Affable Grandmother Confesses to Poisoning Four Husbands
Tulsa police charge filed against 49 year old Nannie Doss for the Oct 6 death of Samuel Doss and suspected poisoning of four other husbands from Alabama to Kansas. She described administering rodent poison in food and drink and claimed a clear conscience. Investigations into relatives who died under strange circumstances are ongoing.
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Okla
Nannie Doss
J. Howard Edmondson
Samuel Doss
Edmondson
Frank Harrelson
Jacksonville
Ala
Harley Lanning
Lexington
N. c
Richard L. Morton
Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
W. A. Lang
Doss
Lanning
Morton
Okmulgee
Harrelson
Ohio Weekend Traffic and Fire Deaths Reported
Thirteen people died in Ohio traffic accidents over the weekend. Four fatalities occurred in Cleveland and Butler County due to fires, and a Findlay youth died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a shack where he guarded Christmas trees. In all, 18 accidental deaths were reported from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Butler County
Findlay
Churches At Peak of Strength Report Says
A National Council of Churches report pictures American churches at a peak of strength yet uncertain how to leverage power in a changing era. It notes booming growth in members and gifts alongside rising juvenile delinquency and public corruption. The 6500 word state of the church urges tighter unity and vigorous outreach.
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Boston
National Council of Churches
Council
Genera
Roy Goss
Roswell P. Barnes
William C. Marden
Dallas
12 Counties Start Recount in Burke Bender Senate Race
Twelve counties begin recounts in the Burke Bender senatorial contest as Secretary of State Ted W. Brown announces ten more recounts to start tomorrow and two more Wednesday. Disputed Jefferson County ballots will be reviewed later today with Democratic state chairman Eugene H. Hanhart present. Brown notes 26 ballots from precinct 3B Toronto near Steubenville flagged for both candidates and 27 more disputed, with Bender leading by 6,041 votes in the November 2 election.
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Columbus
Ted W. Brown
Jefferson County
Brown
Eugene H. Hanhart
Toronto
Steubenville
U. S
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio
George H. Bender
Bender
Robert A. Taft
Vice Investigators Begin Unveiling Findings in Phenix City
State investigators were expected to unveil findings in the A. L. Patterson murder to the emergency grand jury after more than five months of prep. Phenix City vice trials resumed after a week’s recess for Thanksgiving. Patterson was killed June 18 outside his law office as National Guardsmen joined investigators in a wide vice cleanup.
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Phenix City
Ala
A. L. Patterson
Patterson
U.S. Plans 11 Wings of B-52 Bombers
Pentagon officials say America's strategic bomber force will grow to 11 wings of B-52s replacing the B-36 fleet over two to three years. Each wing holds about 30 planes, with first delivery expected next fall and a total program cost around 4.3 billion dollars.
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Washington
America
Pentagon
Air Force
Adenauer Says Voting Satisfying Rearms Policy Backing
Frankfurt Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer voiced satisfaction with nationwide state elections showing support for his policy of rearming Germany with Western backing. His CDU lost ground in Bavaria and Hesse but kept the Bavarian government, preserving a two thirds Bundesrat majority.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Konrad Adenanee
Christian Democratic Union
Bavaria
Hesse
Adenauer
Bundesrat
Christian Democrats
Archbishop Urges Reversal of School Religious Instruction Ban
Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati called on a Catholic men's group to seek reversal of the U S Supreme Court ruling in the Ashley McCollum case. The decision bars public schools from releasing students for religious instruction. The archbishop spoke at the third annual convention of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men with 750 delegates from 19 southern Ohio counties.
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Springfield
Ohio
Karl J. Alter
Cincinnati
U. S. Supreme Court
Ashley-McCollum
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men
Five Die In West Newton Flash Fire
A kitchen stove explosion sparked a flash fire that killed 93 year old Mrs. Fanny Taylor and four sleeping children in West Newton. Carl Moore, 9, woke to the blast and escaped from a second story window.
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Pittsburgh
West Newton
Fanny Taylor
Carl Moore
Father Who Lost Family Is Dead
In Washington a Clinton, Maryland man John W. Vaughn Jr., age 2, who suffered severe burns when jet fuel and rockets exploded killing his wife and two children on October 12, died yesterday after appearing to recover.
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Washington
Clinton, Md
John W. Vaughn, Jr
Prison truck theft triggers cross-state alert
Police in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana were alerted for two men who stole a truck and fled over the weekend from the Oxford Honor Camp of the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Oxford
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio Penitentiary
Santa note begs rolling pin for mother in Shreveport
A scrawled Santa Claus note received by The Shreveport Times requests a rolling pin for a mother, claiming she has been married 12 years and has never had one while the father is described as getting out of hand. The quirky plea colors a holiday snapshot from the city.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Times
Doctor Testifies on Dr Sam Sheppard Injuries in Wife’s Death
Cleveland AP report: Dr Richard Hexter testifies Sheppard had injuries to mouth face forehead and ribs when examined after Marilyn Sheppard’s death on July 4. He cannot diagnose a possible spinal injury and notes edema and a black eye. The osteopath is charged with first degree murder.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Richard Hexter
Bay Village
Hexter
Bay View Hospital
Stephen Sheppard
Communists Meet in Moscow to Fortify Security Network
Delegations from the Soviet Union and seven Eastern European communist nations gather in Moscow to take immediate security measures as the United States and Western allies decline invitations. The conference signals possible inclusion of East Teumane in the communist military system to counter Western plans to rearm West Germany. Delegations from East Germany and Poland arrive, followed by representatives from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Albania. Observers from Communist China attend. V M Molotov chairs the Soviet delegation with aides Andrei Gromyko and Valerian Zorin.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
China
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
Valerian Zorin
Leaky Oil Stove Fire Kills Grandmother and Grandsons
An 82 year old grandmother and two grandsons died in a Maud Ohio home blaze caused by a leaking oil stove. The parents were in critical condition at Hamilton Hospital. Oil leaked on the floor and ignited, officials said.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Maud
Hamilton Hospital
China refuses U.S. demand in 13 airmen jail case
Washington reports China rejected a U.S. note protesting the imprisonment of 11 airmen and 2 Army civilian employees on spy charges. The State Department calls the charges baseless while Britain says Beijing finds evidence incontestable. Possible U.S. response includes measures or even a naval blockade under consideration.
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China
United States
U. S S. Army
State Department
U.S
Peipin
U. S
Dulles
Chicago
Mutual
NBC Radio
NBC TV
Dave Eisenhower
Knowland
California
Senate
National Security Council
Atom Expert Dies at 53
CHICAGO Fellow scientists mourn the death of Enrico Fermi at 53 from cancer. The Nobel Prize winner helped launch the atomic age with controlled nuclear energy. He first proposed an atomic bomb idea in 1939 and built the Chicago pile that enabled A-bomb manufacture.
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Chicago
Enrico Fermi
Fermi
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
University of Chicago
Mansfield Marine Held for Theft
A Mansfield Ohio Marine is among four charged in a $250 liquor store holdup in Providence Rhode Island. Police identified Charles Austin age 19 as one of the suspects, all stationed at Newport Naval Operating Base. The robbery occurred Saturday night.
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Providence
R. I
Mansfield
Ohio
Charles Austin
Newport Naval Operating Base
Hitting 100 Seems Easier After Age Barrier Hurdled
A New York Medical College study suggests people may reverse aging between ages 60 and 75, boosting chances of living to 100. Researchers A A Goldhbloom Otto Deutschberger Irving Chapman and H B Eiber survey 1000 individuals aged 80 to 100, noting arterial hardening and dilation shift as key changes.
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Miami
Fia
A. A. Goldhbloom
Otto Deutschberger
Irving Chapman
H. B. Eiber
New York Medical College
American Medical Association
Ether
Ohio Power Acquires Site for New Plant
Ohio Power Co announces the acquisition of about 650 acres along the Ohio River at Hanging Rock Ohio for a future one million kilowatt steam electric generating plant. The site near Ironton offers coal access and central location within the American Gas & Electric System. Construction to follow expansion needs and system plans.
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Ohio River
Hanging Rock
Ohio
Ironton
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Philip Sporn
Ohio Power
The
American Gas & Electric Co
For Electric Service Cas
American Gas & Electric System
American
As & Electric System
Corn King Contest Continued After Disqualification
At the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, the corn king contest proceeds after the Kareh brothers of Pecatonica Illinois were disqualified for tampering with kernels. Willard Kirk, the 1951 champ, briefly led before a full show restart was ordered amid controversy.
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Chicago
Arnold
Paul Karsk
Pecatonica
Kareh Brothers
Willard C. Kirk
Jeffersonville
Ohio
Karsh Brothers
Paul
Elevator plunges eight stories at Isetan department store
In Tokyo a crowded elevator at Isetan department store slipped its brakes and dropped eight floors to the basement. No injuries were reported as store officials rushed passengers to an adjoining area and compensated them with merchandise certificates worth about 1.50 each.
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Tokyo
Isetan Department
Isetan
Man Wife and Daughters Die in Plane Crash
Four members of a Columbus family died when their single engine plane crashed in hilly wooded country southwest of Wabash Indiana. The victims were Ryne Aden 39 his wife Josephine 37 and their two daughters Elaine 16 and June 11.
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Ind
Columbus
Here
Wisconsin
Ryneaden
Josephine
Elaine
June
Big 3 Rejects Russian Offer
The Western Big Three rejected Russia's proposal for a European peace conference but outlined five steps toward a possible meeting. They urged an Austrian state treaty or changes to Russia's stance on free elections to reunify Germany and called for studying European security issues through diplomacy. A future foreign ministers meeting after ratification, the London Paris accords, and possibly a broader conference with interested powers were proposed.
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Washington
Russia
Paul Herbert Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Marysville
Former Ohio lieutenant governor Paul Herbert, 64, was hospitalized at Mt. Carmel after a car crash near Marysville Saturday night. He remained in good condition with eye and other injuries and his doctor expected to decide in two or three days whether the left eye could be saved.
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Herbert
Ohio
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Marysville
Columbus
Two Counts Face McCarthy as New Charge Arises
Senator McCarthy returns from Senate debate on censure amid a new charge by Senator Bennett. A bipartisan panel previously recommended two censure counts based on his attacks on the committee and its chairman. McCarthy, injured at a hospital, left amid reporters and said he would attend today’s session.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Bennett
Utah
Wetheeda
MD. Naval Hospital
St Cama
MeeCarthy
Burke Group Appeals Ruling on Handwriting Expert Row
In Cincinnati Democratic Senator Burke supporters say they will appeal a county election board decision barring Burke handwriting expert from taking part in the vote recount. Burke aims to secure victory in the November election with Rep George ending the U. S. Senate race in Ohio. George Swett resigned, saying the board would have limited him to a narrow role, affecting his time and clients' funds.
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Cincinnati
P —Porters
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
George Ender
U. S
Ohio
George Swett
New Jersey recounts disputed Senate election continues
A six county recount in New Jersey shows Democrat Charles R. Howell gaining 66 votes, narrowing the gap to Republican Clifford P. Case whose lead stood at 3,303 after an initial 3,369 margin. The process focuses on the November 2 result.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Charles R. Howell
Howell
Clifford P. Case
Case
Boy Holed Up In Mud Hole Rescued By Firemen
Nine year old Neil Horowitz became trapped waist deep in mud for an hour after a utility pole removal left a muddy pit. Firemen pulled him free as rain-soaked ground hindered the rescue.
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Cleveland
Neil Horowitz
Canton Editor's Slayer Escapes From Pen
Canton born killer Patrick Eugene McDermott, who murdered editor Don E F Mellett in 1926, escaped Ohio Penitentiary by walking past two guards. An automobile with a woman visitor aided the breakout. McDermott had previous escapes and a life sentence after a murder conviction tied to a Canton Daily News editor campaign. He was recaptured after a prior 1929 roof escape.
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Don EF. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Ohio
Patrick Eugene McDermott
McDermott
Mellett
Canton
Massillon
Vice
Nanty Glo
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