President Baker Convocation Urges World Harmony and Reform
Ohio University president John C. Baker urged a shift in educational thinking toward human understanding during his convocation address titled The End or the Beginning. He called for global educational leadership, religious accord, and laws to promote survival and peace amid explosive scientific progress.
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John C. Baker
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Educa
Baker
Gether
Hoffa Opponents Rally Forces for Teamsters Vote
Three opponents battle to stop James R. Hoffa as he seeks the presidency of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Hoffa gains endorsements from the New England Conference Eastern Conference and the Los Angeles Joint Council while opponents push coalitions in Maryland Washington Virginia and the Carolinas before a possible wire vote. Opponents say they will go down to the wire to prevent Hoffa’s election as the Midwest leader denounces charges of racketeering and fund misuse.
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Miami Beach
Fila
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Hoffa
New England
Los Angeles
Joint Council of Teamsters
Dave Beck
International
Einar Mohn
Beck
Midwest
John F. English
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Pro-West Arab governments to address UN on Syria threat
At the United Nations three pro-West Arab governments Saudi Arabia Jordan and Iraq planned to tell the General Assembly that Syria poses no threat to its neighbors in a debate on peaceful coexistence. U S Secretary of State Dulles warned arms flow to Syria could push Arab states toward aggression. Separately Algeria sought UN support to pressure France over Algerian independence.
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United Nations
N.Y
Syria
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Iraq
U. S
Dulles
Egypt
Saud
Damascus
United States
General Assembly
Russia
Yemen
France
San Marino in Rain Delays Skirmish Between Factions
Communist and anti-Communist militiamen faced off as heavy rain paused fighting in San Marino. About 50 anti-Communist volunteers guard a factory at the eastern tip where a provisional government sits, while 100 Communist volunteers patrol the rest, including the government palace. Police, numbering 200, stand in the rain with outdated arms and no ammunition as Italy blocks roads to prevent influx of Italian Communists. Hilltop San Marino is encircled by Italy.
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San Marino
Italy
Second Arrest Reported in Slaying of Andrew Gerlach
In Warren Ohio a second man was reported arrested for questioning in the slaying of Andrew Gerlach 29 of Youngstown. Police said a 29 year old man was taken from Youngstown to Warren authorities but he was not listed at the jail. Glenn Colvin 29 also of Youngstown pleaded innocent to first degree murder and is held without bond.
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Warren
Ohio
Andrew Gerlach
Youngstown
Trumbull County
Player Pianos Sparked Sales as Novelties
A Fred Heavyner advertisement sparked interest in player pianos and other musical novelties, which were soon sold. Call to sell your pager piano or similar items.
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Fred Heavyner
Main Line Traffic Resumes After 30 Hour Interruption
Salem West Virginia reports traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio main line resumed after a 30 hour interruption caused by a derailment three miles east of town. Officials said sheared rivets in a coupler sent 15 cars of a 66 car eastbound freight off the tracks. No injuries reported.
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Salem
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Here
Secret sabotage reports surge in North Vietnam
Saigon based government agency says secret organizations are forming in North Vietnam to sabotage Communist enterprises and that resistance is rising in all provinces.
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Saigon
North
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Ohioan Gifts Two 42 Year Maple Trees to Moscow
Edward Scanlon editor of Trees magazine in Cleveland Ohio presented Moscow citizens with two 42 year old maples from America as a gift. The trees were planted Tuesday in Friendship Park during his visit as a tourist.
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Moscow
Edward Scanlon
Cleveland
Ohio
America
Scanlon
Friendship Park
Mobile emergency telephones patrol Cleveland's West Side
Cleveland mobile telephone units labeled emergency telephone operated through the night as 5000 subscribers lost service after lines were cut. Five cars were active until 10 p.m. Tuesday with two remaining. 9600 wires were damaged and trunk lines on 65th Street were severed, repairs expected today amid a strike with the CWA.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
65Th Street
Little Rock Nine greeted by jeers at Central High
Nine Negro students entered Central High as federal troops remained on duty for a second day. White students taunted them with cries of chicken while objects were thrown. Mrs. Bates of the NAACP observed organized intimidation inside the school.
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Little .Rock
Ark
Central High School
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Big High School
101St Airborne Division
National Guard
L. C. Bates
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eisenhower
Central High
Faubus
West Virginia Blamed for Fatal Two-State Shootout
Victor Wayne Whitley, 26, Granger Texas, bound over for murder in connection with the death of Trooper Dugald Pellot and a West Virginia suspect Ralph Walker Taylor, 36, Kenova, as the pair fled a Vernon roadblock after a four month robbery spree. Taylor died after a gunfight with North Vernon Officer Lester Kellen 38. Whitley claimed Taylor fired the shots that killed the two state troopers and the Clinton sheriff's stop led to Vogel's radio alarm.
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Gorgton le Cronier
Jackson, Mich
Edward Grezek
Victor Wayne Whitley
Granger, Tex
Ralph Walker Taylor
Kenova
Scottsburg
Ind
Granger
Tex
Scott Circuit Court
Justice of Peace
O. E. Hedrick
Clark County
Jeffersonville
Whitley
W. Va
Dugald A. Pellot
Clinton
Mich
William Kellems
Taylor
Lester Kenen
North Vernon
Vernon
Kellems
West Virginia
Delaware
Texas
Douglas A. Vogel
Vogel
Pellot
Confidential Jury Defects Mistrial In Libel Case
In Los Angeles the confidential jury in a conspiracy libel trial was discharged after two weeks of deadlock. A juror said the panel stood 7-5 for conviction, leading to a mistrial after a two month legal battle over Confidential and Whispers content involving celebrities. Foreman Fred L. McCulley cited no path to a verdict.
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Los Angeles
Confdiential
Confidential
Whisper
Fred L. McCulley
Herbert V. Walker
Sitdown Strike at Westinghouse Columbus Plant
A sitdown strike on three refrigerator assembly lines at the Columbus plant of Westinghouse Electric Corp. today affected about 500 workers. The strikers protested the firing of a union shop steward and halted production.
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Columbus
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Prince's Auto Collision Injures Imperial Former Surgeon
An automobile carrying Crown Prince Akihito collided with a former surgeon of the imperial Japanese army on a Wednesday, injuring the latter. The incident occurred in Tokyo and involved Prince's Auto. Authorities report no further details available at this time.
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Tokyo
Crown Prince
Akihito
Imperial Japanese Army
CAB Studies Near Misses As Air Safety Focus
A Civil Aeronautics Board aide cites eight near collision reports in Ohio from April to June. Incidents include Mansfield Findlay crossings with up to 500 feet separation and multiple close calls near Dayton Cleveland East of Toledo Cincinnati. The CAB targets pilot reports to improve air safety.
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Washington
Mansfield
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Findlay
Sible
Dayton
Cleveland
Toledo
Cincinnati
Convicted Spy Jack Soble Seeks Mercy at Sentencing
In New York 55 year old Jack Soble, former head of a Soviet intelligence ring, pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain national defense secrets. He told Judge Levet he cannot forgive himself and asked mercy as sentencing looming next Tuesday.
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New York
Jack Soble
United States
Richard H. Levet
Soble
Levet
Soviet Union
Weather summary for Ohio and surrounding regions
Ohio and West Virginia expect fair skies with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Tonight lows 37 to 42. Thursday highs around 76. Ohio forecast notes five day trend with temperatures 6 to 8 degrees above normal and dry conditions, with rain likely Sunday and showers Monday totaling a half to three quarters of an inch.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Albuquerque
Tismatck, Ciobe
Eccessss
Boston
Cleveland
Ceeseeee
Grand Peek Sioner Sendesin
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Paul
New Orleans
New York
Phroomix
Cloot
Cscoleas
St. Louis
Seattle
Eisenhower presses Faubus for firmer stand on integration
President Eisenhower demands a stronger Arkansas governor response to protect federal court orders on Little Rock school integration. A plan urged by four governors aimed to resume federal troop withdrawal and state control of the National Guard, but Eisenhower questioned Faubus's commitment. Governors differ on progress toward settlement as talks continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
Central
Southern Governors’ Conference
Faubus
Arkansas National Guard
United States District Court
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
NBC
Florida
Leroy Collins
Maryland
Theodore McKeldin
Nebraska Man Pleads Innocent to Robbery
Wesley L. Perry, 33, of Lincoln Nebraska, pleaded innocent to armed robbery in a Columbus area gas station holdup last week. His companion, Donald D. Diehl, 21, of Columbus, was bound over to a Franklin County grand jury on $16,000 bond for a separate gas station robbery charge and also pleaded innocent.
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Columbus
Wesley L. Perry
Lincoln
Neb
Donald D. Diehl
Franklin County
Diehl
Flu Epidemic Closes Cleveland Schools
A flu outbreak kept about 2000 Cleveland pupils from class on Tuesday. Patrick Henry Junior High saw roughly half its students out. The city sent throat swabs to Columbus for tests to determine if the Asian flu is involved.
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Cleveland
Patrick Henry Junior High
Columbus
Celebrezze Wins Cleveland Mayoral Reelection
Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze won a third term in Cleveland, taking 57 percent in a three way nonpartisan primary for the $25,000 a year post. The outcome positions him as a potential future candidate for governor or U S senator.
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Cleveland
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Ohio
U. S
Man Kills Wife Then Shoots Self in Jamestown Home
In Xenia Ohio Tuesday police reported Howard Freed about 50 shot his wife Lucille about 45 in their Jamestown residence and then killed himself. A revolver was found near the husband’s body.
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Xenia
Ohio
Howard Freed
Lucille
Jamestown
Commissioners Pass Bond Ordinance
Local officials approve a bond ordinance after a council session. The vote action is recorded as the main outcome with details on implications for the community and future projects.
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