Suspect Confesses to Bartlett Bank Robbery
Euil F. Kirkpatrick 27 of Lower Salem confessed in Marietta to robbing the Bartlett Farms Bank of 764 on February 19. The FBI and Washington County sheriff continue to verify details while Kirkpatrick remains in custody on unrelated charges. He said he hid the money in his car and fled to Parkersburg before reaching Lower Salem and Millfield.
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Bartlett Farms
Kirkpatrick
Marietta
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington County
Athens County
Harold Shields
Millfield
Shields
Federal
Belpre
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mildred Martin
Miss Martin
U S Plane Crashes Into Sea Off Italy
Eighteen American airmen parachuted from a burning transport plane over southern Italy on a night mission. The C119 Flying Boxcar landed in the Mediterranean. all 19 aboard survived with three hospitalized locally and six at Naples for observation. The pilot Captain John Nattarocchia was severely injured.
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Catanzaro
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
Naples
John Nattarocchia
Tremor Triggers Panic in Florence Central Italy
An early morning earthquake in Florence and surrounding central Italy area sparked widespread panic among residents but caused no damages or injuries. Local authorities reported no structural harm and continuing safety checks.
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Florence
Italy
Four State Microwave System Set to Link 29 Stations
The Columbia Gas System announced a four state 470 mile microwave network starting with a 12 million first leg from Preston Kentucky to Cedarville West Virginia. United Fuel Gas Co. will build the initial link and subsequent stations will span Ohio and Pennsylvania with sites at Columbus Mt Sterling Crawford Compressor Sugar Grove Benton McArthur Dry Ridge Ironton and other counties.
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Ohio
Columbia Gas System
Paul W. Rogers
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia
Preston
Cedarville
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
Columbian
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Mt. Sterling
Crawford
Sugar Grove
Benton
Ohio Fuel
McArthur
Vinton County
Dry Ridge
Gallia County
Ironton
Protests After Geyer's Refusal to Serve Negroes
About 100 college students, roughly 85 Black and the rest white, rallied outside Geyer's Restaurant in Xenia on Sunday to protest the owner's refusal to serve Negro patrons. The eatery remained closed for a second day as proprietor George D. Geyer said he would stay shut until further notice. Students from Wilberforce University and Central State College led the demonstration after reports that lights were turned off and patrons were sent away on Saturday.
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XENIA
Geyer
George D. Geyer
Wilberforce University
Central State College
Minister Uses Rocket For Lenten Message
The Rev. George F. Packard rector of St. Marys Episcopal Church staged a six foot papier mache Mercury capsule during a family service. Two children raised the capsule with a rope and pulleys as 125 worshippers watched. He likened astronaut training to Lent discipline.
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Baltimore
George F. Packard
America
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Packard
Leaders Push For Primaries In New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire political leaders from both parties push for high turnout in the first nation wide primary. Kennedy tours with large crowds while Nixon relies on party leaders and paid media. The result won t determine popularity but sets momentum for upcoming state contests and conventions.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
Wesley Powell
Kennedy
Automobile crushed by guard tank in Marietta incident
An M42 National Guard tank backed from the armory drive in Marietta and crushed a late model car owned by H W Lauer of Washington County after brakes failed. No injuries were reported. A separate incident at Zanesville Riverside Airport saw a National Guard light plane skid on snow and flip. crew identities were initially withheld.
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Marietta
Ohio National Guard
Bernard Douthill
Douthill
H. W. Lauer
Warner
Washington County
National Guard
Zanesville
Riverside
Army National Guard
John Fitzgerald
John Carter
Columbus
Muskingum County
Paar Returns to TV Show After Burned Bridge
New York reports Jack Paar resumes his television program tonight after walking off last month. He had vowed not to return due to NBC editing out a joke about a water closet which the network said was in bad taste.
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New York
Jack Paar
Paar
National Broadcasting Co
Ohio Five Day Forecast Temperatures Run Below Normal
The forecast shows temperatures 9 to 14 degrees below normal with normal highs around 48 and lows near 26 to 29. Expectations include continued cold with small daily changes through Friday and a warmer Saturday. Light precipitation totals approach .1 to 2 inches in snow or flurries on Tuesday and Thursday.
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Ohio
U S protests Castro accusation speech in Havana
The United States lodged a formal protest after Fidel Castro blamed U S officials for the La Coubre munitions ship explosion in Havana Bay. Cuban authorities freed American photographer Donald Chapman after two days detention, with no charges filed.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Havana Bay
Castro
Donald Chapman
Chapman
North Bend
Neb
la Coubre
Antwerp
Belgium
Ohio Group Backs Stevenson Draft Drive
A Cincinnati based group Southern Ohio Citizens for Stevenson organized to circulate petitions calling for a draft of Adlai E Stevenson for the Democratic nomination. Fred A Dewey head of the group outlined plans for local branches and said petitions would give expression to voters with no primary avenue.
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Ohio
Stevenson
Cincinnati
Southern Ohio
Citizens For
Fred A. Dewey
University of Cincinnati
Adlai Stevenson
Perry County man killed in snow plow rescue incident
Clyde Wolfe, 60, of New Lexington, a Perry County highway crew worker, died Sunday after being pinned by the rear wheels of a sand-loaded truck as it was moved to pull a snow plow from a snow drift near Ohio 204 and a county road by Thornville.
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Clyde Wolfe
New Lexington
Perry County
Ohio 204
Thornville
Meigs Countian Emil Johnson Dies in Home Fire
Emil F. Johnson aged 63 died in a bedroom fire that destroyed his single story home near Spiller on Racine Route 1. Fire officials and coroner concluded no foul play. Johnson left a daughter Ruth Bradford and son Ralph Johnson, plus four grandchildren and other relatives. Services set for Tuesday at the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints with burial at Bald Knob Cemetery.
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Racine
Emil F. Johnson
Spiller
Robert Hartenbach
Henry Ewing
Thomas Holter
Holter
Johnson
Ruth Bradford
Ralph
Terry
Brenda Bradford
Gary
Steven Johnson
Milwaukee
Wisc
Omar Dailey
East Liverpool
Bessie
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Racine- Portland
Ewing Funeral Home
Bald Knob
Ring in Snow Fails to Recover Bride’s Ring
Tommy McCauley and Joyce Mullan quarrel at a Brooklyn doorstep over a $2000 engagement ring. The ring vanished after a snowdrift 40 feet long formed, triggering a police search with hot water spray and flashlight patrols, but the ring was not found and the couple reconciled.
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New York
Tommy McCauley
Joyce Mullan
Brooklyn
Tommy
Joyce
Pilot Won't Land When Gear Fails
A Miami to Cleveland to Detroit Eastern Air Lines flight diverted after warning of nose gear trouble. Pilot R G Chaille chose not to land at Cleveland Hopkins due to concern over lack of local maintenance staff despite tower confirming nose gear down.
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Cleveland
Eastern Air Lines
Detroit
R. G. Chaille
Miami
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Charlie
Eastern
Actors Guild Strike Shuts Part of Major Studios
Hollywood The Screen Actors Guild began the first strike in its history against theater motion picture producers, forcing seven major studios to curb operations. The fight centers on actors receiving a share of earnings from pictures made since 1948 and sold to television.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Ex RAF Officer Accused of Spying for Soviet Union
London court hears that Anthony M. Wraight a 25 year old former RAF officer who was cashiered is accused of passing defense secrets to the Soviet Union He vanished four years ago while on ground duties at an RAF base near London and is now in court.
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London
Royal Air Force
Soviet Union
Anthony M. Wraight
R.A.F
Jury resumes hearing in Finch murder case in Los Angeles
The California jury reconvenes Monday at 9 30 a m after weekend sequestration to hear Dr Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff recount the day Mrs Barbara Jean Finch was shot. Prosecutors will read cross examination testimony as jurors weigh accident versus murder in the high profile trial.
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Los Angeles
Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
Grant B. Cooper
Finch
Cooper
Fred W. Whichello
California
Treasury
A. W. Alm
Carole Treoff
Donald Bringgold
Civil Rights Sessions Continue
Washington reports round the clock sessions resume at noon as senators remain locked in a three week battle over civil rights legislation. The outlook for a settlement appears unchanged since the issue was first raised February fifteenth. Senator Paul H. Douglas urges a Senate vote to end the debate.
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Sen
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Senate
Icebound Car Found In Creek After Driver Escape
In Cambridge an empty car was found four feet beneath Wills Creek ice after skidding from the road. Clyde Black, 30, of Rt. 2 Cambridge, admitted swimming to shore and seeking warmth at a relative’s home. Police and highway patrol recovered the vehicle and traced the driver’s location.
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Cambridge
Wills Creek
Highway Patrol
Cambridge Police and Sheriff's Office
Clyde Black
Rt. 2
Black
Yellow snow falls in Moscow region noted by Tass
Tass reported yellow snow covered parts of Kazakhstan as meteorologists linked the colorful dust to a storm that lifted soil particles from the Yellow River valley in China and deposited them across the Asian Soviet republic.
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Moscow
Kazakhstan
Tass
China
Yellow River Valley
Asian Soviet Republic
Air Force Seeks 140 000 For Diaper Service
The United States Air Force asked Congress for 140 000 to cover diaper service for airmen's infants in government hospitals for the next fiscal year. Brig. Gen. John K. Cullen said the cost averages one cent per diaper, with an expected 14 million changes annually. He argued contracting is cheaper than handling diapers in house.
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Washington
United States Air Force
Congress
John K. Cullen
House Appropriations Committee
Air Force
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