Towboat Raymond E Salvati Fire Injures Two Crew
Two crewmen suffered severe burns in an engine room explosion and fire on the towboat Raymond E Salvati as it hauled 22 empty barges south on the Ohio River. Chief Engineer Emmett Thompson 35 of Nitro sustained multiple burns on face neck and arms. Assistant Vail Sheets 44 of Crown City Ohio had burns on his arms.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Raymond E._ Salvati
Ohio River
Emmett Thompson
Nitro
Vail Sheets
Crown City
Ohio
Three psychiatrists named to examine murder suspect Lemuel Trotter
Cincinnati experts were appointed Tuesday to assess Lemuel Lon Trotter, 30, charged with first degree murder in the 1955 holdup slaying of Detective Walter Hart. Trotter pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Steubenville man William Carpenter, 28, was sentenced to life for the shotgun slaying of his landlord Edward C. Wells, 65.
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Cincinnati
Lemuel Lon Trotter
Walter Hart
Trotter
Steubenville
William Carpenter
Rt. 1
Ragland
Edward C. Wells
Senate on Middle East plan clears hurdle for House vote
Senate approves Eisenhower Middle East resolution 72 to 19 and backs up to 200 million dollars in aid. House leaders say good chance of swift passage to the White House as Dulles endorses the measure and leaders weigh a conference with the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Middle East
House
White House
Kremlin
America
McCarthy
Wis
Jenner
Ind
Malone
Nev
Secretary of State
Dulles
Congress of the
United States
Free Nations
McCormack
Mass
Life of a recluse ends in taxi ride to hospital
John Gillan a bachelor died at 67 after a long lonely life in a $4-a-week room in Cleveland. Detectives uncovered a bank book showing deposits totaling 15496 in his dusty six-by-eight foot room. In Warren the Trumbull County sheriff sought vandals who damaged a Black man's home in a largely white area ten miles south of town.
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Cleveland
John Gillan
Doctors Hospital
Cleveland Heights
Warren
Trumbull County
Ohio highway equipment surplus probe under way
Gov. C William O Neill in Columbus said he is probing whether highway machinery bought during former Gov Lausche's term left the Ohio Highway Department with a surplus. In Columbus the House passed a bill trimming privately owned city bus licenses to 10 dollars a year from about 300 per bus. In Frankfort Ky Gov Chandler said budget chief Gerald L Maguire has resigned to join Ohio Budget Department to overhaul the budget procedure.
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William O’neill
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Highway Department
Ohio House
Senate
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
Gerald L. Maguire
Kentucky
Ohio
John Skipton
Maguire
Ohio Wesleyan and Bennett College plan short term student exchange
Buck Hills Falls Pa Ohio Wesleyan University and Bennett College an all Negro school in Greensboro North Carolina will exchange students on a short term program this month promising cross school cultural academic exchange and expanded ties between the two institutions.
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Buck Hills Falls
Ohio Wesleyan University and
Bennett College
Greensboro
N. C
Albrecht Announces Plan for Cambridge State Hospital Expansion
Dr. C Earl Albrecht acting director of the Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction announced a plan to ensure construction of a 120 bed reception and intensive therapy building at Cambridge State Hospital.
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Columbus
C. Earl Albrecht
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Cambridge State Hospital
Close Irish election seen as De Valera Costello neck and neck
Early returns from Ireland show a tight race between Eamon de Valera and John A. Costello. A West Donegal district sent both men back to the Dail as about 1.2 million voters turned out, roughly 70 percent of eligible voters.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
John A. Costello
West Donegal
The
Republic
Bricker Lausche Vote for Passage of Middle East Plan
Senators John W. Bricker and Frank Lausche voted for the Middle East resolution as the Senate passed the measure 72 to 19. Both opposed two amendments, one to end the program by March 15, 1961, and the Mansfield amendment to provide U N military supplies to UN emergency forces, which passed 48 to 43.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
Middle East
Senate
Sen
Lausche
Sen. Bricker
Mansfield
U. S
United Nations
Foreign aid panel urges continued funding with reforms
A seven member panel led by Benjamin F. Fairless urged keeping aid at current levels but shifting toward more loans and fewer grants to spur private development. The commission, formed by President Eisenhower, called for longer range planning and hopes funding can be reduced eventually. Congress members welcomed some ideas while urging caution.
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Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Citizens’ Advisory Group
Congress
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wv
Vorys
R-Ohio
Acid attack targets Conroe chiropractor amid Cox bribe case
In Conroe Texas an unidentified assailant splashed muriatic acid on Dr E E McMeans Jr a prominent chiropractor and church leader who testified in the state rep James E Cox bribe investigation Cox 36 resigned after being indicted for agreeing to take a 5000 bribe to withdraw a naturopathic medicine ban bill.
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Conroe
Tex
James E. Cox
E. E. MccMeans, Jr
McMeans
Cox
Texas
House of Representatives
Electronics May Ease Traffic With Road Condition Radio
Los Angeles reports H A Radzikowski of the U S Bureau of Public Roads says a tone radio system could be installed along highways to warn cars of accidents ahead and guide drivers through fog, potentially reducing traffic jams.
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Los Angeles
H. A. Radzikowski
U. S
Bureau of Public Roads
Britain to triple atomic power with 16 new stations
Britain plans a major expansion of its atomic program by building 16 additional nuclear stations in the push to boost power capacity and energy independence. The move reflects postwar energy strategies and industrial growth as seaborne fuel and reactor technologies advance.
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London
Britain
Eyes Helped By Electricity
Columbus report says experiments by Johns Hopkins bio physicists indicate electrical impulses can improve eye blood flow and restore vision in some blindness caused by circulatory disorders. They also suggest head blood vessel treatment can relieve tension and migrane headaches.
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Columbus
Carroll E. Humphrey
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
National Congress of Biophysicists
Humphrey
Hoax Caller Jailed in Kidnapping Case
Harold B. Snyder, 32, was sentenced to four months in jail after a jury convicted him of making hoax phone calls to the family of Peter Weinberger during the baby’s kidnapping last summer in Mineola New York.
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Mineola
N. Y
Harold B. Snyder
Peter Weinberger
Snyder
Fire destroys Navy blimp at Weeksville NAS
A Navy blimp was destroyed after a Tuesday night fire on the runway at Weeksville Naval Air Station Elizabeth City North Carolina. The incident left the airship a total loss and disrupted aviation activity on base.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Weeksville Naval Air Station
Israelis Begin General Retreat From Gaza Strip
Unofficial but authoritative reports say Israeli forces resumed their pullout from Gaza. An Arab civilian and an Israeli soldier were killed and two Israelis wounded in Gaza disorder and security countermeasures.
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Tel Aviv
Gaza Strip
Gaza
UN Works and Relief Agency
Sharm el Sheikh
Sinai
Aqaba Gulf
David Ben-Gurion
Knesset
Witness Denies Role in Portland Vice Network
Nathan Zusman operator of the Desert Room night club testified before Senate rackets investigators that he was not an expert on prostitution. He denied claims by Madam Helen Hardy that he helped establish a house of prostitution and shared profits and questioned the reliability of detector tests for both himself and Hardy. Hardy testified she received a green light to open the house from Thomas Maloney, listed as William Langley’s campaign manager, and that Maloney said raids would not occur.
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Washington
Nathan Zusman
Portland
Senate
Zusman
Desert Room
Helen’ Hardy
Hardy
Mrs. Hardy
Nixon presents library to Ghana as independence marks milestone
U S Vice President Nixon offered Ghana a 2000 volume technical library valued at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars to Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah during Independence Day ceremonies. Thousands rejoiced as Ghana becomes independent within the British commonwealth. Russia pledged a transport plane and cars to Nkrumah amid global goodwill.
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Accra
Ghana
U.S
Nixon
Kwame Nkrumah
British Commonwealth
Russia
Nkrumah
Minnesota
Kennedy calls for penetrating reappraisal of Democrats
Senator John F. Kennedy in Life magazine urges a comeback for the Democratic Party with new ideas policies and faces for 1960. He forecasts Nixon as the Republican nominee describing him as a tough skilled opponent and argues the GOP has moved sufficiently progressive and internationalist to blur Democratic distinctions.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Kennedy
Lenten Season Begins With Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday observance today ushered in the Lenten season of prayer fasting abstinence and penance for Christians around the world. The season ends with Easter Sunday on April 21. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the use of ashes by the faithful.
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New York
Glasgow Health Committee Offers Free X Ray Tests
In Glasgow the Health Committee announced a plan to bring Scotsmen in for free X ray tests for tuberculosis and to reward participation with prizes.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Glasgow Health Committee
McCarthy Snubbed at White House Social Season
Washington notes the White House closed its 1957 social season with a mass reception while Sen. McCarthy of Wisconsin did not receive an invitation to any of six state functions since January. He said he was amused by the snub.
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Washington
White House
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Five Day Forecast Sees Below Normal Temperatures
Temperatures will average 2 to 5 degrees below normal with highs 43 to 50 and lows 26 to 30. Colder Thursday and Friday with continued cold rest of period. Precipitation totals range one fifth to one half inch as rain or snow north and rain south tonight and Thursday and again Sunday.
Pals Quizzed in Slaying in New Jersey
Victoria Zielinski, 15, was found murdered in a dead end lovers lane in Mahwah New Jersey. Police questioned school friends as Bergen County prosecutor Guy Calissi said the slaying may be the work of a sadist. The victim may have been picked up by a friend after a homework session. Her father Anthony Zielinski vowed he would find the killer.
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Mahwah
N. J
Victoria Zielinski
Lovers Lane
Guy W. Calissi
Bergen County
Calissi
GOP Fails To Find Federal Job for Hall
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration has not offered Leonard W. Hall a federal post. Hall’s allies fear he may be bypassed and seek a temporary presidential appointment to stay in the limelight while pursuing a possible run for New York governor next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Hall
New York
Benson May Halt Aid On 1957 Corn Crop
Secretary of Agriculture Benson plans to withhold price support on the 1957 corn crop from farms not cooperating with the federal planting allotment program unless grain prices fall before harvest.
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Washington
Benson
Ohio lawmakers push record bill introductions in 102nd session
Columbus reports 357 bills introduced Tuesday, bringing the session total to 1374 the highest modern tally. Proposals include measures on utility service safeguards, city taxes, license fees, unemployment benefits, education board size, school funding, and driver license rules. The Senate and House prepared floor votes on several measures while one nursing home investigation was postponed.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Portsmouth
State Board of Education
Ben-Gurion government defense in two nonconfidence votes
In Jerusalem the government of Premier David Ben-Gurion survived two nonconfidence motions. The first failed 84 to 25 and the second 114 to 6, indicating strong support for the administration.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
UN Emergency Force Deployments Planned for Gaza and West Bank
The plan envisages moving the UN Emergency Force into both areas as Israeli departure occurs. A blitz transfer was planned for the Gaza Strip to prevent Arab agitators from inflaming anti Israeli demonstrations.
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Gaza Strip
Army Chief versus Sukarno over Reds in government
Reported rift between President Sukarno and Army chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Harris Nasution over moves to include Communists in government and a guided democracy. A secret meeting leak shows Nasution opposing the plan as army units revolt in scattered Indonesia. Lt Col Ventie Sumual is quoted fearing Kremlin control.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Ventie Sumual
Henry Fonda to wed Italian Contessa in secret
Henry Fonda announced plans to marry Contessa Aldera Franchetti of Italy as his fourth wife, though he said he would try to keep the date secret. The actor indicated the union would be private and not disclosed publicly.
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Henry Fonda
New York
Contessa Aldera Franchetti
Italy
Messenger Salutes 4-H Clubs of Area
The Messenger and merchants salute the 4 H clubs as National 4 H Club Week is celebrated. A special 4 H news section appears on Pages 15 through 20. Local towns including Gallipolis and Pomeroy are mentioned in the combined coverage.
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Hocking Valley
Prsuooee Io cc Cikknecsiseusaas
Gallipolis
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