Ohio seeks new state education head amid salary, board doubt
The Ohio State Board of Education must await a Legislature set salary before hiring a new state superintendent. Board members cite a massive handicap due to unresolved board composition as House Education hearings begin on revamping the 23 member body. In Washington, GOP leaders plan a get acquainted meeting with Ohio area workers in Cincinnati May 17 18, part of six meetings endorsed by President Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Board of Education
House Education Committee
Washington
Ohio
Cincinnati
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Hillsboro Murder Sentencing for Robert Lee Curtis
Robert Lee Curtis, 22, faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the knifing of a cabdriver, with a four hour verdict and mercy recommendation. Youngstown police await a chemist’s report on a trunk blood evidence from Glacier Lake. Annie W. Timbley, 39, Willoughby, was convicted of first degree manslaughter for shooting Sam Ridley in self defense. Akron judge denies new trial and schedules electric chair date for Joe L. Lancaster, 48, convicted of murdering landlady Louise Wallick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Robert Lee Curtis
Criminal Court
Youngstown
Glacier Lake
Mill Creek Park
Painesville
Annie W. Timbley
Willoughby
Lake County
Akron
Stephen C. Colopy
Summit County Common Pleas Court
Joe L. Lancaster
Lancaster
Louise Wallick
Mansfield couple found dead in car CO poisoning ruled accidental
Richard Helm 31 and Mittie Bell Murry 30, both of Mansfield, were found dead Monday in a car that rolled off a Richland County road into a ditch. Coroner D C Lavender ruled the deaths accidental from carbon monoxide poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Richard Helm
Mittie Bell Murry
Richland
D. C. Lavender
Ohio cherry blossom princess named for Akron girl
Miss Karen True Gilmore of Akron has been chosen Ohio’s cherry blossom princess. She will join state and territorial winners at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Columbus on April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Karen True Gilmore
William Harold Gilmore
Akron
Ohio
Miss Gilmore
Admiral Byrd Dies in Sleep at 68
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd, USN Ret, 68, famed explorer who led two Arctic and five Antarctic expeditions, died in his sleep at his Beacon Hill home. Doctors cited heart ailment from overwork. his wife and four children were at his bedside. He headed Navy Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica during the IGY and was first to fly over both poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Usnret
Navy
Antarctica
Beacon Hill
Byrd
Explorer Byrd Dies Leaving Legacy Of Polar Feats
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd who crossed both Poles in flight lived a restless life chasing the unknown. Illness kept him from a planned sixth Antarctic landing during Operation Deep Freeze. An intimate witness recalls Byrd as fearless, driven to explore and first to reach the poles.
Senate to Hear Car Financing Abuses in March
Senate subcommittee chaired by Sen Monroney announces March 18 hearings on widespread car financing abuses. A state survey cites illegal insurance charges high finance costs misleading terms and heavy down payment practices that force buyers to mortgage personal property, balloon notes and harsh repossession abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Monroney
Dokla
Social Security Gain Seen for Majority of Seniors
A government welfare official in Chicago estimates that over 90 percent of Americans aged 65 or older will receive Social Security payments within the next few decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Byrd Revolutionary Arctic Explorer And Naval Pioneer
American explorer Richard E. Byrd set many firsts from the North Pole flight in 1926 to the South Pole in 1929 and again in 1947. A Naval Academy graduate, he led early aviation efforts and became a rear admiral at 41. He endured frostbite and isolation during Antarctic work and married Marie Ames in 1915. He was Winchester Virginia born and brother to Senator Harry F. Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctica
Byrd
Naval Academy
Atlantic
South Pole
North Pole
Winchester
Marie D. Ames
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Jet Winner Displays Form
The Boeing 707 jet passenger plane, holding a new transcontinental speed title, flew from Seattle to Baltimore in 3 hours 48 minutes at times reaching 698 mph. It demonstrated over Maryland and Virginia with an invite list of Senators, Congressmen, Pentagon officials, and civil aviation experts. The jet averaged 612 mph on the Puget Sound to Chesapeake Bay leg, shaving 10 minutes from its 1955 Seattle to Washington, D. C. record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Seattle
Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
Pentagon
Puget Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Washington, D. C
Costello Released on Bail After Year in Prison
The Supreme Court ordered Frank Costello former New York gambler released from prison on $25,000 bail. Costello has served about a year of his five year sentence for income tax evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Costello
New York
Costello
Oregon Teamsters Boss Seeks Senate Probe Evidence
Clyde C. Crosby, Oregon Teamsters chief, asked Senate investigators to accept new evidence in their racketeering inquiry. He said the material is documented and sworn to, while McClellan halted its presentation awaiting review. Crosby also handed over wire recordings seized under a Portland warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde C. Crosby
Oregon
Teamsters Union
Senate
Portland
Ore
Crosby
McClellan
D-Ark
High Court Reinstates Indictment Over UAW Political Broadcasts
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ordered reinstatement of the indictment against the United Automobile Workers for illegally paying for political television broadcasts. The case returns to Michigan for trial. Justice Frankfurter led the majority with dissent from Justice Douglas warning of First Amendment erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Automobile Workers
UAW
Supreme Court
U.S
Frank A. Picard
Michigan
Walter Reuther
Congress
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Douglas
Douglas
House Votes Today on the Advice Plea
Washington reports the House will vote today on a plea to President Eisenhower for advice on cutting the 71.8 billion dollar budget. The resolution, approved by the Rules and Appropriations Committees, faces Republican opposition as a buck passing move while Democrats push for economy and tax relief. Chairman Cannon calls the request modest and unprecedented for a president to suggest cuts to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Congress
House Republican Policy Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
Armco Steel Executive to Join U S Commerce Mission to Italy
Armco Steel Corp says director of market development R A Dadisman will join a U S Department of Commerce trade mission to Italy. He and three other U S businessmen will visit major Italian industrial cities in a six week tour to promote trade and goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
R. A. Dadisman
U. S. Department of Commerce
Italy
Dadisman
America
Benson Works With Budget Officials To Trim Agriculture Budget
Secretary Benson collaborates with Budget Bureau staff to reduce the Agriculture Department's record $5.3 billion proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Budget Bureau
Ohio governor names education beyond high school commission
Gov. C William ONeill appointed an Ohio commission on education beyond high school led by Dr. John Baker president of Ohio University. The panel includes seven college presidents and will survey facilities and policies to expand access, recruit faculty, and present recommendations within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
William O'Neill
O'Neill
John Baker
Ohio University
Ernor
Baker
Dead Woman Aids Police in Cincinnati Robbery Case
Nellie Thomas, 49, tavern operator, shot and left for dead during an early morning home invasion, crawled to a phone to identify suspect Orval Burt, 29, a locksmith who had visited for repair work. Burt admitted staging the robbery and claimed the shooting was accidental. Thomas remained seriously ill but expected to recover at Jewish Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Nellie Thomas
Orval William Burt
Thomas
Want Ad Sparks Rapid Rentals and Weekend Bargains
Mrs Homer Brown reports her two apartments rented within 24 hours after an ad appeared. The notice advertised two unfurnished first floor apartments with garages and four rooms. Calls were directed to numbers 31769 after 4 pm and 31242 for national wanted week bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Brown
Investigators to Visit Ohio Over Union Racketeering Claims
Senate investigators plan to visit Ohio to probe complaints of labor racketeering. Robert Kennedy, counsel for the committee studying rackets in Portland, said there are enough complaints to justify a trip but did not specify locations or unions involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ohio
Robert I F. Kennedy
Senate Committee
Portland
Ore
Proposed Farm Aid Bill Seems Doomed in House Debate
Washington reports a proposed farm aid bill facing likely defeat amid partisan wrangling over corn subsidies. After four days of fruitless dickering among farm leaders, the House planned to resume debate on corn legislation late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ohio
Lausche
Congress
Ohio Farm Bureau
Harrison
Rneb
Polk
Soil Bank
Bunche and Arabs discuss Gaza crisis fears.
UN Undersecretary Ralph Bunche began meetings in Cairo with Egyptian officials over Egypt's plan to resume control of Gaza. The talks aim to ease tensions amid U.S. and Israeli alarm and possible emergency UN session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ralph Bunche
Egypt
Gaza Strip
New York
Middle East
U.S
General Assembly
Bunehe
Salah Gohar
Palestine Department
Abdel Fattah Hassan
Mahmoud Fawzi
UN Assembly
Palestine
UN Emergency Force
UNEF
Mediterranean
Israel
Strip
Bunche
Gaza
U. S
Blonde Lawyer Beats Van Doren For NBC Quiz Crown
A 30 year old blonde lawyer Vivienne Nearing dethroned Charles Van Doren after 14 weeks as NBC quiz show champion. She earned 14 000 dollars from seven winning points, lifting her to star status while Van Doren’s total dropped to 129 000 despite remaining the top single show winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kings
Charles van Doren
NBC
Gram
van Doren
Vivienne Nearing
Columbia University
Humphrey proposes renaming Senate Foreign Relations panel
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota urged renaming the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the Committee on International Relations. He said the change would be more palatable to friends abroad and reflect that American dealings with nations were no longer foreign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate Foreign Relations’ Committee
Committee On International Relations
USAF Transport Missing Over Central Japan
A U S Air Force transport plane with four persons aboard is missing and presumed down somewhere in central Japan, with search and rescue teams deployed to locate the crew and aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USAF
Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Ambassador Richards explains Middle East defense plan
President Eisenhower sends Ambassador James P. Richards to the Middle East to present a plan for new defenses against Soviet pressure. He will discuss proposals with 18 nations to promote peace and economic well being, and stated discussions will be voluntary. A note to Russia rejecting a joint Big Four policy declaration was published Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
James P. Richards
Middle East
Richards
Loose Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
U S Stance on China Clears SEATO Council Session
Secretary of State Dulles reaffirmed U S policy backing Nationalist China and opposing Red China’s UN seat. Speaking to the SEATO Council of Ministers in Canberra he said the issue is not for debate but for allied alignment. He cited UN condemnation of China as an aggressor in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Dulles
United States
China
United Nations
Peiping
Seato Council of Ministers
U. S
America
Southeast Asia
Seato Council
U. N
Korea
Ohio Senate votes on school term and tax measures
The Ohio Senate considers a bill to require 178 days of classes with no holidays and five hours per day plus sessions like workshops. Other actions include raising birth certificate fees, exempting stored farm products from personal property taxes, and a constitutional amendment to relax elector qualifications for appointed officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Susie
Ohio Senate
Ohio
House
Senate
State Board of Tax Appeals
Senate Elections Committee
Charles M. Noble
Harold Vincent
Milwaukee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ohio News
Mary Ann Cunningham
Michael
Richard
Brownie
William Mce-Coy
Dreamland
News Index
Athens
Gallipolis
Glouster
Logan
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy Middleport
Ports
Weemen's
Admiral Byrd
Explorer
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Antarctic
Parkersburg
Messenger
Beck
Dave Beck
Left
Europe
Oregon Teamsters
Terry D. Schrunk
Schrunk
High Court
Heather
Armco Steel
Dr. Baker
Lausche Center
Humphreys
Group On Foreign Relations
Ambassador
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!