Ohio Legislature Fast This Flood Relief Session
Ohio lawmakers moved swiftly to pass four emergency flood relief bills totaling 10.9 million dollars plus the state's share of regular relief through June 30, with the Senate expected to follow. Governor DiSalle was to deliver the state of the state message around 3 p.m. and outline a two year program amid a financial crisis. Bills include 3 million emergency flood aid, 10.5 million for 50-50 poor relief, 300 thousand for flood costs, and 100 thousand for a flood causes survey. Also proposed are 28 new bills and two constitutional amendments including lowering the voting age to 18 and a Supreme Court disability standard for officials.
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Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
HOUSE
Senate
Five Area Men Victims of Silicosis at Vanadium Plant
Five workers at Vanadium Corp of America Graham Station West Virginia have silicosis confirmed by Ohio health agencies. Biopsies by Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital Columbus substantiated diagnosis for Clyde Ferrell 40 of Pomeroy Thomas McKay 44 of Bashan in Veteran s Hospital Huntington Richard Jacks 28 Langsville Herman Michael 40 of Pomeroy Clifford Carder 42 of Point Pleasant. union and company clash followed as tests showed widespread respiratory ailments among 70 workers.
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Graham Station
W. Va
Ohio
Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Columbus
Kalbheim Waering
Southeast Tuberculosis Hospital
Nelsonville
Clyde Ferrell
Pomeroy
Thomas McKay
Bashan
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Richard
Junior) Jacks
Langsville
Herman Michael
Clifford Carder
Point Pleasant
Warring
Charles Davidson
Rutland
February Moon Mission Targeted For Late February
NASA and the Army plan a Juno rocket launch from Cape Canaveral around February 26. The aim is to send a payload past the moon into solar orbit within a six to seven day window. Final decision awaits about a week prior. no official confirmation issued.
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U.S
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Chamber Condemns Bridge Toll Resuming
The Southern Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce condemns the proposed tolls on the Huntington West Virginia Chesapeake bridge to finance a new Ohio River span. The bridge is the only auto crossing over the Ohio between Ashland Kentucky and Point Pleasant West Virginia about 65 miles apart.
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Ohio
Lawrence County
Churchill College Named After Sir Winston Churchill
London reports that Sir John Cockcroft, a leading British nuclear scientist, will head the new Cambridge college established in honor of Sir Winston Churchill.
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London
Sir John Cockcroft
Cambridge College
Sir Winston Churchill
Ice machine gift spawns teacher study aid foundation
In Columbus Indiana a $1500 ice making machine gift to a country club inspired a community foundation funding advanced study for public school teachers. Since 1956 the Columbus foundation has awarded grants to 56 teachers for summer projects including a Spanish teacher's tour to Valencia Spain.
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National School Boards Association
Columbus, Ind
Foundation
W. L. Wissman
Columbus
Country Club
Wissman
Columbus Foundation
Valencia
Spain
Columbus Fondation
Rehab Efforts Hampered as Cincinnati Endures Snow
A heavy snowstorm cripples Cincinnati transit and roads with 3 to 4 inches of snow. Ice from freezing rain adds to hazards as 330 people seek hospital care and 101 auto crashes demand police response. Ohio River levels remain above flood stage with forecast gradual decline.
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Seven Hills
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Red Cross
Weather Across Nation Brings Mixed Precipitation
The Associated Press reports a broad cold front with rain freezing rain and snow across the eastern half of the nation. Temperatures fall 10 to 20 degrees, strongest drops from north central Texas along the Ohio River to Virginia and southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Disalle Names First Judicial Appointment in Ohio
Gov Michael V DiSalle selects Martin P Joyce 40 to succeed Frank R Franko as Youngstown Municipal Judge Joyce serves until Jan 2 with backing from Mahoning County Bar Assn and Executive Committee.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Youngstown
Frank R. Franko
Franko
Martin P. Joyce
Joyce
Mahoning
Navy seaplane crash near Norfolk leaves three missing
A twin engined Martin P5M seaplane returning to Norfolk Naval Air Station crashed into Hampton Roads. One crew member, Lyle V. Knudson of Norfolk, died after hospitalization and three others are missing. Seven crewmen saved with non fatal injuries. search continues for Cmdr. Robert Murphy Lt. Cmdr. Sherman Cagle and Lt. (j.g.) David H. Utter.
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Atlantic
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Hampton Roads
Norfolk- Newport Newsport
Lyle V. Knudson
Cmdr
Robert Murphy
Bayside
Sherman Cagle
Marietta, Ga
J.g
David H. Utter
Batista Denies Atrocity Fault in Cuba Crisis
In a Miami Herald interview from Cui dad Trujillo Batista rejects responsibility for atrocities saying Fidel Castro directed those acts and blames Castro for Cuba's harm. He claims no intent to return to power and denies ordering crimes by his forces.
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Miami
Fla
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cuidad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
George Beebe
The
Miami Herald
Beebe
Batista
Castro
Bastista
Judge Gessaman seeks reconsideration of dissolving district
Franklin County judge Myron Gessaman asks the other sixteen Scioto Sandusky Conservancy District judges for a vote reconsideration of their previous decision to dissolve the district. He notes the 17 county body previously approved dissolution. The move could affect the regional water and soil conservation governance structure.
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Columbus
Myron Gessaman
Franklin County
Scioto- Sandusky Conservancy
Reward Withdrawn in Rubinstein Slaying Probe
New York officials canceled the $25,000 reward offered for information leading to a conviction in the Serge Rubinstein slaying exactly four years after his death. No arrests were announced today and the case remains unresolved.
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New York
Serge Rubinstein
Narrow Escape After 50 Tons Trapped in Coal Car
Charles Mastrangelo a 61 year old crane operator at General Electric Lamp Works Cleveland Heights was buried under coal for three hours after a fall from a coal car. Rescue crews used a 16 foot tube to provide oxygen. He suffered only minor injuries and wore unbroken glasses. His wife Jane waited in the boiler room.
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Cleveland
Charles Mastrangelo
General Electric Co
Cleveland Heights
Jane
Kishi Rejects Neutrality Urges Trade with China
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi dismissed neutrality as Japan's foreign policy and called for renewed trade with Communist China. He emphasized engagement to bolster Japan's economy and regional influence amid Cold War tensions.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
China
British cargo plane crashes near Brindisi
A British cargo aircraft crashed and burned at Brindisi Italy killing two of its six crew members.
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Brindisi
Italy
Khrushchev Announces Start Of Missile Production
Nikita Khrushchev told the 21st Soviet Communist Party congress in Moscow that serial production of intercontinental ballistic missiles has begun. He praised science progress, pledged higher living standards, and urged rapid growth in socialist productivity while aiming to end the cold war.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
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Khrushchev
Baby Kidnapping Case Ends With Recovery In New York
A month old baby, John Tavarez, kidnapped earlier in the month, was found safe in a Puer to Rican couple’s apartment. Police say Ascension Ortiz, 25, confessed to taking the child after her miscarriage. Ortiz and her husband Angel, a plastic dyer, have three children. Doralis Tavarez identified the infant and the suspect as the one who left the child.
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John Tavarez
Ascension Ortiz
Angel
Man Held Blameless In Alfalfa Death
In Los Angeles a coroner's jury absolved Moses S. Stiltz 38 of blame for the death of Carl Switzer known as Alfalfa the Our Gang star. Piott 37 testified Switzer and Switzer 32 fought with Stiltz after drinking over a $50 debt. Stiltz claimed he was forced to shoot.
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Los Angeles
Alfie
Moses S. Stiltz
Our Gang
Carl
Alfalfa) Switze
Jack Piott
Switzer
Stiltz
Second Worker Dies After 35,000 Fire At Universal Motors
In Cleveland two workers died from a blaze at Universal Motors. William Hurd, 39, died at Mount Sinai Hospital from injuries sustained in the fire. Roy Brown, 63, the on duty watchman, died at Lakeside Hospital from burns. Firefighters continue to investigate the cause.
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Universal Motors
William Hurd
Mount Sinai Hospital
Roy Brown
Lakeside Hospital
Written briefs sought in Terrell County voter rights suit
AMERICUS Ga nine district judge T Hoyt Davis has ordered written briefs in a civil rights case against Terrell County registrars over Negro voter qualification standards.
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Americus
T. Hoyt Davis
Terrell County
Cuban Morejon convicted in second Havana show trial
Pedro Morejon, former Batista army captain, was found guilty of assassination homicide and robbery and sentenced to death by firing squad after a 10 hour trial held at army headquarters near Havana. Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos denounced the verdict, threatening self harm if Morejon was spared. Two other cases, including ex-Lt. Col. Ricardo Grau, awaited trial and appeals. In Washington, Senator Douglas took chair of the Senate House Economic Committee to probe administration policies, endorsing the Eisenhower spending ceiling while calling for funds for urban renewal housing and school construction.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Batista Army
Pedro Morejon
Morejon
Camilo Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
Castro
Sosa Blanco
Ricardo Luis Grau
Senate House Economic Committee
Raymond J. Saulnier
President's Council of Economics Advisers
Eisenhower
Douglas
North Korean Reporter Defects During Panmunjom Meeting
A Pravda reporter for the Soviet Communist party defected to South Korea at Panmunjom during a Military Armistice Commission meeting. He cited fear of execution by the Communists as a reactionary.
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Korea
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
South Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Ex Judge Wallace Acquitted on Contempt Charge in Alabama
Former Judge George Wallace is acquitted of contempt, leaving him a potential gubernatorial candidate. He had claimed defiance of a federal court order while aiding the U S Civil Rights Commission in obtaining voter registration records.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Wallace
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
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