Ohio House Weighs Milk Price Control Bill
The Ohio House votes on a bill to create a dairy markets division in the Department of Agriculture with power to invoke producer level price controls for about 15 percent of Ohio milk producers not covered by federal orders. Opponents warn of a potential 3 to 5 cent rise in retail milk prices per quart.
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Columbus
Ohio House
State Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Ders
House
Senate
William O'Neill
Senate Education Committee
Daylight Time Up the Vote in Columbus Primary
Central Ohio voters decide today if the state capital should adopt Daylight Saving Time. Columbus, among 94 Ohio municipalities, could begin DST May 12 if approved, with future years set from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September. Several towns nearby would follow Columbus if it adopts DST.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marion
Lancaster
Circleville
Newark
Zanesville
Coshocton
Union and guild picket Lima News in ongoing strike
Fifty members of Local 296 International Typographical Union join the Lima Newspaper Guild picket at the Lima News. They claim they were rocked out by the paper. Forty five guild members have been on strike since May 1, with the paper publishing daily except Saturdays using non union workers.
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Lima
Ohio
International ‘Hypographical Union
ITU
Lima Newspaper Guild
Lima News
Bowles to Give Oberlin Commencement Address
Oberlin College will hear Chester Bowles deliver the commencement address on June 10. Bowles, former governor of Connecticut and ambassador to India, is the featured speaker for the ceremony.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Oberlin College
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
India
Italy seeks new Premier after Segni resignation
President Giovanni Gronchi opens the search for a new government to unite Italy's moderate center front after Antonio Segni's 22 month tenure ends. Adone Zoli or Guido Gonella are top Christian Democrat contenders amid a fractured four party coalition, with Saragat's Social Democrats leaving the Cabinet.
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ROME
Giovanni Gronchi
Italy
Center Front
Center Coalition
Antonio Segni
Segni
Christian Democratic Party
Adone Zoli
Guido Gonella
Christian Democrat
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democrats
Giuseppe Saragat
Social Democrats
Saragat
Socialist
Sydney students raid U S aircraft carrier Bennington prank
Ten Sydney University students in pirate dress boarded the U S aircraft carrier Bennington before reveille and sounded the general alarm. The ship’s crew rushed to battle stations, realizing minutes later it was a commemoration prank. An officer praised the spirit while noting the scare.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney University
U. S
Bennington
Nicaraguans Reported Near Honduran Capital
An unofficial report claimed Nicaraguan troops entered the Cifuentes area in southeastern Honduras about 75 miles east of Tegucigalpa. Officials had not confirmed the invasion.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Cifuentes
Former U S Senator Hazel Abel Named American Mother 1957
Hazel Abel of Lincoln Nebraska 68 a former U S senator and construction company president was named American Mother of 1957 by the American Mothers Committee at its national conference. She is widowed with five children and six grandchildren and has led youth welfare and juvenile delinquency prevention initiatives across Nebraska and the nation. Next Friday she will receive the honor at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon.
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New York
Hazel Hempel Abel
Lincoln
Neb
U. S
Daniel A. Poling
American Mothers Committee, Inc
Abel
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Hazel Abel
Nebraska
U. S. Senate
Dwight Griswold
Profiles in Courage Wins Pulitzer for Kennedy and O'Neill
The Pulitzer prizes announced by Columbia University name Eugene O'Neill posthumous drama winner for Long Day's Journey Into Night and John F. Kennedy for Profiles in Courage. Other honorees include Chicago Daily News for the Hodge fraud uncover, and Res ton, Wilbur, Dello Joio, and Jones among winners across history poetry music international reporting and photography.
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Eugene O’neill
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Congress
Columbia University
O'Neill
Kennedy
Massachusetts
U. S
Chicago Daily News
Illinois
Orville E. Hodge
George F. Keenan
Rus
Sia
Russia
Richard Wilbur
Norman Dello Joio
Salt Lake Tribune
Grand Canyon
Bakers Union Targeted by CIO Ethical Practices Panel
The AFL C IO Ethical Practices Committee shifted focus from the Teamsters to the Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union to probe alleged misuse of union funds. Curtis R. Sims accuses president James C. Cross and VP George Stuart, who resigned, of financial improprieties. Sims was suspended.
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Bakers Union
CIO Ethical Practices Committee
Washington
AFL- Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Teamsters
Labor Federation
Bakery and Confectionary Workers
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Sims
Herman Winter
Bakers Organization
Cross
Ohio to discuss statewide educational TV network
Cincinnati WCET general manager Uberto T Neely said nine Ohio cities will gather in Columbus on Friday to plan a cooperative exchange and form an Ohio Educational Broadcasting Council. Akron Bowling Green Cleveland Columbus Dayton Oxford Toledo and Cincinnati are represented.
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Athens
Columbus
Ohio
Uberto T. Neely
WCET
Akron
Bowling Green
Cleveland
Dayton
Oxford
Toledo
ETC
Ohio Educational Broadcasting Council
Neely
New Ceramic Fuel Enables Atomic Reactor Test
Four scientists at Argonne National Laboratory disclosed a successful operation of an atomic power reactor using only ceramic fuels. The report to the American Ceramic Society conference described ceramic fuel replacing metal fuel in this first demonstrated reactor run.
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Dallas
Argonne National Laboratory
American Ceramic Society
Plans for Ohio River toll bridge advance
Plans for a new Ohio River toll bridge at New Martinsville were forwarded by the U S Engineers Monday to the division office in Cincinnati. Homer Gray of the Navigation Department said the department has received no objections to the proposed bridge.
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Teamsters
Beck
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Huntington
W. Va
New Martinsville
U. S. Engineers
Cincinnati
Homer Gray
Navigation Department
Soviet ships move from Baltic amid war fears
Reporters cite Norwegian and other sources that the Soviet Union is shifting warships away from the Baltic Sea to avoid bottling up vessels if conflict escalates.
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Soviet Union
Baltic Sea
Weather Notes From Ohio and Nearby Regions
Ohio remains fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday with lows 40 to 45 and a high Wednesday. West Virginia stays clear and cool tonight with lows 36 to 44 and sunny dry and warmer Wednesday. The Weather Sentry lists several cities showing varied conditions from clear to cloudy with temperatures in the 60s to 70s across Denver Des Moines Fort Worth Indianapolis Los Angeles Miami and New Orleans.
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West Virginia
Bismarck
Cleveland
Ceeeeerss
Denver
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Él Miami
Paul
New Orleans
We.s
Girl Begins 21 Day Fast For Glory of God
Sixteen year old Evelyn Jenkins of Chattanooga Tennessee started a religious fast aimed at lasting at least 21 days. She joined the Voice of Faith Temple last fall and says she has never been a church member before.
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Chattanoga
Tenn
Evelyn Jenkins
Voice of Faith Temple
United States to Bolster Formosa With Matador Nuclear Missiles
The U.S. Embassy said Washington will reinforce the Chinese Nationalist stronghold of Formosa by sending Matador guided missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads.
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Taipeh
Formosa
United States
U.S
League Voters Discuss County Government Streamlining
At the 30th annual meeting in Toledo Ohio the League of Women Voters of Ohio debates two measures approved by the House to simplify county government. Mrs Fred Davis Lima third vice president and lobbyist urges 250 delegates to back the bills. One would allow county charter style government and the other would revise county manager hiring powers.
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Toledo
Ohio
League of Women Voters of
Fred Davis
Lima
League
House of Representatives
House
Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Columbus
In Columbus Mrs. Jean Watson 18 mother of three was shot by her estranged husband Ronnie 20 near her home and then he killed himself with a 16 gauge shotgun. Authorities reported the fatal double tragedy occurred early today in the vicinity of the woman's residence.
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Columbus
Jean Watson
Ronnie
Detroit Strikes Persist Over Job Security at Chrysler
Wildcat walk outs continued at Chrysler Corp as disputes over job security lingered. The labor unrest stirred Monday amid unresolved contract talks affecting production and plant operations.
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Detroit
Wildcat
Chrysler Corp
Swedish Princess Plans Royal Romance With Humble Suitor
The London Daily Mail reports Princess Margaretha plans to marry British suitor Robin Douglas-Home despite royal opposition. He is a 25 year old nephew of the Earl of Home, earning 15 pounds weekly from advertising and more from hotel work. The couple reportedly will wait two years to wed.
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Margaretha
The
Mail
Gustaf VI
Robin Douglas- Home
Earl of Home
Douglas-Home
Marine disrupts Voroshilov visit by tearing down flags in Jakarta
A U S Marine guard tore down Indonesian flags for Soviet leader Klementi Voroshilov during his state visit in Jakarta. The embassy apologized and ordered the Marine to leave Indonesia, labeling the act a drunken prank with no political aim. Local papers reported the incident and noted a mixed welcome for Voroshilov despite a tense start outside the palace.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U.S
Klementi Voroshilov
U. S
Foreign Ministry
Voroshilov
Weise
Voroshilovy
Will makes Reading dog Bobby owner of $50,800 estate
Reading Pa. Bobby a four year old mutt inherits the entire $50,800 estate of Ruth A. Mauer. Probate filed in Berks County Court House names Bobby principal beneficiary and provides a nurse, air conditioned bed, apartment access and daily walks.
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Reading
Bobby
Bobby Monday
Ruth A. Maurer
Berks County Court House
Juvenile Judge Group Seeks BIS Expansion
A committee of the Ohio Association of Juvenile Judges planned to meet Gov. C William O'Neill seeking administration backing to enlarge the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster in Lancaster Ohio.
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Juvenile Judge Group
BIS
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Association of Juvenile Judges
C. William O'Neill
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Fireman Learns Body Was That of Wife
Asbury Park N J A fireman helped recover a body from Deal Lake and later learned the victim in night clothes was his wife. Herman Rohleder drove the fire department’s aerial ladder truck as crews were called to the lake for an apparent suicide.
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Asbury Park
Deal Lake
Herman Rohleder
Eisenhower to Appeal Directly to the People for Support
President Eisenhower plans to go directly to the people to rally backing for his legislative program. White House notes decision on timing may wait until after talks with congressional leaders on foreign aid.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
League of Women Voters
Veto Hint Shapes House Debate on Housing Bill
Washington AP report notes a veto hint as the House weighs a broad mortgage credit bill with veterans housing preferences. Rep Talle opposes the veterans provisions and suggests a substitute omitting them, with Eisenhower administration support. The measure aims to ease financing and spur home building beyond admin recommendations.
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Washington
House
Talle
Iowa
House Banking Committee
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Affairs Group
Eisenhower
Rains
D-Ala
Fireworks Display at United Fireworks Co Damages Reported
Two explosions caused a large fireworks display sending shells 500 feet high. The blasts leveled two storage sheds and started fires, with damages estimated at 35 000 to 40 000 dollars. One firefighter suffered a minor leg injury.
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Dayton
United Fireworks Co
Second U.S. tanker reaches Eilat with Iranian oil shipment
A second United States tanker has arrived at Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba carrying oil believed to be from Iran.
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Amman
Jordan
U. S
Iran
Eilat
Gulf of Aqaba
Hiss Denies Guilt In New Book On Court Opinion
Alger Hiss asserts in a new 419 page Knopf book that political pressure public hysteria faked evidence and false testimony led to his perjury conviction. He was released from prison in 1954 and has lived quietly with his wife and son in New York.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Court of Public Opinion
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
Hiss
Sokolsky
Woman Found Dead in Basement Laundry Tub
Cleveland homicide detectives report the body of 22 year old Mrs. Ernestine Johnson found Monday night in a basement laundry tub. She appears to have been strangled with her belt and clothesline. Her left face was scorched by hot water.
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Cleveland
Ernestine Johnson
Bishop Hobson to Retire After 27 Years as Bishop
Henry Wise Hobson aged 65, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, announced at the 83rd diocese convention in Dayton that he will retire May 16 1959 after 27 years in office.
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Dayton
Ohio
Henry Wise Hobson
Episcopal Diocese of
Southern Ohio
Attempted assassination of Oak Hill mayor fails
In Gallipolis a dynamite blast intended to kill Oak Hill Mayor Wendell Hartin exploded beside a dirt loader. Marley Bates, 36, set off the charge and was burned, later treated. damage reached 3000 dollars. Sheriff Evans and Marshal Forbey investigate the detonating wires connection.
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Gallipolis
Wendell Hartin
Oak Hill
Hartin
State Highway Department
Marley Bates
Jackson County
John Evans
Fred Forbey
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