Space Agency Bid Faces Senate Review
A House Space Committee backed a civilian NASA like agency to lead peaceful space exploration with a 22 500 annual director and a 17 member advisory panel. Military space work would stay in the Defense Department.
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Washington
House
America
House Space Committee
Defense Department
Chirman John W. McCormack
Mass
Kenneth B. Keating
N. Y
Foreign Affairs
McCormack
Eisenhower
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Boat Accident Victim Rites Held for Bacil Bender Hornsby
Funeral services were held in Coolville for Bacil Bender Hornsby 26 of Parkersburg who drowned with Ray Kirkpatrick 35 of Shinnston last Tuesday when their boat went over a dam on the Muskingum River. Hornsby a 1949 Carthage Troy High School graduate served four years in the U S Navy and worked for DuPont in Parkersburg. He is survived by wife Janet Sue and daughter Tonda Marie, his parents Mr and Mrs H R Hornsby, brother Roger, and grandfather Luther Bender. Naval Reserve Electronics Facility of Parkersburg conducted military rites at Coolville Cemetery.
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Coolville
Bacil Bender Hornsby
Parkersburg
Hornsby
Muskingum River
Lowell
Ray Kirkpatrick
Shinnston
W. Va
Carthage- Troy
U. S. Navy
DuPont Corp
Janet Sue Hornsby
Tonda Marie
H. R. Hornsby
Roger
Luther Bender
Gassoway
Naval Reserve Electronics Facility
Iraqi and Jordanian Armies Merge Formal Step
Baghdad reports the Iraqi and Jordanian armies merged formally today in a joint alignment initiative, signaling strengthened cooperation between the two nations.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Miracles Ad Sparks Finder For Lost Keyring
A local ad claimed miracles for finding a lost keyring near 136 W Union. The Sunday notice prompted a caller to report the keyring found before midnight Saturday, ending the loss. Call 31242 to place ads.
Governors back public works over broad tax cut in recession
At the 50th annual meeting in Miami Florida Democratic governors preferred public works to an across the board federal income tax cut. The group urged bipartisan action with Abraham Ribicoff proposing a joint congressional plan while Michigan Governor G Mennen Williams cautioned on immediate benefits.
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Miami
Fla
Congress
W. Averell Harriman
New York
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Ohioan Loses Court Fight In Extradition
Charles Trusley, an Ohio parole violator sought by Ohio authorities, lost a West Virginia Supreme Court appeal to avoid extradition. The case notes his 1943 Ohio Penitentiary sentence for armed robbery, parole in 1949 and 1953, and claims of restored rights before a new arrest for alleged parole violation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
West Virginia Supreme Court
Charles Trusley
Trusley
Eisenhower Casts Vote and Heads to New York Speech
President Eisenhower left Harrisburg by plane at 11 06 a m for New York where he will deliver a major speech on the economic situation. He voted in the state primary in Gettysburg before boarding.
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Harrisburg
Eisenhower
New York
Gettysburg
Walpole St graveyard stalls after long wait for first burial
Walter Hammond, gravedigger and custodian for Walpole St New Cemetery in Cambridgeshire, has waited twenty years for a first customer. The Rural Council created the cemetery in 1938 but residents favor traditional churchyard burials, leaving the plot largely unused.
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Walpole ST
Andrew
England
Walter Hammond
Cambridgeshire
Paris bans using old newspapers to wrap fish
Paris police ordered that starting June 1 old newspapers may not be used to wrap fish chicken meat or delicatessen products. They cited sanitation concerns and enforced a crackdown on the practice.
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Paris
Two Peoria men held after Columbus stabbing
Orville E. Forquer and Carl Cain, both from Peoria, checked into Columbus police headquarters from the bus station with suitcases. They are being held in the city prison for investigation of cutting to wound. Forquer admitted stabbing Loren C. Harmony on May 4 and Cain admitted being with him.
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Columbus
Peoria
Ill
Orville E. Forquer
Carl Cain
Forquer
Loren C. Harmony
Cain
Kentuckian Escapes Ward for Insane
Leroy Shadrick a 33 year old former coal miner from Harlan Kentucky who boasted of plans to rob and finance an assassination of former President Truman escaped from the state hospital ward for the criminally insane along with four other inmates by sawing a hole through a window screen Monday night in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Raleigh
N. C
Leroy Shadrick
Harry S. Truman
Shadrick
Harlan
State Hospital
Invasion Called Off in East Indonesia Clash
The Jakarta government halted plans for a large invasion of Celebes and Halmaheras and began hit and run raids on rebel strongholds in East Indonesia.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Celebes
Halmaheras Islands
Eisenhower Signs Bill Boosting Military Pay Nationwide
President Eisenhower signed legislation increasing pay for most active duty personnel in the Air Force Army Navy and Marines with over two years service. First year cost about 576 million dollars with raises from 6.20 to 599 a month for top ranks and 6 percent cost of living for retirees. Retirees three and four star generals receive larger increases. Coast Guard Public Health Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey personnel included.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pentagon
Damages Sought in Meigs County Auto Crash Suits
Eight damage suits filed in Meigs County Common Pleas Court seek a total of 232906 stemming from a May 8 1957 Route 7 collision two miles south of Middleport that killed eight. Plaintiffs name Susan Alberta Rawlings and R H Rawlings and Son Co as defendants with alleged negligence by the late Robert W Rawlings.
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John Carter Smith
Middleport
George W. Halley
Cheshire
Robert Halley
Motorists Mutual Insurance Co
Columbus
Issac
Delaware
Elizabeth Halley
Avery Rice
Cleveland
Dorothy Judy McCoy
Rice
George Ray McCoy
Nancy McCoy
Marshall M. McCoy
Webster and Fultz
Pomeroy
Bond Appeal Is Dismissed In Meigs County
Judge John C. Bacon dismissed a reap plication for bond for George L. Offutt 21 of Minersville Route 1. Offutt is jailed on a first degree murder charge in the March 15 death of his wife Donna Jean. Prosecutor James B. O'Brien sought a June 16 trial continuance to obtain out of state depositions.
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Bacon
Guardia Blames Clash On Political Opponents
Panama City reports an orderly funeral planned for a high school student killed in demonstrations against the education minister. President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr. blamed the clash on political opponents who used the youths as a shock force against his government.
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Panama
Ernesto de la Guardia, Jr
Nehru Begins 10 Day Vacation in New Delhi
Prime Minister Nehru starts a 10 day holiday in New Delhi replacing his planned retirement period. The trip marks the beginning of a extended break as he takes time away from official duties.
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Nehru
New Delhi
Movie World Pays Tribute to Ronald Colman
Hollywood figures pay tribute to Ronald Colman the gracious gentleman of the screen who died Monday. Funeral set for Wednesday at All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church Santa Barbara with cremation to follow. He and wife Benita Hume appeared on The Halls of Ivy and lived on a Santa Barbara ranch with daughter Juliet 13.
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Hollywood
Ronald Colman
Santa Barbara
All Saints By the Sea Episcopal Church
Benita Hume
Worker Electrocuted While Carrying Ladder Near Pleasantville
Robert Wagner, 25, a Lancaster roofer, was electrocuted Monday when current from a power line jumped to an aluminum ladder he carried while working on a farm near Pleasantville.
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Lancaster
Robert Wagner
Pleasantville
Ironton Judge John J. Gallagher Dies at 49
Ironton municipal judge since 1944 John J. Gallagher, 49, died Monday night in General Hospital. Cause of death was not disclosed. He leaves a wife and son.
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Ironton
John J. Gallagher
General Hospital
Point Pleasant Ships 150 Diplomas In One Ceremony
Nine defeats and a 7-0 game are noted as Findlay and Nelsonville council reviews a rate fight. Athens and Glouster play, with Chauncey facing Logan, while comic pages and markets feature on the sports and television sections.
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Point Pleasant
Ampaign
Findlay
Nelsonville Council
Nolan
United Appeals
Athens
Glouster
Point Pi Chauncey
Logan Hes
le Pom-Mid Comics
Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Ohio Legislature Sets Agenda for Special Session
Governor ONeill in Miami Beach says the special session after June 1 will seek 39 weeks unemployment coverage, a ban on interstate billboards to qualify for federal highway bonus payments, and confirmation of governor appointments since adjournment.
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Columbus—I
Ohio
C. William O'Neill
Miami Beach
Fla
Stassen Seeks Big Turnout in Pennsylvania Primary
In Pennsylvania and Maryland voters choose candidates for senator and governor. Harold Stassen, a Minnesota former governor, hopes a large Pennsylvania primary turnout boosts his GOP gubernatorial bid against Arthur J. McGonigie and two rivals. In Maryland the Democratic Senate race features D Alesandro James Bruce Clarence Long and George Mahoney. Beall looms for the GOP.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Arthur J. McGonigie
U. S. Senate
Thomas D’alesandro
Baltimore
James Bruce
Argentina
Clarence D. Long
John Hopkins University
George P. Mahoney
J. Glenn Beall
J. Millard Taws
James P. Devereux
Mass Slayer Faces Testimony on Sanity in Nebraska Trial
Lincoln Neb Testimony on Charles Starkweather sanity resumes with the killer angry after a key defense witness calls him insane Dr Nathan Greenbaum a Kansas City psychologist testifies Starkweather may have a severe mental disorder. Defense psychiatrist Dr John J OHearne asks Starkweather for his view during a recess.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Nathan Greenbaum
Kansas City
Greenbaum
John J. O'Hearne
Robert Jensen
Atlantic Fleet Reshuffled Amid Unsettled Mediterranean Conditions
Norfolk Va naval officials announced a reshuffle of Atlantic Fleet combat units to enhance defense during an unsettled period in the Mediterranean. The move aims to ensure immediate redeployment if needed and protect national security.
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Norfolk
Mediterranean
Navy
Sailor Survives Five Hours at Sea Near Panama Canal
A Danish seaman fell overboard near the Panama Canal and swam for five hours before a vessel spotted him 14 miles off the canal’s north entrance. The ship rescued the man unhurt.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Van Cliburn Welcomed At Carnegie Hall
A lanky blond Texan piano prodigy, Van Cliburn, drew 2840 fans at Carnegie Hall in a ovation filled return after winning Moscow's Tchaikovsky contest. He called it mutual and thanked the crowd during intermission day of a ticker tape parade planned for him. His parents, Harvy Lavan Cliburn Sr and Rilcha Bee O Bryan, stood apart, moved by the reception.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
van Cliburn
Cliburn
Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Sr
Rilcha Bee O'Bryan
Strike Stops Work on Titan Launch Sites
Cape Canaveral construction on four Air Force Titan intercontinental ballistic missile launch areas halted by a wildcat strike. About 500 workers walked off Monday in protest over assigning 15 civil service electricians to the job. The IBEW electricians spearheaded the action.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Civil Service
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Plane Collision Reported Near Brunswick Maryland
State Police Cpl. Guy Brown said reports indicate a Capital Airlines plane and a jet military craft collided today between Brunswick and Point of Rocks along the Potomac River. He noted there were many deaths.
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Brunswick
Guy Brown
Capital Airlines
Potomac River
Point of Rocks
France Faces Algerian Crisis as De Gaulle Presses Powers
The National Assembly debated granting Gen. Charles de Gaulle exceptional powers to handle the Algerian crisis. Premier Pflimlin sought a six day extension of emergency powers, while De Gaulle urged a legal grant of extraordinary authority for a brief period and warned against a dictator role. The Assembly faced three options: back Pflimlin, oust him for De Gaulle’s terms, or oust him and reject De Gaulle.
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Paris
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Pflimlin
de Gaulle
Algiers
Rebuilt City Dedicates Memorial in Ruskin Heights
In Kansas City, Ruskin Heights marks a year since the devastating tornado by dedicating a brick memorial about 15 feet high at its center. About 2000 people attended as N M Roach of the Ruskin Heights Homes Association explained the three top windows symbolize faith hope and love that rebuilt the community.
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Kansas City
Ruskin Heights
N. M. Roach
Ruskin Heights Homes Association
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