed when their car hit a southbound state highway truck near Ravenswood. Carl ton Davis of Coalville died in a fiery collision with a car driven by Clayton Godby of Branchland. Godby was in critical condition at Holzer Hospital. Davis, an employee of Ford Oil Transfer Co., was returning to Coalville after a death in the family. A Ravenswood crash occurred near the Kaiser Aluminum Plant. Davis was 28. Burial planned in Coolville.
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Belpre
Ravenswood
Hugh Anderson
Paul Nelson Anderson
Ray Mitchell Ripley
Priddy Hospital
Clipper Mills
Carlton S. Davis
Coalville
Coal Grove
Clayton T. Godby
Branchland
W.va
Godby
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Davis
Ford Oil Transfer Co
Reese Carleton Dodd
Kaiser Aluminum
Anderson
West Virginia
Benjamin and
Verne Smith Davis
Lucille Davis
Reese Dodd
Irene
Coolville
Labor Leader Denies Invitation to Testify
Miami Beach report states labor leader Dave Beck, head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, denies rejecting an invitation to appear before a Senate subcommittee. Beck cites lack of free time and says plans were made long in advance. The panel probes labor racketeering and authority to compel testimony.
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Dave Beck
Senate
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Washington
Sen
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D-Ark
Teamsters
Teamster
U S Brazil Plan Joint Base on Fernando de Noronha Island
Work to start immediately on a U S Brazilian base on Fernando de Noronha to track guided missiles. The pact includes five years of Brazilian island use in exchange for economic aid to Brazil and partners in the South Atlantic 250 miles off Brazil.
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Brazil
Fernando de Noronha
South Atlantic
Multimillion Fire Destroys Chicago Grain Elevator
A massive blaze on Chicago's South Side Friday night consumes a 10 story grain elevator along the Calumet River. Firefighters battle in a heavy rain with 400 men and 100 apparatus. millions in grain perish while a newer elevator nearby is saved from the flames. Officials estimate losses from several to five million dollars, with no injuries reported.
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Chicago
94Th Street
Calumet River
Robert J. Quinn
Nash Hudson Strike Shuts Nash and Hudson Plants
United Auto Workers strike shuts down Nash and Hudson assembly plants at American Motors in Kenosha Wisconsin. Negotiations over layoff procedures failed after an all night session, with over five thousand workers impacted and negotiations declared indefinite. Milwaukee plant crews receive early release due to component shortages.
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Wis
United Auto Workers Union
American Motors Corp
Nash and Hudson
American Motors
Milwaukee
Kenosha Local 72
Macmillan Elected Leader of Conservative Party in Britain
Harold Macmillan is formally elected leader of the Conservative party succeeding Sir Anthony Eden as the sole candidate. The vote confirms him as prime minister, replacing Eden in a smooth transition within the party.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Conservative Party
Anthony Eden
Prank Tragedy Blamed on Two Nurses in Ether Douse
In Lexington Kentucky Margaret Donovan 24 and Mary Hutchinson 26 admitted dousing two student nurses with ether one smoker lit a cigarette causing fatal burn to Kathleen Oehler 19 of Frankfort while Charlotte Smith 23 of Danville suffers severe injuries at St Josephs Hospital Officials consider charges against the two nurses for the dangerous prank
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Lexington
Earl McDaniel
Margaret R. Donovan
Mary Frances Hutchinson
Kathleen Oehler
Frankfort
Charlotte Smith
Danville
St. Joseph's Hospital
McDaniel
Miss Donovan
Miss Hutchinson
Legislature Eyes Expanded Police Powers for Ohio Patrol
The Ohio Senate learns a bill to grant full police powers to the Ohio Highway Patrol, moving toward an “Ohio State Police” role. Gov. O'Neill had signaled his study of the patrol’s limited powers amid labor disputes. Other measures include driver education for graduation, a 40 hour state employee week, and extending election day voting by three hours.
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Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio State Police
Ohio Senate
William O'Neill
Ohio
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Portsmouth
Ohio’s Highway Construction Council
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Construction Council
Phone Co. Testimony Alleges Pressure on Union Leaders
Two men testified before the National Labor Relations Board that Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. officials ordered them to remove four union leaders from the picture. The company denies unfair labor practices as the strike by Communications Workers of America continues since July 15. Witnesses from New Castle, Pa., said they were hired to investigate cable vandalism and to ‘get’ union leaders out of the way by any means.
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Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
James R. Tindal
William Kerr
New Castle
Tindal
Ohio Consolidated
Reds Order Identity Card Turn-In in Hungary
Budapest reports the Soviet backed Hungarian government ordered all citizens to surrender personal identity cards to police for extension. The move aims to count those who fled the country and track thousands freed from prisons during the October November revolt.
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Hungary
Bulgaria cuts back five year plan due to shortages
Radio Sofia reports Bulgaria cuts back its government five year plan as shortages of money and raw material hinder progress. The decision follows declining investment and supply constraints amid state controls.
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Bulgaria
Russia
Radio
Sofia
Alcorn Elected GOP Boss
H Meade Alcorn Jr of Connecticut was unanimously chosen as Republican national chairman after Eisenhower named him the choice. Alcorn, 49, chaired Citizens for Eisenhower in Connecticut in 1952 and directed last year’s convention arrangements as state committeeman.
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H. Meade Alcorn, Jr
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Alcorn
L. Judson Morhouse
New York State
Harry Darby
Kansas
White House
Leonard W. Hall
Citizens For Eisenhower Organization
Hall
J. Alcorn
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio State
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Ted Dalton
Virginia
Louis Nunn
Lexington
Kentucky
Red Poles Win Bare Majority in Polish Parliament
Stockholm paper Expressen reports the Polish Communists secure a 13 seat majority in the new Parliament. Official totals pending Wednesday. Gomulka leads a 236 of 459 seat result with many allies pledged to follow red policies.
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Expresse
United Workers (Communist) Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gomulka
Democratic and United Peasant
National Front
Expressen
Berlin
D. M. Winther
Warsaw
Family Feud Blamed In Dayton Gun Fatality
A family quarrel near Dayton is believed to have caused the fatal shooting of Henry Lafitte Barwick, 54. He died after arrival at Miami Valley Hospital. His wife Geraldine Barwick, 37, is held for homicide investigation and sister Delores Jackson, 22, is held as a material witness.
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Dayton
Henry Lafitte Barwick
Miami Valley Hospital
Geraldine Barwick
Delores Jackson
Extreme Temperature Swing Hits Boonville Adi Rondack Area
In Boonville New York the thermometer surged 94 degrees in under a week while last Tuesday set the state’s all time low of 55 degrees below zero. The extreme fluctuations mark a historic weather spell for the Adirondack region.
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Boonville
N.Y
Oklahoma Tornado Claims Eight Kills in Eastern Oklahoma
A pre dawn tornado in eastern Oklahoma near the Arkansas line killed eight people and left about a dozen injured in Gans and surrounding areas. The storm moved toward Brent as the third Oklahoma tornado overnight in a cold front’s advance impacting Fort Smith area commuters.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas Line
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Jim Wofford
Sallisaw
Jenkins
Joe Johnson
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Ark
UN Debates Final Stage on Nuclear Test Ban
The United Nations disarmament debate nears its end as Russia presses for an immediate global ban on nuclear tests. France prepares its final statement while the United States and Russia provide closing summaries. Aiming for surface unanimity, Western allies draft a broad resolution urging new arms talks in the five nation subcommittee.
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N. Y
Russia
United States
France
Canada
Mad bomber Nabbed by Connecticut Police
George Metesky, a 53 year old man from Waterbury identified as New York Citys mad bomber, confessed to planting at least 32 bombs since 1941. He faced fugitive charges with a $100000 bond as warrants from New York arrive.
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Waterbury, Conn
New York
George Metesky
Walter Arm
Metesky
Arm
Waterbury
Consolidated Edison Co
Hell Gate
Consolidated Edison
Airline worker’s note foreshadows Idlewild crash tragedy
Allan Adler a 20-year-old Brooklyn mechanic wrote a two page suicide letter claiming he was really nuts and would not return home. Eight hours later he stole a DC3 at Idlewild Airport and crashed on the runway, killing himself and destroying the plane. Police found the letter in his locker after the fatal act and his parents cited pressure to become a pilot as a possible motive.
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Allan Adler
Brooklyn
Adler
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Board
Idlewild
Daniel O'Leary
Bruck
Lynn
Young Adler
Ike Back to Business After Inaugural Parties
President Eisenhower resumes work after a spree of four gala inaugural events. He traveled with his wife to venues in Washington, including the Armory and several hotels, with Dulles, Nixon, and Maj. John Eisenhower among the guests. The celebrations featured music, crowds, and stateside toasts as he returned to duties.
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Eisenhower
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Washington
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John T. Fey
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Herbert Hoover
Richard Nixon
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Nixon
Maj
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Doctor Faces Dope Charge in Federal Court
Day‑ton physician Dr. John Corbett Coldiron 59, a former Kentucky state senator, faces charges of illegally administering narcotics. A Dayton man testified he paid for morphine shots last spring, with the government seeking profit framing. The defense says the doctor aimed to cure addicts.
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Dayton
John Corbett Coldiron
Coldiron
Hazard
Kentucky
Willie T. Caldwell
UN salvage fleet faces two delays in Suez clearing
In Port Said Harbor cranes lifted the scuttled Egyptian tug Hercule to the surface but a broken cable caused the heavy tug to settle again. This marks the third failed attempt to raise it as UN salvage operations proceed.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Hercule
East German Leaders Plan Work Days for Students
East Germany's Communist authorities announced a program to send some students to factories and farms for one day each week to tame unrest and push loyalty to the state. The plan aims to involve youth in labor as part of socialist discipline.
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Berlin
East Germany
Ohio float drops mock atomic device for peace theme
A device built to emit mock atomic mushroom cloud smoke puffs every two minutes was removed from Ohio’s inaugural parade float after the Atomic Energy Commission deemed it unpeaceful. Dallas Meade, the contractor, said the commission felt the explosions conflicted with peacetime atomic energy themes. He noted it was safe and fire marshal approved.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio
Dallas Meade
Bandits Strike Meeting, Escape With 5000 in Philadelphia
Four robbers wearing stockings and armed with rifles robbed twenty businessmen at a Monday night meeting in Philadelphia, escaping with about five thousand dollars. The bandits fled en route to an unknown destination amid a tense investigation.
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Philadelphia
Fred W. Crow longtime OU trustee dies at 77
Fred W. Crow 77 prominent Pomeroy resident civic leader and Ohio University trustee died at 10 15 p m Monday at his E Main Street home after a lingering illness He served as Meigs County Bar Association president over 50 years as attorney two terms as county prosecutor and two as common pleas judge Crow taught school earned a BA from Ohio U and law from Ohio State He served on OU Board of Trustees appointed by Gov Vic Donahey and sat on Holzer Hospital Board of Trustees He belonged to Racine Masonic Lodge 461 and received a 50 year jewel in June from James Harbage past grand master continuous on Page 7.
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Ohio State University
Law School
Vic Donahey
Crow
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Racine
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