Two-Car Collision Kills In Gallia County
A head on crash on Jefferson Avenue near Vandalia involving a 1953 model and a 1952 car killed Leon man Charles Lee McDade and injured four others. Dale Lee Herdman 15 and Marvin DeWeese 23 both suffered severe facial fractures. Herdman lost an eye. Gerald Clark Harold Clark and William Tucker sustained chest and facial injuries. Gallia County Coroner Don Warehime described the deaths as accidental. Route 1 and Route 3 residents from Leon were among the injured.
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Route 1
Holzer
Holzer Hospital
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Vand
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Herdman McDade
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Gallia County
Don
Ald Warehime
Dale Lee Herdman
Charles Herdman
Marvin Deweese
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Deweese
Harald Clark
Cedar St
William
Senate Probes Delinquency Link to Sadism in Media
A Senate subcommittee report urges caution about brutality in motion pictures comics and television while opposing censorship The study notes no casual link between mass media and delinquency yet views brutal depictions as deleterious to youth development The panel also discusses farm price and soil bank issues during farm bill debates.
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Saa
Call
Mittee
Ohio
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Kerr
D-Ohia
Kefaver
D-Tenn
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Bender
Holland
D-Fla
Humphrey
D-Minn
Solon Speech Attacks U S Middle East Policy
Sen Wayne Morse addressing the Ohio zone conference of the United Jewish Appeal criticized U S foreign policy in the Middle East. He said the State Department treats Israel as an orphan despite U S influence in the UN helping create the state and urged shifting policy away from compromising with totalitarian governments.
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Middle East
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ohio
United Jewish Appeal
State Department
Israel
United States
United Nations
Morse
OVEC Project Complete with Two New Power Plants
The Ohio Valley Electric Corp OVEC finishes Cunty Creek Plant at Madison Indiana and Kyger Creek near Gallipolis. The facilities deliver 2,965000 kilowatts and a 330000 volt system to the Portsmouth AEC project, marking a three year, 85 million dollar upgrade by 15 utilities. Power moves along 380 miles of lines to the Portsmouth site for uranium isotope separation.
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Gallipolis
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Ohio Valley
Ohio Power
Jet bomber crash in El Paso kills one, injures another
An XB-51 three engine jet bomber, the sole remaining example, was destroyed in a Sunday crash near El Paso. One man was killed and another seriously injured. A second XB-51 reportedly crashed in 1982.
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Jne
EL Paso
Tex
Five Year Pact To End UE Strike Approved
Pittsburgh reports a five year agreement between the United Electrical Workers and Westinghouse ends a 53 day strike at Philadelphia and other plants. The deal raises hourly pay by 25 cents from 2.10 and mirrors terms of a separate AFL-CIO contract. local union chapters vote on national strike settlement.
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Pittsburgh
United
Afl-Cio Internatonal Union of Electrical Workers
Children Die After Eating Rat Poison in Michigan Home
In Ackson Michigan two young children Daniel Robb five and Judy three died Sunday after apparently eating rat poison found in a kitchen cupboard. Coroner Loren Bates ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Police said the poison was found while their parents were sleeping.
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Ackson
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Twoung
T Hey
T Heir
Loren Bates
Daniel Robb
Judy
Clayton Robb
Weekend Death Toll Doubles as Toll Rises to Sixteen
Reported weekend fatalities surge to 16 amid traffic crashes. Congress negotiators in Washington push to rewrite a 2 billion farm bill with sharp differences between Senate and House versions. Senate plan includes 12 billion soilbank and extended parity supports. House favors restoring 9 percent parity for major crops and boosting dairy supports.
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Senate House
Ohio
Eesiense Fae
India
New Delhi
Anastas
Filender
D-La
Mikoyan
Senate
Congress
Revolution Has Already Begun The Red Chiefs Attack Stalin
Former Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Khokhlov says the February 1956 Soviet Congress openly denounced dictatorship and exposed the bankruptcy of the system. He argues Khrushchev failed to build a new order and the ruling circle seeks to save itself by blaming Stalin and shifting blame for conditions on others.
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Nasm Evera
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Nika Khrushchev
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Segregation Tensions Rise From Dixie Beatings and Bombings
The Associated Press reports scattered violence as segregation tensions flare in the South. In Pensacola Florida about 100 Negroes attacked two white men after a Negro was shot. In Atlanta a home explosion damaged a white neighborhood home linked to Negroes who had moved in. Senator Stennis warned of Southern resolve to reverse Supreme Court rulings.
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Pensacola
Fla
Atlanta
Johnnie J. Maloy
Hillary Calhoun
Maloy
Foster King
Andrews
Alhorn
Washington
Senator Stennis
D-Miss
South Court
House
Planes Fail, One Crashes Into Monongahela River
Two Navy planes on separate flights from Columbus Naval Air Station to Quonset, Rhode Island encountered trouble today. One plane crashed into the Monongahela River near a southeastern Pennsylvania town. three men were aboard the craft. The other landed safely at a West Virginia airport. Only the tail remained visible after the crash and divers planned dawn recovery. Names of the crew were not released.
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West , Virginia
Columbus Naval Air Station
Quonset, R. I
End of Cyprus curfew sparks postlockdown unrest
After a 24 hour curfew, Cypriots again roamed freely while pro Greek groups threaten further action. British authorities search for a rebel leader hiding as a priest. Governor Sir John Harding imposes curfews in 15 cities to curb violence on Greece independence anniversary. About 160000 residents confined.
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Mediterranean
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Sir John Harding
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Brite
John Harding
Kyrenia
Government House
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Landing
Youth League Appeals for Federal Action on Segregation
The Ohio Labor Youth League, labeled subversive, campaigns for signatures urging federal intervention in the South's racial dispute. Attorney general warns the drive is Communist inspired, while SYL chair Jerry Gordon calls it a distortion and defends aims to secure democratic rights for the Negro race and end violence by the White Citizens Council. He notes involvement with the Communist party’s educational efforts.
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Ohio: Labor Youth League
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Subversive Activities Control Board
South
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Jerry Gordon
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Sai
League
Communi Party
League 2
Eisen
Ower
Gordon
White Citizens Council
Law and Order
Hammarskjold Tour of Middle East Proposed by U N
The United Nations Security Council considered a U S proposal to send Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold on a peace mission to the Middle East. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was expected to introduce a formal resolution after the council convened to discuss the volatile border situation among Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt Jordan Lebanon and Syria.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Art teacher charged in elopement with student
In New York a high school art teacher George Wald aged 41 was charged with kidnapping and criminal mistreatment after he secretly married 17 year old Syd ney Silverman, the daughter of Sydney Silverman. The two eloped on January 9 and authorities say he has been married three times. Sydney’s parents reported the wedding after discovering the relationship.
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George Wald
Sydney Silverman
Sydney
Fools See Sai Astronomer Says Planet Brightens Through May
Cincinnati astronomer Paul Herget said the planet genus will appear brighter until about May 15 and warned first viewers may see a lying saucer. He cited sunlight reflecting off Venus clouds as the cause of the brightness. Karachi, Pakistan rejects neutrality overtures from Soviet Russia, reaffirming Western ties.
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Direcor
Paul Herget
University of Cincinnati Observatory
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Karachi
Pakistan
West
Soviet
Governors Viewed as Possible Dem Running Mates
The Associated Press reports Democrats discuss alternatives to Kefauver and Stevenson as primary focus shifts to California’s June vote. Names floated include A. B. "Happy" Chandler Kentucky Averell Harriman New York and Frank Lausche Ohio. Republicans complain of stalled farm legislation and question party direction amid Minnesota primary shifts.
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Associated Press
Leonard W. Hall
Paul M. Butler
Philadelphia
Butler
Dhat Eisenhower
Hall
Congress
Minnesota
Mall
Kefauver
Stevenson
Boy Shoots Pal in Game
Columbus juveniles face possible charges after a 16 year old companion died from a 22 caliber gunshot during a variation of Russian roulette. Paul Gilmore 15 admitted firing the shot. The boys loaded two cartridges in an old revolver and spun the cylinder before pulling the trigger.
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Columbus
Paul Gilmore
Charles Slafcott
Gilmore
Sid Hoye
Girl Attacked in Kentucky Town in Ludlow and Newport
A 12 year-old girl from Cincinnati was duped by a man with a pock marked face who lured her into his car in Ludlow, then dumped her near Alexandria hours later. Police say the assailant posed as a police officer to seize the girl as she visited her uncle. The report notes no injuries disclosed and the girl sought help at a nearby home.
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Cincinnati
Irl
Ludlow
Here
Campbell County
Alexandria
Boy Shot in Chase by Poll Hot Car
A one year old boy was shot in the back and killed by a policeman’s bullet last night. The victim, Leo Lew’s, son of a bricklayer, was in a stolen car in front of a recently vandalized building. Officers pursued the car at high speed, then chased the youth on foot after the crash. Patrolman Allen Pearse said the youth failed to heed warnings to halt.
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County Morgue
Leo Lew
Leo
Allen Pearse
North American Chiefs Hold Neighborly Talks
President Eisenhower arrived in White Sulphur Springs and met with Mexican leader Adolfo Tulz Cortines and Canadian Premier Louis St Laurent for a three way summit. The aim is to discuss hemispheric security and common interests while keeping informal bilateral ties. Sam Snead joined Eisenhower for a morning golf at the Greenbrier before talks begin.
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Eisenhower
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Adolfo Tulz Cortines
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Louis Sr
Durant
Canada
America
Washington
United States
Sam Snead
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