Nixon Backed By Peru Police Amid University Protests
U S Vice President Richard Nixon faced anti U S student protests at San Marcos University in Lima where rocks and spit greeted him and a Secret Service agent was injured. Nixon left the campus amid calls to leave and moved to Catholic University while Lima newspapers criticized the government for failing to prevent disorder.
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Lima
Peru
U. S
Richard Nixon
San Marcos University
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Quito
Lima University
U. S. Secret Service
Catholic University
el Comercio
Ohio proposes prison medical center to aid rehabilitation
Maury C. Koblentz head of Ohio corrections urges building a 1500 bed prison medical center to treat prisoners with mental and emotional issues and chronic illness. The plan aims to reduce overcrowding at several facilities and pave the way for a 1500-bed center at an estimated cost of about 15 million dollars.
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Ohio
Koblentz
Plane Firms and Unions Open New Parleys
Los Angeles reports new talks started today between aircraft firms Convair Douglas and North American and unions IAM and UAW to avert a strike threat. About 98,300 union members are involved across the companies with tentative agreements formed at Lockheed in the aircraft division.
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Los Angeles
Harry Malcom
International Assn. of Machinists
United Auto Workers
Convair
Douglas Aircraft
North American Aviation
Lockheed
IAM
New York Democrat Powell Indicted on Tax Charges
Special federal grand jury indicted Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. on three counts for federal income tax evasion and aiding and preparing a fraudulent tax return for his wife pianist Hazel Scott. Powell, a Harlem Democrat and church leader, faces up to 15 years and $30,000 in fines if convicted.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Harlem
Hazel Scott
Powell
Congress
Eisenhower
GOP
Highway Department Approves U S 52 and Ohio 125 Plan
The Ohio Department of Highways announced final plans to improve the intersection of U S 52 and Ohio 125 west of Portsmouth in Scioto County. A new route for U S 52 was selected following a public hearing on April 2. The project includes relocation of part of U S 52 and a new bridge over Turkey Creek.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Highways Today
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Turkey Creek
Football Coach Shot In Leg By Student In Banning
In Banning California high school football coach Arthur Linden is shot in the thigh by student James Johnson 15. Linden may lose the leg doctors say Johnson is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and is held in Riverside Juvenile Hall after Linden reprimanded him for fighting before the incident.
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Banning
Calif
Arthur Linden
James Johnson
Riverside
Linden
Passengers Safe After Foam Runway Emergency Landing
An Eastern Air Lines Super-Constellation with 65 aboard landed safely in Charlotte after skidding on a foam covered runway. The nose dug in, the craft slid about 1,000 feet, and all 58 passengers and seven crew members escaped unharmed. Captain J. J. Randall received praise from a passenger for handling the incident.
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Charlotte
N.C
George England
Detroit
England
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
J. J. Randall
Don Radebaugh
Canton
Orlando
Fla
AFL-CIO Ready to Fight Union Shop Ban in Ohio
Ohio AFL-CIO’s merged leadership vows to defeat a proposed right-to-work amendment backed by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The resolution mobilizes the group’s 1 million members for the campaign against the measure and criticizes the McClelland Senate Rackets Committee as promoting anti labor sentiment.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Afl-Cio
United Labor Group
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Senate
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
McClelland Committee
New York Artist Norman Bel Geddes Dies at 65
Norman Bel Geddes a prominent New York artist designer and theatrical producer died Thursday from a heart attack at age 65. The obituary notes his influence in stage and industrial design and his long career in the arts.
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New York
Eisenhower aides weigh broadened tax writeoffs for industry
At Hot Springs secret talks with Secretary Weeks and the Business Advisory Council explored expanding depreciation writeoffs for new plants and equipment. A private government source said the plan is under serious Washington consideration and could boost job creation through plant modernization and expansion. Senator Homer Capehart has introduced a bill backing larger first‑year writeoffs, with defense‑related industry seen as a model from the Korean War. The BAC includes top American industry leaders and anti recession measures are on the agenda.
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Hot Springs
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Business Advisory Council
Washington
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
BAC
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Ike's Space Plans Face Overhaul
Washington sources say Eisenhower's civilian space agency proposal will be overhauled to avoid military project encroachment. Navy Army and Air Force briefings urged preserving Defense Department funding and direction for space research. Assistant Navy secretary Garrs Norton warned the bill could allow a future civilian head to seize control of all air and space travel.
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Air Force
Malcolm MaclIntyre
Senate Space Committee
Washington
Eisenhower
Navy
Army
Defense
Defense McElroy
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Garrison Norton
Hero Principal Case to County Board
Harley Haskins 57 principal of Grafton Kennedy Elementary Northridge returns to work after a two week absence following a guilty plea to unlawful abuse of two sixth grade girls. A crowd of about 1000 greeted him as the Montgomery County Board of Education considers the case with a transcript from Juvenile Court Judge Frank W Nicholas. Haskins defends friendly arm gestures as harmless while denying any evil intent.
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Dayton
Harley Haskins
Montgomery County Board of Education
Haskins
Grafton - Kennedy
Northridge
Herbert M. Jacobson
Board of Education
Frank W. Nicholas
Film Pioneer Dies in Rye N Y Casanave Sr
Charles L. Casanave Sr. 64, a motion picture industry pioneer and co founder and president of the Fred Astaire dance studio chain, died Wednesday in Rye New York.
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Rye
N. Y
Charles L. Casanave Sr
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
Red diplomats banned in Vienna over blackmail plot
Vienna police accuse two Hungarian diplomats of pressuring a refugee to spy for them. First secretary Jozsef Kartesz and consular official Jozsef Teleki are named as the accused in the embattled legation case in Austria.
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Vienna
Austria
Legation
Jozsef Kartesz
Jozsef Teleki
Diplomat Joseph E. Davies Dies After Illness
Washington reports the death of Joseph E. Davies former ambassador to the Soviet Union and diplomat under three presidents after a lengthy illness.
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Washington
Joseph FE. Davies
Soviet Union
Cop Receives Valor Award for Gun Battle Wounding
Columbus highway patrolman Augustine P. Giuffre was awarded the O. W. Merrell Valor Award after being wounded three times in a December 19 1957 gun battle with robbery suspects James Myers and Walter Jankowski at a drive in restaurant west of Columbus. The suspects were later captured and imprisoned.
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Columbus
Augustine P. Giuffre
O. W. Merrell
Giuffre
Columbus Post
Madison County
James Myers
Walter Jankowski
Highway Department
Ohio River Near Crest as Flood Levels Rise
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River edging toward a crest of 57.5 feet, higher than any late year on record. Upstream at New Richmond several families relocate as levels pass 54 feet. Portsmouth expects 49 to 50 feet with minor damage. Maysville KY forecasts 56 feet by midnight. Gal li polis and Pomeroy also brace for crest without major inundation.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
New Richmond
Portsmouth
Maysville
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Old hurts me more routine jury quip lands fine
Hillside New Jersey magistrate Henry Goldher fined his 17 year old son Stephen 25 for careless driving. The judge joked the punishment hurt him more than the defendant as he issued the fine Thursday.
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Hillside
N.J
Henry Goldher
Stephen
Armed Services Panel Prepares Military Reorganization Bill
The House Armed Services Committee plans to present its military reorganization bill to the House by the end of next week. Chairman Carl Vinson said hearings will end midweek and the committee will finish drafting the bill within a couple of days.
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Washington—I
House Armed Services Committee
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Boy's Body Found After Nimishillen Creek Search
Four day search for 7 year old Wilbert Kimble Jr. ends as his body is recovered five miles south of the fall site in the swollen Nimishillen Creek after he slipped from a wall while throwing sticks into the current.
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Canton
Wilbert Kimble Jr
Nimishillen
Weather outlook for Virginia and nearby states
Five day forecast shows cooler air and more clouds across Virginia Indiana Ohio and surrounding regions with temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal. Expect scattered showers mainly south tonight and statewide through Tuesday with variable cloudiness and mild temperatures overall. Local cities report mixed conditions including cloudy Richmond and cooler nights in the north with occasional rain.
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Virginia
Ohio
Ohlo
Albany
Bismarck
Chicago
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
Milwaukee
Cesces
Ohio River Crest Reaches 46.6 At Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant reports the Ohio River crested at 46.6 feet, six feet above flood stage, with the Kanawha River beginning to fall. Floodwaters damaging hundreds of acres of barley, alfalfa, and hay cause thousands in losses as crops were near first cutting after prior drought losses.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Kanawha
Kanawha River
Twenty four miners rescued from flooded West Virginia mine
Twenty four men trapped for more than 13 hours in Boone County Coal Corp No 2 A mine were brought to surface at dawn. A four man rescue crew threaded honey combed passages to reach them and the last man emerged about 5 a.m. Family and friends awaited at the bathhouse as the group rested and sang.
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Sharples
W. Va
Boone County Coal Corp
Orville Kitchen
Robert Turner
Lon Hamilton
Crawford L. Wilson
West Virginia Department of Mines
Water Covers Two Trucks On Flooded Route 17
Two large tractor trailers were swept into floodwaters along Route 17 at Three Mile Creek as drivers attempted to cross the water. One was a Kroger Grocery truck with 7000 loaves of bread and the other carried meat. both drivers escaped before the embankment gave way and police arrived.
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Point Pleasant
Route 17
Three Mile Creek
Kroger
Chemical Workers Strike Closes Plant at New Martinsville
Officials of the McKay Chemical Co. plant north of New Martinsville say plant closure follows breakdown in talks with Local 566 of the International Chemical Workers Union AFL-CIO. Negotiations with the 120-member union began six weeks earlier and collapsed Thursday.
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New
Martinsville
W. Va
McKay Chemical Co
Ohio River
Chemical Workers Union
International Chemical Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Barricades May Fall on Uhrichsville Highway Blockade
An Ohio avoidable road blockage near Uhrichsville may be removed next week as Tuscarawas County plans temporary repairs to the U S routes 250 36 and Ohio 8 through the city. The council voted to pay 12 8 percent of a 135 000 permanent repair project under the emergency road program with the federal government covering two thirds of the cost.
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Uhrichsville
Ohio Department of Highways Division
Tuscarawas County
U. S 36
Ohio
William Quicksall
New Philadelphia
Ohio Motorists Urged To Have Cars Checked
Columbus Ohio Motorists are urged to participate in this year’s voluntary vehicle safety check program. Gordon Jeffrey director of the State Department of Highway Safety announced that more than 400 Ohio communities are taking part nationwide and expect broad participation.
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Columbus
Gordon Jeffery
State Department of Highway Safety
Ohio
United States
Jeffery
Bill Goodwin Dead in Palm Springs Car
Veteran radio announcer Bill Goodwin was found dead in his car in Palm Springs California early today. Authorities believe a heart attack caused the death. This item notes the passing of the prominent broadcaster.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Bill Goodwin
No Movies in Six Months Striking Projectionists Halt Butte Theaters
Butte Montana with 35000 residents has seen no film premieres for 642 months as five theaters shut down amid a projectionists strike. The conflict centers on whether one or two operators are needed for modern equipment. Fox Intermountain Amusement Corp offers 41 per hour for a single operator. two operators previously earned 283 each. Nearby Anaconda theatergoers use special buses, costing 150 for a round trip, to attend shows and pay theater ticket price.
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John Tella
Fox Intermountain Amusement Corp
Sam Spiegel
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Butte
Anaconda
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