Bennys Parents Stunned by $1500 Medical Bill
Five weeks after Benny Hooper was trapped in a well for 24 hours neighbors and workers recall a unity story turning to dispute. Benny’s parents say they are stunned by a $1500 bill from Dr. Joseph Kris and facing financial strain amid publicity and aid letters.
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Manorville
N. Y
Benny Hooper
Benny
Joseph Kris
Mike Stirtz
Sam Woodson
Stiriz
Long Island
Hoopers
Woodson
Hooper
Knowland Boosts Civil Rights Bill As Senate Bypasses Committee
Senator Knowland announces a Senate move to place the House civil rights bill on the calendar by a 45 to 39 vote, bypassing the Judiciary Committee. He says the tactic reduces a potential filibuster but warns two obstacles remain before final passage. The bill aims to protect voting and civil rights amid Southern opposition and possible adjournment deadlines.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Congress
Senate
GOP
Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Postmaster Is Accused
POMEROY A I Russell the Pomeroy postmaster was bound to U S District Court in Columbus on embezzling 7076 and falsifying postal records. Bond $2500. Alleged offenses cover July 1 1956 to June 13. Russell owns Blue and Grey Restaurant Riverview Restaurant and bus station. Appointed postmaster June 6 1953.
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Pomeroy
AI Russell
U. S. District Court
Columbus
L. J. Henry
Ashland
Russell
Riverview
Ringler dies in crash near Uhrichsville after drowsy driving
New Philadelphia Ohio reports that John E Ringler 21 of Uhrichsville was killed when his car ran off U S 16 after apparently falling asleep at the wheel.
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New Philadelphia
Ohio
John E. Ringler
Uhrichsville
U.S. 16
Union Probes Guilt In Bakers Union Chief Cross Case
Sen. McClellan announced the Bakers Union must prove if president James G. Cross abused his office and funds. The Senate committee wrapped hearings while a union board meets to consider charges against Curtis R. Sims, the suspended secretary treasurer. Cross denied approving substandard wage contracts linked to a bakery official whose father loaned him 97 600. McClellan said to study the committee proceedings and ended the hearings for now, keeping Cross under subpoena.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Bakers Union
James G. Cross
Senate Backets Committee
Cross
Curtis R. Sims
Sims
Senate
Baking Company
Union Executive Board
Bakers
Burke Won't Seek Ohio Governorship Says Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports former U.S. Senator Thomas A. Burke told friends he will not seek the Democratic nomination for Ohio governor next year. He likely will run for the Senate if Republican Senator John W. Bricker does not seek another term.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
U. S
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio
Burke
John W. Bricker
Eight-year-old cited for lawnmower powered soapbox car
In Miami an eight year old boy was given a traffic summons on four charges for driving a parking lot soapbox car powered by a lawnmower motor.
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Miami
Fla
Young Gypsy Lovers Halted in Flight to Chicago
A 17 year old tinsmith Tommie Stevens and his 12 year old fiancée Sonia Christo were arrested in Columbus after fleeing Chicago to marry. Stevens claims the charges are a mistake and says they ran away to secure parental consent for marriage. Wanda Stevens, Tommie's father, denies the dowry motive and says he is poor but supports his son’s wishes if that is what he wants. The couple traveled in Wanda's car and subsisted on 44 dollars before seeking a loan of 35 dollars which alerted Sonia's parents.
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Columbus
Chicago
Tommi Stevens
Sonia Christo
Tommie
Sonia
Ther
Wanda
Route 18 Threatens Turnpike Insolvency in Ohio Debate
Rob ert S. Beightler warned at a Berea meeting that a new Route 18 linking Youngstown Akron and Norwalk would bankrupt the Ohio Turnpike within a year. The issue arose as the commission considered Akron freeway sections on Route 18 funded partly by federal aid and Interstate money sought by State Highway Commissioner Charles M. Noble.
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Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Youngstown
Akron
Norwalk
Turnpike
Robert S. Beightler
Commission
Berea
Charles M. Noble
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Turnpike Commission
Man loses limb in dare to hop freight train
Oscar D. Shortridge, 32, of Portsmouth, was in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after he fell beneath the wheels of a Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad freight train. Police said he had bet another man a dollar he could hop the boxcar, but slipped.
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Columbus
Oscar D. Shortridge
Portsmouth
Mercy Hospital
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Shortridge
Weather OHO PIVE DAY POWERCAST
Temperatures will average four degrees above normal with normal highs in the upper 80s and lows around 60s. Warmer Saturday and Sunday, cooler Monday and Tuesday, then warmer Wednesday. Precipitation expected about a quarter to one inch with showers Saturday night and Sunday and again late Wednesday. Ohio Valley: fair, warmer and humid today and Saturday. high Saturday around 86 to 90. West Virginia: fair tonight, low around 60s in the mountains, warmer Saturday with scattered thundershowers. 全国 forecast shows varied readings across cities with cloudy to clear conditions and highs in the 60s to 90s in major hubs.
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Oho
West Virginia
Albuquerque
Chica
Seeeveere
Cleveland
Detroit
Fort Worth
Choudy Bo Cose
Bismark
Clouagy
Isecensss
Boston
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
New York
St. Louis
CARE
Riche Eries
Tampa
Zanesville Defendant Denies Ohio Slaying
Harry Dale Bundy testifies in his first degree murder trial denying involvement in the holdup slaying of Reynold Amodio at the County Line Market in Uniontown on November 23 1956. He says he stayed in Canton and did not kill Amodio while Russell McCoy previously testified that they robbed the market and that McCoy killed Paul Cain.
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Canton
Harry Dale Bundy
Bundy
Zanesville
Paul Cain
Cuyahoga Falls
Amodio
Russell McCoy
McCoy
Cain
Akron
American archaeologist held in Egypt over antiquities
Charles A. Moses, 38, of Indian Hills Colorado, was detained at Cairo International Airport after customs accused him of attempting to smuggle four bags of antiquities. Police found jar covers and other relics at his home along with an unlicensed pistol and about $4000.
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Cairo
Charles A. Moses
Indian Hills
Colo
Caro International
Moses
Nations Follow British Trade With Red China
West Germany, ranking most trade with Communist China among western nations, followed Britain by abolishing special restrictions. Italy likewise eased controls as Germany and Italy become the seventh and eighth nations to loosen China trade, with Tokyo sources predicting Japan’s move next month.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
China
Britain
Peiping
Italy
Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Chinese Guns Blazing In Amoy Quemoy Skirmish
In the Amoy Quemoy area nationalist and Communist forces opened heavy fire in matched exchanges. The Defense Ministry reported it as the heaviest of the month with no Nationalist damage or casualties.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy-Quemoy
Defense Ministry
Former Dayton Union Leader Seeks Supreme Court Review
E. Melvin Hupman, ex-Dayton union head, asks the U S Supreme Court to review his perjury conviction for signing a Taft Hartley non communist affidavit.
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Wilmington
E. Melvin Hupman
Dayton
U.S. Supreme Court
Bargaining Resumed In Atom Plant Strike
Negotiators for Local 10689 of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union and Goodyear Atomic Corp meet in Huntington to end a strike by about 1000 workers. The union began the strike on May 10 and federal mediator Clyde Mills offered no details on bargaining.
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Huntington
W. Va
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Clyde Mills
Ten Westerners Die As Fargo Tornado Hits
FARGO N D A giant tornado struck Fargo at about 7 40 p m wrecking 100 blocks of homes and injuring at least 85 others. Police volunteers and officials said 10 people were killed including six children from one family in the mass destruction. The cyclone roared from a dark cloud more than ten miles high, striking the northwest part of town and leveling or severely damaging hundreds of residences. Many cars were hurled and city officials pegged losses in the millions.
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National Guarda
Hershel Lashkowitz
Fargo
North Dakota
Red River
Richard Rasmussen
Associated Press
Rasmussen
N.D
UN voids Korea arms ban amid North Korean buildup
The UN Command voided the Korean cease fire ban on new arms to match a Communist buildup. U.S. official Murray Snyder said new arms would include jet aircraft capable of carrying atomic arms, though no atomic weapons would be given to ground forces. The UN would still observe the cease-fire provisions while North Korea and China criticized the move.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Murray Snyder
U.S
Washington
South Korea
Chung Kook Rook
U. S. Marine Corps
Homer L. Litzenberg
Litzenberg
Chung
UN Command
Veies County Drops From Health District Realigns Oversight
Meigs County leaves the four county health district on July 1. Dr H M Boocks of Logan will oversee Ath ens Hocking and Vinton as Meigs shifts to Dr B J Allison Jackson County health commissioner. The change follows suggested reforms by Ted Graver of the Ohio Department of Health to form a three county district including Meigs Jackson and Gallia.
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Meigs County
H. M. Boocks
Logan
Dr. Boocks
Athens
Hocking
Vinton
Meigs
B. J. Allison
Jackson County
Ted Graver
Division of Local Services
Ohio Department of Health
Jackson
Gallia
Gallia County
Summer Opens Amid Quiet Weather After Stormy Spring
Chicago records mark the official start of summer at 11 21 a m EST with seasonable conditions. The preceding spring delivered deadly tornadoes floods and thunderstorms before giving way to a hot spell.
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Chicago
Fanfani Turns Down Italian Government Formation Bid
Rome reports Amintore Fanfani 49 of the Christian Democrats declined a second bid this week to form a new Italian government. The move leaves the country seeking a leader amid ongoing political tensions.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democratic Party
Soviet Torpedo Boats Pass Through Bosporus
Three Soviet torpedo boats moved through the Bosporus on their way to join three larger ships from Russia's Black Sea fleet heading to the Mediterranean. The government said the vessels are bound for the Baltic for maneuvers.
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Istanbul
Bosporus Straits
Russia
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Turkey
Baltic
Guilty or Not Guilty Passenger Steering Case
A court puzzle asks if a woman can be charged with drunk driving when a companion steered the car while she pressed the gas. The arresting officer noted driving with a passenger steering.
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Chicago
Japanese Students Storm Tokyo Embassy Protest Nuclear Tests
About 150 leftist Japanese students tried to storm past a 400 man police guard in front of the American Embassy in Tokyo to protest U S nuclear tests the Girard case and American occupation of Okinawa The police repelled three waves of shoving and shouting then admitted a five man delegation for talks lasting about an hour demanding an end to nuclear tests Okinawa return and Japan’s GI Williams case concerns.
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Tokyo— .P
U.S
Girard
Okinawa
United States
Japan
GI Williams
Boat Fall Fatal in Columbus Ohio
Leonard G. Skiver aged 59 from Sciotoville died at Grant Hospital after injuries from a fall from his cabin cruiser moored at the Portsmouth Boat Club dock on the Ohio River.
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Columbus
Ohio
Leonard G. Skiver
Sciotoville
Grant Hospital
Portsmouth Boat Club
Ohio River
Wheat Quotas Approved by Farmers in 1958 Referendum
Farmers in 36 states vote 143333 to 28833 to back federal marketing quotas for the 1958 wheat crop. Ohio shows strong support with 3042 for and 2011 against. The Agriculture Department would back an average $1.78 per bushel if quotas pass, dropping to $1.19 if rejected. Quotas limit sales to 55 million acres for the fifth straight year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio
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