Favorites Win Handily In Most Ohio Primary Races
Ohio voters produce clear margins in a wide slate of races. Key figures include Frank Lausche sweeping Democratic senatorial bids and Robert Taft Jr. winning the Republican congressman-at-large nomination. Many statewide offices see decisive party victories with several incumbents unopposed.
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GOP
Lausche
Briley
Ohio Republican Finance Committee
Summit County
John S. Ballard
Akron
Charles E. Fry
Springfield
Ross Pepple
Lima
Robert Taft Jr
Cincinnati
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Richard D. Kennedy
Cleveland
John J. Gallagher
John W. Brown
Medina
Robert E. Sweeney
Atty
William A. Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
John W. Donahey
Alliance
Roger W. Tracy
Columbus
Charles L. Babcock
Canton
Ted W. Brown
Thomas FE. Ferguson
Joseph T. Ferguson
John D. Herbert
Carl V. Weygandt
Lakewood
Supreme Court
Kingsley A. Taft
Common Pleas Court
James J. Mayer
Mansfield
John M. Matthias
Richard T. Cole
Paul M. Herbert
Berlin Split Clouds U S West Germany Talks Threaten Berlin Dialog
Washington reports a potential open split between the United States and West Germany over Berlin talks with the Soviet Union. Kennedy administration aims to proceed with probing discussions but uncertainty remains on Rusk’s pace. A meeting with Dobrynin is anticipated as the President prepares a public briefing.
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United States
West Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Centaur Rocket Explosion Probed Near Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla radio signals and telescopic film analyzed by technicians to determine why the first Centaur high energy rocket exploded in flight. Project Mercury watched for clues that could delay astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter's May 17 orbital flight after the 105 foot Centaur blew up 30 000 feet over the Atlantic 55 seconds after launch. Indications point to a fault in the Atlas first stage as investigators sought the cause of the disaster.
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Rails Contend Merger For Public Good
The Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads pushed a merger as public benefit. Stockholders endorsed the plan at both Philadelphia and Albany meetings. The proposal moves to the Interstate Commerce Commission for hearings expected to start mid summer and possible approval by year end.
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New York Central
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Philadelphia
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Albany
N.Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
UN Moves 42 000 Baluba From Ramshackle Refugee Camp
United Nations Command begins transferring more than 42 000 Baluba tribesmen from a ramshackle refugee camp near Elisabethville after eight months of congestion and delays.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
United Nations Command
Senate defeats bid to muzzle Southerners in literacy vote
The Senate defeated a motion to table the administration's voter literacy test bill 64 to 33, ending any hope to limit debate. Earlier vote to restrict debate failed 53 to 43, with more than a third opposing invoking the anti filibuster rule. Leader Mike Mansfield warned the two thirds to curb debate was unlikely.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Six Die In Plane Crash At Loring AFB Maine
An Air Force KC135 tanker jet crashed on takeoff at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone Maine killing six men who were aboard the four man crew. The fire was quickly controlled and all six bodies were recovered.
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Limestone
Maine
Air Force
Loring Air Force Base
Air Force Public Information
Red Refugees Returned From Hong Kong to China
Hong Kong police and British troops roundup thousands of refugees from Red China and return them to the mainland. Overcrowding and lack of resettlement options drive the forced repatriations after perilous journeys by land and sea.
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China
Hong Kong
Red China
Kowloon
Whistler Not Firemen In Steubenville Wolf Whistles
Steubenville fire chief says firefighters are not responsible for wolf whistles near the South Street station. The culprit was a myna bird after women complained of whistles as they passed. A mine accident near St Clairsville killed motorman Robert Patt, 52, of Brooks Run when a mine passage roof collapsed about 12 miles south of here.
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Ralph A. Sonnetto
South Street
Myna Bird
ST. Clairsville
Robert Patt
Brooks Run
Here
Abele Wins Close GOP Race For Congress In 10th District
Pete Abele Mc Arthur attorney defeats Fred Rice Jackson businessman for the Republican nomination with 14 673 votes to 13 576 after full results. Incumbent Walter H Moeller runs unopposed in the Democratic primary. Ford ham leads Bumpass in the Democratic nomination for the 914th District Senate in three of 11 counties Athens Washington and Licking.
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Pete) Abele
McArthur
Fred Rice
Jackson
Congress
Associated Press
Abele
Rice
Walter H. Moeller
Delbert A. Ford
Ham
Marietta
H. Kent Bumpass
Athens
Washington
Licking
Soviets Demand France In Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
At Geneva the Soviet Union said it will not sign a three power test ban without France. Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin cited France's Sahara underground test and urged against an international control system in light of Paris’s disclosure.
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Soviet Union
France
Valerian A. Zorin
United States
Britain
Zorin
Sahara
Paris
Suspended Sheriff Wins Nomination
Bay County voters nominate suspended sheriff M. J. Daffin who sought a return to office after being ousted in a crime crackdown. Daffin faces federal court trial in June on conspiracy to violate federal liquor laws. Governor Farris Bryant suspended him for failing to enforce moonshine laws. the 1961 Florida Senate upheld the suspension.
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Panama City
Fla
Bay County
McClellan vows cautious probe into Estes affair
Senator John L. McClellan says he will lead a broad Senate investigation into Billie Sol Estes but will not rush hearings. The subcommittee has ten investigators looking into charges Estes used political influence in Washington.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Billie Sol Estes
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Estes
Elephants Race Entered by 12 Colleges at Fullerton Meet
Fullerton California hosts the first intercollegiate elephant race with 12 college entrants including Harvard California Institute of Technology and California State Polytechnic. Participants rent elephants from circuses zoos and farms for 150 dollars and up. Former Vice President Richard Nixon sends best wishes to the event.
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Fullerton
Calif
Orange County State College
Orange County
Richard M. Nixon
Elephant Racing Club
Chapman College
Calvin Coolidge
Harvard
Santa Monica City College
University of Nevada
California Institute of Technology
California State Polytechnic At
Pomona
California Lutheran
Long Beach State
Santa Ana College
Fullerton Junior College
Northrop Institute of Technology
Inglewood
Pepper and Taft Jr Score in Primary Victories
The Associated Press reports former Sen Claude Pepper of Florida and Robert Taft Jr won decisive primary victories. Florida candidates George Smathers and Dante Faschell also secured Democratic renomination. Indiana and West Virginia renominated all incumbents. New Mexico Gov. hopeful Jack Campbell and both Democratic congressmen were renominated. West Virginia will redraw districts after loss of a seat.
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Associated Press
Claude Pepper
Florida
Robert Taft Jr
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
George Smathers
Dante Faschell
Pepper
Kennedy
Indiana
West Virginia
New Mexico
Jack M. Campbell
Ken Hechler
Elizabeth Kee
Cleveland Bailey
Arch A. Moore
Rusk Affirms US Will Not Yield on Berlin
In Canberra US Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Australians that Berlin remains the primary Soviet challenge to the free world and that the United States will not be forced or harassed out of West Berlin. He spoke at a dinner honoring him and New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake after the ANZUS meeting, with his remarks broadcast across Australia. He stressed free world interests in Southeast Asia and allied obligations to protect them.
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Canberra
Australia
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Free World
West Berlin
Rusk
New Zealand
Keith Holyoake
Southeast Asia
Seato
SEC Seeks Extension and Funds for Inquiry into Securities Market
Rep. Peter F. Mack Jr. introduces a bill at the SEC request to provide an extra $200,000 and a three month deadline extension for a broad investigation of the securities industry. The inquiry, moving from closed sessions, has begun public hearings on mutual fund sales practices and brokerage employees.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Congress
Securities Industry
Peter F. Mack Jr
Dill
Commission
SEC
Mack
Ohio primary vote signals reluctance to raise taxes
Voters in Ohio show hesitation to approve tax measures as early returns indicate issues facing defeats in Tuesday's primary. The report notes divided sentiment on funding initiatives across districts.
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Ohio
Grand Jury Gets Page in manslaughter case
McARTHUR John H. Page 46 bound over to the Grand Jury in Vinton County Court on a manslaughter charge for the April 29 killing of 13 year old Howard Ray Rister. Page released on $1000 bond. Hearing before Judge G E Sharpe with Deputy Sheriff Homer Haburn as sole witness. Electrical reprieve delays Florida executions. Fordham students revive a campus activity by swallowing 57 goldfish.
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John H. Page
Vinton County
Page
Howard Ray Rister
Holzer Hospital
G. E. Sharpe
Homer Haburn
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