Injunction Sought to End Longshore Strike Nationwide
Government lawyers seek a Taft Hartley injunction to force 85,000 striking longshoremen from Maine to Texas back to work within 80 days. A court order is expected soon with the government aiming to end the week long walkout by Friday and allow continued negotiations during the cooling off period.
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New York
Eisenhower
Maine
Texas
U.S
William V. Bradley
Striking International Longshoremen’s Association
Washington
Navy
la Quinta
Calif
Van Doren Asked to Testify on Quiz Show Rigging
Washington report says Charles Van Doren, NBC commentator under a 50,000 dollar yearly contract, was invited to testify before a House committee probing allegations that Twenty-One was rigged. He denies knowledge of rigging or advanced coaching and offers to appear. The panel plans to also examine backstage operations of Dot to, as open testimony ends with closed-door questioning of Twenty-One co-owner Daniel Enright and producer Albert Freedman.
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Washington
Charles van Doren
House
van Doren
NBC
Dotto
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Daniel Enright
Albert Freedman
Florida Tr y At Integration Is Idee ed
Florida's first public school integration experiment faced collapse as Dade County School Board assigned 379 more Black students to Orchard Villa Elementary. Four Black pupils had already entered with 14 white pupils. whites plan to withdraw their children. A Black principal and teachers will replace the white staff.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Dade County
Orchard Villa
Licking County Court Grants $75,000 In Suit
Raymond L. Greer of Linnville, a career Army officer, was awarded $75,000 damages by the Licking County Common Pleas Court for injuries from a 1959 auto accident on U S 40 at Jacksontown. The verdict stands as the county court’s largest award.
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Newark
Raymond L. Greer
Linnville
Licking County Common Pleas Court
Greer
Joseph F. Eighmne
Martins Ferry
U. S. 40
Jacksontown
Licking
DiSalle Names Vance to Pardon and Parole Board
Columbus Gov. Michael V. DiSalle appointed William M. Vance, former Republican prosecutor in Champaign County and current assistant attorney general, to a four year term on the Pardon and Parole Commission on Wednesday.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
William M. Vance
Fommer Republican
Champaign County
Pardon and Parole Commission
Weather outlook for Ohto and West Virginia
OHTO mostly cloudy with occasional rain today tonight and Friday. Highs near 72 to 76 with lows 55 to 60. West Virginia shows showers tonight and Friday with possible heavy rain and little temperature change.
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Ohto
West Virginia
Baldwin Wallace College Receives $500 000 Gift
Cleveland news reports Baldwin Wallace College received a $500 000 gift from Dr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Wilker of Santa Barbara California. The donation funds an $800 000 science building named for the late Dr. Victor Wilker, language professor at the college from 1873 to 1917.
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Cleveland
Baldwin- Wallace College
Arthur V. Wilker
Santa Bar
Bara
Calif
Wilker
Victor Wilker
Pioneer IV Reaches Record Solar Distance
In Pasadena California Pioneer IV attains its greatest distance from the sun at 107951000 miles. The 13.4 pound gold plated cone launched last March aboard a sun rocket built by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Caltech.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology
Firestone to Build French Tire Factory by 1960
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. announced plans to construct a multi million dollar tire factory in France and expects to begin production late in 1960. The project aims to expand the firm’s European operations.
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
France
Trustees approve Harding biography project in Ohio history group
The Historical Society of Northwest Ohio authorizes its director Dr. Randolph C. Downes to develop a projected biography of President Warren G. Harding. The move signals ongoing scholarly work on the late president’s life and era in Toledo-area archives.
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Toledo
Trustees of the Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio
Randolph C. Downes
Warren G. Harding
Khrushchev Sees Summit Meeting This Autumn or Winter
Premier Nikita Khrushchev, returning from Peiping, told a Vladivostok crowd that a summit meeting may be called this autumn or winter to continue exchanging views on issues troubling the peoples.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Peiping
Vladivostok
Teenagers and Desperadoes Seek Missing Helena Girls
FBI agents and Helena police search for three Helena High School girls Claudia Fuller 17 Sharron Mee Dowell 16 and Sharron Balazs 17 who vanished after boarding a rose pink 1959 Pontiac with three armed criminals George Jann 29 Frank Spicer 24 and Frank Fisher unknown. The suspects recently escaped a California prison and posed as ranch men while the girls were horse lovers.
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Mont
California
FBI
Helena High School
Claudia Fuller
Sharron Lee Mee-Dowell
Sharron Irene Balazs
Dave Middlemas
George R. Jann
Frank H. Spicer
Frank E. Fisher
Jann
Spicer
Soledad
Calif
Mine Rescue Teams Cited at 18th National Contest
Crack mine rescue teams from Jenkins Kentucky and West Virginia coalfields won congressional citations as the 18th National Mine Rescue and First Aid contest ended in Buffalo New York. 52 six man teams from eight states competed in simulated disaster drills with Bethlehem Mines Corp Mine 22 Jenkins taking top rescue honors and Mine 21 Jenkins securing fourth in rescue and first aid to win the overall award. Compass No 1 Mine from Clinchfield Coal Co Clarksville West Virginia won the first aid contest.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jenkins
West Virginia
Bethlehem
Mines Corp
Compass No. 1
Clinchfield Coal Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
NBC Editor Paul Jonas, 62, Dies in Chicago
NBC sports editor Paul Jonas, 62, died Wednesday in Chicago. He supervised NBC coverage of the World Series for the network.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Paul Jonas
Chicago
NBC
Gas Threatens Texas Capital Line Breaks
A 10 inch propane and butane gas line ruptured in Austin risking a major explosion. Police evacuated 300 to 400 people as crews and troops searched door to door and warned of anesthetic effects from heavier than air propane while the odor drifted through south Austin. The alert followed by a missile frigate launch at San Francisco naval shipyard.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Otto Ludwig
Bergstrom Airfield
South
Tentative Pact Reached in Barge Union Dispute Near Point Pleasant
Federal Mississippi Valley and Union barge lines reach tentative three month agreement with Locals 25 and 29 of the Masters Mates and Pilots union. Conciliator Eugene Barry calls the deal the right step toward broader settlements as two other unions and a fourth carrier withdraw from talks. Two boats docked at Stone's Landing have idle lockout since July 1.
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Macters, Mates and Pilots
Eugene Barry
Masters, Mates and Pilots
Federal
Mississippi Valley
Union
American Commercial
Louisville
National Maritime and Marine Engineers
Barry
Stone’s Landing
Ohio
Kanawha
Britons Vote In Large Numbers To Decide UK Election
London AP reports Britons cast heavy ballots for a new government with late forecasts favoring the Conservatives. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan touted good weather. Hugh Gaitskell campaigned in South Leeds. Stock shares rose on confidence in a Conservative win.
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Harold Macmillan
Maccmillan
Hugh Gaitskell
Leeds
Yorkshire
Gaitskell
Britain
Reds Push For Lead On Arms Issue
UNITED NATIONS New York The United Nations 82 nation Political Committee opens its agenda with disarmament and outer space as top items. Soviet Premier Khrushchev seeks total disarmament while Asia Africa presses Morocco’s appeal for France to halt Sahara atom bomb tests. The panel weighs which of five disarmament items takes priority and considers Ireland Britain United States and Soviet Union nuclear club limits, a permanent nuclear test ban and Hammarskjold’s disarmament report.
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N.Y
Nikita Khrushchev
Morocco
France
Sahara
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
Tank Blast Kills Two in Columbus Gas Tank Fire
A 20,000-gallon gasoline storage tank exploded at Gulf Oil Co. in Columbus killing two men G W Dubose 31 and Otis L Robinson 39 who were attempting to fix a leaky valve. Three others burned were Mrs J B Harper Jr Fred W Mitchell and Ivan Garrett with two more treated and released. Firemen prevented the blaze from spreading to nine other tanks. exact damage not yet known.
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Gulf Oil Co
G. W. Dubose
Otis L. Robinson
J. B. Harper Jr
Gulf
Fred W. Mitchell
Ivan Garrett
Melvin Taylor
John Franklin Moore
Taylor
Nehru Warns China on Border Moves
New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru warned Peiping that India will resist any further border advances by Chinese Communist troops. He said India will not eject the Chinese from disputed outposts seized for now. In Cleveland GM cuts 1150 jobs at Mansfield stamping and Fisher Body plants due to steel shortages.
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India
Nehru
Peiping
Cleveland
General Motors Corp
Mansfield
Fisher Body
State Hospital Work Begins After DiSalle Cleanup Order
Columbus workers start cleaning Columbus State Hospital after Gov. Michael V. DiSalle’s order issued last week. A report cited no start at Columbus State School. DiSalle suggested using prisoners from Ohio correctional institutions and noted that boys from an honor camp work well at Mount Vernon.
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Columbus State Hospital
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Robert Dean
Robert A. Haines
Columbus State School
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Child Beating Deemed Most Unmerciful By Deputy
Dayton report describes a five year old boy battered with nearly one hundred welts and two blackened eyes. Deputy Claude Sammons called the scene the most unmerciful beating he had seen. The child, Jimmy Ray Strong, was treated at Miami Valley Hospital. His father, Carlos Edward Strong, 31, of near Miamisburg, was arrested on investigation of child beating.
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Montgomery County
Claude Sammons
Jimmy Ray Strong
Miami Valley Hospital
Carlos Edward Strong
Miamisburg
Lanza Burial Spot Still In Doubt After Death
The body of Mario Lanza lay in Rome as his widow faced decisions on burial. He died at 38 from a heart attack in a Rome clinic, with options to be buried in Hollywood or Italy’s Abruzzi region where his parents were born. Friends and fans waited outside as the singer’s widow, four children, and family in seclusion considered the burial place.
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Parioli
Rome
Mario Lanza
Hollywood
Italy
Lanza
United States
Cocco Casaria
Abruzzi
Philadelphia
Gunman Fires at Iraqi Premier Kassem in Baghdad
An unidentified gunman fired at Premier Abdul Karim Kassem during his afternoon drive in Baghdad. Kassem was shot three times but the Iraqi government reported only minor wounds. He spoke from hospital claiming traitors sought to remove him and denounced the attack while radio audiences noted his weak voice.
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Lebanon
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Baghdad
Kassem
Steelworkers and White House wrestle over Taft-Hartley deadline
The 86 day Steelworkers strike nears potential government action as negotiations stall. Both sides prefer a court injunction to an agreement, while President Eisenhower seeks progress before returning from California. Union president McDonald vows legal action but obedience to law. A delegation petitions the President to avoid invoking the Taft-Hartley act.
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Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Washington
California
Palm Springs
Alif
White House
James Hagerty
Patrol trainees to graduate as Ohio patrol grows
The State Highway Patrol will graduate 32 recruits from its training academy this Friday and begin a new class on Oct. 19. The graduation brings the patrol’s strength to 713, exceeding the authorized 700 plus about 60 to patrol the Ohio Turnpike.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
UN Team Ends Study Of Laotian Question
The UN fact finding team returned to Vientiane after viewing royal army troops wounded in Laos jungle fighting. The trip, to the capital 130 miles north, marked the final phase of the four nation subcommittee inquiry into Laotian charges of North Vietnamese aggression.
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Vientiane
Laos
United Nations
Here
Man Detained After Ohio Hotel Incident in Middleport
Middleport police and Meigs County sheriff detained Clyde J. Williams of Clinton Tennessee and Soper Oklahoma outside the Ohio Hotel after a tip he carried a large amount of money and a .38 pistol. He was found with a record player and suitcase. No charges confirmed.
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Meigs County
Ohio
Herbert Gilkey
Robert Hartenbach
Gilkey
Hartenbach
Messenger
Clyde J. Williams
Clinton
Tenn
Soper
Oklo
Williams
57 Safe In School Bus In East Liverpool Crash
A delivery truck hit a car then struck a stopped school bus north of East Liverpool. State Highway Patrol said none of the 57 children aboard the bus were injured. Also, a diesel spill occurred on Water Street when a rail broke on a siding piercing a switch engine tank.
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East Liverpool
Here
State Highway Patrol
Boy Critically Burned Filling Father’s Lighter
Harlan Thompson Jr., five, suffered critical injuries Wednesday when flammable fluid spilled on his clothes and ignited as he tried to fill his father’s cigarette lighter. The incident occurred as he burned his arms legs and abdomen. Ohio liquor stores to close Columbus Day holiday on Oct 12.
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Wadsworth
Harlan Thompson, Jr
Columbus
Ohio
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