Neil House Hotel Ownership Change Reported in Columbus
Akron attorney Ralph Felver and partners near a $5 million purchase of the historic Neil House in downtown Columbus. A Toledo architecture firm drafts a $2.5 million modernization plan to convert rooms to 450, with transfer tentatively set for August 1. Archbishop Sheil previously held title.
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Columbus
Neil House
U. S
Andrew Jackson
Warren G. Harding
Ralph Felver
Akron
A. J. Andreoli
Thomas Dillon
Daniel Slavin
Felver
B. J. Sheil
Chicago
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Eggs Thrown At Christine Keeler In Ward Trial Outside London Court
Spectators hurled two eggs at Christine Keeler and booed her as she left the Old Bailey after further testimony in the Stephen Ward vice trial. A photographer was hit and a police officer splashed. Keeler entered a taxi amid a milling crowd.
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London
Christine Keeler
Old Bailey Court
Stephen Ward
Christine
John D. Profumo
Britain
Bob Dear
Associated Press
James Burge
Ward
Vasco Lazzolo
Vickie Barrett
Lazzolo
Nixon dismisses Khrushchev mellowing as myth in Berlin visit
Former Vice President Richard Nixon argues Khrushchev shows no relaxation of the cold war. He cites East Berlin as repressed and accuses Soviet spying and Latin American subversion of being the era’s greatest threat. Nixon urges more freedom and calls for action against communist moves.
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Nixon
Richard Nixon
Checkpoint Charlie
East Berlin
East
Berlin
Richard M. Nixon
West
Khrushchev
Budapest
East Germany
Latin America
Berlin Wall
Hungary
Auto Makers' Production Sets Record
Detroit reports US auto makers hit a record 7,130,001 1963 model cars produced. The industry expects about 210,000 more before mid August changeover to 1964s, aiming for roughly 7,340,000 final 1963 output. No single plant identified for the milestone.
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Detroit
Fire damages Marion Hall store in Meigs County
A state arson agent is asked to probe a blaze that destroyed the Marion Hall store building along Route 124 near the Ohio River. The two story structure, occupied recently by furnishings and 19 used appliances, burned early at about 5 am. Firefighters could not stop the flames and the cause remains undetermined.
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Long Bottom
Marion Hall
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Pomeroy
Route 124
Ohio River
Hall
Racine
Reedsville
Congress Gives Time For Action On Rail Rule Fight
Railroads agreed to a 30 day posting delay for manpower cutting work rules avoiding a nationwide strike. 195 carriers will not implement changes until Aug 29 at 12:01 am, as Congress weighs Kennedy plan to hand the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Loomis says cooperation with Congress avoids untold payments for unneeded work. Labor leader Wirtz argues the administration’s case. unions oppose the plan.
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Washington
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
House Commerce Committee
Loomis
Ers
Congress
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate Commerce Committees
W. Willard Wirtz
House Committee
Wolfe
Senate Committee
H. E. Gilbert
Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Still Seek Escaped Wife Killer in Ohio
Benjamin Meyer, 34, escapes Monday from London Correctional Institution where he served life for the 1954 slaying of his wife Velvia. Officials fear he may head toward Logan as law enforcement statewide searches continue with deputies police and highway patrol on alert.
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Logan
Benjamin Meyer
Hocking County
Frank J. Lausche
Meyer
Red Buildup Continues Near Cuban Base
Refugees report a new Russian base near Santiago De Las Vegas in Havana Province with rocket like missiles and a 67000 acre site at Baire containing subterranean installations anti aircraft artillery mortars and radar.
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Miami
Fla
Santiago de Las Vegas
Havana
Cuba
Carlos Fraga Perez
Fraga Perez
Rogelio Sanchez
Oriente
Baire
Bank Treaty Is Revised Once More
Moscow reports British American experts revising the draft nuclear test ban treaty at the Soviet Foreign Office. US Britain and the Soviet Union push to initiate bans on testing in air outer space and under water with Khrushchev aiming to speak in Kremlin. Construction begins soon on a 500000 Holiday Inn project near De Fianc e at the U S 24 Ohio 66 interchange.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Defiance
U.S. 24
Castro Seizes U S Embassy in Havana
Fidel Castro's government ordered the confiscation of the American Embassy building in Havana and all its furnishings in retaliation for U S asset freezes. A Western diplomat called it a serious violation of international law while Swiss officials said they were surprised and asked to vacate. State Department officials noted no history of one state seizing another’s embassy.
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Castro
Fidel Castro
United States
Havana
U.S
Cuba
State Department
Washington
Ohio Seeks Ten Million Dollar Highway Funds Appeal
Ohio plans to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn two lower court rulings that found the billboard ban unconstitutional. The move aims to secure a half percent federal highway bonus for prohibiting billboards within 660 feet of interstates. Atty. Gen. Saxbe’s chief counsel Lawrence Snyder says appeals will be filed this fall. The state labor force sits about 30,000 below four million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Lawrence Snyder
Atty
William Saxbe
Supreme Court
Fair Work Bill Heads To House
Washington reports a controversial fair employment practices bill moves to the House floor before the August 28 civil rights rally. Backers seek Republican support to pass, despite years of Senate inaction, with a five member FEPC and an administrator to ban employment discrimination. a substitute would shift enforcement to federal courts.
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Fair Work
Bill
Washington
FEPC
Congress
House Education and Labor Committee
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Launch Delays Halt Syncom 2 Mission At Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla confusion over a Delta booster fault forced a third postponement of the Syncom 2 communications satellite launch. No new date was announced as engineers assess the problem. COLUMBUS Ohio city officials join Cleveland in opposing New York Central Railroad plan to end its daytime Cleveland Cincinnati passenger service.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Columbus
Cleveland
New York Central Railroad
Cincinnati
Governors Choose Cleveland for 1964 National Governors Conference
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes won unanimous backing from the governors executive committee to hold the 1964 National Governors Conference in Cleveland. Rhodes plans to invite President Kennedy to speak at the state dinner, a victory for Rhodes and Cleveland civic groups.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Cleveland
Governors’ Executive Committee
Rhodes
Kennedy
United States
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland Convention and Visitors Bureau
Mussolini’s Rise and Fall Told in Brief History
The piece recalls Mussolini’s grip on Italy from 1922 to his execution in 1945, noting his push for a corporate state, alliance with Hitler, and the Allied shock after Sicily. It mentions Badoglio replacing him, his capture with Claretta Petacci, and the lasting, though limited, Fascist vote in postwar Italy.
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
Victor Emmanuel II
Mussolini
Sicily
Pietro Badoglio
Claretta Petacci
Fascism
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Ethiopia
France
Hitler
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