Two Fires Claim 24 Lives May 21 At Arkansas Dormitory
A fire at the State Training School for Delinquent Negro Boys in Wrightsville Arkansas killed at least 21 youths and feared to claim more. Seventeen to 18 year olds escaped by kicking out barred windows as 12 bodies were found in one spot. Governor Faubus demanded investigation and questioned the barred doors and adult supervision.
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Little Rock
Ark
Wrightsville
Guv
Orval E
Faubus
George Williamson
Arkansas
Committees Will Slow Labor Action This Week
Washington reports indicate the House Labor Committee will delay action on labor legislation for several weeks. Senate leaders aim to bring a measure to a vote before Easter recess, but the Senate Labor Committee requires more hearings. House subcommittees led by Rep. Carl D. Perkins expect three to four weeks to hear witnesses before consolidating provisions for a full committee vote.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
House
Carl D. Perkins
D-Ky
Mystery of 19 Foot Missile Vanishes After Blast
Five days after a Vandenberg launch, the 19 foot missile remains missing. Radio signals were received for nine minutes after lift off, then scattered unverified reports. Inglewood California reports keep the mystery alive as investigators search for the missing weapon.
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Inglewood
Calif
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Budget Supervisor Named for Columbus
Ohio appoints Russell L. Carter formerly a Dayton Municipal Judge as new statewide budget superintendent in Columbus. He brings judicial background and fiscal oversight to the post.
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Columbus
Ohio
Russell L. Carter
Dayton
Weather West Virginia and Ohio Outlook with Rain and Snow
West Virginia expects windy mild conditions with rain and thunderstorms tonight and cooler showers tomorrow. Ohio shifts from rain to snow flurries tonight with lows around 34 to 38 and Friday turning colder with a chance of lingering snow flurries. Elsewhere a mix of clear and cloudy conditions with varying temperatures is reported from Albany to Tampa.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Milwaukee
Omaha
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Salt Lake City
Tampa
Pioneer IV sends strong signals as it sails toward sun orbit
Pioneer IV continued its swift voyage beyond the moon with Britain's Jodrell Bank radar confirming signals from the 13 pound capsule more than 280,000 miles away. The probe, moving at about 4525 miles per hour, is expected to be heard through Friday as it travels toward 400,000 miles from Earth while scientists note no major radiation belts detected above Explorer findings.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Jodrell Bank
Pioneer
Voyager
Explorer
Gavin freed on writ in Meigs County case
Lawrence E Gavin 22 of Middleport was freed on 500 bond on two grand jury indictments tied to thefts at two Middleport businesses. A habeas corpus hearing in Meigs County Court with Judge John C Bacon clarified the writ after a legal clash between attorney Frank W Porter Jr and County Prosecutor James B O Brien.
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Pomeroy
Lawrence E. Gavin
Middleport
Meigs County
Gavin
Joseph Sottosanti
Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
John C. Bacon
Frank W. Porter, Jr
Grand Jury
Bacon
Porter
James B. O’brien
O’brien
Columbus Man Charged In Hit Skip Accident
Columbus police report a 75 year old man John B Wunderlin was fatally injured in a hit sk ip at a Columbus intersection on Wednesday night. A half hour later authorities arrested 32 year old Robert W Stanley and charged him with second degree manslaughter after the investigation.
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Columbus
Ohio
John B. Wunderlin
Robert W. Stanley
Substantial progress in Ohio Bell CWA talks ends in 19 1/2 hours
Negotiators for Ohio Bell Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America reported substantial progress after a 19 1/2 hour marathon bargaining session. A Saturday morning meeting was set to finalize terms of a new contract as strike vote talks spread to locals statewide.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
State Survey Called by Lima Assembly Member
Lima member of the General Assembly called today for creation of a Ju the Hoover Commission to survey Ohio state governmental agencies.
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Columbus
Lima
General Assembly
Hoover Commission
Ohio
Missing Virginia family may be among two bodies found
Authorities in Fredericksburg seek positive identification of two bodies found in a field near the city. State Police indicate the man Carroll V. Jackson Jr. and one blonde-haired daughter may be among the decedents, with a possible third body suspected beneath. The family had vanished January 11 while returning from a visit to relatives. State police guarded the scene overnight.
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Fredericksburg
Louisa County
Carroll V. Jackson, Jr
W. W. Blythe
Here
Jackson
Soviets Protest U S Boarding Of Soviet Trawler
Soviet Union denounces the U S boarding of the trawler Novorossisk off Newfoundland alleging the action came from provocation. Moscow calls the claim of cable damage a complete invention while the State Department cites the 1884 treaty allowing inspections of ships suspected of harming ocean cables. Lt Donald Sheely notes the crew offered no resistance and left calmly.
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London
Soviet Union
U.S
Newfoundland
Moscow Radio
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Novorossisk
Cer
Estlentia Sahlac
Donald Sheely
Falls Church
U.S. State Department
Sheely
Kidnapped Infant Found Safe With Babysitter
Ontario California FBI agents arrest 37-year-old Betty Jean Yocom after the infant Eric Leon Rores is found in her home during a burglary-era babysitting incident. The child, nine weeks old and ill with a cold, is reunited with Ruth Flores and her family.
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Ontario
Calif
Betty Jean Yocom
Eric Leon Rores
Khrushchev hints at Berlin talks delay to June or July
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said he is prepared to postpone the May 27 deadline for Berlin talks. He told reporters at a Leipzig luncheon that the date might be moved to June 27 or possibly July 27, noting that “we are in no hurry.” The remarks came as East-West negotiations proceed.
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Nikita Khrushchevy
Berlin
Khrushchev
Leipzig
Boy CrITically Hurt In Bulldozer Accident
Donald H. Perkins four years old of Upper Arlington was run over by a bulldozer while grading a terrace at a nearby home. He was crushed in soft earth and is reported in critical condition at White Cross Hospital with paralysis from the waist down.
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Columbus
Donald H. Perkins
Upper Arlington
White Cross Hospital
Possible Break in Strike May Resume Friday
Negotiations may restart in the five day old Columbus area strike by 1300 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers against Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. mediation officials in Columbus said a session could be held tomorrow. Local scene reports truckers moving coal at Sunnyhill Coal Co. tipple while Locals 1466 and 832 picket lines halted trucks. no disorders or detentions reported. A union spokesman cited low trucker turnout as a factor in stalled talks. another meeting was set for tonight.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus
C&sor
Ohio
Sunnyhill Coal Co
Tpple
Poston
Hamley Run
Tipple
Meighs County Hospital bills seek $200000 release
In Columbus Rep. George A. Meinhart and Sen. James S. Porter introduced special Meigs County legislation to release about $200 000 from a ten year levy to fund a Veterans Memorial Hospital. The measures were filed in both House and Senate for the Meigs County project.
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Columbus
Meigs County
George A. Meinhart
James S. Porter
7Th &Th
House
Senate
Lancaster Boy's Body Found In Nearby Lake
Lancaster Fairfield County coroner awaits autopsy results to determine cause of death for 12 year old Edward Mitchell. He vanished from his Lancaster home on December 18 after sleigh riding with friends and was found in a lake south of town after a brief disappearance.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Here
Edward Mitchell
Route 50 Crash Fatal To Congrove
Kenneth E. Congrove 22 of Sharps Run Rd. died after a U S Route 50 crash west of Coolville. Car went out of control and was demolished. Driver Carl Tippie and passenger William Hart were injured and hospitalized. Congrove, Army veteran, is survived by parents and two brothers. Arrangements by Norbert W Johnston funeral home Glouster.
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Kenneth E. Congrove
Sharps Run Rd
Camden Clark Hospital
Coolville
Carl Tippie
Stewart
William Hart
Athens
Parkersburg
State Highway Patrol
Congrove
Gerald Congrove
Dana
Richard
Norbert W. Johnston
Glouster
Ex Marine Ordered to Lima for 30 Days Observation
Lowell Eugene Oliver, 20, a former Marine, was ordered to Lima State Hospital for 30 days observation after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to the February 11 pistol slaying of Thomas Camden Roach, 31, a South Charleston, West Virginia salesman. Roach was shot in a car near Chesterhill after an argument.
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Mcconnellville
Lowell Eugene Oliver
Lima State Hospital
Thomas Camden Roach
Oliver
Roach
South Charleston
W. Va
Chesterhill
Here
Surgery Unnecessary For Comedian Hope
New York et al Comedian Bob Hope said his eye trouble would clear up without surgery and he planned to depart for the West Coast to prepare for a Sunday television show.
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New York
Bob Hope
West Coast
Disarmed In Police Trap Girl Forces Man To Drive
A 14 year old girl sat in jail after forcing a man and a 5 year old boy to ride at gunpoint in Hamilton Ohio. The girl claimed she wanted to see her mother a Mason truck stop waitress and didn t intend to shoot. Deputies closed in when the car stopped and a detective wrestled the .22 pistol from her. The warded youth had been at Auburn Home and earlier at the Girls' Industrial School and Columbus Juvenile Diagnostic Center.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Cirl
Sheriff's
George McGuire
Auburn
Columbus
Columbusuvenile Diagnostic Center
Three Die as Hazleton Hotel Fire Rages
Flames tore through the Gary Hotel elevator shaft in Hazleton Pennsylvania leaving three dead and two missing. Twenty four injured sent to hospitals while 100 firefighters battled the blaze for over two hours as the building collapsed and residents pleaded for help. George Klem 22 and Beverly 18 fled on a television cable to safety.
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Gary
George Klem
Beverly
Klems
Clarence Krapf
Sprenz Search Centers Near Altoona Pa
Police and FBI agents in Altoona Pennsylvania searched for Frank Lawrence Sprenz one of the FBI lists ten most wanted for a 25895 dollar Hamilton Ohio bank holdup. Sightings reported in Altoona Wednesday prompted roadblocks near the city while authorities pursued a lead of Sprenz near Canton and a hotel registration in Altoona.
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Altoona
FBI
Pennsylvania
Frank Lawrence Sprenz
Sprenz
Hamilton
Ohio
Coshocton
Canton
Paul E. Reuzer
Lprenz
Traffic ticket writing returns to normal in Detroit
Detroit police ticketing activity returned to normal after four days of a slowdown protest by officers opposing integration. Some scout car officers staged reduced enforcement to protest plans for mixed Negro and white crews in scout cars.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Blantyre
Nyasaland
Detroit
Scout Car
Committee Okays Bill Allowing Unemployment Benefit Payment
Ohio House Industry and Labor Committee approves a bill to permit simultaneous payment of supplemental unemployment benefits and state unemployment compensation. The measure aims to streamline benefits for jobless workers.
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Columbus
Ohio House Industry and Labor Committee
Trains Draw Protest in Columbus Rail Service Complaint
City officials cite inadequate rail service in Columbus and file a formal complaint with the Utilities Commission against the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Columbus
The
Utilities Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
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