NATO Holds Peace Key and U S Air Power Growth
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme Allied commander in Europe, says NATO is strong enough to deter a Russia attack and that World War III is unlikely as the alliance gains air power and missiles. He cautions against overconfidence while noting ongoing U S. and Allied strength in Europe. Harold Staessen discusses the United States becoming a senior partner in a voluntary union of free peoples with no military strings.
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Philadelphia
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Gruenther
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
NATO
Russia
U U. S
Harold HE. St
Foreign Tide
Union of Free Peoples
Staessen
Eisenhower
U. S
Seven of Family Die as Fire Levels Home
A Plymouth Indiana two story frame house fire killed seven of twelve members of a South Bend Bendix worker family. Sleeping on the second floor were most victims including Mrs Bessie Kovacs who died after helping others. Survivors include Frank Kovacs 50, John Kovacs 86, Caroline 25, Ruth Ann 11 and Rose Marie 14 months.
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Plymouth
Ind
Hibbard
South Bend
Bessie Carmen Kovacs
Donald M
Carl K
Frank V. Jr
Donald
Elizabeth
Michael Quackenbush
Jeanette Quackenbush
Frank V. Kovacs
Os Bendix Aviation Corp
John Kovacs
the Kovacs
Caroline
Ruth Ann
Rose Marie
Statewide News Briefs London Hog Theft Plea
London Ohio William Hanaway pleaded innocent to grand larceny for stealing 23 hogs and corn and soybeans from federal storage bins across central Ohio. He was bound over to the grand jury on twenty thousand dollar bond.
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London
Ohio
William Hanaway
Dayton Cyclist Brothers Tragedy After Car Collision
A car hit a bicycle carrying two brothers in Dayton. Delbert Penny aged 14 died at a local hospital. his younger brother Donald was injured. Police investigated the fatal crash.
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Dayton
Ohio
Delbert Penny
Donald
Apple causes death of 19 month old at Sandusky
In Sandusky Ohio a piece of apple lodged in the throat of 19 month old Michael Eugene Lieb Tuesday night causing fatal asphyxiation.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Michael
Eugene Lieb
Madison County probes jail escape by four teens
London Ohio reports four teenage girls attempted to wreck the county jail on Wednesday and now Madison County plans to probe how the four fled from the Girls Industrial School at Delaware.
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London
Ohio
Madison County
Delaware
Tear Gas Barrage Ends Cook County Jail Riot
Nineteen inmates rioted for seven hours in Cook County Jail before surrendering after tear gas shells and high pressured water jets. Three inmates and four guards were injured as officials blamed overcrowding and a thwarted jailbreak led Sheriff Babby to refuse negotiations.
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Gveverauld
Chicago
Cook County
John E. Babby
Babb
Ruling On Censorship In Ohio Limited Licensing Censorship
Ohio Attorney General William O Neill said a limited licensing system for motion pictures may be kept with doubly convincing reasons for censorship. He advised Education Director Clyde Hisson after the U S Supreme Court ruled Ohio improperly banned the film M The high court did not rule censorship unconstitutional and noted Ohio may ban material inciting actual breach of peace but not for promoting crime or riot.
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Columbus
Ohio
Aftry
William O'Neill
Clyde Hisson
U. S. Supreme Court
O'Neill
High Court
Bird ends silence gives phone number in BBC town tale
A parakeet perched on Frank Whittingham’s shoulder in Southfields broke a seven day silence by saying “Renown 2961.” Whittingham dialed the number and heard Kathleen Meyers confirm the bird as Joey, saying the bird knows many words.
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London
Parrakeet
Frank Whittingham
Southfields
Whittingham
Kathleen Meyers
Joey
Point Pleasant Drug Store Burglary Seeks Narcotics and Cash
Hall's Drug Store on Main Street was broken into late Wednesday night or early Thursday. An undetermined amount of narcotics and cash were stolen after the front door was pried open. State Police and city officers are investigating the crime after a passerby reported the door ajar this morning.
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Point Pleasant
Main St
Burke urges Air Force to consider Dayton as Air Academy site
Congressman Len Burke of Ohio asks Air Force Secretary Talbot to evaluate Dayton Ohio as the location for a proposed Air Academy. He argues the city offers suitable facilities and strategic advantages for the project and hopes a rapid decision follows.
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Washington
Len Burke
Ohio
Air Force
Talbot
Dayton
Air Academy
Wilson Assistant Given Navy Post
Charles Sparks Thomas of Los Angeles, an assistant secretary of defense, was nominated by President Eisenhower to be secretary of the Navy. He would succeed Robert B. Anderson of Texas, who is nominated to be deputy secretary of defense in place of Roger Kyes, who is leaving the Pentagon May 1 to return to private business.
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Washington
Charles Sparks Thomas
Los Angeles
Defense
Eisenhower
Navy
Thomas
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Roger Kyes
Pentagon
House Appropriations Panel Backs Cut in Flood Control Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved a flood control and navigation bill totaling 410.335 million for the coming year, about 7 percent below President Eisenhower's recommendations. The panel rejected funding for Dillon Reservoir in Ohio, citing insufficient economic justification for resuming construction.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Dillon Reservoir
Ohio
Grenade Blast Injures Police Bomb Squad Expert
A hand grenade exploded in the hands of Sgt. Peter J. Dale at Fort Tilden injuring him and two detectives along with an Army captain. Dale, 50, headed the New York police bomb squad and was expert in defusing bombs. The blast occurred as explosives seized from Cuban revolutionaries were inspected at the outdoor proving ground.
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New York
Peter J. Dale
Dale
Fort Tilden
McCarthy Moves First in TV Radio Reply Battle
Senator McCarthy will issue a partial 15 minute reply tonight on Mutual radio two days before Vice President Nixon chairs the GOP response. Eisenhower endorses Nixon selection and critics debate McCarthy’s conduct as a public debate unfolds with Stevenson and Senator Flanders weighing in.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Mutual Radio Network
Nixon
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Flanders
NBC
CBS
Miami
Fla
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Ferguson
New York
Edward R. Murrow
Senate Votes On Statehood Action Today
Washington reports a Senate vote on a Democratic move to tie Alaska to Hawaii statehood. Democrats back the amendment. Republicans likely oppose. Eisenhower urged considering each territory on its merits while Democrats argue a single bill offers a path to floor action.
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Senate
Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
House
Sen. Anderson
Hugh Butler
Neb
Senate Interior Committee
Yest
Anderson
Sen
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Interior Committee
Democrats Press for Income Tax Cut and Excise Reductions
The House passed a bill to cut about 25 federal excise taxes by 912 million dollars, with 411 to 3 margins, and faces swift Senate action. Democrats aim to boost income tax exemptions to 700 dollars, offset by revenue losses, while the administration prepares a public tax position.
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Washington
House
Senate
Millikin
R-Cole
Finance Committee
George
Capitol
Comics and Death Video Tied Incident In Nova Scotia
Westville, N S four stewart art Wright aged 13 testified at a coroner jury about shooting his 14 year old friend Roland Muir on March 2 while listening to a radio program and reading Two-Gun Kid comics. Stewart said Roland loaded six shells in a rifle and he said he believed Roland ejected them all. He claimed a playful Hands up瞬 moment preceded the shot through Roland's forehead. The jury ruled accidental death and urged banning comics of the type found at the scene.
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Westville
N. S
Stewart Wright
Stewart
Roland Muir
Roland
Rollie
Dayton Pastor Dies Native of Coalton
Dr. E. FE. Harris aged 67 a former editor of Watchword and Telescope Messenger national publications for the Evangelical United Brethren Church died at his home in Dayton He was a native of Coalton Jackson County and pastor of the Hartford Street EUB Church in Dayton.
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Dayton
Ohio
E. FE. Harris
Watchword
Telescope Messenger
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Coalton
Jackson County
Hartford Street
Board Defied 400 Pupils On Strike At South Point
About 400 South Point High School students refused to enter the building in protest of the school board’s decision not to rehire football coach Jack Dick and assistant John Ayers. They marched in a field across the highway with banners calling for a board meeting. The district would not comment on the Friday announcement.
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Ironton
Ohio
South Point
Jack Dick
John Ayers
Ohio polio vaccine test staged in three counties
Dr John D Porterfield state health director announced a polio vaccine test will begin at end of first week in April. The three-dose vaccine will be given to first through third graders in Montgomery Summit and Richland counties, about 61000 pupils in all. Half receive all three injections, others get a harmless liquid placebo to measure effectiveness.
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Columbus
Ohio
John D. Porterfield
Montgomery
Summit
Richland
Porterfield
Summit County
Montgomery County
Richland County
Italy's Premier Wins Support for EDC Ratification
Rome reports Premier Mario Scelba's month-old government won a final confidence vote and now seeks quick approval of the European Defense Community pact. The plan would integrate West German troops into a single army with Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, while Scelba pursues mild domestic reforms.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
Chamber of Deputies
Scelba
Italy
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Polio Vaccine Debate Moves Toward Lifetime Protection
Detroit report on Dr. Albert Sabin and colleagues discussing a live attenuated polio vaccine approach. Vaccines use tame living viruses to provoke long lasting antibodies, potentially stronger than killed-virus Salk vaccines. Questions remain on efficacy, dosage, and production limits for mass immunization.
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Detroit
Albert B. Sabin
Cincinnati
Sahin
University of Cincinnati Medical College
Joe We Foundation For Medical and
Th Education
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
Sabin
Salk
New Orleans
Ime
Eer Secon
U S Dangles Aid Promise At Inter American Conference
At Caracas the 10th Inter American Conference doubles its work to back U S efforts against Communist influence. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Nicaragua’s foreign minister, says two daily Political Committee meetings will continue until a Communist threat is settled. Nine of 19 nations back U S proposals. Costa Rica has boycotted. Mexico and Uruguay call for broader action against totalitarianism.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Latin America
Washington
Guillermo Sevilla Secasa
Costa Rica
U. S
Mexico
Uruguay
U.S
U. S.S
Skies Clear After Early Morning Snow in Athens
Snow changed to rain and left Athens with .27 inch precipitation as skies cleared by mid morning. C. L. Colmer reported 37 degrees at 11 am with yesterday’s high at 54. Hamiley Run west of Athens recorded range 48 to 24 with 9 am temperature 32.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Colmer
Hamiley Run
Philadelphia Newspaper Executive Dies at 58
William L. McLean Jr., 58, vice president and treasurer of the Philadelphia Bulletin, died Wednesday night of a cerebral hemorrhage. He championed small town papers and was brother of Robert McLean, president of the Bulletin Co. and The Associated Press.
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Philadelphia
William L. McLean, Jr
The
Philadelphia Bulletin
Robert McLean
Bulletin Co
Associated Press
Ireland to elect new Dail on May 18 after dissolution
Dublin reports the Irish will elect a new Dail parliament on May 18 as the current parliament is dissolved on April 24. The move sets a nationwide campaign period and potential shifts in government.
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Dublin
Ireland
Tobacco study urged to probe smoking cancer link
The Agriculture Department considers research to develop better methods for analyzing tobacco and tobacco smoke components. An advisory committee met this week and said the work could aid understanding of tobacco contents, though not specifically aimed at cancer. Officials noted U.S. cigarette consumption fell two percent last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tobacco Industry Advisory Committee
Department
Benson Signals Showdown Over Farm Price Supports
Secretary of Agriculture Benson told House critics he would veto any bill continuing rigid high price supports and urged a showdown now. He said surplus reserves waste public funds and pressed the Eisenhower administration’s farm program before returning to brief the House Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
Benson
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Wable Refutes Phantom Tag in Turnpike Slaying
Greensburg Pa John W Wable 41 year old Ohiopyle native testifies under rapid cross examination regarding the July 28 fatal shooting of Harry F Pitts 39 of Bowling Green Va as Pitts slept in a parked truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Wable maintains his innocence and claims a mysterious counterfeiter phantom slayer is responsible.
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Greensburg
John W. Wable
Ohiopyle
Wable
Harry F Pitts
Bowling Green
Pitts
Turnpike
Return to Paradise Hagerstown Snowstorm Reverses Route
Washington County residents reported a brief winter storm moving through central Maryland. Geese braved blowing snow and rain showers, then turned back south as 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulated across the region.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland
Pay reform urged for Ohio justices of the peace
An Ohio Justice group proposes salary based pay for justices of the peace, mayors, constables and marshals. Suggestions include basing salaries on population, requiring attorneys or state test qualification, enabling traffic offense conviction recording on licenses, and raising civil jurisdiction from $300 to $500.
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Columbus
Ohio
Justices of the Peace
Urwesis Peace Justices
Curt Gebhart
Ohio Justice, Inc
Justice of the Peace Committee of the
Ohio Legislative Service
Invention of an Automatic Collector on a Paper Route
A man explains their automatic collector and a boy testing it on a seatpaper route. The exchange hints at a prototype or novel device under trial and a cautious response to its function.
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