Monoxide Fumes Hit Oklahoma High School Choir Festival
About 5400 singers from 109 Oklahoma schools attended the eighth annual Thanksgiving songfest at Oklahoma State University. Carbon monoxide fumes spread through Gallagher Hall as bus engines warmed nearby, sending around 500 students to hospitals and first aid stations. Doctors reported about 200 with varying degrees of exposure, mainly affecting soprano and alto sections. the event paused before the Hallelujah Chorus.
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Stillwater
Okla
Ide
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Gallagsher Hall
Weldon Barnes
OSU
Gallagher Hall
Missing Highland County Man James White Found Dead
Three men inspecting a farm field found a half starved dog tied to a tree and nearby the burned body of James M. White 34 missing from his southern Highland County home since Nov 13. Deputy coroner Dr W M Hoyt ruled death an accidental fire burn when his clothes ignited from a fire he had built.
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Hillsboro
James M. White
White
Highland County
W. M. Hoyt
Touhy Walks Away from Prison Today
Touhy the prohibition era gangster is released from Stateville Prison after 25 years for a kidnapping he says was a hoax. Warden Ragler and parole supervisor Austin announced the release. He has fought the 1933 Kidnapping charge through state and federal courts and once escaped Stateville in 1942 before recapture.
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Illinois Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Statesville
William G. Stratter
Deaf Boy's Hearing Set in Kansas for Delinquency Petition
In CLATHE Kansas a hearing is scheduled Friday on a petition to declare 13 year old George Martens a delinquent child. Martens, who is deaf, admitted killing Steven Moscoe with a knife on Saturday to avenge damage to his bicycle. As a juvenile he cannot be prosecuted for murder.
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Clathe
Kan
George Martens
Martens
Steven Moscoe
Painesville appoints Robert McGregor as city manager
City council hires Robert H. McGregor 39 to take office January 1. He succeeds Fred Weisbrod who leaves for Oak Ridge Tennessee. The post pays 10500 dollars annually. McGregor has led Hanover Borough since 1957 and previously managed Dormont and Whitehall in Pittsburgh suburbs.
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Painesville
Robert H. McGregor
Fred E. Weisbrod
Oak Ridge
Tenn
McGregor
Hanover
Pittsburgh
Dormont
Whitehall
False rumor sparked cross burning at Ohio Northern University
ADA Ohio a cross burning by students at Ohio Northern University followed a mis understanding university president F Bringle McIntosh said today a cross burned in front of the administration building Sunday and about 50 hooded students tried to burn a cross in front of Dr Robert Huddleston home McIntosh said a false rumor started the fuss He spent the day tracing the rumor and met with 50 student leaders and faculty to verify the statements attributed to Huddleston are false
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Ada
Ohio
Ohio Northern University
F. Bringle MclIntosh
Robert R. Huddleston
McIntosh
Dr. Huddleston
MelIntosh
Happy Bob
Eisenhower Begins 20 000-Mile Good Will Tour
President Eisenhower returns to the White House for 10 days of deck clearing ahead of a 20 000 mile good will mission abroad. He flies from Augusta to resume work before an 11 country tour that starts December 3 and ends December 22. The president will meet on budget matters draft the 1960 legislative program and prepare the State of the Union address while addressing domestic and international issues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Augusta
Elisenhower
Europe
Asia
Africa
Turkey And Trimmings Planned For Federal Prisoners
Roast turkey with cranberry sauce will be served Thursday to the 22,300 inmates at federal prisons and reformatories.
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Washington
DiSalle Surveys Mental Health Programs Across Four States
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle visited Albany and Boston and planned stops in Wilmington and Hartford to evaluate mental health systems. He touted Ohio’s $180 million two year mental health spend and discussed separating juvenile and adult patients and segregating elderly and mentally retarded patients from the insane. He declined to back a specific presidential candidate though cited several possible contenders and praised New York for support of his reforms.
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Hartford
Conn
Ohio
Michael V. di Salle
Wilmington
Del
Albany
N.Y
Boston
Harry C. Solomon
Massachusetts
DiSalle
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Democratic Party
American Medical Assn
Kansas
Paul Hoch
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Fire and crash devastate Chicago apartment row
A Trans World Airlines cargo plane crashed near Midway Airport in pre dawn rain, hitting houses and igniting fires. Seven people died, including three crew members and four residents, among them three men and a woman.
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Chicago
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Midway Airport
Jury Will Take Up Parker Lynching Case in Biloxi
U S District Judge Sidney Mize to empanel a Biloxi grand jury January 4 to hear the Mack Charles Parker case. Parker, 23, a Black truck driver, was dragged from jail in Poplarville April 25 before trial for alleged assault. his body was found after a fatal shooting.
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Miss
Uss. Dist
Sidney Mize
Biloxi
Mack Charles Parker
Mize
U.S
Robert Hauberg
Justice Department
Pearl River County
Parker
Poplarville
Pearl River
High Court Plans Hearing in Cincinnati Parking Lot Suit
Ohio Supreme Court set a December 2 hearing on a suit by Superior Laundry & Towel Co and other property owners to block condemnation of land for a 2600-car lot near Crosley Field. Cincinnati City Council approved bonds and county authorities funded street work while the Reds secured a 1962 stay. Lower courts denied injunctions.
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Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Cincinnati Reds
Superior Laundry & Towel Co
Hamilton County
Cincinnati Ball Club
Boy Chooses Dog Over Turkey Fund in Thanksgiving Tale
In Syracuse, Kevin Miller, 10, earned $1.80 doing odd jobs. He could buy a Thanksgiving turkey or pay a veterinarian for his injured dog struck by a car Monday. He chose the dog, reflecting a family strain on affording care.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Kevin Miller
Thaksgiving
Kevin
Government Charges Steel Firms Violated The Anti Trust Laws
The U S government filed a civil suit in San Francisco accusing an Oakland trade group six steel companies and 12 fabricating firms of conspiring to limit competition in rebars across seven Western states. It seeks dissolution of the Western Reinforcing Steel Fabricators Assn and labeling its members conspirators in antitrust violations.
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San Francisco
Western Steel Processors
U. S
Oakland Trade Association
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
ATTY
William P. Rogers
Western Reinforcice Steel Fabricators Assn. of
Oakland
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Niday Eyes New Trial For Other Death
Washington County prosecutors consider trying Lewis B. Niday for the 1958 killing of George Robinson Jr. after he was commuted from the electric chair to life imprisonment. Prosecutor Randall Metcalf said he wants to prevent possible parole release.
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Niday
Columbus
Ohio
Washington County
Randall Metcalf
Lewis B. Niday
Belpre
George Robinson Jr
Florence Cowdery
Michael V. DiSalle
Metcalf
Expect Cooler Weather Here On Wednesday
Cloudiness varied overnight and widespread showers began across Ohio. Temperatures ranged from 37 in Toledo to 51 in Marietta with cooler air expected as a cold front passes. Wednesday will be cloudy windy and colder with possible snow flurries near Lake Erie and showers elsewhere in the east.
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Toledo
Marietta
Zanesville
Columbus
Ohio
Lake Erie
Man's body pulled from quarry pond near Zanesville
The body of 61 year old Earl Hayes Armstrong of near South Zanesville was recovered from his car submerged in 20 feet of water at a quarry pond along U S 22 south of Zanesville. Divers found the car after tracks led sheriff's deputies to the scene. An autopsy will determine if death was natural or due to drowning after the vehicle entered the pond.
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Here
Earl Hayes Armstrong
Zanesville
Muskingum County
U. S. 22
S. S. Daw
Armstrong
Astor Settles Estate Claim
POUGHKEEPSIE New York John Jacob Astor III has settled his suit for a share of his half brother's estimated 120 million dollar estate by accepting 240000 tax free out of court. Astor had charged improper influences against his half brother Vincent who died in New York City last February and left John Jacob out of his will.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John Jacob Astor III
Astor
Vincent
New York City
John Jacob
Locks Contract Won for Ohio River Pike Island Project
Dravo Corp of Pittsburgh received a 22.87 million dollar Army Engineers contract for building locks on the Pike Island land lock and dam project along the Ohio River. Construction will occur near Wellsburg West Virginia.
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Washington
Dravo Corp. of
Pittsburgh
Army Engineers
Pike Island
Ohio River
Wellsburg
W. Va
Cleveland Institute plans $2.165 million building at University Circle
The Cleveland Institute of Music will seek donations in January and February for a new 2.165 million dollar building to be built in University Circle.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Institute of Music
University Circle
Western Washington Flood Recedes But Damage Mounts
Western Washington rivers edged downward as rain and mountain snowmelt kept relief distant. Hundreds evacuated by air and boat from Green River and Snohomish River valleys as floods swelled thousands of acres of farmland. One death reported. highways reopening slowly with Snoqualmie Pass limited traffic. spring work to repair four-lane stretches.
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Seattle
Washington
Northwest
Green River Valley
Here
Snohomish River
Snoqualmie Pass
State Highway Department
Vaid Enters Social Book Rockefeller Story
New name appears in the 1960 New York Social Register Anne Marie Rasmussen Rockefeller, once a housemaid, is listed after marrying Steven Rockefeller, son of Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller, at her home in Norway on August 22. They met while she worked as a domestic in the Rockefeller household.
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New York
New York Social Register
Anne Marie (Rasmussen) Rockefeller
Blue Book of
New York Society
Anne Marie
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Trans World Airlines Opens Atlantic Jet Service
A Boeing 707 jet flew from New York to London today in just under 62 hours to inaugurate TWA's new nonstop transatlantic service.
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London
New York
Trans World Airlines
Atlantic
Two Firemen Die in Detroit Explosion
A two story frame house exploded today in Detroit killing fireman Bruno J. Koulch age 39 and Eugene Puszak age 40 who lived on the first floor. Eleven firemen injured and many police and firefighters knocked down. two others in serious condition.
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Detroit
Bruno J. Koulch
Eugene Puszak
Humphrey Signals 1960 Presidential Bid Outlook
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota says he will announce early in January if he will run for the Democratic nomination. He describes his current posture as unofficial campaigning and officially examining the field, with encouragement he might pursue the race.
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Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
New Cleveland FM Station Applied For on 93.1 MHz
The Communications Commission received an application Monday from Paul J. Molnar of 207 Burkhardt Ave N. E. Canton Ohio for a new Cleveland FM radio station to operate on 93.1 megacycles.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
Paul J. Molnar
Burkhardt Ave
N. E
Canton
Ohio
Cleveland
Two Year Pact Ends Strike At Carbide Co
ASHTABULA A two year contract ratified by United Steelworkers Local 381 ends a 134 day strike of 1920 hourly workers at Union Carbide Metals Co. Nine cent hourly raises this year plus a wage reopener next July 13. A cost of living escalator clause is dropped but 17 cents an hour from that clause is added to base pay. Four week vacations after 20 years replace 25.
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Ashtabula
United Steelworkers
Union Carbide Metals Co
Death Ends Suffering as Easton Man Kills Family then Dies
In Easton Pennsylvania 60 year old Elizio Montoni struck at his family with an ax after a 103 day strike at Ingersoll Rand. He killed a 4 year old granddaughter and seriously injured his wife a daughter and two grandsons before leaping 60 feet to his death from a warehouse fire escape. He left a note calling it a mercy killing hoping his family would remain together. The note referenced taking children away and occurred amid ongoing labor strife.
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Easton
Elizio Montoni
Montoni
Ingersoll Rand Co
West Easton
Columbus Teen Dies in School PE Class
A 16yearold student at Central High School collapsed during gym class in Columbus and was pronounced dead at Mount Carmel Hospital. Coroner Dr. Robert Evans ruled the death a cerebral hemorrhage for James Stevens Jr. authorities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Central High School
Mount Carmel Hospital
Robert Evans
James Stevens Jr
Britons See East West Summit Date Slipping Away
London observers say the East West summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev drifts farther from reach while Paris Bonn officials still expect a meeting before June. Analysts note China’s stance, de Gaulle’s March plans, and U.S. election timing may push the date into April May or even 1961.
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Paris
Bonn
Nikita Khrushchev
China
Soviet Union
West
Khrushchev
France
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
de Gaulle
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