Ohio Michigan tornado tolls soar across states
Gov. Frank Lausche declared Cleveland a disaster area and asked for federal aid after tornadoes cut through northwest Ohio and southern Michigan. At least 18 dead in Ohio with 245 injured in Cleveland. destruction reported near Cygnet and Elyria.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
West Side
Thomas A. Burke
Lausche
Red Cross
Ohio Adjutant General
National Guard
Columbus
Highland Hospital
Akron
Bowling Green
Michigan
Cygnet
Adjutant General
Wood County
Elyria
Ceylon
Erie County
Frank Vandersall
Rudolph
North
Baltimore
Vandersall
Clair McGrain
McGrains
McGrain
Oygent
St. John's Episcopal
Oliver Baptist Church
Louis Gasper
Deadly tornado toll hits Flint and region
A volley of tornadoes swept through Southeastern Michigan and Northwestern Ohio, killing 135 and injuring over 700. Flint suffered the worst damage with 111 bodies found near its outskirts as state police and the National Guard led search and relief efforts.
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Flint
Mich
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
St. Louis
National Guard
Thumb
Lake Huron
Tawas City
Bowling Green
Lapeer County
Lakeport
Port Huron
Pleasant Lake
Washtenaw County
Milford
Oakland County
Lester J. Maitland
State Civil Defense
Pontiac
Saginaw
Ann Arbor
Ohio Woman Found Slain In Hotel Room
Betty Smith twenty three of Middletown was found dead in a Hotel Milner room in Cincinnati. A man found with injuries, who identified himself as Clinton Turner thirty five of Martin Ky, was taken into custody. Turner said he blacked out and did not remember the killing. No charges filed immediately. The body was found amid broken wine bottles and a water pitcher. Smith had prior suspended sentences for a disorderly conduct charge in Middletown.
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Cincinnati
Betty Smith
Middletown
Milner
Clinton Turner
Martin
Paul Flaugher
Turner
Emporium
Miss Smith
Coe Barred from Traveling Over Arms Smuggling Claim
Former IMF secretary Frank Coe refused at a Senate hearing to answer if his Mexico trip included arms smuggling talks with Central American communists. Senator McCarthy announced a travel ban on Coe and cited evidence of gun shipments by air from Texas to Panama for South American revolutionaries.
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Washington
Frank Coe
International Monetary Fund
Mexico
Central America
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
U. S
Texas
Panama
OSU Trustees Defer Ruling on Press Ban
Charles F. Kettering of Dayton named chairman of the Ohio State University board of trustees. Sen. John W. Pricker named vice president. Carl E. Steele and Hugh E. Nesbitt reelected secretary and treasurer. The board deferred the question of admitting press access to meetings until full membership can vote.
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Columbus, CO
Charles F. Kettering
Dayton
Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Robert N. Gorman
Cincinnati
John W. Pricker
Carl E. Steele
Hugh E. Nesbitt
Columbus
Ohio
Scattered Showers Forecast Across State This Week
Scattered showers are forecast Wednesday with cooler conditions in the north and a warm up Friday. Temperatures will run 2 to 5 degrees above normal with highs near 79 to 84 and lows around 57 to 59. A cool trend continues Thursday and again over the weekend. South portions may see scattered thundershowers Wednesday and Friday totaling about a half inch.
Spies Denied Trial Appeal
Federal Judge Kaufman refused to grant a new trial or a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Defense arguments followed four hours of contested discussion. The couple, convicted in New York City for conspiracy to transmit atomic secrets to Russia, are slated to die at Sing Sing on June 18.
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New York
Irving R. Kaufman
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Kaufman
New York City
U. S. Atty. J
Edward Lumbard
Rosenbergs
Sing Sing Prison
Ossining
N. Y
Russia
Miners Off Job at Central Coal Co
About 300 UMW miners remained off work at Central Coal Company in Point Pleasant. They did not report for duty last Friday amid reports of an undesirable condition at the mine. The company supplies fuel to the Philip Sporn plant at Graham Station.
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Point Pleasant
UMW
Central Coal Company
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
Massive South Korean Demonstrations Clash With U S Police
Hundreds of thousands marched through Seoul and other cities protesting an armistice. Rocks flew at bayonet armed U S MPs outside Eighth Army HQ while fire hoses blocked progress. No U S personnel were injured. President Rhee met with army officers as Cabinet and a crisis group backed continued war and rejected a May 25 UN armistice proposal.
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Seoul
U. S
Eighth Army
Syngman Rhee
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Assembly
Truce Seen Within Week With Minor Details Left
AP reports staff officers finalizing details of a Korean armistice as protests erupt in Seoul. At Panmunjom Allied and communist teams met briefly amid signs a cease-fire could be signed within the week.
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South Korean National Assembly
Korea
ROK Generals Ordered Home From Fort Leavenworth
An embassy spokesman said ten South Korean generals have been ordered home immediately from the U S Army command and staff college at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The ROK Army chief of staff and one lieutenant general have already left with orders sent to others. President Syngman Rhee had indicated last week that Korean students abroad would be recalled. About 380 officers in total, including a few from the Navy and Air Force, were studying in the United States.
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Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Rhee
United States
Park Sun Yup
San Francisco
Young Han Choo
Yup
Travis Air Force Base
Tokyo
Washington
U. S. Army
Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Republic of Korea Army
Navy
Air Force
Pinned Piano Crash Kills Akron Man
A piano toppled from a small truck and pinned Gifford Stevens there Monday. He died before reaching City Hospital.
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Akron
Gifford Stevens
City Hospital
Truman Urges Support For Ike In Korea Policy
Former President Truman urged firm support of President Eisenhower during Korea negotiations. He avoided commenting on current war developments and warned against alternative courses, saying there is only one American foreign policy in critical times. He noted secrecy limits public knowledge and emphasized nonpoliticalEastward visit tied to a library fund drive.
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Ike
Korea
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
United States
U. S
White House
Trio Escapes After Slaying In Kenton City Employee
Kenton police report a 25 year old city employee named Richard Burchiel was shot five times in the chest and neck outside the Belmont Hotel. They say a car with two men and a woman fled the scene pursued briefly before a train blocked the highway and halted pursuit.
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Kenton, O
Kenton
Richard Burchiel
Burchiel
Belmont Hotel
Masked Man Foiled In Robbery Attempt
Canton authorities report a masked man attempted to rob the State Bank of Bolivar but was blocked by cashier Miss Grace Summers who refused to admit him after he passed the first doors. The man did not force entry or brandish a weapon and walked away.
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Canton
Bolivar
Grace Summers
Miss Summers
Target Pistol Mishap Kills Portsmouth Man
PORTSMOUTH Ohio A coroner said Boyd Barrett 29 of Portsmouth was killed Monday in an accidental shooting when his brother in law Myr Bloomfield discharged a target pistol while attempting to fix its hammer.
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Portsmouth
H.M. Bertram
Scioto
Akron mayor signals housing reform aims for federal post
Akron mayor Charles E Slusser, chosen by President Eisenhower as federal housing commissioner, hints at decisive plans for 560 000 low rent units and war housing projects. He remarks the President wants a workable department and awaits Senate Banking Committee approval.
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Akron
Charles E. Slusser
Eisenhower
Department of Government
Slusser
Senate Banking Committee
Washington
Senate
Ofce
Lightning Kills Two Five Others Injured Near Delaware
Two men sheltering under a tree during a rainstorm were struck by lightning five miles south of Delaware. Monroe Dalton of Plainfield Kentucky and James Maynard of Add Kentucky died, both about 25. Five others, track laborers for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, were injured.
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Delaware, CO
Delaware
Monroe Dalton
Plainfield
James Maynard
Add
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Probe Continues In Coal Grove Death
Lawrence County Sheriff says a Columbus woman believes a man found Friday in a Coal Grove culvert matches her Huntington West Virginia brother who has been missing from Canton where he worked. The name remains withheld pending further investigation.
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Chesapeake, D
Lawrence County
Carl E. Rose
Columbus
Coal Grove
Huntington
Canton
Nesbitt Named OSU Treasurer After Promotion
Hugh F. E. Nesbitt, 60, was renamed treasurer of Ohio State University Monday, a development reported in Columbus. Nesbitt’s appointment follows a recent restructuring at the university’s financial leadership.
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Columbus
Hugh FE. Nesbitt
Ohio State University
South Korea Council demands ready for fight on front lines
The South Korean National Assembly voted 129 to 0 to reject any armistice unless Chinese forces withdraw and the North Korean Army is dissolved. Observers say it signals readiness to continue fighting, with a four point resolution pressing for swift action at front and rear areas.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korean
National Assembly
South Korea
Rhee
U. S
De Gasperi Leadership Threatened by Extremist Vote Surge
In Rome a rising extreme left and far right bloc challenged Premier Alcide de Gasperi's pro Western coalition. Early results show his four party government near parity with opponents as unofficial returns indicate his share at 48.6 percent of roughly 26.28 million votes with the European defense treaty at stake.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Center
Chamber of Deputies
de Gasperi
Eiten
Senate
Steel Union Wage Accord Near in Pittsburgh Talks
US Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers edge toward a pay settlement that could set the pattern for the industry. David J. McDonald called leaders to Pittsburgh as 24 hours remain before resuming bargaining. The 36 member executive board and Wage Policy Committee may vote Friday on a deal, with estimates ranging five to twelve cents an hour.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Battle Rages as Rains Soak Korean Front
Allied and Communist forces trade small but bitter skirmishes across the Korean battlefront as armistice talks continue. South Korean infantry counterattacks press to drive Reds from the Lake Luke's Castle area, with battles ongoing. American troops clash briefly with Chinese Reds on the Western Central Front. B 26 bombers destroy 38 Red supply trucks in night raids.
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Seoul
Lake the Gook's Castle
Eighth Army
Luke's Castle
North Korea
Ohio to Draft 1229 in July
Ohio issued a July draft call for 1229 men born before October 1 1933 unless they volunteered or were delinquent. Col. C W Goble said the figure is the lowest of the year with May’s high of 2291. County quotas include Athens seven Gallia six Jackson nine Meigs three Perry four Ross four Vinton three Washington five.
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Columbus
State Selective Service
Ohio
Col. C. W. Goble
May
Athens
Gallia
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Ross
Vinton
Washington
Triumphs On Trade Bill Extends Reciprocal Act
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act beyond June 12 in a 23 to 2 vote. The measure, urged by President Eisenhower, would keep authority to lower tariffs in exchange for concessions and create a 17 member commission to study tariff and trade issues for one year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
U. S
Child Drowns After Bicycle Rides Into Basin
Charles W. Bader eight, son of Mr and Mrs Charles David Bader, drowned Monday after riding his bicycle into a catch basin at a sewer construction site in Springfield.
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Springfield
Charles W. Bader
Charles David Bader
Lawmakers Hunt for Money Turns Up $18 Million Find
Ohio Senate Republicans eye a higher revenue estimate from the three percent sales tax arguing for 175 million annually to reach 181 million this year. The move yields 18 million dollars more for state spending. House actions include public meetings on state boards and directional signals on new vehicles.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate
Lausche
Roger Tracy
Ohio
House
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
Eugene J. Sawicki
D-Cuyahoga
NLRB Orders A and P Elections in Ohio Stores
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a collective election among meat employees of Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. in 18 Ohio cities including Athens New Lexington Marysville Marion Circleville and Chillicothe. Workers will vote June 1 on representation by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America AFL.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Great Atlantic On Pacific Tea Co
Ohio
Athens
Airman Injured In Lancaster Crop Spraying Crash
Sam R. LeFever, 39, of Lancaster, was injured Monday when his airplane crashed into a wheat field while spraying. He was piloting one of many planes employed across the state to combat crop destroying Army worms.
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Lancaster, CO
Sam R. LeFever
Lancaster
LeFever
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