Nixon Shrugs Off Trouble In Colombia Visit
Vice President Nixon arrives in Bogota to address workers and meet crowds amid police control of a large Communist party. Demonstrators clash at times, with 12 arrests as Nixon avoids a planned march and continues to Casanare before heading to Caracas to meet Perez Jimenez's successor.
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Colombia
Nixon
Communist Party
Simon Bolivar
U.S
Santander
Caracas
Venezuela
Perez Jimenez
Three of Five Moundsville Fugitives Held
CORBIN Kentucky police arrested three escaped WV State Penitentiary convicts during a routine car check. William E. Kern Thurman Price and Ted McKinney, all with life terms or long sentences, were seized with no resistance. They said two other escapees, William Elkins and Walter White, remained at large. The car stolen from Lexington was involved.
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West Virginia State Penitentiary
Bill Root
Lexington
Root
William E. Kern
Elkins
W. Va
Thurman Price
Charleston
Ted McKinney
Beckley
Moundsville Penitentiary
McKinney
William Elkins
Walter White
West Virginia
Tad Jones Dies In Tokyo Hotel
In Tokyo a 45 year old petroleum executive Tad Jones Jr son of a Yale football coach was found unconscious in his hotel room. An autopsy was sought after by his brother in law Joseph Crowley and advisor Frederick Kissinger who arrived with him to buy an oil tanker on May 5. Police hoped to determine if death resulted from a fall or external force within a week. Crowley and Kissinger were questioned as Jones body awaited repatriation.
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TOKYO
Tad) Jones, Jr
Yale
Excello
Ohio
Jones
New Haven
Tsunetoshi Shirakawa
Crowley
Kissinger
United States
Tornado Funnels Hover Over Texas South Plains Area
Tornado funnels danced across the Texas South Plains with Lubbock on alert. A funnel was sighted 18 miles southwest of Lubbock as newly installed sirens warned at 12 40 a.m. Patrols reported the twister stayed aloft with no damage reported. At least four more funnels were seen and hailstorms lashed the region.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas South Plains
Crashing Navy Jet Damages Cars and Rooftop
A Navy F8U-1 Crusader crashed while approaching Moffett Naval Air Station causing minor damage to two parked cars and a rooftop. Pilot Lt. Derek Wilson, 26, of Los Altos bailed out unharmed. ninth such crash in the area in 15 months.
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Calif
Derek Wilson
Los Altos
Moffett Naval Air Station
Navy
Fashion Designer Lucien LeLong Dies at 68 in France
Biarrtiz France Lucien LeLong world renowned dress designer and perfume maker died Saturday from a heart attack at age 68. His career encompassed haute couture fragrances and influential fashion houses across Europe.
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Biarritz
France
Lucien LeLong
Spaceman Survives 44 Hours in Norfolk Space Chamber
Navy Lt Cmdr Jack Neiman Jr completed a 44 hour test in a high altitude pressure chamber at Norfolk Naval Air Station. Wearing a lightweight space suit he endured conditions up to 105000 feet while researchers assessed physiological responses for future space flight. He exited four hours early with no medical concerns and the team cited usable data.
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Norfolk
Navy
Jack Nieman Jr
Neiman
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Cmdr
A. L. Hall
Ohio River Drops After May Flood Crest
The Ohio River fell back toward flood stage after a May crest of 58 feet. The crest eased to 58 feet, with forecasts showing a drop to 52 feet by Wednesday. A weather center in Kentucky and Tennessee reported light showers, noting only limited threat from additional rain. The river had surged higher than any May rise before, though serious damage requires 60 to 65 feet. Downriver at Maysville, Kentucky, the drop measured about one tenth foot per hour Sunday night.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Maysville
Franklyn Snyder Dies Northwestern University President 1939 49
Franklyn Bliss Snyder, 73, who led Northwestern University from 1939 to 1949, died Sunday in Evanston due to a heart attack.
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Evanston, al
Franklyn Bliss Snyder
Northwestern University
Symbolizes Dead of Europe Theater Unknown Soldier Ceremony
In Epinal France a somber general selected one casket symbolizing American WWII unknowns from 13 flag draped coffins. The chosen casket will join another at sea, with the other Unknown Soldier of World War I, aboard the Canberra, then to Arlington. The Unknown Soldier of Korea will accompany them to Arlington for burial.
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France
Europe
North Africa
Pacific
Canberra
Navy
William R. Charette
Ludington
Mich
Arlington National Cemetery
Edward O'Neill
St. Albans
Africa
339 Million Cut Off Ike's Foreign Aid
The House considers a foreign aid authorization at 3.603 billion dollars for the year starting July 1, well below Eisenhower's request. Dulles warns of Soviet attempts to subvert underdeveloped nations as violence flares overseas. Morgan and Vorys defend the cut as keeping the measure survivable, while Yugoslav Soviet tensions may help aid progress.
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House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Dulles
Thomas E. Morgan
Dpa
House Committee
John M. Vorys
Nixon
Peru
Haiti
U.S. Information Service
Lebanon
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Tito
Tobin Pleads Guilty in 18-Count Insurance Embezzlement Case
Tobin 30 pleads guilty to an 18 count indictment alleging he embezzled 150 136 from American Associated Insurance Co of Newark New Jersey where he worked as a claims adjuster and was named ringleader of a 250000 fraud scheme. Co-defendants Shade 32 and Swaim 27 also pled guilty with Swaim receiving three indeterminate Mansfield sentences.
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Youngstown
John J. Tobin Jr
American Associated Insurance Co
Newark
N. J
Tobin
Common Pleas
John W. Ford
Paul E
Shade
Thomas A. Beil
Allen J. Swaim
Ford
Swaim
Mansfield Reformatory
Father Shot To Death By 6 Year Old Son
Ontonagon Michigan family outing turns fatal when 47 year old Frank Stork is killed by a revolver fired by his six year old son Jerry. Sheriff Mike Livingston said the father gave the gun to the boy to hold while he changed a target and it fired.
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Frank Stork
Mike Livingston
Stork
Jerry
Ohio Woman Drowned In Sudden Gulf Squall
Mrs. Florence Kearney 55 of Elyria drowned in the Gulf of Mexico as a sudden squall struck. A visitor to St. Petersburg with her husband Morris, she was aboard with Vara Lucille Schwe man 55, a local widow, who also perished when the boat capsized.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Florence Kearney
Elyria
Gulf of Mexico
Morris
Vara Lucille Schewman
Hopeful in Part Ike Dulles Talk Over Red Note
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles discussed a new Russian note proposing talks on policing a ban on nuclear tests. Moscow radio cited the note as saying Russia would agree to limited talks despite doubts. Khrushchev urged halting tests and rejected a U S Arctic inspection zone proposal.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
State Department
Moscow Radio
Russia
Khrushchev
United States
Minneapolis
Europe
Clevelander Mrs. America 1958 begins national tour
Mrs. Helen Giesse of Cleveland Ohio starts personal appearances as Mrs America 1958 after winning in a 48 state and DC contest. The 34 year old housewife with three children receives 15000 in prizes including a Fort Lauderdale vacation a Hawaii trip a swimming pool and silver service.
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Fla
Helen Giesse
Cleveland
Ohio
America
Giesse
States
District of Columbia
Mary Jo Barkley
Chagrin Falls
Billy
Susan
Bobby
Hawaii
Four Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Paineville
A pair of men and two young children died when flames trapped them on the second floor of a farm house five miles southeast of Paineville Ohio. Ray Laws 33 and his children Bobby 5 and Diana 1 died along with Carl McCartney Jr 23. Five others escaped and were treated for burns or shock at Memorial Hospital.
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Painesville
Ohio
Ray Laws
Bobby
Diana
Carl McCartney Jr
Memorial Hospital
Carl McCartney Sr
McCartney
Shirley
Harry
Alice Laws
Fern Gravely
Laws
Jack Johnson
Courts Reimburse Back Costs in Unpaid Criminal Cases
Columbus reports county courts owed for prosecuting criminal cases from 15 years ago will receive reimbursement. The funding aims to cover long outstanding costs, addressing a historic gap in court expenses.
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Columbus
Memorial Bell Poured for Taft Tower Carillon
In Annecy France workers poured a six ton bell destined for the Robert A Taft Memorial Tower in Washington as part of a 27 bell carillon installation. The new tower will house the carillon once completed.
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Annecy
France
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Grand jury weighs 32 cases amid busy Athens region
The Messenger reports a grand jury is considering 32 cases as a car wreck injures five freshmen and 250 cars pass safety checks. A Nigerian project receives a send-off while mothers are honored at a special ceremony. Teen-ager road ed is slated for Sunday with six more wrecks investigated over the week. Local pages list Athens Glouster Chauncey and other area towns with market and sports notes.
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Glouster Chauncey
Nelsonville Gallipolis
Logan Women's Newam
Skeltons Hope Cancer Fight Brings Awareness
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton and wife Georgia find solace in the idea that their 9 year old son's leukemia struggle may raise awareness and aid future patients. The boy died after a 16 month battle with leukemia, aided by transfusions, with a final brain hemorrhage and short coma before death at UCLA Medical Center. Funeral planned at Forest Lawn Church of the Recessional, as Red Skelton cancels a CBS telecast on the day of the funeral.
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Red Skelton
Georgia
Skelton
Ucla Medical Center
Forest Lawn
Church of the Recessional
Richard
Red
Cbs-Tv
Strike Threat Is Dispelled By Aircraft Wage Agreements
Three of Southern California's major aircraft makers reach wage deals with unions ending area strike risk. North American Aviation workers to vote on a tentative contract offering 17 to 26 cents hourly raises for 15,500 California and 5,500 Columbus employees. Convair workers accept 17 to 27 cents and Lockheed workers approve 18 to 30 cents.
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Los Angeles
California
North American Aviation, Inc
United Auto Workers
Columbus
Convair
Lockheed Aircraft
SAM Employes
Cleveland Coed Killed In Boulder Bridge Crash
Sandra Strauss of Cleveland Heights Ohio 22 a University of Colorado student was killed Saturday when her car struck a bridge abatement and was thrown across a 40 foot stream authorities reported in Boulder Colorado.
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Boulder, Colo
Sandra Strauss
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
University of Colorado
President Eisenhower Trade Plan Faces House Vote
The Ways and Means Committee opens showdown votes on reciprocal trade law. Democrats seek to preserve the 24 year old Trade Agreements Act with minor revisions while opposing broader changes. Industry critics say imports hurt domestic groups as the administration pressures for a five year extension and tariff cuts up to 25 percent.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
United States
UN Delegate's Daughter Hurt in Bronx Park Knife Attack
In New York a 16 year old daughter of Iran's UN delegate, Frieda Abdoh, was cut on the hand with a penknife during an attack by two teenage girls in Bronx Park. Her sister Masty, 12, witnessed the incident as the attackers fled after a knife was drawn and a light bulb exploded near them. The assailants were described as two African American girls, with one seen carrying a knife on her leg.
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New York
Iran
United Nations
Bronx Park
Frieda Abdoh
Masty
Djalal Abdoh
Frieda
Beir ut Riots Hit USIA Libraries In Beirut And Tripoli
In Beirut and Tripoli militant protests provoked a general strike crippling the capital and northern port cities. The U S Information Agency library in Beirut was burned the Tripoli library also looted and destroyed with fatalities and injuries reported.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UU. S. Information Agency
USIA
Tripoli
North Lebanon
U. S. Information Agency
Faulty Flue Blamed For Death of Two
Mount Vernon officials report a preliminary autopsy finds carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths of Kenyon College instructor Edgard Bogardus and student Daniel Ray. Coroner Dr. James McLarnan said the carbon monoxide verdict is likely after Bogardus and Ray were found dead at the Bogardus home with a clogged furnace flue.
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Kenyon College
James McLarnan
Edgard Bogardus
Daniel G. Ray
Cincinnati
McLarnan
Bogardus
Kenyon
Gambier
West Virginia and Ohio Weather Forecasts Show Mild Week
Fair tonight in West Virginia with a low 45 to 53. Tuesday remains fair with little temperature change. Ohio sees sunny and warm conditions Tuesday with clear cool nights. lows 43 to 48 and highs near 80. Five day trend: temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal, warmer Tuesday, showers near Lake Erie midweek and statewide Saturday.
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