Witness Says Marilyn Knew of Divorce Plan
In a Cleveland trial, witness Nancy Ahern testified Marilyn Sheppard had heard osteopath husband Samuel Sheppard was considering a divorce. Ahern said Marilyn discussed a California watch gift linked to a California affair with Susan Hayes, and noted Marilyn seemed very much in love yet wary of her husband.
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Cleveland
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Sheppards
Nancy Ahern
Ahern
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Shep
Randall Chapman
Los Angeles
California
Audit Leads To Arrest For Fraud
State Auditor James A. Rhodes released an audit of Ross County offices that led to the arrest of county Treasurer William F. Immell on embezzlement charges. The report cites an $8078 cash deficit deemed an oversight. Immell was arrested in Chillicothe and released on $5000 bond. Thomas J. Hughes was appointed to finish Immell’s term.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ross County
William F. Immell
Immell
Chillico
Robert L. Per
Dog Catcher in Montgomery Quits After Controversy
Jesse R. Danner resigned as Montgomery dog catcher citing a lack of future in the job. He had admitted shooting several dogs on Montgomery streets during the controversy and had a boy arrested for barking at him. He told Mayor W A Gayle he seeks a better future.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jesse R. Danner
Danner
W. A. Gayle
Safe Shock Treatment For Oldsters Reported
Development of safer electric shock apparatus and gentler muscle softening drugs enables beneficial shock treatments for mentally ill elderly once considered too fragile. Reported at the Southern Medical Association meeting by Dr. James Ward and Dr. James A. Becton of Hill Crest Sanitarium, Birmingham, Alabama.
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ST. Louis
Southern Medical Association
James Ward
James A. Becton
Hill Crest Sanitarium
Birmingham
Ala
Marilyn Monroe Recovers From Minor Surgery
Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe is reported by her doctor to be recovering nicely after a minor corrective operation. Former husband Joe DiMaggio visited the hospital for several hours and said she is looking wonderful though she is having a rough time. He declined to discuss reconciliation, adding they remain very good friends.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Escapee Captured After Tortuous 24 Hour Stroll
GUvin Stanley, 27, fled Colorado Penitentiary dairy farm and wandered 25 miles across plains for a day without food or water before reaching a ranch home. Deputy Sheriff D. E. Childs of Pueblo County took him into custody after a knock at the door.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado Penitentiary
Guvin Stanley
D. E. Childs
Pueblo County
Delayed Passengers Halt Express Train
About 30 travellers on a branch line in Hokkaido island forced a through express to halt after the station master refused their request. They gathered on the tracks and boarded the halted train amid the delay incident.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido Island
Five Day Forecast Hints At Warm Week Ahead
The outlook calls for five days from Wednesday to Sunday with temperatures averaging three to six degrees above normal. Normal lows 35 and highs 49 to 55 by region. Rain is light with scattered showers Thursday into Thursday night as normals gradually rise.
Okinawa Prison Riot Leaves 31 Convicts At Large
In Naha Okinawa convicts roamed the yard after a mass riot at the prison. Thirty-one inmates remain free with four surrendering and 16 captured as authorities vow swift dispersion.
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Naha
Okinawa
Big Island
Roger Treed
Saint Mary's
Ohio
U.S
Shuhei Higa
Ryuku Islands
Chemical Oil Workers Prepare for Merger
The CIO Oil Workers International Union calls a Cleveland convention on February 25 to pursue a merger with the CIO United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers. CIO President Walter Reuther backs the plan, aiming to unite about 200000 members. the OWIU convention precedes a separate Cleveland meeting to finalize the merger. The chemical workers reportedly have already agreed to the proposal.
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Denver
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Cleveland
CIO
Walter Reuther
OWIU
Oil
Civil War Vet To Note His 112th Birthday
Walter W. Williams, Franklin Texas, oldest of four Civil War veterans, will observe his 112th birthday on Sunday. He is a Confederate veteran in fair health, with fellow survivors William A. Lundy 106 of Laurel Hill Florida and John Stall ing 106 of Slant Virginia, and Albert Woolson of Duluth Minnesota noted.
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Franklin
Tex
Walter W. Williams
Williams
William A. Lundy
Laurel Hill
Fla
John Stalling
Slant
Albert Woolson
Duluth Minn
Five Year Old Fatality From Plant Spray In Home
Five year old Mary Ann Lowe died after drinking plant spray stored in a soft drink bottle in her kitchen. She climbed a cabinet to reach the bottle on a top shelf in Jackson Michigan. The accident prompted safety warnings about storing household chemicals in familiar containers.
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Jackson
Mich
Mary Ann Lowe
Ex Senator Henderson Dies in San Francisco
Former U S senator from Nevada Charles B Henderson who served 1918 to 1921 and chaired the Reconstruction Finance Corp died on Monday in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Charles B Henderson
U. S
Nevada
The
Reconstruction Finance Corp
School blast at Allen High injures many. superintendent takes blame
The remorseful superintendent admitted he struck the match that ignited a deafening gas explosion at Allen High School. He, the principal Freeman Pickle, and 45 pupils were hurt. three, including the principal, are in critical condition. The single story brick building was demolished.
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Allen
Okla
Allen High School
Freeman Pickle
Reds Plead Innocence In Shooting Incident
Washington reports an American protest over a cold war air incident with Soviet planes, Moscow denying guilt and promising to hear more after investigations. The event over Japan's Hokkaido involved a U S Air Force recon plane, a parachute recovery, and a fatal drowning.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
United States
Moscow
U. S
Kremlin
Japan
Hokkaido
U.S. Air Force
Money Matter Stops Vinton Phone Service
The 20 residents of rural Vinton County filed a complaint with the state utilities commission regarding delayed telephone service from Commonwealth Telephone Co. At a hearing, the company offered to extend an 11 mile line to serve the households, requiring each new customer to pay 50 to 150 dollars upfront to cover a 3000 dollar construction cost, to be refunded over four years. Sowers and others called the charges too high.
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Columbus
Vinton County
Commonwealth Telephone Co
T. R. Sowers
State Utilities Commission
Charles Ballou
Sowers
Kilbane Fined for Assaulting Officer in Cleveland
Miss Dora Kilbane was found guilty of assault and battery and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Police report she attempted to run down Officer Louis T. Wolf with her car while he tried to stop her from driving on a street under construction.
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Cleveland
Dorothy Kilbane
Louis T. Wolf
Nine Ohio Cities Hit In Mock Raid
Columbus led a region wide air raid drill titled Operation Quick Kick with nine Ohio cities Akron Canton Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Steubenville Toledo and Youngstown assumed to suffer direct hits. A force of 500 enemy bombers attacked the five state area from the north. The alert was rated 85 percent effective in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Young Mental Patient Arraigned for Murder
Louis Maurice Smith, a patient at Kalamazoo State Hospital, confessed to slaying a 20 year old nurse. Kalamazoo Municipal Judge Clark M. Olmstead ordered an examination for November 17 and remanded Smith to jail without bond.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Louis Maurice Smith
Kalamazoo State Hospital
Kalamazoo
Clark M. Olmstead
Smith
Kalama- 290
Akron Man Elected President of Ohio Automobile Dealers Assoc
David C. Corbin of Akron was elected president of the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association succeeding Robert H. Eddy of Toledo. E. A. Molenski of Youngstown became first vice president Edgar G. Planck of Columbus second vice president Lynn D. Timmerman of Lima secretary and F. E. Williamson of Marietta treasurer at a meeting yesterday.
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Akron
David C. Corbin
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association
Robert H. Eddy
Toledo
E. A. Molenski
Youngstown
Edgar G. Planck
Columbus
Lynn D. Timmerman
Lima
F. E. Williamson
Marietta
New Urine Test Reported for Cancer Detection
Doctors T. C. Terrell and H. H. Beard presented a urine based test for cancer at the Southern Medical Association meeting. The method measures chorionic gonadotrophin in 24 hour urine, showing substantial levels in 94 percent of 51 proven cancers. It offers potential for early detection, monitoring post treatment spread, and distinguishing benign from malignant tumors.
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ST. Louis
Southern Medical Association
T. C. Terrell
H. H. Beard
Fort Worth
Tex
SMA
House Probe Of Rackets Is Resumed
The House labor racketeering probe called 12 Cleveland and Youngstown men connected to AFL Teamsters vending service employees local or vend ing business to testify. Chairman Hoffman said the hearing record will be turned over to the justice department for action. The session follows earlier inquiries led by Rep. Bender seeking alleged labor racketeering.
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Washington
House
Cleveland
Youngstown
AFL Teamsters Union
Hoffman
B-Mich
Government Operations Committee
Justice Department
Hess
Adhie
Armed Services
Defense Activities
Europe
Hew
Stern
USS
William Holohan
Italy
Man Sentenced in Wife Killing Case
Homer Weathworth 43 pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter and received one to two years in the Ohio Penitentiary. He killed his common law wife Elsie Rhodes 54, with the judge noting she was beaten and kicked to death in a big drunken brawl.
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Cleveland
Homer Weathworth
Ohio
Elsie Rhodes
Parker Fulton
Von Neurath Freed From Spandau Prison
Baron Konstantin von Neurath, once Hitler’s protector and a top Nazi war criminal, is released after serving half of a 15 year sentence. He is elderly, nearly blind and frail, with his release reportedly urged by Communist authorities and approved by Western powers.
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Baron
Konstantin von Neurath
Hitler
Spandau
Senate expected to OK Harlan to Supreme Court
President Eisenhower’s nomination of John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court appeared headed for easy Senate passage. The same day the White House announced Joseph Campbell as GAO comptroller general amid potential GOP opposition over the Dixon-Yates private power contract in TVA country.
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Eisenhower
U.S
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Senate
Joseph Campbell
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Harlan
Campbell
Dixon- Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
Senate House Atomic
Writer Tells Committee of GI Swindle
Cincinnati report notes writer Mike Stern testified before a congressional committee about an eight million dollar yearly swindle of GIs and families in Europe. Stern, Argosy’s European center, accused soldiers of being bilked from milk to slot machines as hearings were planned.
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Cincinnati
Mike Stern
Europe
Stern
Argosy Magazine
The Victims Are Buried in Hillsboro Fire Tragedy
Jamey Madden aged 79 and his sister Elizabeth Madden aged 75 died after Madden crawled from bed to extinguish flames from an oil heater. Both were buried side by side. Miss Madden’s body was found by county home officials. Also dying hours later was their brother who survived a stroke. Surviving sister Mary Brant of Wilmington.
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Hillsboro
Jamey Madden
Elizabeth
Miss Madden
Highlands Community Hospital
Mary Brant
Wilmington
Lincoln town council appoints five as special policemen
The five Town Council members last night appointed themselves to aid Police Chief William J. Wright and his seven man force. Council President Robert H. Ensign said the appointments brought to about 807 the number of special policemen in Lincoln, a town of 11 000 containing Lincoln Downs race track. Special policemen are paid by estorment.
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Lincoln, R. 1
William J. Wright
Robert H. Ensign
Lincoln
Lincoln Downs
Boy Dies of Skull Fracture in Indiana Farm Accident
Wilber Sierer, 7, died at Miami Valley Hospital after a skull fracture from being struck by a tree caught in a bulldozer blade while clearing land on a Union City farm Indiana.
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Dayton
Wilber Sierer
Miami Valley Hospital
Union City
Ind
Sierer
Child Burned to Death in Faulty Babysitter Fire
Sharon Prince aged 113 months died at Children's Hospital after a fire at a babysitter’s home critically burned her. Authorities have not yet determined the cause of the blaze.
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Columbus
Sharon Prince
Willard Prince
Children’s Hospital
AWOL GI Deserts To Russia For Political Asylum
The Soviet information service says an American soldier AWOL since Oct 9 has been granted asylum in Austria by Russian authorities. William Clayton Turner 32 attached to the 124th Armored Ordnance Battalion left from Heidelberg and Water Valley Mississippi. He left Germany for Austria Oct 15 seeking asylum in the Soviet Union, saying he believes the U S government plans a new aggression and he wants real freedom.
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Vienna
Austria
Soviet Information Service
US Army
Kueten
William Clayton Turner
U. S
Heidelberg
Water Valley
Misa
Army
Turner
124Th Armored Ordnance Battalion
Maing
Gel
Russia
Weat
Greg Aian
West Germany
Germany
Soviet Union
14th Witness II Summoned in Lamb Hearing
Washington The communications commission summoned its 14th witness in the hearing begun Sept 15 into allegations that Toledo publisher-broadcaster Edward Lamb once knowingly associated with Communists. Lamb denies the charge and has offered $10,000 to anyone who can disprove his non Communist affidavits.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Ohio
Walter Rh. Powell
Commission
Lamb
Erie Pa. Dispatch
Radio and Television
Florida
WICU
Erie Television
Auctioneer Sells Wife Pocketbook at Lancaster Sale
Lancaster report says a auctioneer named A K Waser sold a pocketbook belonging to his wife for 15 cents. The owner later asked the highest bidder to return the item which contained $15.
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Lancaster
A. K. Waser
Waser
Sucesatul
Strike talks end with no progress at Jaeger Machine Co
Union and six company officials failed to reach an agreement at Columbus on a new contract. The session ended without progress and no further talks were scheduled.
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Columbus
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