Tornado Strikes Kansas City Suburbs Killing 32
A Kansas City area tornado left 32 dead and at least 200 injured as it plowed through Ruskin Heights and Hickman Mills about 7 45 p m Rescue crews worked through the night with National Guard and Red Cross aid stations set up across Kansas City and surrounding towns.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Twister
Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills
James T. Blair
110Th Engineers
Missouri National Guard
J. M. Kaesner
Harry Woodling
Ruskin Heights Presbyterian Church
Independence
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Grandview
Red Cross
Spirit of St. Louis II Flying Lindys Route
The Spirit of St. Louis II, an F100F Super Sabrejet, took off from McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey to attempt a new transatlantic record along Lindberghs route. Maj Robinson Risner 32 year old Korean War ace from Tulsa Oklahoma pilots the jet ready to push its official top speed of 822.135 mph in level flight.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
N. J
Air Force
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindy
Maj
Robinson Risner
Tulsa
Okla
Six Inmates Infirmary After Leg Smashing Incident
Six prisoners at Rock Quarry Prison in Buford Georgia were injured when inmates smashed legs with hammers. Three men suffered fractured legs and were taken to the infirmary.
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Buford
Georgia
Rock Quarry
Man Killed in Three Car Collision Near Andover
A 40 year old man died and four others were injured in a three car crash Monday night at the Ohio 6 and Ohio 7 intersection about eight miles north of Andover, Ashtabula County.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Ohio 6
Ohio 7
Andover
Legislature Faces Long Vote With 46 Bills on Tap
Ohio lawmakers push through a heavy agenda as the Legislature plans to vote on 46 bills today. Gov. ONeill discusses pay raises with leaders but offers no decision. Bills include new city license taxes on autos, public utility tax, and a separation of the Insurance Division from the Commerce Department. The Senate will also vote on a subsidy fund for county and independent fairs and a move to curb debt pooling. The House returns to debate annexation law changes and expands education and school bus funding rules.
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House
Senate
State Division of Insurance
Commerce Department
C. Wiliam O'Neill
State Department of Education
National Guard
Air National Guard
Police nab escapee Jessie Simpson in Columbus
Columbus police arrested 30 year old Jessie Simpson on suspicion of burglary. He reportedly escaped from a Tarboro North Carolina prison last July while serving a sentence for auto theft.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jessie Simpson
Tarboro
N. C
Legislators Seek U S Trial For Girard in Japan Case
Rep Bow and Rep Anfuso urge Congress to prevent Specialist William S. Girard from being tried by Japanese courts after he killed a Japanese woman at a firing range. The case involves an accusation that an empty grenade launcher cartridge killed Mrs Naka Sakai during a scrap salvage warning. The Pentagon had planned Japanese custody but Secretary Wilson kept Girard in U S custody pending review.
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Washington
Rep
Bow
Ohio
Anfuso
D-N. Y
U. S
Rep. Bow
Congress
William S. Girard
Girard
Naka Sakai
U. S. Far East Command
Defense
Wilson
Adm
Miles Hubbard
Oxygen Tent May Go As Benny Improves
Benny Hooper Jr. hoped to come out of his oxygen tent at Bayview General Hospital in Manorville New York. A hospital spokesman said doctors would remove the tent if his temperature stayed down. The 77 year old boy was in good condition with a normal temperature and slight remaining bronchial and sinus inflammations.
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Manorville
N. Y
Benny Hooper Jr
Bayview General Hospital
Mastic Beach
Narcotic Ring Hit Five Arrests In Cincinnati Area
Police and federal agents say five people were arrested in Cincinnati after a three month investigation ending with a raid Monday. Alleged ring leader Leroy Larkins and Irene White 22 were among those charged for heroin sales of about 1000 dollars daily with supplies from Chicago. The group operated in Cincinnati Dayton and Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Leroy Larkins
Irene White
Armantius Glenn
Betilemore Farrow
James Jessie Butts
Chicago
GOP Leaders Seek Funds to Keep Soil Bank Open
Republican leaders told President Eisenhower they hope Congress restores funds to the soil bank after the House cut 500 million dollars from the program. Senate GOP leader Knowland of California urged against repeal by appropriations and urged restoration of the money.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Knowland
California
Ohio Nurse Wins Florence Nightingale Medal
Mrs. Elizabeth Kerr Porter, dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, received the Florence Nightingale Medal for distinguished nursing service, the highest International Red Cross nursing honor.
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Washington
Elizabeth Kerr Porter
Frances Payne Bolton
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Florence Nightingale
Red Cross
Attorney Hawkins Named Assistant U.S. Attorney
Hawkins 28, an assistant to Dayton's city prosecutor, was appointed to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Dayton. The move places a local official in a federal role, broadening day to day legal responsibilities in the region.
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Loesié Hawkins
Dayton
U. S
Weather roundup Ohio and nearby regions
Mostly cloudy and somewhat warmer today with showers and thunderstorms tonight and possibly in extreme northwest later tonight. Warmer today with showers, 65 to 76 in the northwest and southwest. Low tonight 54 to 62. Partly cloudy tonight in West Virginia with lows 47 to 52 east and 52 to 5 west. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers possible. City-by-city notes list various readings and conditions including Cleveland cloudy and Seattle rain.
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West Virginia
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Detroit
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
St. Louis
Ste. Marie
Seattle
Tampa
Labor Leader Proposes Congress Help Unions
Washington union leader urges Congress to amend Taft Hartley to permit discharge for nonpayment of union fines and dues as part ofCleaner union governance. AFL CIO committees review codes to curb corruption and consider ouster of three unions for alleged practices.
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Congress
Washington
George Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Harrison
Afl-Cio
Federation
Ethical Practices Committee
Aflcio
Executive Council
Labor
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Senate
Allied Industrial Workers
Church Doubles Budget In Anniversary Drive
Springfield Ohio United Lutheran Church of America raises next year budget to 15 million dollars to mark its 40th anniversary. President Dr Franklin Clark Fry notes about 0.5 million will fund television advertising for the drive.
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Springfield
Ohio
United Lutheran Church of America
ULCA
Franklin Clark Fry
UCLA
Ike Support Predicted for Chicago Water Bill
A leading sponsor says President Eisenhower will sign a bill allowing Chicago to divert more Lake Michigan water. The bill had been vetoed by Eisenhower in 1954 and 1956, with opposition coming from Wisconsin and Ohio congressmen.
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Washington
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Eisenhower
Hoffa Denies Wire Tapping Conspiracy Plea
James R. Hoffa ninth vice president of the Teamsters pleaded innocent in federal court to a charge of conspiring to illegally tap the Detroit union office telephones. Co defendants Owen Bernard Brennan and Bernard Bates Spindel also pleaded innocent. Bail set at 2500 each with trial date scheduled for June 11. potential sentence up to one year and a 1000 fine per person.
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New York
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Detroit
Owen Bernard Brennan
Teamsters Local 337
Bernard Bates Spindel
Lawrence E. Walsh
Ex Tax Official Jailed Despite Illness Plea
A federal judge orders Joseph D. Nunan Jr former head of the Internal Revenue Department to serve a five year term for income tax evasion despite his plea that he is seriously ill and living on borrowed time.
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New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
U.S. Internal Revenue Department
Catholic Graduates Barred from Moundsville High Ceremony
Twenty two Catholic seniors at Moundsville High School sat as spectators during the graduation and received diplomas in the principal’s office after being barred from the class baccalaureate at Simpson Methodist Church. Superintendent Potts cited policy requiring attendance at both events for diplomas.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Moundsville High School
Wilson Oldaker
Simpson Methodist Church
Louis R. Potts
Marshall County
L. D. Wiant
House Committee Votes Additional Budget Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2.586 billion dollar cut in new Defense Department funds while recommending 33.541 billion for Army Navy and Air Force for the next fiscal year The panel warned against complacency noting the suspension of prior year obligations and that the cut may affect future defense spending despite current manpower levels.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Congress
House
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Eisenhower Seeks Trimmed Foreign Aid Package
President Eisenhower formally submitted a reduced foreign aid request of 3.865 billion dollars and urged Congress that tax cuts depend on advancing peace. He warned lawmakers the nation must sustain four worldwide security efforts and that mutual security programs offer greater value per dollar. He planned a radio television address to reinforce his pledge.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Foreign Aid Official Expected To Resign
Washington Foreign Aid Administrator John Hollister is reported to be preparing to resign. His exit, ahead of Humfrey’s cabinet departure, would shrink Taft followers’ influence in Eisenhower’s high counsels after Hollister presents the $3.88 billion foreign aid program to Congress.
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Washington
John B. Hollister
Hollister
Treasury
Humphrey
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Congress
Miner Killed In Pa. Disaster
In Lykens Pennsylvania rescuers found 34 year old miner David Snyder buried 400 feet underground after a coal slide last Friday. He worked with his brother Leroy and Mark Sponk and the three owned the diggings together. Snyder leaves a wife and three children as neighbors care for the family.
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Lykens
David Snyder
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Leroy
Mark Sponk
Ohio Senators Vote Against Mineral Bill
Washington Ohio senators Frank J. Lausche and John W. Bricker opposed a $30 million annual spend on tungsten flour spar asbestos and columbium tantalum. The measure passed 61 to 17 as Lausche reversed his stance citing sufficient mineral reserves for wartime needs.
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Ohio
Washington
Frank J. Lausche
John W. Bricker
Lausche
Parole Granted in 1953 Warren Slaying Case
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission granted parole to Christy Spiro, 57, serving a first degree manslaughter sentence for the May 9 1953 fatal shooting of his friend William Streb Jr in Warren after a drunken dispute.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Christy Spiro
Marion Correctional Institutional
Warren
William Streb, Jr
Finley resigns from Fayette County Election Board
Howard M. Finley steps down from the Fayette County Election Board to join the Ohio Department of Highways. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown confirms the appointment announcement and outlines the transition plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
Howard M. Finley
Fayette County Election Board
Ohio Department of Highways
Ted W. Brown
Case Against Johnny Dio May Collapse
New York prosecutors face a potential setback in the racketeering case against Johnny Dio over the acid blinding of labor columnist Victor Riesel. A key witness, Gondolfo Miranti, 57, who already faces a lengthy sentence, refused to testify, prompting the judge to add five years to his term.
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New York
Johnny Dio
Victor Riesel
Gondolfo Ianti
Dio
William B. Herlands
Miranti
Riesel
Williams
Herlands
Flying Gas Pump Strikes Attendant in Ohio Crash
In Columbus Ohio 35 year old gas station attendant Chalmers F Eckert was struck by a gasoline pump knocked from its base when a car driven by 17 year old Carol Ann Stevens crashed into the pump. Stevens was treated for minor cuts and released. She was not charged.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chalmers F
Mayor Orders Gamblers Out of Medina County Village
Medina Ohio. Mayor Don Merriman declares Wadsworth will not be the Las Vegas of Ohio and fines 20 men 437.50 on gambling charges after a raid police call the biggest in Wadsworth history. No residents were charged.
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Medina
Ohio
Wadsworth
Las Vegas
Don Merriman
Medina County
Merriman
Waddel Named Head of Ohio Highways Right of Way
Columbus Ohio Harold H Waddel a nationally known land expert will head the Ohio Department of Highways right of way section which will acquire land for hundreds of miles of freeways.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harold H. Waddel
Ohio Department of Highways
Haiti Army Takes Over To Save Nation From Anarchy
Haiti’s army, led by Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave, seized control to enforce military rule until a provisional president ensures free and honest elections. Cantave defied a council order ousting him as chief of staff. no shots were fired and elections were scheduled for June 16.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Steel Executive Sees Economic Expansion
C M White chairman of Republic Steel Corp told 300 security analysts in Cleveland that the United States will sustain growth through 1965. He cited a population of 190 million, a 76 million workforce, a 560 billion dollar GNP, 50 billion in annual industrial capex, 9.5 million auto sales, and 65 billion dollars in new construction as key drivers.
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Cleveland
C. M. White
Republic Steel Corp
White
Tax decision in Toledo over profit sharing tax for Clyde Porcelain Steel workers
The Bureau of Internal Revenue ruled in Toledo that 210 employees of the former Clyde Porcelain Steel Corp are liable only to capital gains tax on distributions from their profit sharing plan when the company was sold in 1952.
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Toledo
Ohio
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Clyde Porcelain Steel Corp
Navy to Build Atomic Attack Carrier in 1958 Budget
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 300 million dollar atomic attack carrier as part of the 1958 Defense Department bill. It stopped short of backing five additional nuclear carriers until the Navy and shipbuilders prove they can produce ships efficiently. The new carrier will handle modern sonic aircraft, carry guided missiles, and feature advanced electronic gear and nuclear propulsion for sustained high speeds.
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Washington
Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
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