Russia resumes nuclear tests triggers US suspension plan
The United States condemns the Soviet Union for renewing nuclear tests and says it will proceed with a one year US test suspension if the Soviets halt tests. The AEC reports blasts and Geneva talks target policing a worldwide test ban starting Oct. 31. The State Department notes the Soviet move as propaganda and warns Washington may end further tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds if negotiations succeed.
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John J. Averill
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Department
U.S
AEC
Tokyo
Geneva
Nevada Proving Grounds
Nixon Focuses on Peace Prosperity In California Campaign
Vice President Nixon campaigned in California steering clear of the right to work battle. He urged Democratic votes for GOP candidates while touting peace and prosperity and warned that voting Republican preserves the nation’s best years. He avoided direct attacks on Democrats amid a June primary showing.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
California
Recession Seen Defusing Inflation Says Real Estate Leader
Columbus report says the recession benefited the country except for laid off workers. H Walter Graves of Philadelphia told Ohio Boards that the recession halted a trend toward inflation more serious than the recession itself. He predicted the downturn would end by year end and industry would expand next year.
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Columbus
National Association of Real Estate Boards
H. Walter Graves
Philadelphia
Escapee Aaron Burgett Sought After Alcatraz Break
San Francisco reports mounting odds the missing Alcatraz inmate Aaron Burgett 28 of Missouri drowned in Bay or reached the mainland. Guards searched caves along the island shoreline with tear gas while Clyde Johnson 38 of Memphis was found waist deep in water two hours after the escape during a fogbound disturbance.
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Alcatraz Break
Alcatraz Prison
San Francisco Bay
Aaron Walter Burgett
Clyde M. Johnson
Johnson
Burgett
San Francisco
Alcatraz
Island Prison
Missouri
Memphis
Tenn
Lovestruck GI To Be Freed
Pvt. Wayne Powers of Chillicothe Missouri is to be released from prison on October 9 after serving about two months of a six month desertion sentence. He deserted to live with a French girlfriend in Verdun and will be escorted to Strasbourg to receive a U.S. passport enabling a French residence permit. He plans to return to his family in France after serving his term.
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Verdun
France
Wayne Powers
Chillicothe
Powers
Strasbourg
U.S
German Youths Greet Elvis Presley Amid Troop Arrival
Five hundred screaming youngsters greeted Elvis Presley, an Army private, as 1300 soldiers arrived on the General Randall. Military police and German police kept order among the mostly 12 to 13 year old girls at Bremerhaven.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Elvis Presley
Presley
Randall
U. S
Plan to reopen segregated high schools spreads cautious hope
In Little Rock parents and students await a promised new plan to open four high schools on a segregated basis. In Virginia, Gov. Almond aims to reopen nine schools in Norfolk Charlottesville and Warren County amid court orders. The referendum backed separate schools 72 percent and 16 000 pupils are affected.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Norfolk
Charlottesville
Warren County
Almond
UAR balks at pull-out promises in Middle East crisis
United Arab Republic diplomats object to conditional troop withdrawal timelines in Lebanon and Jordan. A UAR spokesman warned if forces do not leave soon, Nasser’s government will bring the matter to the General Assembly. King Hussein announced British troops would begin leaving Jordan on October 20. The Arab League met in Cairo to review Hammarskjold’s report on withdrawal timelines.
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N. Y
Lebanon
Jordan
United Arab Republic
Nasser
General Assembly
Sudan
Hussein
Arab League
Cairo
Hammarskjold
United States
U. S
Merchants Face Boycott Over Ohio Labor Amendment
Belmont County merchants report slumping business amid claims of a boycott tied to petitions supporting a labor contract amendment on the November ballot. Some merchants deny signing, while labor leaders dispute any organized boycott and cite 1600 alleged signers.
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Martins Ferry
Belmont County
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers Union
United Organized Labor
Eastern
Pacifico
Officials Meet To Discuss Rate Increase
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. officials and city representatives will start talks on October 10 to negotiate a compromise over a 28 million dollar annual rate increase. The group decided Tuesday to pursue a settlement and is outlining a reasonable income range, though the exact figures were not disclosed.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Ohio Bell
Fair washed up man cleans up in Soviet exhibit deal
Los Angeles laundry equipment dealer Fielding sailed to Helsinki with four accounts to showcase machines at a planned Moscow fair. The fair was canceled but he demonstrated in a Moscow housing project and sold his laundry setup for 30137 dollars. He returned home awaiting payment while his wife did the family’s laundry by hand.
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Los Angeles
Romaine Fielding
U. S
Moscow
Soviet Union
Fielding
Russia
Helsinki
Finland
Khrushchev
Iraq moves to win peasant support with land reform
Premier Abdel Karim Kassem announced a five year program to break up large land holdings and free peasants from feudal domination. Brig. Abdul Salam Arif, the regime's second man, was removed as deputy premier and named ambassador to Germany amid rumors of rifts.
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Cairo
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Middle East
United Arab Republic
Baghdad
Kassem
Nuri
Abdul Salam Arif
Arif
Germany
Eisenhower Urges Compliance With School Integration Rulings
President Eisenhower told public officials and private citizens to respect the Supreme Court school integration decisions or face grave consequences for the nation during a news conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
South Korea Observes Armed Forces Day
President Syngman Rhee told troops to keep their powder dry and hope the opportunity to fight the Communists for reunification would come soon as South Korea marked its third Armed Forces Day.
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South Korea
Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Armed Forces
Rhee
Mayor Denies Greeting To Russian Delegation
Canton officials report Mayor Charles L. Babcock refused a dinner welcome for thirteen Russian industrial experts touring steel plants. He said he had no respect for them and no use for them, declining the invitation and the chance to greet the visitors.
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Sian
Charles L. Babcock
Babcock
Walkout Shortlived at Hamilton Fisher Body Plant
About 900 workers began a brief walkout at Hamiltons Fisher Body plant on Tuesday. A United Auto Workers spokesman said the workers were apparently a couple of days ahead of time on their strike.
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Hamilton
Fisher Body
United Auto Workers
Chrysler GM talks stall as UAW threatens GM strike
Detroit reports the UAW readies a strike at General Motors for 11 a.m. Thursday if no contract is reached for GM's 250,000 workers. Chrysler and UAW negotiators remained in talks past midnight amid disputes over seniority and salaried pay.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
General Motors
Chrysler
Walter Reuther
John D. Leary
Ford
October brings first chill as World Series opens in Milwaukee
A Canadian mass of cold air dominates the continent as October begins bringing winterlike and blustery conditions. Temperatures dip into the 50s with near freezing readings and rain extending from Texas to the mid-Atlantic as fans prepare for Milwaukee’s World Series opener.
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Rockies
Canada
Mid-Continent
Atlantic
Milwaukee
Mercury
Texas
Gulf Coast States
Tennessee
mid-Atlantic States
New England
Red Agent Killed and Five Captured in Korean Intercept
South Korea reports its army intercepted an armed Communist boat off the western coast near the demarcation line. One espionage agent was killed and five others were captured during the Sunday action.
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Seoul
Korea
Wrecked Plane Found Off Key West with 10 Missing
A submarine hunter aircraft that vanished Monday with ten crewmen was located in the northern Gulf near Key West Florida. No lifeboats or rafts were seen, and search-and-rescue teams continued efforts.
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Key West
Fla
Gulf
Here
Ohio River Valley to be fully developed for industry
Russell T. Lund of National Carbide Co predicts all industrial sites in the Ohio River valley from Portsmouth to Huntington will be developed within six to eight years. He noted railroads and electric companies have already bought sites, and the valley is ideal for chemical plants. The tour by the Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council visits Ravenswood Charleston and Gallipolis with further stops between Portsmouth and Chesapeake.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River Valley
Huntington
New York
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council
Ravenswood
Charleston
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Chesapeake
Test Given In Wife Shooting At Batavia Ohio
George Vannatter 30 a factory worker goes to London Prison Farm for a lie detector test in the Pleasant Plain wife shooting death. Sheriff says the test follows evidence including five year old Marvin’s statement that Daddy hit Mommy and shot her. Vannatter claims the gun went off accidentally during a struggle while he tried to disarm the boy. Barbara Vannatter 29 was shot in the abdomen.
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Batavia
Ohio
George Vannatter
London
Pleasant Plain
Clyde Dericks
Vannatter
Marvin
Barbara Vannatter
Largest Chilean steamship believed lost after fire
In Valparaiso Chile the newest and largest steamship in the Chilean merchant navy was believed lost today after a fire forced passengers and crew to abandon ship. Strong officials said the vessel carried many sailors and officers and may have been the pride of the fleet. The fate of the crew remains uncertain as rescuers search the area.
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Valparaiso
Chile
New Terminal Opens at Port Columbus for Piedmont Service
A Piedmont Airlines flight to Charleston West Virginia will operate today from Port Columbus International Airport as the facility’s new twelve million dollar terminal opens.
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Columbus
Piedmont Airlines
Charleston
W. Va
Port Columbus
U S Policy Rebuked by Chiang on Quemoy Matsu
President Eisenhower signaled a possible Formosa settlement if a cease fire could be secured in Quemoy and Matsu but Chiang Kai-shek insisted he will not weaken defenses. Secretary Dulles suggested cutting back forces if a cease-fire occurs. Ambassador Beam and Wang Ping Nan held Warsaw talks with no report.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Quemoy-Matsu
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
Dulles
Chiang
China
Warsaw
U. S
Jacob Beam
Wang Ping-nan
Pittsburghs five major hotels hit by strike
Pittsburghs first major hotel strike since 1946 crippled five of the citys biggest hotels as two unions ordered 2300 service employees off the job at 1 40 a m. Pickets appeared at the Penn Sheraton Roosevelt Pittsburgher Sherwyn and Webster Hall hotels within an hour. No registrations are being accepted and guests were urged to check out. A skeleton supervisory force ran operations with assistants managing elevators.
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Pittsburgh
Penn-Sheraton
Roosevelt
Pittsburgher
Sherwyn
Webster Hall
Ohio and West Virginia Weather Forecast Frigid Nights
Ohio tonight cool with frost likely and low 34 to 37. Thursday remains fair and cool with a 60 degree high. West Virginia issues a frost warning with cool nights and low 30s to 40s. Five day outlook calls for eight degree below normal temperatures, little precipitation, and modest warming Friday and Saturday.
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Thurstod
West Virginia
Albany
Faimo
Bismarck
Clear
Chicago
Cleveland, Clear
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Louisville
Memphis
Cloudy
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Portland
Ore
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Tampa
Desence
Washington
Guinea's Sekou Toure fights for a continued French tie
In Conakry, Sekou Toure voices desire for a free but dignified marriage with France. He notes Guinea's sovereignty granted after the Sept. 28 referendum but says France may still hold cultural and franc zone ties as he faces isolation with Guinea's 22 million citizens.
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Conakry
Sekou Toure
Say-coo Tour-ay
Guinea
Toure
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