Nelsonville man pleads innocent in fatal shooting case
James Sowards, 70, of Nelsonville, pleads innocent to first degree murder charges in Municipal Court. He is remanded to sheriff without bond. a preliminary hearing is set for next Tuesday before Judge John Newcomb. Prosecutor requests delay to gather case facts. The slaying occurred Sunday morning in Nelsonville Public Square, with William Porter MacCombs 61 named as victim.
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James Sowards
Nelsonville
Harold Shields
Samuel B. Erskine
Sowards
O. F. Rowland
John Newcomb
Virginia
Joseph B. Vanity, Jr
William Porter MacCombs
Wilford MacCombs
Becks Sister Testifies At Tax Evasion Trial
Rita Henne sister of former Teamsters President Dave Beck testified she received 100 shares of Sick's Settle Brewery Co stock from her brother as security for her future needs. She described Beck as a benefactor who rarely explained finances while sobbing during the 1950 53 tax evasion trial.
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Tacoma
Wash
Teamsters
Dave Beck Sr
Rita Henne
Sick’s Settle Brewery Co
Beck
Chico Weather Turns Colder Tonight Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy and much colder tonight. Low 34 to 38 and high around 45 to 48 on Wednesday. West Virginia shows showers this afternoon and tonight with cooler temperatures, lows in the 40s and much cooler Wednesday with considerable cloudiness and a high in the Ads.
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Chico
West Virginia
Murder Trial Is Continued In Nebraska Case
Prosecutors planned to resume cross examination as Caril Ann Fugate defends herself in a three week murder trial. The 15 year old is charged with aiding and abetting Charles Starkweather in one of 11 killings during a January crime spree that ended in Wyoming.
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Lincoln
Neb
Caril Ann Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Caril
Starkweather
Wyoming
Power's Widow Flies with Actor Tyrone Power Body
Debbie Ann Power departed Madrid aboard a plane early today carrying the body of her husband, famed movie actor Tyrone Power, to the United States for burial as authorities prepared for funeral arrangements.
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Madrid
Debbie Ann Power
America
Tyrone Power
Northern storm cripples plains with deaths across region
A major winter storm dragged from Texas to Minnesota leaving drifted snow and flooded streams. At least 10 deaths were attributed as winds gusted through Kansas City and mid-America. The storm moved to the Minnesota border and was expected to reach western Ontario by evening.
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Canada
mid-America
Weather Bureau
Texas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Rockies
Mississippi River
Ontario
Snow and cold settle over northern Plains with heavy drift
Snow and diminishing winds bring improving conditions in the northern Plains late tonight while heavy snow moves across the Dakotas and northwest Minnesota making travel hazardous. Temperatures fall to 12 below in Flagstaff and 6 below at Bryce Canyon with widespread readings from Texas to Illinois in the 20s and 30s. A band of rain and scattered moisture continues to affect the region.
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Alamosa
Colorado
Flagstaff Ariz
Zuni
N. M
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Texas
Illinois
Goodland
Kan
Dalhart
Tex
Storm System Delivers Tornadoes and Flooding Across Central U S
Severe weather from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio border brings tornadoes and high winds across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Iowa. Fatalities occur from accidents and wind while Boy Scouts are missing in Arizona snow. Damage runs into millions with storms affecting farms towns and oil fields.
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Rockies
Washington
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Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Colorado
Odessa
Elkader
Grinnell
Ottumwa
Arizona
Santa Rita
Tucson
Soviet Claim West Berlin Hosts Spy Network Exposed
The Soviet embassy in East Berlin held a news conference with two alleged defectors to drum up support for ejecting Allied forces from West Berlin. Pravda echoed charges of espionage by the West, while Khrushchev touted a shift in occupation status as a victory for Soviet diplomacy.
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East Berlin
West Berlin
Pravda
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
Nixon and Johnson Edge Toward Filibuster Compromise
Vice President Nixon and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson move to shape a Senate rule fight. Nixon aims to change the 66 vote bar to end debate as the new Senate opens, while Johnson seeks a bipartisan compromise to avoid a party split and ensure civil rights progress.
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Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Alaska
Johnson
Psychiatric Tests Set For Pacifist Minister
Three psychiatrists plan tests in the next two days for Rev. Maurice F. Mc Cracken in Cincinnati. He faces an income tax charge over refusing to pay taxes he says fund weapons of war, believing war to be the greatest evil.
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Cincinnati
Maurice F. McCracken
Engineers seek bids for Army Reserve center in Portsmouth
Huntington district U S Engineers invited bids today for the Portsmouth Ohio Army Reserve center construction project. The call outlines contract terms and project scope, signaling progress on federal military facilities in the region.
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Huntington District
U.S. Engineers
Portsmouth
Ohio
Father Grief Trails Shooting Involving 9 Year Old
In Columbus a 10 year old neighbor, Carol Ann Green, was shot dead when nine year old Robert Wright found a 20 gauge shotgun in a back bedroom. The weapon discharged after his pull, killing Carol as the Wright children were supervised by their father who had custody after a divorce. The coroner called it homicide but a court will decide if accidental.
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Columbus
Woodrow Wright
Robert
Carol Ann Green
Wright
Carol
GOP figure nets first hole in one after defeat
Oscar FE Miller of Oak Hill, chairman of the Jackson County GOP executive committee, consoled himself after a Nov 4 defeat. At the Fairgrounds Country Club near Wellston the following week, the Republican celebrated his first lifetime hole in one.
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Jackson
Oscar FE. Miller
Oak Hill
Miller
Jackson County
GOP
Fairgrounds
Wellston
Fires Goal Of Searchers In Colorado
Ground searchers trudged through cold snow toward distress signals of two fliers missing since their C46 vanished in a blizzard. The fires forming an L were spotted by Lt. Coley A. Hunsucker of Lowry Air Force Base 25 miles west of Fort Collins, while a ground party moved in after the sighting. The missing crew are F. L. Courtell of Nayward California and Calvin Cloud of Napa California.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Coley A. Hunsucker
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Hunsucker
Here
F. L. Courtell
Nayward
Calif
Calvin Cloud
Napa
Hunter Finds Body Of Missing Woman 74
A hunter unearthed the body of Nancy Burmaster, 74, in a field near Perry. Coroner Richard W. McBurney said she died of natural causes, and she had vanished 22 months earlier from the Perry Ridge Rest Home on Ohio 84.
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Painesville
Perry
Nancy Burmaster
Richard W. McBurney
Lake County
Perry Ridge
Ohio
Rebel gunmen fire on Havana police station killing four
A carload of rebel gunmen opened fire on a Havana suburb police station Monday night killing at least four officers. It marked the first rebel shooting in Havana in more than a week.
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Havana
Ohio Democrats to Meet in Toledo December 2
Gov elect Michael V. DiSalle calls a Toledo meeting of Ohio Democratic leaders and office holders to discuss party policy on Tuesday December 2.
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Toledo
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Rockets in Space May Be Worn in Shirtsleeves Says Panel
At the American Rocket Society meeting in New York scientists and engineers outlined a future where space pilots travel to Mars or the moon in simple attire. They noted stress at launch and reentry, described a new training capsule at Randolph Air Force Base for future fliers, and discussed morale factors including diet and water quality during simulated seven day missions.
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Mars
Moon
American Rocket Society
Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Air Force Atlas Launch Lights Up Cape, Silent On Outcome
The Atlas intercontinental missile blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 11 p.m. with over 350,000 pounds thrust. Observers saw it climb then vanish as fuel burned out, reportedly targeting a point 3000 miles down the Atlantic tracking range. The Air Force offered no confirmation on the mission’s result.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
United States
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Athens Teacher and Logan Judge Named to National Children and Youth Panel
Judge Rhea B. Brown of Logan and Mrs. Lawrence G. Worstell of Athens join a 49 member committee to represent Ohio at the national White House conference on children and youth in 1960. Brown serves as probate juvenile judge of Hocking County and Worstell is an assistant professor of sociology at Ohio University.
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Hocking County
Lawrence G. Worstell
Athens
Ohio
Brown
Logan
Worstell
Ohio University
Associated Press
French Liner De rests After 32 Years in Service
Le Havre officials report the Ile de France, a former North Atlantic queen, docked after a 32 year career. The ship is deemed too costly to operate and too slow to compete, with no decision on its fate for a month.
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France
Thelle de France
North Atlantic
Red Guns Silent as Taipei Quiet After Island Skirmish
Offshore island fire subsides with silence in Taipei as Nationalists on Quer moy plan to reopen primary schools after recent fighting.
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Taipei
Quemoy
Bill Hess Speaks at Gallipolis Banquet
The Messenger reports Bill Hess as speaker at a Gallipolis banquet with coverage of local events including polio costs in Meigs County and a school board update. The page notes Athens Glouster and Chauncey areas, plus a segment on markets, sports, and television news.
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Gallipolis
Meigs County
Congress St
LSU
Athens Glouster
Point Pl
Chauncey
Logan Pomn
Mid Comics
Hi Sports
Nelsonville
LAW Strikers Return To Ohio Crankshaft
Cleveland workers at Ohio Crankshaft Co return to work today after a walkout over conditions. United Automobile Workers Local 91 says the 500 employees will resume shifts as union and company officials negotiate outstanding issues.
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LAW
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Crankshaft Co
United Automobile Workers Local 91
Electric Auto-Lite Plants Hit by Toledo Strike
United Auto Workers Local 12 struck the four Electric Auto-Lite Co. plants in Toledo today after talks over a new local agreement on working conditions broke down.
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Toledo
United Auto Workers Local 12
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Oldster John Peters Cleared in Park Assault Case
In Boston 98 year old John Peters was freed on a common assault and battery charge after pleading innocent to a park dispute with a 78 year old woman neighbor. A judge warned him to behave himself.
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Boston
John Peters
Peters
Gypsy fortune teller fined after predicting police job success
A plainclothes detective had the Gypsy fortune teller arrested after she forecast his career success. Mildred Viado, 28, received a 100 fine from Magistrate Vernon Wiesand, suspended if she pays 50 to the poor box.
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Baltimore
Mildred Viado
Vernon H. Wiesand
Search Enters Cold Day For Last Man
Hill Air Force Base Utah hosts fourth day of searches for the last of eight men who parachuted from a crippled C119. Capt Don ald Liggett of Indianapolis is feared alive as rescuers rest before braving subzero conditions.
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Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Air Force
Donald Liggett
Indianapolis
Ind
Here
Liggett
Callas Moves Uptown to Carnegie Hall
Maria Meneghini Callas will perform at Carnegie Hall this season after an unsuccessful run with the Metropolitan Opera. The engagement signals a high profile return for the soprano in New York.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Maria Meneghini Callas
Carnegie Hall
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