Egypt Plans Toll System For Suez Canal Outlined
Secretary General Hammarskjold departs Cairo with an Egypt plan to collect all canal tolls by Egypt and place portions in a UN account for maintenance and compensation. The plan reaffirms the 1888 Constantinople Convention and envisions a canal users group to discuss tolls and improvements.
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Cairo
Dam Hammarskjold
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Hammarskjold
United Nations
UN Technical Assistance Board
Constantinople
World Court
British Strike Snowballs with 500000 More Workers Walkout
Union bosses ordered 500000 factory workers to quit Saturday in a second stage of a snowball strike aimed at halting key dollar earning industries. Prime Minister Macmillan rushed back from Bermuda as the crisis deepened after last weekend's action by about a million workers in aviation, electrical and machine tool plants. The CS EU urged London area members to stop work due to a wage demand and alleged employers’ negotiating refusal.
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London
Britain
Macmillan
Bermuda
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
CSEU
Judge Defers Sentence for Ex-Stock Broker
Cincinnati Criminal Court Judge G. E. Kearns deferred sentence for Lenford H. Harrison a former investment broker. Harrison pleaded guilty to four indictments charging him with selling unregistered securities tied to oil lease ventures in Indiana and Kentucky in 1954 pending probation investigation.
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Cincinnati
G. E. Kearns
Lenford H. Harrison
Harrison
Indiana
Kentucky
Bids Opened for Test Borings on New Ohio River Bridge
Charleston news reports bids to be opened April 11 for test borings related to a proposed bridge spanning the Ohio River near New Martinsville in Wetzel County West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio River
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
Specialist Testifies In Trial Over Mrs Morrell's Death
London evidence shows Dr. Joan Bodkin Adams allegedly drugged Mrs Edith Morrell to gain inheritance. Prosecution witness Dr Arthur Douthwaite stated injections of morphia and heroin had no justification and left Morrell fully addicted. Morrell died in 1950 and was cremated after Adams claimed death from cerebral thrombosis.
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London
Joan Bodkin Adams
Arthur Henry Douthwaite
Adams
Edith Alice Morrell
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Doughwaite
Morrell
Specia
Olympic Pair Harolds Connolly and Olga Fikotova Wed
Olympic champions Harold Connolly and Olga Fikotova wed in Prague amid East West tensions and religious controversy. The Boston hammer thrower and the Czech discus queen married in civil, Catholic, and Protestant ceremonies, risking excommunication per Father Reinberg who warned Connolly might lose Holy Sacraments.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Harold Connolly
Olga Fikotova
Boston
Connolly
Father Reinberg
Plan may end draft with merit based pay proposal
A Defense Department committee says a merit based pay plan could save five billion dollars annually and might render the draft unnecessary. Chairman Ralph Cordiner cites a 200,000 manpower cut and wage scales tied to actual work as key steps, with potential starts in 1961.
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Washington
Special Defense Department
Ralph Cordiner
Defense Department
Cordiner
Oscar Night Favorites Dominate Hollywood Predictions
Hollywood experts name Ingrid Bergman for best actress and Yul Brynner for best actor as the Oscar night favorites. Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack are tipped for supporting actress and actor, with George Stevens for director and Around the World in 80 Days as best picture. Debates linger over Bergman versus Deborah Kerr and other contenders as the ceremony nears.
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Hollywood
Ingrid Berg
Yul Brynner
Dorothy Malone
Robert Stack
George Stevens
Middletown Woman Recalls Blizzard Passenger Ordeal
Norma Duff of Middletown Ohio one of 253 aboard the Rock Island Golden State Limited describes a two day blizzard entrapment near Meade Kansas. Passengers were rescued by train then taken to Chicago and Meade with many lacking heat water and food. Duff compared their experience to living like Eskimos and recalled cold crowded cars and improvised warmth.
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Norma Duff
Middletown
Ohio
Rock Island Railroad
Golden State Limited
Meade
Kan
Chicago
Miss Duff
Los Angeles
Blizzard Death Toll Rises to Thirty Six Across Western Plains
The spring snowstorm across the Western Plains left 36 dead, with the hardest hit areas facing ruined grazing and lost cattle herds. Winds of 70 to 80 miles per hour scoured crop and pasture lands, and crop experts across Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and Texas say the snow improves drought but fails to provide sufficient moisture.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas
Stresses May Lower Fertility Says Duke Doctor
Dr. Robert N. Creadick of Duke University told the American Academy of General Practice that emotional stress can disrupt hormones and nerves, potentially causing sterility in men and women. He noted psychological factors are a major focus of recent fertility research and cited the hypothalamus as a key mediator.
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ST. Louis
Robert N. Creadick
Duke University
American Academy of General Practice
Creadick
Mead Warns Men Grow Too Tame in Domestic Life
Sociologist Margaret Mead says American men today are too family conscious, losing adventurous spirit. She calls the shift a dangerous retirement into domestic life, noting rising numbers decline job moves to avoid disrupting children.
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Mead
Los Angeles
Margaret Mead
Dr. Mead
Ohio Governor outlines Route 33 right of way plan
Gov. C William ONeill announced a highway program on Tuesday including the purchase of a right of way to improve Route 33 between Athens and Pomeroy. The work would be part of the post 1959 program.
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Athens
Pomeroy
Local Sports and TV Teasers Highlight Evening Page
A compact index lists games at 14 with agi tenes and 19 hs fields. Glouster schedules segues tyits for 2 13 MM ii vescs while Nelsonville and Point Pleasant appear in regional listings.
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Hs Ec
Cnet
Sssessseceerss
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Eebisute
Pomeroy
Middleport Coon
Seaes Sa
Two U S Aides Kalled Wife Kidnapped in Iran
Two American aid officials were killed and Kevin M. Carroll’s wife was kidnapped after bandits attacked their two cars in Iran. Gen. Golpiri said two Iranians also died in the incident, and the Americans exchanged fire for about an hour before attackers boarded the vehicles. Carroll was a Kerman area development adviser from Issaquah Washington. Brewster A. Wilson was a Near East Foundation official from Portland Oregon. The U S Embassy withheld names pending notification.
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Tehran
Almaghi Golpiri
Golpiri
U.S
Kevin M. Carroll
Issaquah
Wash
Kerman
Iran
Brewster A. Wilson
Portland
Ore
Block Development Socialist of the Near
Carroll
Ohio to study state purchase of Malabar Farm
The Ohio Legislature agrees to a five week study by a legislative committee on whether to buy Malabar Farm in Richland County for 145000 dollars. If purchased the site could serve as an experimental farm or a possible eastern Ohio state university location. The move followed a Senate approved House resolution during a long floor session.
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Columbus
Ohio
Malabar
Richland County
Louis Bromfield
Senate
Ohio State University
Guernsey County
Salt Fork
HOUSE
House Industry and Labor Committee
Guard Unit Sergeant Needs Five Languages
The top sergeant of Company A, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment must issue commands in five languages. Twenty-five of the 75 National Guard members are foreign born, many new to the United States. German Polish Slovenian and English have been used. Hungarian was added after two February arrivals joined the unit.
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Cleveland
107Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
National Guard
Bill to raise track kitty takeout and boost funds
The Ohio House Agriculture Committee approved 18 to 1 a bill by Rep. Fred Cassel to raise the takeout on race track wagers from 13 to 15.5 percent at harness tracks and to tap the kitty for county fairs state treasuries and purse money. The measure would raise about 369000 dollars annually for the state and provide funds to county fairs and the Ohio State Fair.
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Columbus
House Agriculture Committee
Fred Cassel
Wyandott
Ohio
Mental Patient Faces Charges of Kidnapping
In Wheeling West Virginia a 34 year old mental hospital escapee faces grand jury action next month on kidnapping charges. Carl Bassnett of Wheeling is accused of abducting Judy Kinney a 21 year old telephone operator who was held for three hours before she persuaded him to release her.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Carl Bassnett
Judy Kinney
Elvis and Marine Forge Postcard Peace After Pistol Incident
Elvis Presley and Marine Pfc. Hershel Nixon settled a toy pistol scare in Memphis in a city court hearing. Presley said the prop gun was mistaken for a real weapon and Nixon believed he might be attacked. They shook hands and declared the matter resolved.
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Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Presley
Pfc
Hershel Nixon
St. Louis
Beverly Boushe
Eisenhower warns of suffering if cuts hit defense and aid
President Eisenhower warned at a news conference that substantial cuts to the budget would force elimination or drastic curtailment of key programs. He opposed large reductions in foreign aid and said savings might be found in state spending and postal costs. He also reported feeling better after Bermuda talks and a health-boosting cruise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Bermuda
Britain
Macmillan
Eisenhower Defends Fifth Amendment in Beck Testimony
President Eisenhower backed Congress’s right to investigate and said invoking the Fifth Amendment signals a matter a man does not wish to reveal. He avoided legal judgments but affirmed Congress as a vital investigatory body amid Senate inquiries into labor and industry. Beck invoked the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and constitutional protection against self incrimination during testing questions from the Rackets Investigating Committee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Teamster
Dave Beck
Senate
Beck
Congress
Teamsters Union
James Duff
A Bill Is a Her Is Its Controversial
In Annapolis the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill after extended debate. Senator Markus quipped about bringing it to the floor, and another lawmaker noted the bill’s gender as a playful exchange over its controversy.
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Bill
Fred
Gas employee arrested in Springfield office burglary
Ross E. Taylor a 33 year old Ohio Consolidated Gas Co. employee was arrested on a grand larceny charge in the $2600 burglary of the Springfield office. Police said the office was robbed March 12 and Taylor had worked in Springfield until about a year ago.
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Marion
Ohio
Ross E. Taylor
Ohio Consolidated Gas Co
Ohio Consolidated
Springfield
Taylor
Yard Fence Sells Fast From Ad Response
A yard fence listed as woven wire 36 high with gate and posts sold to the first caller after Mrs. Paul Ferry placed the ad. The notice notes the furniture ad deal offering 3 days for the price of 2 and provides contact numbers 23351 and 31242.
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Paul Ferry
Indicted Gallipolis youth for fatal beating and robbery
Grayson County Virginia grand jury has indicted Lloyd Hall 17 of Gallipolis accusing him of fatally beating and robbing John Ward 67 of Ironton while riding through Virginia last month Authorities expect to move Hall to Independence Virginia for trial and he is held in Gallia County Jail after Ward s body was found beside U S Route 21 near Independence Gov ONeill ordered Hall to be returned to Virginia
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Gallipolis
Grayson County
Hill
Gallia County
Ward
Independence
Senator Seeks ID Cards for liquor purchasers in Ohio
Sen Ross Pepple of Lima proposes requiring identification cards with a holder’s photo to buy liquor in Ohio. The measure, backed by the Temperance League, aims to curb drunk driving and habitual intoxication by revoking licenses after multiple offenses.
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Columbus
Ross Pepple
Lima
Byrd urges Eisenhower to aid budget retrenchment
Senator Byrd of Virginia, head of the Senate Finance Committee, says the president controls available funds and pace of expenditures. He calls on President Eisenhower to submit a downward revision of the 71.8 billion dollar spending program for the new fiscal year and seeks coordinated action to achieve real reductions. He notes 70 billion dollars in balances remain from prior congresses.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Theater chain fined for violation of 1949 court order
In Buffalo New York the Schine theater interests were fined 73000 dollars in federal court for failing to dispose of 39 theaters as required by a 1949 court order.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Schine Theater
Defendents
Ohio
New York
Kentucky
Maryland
Porphyria Rare in Nine Month Old Boy Faces Uncertain Days
Louisville based report details nine month old Mark Lawrence treated for porphyria described as an inborn metabolism error. Doctors note his past near death during a brutal attack and temporary recovery. Parents expect possible future episodes, while son returns home with cautious hope.
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Louisville
Mark Steven Lawrence
C. J. Lawrence
Mark
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