Venezuela Overthrows Marcos Perez Jimenez Amid Bloodshed
Military leaders depose dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez as a civilian revolt led by El Nacional reporter Fabricio Ojeda topples the regime. A military junta takes power while the Patriotic Junta calls for elections and a unity government. Jailings, riots, and prisoner releases unfold as Caracas braces for a new era.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perez Jimenez
Dominican Republic
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Colombia
Wolfgang Larrazabel
Miraflores
Patriotic Junta
Fabricio Ojeda
el Nacional
National Union
National Security Police
1909 passenger list cited in Lias deportation case
government calls ship manifest the cornerstone of evidence showing William Lias entered the United States as a child in 1909 rather than being born in Wheeling West Virginia. briefs filed argue the immigration board erred amid testimony of coercing a doctor for a birth certificate as federal court weighs substantiality of evidence.
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Washington
William
Big Bill) Lias
Lias
United States
Immigration Board
Greece
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Federal District Court
Wheelin Downs
U.S
Dyer Justice Taylor
Honor Camp Escapees Briefly Win Freedom From Camp Perry
Two escapees from Camp Perry honored camp, Harold Jones age 23 and Edward Welch age 20, forced a window at Mansfield Reformatory’s honor camp. A car pursuit with 20 officers followed. Jones was captured at Oak Harbor hours later, Welch about midnight seven miles south of Oak Harbor and both await return to Mansfield.
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Port Clinton
Camp Perry
Mansfield Reformatory
Harold Jones
Edward Welch
Reformatory
Jones
Oak Harbor
Welch
Seven Mile&s
Union, company forge talks to end day-old strike
Union and company officials meet in Zanesville to end a 150 worker United Steelworkers strike at Detroit Harvester Co. Farm Implement Division.
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Zanesville
United Steelworkers
Detroit Harvester Co
Weather Outlook With Snow and Rain Friday
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy today with little temperature change. Friday brings rain or snow in the southwest spreading northeast with highs around 38 in some areas and lows near 30 tonight. West Virginia sees clouds and colder mountain conditions. Regional reads show varied skies from clear in several cities to cloudy or snowy in others with temperatures listed.
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West Virginia
Wes
Albuquerque
Cleveland
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Kansans City
Louieville
Miami
the Moss
St. Paul
New York
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Cove
Salt Lake City
Seattle
1300 Gallons Gasoline-Oil Mixed Supplied as Stove Fuel
Fire officials learned 1300 gallons of explosive gasoline fuel oil mix were sold as stove fuel in a West Side Chicago area. By nightfall 950 gallons were recovered from residents through a citywide house to house search. No explosions occurred but deputy chief Harry Mohr warned of great explosion risk. Firemen, police and civil defense volunteers canvassed flats, many heated by space stoves, urging caution.
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Chicago
West Side
Harry Mohr
Civil Defense
Laramie Resident Tracks Snow Prankers
In Laramie Wyoming Ralph Moss reports nightly snow dumping on his property and piled across his walk after less than two inches fell that week. He complained to police about the recurring mischief.
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Laramie
Wyo
Ralph Moss
Reds Seek Hope From Red China For Prisoners
Three American mothers appealed to Red Chinese health minister Mrs Li Tehchuan for release of sons jailed on espionage charges in Peiping. She promised to refer the appeal to Premier Chou Enlai but gave no timeline. Sons Hugh Fecteau Richard Fecteau and John Downey were serving long terms.
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London
Li Tehchuan
Red Cross
Reuters
Peiping
William Downey
Chou Enlai
Ruth Redmond
Yonkers
N. Y
Shanghai
Jessie Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Mary Downey
New Britain
Truckers Aid Patrol In Capturing Youth
Police captured an 18 year old youth at the city limits after two truckers halted a car thief by stopping their large vehicles to form a road block. The youth William Walker Mason from Mingo Junction had stolen a car in Steubenville and fled from a Cambridge service station.
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Zanesville
Highway Patrol
William Walker Mason
Mingo Junction
Steubenville
Cambridge
Bender Plans 12 Day Alaska Trade and Travel Tour
Former U.S. senator George Bender now a special assistant to the interior secretary will undertake a 12 day trip through Alaska to assess opportunities for trade development and tourist travel.
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Washington
George Bender
U.S
Ohio
Interior Seaton
Alaska
Doors Open to New Life for 94 Year Old Ohio Pen Inmate
John Morgan, 94, is released from Ohio Penitentiary after decades in prison for the 1928 murder of a Cleveland junk dealer. He receives a state gifted suite bus ticket to Cleveland and about 300 dollars in his personal account. He has maintained innocence and has no living relatives. A Cleveland welfare agency will assist. Warden Alvis says he is in good spirits and mentally alert. The title of oldest inmate passes to 92 year old Chauncey Lyons.
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Columbus
John Morgan
Morgan
Ohio
Cleveland
Jacob Rosenberg
Ralph W. Alvis
the Penitentiary
Chauncey Lyons
Tighten Belts To Surpass Reds In Missiles And Space
Washington Senator Bridges said the United States must strengthen forces and speed up weapons and space programs to surpass the Soviet Union. Defense Secretary McElroy testified about an administration reorganization plan and 14 steps to accelerate missiles and space research since Sputnik.
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Washington
Sen___ Bridges
R-Nh
Soviet Union
Bridges
Senate
GOP
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Secretary of Defense
McElroy
Sen
Johnson
Texas
Teamsters Union Eyeing Possible Compromise Settlement
Washington AP reports the Teamsters Executive Board faced rumors of an out of court settlement regarding legal troubles as dissenting members seek to oust James Hoffa. Opposing lawyers discuss possible terms while Hoffa remains a central figure amid AFL-CIO expulsion and Senate rackets probes.
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Washington
Teamsters Union Executive Board
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Thomas J. Dodd
Hoffa
Dodd
Afl-Cio
Senate
Dave Beck
Miss Churchill Receives Treatment For Exhaustion
Hollywood reports actress Sarah Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, is under medical care for exhaustion and emotional strain after her husband Anthony Beauchamp was found dead from a sleeping pills overdose last August in London.
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Hollywood
Sarah Churchill
Britain
Sir Winston Churchill
Lillie Messinger
Miss Churchill
UCLA
Anthony Beauchamp
London
Areas With Large Substantial Local Labor Surplus
The Labor Department lists three Ohio areas with 6 to 89 percent surplus labor described as substantial. The regions are Canton, Lorain Elyria Youngstown, and Huntington WV Steubenville.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ohio
Canton
Lorain- Elyria-Youngstown
Huntington
W. Va.-Steubenville
DiSalle Enters Race for Governor in Toledo
Michael V. Di Salle became the tenth Democrat to enter the gubernatorial race in Toledo launching his campaign with a sharp critique of Republican Gov. C William O'Neill's record.
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Toledo
Michael V. DiSalle
William O'Neill
X15 Rocket Ship Trial Scheduled for Early Next Year
Air Force Captain Iven Kincheloe and NACA pilot Joseph Walker announced a first test of the X15 experimental rocket plane next year. The flight would launch from a B52 bomber over the California desert at about 40,000 feet, fly 480 miles to Wendover Utah and return to Edwards AFB California for a dry lake landing.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Iven C. Kincheloe
Joseph Walker
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
California Desert
Wendover Air Force Base
Salt Lake City
Utah
Edwards Afb
Calif
Secret memo accuses FCC members of accepting industry favors
New York Times cites a 28 page memorandum by Bernard Schwartz alleging FCC commissioners fraternized with litigants. The memo prepared for a House subcommittee aimed to trigger public hearings but was set aside for a general survey hearing including six agencies.
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NEW York
New York Times
House
Federal Communication Commission
Washington Dispatch
Times
Bernard Schwartz
New York University
Schwartz
FCC
John J. Flynt
D-Ga
Search Abandoned for Seven A M T S Members
In Honolulu a search for seven men aboard an MATS plane was called off Wednesday night. The Navy still pursued possible survivors of a vanished weather aircraft off Guam after faint distress signals suggested a raft transmitter may be aboard.
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Honolulu
Military Air Transport Service
Navy
Guam
Air Force
Man Acquitted Of Drunken Driving Despite Slurred Appearance
Hartford, Connecticut Edgar W. Clapp, 40, was acquitted in Common Pleas Court on a drunken driving charge. The arresting officer said Clapp spoke incoherently and staggered, while Clapp argued his symptoms stem from a speech impediment a wooden leg and a domestic dispute with his wife.
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Hartford
Conn
Edmund W. Clapp
Common Pleas Court
Clapp
Eisenhower urges Congress to curb labor field abuses
President Eisenhower calls for a 12 point plan to curb corruption and racketeering in labor management. The measures would require unions to disclose finances risk loss of tax exempt status and NLBR access, with federal prosecution for embezzlement and bribes and secret ballot elections for union leaders. Public welfare fund disclosures and employer union payment reports are demanded.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Labor
Mitchell
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Ex-C&O0 Head Dies in Florida at 66
Robert J. Bowman former president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway died Wednesday night in Fort Lauderdale Florida. He was 66.
UAW to vote on profits plan at special convention
The United Auto Workers prepare to vote on Walter Reuther’s profit sharing scheme giving workers a quarter of profits over 10 percent on net capital before taxes. Reuther defends timing as debate opens amid criticism from delegate Lewis H. Michener and GM president Harlow Curtice arguing for a wage program tied to economic realities.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Auto
Lewis H. Michener
Long Beach
Calif
Reuther
General Motors
Harlow H. Curtice
Jack Conway
Curtice
Parolee Admits Multiple Housebreakings in Columbus
Eugene C. Delp, 32, of Cleveland and parolee from Moundsville West Virginia State Penitentiary, was arrested in Columbus after admitting more than 20 break ins since last March netting about 1000 dollars. He said he had broken into too many houses and apartments to remember.
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Columbus
Eugene C. Delp
Cleveland
Delp
Moundsville
W. Va.) State Penitentiary
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DiSalle
Tom Jenkins
Athens
Glouster
Point PI
Chauncey
Logan
Rse
FCC Kapped
Princess Caroline of
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Moundsvile Parolee
Billy Joe Bryson
Chesapeake
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Keith L. Newman
U.S. 60
Newman
W. E. Webb
Robert K. Means
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