Defense chiefs examined on Eisenhower era war plans
Washington witnesses Secretary McElroy Gen. Twining and Rep Wayne Hays debated how the United States would fight if the Berlin crisis worsened. The House Foreign Affairs Committee questioned ground troop use in Europe and the administration’s foreign aid package totaling 3.93 billion dollars.
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United States
Berlin
Wayne L. Hays
Doko
Neil H. McElroy
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Hays
Europe
C. Douglas Dillon
Rep
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Dillon
House
Ohio faces tax hikes as May 1 nears in budget push
Ohio lawmakers push a broad tax program aided by Gov. DiSalle as a treasury warning warns of insolvency by May. Proposals include two cent boosts on cigarettes and gasoline and moves to speed up utility and corporate levies. The SUB unemployment benefits bill also faces a floor vote with an emergency clause in question. Memorial Day date bill moves to floor after committee edits.
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Ohio
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Senate
Maroon
DiSade
Treasury
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Navigation Season Could Start Early If Ice Abates
Great Lakes shippers expect a 1959 navigation season opening in April if ice conditions ease. The Coast Guard will not set a date yet but urges readiness as steel mills boost ore demand. The 86 mile St Marys River and Whitefish Bay face the toughest ice, with Whitefish Bay and Lake Superior near full freeze. Only about 40 percent ice cover is typical for this period.
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Great Lakes
Coast Guard
St. Mary's River
Whitefish Bay
Lake Superior
Past Cited In Death Request
Ventura prosecutor seeks the death penalty for Elizabeth Duncan citing a lurid past. District Attorney Roy Gustafson told the jury she hired two men to strangle her son's wife after 11 marriages and running a house of ill fame. The jury convicted her of arranging Olga Duncan's murder and must decide between death and life imprisonment, with insanity issues pending.
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Ventura
Calif
Elizabeth Duncan
Roy Gustafson
Soviets Plan TV Network Linking East Europe Capitals
The Soviets plan a television network that would connect East European Communist capitals with Moscow. The project aims to broadcast news and cultural programming across the bloc and could expand media influence for the Soviet leadership.
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Vienna
East Europe
Moscow
Ireland President Addresses Congress in Historic Visit
President Sean T. O Kelly of Ireland addressed a joint session in Washington as the first Irish president to make an official visit He urged reducing suspicions among nations and promoting international understanding He and his wife plan a U S tour before returning to Ireland March 31.
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Eisenhower
Sean O'Kelly
Ireland
Washington
St. Patrick's Day
O'Kelly
Sean T. O'Kelly
Vrsew
United Nations
Congress
Agreements Reached In Negotiations Lancaster
LOGAN Contract agreements were reached Tuesday at Lancaster between the Carborundum Co and Local 11-630 Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION by the union, agreements cover a seniority program cost of living increases and a voluntary dues deduction system. Workers returned to their jobs March 8 after a month long strike over a union shop. The dues check off requires workers to sign forms and dues are then remitted to the local. The contract also sets up a bonus plan based on plant efficiency. No increases in salary scales are provided.
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Logan
Lancaster
Carborundum Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Shaw’s
President Signs Hawaii Statehood Bill to Add 50th Star
President Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill, aiming to admit Hawaii as the 50th state by July or October. Territorial Gov. William Quinn has 30 days to issue a proclamation of elections, with primaries 60 to 90 days after and the general election within 40 days after the primary.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Congress
Alaska
Territorial
William Quinn
Three Plead Guilty To Motel Robbery In South Bend
Three Ohio college students admit guilt in a $479 South Bend motel robbery Saturday night. The defendants William Haslem 18 Joseph F Galucci 20 and Robert W Russell 20 await pre sentence investigation.
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South Bend
Ind
Ohio College
William Haslem
Cleveland
Joseph F. Galucci
Neveland
Robert W. Russell
Brecksville
Ohio
Headline: Man Hit By Car In Messenger Route 2
A road incident in the Messenger Route 2 area leaves a man in critical condition after being struck by a car. Emergency crews respond as investigators review the scene and traffic is diverted.
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Bassey, Moore
Athens
Glouster
Point Pl
Chauncey
Loganine
Ares
Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Train Robber Dies Free Man at 77 in Denver
Bill La Trasse, 77, last of the old time train robbers, dies in Denver after being released from Kansas Penitentiary last December. He moved to live with his sister Edna Shelton, entered hospital ten days earlier, and died of a kidney ailment. His notoriety began with a 1910 Christmas night robbery on a Missouri Pacific train near Kansas City, where he forced a porter to the rear and robbed passengers of $2000.
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Colo
Bill LaTrasse
LaTrasse
Kansas Penitentiary
Edna Shelton
LaTrosse
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Leavensworth
Kan
United States Drafts German Peace Treaty Concept
Washington reports the United States has prepared a tentative German peace treaty draft suitable for foreign ministers talks with the Soviet Union. Britain France and West Germany favor delaying broad treaty plans, focusing first on German reunification and an all German government. The Soviets are expected to raise the issue, with Western powers ready to respond.
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United States
Soviet Union
U. S
Britain
France
West Germany
Germany
Djuanda Accepts Khrushchev Invite for Soviet Visit
Indonesian Prime Minister Djuanda accepted an invitation from Soviet Premier Khrushchev to visit the Soviet Union this summer.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Djuanda
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Macmillan urges united policy on Germany before talks
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan travels to Washington to brief Canadian officials on Berlin talks with Khrushchev and to meet Eisenhower. He seeks a united Western approach based on firm principles and willingness to negotiate ahead of potential mid May foreign ministers meeting. The visit caps a span of high level talks with Khrushchev and other Western leaders.
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Ottawa
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Germany
Debe Macmillan
London
Washington
John Diefenbaker
Berlin
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
State Police In Kentucky Eve Mines Outburst in Coal Strikes
Reinforced Kentucky state police patrolled eastern hills after two violent coal strike incidents idling over 7000 workers. A large mob at a Letcher County coal tipple injured at least four. Pike County police broke up a bumper-riding demonstration. The UMWA demand seeks a 2 dollar daily raise to 24.25. Safety Commissioner Sturgill ordered extra patrols in Pike County and Major Crutchfield in Letcher County. Gem-Elkhorn Coal Co. president Price said operations would not resume immediately.
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Hazard
Kentucky
Letcher County
Pike County
Don Sturgill
Maj
Charles Crutchfield
Roland P. Price
Gem-Elkhorn Coal Co
Rockhouse Creek
Court Halts Hearings On Sect Schools In Hardin County
A Hardin County court adjourned after two days of testimony on whether to close Amish elementary schools. Defense attorney E Guy Hammond sought written rulings on applicable laws. Prosecutor Paul McKinley estimated 10 to 15 days for an answering response as the board seeks an injunction citing uncertified teachers and substandard courses.
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Kent
Hardin County
E. Guy Hammond
Cuyahoga Falls
Hardin County Common Pleas
Arthur D. Tudor
Hammond
Paul McKinley
Hardin County Board of Education
Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael's mother dies at 82
Mrs. Lida Carmichael, mother of Hoagy Carmichael, died Tuesday. She was 82 in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Lida Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael
Money Gone Official Quits in Clermont County
John P. Friend resigned today as Clermont County treasurer amid disclosures that his accounts are $48 747 short. The resignation was presented to county commissioners. The State Board of Examiners reported the shortage Tuesday. Albert Plattner and Byron Ross are under consideration for the treasurer post.
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Batavia
Ohio
John P. Friend
Clermont County
State Board of Examiners
Albert Plattner
New Richmond
State Auditor’s Office
Byron Ross
Felicity
Ross
Agricultural Stabilization Board
Talks Recessed Union Asks Court Drop Injunction
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. and union locals 1466 and 832 of the IBEW ask a court to dissolve a restraining order. A hearing is set for March 26 before Judge Francis D. White. About 1300 workers are on strike.
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus Law Firm
Clayman and Clayman
IBEW
C&soe
Common Pleas Court
Francis D. White
Columbus
H. J. Montoney
Ohio
Senate panel approves IMF World Bank funding shift
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a 1.375 billion dollar increase in U.S. IMF and World Bank contributions. It ordered the funds to be drawn from next year's budget, undermining Eisenhower’s balanced-budget goals.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Committee
International Monetary Fund
Jobless Pay Talks Planned With Eisenhower Invitees
Nine state leaders including Hawaii Governor and chiefs of Florida Illinois Mississippi New Jersey West Virginia North Dakota Utah and Colorado will meet President Eisenhower to discuss strengthening the federal state unemployment compensation program.
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Hawaii
Eisenhower
White House
Florida
Ilinois
Mississippi
New Jersey
West Vrginia
North Dakota
Utah
Colorado
Merchants Say Easter Sales Outlook Is Bright Across Nation
Rising prosperity a booming stock market and fashion trends lift Easter retail trade says AP survey of merchants bankers and Chamber officials. Executives report sales ahead of last year with several selling days remaining though pockets of unemployment tax increases and a printers strike affect some markets. In milder Southern and Western cities an earlier Easter is seen as an asset.
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Chamber of Commerce
Associated Press
Chicago
Laurence Mallinckrodt
Scruggs, Vandervoort
Barney
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Former Ohioans Die In Pennsylvania Fire
A mother and her three children formerly from Bowling Green Ohio died in a Tuesday apartment fire in Lebanon Pennsylvania. The victims are Mrs Jennette L Hedges 30 and her children William 6 Michael 3 and Dawn 3 months. Her husband William 27 a Toledo native was en route to work when the fire occurred.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Jennette L. Hedges
William
Michael
Dawn
Dayton Scene Sees Brig Gen Howe Hit By Heart Attack
Brig. Gen. John D. Howe is hospitalized in serious condition after a heart attack. Reports indicate he was rushed to a Dayton area hospital where doctors monitor his status.
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Dayton
John D. Howe
Sidney Smith Canadian foreign secretary dies at 62
Ottawa reports the death of Sidney Smith age 62 who served as foreign secretary for the past 18 months. He died Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Sidney Smith
Weather highlights West Virginia and Ohio forecast details
West Virginia will be fair and cold tonight with lows in the 20s and 15 to 20 in the mountains. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. Ohio forecast shows a similar pattern with a low around 7S tonight and a high near 47 Thursday. The five day Ohio outlook calls for near normal temperatures, with warmer Thursday and a cooldown Friday through Saturday, then a slight warmup Monday. Precipitation totals about a half inch north in rain or snow and showers possible Friday or Saturday and Monday.
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