South African Riot Kills 62, Wounds 208 in Pass Campaign
Police armed with submachine guns and armored cars faced a day of terror as the Pan Africanist Congress campaigns against pass laws triggered lethal violence. At Sharpeville and Langa, Africans were killed and wounded. authorities claimed no white deaths. Sobukwe and leaders were detained as mobs clashed with police, underscoring apartheid tensions across the region.
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Rica
South Africa
Monay
Pan-African Party
Langa
Sors
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Sharpeville
Widow named to fill unexpired sheriff term in Norwalk
The widow of Sheriff Harry Broome died Saturday and Mrs Eloise Broome was appointed by Huron County Commissioners to complete her late husband's term. She becomes the county's first woman sheriff and will serve the remainder of the term.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Harry Broome
Eloise Broome
Huron County Commissioners
March storm moves through Great Lakes to Ohio
A low pressure system tracked southeast from the Great Lakes bringing gusty winds to Ohio. Temperatures dropped as colder air followed, with winds 25 to 35 mph and general snow flurries statewide. Heavier squalls were forecast in the northeast, a 10 to 20 degree high by Wednesday morning, followed by fair but cold conditions.
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Columbus —i
Great Lakes
Ohio
Gen MacArthur Makes A Good Recovery
New York report states General Douglas MacArthur, 80, is making excellent progress after a prostate gland operation. He remains a patient at Lenox Hill Hospital where the surgery was performed Saturday.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Lenox Hill Hospital
Man pays dollar fine with one hundred checks
An Oregon Ohio man sends six dollars and sixty six cents to pay a one dollar traffic ticket. Maj Frank Baumgartner of the traffic bureau reports a registered letter including the ticket and one hundred penny checks. The bank will charge five cents per check.
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Toledo
Oregon
Ohio
Frank Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Barge Sinks In Ohio River Near Cincinnati
A 175 foot barge carrying 850 tons of coal sank in the Ohio River near downtown Cincinnati Monday night. The towboat Clara Beatty of the Cincinnati Marine Co. had just taken over from the John J. Rowe which brought the coal from Huntington W Va. Cause of the sinking was not immediately determined.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Clara Beatty
Cincinnati Marine Co
Beatty
John J. Rowe
Huntington
W. Va
Secretary Sums Up Welfare Agency Work
Bernice Sutliff ending 23 years as secretary to Michigan welfare director reflects on welfare programs. She notes that people want aid between Christmas and New Year and urges continued assistance between New Year and Christmas.
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Ing
Michigan
Bernice Sutliff
Investigators Probe Cause After Northwest Electra Crash
Investigators agree structural failure preceded the Northwest Airlines Electra crash near Tell City Indiana killing 68 aboard. FBI reports fingerprints and a ring found among wreckage while CAB chief notes analysis will take a long time to determine exact cause or whether turbulence or an explosion was involved.
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Tell City
Ind
Northwest Airlines
James R. Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Arthur Neumann
CAB
Neumann
Camden man burned in paint can accident
Camden New Jersey William J Healey 33 stepped into a gallon can of paint on Monday while descending a ladder He attempted to shake paint from his foot near a stove and sustained second and third degree burns on his right leg He was admitted to a hospital in fair condition.
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Air Force
William F. Smith
Los Angeles
Warner- Robins Air Force Base
Easton
Martin's
Baltimore
Camden
N. J
William J. Healey
Traffic Relief Route Hearing Scheduled in Roseville
Roseville plans a four mile State Route 75 improvement at an estimated 1.5 million dollars with future lane expansion. A hearing by the Ohio Department of Highways is set for Wednesday March 30 at 2 p.m. in Roseville Elementary auditorium to explain details to the public.
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Roseville
Ohio Department of Highways
Ing
West Corporation
Muskingum County
Newark
Ohio
Hay in Demand Sparks Quick Sale via Classified Ad
J. C. Mulligan on Route 33 South ordered an ad for three days and sold out the hay the first day the ad ran. Another strong example of effective result-getting classified advertising.
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J. C. Mulligan
Route 33 South
Director Begins By Getting Acquainted
Nelsonville Dr John Joseph Major starts as director of the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital by meeting staff and department heads. He arrives from Belmont County TB Hospital and succeeds K K Waering who resigned in December.
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Nelsonville
John Joseph Major
Southeast Ohio
Hungary
Belmont County
K. K. Waering
Psychopathic Killer Sought For Slayings
Ottawa Illinois police hunt a young man seen with three women before their deaths at Starved Rock State Park. Crime lab officials say two of the women were bound together with a 20 strand twine, suggesting a specific psychopath profile.
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Ottawa
Ill
Crime Laboratory
Starved Rock State Park
State Bureau of Identification and Investigation
Harland Warren
William Morris
Ray Butsey
John F. Schaich
Worker crushed in smelting plant accident at Berea
James Gosnell aged 24 was crushed to death at Garfield Smelting Co in Berea when he was caught in a grinding machine while processing junk for smelting on Monday. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Cleveland
James Gosnell
Garfield Smelting Co
Berea
Property owners urge government to reclaim eight million
A group of Kaufman County property owners petitioned the federal government to take back an eight million dollar allocation for upstream flood retention dams. Spokesman Harry Porter questioned using public funds for private playground lakes and county taxpayers footing maintenance costs.
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Terrell
Tex
Kaufman County
Treasury
Harry Porter
Sylvania Plant Plans Two-Month Idle Period
Nelsonville plant cutbacks idle 16 workers up to two months while area unemployment claims rise from seven to ten as BUC predicts steady jobless numbers until warm weather boosts construction.
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Nelsonville
Sylvania Electric Co
Charles Tanguy
BUC
City to buy Ashtabula Water Works Co gains council approval
Ashtabula Ohio officials formalize by ordinance their plan to purchase the Ashtabula Water Works Co. with an estimated net worth around 4.0 million dollars.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Ashtabula Water Works Co
Juvenile Theft Ring Broken Across Six Cities
Logan police describe a loosely knit operation involving over a dozen Athens Hocking County juveniles who stole auto parts in six cities. Five Logan youths and 12 Nelsonville boys implicated. 22 hubcaps and two sets of fender skirts recovered on Claybank Hill. Court hearings set for March 29 after full Logan report. multiple participants to be cited.
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Athens-Hocking County
Logan
Logan Area
Nelsonville Area
Claybank Hill
Athens County
Ted Frey
Roy Kelch
Ptl
Ron Schultz
Nelsonville
Athens
Lancaster
Newark
Columbus
W. Union St
Messenger Newsphoto
GSI Officials Align With APA Improvements Plan
Gallipolis State Institute officials said they are substantially in agreement with American Psychiatric Association recommendations for hospital improvements. The report to Gov. DiSalle calls for more medical staff, new children’s buildings, social service and psychology departments, a chapel, and better tubercular care, with steps already underway to hire staff and expand services.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis State Institute
American Psychiatric Association
Michael V. DiSalle
GSI
William Snodgrass
George Roberts
APA
DiSalle
Snodgrass
Department of Social Service
Psychology
Soviet flexible disarmament offer faces Western doubt
At the sixth meeting of the 10 nation disarmament conference in Geneva Soviet deputy Valerian Zorin said Moscow could reverse its plan to start with full nuclear disarmament if the West preferred. Western delegates warned the proposal lacks clear safeguards and time limits. Roschin said the aim is to push Western powers to accept a time limit for disarmament. Britain urged agreeing to lines of a Soviet ban proposal and a moratorium on smaller underground tests.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
U.S.S.R
Zorin
Alexei A. Roschin
Britain
United States
Governor committee to review mental defiency laws meet April 2
The governor's committee on mental deficiency and commitments will convene in Columbus on April 2 to outline its objectives and review current statutes. The meeting aims to clarify definitions and improve handling of commitments.
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Columbus
Ohio
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