Eisenhower appoints civil rights commission members
President Eisenhower names six members to the new Civil Rights Commission led by Stanley Reed as chairman. John Hannah is vice chairman with John Seattle, J Ernest Wilkins, Theodore Hesburgh, and Robert Storey completing the panel amid school integration tensions. Tornadoes across Louisiana Mississippi and Texas cause multiple deaths and extensive damage with rescue teams surveying wreckage.
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Eisenhower
Civil Rights Commission
Little Rock
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Reed
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John A. Hannah
Michigan State University
Texas
Groves
Orange
John W. Parker
Greenwood
Miss
Louisiana
Iota
Boyce
Alexandria
Tex
Politicians React to Eisenhower Speech Divided by Party Lines
Members of Congress offered varied reactions to President Eisenhower's address. Some dismissed the plan as empty committee work while others praised the program and urged urgent action to keep pace with Soviet advances.
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Eisenhower
Congress
MIT Head Named Missile Director
President Eisenhower named Dr. James R. Killian president of MIT to head a new missile program push. He will speed science and engineering talent to advise the President on national policy. Killian said he will move quickly to marshal top experts and reduce interservice delays.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Defense Department
William M. Holaday
Eisenhower
Free World
U.S
Killian
Cambridge
Mass
United States
Hamilton gains clear city council majority after PR tally
For the first time in years United Hamilton Party secures four seats on the council, Hamilton Forward Party wins two, and one seat goes to an independent. The city remains Ohio's only to use proportional representation for council elections.
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Hamilton
United Hamilton Party
Hamilton Forward
Ohio
Insurance protection for illness varies in five types
The Sunday Messenger notes five voluntary health insurance kinds for Americans: three cover hospital, surgical, or medical bills. a fourth covers major illness. the fifth guards against income loss from sickness or accident. Also mentions Family Weekly features and Florida growth, with a crime story and fiction in the same issue.
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Family Weekly
Your Sunday Messenger
Joseph N. Bell
God
Florida
William T. Brannon
Currier and Ives
Potent Boron Hydrogen Fuels Unveiled For Future Rockets
AP reports a scientist says the United States will soon produce boron hydrogen high energy fuels for rockets. Pilot plant output at Callery Chemical Co in Butler County supports research with a 4 million dollar plant to start at Lawrenceburg Kansas next spring. A 38 million dollar plant is planned for Muskokee Oklahoma in January 1959 to supply practical quantities. Boron hydrogen fuel yields over 50 percent more BTU per pound than gasoline, boosting rocket power.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Soviet
Russia
Navy
Callery Chemical Co
Butler County
George F. Huff
Lawrenceburg
Kas
Muskokee
Okla
Fuel Test Delay Alleged in Air Force Decision
H A Toulmin Jr of Commonwealth Engineering Co Dayton claims Wright Field declined three years ago to test a new missile fuel described as a close approach to atomic energy. He says Wright Field could not disturb its program, leaving the U S behind Russia. Air Force officials declined to comment.
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Washington
Commonwealth Engineering Co
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Atomic Energy
H. A Toulmin, Jr
Commonwealth
Wright Field
Russia
Wright Air Development Center
Boy Found Shot Dies in Wellston Cemetery
James Allen age 16 of Wellston died at Holzer Hospital after being found with gunshot wounds in Ridgewood Cemetery Wellston three weeks earlier. An investigation is ongoing into the incident.
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Gallipolis
James Allen
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Ridgewood Cemetery
Party Air Prevails In Moscow
Thousands of Muscovites danced in the streets while more than 3000 Communist leaders closed the November 7 anniversary program with a Kremlin ball. Khrushchev sang and danced at St George’s Palace with Bulganin and Voroshilov, greeting guests including Mae Tze-tung and Gomulka as he praised Soviet scientists.
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Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
St. George’s Palace
Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Klimenti Y. Voroshilov
Khrushchev
Voroshilovy
Red China
Mae Tze-tung
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Home Official Resigns Over Residence Rule
Springfield Ohio Virgil Phenix assistant superintendent at the Clark County Children's Home and his wife matron have resigned effective November 20. They followed several other officials in resigning this week over residence rule disputes.
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Springfield
Ohio
Virgil Phenix
Clark County Children's Home
FBI arrests man accused of bank robbery in Andover case
The last of three men charged in the Andover Ohio bank robbery was captured by FBI agents in Louisville. Paul R. Pritt 21 of Charleston West Virginia was arrested on Thursday following the earlier detentions of two co defendants.
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FBI
Louisville
Andover
Ohio
Paul R. Pritt
Charleston
W. Va
Youngsters Arrested In Pittsfield Store Robbery
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a 9 year old boy and his 13 year old girlfriend were arrested in connection with a 319 department store robbery.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Third Sputnik Expected Soon
Reports from Moscow and London claim the Soviet Union may launch Sputnik III with a live dog aboard, aiming to penetrate deeper into space. Western scientists, including Sir John Cockcroft, urge Western collaboration if the moon mission proceeds.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Britain
John Cockcroft
Harwell Atomic Research Establishment
United States
Bergman Rossellini separation granted in Italy
Jennie Ann Lindstrom dodges involvement as a separation order is granted in Italy for Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. The remarks reflect family response to the divorce action and its public fallout in Boulder.
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Paris
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Palace of Justice
Rome
Italy
Rossellini
India
Sonali Das Gupta
Roberto
Boulder, Colo
Jennie Ann Lindstrom
Ex-Coroner Virgil Fowler Dies in Portsmouth
Virgil E. Fowler, 70, former Scioto County coroner for two decades, died Thursday from shock after fracturing a hip in Portsmouth Ohio. He served as coroner for 20 years and was a notable local figure.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Virgil E. Fowler
Scioto County
Gallia bond issue ordinance passes
The Messenger reports approval of a bond issue ordinance in Gallipolis. Other items note AHS hosting Wellston’s final game, OU seeking a third win over BG Falcons, a $75 000 suit filed in Logan, Veterans Day plans, blood donor appeal, 190 more names drawn for jury venire, a Read ers vesting Harris history book, and local listings for Athens Glouster Logan and related sections.
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Gallipolis
AHS
Wellston
BG Falcons
Logan
Jury Venire
Harris History Book
Athens
Glouster
Point Pl
Chauncey
Docia
Prison Deliberations Continue in Alcatraz Murder Trial
In San Francisco a jury of 12, including 10 men and 2 women, weighs the murder charge against Roland F. Simcox 25 of Columbus Ohio for the June stabbing of inmate Edward H. Gauvin 23 of Floral Park New York. The government seeks the death penalty. Gauvin and Simcox were both jailed for Army offenses during the Korean War.
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Roland F. Simcox
Alcatraz
Simcox
Columbus
Ohio
Edward H. Gauvin
Floral Park
N. Y
Gauvin
U. S
Lloyd H. Burke
Jack L. Burnam
Boy Dies on Way to Hospital in Flu Like Illness
Wellston and Gallia County report 10 year old Robert Paul Slayton of Rt 3 Wellston died in an ambulance en route to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after suffering a flu like illness Thursday.
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Wellston
Robert Paul Slayton
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Taxicab Strikes and Kills Boy in Columbus
A taxicab struck and killed Donald Pomante six, of Columbus, here Thursday. The incident prompted authorities to investigate the accident and determine responsibility.
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Columbus
Donald Pomante
Weather forecast for Ohio and West Virginia
Windy and very cold conditions with rain possibly turning to snow flurries tonight. Saturday stays windy and colder with a chance of snow flurries. In West Virginia temperatures drop to the 30s with light snow flurries possible. snow flurries continue north Saturday through Monday. Precipitation mainly rain in the south and rain and snow in the north. Temperatures will run 6 to 10 degrees below normal.
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West Virginia
Ohlo
Lake Erie
Teacher Says Slot Machines Are Used in Newport
Newport, Ky. ex exchange teacher Miss Sylvia Harrison caused a stir at the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce by saying slot machines are widely used in the area. She later clarified that in England the term refers to coin operated machines dispensing drinks and snacks, not gambling devices.
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Newport
Campbell County Chamber of Commerce
Campbell County
Sylvia Harrison
Brighouse
Yorkshire
England
Airman Charged With Armed Robbery In Several Robberies
Russell Ray McElroy 22, an airman at Lockbourne Air Force Base, is charged with armed robbery for 12 holdups since Sept. 9 in Columbus Whitehall and near the base. He admitted the robberies and was arrested Thursday. McElroy hails from Morgantown West Virginia.
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Columbus
Russell Ray McElroy
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Whitehall
McElroy
Morgantown
W. Va
Ohio Aims To Tighten Traffic Safety Laws
At the All-Ohio Traffic Safety Conference in Columbus officials pushed for stricter laws including mandatory license suspensions at 12 points a system, vehicle inspections, and school and county funded safety councils. About 600 mayors and officers attended as resolutions go to the Washington conference. Governor ONeill urged grassroots support for tougher measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Phony Invitations Target Congress For Soviet Anniversary Party
Fake embossed invitations sent to many members of Congress advertised a Thursday party at the Russian Embassy. The celebration claimed to mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s most powerful slave empire and honored former defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov, who was removed a week ago. The Soviet Embassy spokesman called it a poor joke.
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Washington
Congress
Georgi Zhukov
Ohioan Marking Time' Americans Prefer Small Coins
William H. Brett of Ohio, 64, director of the Mint, says Americans favor small change despite minting over four billion pennies through three years. He cites vending machines and parking meters, and notes strong demand for silver dollars at Nevada casinos and western tourist spots. Brett, a Taft Republican, says he is "marking time" as he notes the era of Ohioans in Treasury leadership has passed.
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William H. Brett
Ohio
Mint
Brett
Alliance and
Cleveland
Nevada
Treasury Department
George M. Humphrey
H. Chapman Rose
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