U.S. Moves Toward UN Summit Amid Lebanon Crisis
At the United Nations a Japanese compromise plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Lebanon neared a Security Council vote with a expected Soviet veto, risking an emergency General Assembly session. In Beirut Marines patrol anti snipers as guards, while Jordan faces tensions after bombings.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Lebanon
UN Security Council
Soviet Union
UN General Assembly
Middle East
Beirut
Amman
Beirut Father Describes Nightmarish War In Home Front
Camille Birbari a 36 year old purchasing agent in Beirut recounts a 73 day rebellion against the pro Western government. He details firing at his office hospital curfews and a late night birth of his child as Marines arrive and citizens cry for peace. The account highlights civilian fear and desire for stability amid ongoing conflict.
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Beirut
Camille Birbari
Lebanon
Birbari
U. S
Adams Role In Refund Under Investigation
A House Armed Services subcommittee begins closed hearings into Sherman Adams role in a $41,284 penalty refund to Raglaine Worsteds of New England. The White House says Adams merely relayed inquiries, while former company officials deny White House pressure. The penalty stemmed from late Pearl Harbor era fabric delivery and was reduced after an appeal and reopening in 1957.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
Sherman Adams
New England
White House
Adams
Eisenhower
Raglaine Worsteds, Inc
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Goldfine
Raylaine Company
Pearl Harbor
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Senate Tests Trade Powers
Senate supporters of reciprocal trade pressed to defeat a move to curb President Eisenhower’s tariff powers. They hoped to pass tonight a bill extending the 24 year old trade program while deferring deeper liberal terms to a later conference committee. The House already backed Eisenhower’s position. The key issue: a proposal to strip the President of authority to overrule Tariff Commission recommendations for higher tariffs or import quotas.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House Conference
Senate Finance Committee
House
Tariff Commission
Mother of 3 Faces Manslaughter Charge in Lima
Mary Porter of Lima will face a first degree manslaughter charge, per the Allen County prosecutor. Her husband Booker Porter, 28, was shot dead Saturday night. Mary Porter, 25, is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the stomach.
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Lima
Mary Porter
Allen County
Booker
Porter
Memorial Hospital
Weather bulletin for West Virginia and Ohio area
Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Low temperatures around 5 to 72 with little change on Wednesday. Onto region shows similar conditions and occasional showers or thundershowers with highs near 70s to 80s in listed cities.
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West Virginia
Atlanta
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Helena
Clear
Kansas City
Louisville
Miami
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Wittaburgh
Richmond
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Seattle
Ciomay
Washington
Acquittal in Freezer Case for Pomeroy Man
James J. Mattingly Jr. of Zanesville Route 1 was found innocent in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on charges of obtaining signatures by false pretenses. Judge Carlos Riecker had earlier urged a settlement and overruled motions as the trial continued for the second of five indictments.
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Pomeroy
James J. Mattingly, Jr
Zanesville
Meigs ‘Ommen Pleas Court
Carlos Riecker
Morgan County
Mattingly
Riecker
Messenger
The
Pomeroy Sentinel
James B. O'Brien
Superhighway Planned In Northeastern Ohio
Ohio Highway Director Charles M. Noble outlines a 90 mile plan to link Lake Erie with the Ohio River in northeast Ohio. The route runs from Ashtabula to East Liverpool with a first section between the lake and Ashtabula and Jefferson. The remainder will be in the next two year program.
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Columbus
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Ohio
Ohio Highway
Charles M. Noble
Ashtabula
East Liverpool
Noble
Jefferson
Low Bid Listed On 33 Project In Ohio Region
A Columbus contractor emerged as apparent low bidder for the Route 33 relocation north of Athens the largest project ever sold in the nine-county Division 10 of the Ohio Department of Highways. W N Holderman & Son Inc bid 3 71673544 under the engineer s estimate of 3 801100 completion date July 31 1960.
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Columbus
Athens
Ohio Department of Highways
W. N. Holderman & Son, Inc
Chauncey By-Pass
Director of Highways
Miller Construction Co. of
Ohio, Inc
Akron
Circleville GI Shoots Korean in Army Guard Incident
In Seoul the U S Army reported a Korean thief was shot and killed by Army guard Sgt Hager B Blevins of Circleville Ohio while preventing thefts in the Seventh Division Engineer Company He fired after warning shots and two follow up shots struck the same man as the other suspect escaped The Seventh Division and Korean police are investigating no charges have been filed
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Seoul
U. S. Army
Hager B. Blevins
Circleville
Ohio
Blevins
Seventh Division
Ohioans in Iraq
State Department records indicate the wife and three children of Forest E. Abbuhl an economic officer in Canton Ohio on sick leave are still in Iraq.
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Iraq
Washington
State Department
Forest E. Abbuhl
Canton
Ohio
Five year old Karen Gordon eats solid foods after seven operations
In Decatur Illinois at St Marys Hospital Karen Lee Gordon celebrates turning five as doctors complete the final of seven operations to replace her esophagus with a portion of her lower intestine. She now enjoys mashed potatoes noodles eggs fruits and small amounts of meat, no longer relying on a feeding tube.
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Pana
Ill
Karen Lee Gordon
Gordon
Karen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Decatur
Blankenship Loses Appeal in First Degree Murder Case
Gallia County jury convicted Blankenship of first degree murder. Fourth District Court of Appeals today affirmed the death sentence by electric chair. Defense lawyers planned to pursue further action with the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Gallipolis
Bell
Woman Seeks Police Protection After Drive-In Closure
In Wetumpka Alabama Mrs Max Singleton wife of the drive in theater manager asked Sheriff Lester Holley for protection for herself and her husband after the theater closed Sunday night amid a racially charged film showing. Two teenagers reported being shot at as they left Monday night while the theater was idle.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Lester Holley
Max Singleton
Holley
Butcher of Buchenwald Appeals Conviction in Germany
Martin Sommer known as the Butcher of Buchenwald has appealed a West German court ruling convicting him of wartime mass killings at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Bayreuth
Germany
Martin Sommer
Buchenwald
Air Academy Denounced as Funds Slashed in Defense Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee cut 511.8 million dollars from Defense Department construction requests, blaming loose fiscal procedures at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. It targeted programs nationwide, urged a 139.8 million cap on academy costs, and trimmed the current year by 1 million.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Air Force Academy
Administration
United States
Air Force
Navy
Army
Colorado Springs
Colo
House
Out-of-Work Newsmen Form Hiring Drive in Cincinnati
Cincinnati workers from the Times-Star and Post-Times Star faced mass layoffs after E. W. Scripps Co. merged the papers. An employment council and the American Newspaper Guild launched job searches, with editors, advertisers, and circulators forming a bureau to match workers with openings. Some compositors lined up for substitute work at area papers.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Post-Times Star
Times- Star
E. W. Scripps Co
Cincinnati Post
Times-Star
American Newspaper Guild
Post-Times Star
Morning
Cincinnati Enquirer
Drunk Man Fails to Dismount Miss Ohio Float
In Long Beach California a 46 year old auto painter Thomas Daniel Baldwin tried to pull Miss Ohio Cindy Ann Garrison from her float during the Miss Universe parade. He forfeited $50 bail on a drunk and disorderly charge after warning away from one float and reoffending on another.
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Long Beach
Calif
Thomas Daniel Baldwin
Cindy Ann Garrison
Marines Cancel Most Leaves Amid Middle East Crisis
Camp Pendleton California officers and men of the 1st Marine Division totaling about 17 000 have all but emergency leaves canceled due to the Middle East crisis.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
1St Marine Division
Middle East
Beir ut Poses Paradox Of War And Peace
The Messenger reports Beirut faces a paradox between ongoing conflict and hopes for peace as readers note shifting public sentiment. Political and social tensions are highlighted alongside calls for negotiation and stability amid regional pressures.
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Beirut
North Gallia Board
Gallia
PL Council
CIT
Athens
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Women's News
Appea
Polio Unit Expands to Study Major Health Problems
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced a program expansion from polio to five areas including virus research, nervous system disorders, arthritis, and birth defects. Basil O Connor said efforts will avoid duplicating others and pursue breakthroughs to improve health. The Arthritis group criticized the move and the foundation will be renamed the National Foundation.
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New York
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Arthritis Research
Arthritis and
Rheumatism Foundation
O’connor
Arthritis Group
Polio Foundation
National Foundation
70 Women No Complaints on Seattle Charter Trip
Tulsa based report notes a 5250 mile bus charter carrying 70 women to Seattle for the National Business and Professional Women's convention. Drivers Glen Gray and O. D. Brown praised the trip as the most enjoyable they have made with no backseat driver complaints.
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Tulsa
Okla
Glen Gray
O. D. Brown
Seattle
Wash
Former legislator Floyd I. Rittenour dies at 81 in Columbus
Floyd I. Rittenour, who served eight years as Ross County's representative in the Ohio Legislature, died Monday at Doctors Hospital in Columbus at age 81. He faced a long career in state and local public service.
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Columbus
Ross County
Ohio
Floyd I. Rittenour
Doctors Hospital
Big 3 Earlier Split on Issue
Washington reports the United States open to a UN Security Council summit on the Middle East crisis with Khrushchev. Khrushchev called for a firepower summit. Britain and France showed varying stances.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
United Nations
James C. Hagerty
London
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Hagerty
United Nations Security Council
Lloyd
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
France
Geneva
U.S
Eisenhower
Dulles
Miss U.S.A. Preliminaries Start in Long Beach
In Long Beach California the 45 contestantMiss U S A pageant begins preliminaries to select the finalists. Today 15 entrants will face the judges while 34 foreign contestants join in native costume ceremonies marking the event.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
U.S.A
Refugees Arrive on Esperia in Naples Harbor
The Italian motorship Esperia arrived in Naples with 421 refugees from Lebanon, most of them Americans. About half disembarked at Naples while the rest will continue to Genoa.
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Naples
Italy
Lebanon
Genoa
Four year old dies after beating in Columbus
Four year old Bessie Corbin died at University Hospital after emergency crew rushed her from a beating suspected to be by guardians Buford Wynn and Rebecca Wynn. Police and coroner investigated while Clemson Det. and juvenile officers questioned the 15 year old niece Mary Clines. Autopsy completed.
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Columbus
Columbus Fire Department
Bessie Corbin
University Hospital
Robert A. Evans
Samuel L. Devine
Homecide
Buford Wynn
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Rebecca
Wynns
Mary Clines
Withdrawal Of Marines Predicted
BEIRUT Lebanon One opposition leader says American troops in Lebanon will be withdrawn soon after talks with Robert Murphy Eisenhower's mediator. Hussein Oweini leader of the National Front cites the Iraqi situation stabilizing as the reason. Marines remain in Beirut amid nightly explosions and sniper fire with closer liaison reducing some incidents.
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Jordan
Hussein
Amman
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
U.S
Defense Department
Washington
U.S. Navy
Middle East
Lebanon
Hussein Oweini
National Front
Robert Murphy
Eisenhower
Oweini
U. S
Airman Held In Shooting In Columbus
A Columbus woman Miss Virginia Addison aged 30 was shot to death in her apartment late Monday night. Police hold Bruce Erler 28 from Lockbourne Air Force Base as a material witness. Addison was shot through the right temple and died at Grant Hospital.
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Columbus
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Virginia Addison
Peggy Moter
Addison
Grant Hospital
Bruce Erler
Lockbourne Afb
Search Halted for Body of Drowned Man in Muskingum
The body of Leroy Doty, 42, of Columbus, who drowned when his rowboat went over a Muskingum River dam, has not been recovered after three days of swift-current search efforts.
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Zanesville
Leroy Doty
Columbus
Muskingum River
Steelworkers strike at milling plant in Cincinnati
Picket lines formed around G. A. Gray Co as 168 steelworkers began a strike after negotiations for a new contract stalled last Thursday. Workers voted to strike Monday.
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Cincinnati
G. A. Gray Co
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