Russians Launch Sputnik II Dog Operates In Orbit
U S scientists say Sputnik II may circle Earth a year or more and slow its decline less than expected. American plans target a March fully developed satellite with test spheres starting next month. Na vy and Grand Central Rocket Co report firings scheduled, while Laika the dog is believed dead aboard Sputnik II.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Naval Research Laboratory
Project Vanguard
Cape Carnaveral
Fla
U. S
Grand Central Rocket Co
Mentone
Calif
Navy
Laika
Moscow Radio
Earth
Navy Begins Court Martial at Sasebo Base
In Yokosuka Japan one Marine was convicted and another acquitted as 16 Leathernecks faced brutality charges against prisoners at Sasebo Naval Base. Cpl Glenn W Fredericks 21 was sentenced to 14 days hard labor and reduced to private for punching a sailor on guard duty in the brig. Dierkson 21 had charge dropped when the complainant could not remember being hit.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U.S
Navy
Sasebo Naval Base
Glenn W. Fredericks
Fleetmate
Alaska
Fredericks
South Japan
Dayton W. Dierkson
Lawrence
Dierkson
Marines
Fnday
Debates to be limited in parity talks with Stevenson
The Eisenhower administration invites Adlai Stevenson to discuss next month's Paris Allied summit. Dulles and Stevenson will meet to craft tentative NATO proposals. The move aims at bipartisanship in foreign policy as Russia gains power, with Stevenson free to critique any agreement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Paris
Dulles
State Department
Stevenson
Russia
Congress
New York Tutor Called In Probe
Washington saw the Senate Special Committee quiz C. Don Modica known as The Professor about links to Albert Anastasia and Vincent Squillante. Witnesses tie Modica to Umberto Anastasia and Nunzio Squillante as pivotal in NY garbage racketeering and gunplay surrounding a 50 million dollar yearly haul.
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Washington
Don
Modica
New York
Senate
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Vincent J
Jimmy) Squillante
Anastasia
Anastasa
Umberto
Robert F. Kennedy
Squillante
Nunzio
Kennedy
Ford Foundation Chief Discusses Science Education Policy
Henry T. Herald, president of the Ford Foundation, told the Council of Chief State School Officers that the federal government cannot dictate science study and should not bribe students to pursue it. He stressed education quality, local curriculum decisions, and a push to strengthen mathematics and science in high schools to prepare more scientists. The council comprises public education leaders from the 48 states.
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Williamsburg
Henry T. Herald
Ford Foundation
Eisenhower
America
Russia
States
Still Search For Airliner Vanished With 44 Aboard
It has been almost a week since Pan American's Stratocruiser Romance of the Skies vanished in the Pacific with 44 persons aboard and no trace has been found. A Pan American sister ship reported debris spotted late Wednesday but the Coast Guard called it doubtful. Philippine Sea continued an intensive search along the missing airliner's flight route.
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Honolulu
Pan American
Pacific
Coast Guard
Philippine Sea
Dentist sued for seventy five thousand by former patient
Charles Frye Jr of Logan West Virginia claims a dentist A F Winter caused a drill to dis engage and travel to his throat and left lung after surgery. Frye seeks seventy five thousand dollars in U.S. District Court. Fre formerly of Logan now of Boynton Beach Florida filed the suit Wednesday.
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Logan
W. Va
Charles Frye, Jr
U.S. District Court
A. F. Winter
Boynton Beach
Fla
Stark County murder suspects file alibi in court
Two men charged with first degree murder claim they were in Kentucky at the time of Eldon Shoup’s death during a burglary attempt. Alfred Calabrese, 37, of Cleveland, and Paul Perotti, 32, of Chardon, filed alibi notices in Stark County Common Pleas Court Wednesday through their attorneys.
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Canton
Kentucky
Eldon Shoup
Alfred Calabrese
Cleveland
Paul Perotti
Chardon
Stark County Common Pleas Court
Board Man Succeeds Columbus
Fred W. Heinold, president of the Cincinnati Board of Education, has been elected president of the Ohio School Boards Association. He succeeds Don Clippinger of the Athens Board of Education.
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Columbus
Fred W. Heinold
Cincinnati Board of Education
Ohio School Boards Association
Don Clippinger
Athens Board of Education
Replacement Delayed By Stark County Planning Board
The Stark County Planning Commission on Wednesday night halted hiring a replacement for the $12,000-a-year director post until the budget and fundamental planning program are reviewed.
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Canton
Stark County Planning Commission
Civil War Vet Walter Williams Celebrates 115th Birthday
Walter Williams, oldest living Civil War veteran in Houston, turns 115 as a Western band plays for him. His daughter, Mrs. Willie Mae Bowles, says the bedridden veteran is eager for the party while his wife’s death remains undisclosed to him to avoid distress. she died Nov. 2 at 84 from a heart ailment.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Williams
Evacuations After Seattle Sewer Breaks Wide Crater
Seventy five residents were evacuated as a 60 foot deep hole opened on a North Seattle street. The 150 by 75 foot crater threatened nine homes and an apartment building near Univers ity of Washington as dirt vanished into the sewer from a trunk line 145 feet underground. City officials warned the break could have occurred years earlier, with gradual collapse possible.
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Seattle
Ravenna Boulevard
University of Washington
Contagious disease nears epidemic stage in Dallas
Public Health Director James C Strong reports spinal meningitis close to epidemic level in Dallas with 14 cases and three deaths this year. Most cases occurred in the last three weeks.
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Dallas
James C. Strong
Strong
Wade convicted in Columbus knife slaying case
A Franklin County Criminal Court jury found Alonzo Wade, 36, of Columbus, guilty of second degree murder in the July 6 stabbing death of James H. Fielder, 36, also of Columbus, following an argument.
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Columbus
Franklin County Criminal Court
Alonzo Wade
James H. Fielder
Fielder
O Neill Tours Proposed North South Freeway Route
Governor C William O Neill backed a planned north south freeway from Huntington West Virginia through Ohio to Lake Erie after an inspection from Logan to Huntington He praised a level land route with SEO RC support and said engineers will decide final construction He noted benefit to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes ports and referenced route 75 from Wellston to Logan.
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Logan
Huntington
W.va
Ohio
Lake Erie
C. William O'Neill
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Chamber of Commerce
O'Neill
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
West Virginia
State Highway Department
Wellston
Chesapeake
Frank C. Morrow
SEORC
Morrow
Infant Dies After Dose Of Aspirin
Six month old Cindy Oxley died at Children's Hospital after an aspirin overdose. The death was attributed to aspirin given during flu like illness. A Athens physician warned parents that aspirin use for children under one year is hazardous without a physician. Private funeral services are planned Friday at 10 a.m. in Albany with burial at Alexander Cemetery Hebardville.
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Albany
Cindy Oxley
Children’s Hospital
Associated Press
Willard Oxley
Roger
Sheila
Mona
Athens
Russell Oxley
Earl Tewksbury
Bigony Funeral
Carroll Chesser
Alexander Cemetery
Hebardville
Father of Three Slain In Gasoline Station
A 40 year old man, John H Holyke, was found slain in the doorway of his Cleveland service station he operated. Police say he was shot with a possible knife wound to the back. Detectives found no robbery signs and offered no immediate motive.
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Cleveland
John H. Holyke
India marks Nehru’s 68th Birthday on Children’s Day
New Delhi observed Prime Minister Nehru turning 68 with nationwide student rallies dramas and many festive events.
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New Delhi
India Today
Nehru
Messenger headlines preview season finale and local updates
The Messenger reports season closer against Louisville and notes a national official's speech at Point Legion. Jury remains incomplete in the Pierce trial as township trustee results appear. OU graduate college program hits all time high while an Indian guide program expands in Athens Chauncey. Comics Gallipolis and Women's Net pages outline further items.
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Louisville
Point Legion
Pierce Trial
Athens
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Columbus Woman Dies In Bus Car Collision
Columbus Nina May Garner 42 died after her car and a school bus collided at the crossing of Ohio 605 and Central College Road two miles north of New Albany in Northeast Franklin County. The bus had no passengers aboard according to the State Highway Patrol.
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Columbus
Nina May Garner
Ohio 605
Central College Road
New Albany
Franklin County
State Highway Patrol
Two Board Members Appointed by State Bedding Advisory Board
Columbus resident Arman da Thomas and Massillon resident C R Finefrock have been appointed to the State Bedding Advisory Board. The seven member board sets rules for material types used in the bedding and upholstery industry.
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Columbus
Miss. Armanda Thomas
C. R. Finefrock
Massillon
Weather brief for Ohio West Virginia and major cities
Ohio light rain and wind with mild temps tonight and tomorrow. West Virginia expect showers and possible heavy thunderstorm rain, with highs near 60s and lows in mid-40s to mid-50s. Other cities show a mix of cloudy and rainy conditions with regional temperature estimates.
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Wpriday
West Virginia
Albuquerque
Bismarck
Chicago
Des Moines
Au Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Mt. Talia
Seattle
Tampa
Eisenhower warns of big defense spending rise ahead
President Eisenhower told a nationwide audience that space age weapons will require a very considerable boost in defense spending. He warned Congress to cut nonessential programs to offset the hike and said some may be eliminated. He urged expanded education and science training to meet the Soviet challenge and outlined five areas needing more funds including missile development and military pay.
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Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Hitler
Strategic Air Command
Government cool on standby wage price and rationing powers
At a 1200 member conference of the National Defense Executive Reserve, Senator Capehart urged setting up wartime legal authorization for wage price and rationing controls. Officials indicated the administration would not seek such powers but would accept them if Congress votes. Capehart warned perils require a framework to regulate the economy during emergencies.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
National Defense Executive Reserve
Capehart
FBI Captures Ivy League Bank Robber in Ohio Case
A 24 year old service station manager Bill Evan Sparks of Whitehall was arrested and charged with robbing Pickerington Bank Co on September 20. He admitted the crime and told Fairfield County Sheriff Dale George he planned a second robbery that failed. Sparks, also a deputy sheriff, was arrested at home and arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Robert Newton. The hold up earned the nickname Ivy League bandit due to his clothing.
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Columbus—M
Pickerington Bank Co
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Bill Evan Sparks
Whitehall
Fairfield County
Dale George
Sparks
U.S
Robert Newton
Pinkerington Bank
Police Probe Theft From Bank Messenger in Columbus
Police continue investigation into the reported theft of 3948 in currency and 23992 in checks from Maurice Craig 72 a bank messenger for a Columbus auto dealer.
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Columbus—I
Maurice Craig
Columbus
Attorneys Ask Trial Change In Murder Case
Attorneys for Ralph Forsythe ask moving the trial from Lima to another county citing publicity. Forsythe is charged with killing Charles Conner on August 10. Conner’s body was never found. Police report two witnesses saw the shooting. If the change is denied, Forsythe will face trial in Allen County Common Pleas Court here Monday.
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Lima
Ralph Forsythe
Charles Conner
Conner
Forsythe
Allen County Common Pleas Court
German-born treason convict to be deported from Danbury
Hans Max Haupt, 63, a German-born Chicagoan convicted of treason for harboring Nazi saboteur Herbert Haupt, leaves the Danbury federal prison for deportation to Germany. Atty General Rogers says President Eisenhower commuted Haupt's life sentence to time served to send him home. Haupt was naturalized in 1930 but lost citizenship after the treason conviction.
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Washington
United States
Hans Max Haupt
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Rogers
Eisenhower
Haupt
Germany
Herbert Haupt
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