Xenia Auto-Train Collision: Deadly Pennsylvania Freight Crash
Funeral services will honor seven victims in Ohio's worst auto train collision. Eight girl scouts and two mothers died when a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train hit their station wagon at an unprotected crossing near Xenia, Beavercreek Twp. Seven relatives are listed among the deceased. the driver Mrs. Lucille White is said at fault.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Lucille White
Xenia
Budget Woes Hit Eisenhower Amid Capitol Budget Battles
On Capitol Hill the House passed a 297 million dollar four year airport aid package, far above the President's recommendation by 97 million. The Senate meanwhile charged 1.375 billion dollars of new IMF subscriptions against the new budget, altering anticipated funding for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
United States
International Monetary Fund
Bliss Reviews NY Bid For 1960 GOP Convention Site
Ohio Republican chairman Ray C Bliss visits New York to review the bid for the 1960 GOP national convention. He heads a committee charged with recommending the convention site.
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Columbus
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
New York
Evacuation Center Plans Considered for State Officials
Adj. Gen. Loren G. Windom said Civil Defense officials may return to Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware as the evacuation center for state officials in event of enemy attack. The alternate seat was moved last year to Ohio University at Athens. This year's evacuation exercise is planned for next month with faster routes and better facilities reported north of Columbus.
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Columbus
P— Adj
Loren G. Windom
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Delaware School
Ohio University
Athens
Windom
College President Cites New Educational Needs
In Columbus Ohio Dr Terry Wickham Heidelberg College president told 591 OSU winter quarter graduates that new educational facilities could offset rising college population. He suggested innovations may include high schools adding a 13th and 14th year to their courses.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Terry Wickham
Heidelberg College
Eisenhower and Macmillan Open Talks on German Future
In a rustic Camp David setting in the Catoctin Mountains the two leaders begin a weekend of discussions with Dulles at Walter Reed prior to more detailed talks. They aim to shape negotiations with the Soviet Union on Germany with final discussions likely at the White House on Monday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Germany
Camp David
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Catoctin Mountains
Macmillan
White House
Autopsy Planned to Determine Death of Oliver Craig Jr
An autopsy will be performed Friday to determine how Oliver Craig Jr died. His body was found in the hold of the freighter Ernest R. Johnson at the American Ship Building Co docks. It is believed he died about two weeks ago from a fall during winter grain unloading in Detroit. The ship was towed here for overhaul.
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Toledo
Oliver Craig Jr
Ernest R. Johnson
American Shipbuilding Co
Detroit
Canton Man Arrested for Counterfeit $100 Bills
Secret Service agents in the Cleveland district arrested a Canton resident on a charge of passing counterfeit one hundred dollar bills. The arrest occurred Thursday as part of a money-counterfeiting investigation led by federal authorities.
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Cleveland
Canton
County Budget Watchdog Mulls 62 Million Plan
The Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners is weighing a record 62 million dollar budget. The plan targets services across health, roads, and public safety with emphasis on fiscal discipline.
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Cleveland —i
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
Ohio bill on grade crossings sparks political clash
In Columbus a dispute erupts over a proposed program to add warning lights at grade crossings after a Greene County car train crash killed ten. Rep. Metcalf says delay blocks funding via higher auto license fees. Rep. Galvin accuses political opportunism amid tragedy.
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Columbus
Ohio
Greene County
Richard B. Metcalf
Franklin
Xenia
Metcalf
R. Martin Galvin
Dlucas
Galvin
House
Franklin County
Highway Safety Department
Keys
High Altitude Nuclear Tests Reveal New Knowledge
Washington reports that three space explosions last summer yielded military and scientific insights. Deputy Defense Secretary Donald Quarles says the tests supported national security and antimissile development, improved radar guidance, and could inform offensive weapons, though details remain undisclosed.
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Washington
America
Donald Quarles
South Atlantic
U. S
New Ohio Methodist Seminary Picks Presidents
Dr. John W. Dickhaut of Columbus named president and Dr. Van Bogard Dunn of Jackson Tennessee named dean of the new Methodist Theological Seminary in Ohio. Trustees announced the selections as the school nears completion three miles south of Delaware and set to open in September 1960.
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Columbus
John W. Dickhaut
van Bogard Dunn
Jackson, Tenn
New Methodist Theological Seminary
Ohio
Delaware
Man Dies Of Injuries In Cambridge Windstorm
Injuries suffered Sunday when he was blown against a tree during a Cambridge windstorm proved fatal Wednesday to John A. Leyshon 84 former Cambridge city auditor and service director who had been hospitalized since the incident.
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Cambridge
John A. Leyshon
Ohio approves SUB law with emergency clause
Ohio Governor Michael DiSalle signed a SUB law allowing jobless workers to collect supplemental unemployment benefits after 90 days without deductions from state benefits. The measure takes effect June 19 unless voters block it. The Legislature adjourned after action. A separate bill proposes a $1 minimum wage and tax changes including higher corporate franchise tax and cigarette tax increases.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Michael V. Disalle
House Industry and Labor Committee
House Taxation Committee
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
Senate Taxation Committee
Bargaining To Resume In Columbus
Federal mediator H J Monroney will chair a 2 p.m. session at the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus to resume talks on the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co strike. The two sides have slightly shifted positions with the company now offering a 4 percent raise and the union seeking 5 percent plus a 10 cent top linemen raise. Both sides proposed a $5000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone threatening personnel.
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
H. J. Monroney
Fort Hayes Hotel
Columbus
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union
Four Die as Bus Collides With Car in Storm Near St Augustine
A Greyhound bus traveling north in heavy rain struck a car near St Augustine Florida. All four people in the car died. Eight bus passengers, including a seriously hurt man named Nove, were hospitalized.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Pha
Greyhound
Nove
West Virginia Weather: mild with rain and variable seas
Cloudy mild conditions spread across West Virginia with isolated showers tonight and a low around 40s. Saturday brings more clouds, wind, and warmer temps with showers then colder air arriving tonight. the five day forecast shows temperatures 4-5 degrees above normal and total precipitation of one inch or more through several periods.
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Bismarck
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
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Kansas City
Louisville
Milwaukee
New York
Philadelphia
Phoenix
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Ore
Salt Lake City
Clear
San Diego
Point Pleasant 1926 Big Blacks Recalled by Finalists
Four Point Pleasant natives from the 1926 Big Blacks basketball squad recalled their team’s state and national tournament runs. They compared past and present teams as Point Pleasant hosts Weston in the state finals first round in Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Paul White
F. W. Quillin
Harold
Huntington
Weston
Big Blacks
Harold Curry
George Carr
Chess Russell
Hugh Curry
Joe Burdett
Jerome van Matre
Buckhannon
Point Pleasant Hardware
Chicago
Jack Burdette
Washington, D.C
Somerville
Messenger Newsphoto
Key Defense Witness Gone in Ohio Murder Case
Disappearance of a defense witness may halt a murder trial in Ironton. Warnie H. Blanton of Phoenix and South Shore faces second degree murder charges for the Dec 8 1958 shooting of William Kenneth in North Kenova Ohio. Ada Hall, wife of the victim and a trial witness, is missing. Her son testified he has not seen her since Wednesday morning.
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Ironton
Warnie H. Blanton
Phoenix
Ariz
South Shore
William Kenneth
North Kenova
Ohio
Ada Hall
Youths Rob Post Office During Lunch Break
Four schoolboys aged 12 to 15 robbed the Wynne Arkansas post office during the noon hour. They entered the closed lobby and forced open a teller’s window, taking 129 dollars, according to Deputy Sheriff Ivy Ringgold.
Cab Driver Foils Robbery in Point Pleasant
Quick action by cab driver Lee Roy Simpkins halted a suspected armed robbery. In Gallipolis police say Simpkins and passenger Jesse Willard Whitt aided in detaining Jesse Parcell Lawson, 29, of Charleston, who reportedly paid $1.50 to go to Georges Creek for more money. Lawson held at gunpoint by Simpkins until authorities arrived.
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Gallipolis
Pleasant
Clyde Clark
Folden
Second
Pine
Lee Roy Simpkins
Jesse Parcell Lawson
Charleston
W. Va
Simpkins
Jesse Willard Whitt
Point Pleasant
Lawson
Main
Fifth St
Jackson
Georges Creek
Whitt
Pennsylvania Constable Chases Suspect Resembling Fugitive
A Pennsylvania constable pursued a man late Thursday who resembled fugitive Frank L. Sprenz, in a chase across local streets. The incident followed a report linking the man to Sprenz, with authorities continuing to investigate the resemblance.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Frank L. Sprenz
Kidnaper Captured After 20 Hours Holdout Near Logan
State police rescued a 29 year old mother and her three children after they were held captive for 20 hours by ex convict Richard A Payne 23 who surrendered at a roadblock near Logan 70 miles south of Charleston Payne had planned to use the hostages to force the release of Burton Junior Post from prison and had threatened torture and death to the children if his demand was not met He is jailed in Kanawha County facing kidnapping charges while the husband was tied and gagged Payne said he regretted not harming the family after capture
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Elma Baldwin
Susan
Baldwin
Logan
W. Va
South Charleston
Richard Payne
Charleston
Richard A. Payne
Here
John Baldwin
Burton Junior Post
Payne
Post
Kanawha
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Roadblocks Target Ira Odell Martin After Knife Slaying
West Virginia troopers and Mason County deputies set two Route 17 road blocks in two nights seeking Ira Odell Martin. They joined Charleston police in monitoring Route 35 for the suspect who is linked to a knife slaying and a kidnapping of a mother and three children. Martin was apprehended after the second road block.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia State Police
Charleston
Ira Odell Martin
Martin
Mason County Sheriff's Deputies
Girl Dies In Mishap Near Alliance
Katherine Leech a 16 year old girl was killed at home near Alliance when her father William Leech accidentally shot her in the face while shooting rats with a 12 gauge shotgun. Deputies said she stood nearby as the fatal shot was fired.
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Alliance
Katherine Leech
Sheriff's
William Leech
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