Ohio House Passes Porter Voter Registration Bill
Ohio House votes 21 10 on a statewide voter registration bill sponsored by Sen J Sherman Porter allowing full statewide effect in 39 counties with partial and no effect in others. The measure aims to standardize voting rules to reduce fraud and ensure equal citizen treatment amid Senate opposition from rural districts.
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Ohio
House
Ohio Senate
Senate
Ross Pepple
Allen
Harry E. Schwall
Fulton
Lowell Fess
R Greene
Albert Daniels
B-lighland
Fess
Ross and
Greene
Berserk gunman surrenders after hostage stand in Charleston
Kenneth Eugene Adkins 22 gives up after a tense siege around a white frame house in Charleston Illinois He frees his half sister Myra Irene Kennedy 34 of Paris without harm Lawmen planned a tear gas blast but Adkins talked with attorney Mervin Beil for about 10 minutes saying he would shoot anyone who tried to apprehend him Police Chief Smokey Pauley said the man had threatened to kill the sister if officers rushed the house
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Ill
Kenneth E. Adkins
Myra Irene Kennedy
Paris
White Frame
Mervin Beil
Adkins
Kenneth Eugene Adkins
Smokey Pauley
Buckeye Boys State fills positions in Athens
Buckeye Boys State enters its second day with all offices filled as participants select party leaders. The General Assembly began sessions, using Ohio University’s new million dollar College of Education building for the first time.
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Athens
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Senate
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College of Education
Federalist Party
Ronald Prosser
Canfield
Thomas Good
Parma
Willy Jones
Warren
Thomas Davis
Darmdale
John Krebs
Daughter Expected to Testify in Klumpp Murder Trial
Jill Klumpp, 17, is likely to testify as a state witness in the first degree murder trial of her mother Edythe Klumpp. Prosecutor C Watson Hover may subpena Jill, the eyewitness to blood on clothing, as the trial enters its second week. The defense involves Klumpp's exhusband Robert and the planned fiancé of Mrs. Klumpp, in a case over the shooting and bludgeoning of Lois Bergen on a secluded Cincinnati street.
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Jill Klumpp
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Power Plant Failures Leave Greenfield Short on Power
Power plant breakdowns in Greenfield Ohio have caused a rotating one hour on and one hour off electricity ration since last Friday. Residents face ongoing outages with no immediate relief in sight from Highland County officials.
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Greenfield
Ohio
Highland County
FENN GRADUATES 244 AT CLEVELAND COLLEGE
Fenn College will confer bachelor degrees on 244 candidates tonight. The ceremony honors graduates across programs and marks the institution’s annual commencement event.
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Cleveland
Fenn College
Eight Indicted in Henderson Textile Mill Strike Plot
A Vance County grand jury indicted eight men including four union officials for conspiring to dynamite a Power and Light substation transformer feeding the mills and to blast the South Henderson mill hot rooms and main office. The strike began November 17 over arbitration clause removal with limited mill operations resuming February 16 amid ongoing unrest as National Guardsmen remained on site since May 12.
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Henderson
N. C
Vance County
Carolina Power & Light Co
South Henderson
Wreck in Conneaut Ties Up Mainline
A 32 car derailment of a Cleveland-bound freight train in Conneaut Ohio blocked four mainline tracks on the New York Central System. Officials said it would take several days to clear the wreckage and the cause was not yet determined with no serious injuries reported.
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Conneaut
Ohio
New York Central
No Money No Jail Sheriff Shrinks Mercer County Jail
Mercer County Sheriff Bruce Barber says funds for jail operation are insufficient and releases three inmates sentenced in municipal court for drunk driving plus a deferr ed 30 day manslaughter sentence. He will detain arraignments for drunk driving and forgery, hold dangerous inmates after trials, and suspend admissions from 6 pm to 8 am while he reduces one deputy due to lack of funds.
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Celina
Bruce Barber
Mercer County
Barber
Long Fight Ends as Simmons Sentenced to Prison
Clyde Simmons 40 of Logan lost his bid to avoid prison. Judge Harley Meyer ordered one to 20 years for sodomy in the Ohio Penitentiary and Simmons was delivered to Sheriff A J Waldron. He had appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court after prior appeals were denied.
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Clyde Simmons
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Harley Meyer
Simmons
A. J. Waldron
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Ohio Supreme Court
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Hubert Lappen
Dick Legg
Legg
John Wells
Otto Iles
Edwin D. Griffin
Griffin
TV Superman George Reeves Dies From Gunshot
Hollywood reports that George Reeves 44 known as the TV Superman died from a gunshot wound apparently self inflicted. He was found in his Benedict Canyon home above Beverly Hills. Reeves had complained of type casting and lack of new roles.
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George Reeves
Reeves
Benedict Canyon
Beverly Hills
Body Of Youth Found In Black River
Two 14 year old boys at Cascade Park found the body of 11 year old Leroy Love in the Black River. Leroy, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, had been missing since May 30.
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Skipper Receives Patron’s Medal for Nautilus Command
Britain’s Royal Geographical Society awards its Patron’s Medal to Cmdr. William R. Anderson, skipper of the U S submarine Nautilus, at a London ceremony. The award honors his leadership and exploration achievements aboard the nuclear submarine.
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Britain
Royal Geographical Society
Cmdr
William R. Anderson
U. S
Banks to Tell All Washington
The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Wednesday June 10.
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Washington
Western powers seek Berlin stopgap ahead of summit
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and U S Secretary of State Christian Herter met at Gromyko’s request to discuss Berlin’s final conference phase. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd spoke with Herter amid Western doubts over a summit while Western experts study a stopgap plan as the minimum terms for any summit.
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Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Christian A. Herter
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Berlin
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
France
Lloyd
Eisenhower
Referee Rejects School Appeal Over Charter Extensions
The attorney referee appointed by the State Board of Education rejects the appeals of South Bloomingville and Rockbridge High Schools to extend temporary charters. The West Hocking School Board was informed that recommendations to lift the charters were sent June 2. The district plans to file objections and will not pursue a Franklin County Common Pleas Court appeal.
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Franklin County
James Frey
Hocking County
Fumes From Heater Kill Mother and Child in Cleveland
Gas company official cites improperly installed water heater flue as the cause of deaths for Mrs. Theorus Gulley 23 and her 2 year old son Willie Earl in Cleveland. Her other son Terry 3 remained in poor condition at Lakeside Hospital.
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Cleveland
Theorus Gulley
Willie Earl
Terry
Lakeside Hospital
Taft Portrait To Be Presented To Senate
A portrait of the late Sen. Robert A. Taft will be presented to Senate Republicans on Wednesday. The painting by Rudolf Bernat schke, approved by Taft before his 1953 death, will hang permanently in the office of Senate GOP leader Everett M. Dirksen in Illinois.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Taft
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rudolf Bernatschke
Children Die In Blast At Changnyung
Nine children aged 2 to 16 died in Seoul when an unidentified explosive they were handling exploded at Changnyung. The blast occurred Monday, killing all present and prompting police to investigate the device and circumstances.
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Seoul
South Korea
Changnyung
Route 141 Residents Push Annexation Drive
A petition drive by Route 141 residents seeks annexation into a nearby jurisdiction. The effort gathers support and outlines benefits while officials note potential impacts on services and taxes. Local groups monitor the campaign as it advances.
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Mason County
Camp Grace
Ucker
Mechanicsburg
Athens Chauncey
Gallipolis
Flood Rains disrupt China's Great Leap plans in 1959
Torrential rains lash south and central China for a week, flooding about 900 square miles in Guangdong and affecting the Wuhan region. Red brigades deploy around the clock to drain farmland as Hong Kong endures deadly storms. Peiping says harvests continue elsewhere. Weather shifts threaten the lower Yangtze Valley with more downpours.
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Kwangtung
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Wuhan
Court Puts Out Ruling on Gov Earl Long in Texas Clinic
Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana remained in a Texas mental clinic as District Judge L D Godard postponed a habeas corpus ruling for one week. The sanity hearing was also delayed, and Long's attorneys sought to bar Mrs Long's witnesses. Long said he would enter Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans if freed.
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Tex
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Texas
L. D. Godard
Long
Godard
Hugh Gibson
Gov. Long
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Steel Talks Resume Today After Five Day Break
In New York and Washington steel negotiations resume today after a five day recess. Union President David J. McDonald says talks will continue despite a dispute over the conduct of the process. Finnegan of the mediation service met with McDonald in Washington. Earlier Philadelphia reports said companies would raise wages about six cents an hour if the union accepts changes to the contract.
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David J. McDonald
Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philadelphia
McDonald
Death Penalty Decision Is Left To Jury
Tallahassee state attorney William D. Hopkins said he never seeks the death penalty in capital cases, stating the decision should rest with the jury. He made the remark while discussing the rape case of four white youths charged with raping a Negro coed.
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Tallahassee
Fla
William D. Hopkins
Posse Tracks Two Killers in Mass Manhunt Near Bourne
More than 300 heavily armed officers hunted two Philadelphia brothers John Coyle 23 and William 21 for ten days after abducting a man in Philadelphia and holding him in a car. The suspects allegedly robbed a highway liquor store and fired on police before fleeing into swampy woods near Bourne where a roadblock spotted two college girls. William Sedgwick 49 survived and described the captivity with minimal food and confinement before the pair abandoned the car and fled.
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Middleboro
Mass
John Coyle
William
Philadelphia
Bourne
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
William Sedgwick
Roxborough
Doyles
Columbus Cop Accidentally Kills Suspect
A 24 year old Columbus man, Richard James Evans, died at Grant Hospital from a head wound after police stopped him for a car his brother had reported stolen. Patrolman Charles L. Lewis said the shot was accidental while transferring his revolver to cuff Evans. Evans had been at the Columbus Workhouse three times and his mother Viola Evans demanded a full investigation.
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Richard James Evans
Grant Hospital
Charles L. Lewis
Evans
Daniel
Lewis
Viola Evans
Graham Finds High Morals Among Russians During Moscow Visit
Evangelist Billy Graham, after a five day Moscow trip, praised Soviet morals especially in matters of sex and noted couples avoiding public embraces. He observed cleanliness in streets and parks and spoke of spiritual hunger and insecurity among people. He plans a return to preach and said he would pray for officials he met.
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Billy Graham
Moscow
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Graham
Malin
Lenin
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