Storm Claims 19 as DC3 Plunges in East Texas Crash
A Delta-Chicago-Southern DC3 crashed in a north Texas storm near the Louisiana border killing 19 aboard. Only Mrs. J W Cox of Panama City survived with severe injuries. Flight from Dallas to Atlanta went down after asking for landing instructions. Passengers included Jo Anne Carlson and Pi Kappa Alpha president Harvey Newell Jr. among the dead.
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Marshall
Tex
East Texas Piney Woods
Here
Douglas Volk
Atlanta
Shreveport
J. W. Cox
Panama City
Fla
Marshall Hospital
Cox
Albuquerque
N. M
Jackson
Miss
Florida
R. H. Fincher
Jesse David
Abilene
Fincher
India
Harvey T. Newell Jr
Meridian
Pi Kappa Alpha
Dallas
Long Costly Strike Ends At Jet Plant
In Cincinnati the 65 day strike at General Electric Co. Evandale plant ended as the third shift returned to work, clearing pickets. About 5600 workers back on the job, with a six to eight cent hourly raise approved amid mixed union feelings on terms.
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Cincinnati
General Electric Co
Evandale
AFL and
CIO
PTA Praised For UN Help At National Convention
Mrs. Newton P. Leonard of Providence R I president of the National PTA praised the organization for accepting the duty to interpret the United Nations and UNESCO amid rising criticism. She told about 3000 delegates at the 57th annual convention in Oklahoma City that the PTA supports school programs to help young Americans learn languages of other nations.
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Oklahoma City
Newton P. Leonard
Providence
R. L
National
Can of Parents and Teachers
PTA
United Nations
Unesco
Leonard
Atomic Bomb Stockpiles Exceed Need Says Hinshaw
Rep Hinshaw on a radio TV program declares the U S has several times as many atomic bombs as required to counter any Russian threat He is joined by Rep McCormack Judd and Sen Stennis noting bipartisan support for the disclosure and defense posture comments mention Washington D C and national security context
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Washington
Rep
Hinshaw
Barefoot Bandit Robs Columbus Filling Station
A barefoot bandit wearing a paper sack over his head robbed a Columbus filling station of about 150 dollars Sunday and fled, leaving an oily trail behind him.
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Columbus
Thirteen Die In Accidents In Ohio Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports 13 people died in Ohio accidents this weekend after a near record low. Victims include William Mapel 38 Somerville Vernon Flack 49 East Liverpool Tamarr Ann Lancaster 4 Springfield Abner Pethel Jr 27 Cuyahoga Falls Homer Bandy 35 Alliance and Vera I Horn 28 Royal Oak Michigan. The fatalities occurred across Hamilton East Liverpool Springfield Akron Sebring and Norwalk areas.
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Associated Press
Ohio
William Mapel
Somerville
Hamilton
Vernon Flack
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Tamarr Ann Lancaster
Springfield
Abner Pethel, Jr
Cuyahoga Falls
Betwen
Egypt Pledges No Drastic Moves in Suez Row
Cairo official says Egypt will refrain from drastic action in the Anglo-Egyptian Suez dispute until John Foster Dulles returns to the United States from his Middle East tour. The pledge followed Dulles request during his Cairo visit.
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Cairo
Egypt
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Middle East
Dulles
Budget Cuts Hit Ohio Projects and Schools
The Eisenhower administration and Congress push budget revisions affecting Ohio. Canceled eight million dollar jet engine lab at Cleveland, possible shutdown of Cleveland Marine Hospital, reduced airport aid including Port Columbus upgrades, and postponement of Scioto River flood control. Hospital construction grants may drop 25 million, school funds cut 9 percent, impacting districts near Wright Patterson and southern Ohio atomic plant areas. Bricker vows to oppose halting Pike County atomic materials plant.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
Lewis Flight Propulsion Labora
Cleveland
Public Health Service
Marine Hospital
Port Columbus
Portsmouth
Agriculture Department
Scioto River
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio Atomic Plant
Atomic Energy Commission
Pike County
John W. Bricker
Tideland Oil Bill Signing Delayed by White House
President Eisenhower postponed the signing of a plan to grant coastal states title to submerged lands offshore. The White House offered no reason or new date for the signing. The measure, vetoed twice by Truman, could revive court battles over control of tidelands off California Texas and Louisiana.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Truman
Tidelands
Supreme Court
California
Texas
Louisiana
Alma mother questioned in fire deaths of three daughters
Authorities renewed questioning of 23 year old Leila Rouse of Alma after a fire killed Kayleen 5 Patricia 3 and Lewanna 2. Police found fuel oil traces and charred papers suggesting arson or accelerants despite the mother’s claim of an overturned candle. A lie detector test in East Lansing was inconclusive.
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Alma
Mich
Leila Rouse
Kayleen Rouse
Patricia
Lewanna
FDR Kin to Wed Sara Roosevelt and Anthony Di Bonaventura
Sara Delano Roosevelt 21 daughter of James Roosevelt and Anthony Di Bonaventura 23 piano prodigy son of an Italian barber plan to marry next month. The couple met in Philadelphia over a year ago and study in the area. Sara is a Bryn Mawr junior. Anthony graduates from the Curtis Institute of Music this month.
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Manhasset
N. Y
Philadelphia
New York
Long Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sara Delano Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Anthony di Bonaventura
Sara
John Hay Whitney
di Bonaventura
Whitney
Bryn Mawr College
Curtis Institute of Music
Jed Diaventura
17Th Street
Yanks Down 12 Red Jets In 6th Day of Air Duels
American Sabre jet pilots report destroying 12 MIGs as Capt. Joe McConnell earns his 14th through 16th kills and Lt. Col. George Ruddell adds two more. The Fifth Air Force denies Captain Manuel Fernandez more missions as air combat marks its sixth straight day of heavy fighting over North Korea. Ground clashes along the Pukhan River waned at night with ROK infantry withdrawn under Red artillery pressure.
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Yanks
Seoul
California
North Korea
U.S
Joe McConnell
Fifth Air Force
McConnell
Manuel Fernandez
Fernandez
Miami
Fla
George Ruddell
Eu—ore
Air Force
Louis A. Green
Lexington
N. C
Pukhan River
Korea
Truman Addresses Youth Group in Kansas City
Former President Harry S Truman spoke at Congregation B Nai Jehudah’s religious school Sunday, saying he would be 19 again to witness the next 50 years. He urged youths to embrace responsibility in the atomic age and to always do right.
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Kansas City
Harry
Truman
Congregation B’nai Jehudah
Drama on Ohio span draws huge crowd and rescue
A 14 year old girl on a rain slick bridge 80 feet above the Ohio River resisted police for two hours on Saturday. Her principal and a minister persuaded her to surrender and be pulled to safety as more than 1000 spectators watched from the riverbanks and bridge walkway.
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East Liverpool
Ohio River
Ohio
Red Hungary Votes on One-Party State
In Budapest Hungary a 298 member parliament was elected from a single People's Front slate with no opposition candidates listed. Voters could vote against the state and the government led by Premier Matyas Osio is expected to win a large approval when results are released later this week.
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Budapest
Hungary
People’s Front
Matyas Osi
Weigel Named Head of Ohio Union at 35th Encampment
Paul G. Weigel of Akron was named head of the Ohio Department Army and Navy Union at the service group’s 35th encampment held Sunday in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Paul G. Weigel
Akron
Ohio Department, Army and Navy Union
Taft Urges Temporary Continuation Of Excess Profits Tax
Senator Taft said the excess profits tax is vicious in parts yet should be kept temporarily to help balance the budget. He noted the levy, reaching up to 68 percent, raises about two billion dollars yearly and targets big business. Taft warned Congress is unlikely to extend the tax without Eisenhower's specific recommendation.
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Washington
Robert P. Taft
Taft
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Wellston POW Faces Long Hospital Stay
Cpl. John L. Robinson a 20 year old Wellston prisoner of war survivor from a Korean camp is hospital bound with a degenerative nerve disease similar to polio. He arrived at Travis Air Force Base and battled a near fatal setback before recovering though his voice is faint his hearing impaired and he is thin. He plans to buy a farm after discharge and hails from a farming family including parents Mr and Mrs Buel Robinson and six siblings on an 8 or 80 acre Wellston area farm.
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Dayton
Cpl
John L. Robinson
Wellston
Oe Robinson
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Blast Wrecks British Ship In Danish Port
A violent explosion aboard a British naval motor torpedo boat in AARHUS Denmark wrecked the craft and shattered thousands of windows in the port area. One sailor was seriously burned and three others slightly injured as the P1023’s chief stoker reportedly sparked gasoline fumes while starting the vessel’s electrical plant during NATO maneuvers.
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Aarhus
Denmark
Auto Used in Kenton Bank Robbery Found
Sheriff Clarence F. Brown says the getaway car for the Kenton Savings Bank Dunkirk branch robbery has been found. The shotgun gang robbed cashier Frank Curran and his wife Helen Saturday. the vehicle was stolen in Kenton shortly before noon and is suspected to be used by the bandit who remains at large.
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Kenton
Clarence F. Brown
Dunkirk
Kenton Savings Bank
Brown
Frank Curran
Helen
Ninth Atomic Blast Delayed Third Time in Spring Series
In Las Vegas the ninth atomic blast of the spring series has been postponed for a third time due to unfavorable weather. The predawn shot, once set for last Saturday, is rescheduled for tomorrow morning if conditions improve.
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Las Vegas
Tito Applauds Churchill Plan for Cold War Talks
Tito supports Churchill's proposal for big power talks as a discussion forum to gauge world opinion and avoid deciding the fate of small nations. He warns that such talks must not result in final decisions and cautions against repeated power overreach.
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Slavonski Brod
Yugoslavia
Tito
Churchill
FBI Joins in Hunt For Miami Student
The FBI takes up the case of Ronald H. Tammen Jr. a 19-year-old Miami University student missing from his Oxford dormitory for a month. Parents say the FBI will circulate his description nationwide.
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Cleveland
FBI
Miami University U
Ronald H. Tammen, Jr
Maple Heights
Oxford
American Newsman Bares Red Use of Psychological Treatments Prior to Trial
William Oatis, freed by Czechoslovakia after 25 months of a 10 year term, described his prison experiences as more psychological than coercive. He said authorities prepared him for trial, presenting all sides of issues, and noted differences in views on objectivity. He and his wife Laurabelle traveled toward New York, with Oatis sharing details in Frankfurt and Nuernberg after release.
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NEW York
William Oatis
United States
Oatis
Laurabelle
St. Paul, Minn
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
Prague
Frankfurt
Marion
Ind
Onatis
Joseph Stalin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Ridgway to Appea l for Europe Aid Before Congress
Gen. Matthew Ridgway testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington seeking additional billions for Europe as NATO military buildup faces scrutiny. He arrived from Paris to discuss proposals amid broader Eisenhower aid requests totaling 5.8 billion dollars for the coming year.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Congress
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ridgway
Paris
Army
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Far East
NATO
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Foreign Affairs Committee
Free World
Allied Team Clark Confer on Stalemate in Korea Talks
UN Command leaders conferred in Tokyo as truce talks stalled on prisoner exchange. Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. met Gen. Mark Clark while Panmunjom negotiations resume Wednesday. Observers say the recess aids Allied consultations on releasing about 48,500 Communist prisoners who refuse to return.
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Munsan
United Nations
Tokyo
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison Jr
Mark Clark
Senate Takes On Big Ohio Highway Package
The Ohio Senate plans hearings on the large highway funding package after the House passed a 42% million dollar expressway program in an extra session. A 500 million bond issue to speed construction was proposed, with funding to come from an axle mile tax on trucks and a penny increase in the gasoline tax. Several senators oppose a three axle truck tax.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
Victim of Blood Disease Child Cheats Death Again
Four year old Wayne Moses who suffers from hemophilia survived another crisis after receiving 17 transfusions in two months. His twin Gene also faces ongoing risk from the rare disorder that prevents normal blood clotting. Their mother details strict safety measures and frequent transfusions, with the boys approaching age five in August.
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Sayre
Okla
Wayne Moses
Wayne
Gene
Sol
Manpower Report Flags Shortage Of Scientists And Teachers
The National Manpower Council told President Eisenhower that fewer than half of young Americans are intellectually prepared for college and for every PhD there are 25 or more who could not. The report cites deficits in scientists engineers teachers and some physicians and urges expanded higher education support.
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Washington
National Manpower Council
Eisenhower
Citizens’ Survey Group
Columbia University
Ohio Jaycees elect new state president in Toledo conclave
Duke A. Garrison of Oakwood Village Cleveland was named state president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the three day convention closing in Toledo. Vice presidents named are Joseph Moore Toledo Jack Urban Lorain Ray Henderson Painesville Howard Allgood Akron Bruce Mateer Warren Charles Goss Sidney Glenn GjERhart Columbus Robert Burnworth Cambridge Quertin Nesbitt Hamilton Jack Tom Zanesville.
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Toledo
Duke A. Garrison
Oakwood Village
Cleveland
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Moore
Jack Urban
Lorein
Ray Henderson
Painesville
Howard Allgood
Akron
Bruce Mateer
Warren
Charles Goss
Sidney
Glenn Gierhart
Columbus
Robert Burnworth
Cambridge
Quertin Nesbitt
Hamilton
Jack Tom
Zanesville
Federal Job Selling Indictments Issued in Georgia
Six persons including two Negro Republican leaders were indicted by a federal grand jury in Savannah in a Justice Department crackdown on federal job selling. Atty. Gen. Brownell announced the indictments after ordering an investigation last April 2 and said he will seek the maximum penalties in each case.
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Washington
Justice Department
Georgia
Atty
Brownell
Savannah
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