Girl Kills Sleeping Twin Sister in Fresno
A 14-year-old girl shot her sleeping twin Sally Richard with a .22 rifle in Fresno California. She confessed she hated her sister since grade school and feared hurting their parents with the crime. Alice Richard was to face a murder charge as authorities investigated the case and sibling rivalry as a motive.
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Fresno
Calif
Dan B. Eymann
Alice
Richard
Sally
Sally Richard
Edgard V. Richard
Eymann
Edgar
Robert
Sheriff's Office
Harvey Avenue
Tarzan Author Edgar Rice Burroughs Dies at 74
Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan, died at age 74 in Encino California. He suffered a heart attack after three months of illness and leaves behind fifteen unpublished novels and ongoing film deals worth millions from prior rights.
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Encino
Calif
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Burroughs
100000 Names Petitioned to Hoover Commission Action
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce plans to present 100000 names to Congress in Washington. About 50 JC members travel to the capital to urge adoption of economy recommendations.
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Columbus
Hoover Commission
Washington
Ohio
River Victim Identified After Two Years
A man found drowned in the Ohio River near Pomeroy was identified as C. Robinson, 68, of Ellenboro West Virginia. The brother Roy J. Robinson identified clothing from the body. Robinson was last seen August 12 1947 walking along a road between Ellenboro and Pennsboro West Virginia. His body was recovered April 17 1948 near Route 7 in Hobson area. he owned oil lands in West Virginia and a reward had been posted for information.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Here
Ellenboro
W.va
Henry Ewing
Coe C. Robinson
Roy J. Robinson
West Virginia
Pennsboro
Route 7
Hobson
Robinson
Subpenaed In Armstrong Murder Trial
Subpenas for 16 state witnesses in the James Armstrong murder trial were issued today. Armstrong's trial is set to begin March 27 in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The 26 year old Columbus bartender has pleaded guilty to first degree murder and a three judge panel will hear the case. He is the long sought third man in the Eleanor Gifford murder case. Grover E. Rawlins 18 of New Straitsville, serving a life sentence, heads the witness list. Other witnesses include Warden R. W. Alvis Captain Shoaf and Columbus officers L. Hoye H. Fischer Bus David. Local witnesses include Dr. John H. Elias Deputy Frank Joyce Joseph B. Gogan Dana Robinson Florence Burkhart Vivian Burkhart Marian Hillyer and Alice Thompson.
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James Armstrong
Armstrong
Athens County
R. W. Alvis
Shoaf
Columbus
Jean Tucker
John C. Rohr
Franklin County
L. Hoye
H. Fischer
Bus David
State House
Athens
John H. Elias
Glouster
Frank Joyce
Joseph
Road Deaths Resume Top Spot in Fatalities
In Ohio the weekend toll shows highway deaths maintaining the lead in violent fatalities. Fourteen deaths overall with eleven from traffic mishaps. Among victims is Thomas E. Spencer, 18, of Chillicothe, killed when his car collided with a pickup.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Thomas E. Spencer
Chillicothe
Ohio State students prepare plant inspection tour
One hundred fifteen Ohio State University chemical engineering students will inspect industrial plants in Cleveland Akron and Barberton as part of the 39th annual trip which begins today.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Akron
Barberton
Ohio State University Chemical Engineering
Mock Air Battle Over Sugar Grove Ends In Draw
An Air National Guard official said yesterday's 300-plane mock air battle over Sugar Grove Ohio ended in a draw. Defenders from Ohio bases and Kentucky and Virginia joined against attackers from Pennsylvania cities to simulate a bombing of a fuel pumping station.
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Columbus
Air National Guard
Sugar Grove
Ohio
Col. E. O. Clark
55Th Air Guard Fighter Wing
Fairfield County
Cleveland
Dayton
Mansfield
Charleston
New Inspection Seen For Pettibone Club
State building inspectors will revisit the Pettibone Club in Cleveland to strengthen a closure order on the Geauga County gambling site. The supplemental order sets a Wednesday night deadline for closure as part of ongoing safety action led by state official Albert Waldman and aide James Nolan.
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Cleveland
Pettibone Club
Geauga County
James D. Nolan
Albert A. Waldman
Woldman
Warnings on H bomb use echo at New York dinner
Dr. Harrison Brown of the University of Chicago warned that men could become inflamed enough to use the hydrogen bomb despite knowing it would destroy life. Speaking at a Writers Board for World Government dinner, he said most scientists are weary of bombs and undergoing soul searching. he reiterated a February warning that life on earth could be wiped out.
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New York
Harrison Brown
University of Chicago
Writers Board For World Government
Brown
First U S Bombers Take Off for Britain
The first batch of about 75 American B-29s departs for Britain today under the Arms Aid Program to boost Western Europe defenses. Four bombers with American crews leave Andrews Field this afternoon for a British airbase. Forty eight Hellcat Fighters and Helldiver Bombers are aboard the French carrier Dixmude at Norfolk Virginia on March 8.
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Washington
Britain
Europe
Andrews Field
Attorneys File Appeal For Spencer
Attorneys for Delbert Spencer 51-year-old convicted slayer filed an appeal with the Fourth Judicial Court of Appeals citing seven points in a 33 page brief plus a 723 page bill of exception. Spencer was convicted December 7 of the July 1946 shooting of Mrs. Pauline Bailey near Glouster.
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Delbert Spencer
Fourth Judicial Court of Appeals
Hal Rowland
Leslie Johnson
Spencer
Pauline Bailey
Glouster
Ohio
Electric Chair
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Lima State Hospital
Lima
Funds Urged For Resources
The Ohio Conservation Congress ended its second annual convention urging more funds for the new State Department of Natural Resources. It endorsed A. W. Marion as head, backed a stricter anti-pollution bill, supported diverting fishing tackle taxes to waterway improvement, urged more tree planting, and called for transfer of strip mine authority to the department.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Congress
State Department of Natural Resources
State
Board of Control
A. W. Marion
Congress
State Forestry Division
Department of Agriculture
Department of Natural Resoources
Icy Runway Triggers Airport Crash at Municipal Airport
An Air International C-46 with 52 aboard skidded on an icy Municipal Airport runway in Kansas City. It crashed through two wire fences and nosed into an embankment but no injuries were reported. The plane traveled about 30 yards beyond the runway end before stopping. 49 passengers continued their journey by train or other airlines.
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Kansas City—(P
Municipal Airport
Air International
Burbank
Calif
Want Ad Seals Sale of Separator in The Messenger
Mrs. Lona Gold of near Darwin reports the separator sold yesterday thanks to The Messenger Want Ads. The ad notes a JUNIOR DELAVAL cream separator, hand operated on a high stand and operable by electricity, plus a white enamel top kitchen table. Located at Gold Ridge, 2 miles west of Parwin.
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Lona Gold
Darwin
Junior Delaval
Gold Ridge
Parwin
Country Club Pantry Bare After Raid
The Elks Country Club pantry was found empty after state liquor agents and two sheriff's deputies reentered the locked room 36 hours after a court order lifted a siege. Agents sought slot machines but found only mops and a bridge game as they were ordered out by Judge Vernon Smith.
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Portsmouth
Elks Country Club
Mother Hubbard
State Liquor Department
Raymond Leach
Carl Kihlman
Cleveland
Harry Cave
Boa constrictor gives birth to thirty snakes at Tampa shop
An eight foot female boa in a Tampa pet shop produced thirty newborn snakes at night drawing amazement from monkeys inside and spectators outside. Owner James M. Coker arrived from church to find the 18 inch offspring crawling about while two monkeys toppled a cage.
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Tampa
Fla
South America
James M. Coker
Coker
Plane Crash Fatal to Elk Count Passenger in Colorado
Kenneth Milyard age 29 from Aurora was the pilot. Donald G. Lauridson 34, superintendent of the Little Hills experiment station, was killed. The men were counting elk for the state game and fish department when a downdraft forced the light plane to crash in a mountain blizzard.
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Denver
Kenneth Milyard
Aurora
Colo
Donald G. Lauridson
Little Hills
State Game and Fish Department
Pilot Killed In Detroit Plane Crash
Second Lieut. Raymond Cline, 25, of Dayton Ohio, was killed during an attempted landing at Detroit Wayne Major Airport. His F 51 Mustang from the 162nd Fighter Squadron of the Ohio Air National Guard flipped and skidded about 300 yards while heading to refuel for a gunnery mission at the Michigan Air National Guard base.
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Detroit
Raymond Cline
Dayton
Ohio
Detroit Wayne
Here
Ohio Air National Guard
Michigan Air National Guard
Kelly named vice chairman for DiSalle Senate bid
John P. Kelly, chairman of Lucas County Democratic Executive Committee, is named vice chairman of the statewide committee supporting Michael V. DiSalle for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate.
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Disalle
Toledo
John P. Kelly
Lucas County
Democratic Executive Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
U. S. Senate
Blocked evacuation hinders foreign withdrawal from Shanghai
Washington reports the Chinese Communists blocked a mass evacuation of Americans and other foreigners from China. The last minute refusal prevented two landing craft from reaching the city, delaying departures and signaling intensified control over the exit route.
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Washington
State Department
China
Spending Out Proposal Gains House Support
In Washington the House shows bipartisan backing for a plan to trim over a billion dollars from federal spending next year by labeling non essential items. The omnibus 29 billion dollar bill funds 40 agencies for the 1951 fiscal year starting July 1, with debate set after Easter recess.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Truman
John Taber
New York
Taber
Jessup Denies McCarthy Communist Ties at Hearing
Ambassador Philip C. Jessup sharply rebutted Senator Joseph McCarthy after a Senate subcommittee hearing, denying any Communist sympathies and condemning guilt by association. He cited his integrity and warned against partisan attacks on American officials. He noted prior affiliations with the American Russian Institute and the Institute of Pacific Relations, and explained his sponsor roles and attendance.
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Washington
Philip C. Jessup
McCarthy
R-Wis
Jessup
Senate
Far East
Moscow
Izvestia
United States Senate
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
American-Russian Institute
Christian Gauss
Princeton University
H. V. Kaltenborn
New York
Institute of Pacific Relations
Mass Transit Workers Threaten Strikes in Ohio Cities
CIO bus drivers threaten nationwide disruption in Columbus and Akron as Local 208 votes to strike over pensions and pay. About 600 workers in Columbus demand an adequate pension plan by April 16, while 250 Akron drivers back a strike for higher pay and pensions if a new contract fails. The union cites a $100 monthly pension cost and social security inclusion.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Akron
Ohio
CIO
Columbus Transit Co
Wilbur G. Evans
United Transport Workers
Akron Transportation Co
Evans
Local 208
Federal Conciliation Service
Convicted Spy Gubitchev Leaves U S For Russia
Valentin A Gubitchev walked out of federal custody in New York with a 15 year sentence suspended by Judge Sylvester J Ryan after state department and attorney general recommendations. He and Judith Coplon were convicted of plotting to spy for the Soviet Union. A police guard accompanied the Batory liner to Gdynia Poland where his wife boarded the ship.
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Russia
Sylvester J. Ryan
Gubitchev
Dean Acheson
J. Howard McGrath
Judith Coplon
Soviet Union
Batory
Gdynia
Poland
Hecklers Picket Lithuanian Meetings Across Cities
Crowds heckled and hooted at Lithuanian groups in Cleveland and Rochester on Sunday. In Cleveland about 200 Lithuanians taunted banquet attendees, eggs were tossed at roughly six of the 100 present.
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Cleveland
Rochester
N. Y
Lithuanian Literary Association
McCarthy Wins Marine Corps League National Americanism Award
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin received the Marine Corps League National Americanism award for 1950. The league cited him for alerting the nation to perceived security risks in government.
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Passaic
N. J
Joseph R. McCarthy
President Hayes Last Child Dies at 82
Mrs. Frances Fanny Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes' last surviving child and only daughter, died at age 82 in Lewiston Maine at the Marcotte Home. Born Sept. 2, 1867, she outlived her father, who served as Ohio congressman and governor. his wife died in 1889 and he in 1893.
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Lewiston
Rutherford B. Hayes
Frances
Fanny) Hayes
Marcotte
Ohio
Hayes
Lutheran Leader Jennie Knubel Dies at 77
Mrs. Jennie Christ Knubel, 77, a Lutheran leader and founder of the deaconess motherhouse in Baltimore, died Saturday in New Rochelle New York. She led church charity work and established women’s service under the denomination.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Jennie Christ Knubel
Baltimore
Rescue Attempt Fatal To Sea Scout Skipper
In Longview Washington a Sea Scout skipper William A. Aberle age 47 drowned when a sailboat capsized in the Columbia River while rescuing a girl. About 15 youths were thrown into the river and waves from a passing freighter were blamed. Aberle's daughter Ruth age 16 was rescued after previously being missing.
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Longview
Wash
Columbia River
William A. Aberle
Aberle
Ruth
Cascade Mountain
Spring Due Tonight Icy Weather Clears
Retreated weather fronts bring below normal temperatures across the lower Mississippi Valley and Texas. The Great Lakes region and eastern Missouri Iowa face sleet and freezing rain as officials say temperatures will rise to end the ice glaze before Spring’s official entry at 10 36 CST tonight.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Great Lakes
Missouri
Iowa
L. L. Means
Death House Prisoner Kills Self by Hanging
Ralph Jennings, a 49 year old condemned killer sentenced for the Newark nurse Ruth Eisenberg slaying, hanged himself in the state prison. The warden reported the suicide occurred today as execution by hanging loomed for next July.
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Self
Concord
N. H
Ralph Jennings
New Jersey
Jennings
Ruth Eisenberg
Newark
Air Force officer dies in Wright-Patterson crash
Lt. Col. Arthur J. Mason aged 38, deputy chief of the Air Materiel Command photo center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, dies when his car crashes into a guard rail.
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AIR Force
Dayton
Arthur J. Mason
Air Materiel Command Photo Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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