Charley Van Doren Says He Will Testify on Quiz Fix Probe
Charles Van Doren, the Columbia English instructor who won 129000 on television, says he will accept a congressional subpoena to testify before the House subcommittee examining fixed quiz shows. He arrived after a New England weekend amid questions about his whereabouts and NBC's removal of him from a 50000 a year consultant post on Twenty One.
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Charles van Doren
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D-Ark
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee No
Carl J. Rubino
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Columbia University
Washington
National Broadcasting Co
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Nixon Takes Rest Before Campaigning
Vice President Richard M. Nixon heads for West Palm Beach Florida for a vacation before stepping up campaigning next month. Rockefeller remains undecided whether to contest Nixon for the 1960 Republican presidential nomination. Nixon shows confidence he could win if the battle develops.
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Richard M. Nixon
West Palm Beach
Fla
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Wilmington Quakers Plan Trustee Meeting Next Saturday
Leaders of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting and trustees of Wilmington College intend to meet next Saturday to discuss selecting a new president after rejecting the trustees nominee G Richard Gottschalk last week.
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Ohio
Wilmington College
Wilmington Yearly Meeting
Liberal Arts School
G. Richard Gottschalk
Michigan killer will stand trial as adult
L Anse Michigan Eugene Paquet, 16, must stand trial as an adult in the slayings of his girlfriend s father and her 10 year old sister Probate Juvenile Court judge Mae Campbell waived jurisdiction in the case.
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L’anse, Mich
Eugene Paquet
Probate Juvenile Court
Mae Campbell
City Council Adopts Measure Holding Parents Responsible
New York City lawmakers move to curb juvenile vandalism by making parents liable for their children's acts. The plan could impose fines up to 25 dollars on parents for property damage caused by minors.
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New York
Explorer VII Gyroscope Satellite Enters Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP America s new Explorer VII satellite is spinning about the earth every hour and 41 seconds gathering data on space radiation and weather A four stage Juno II rocket lifted the gyroscope satellite into orbit Tuesday and it immediately began transmitting information
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Ala
Britain Plans Major Push to Ease West Germany Ties
Britain launches a diplomatic drive to repair relations with West Germany after seven months of tensions. Prime Minister Macmillan orders top experts to prioritize the program, while Adenauer blames the British press for strains. Also notes Explorer VII’s near circular orbit and its planned one year data relay.
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Ohio Supreme Court to rule on straight-line voting law
With the November 3 election near, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear all arguments Thursday on lawsuits challenging Ohio's new straight-line voting law. The outcome may affect how election boards set up machines and whether the metropolitan federation constitutional amendment is before voters.
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Girl steals show at Southern governors conference
Asheville report says Janice Smiley, 15, charmed governors including Luther Hodges and Orval Faubus at a Southern governors meeting. She danced with Hodges, teased Faubus, and earned an invite to the Boggs home, along with Caleb Boggs’ daughter Marilu.
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Luther H. Hodges
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Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Delaware
Caleb Boggs
Marilu
Janice Steals the Show with Gov Meeting at Grove Park Inn
Janice, a high school reporter hopeful, charms Alabama Governor John Patterson during a Monday visit at Grove Park Inn. Paterson and North Carolina Governor Hodges join a lively reception and dance event where Hodges accepts her Charleston dare on the bandstand.
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Ohio Supreme Court Seeks Depositions in Sheppard Case
The Ohio Supreme Court urged further depositions in Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard’s habeas corpus action. The court asked defense and county prosecutors to submit sworn statements by December 1 on claims that evidence was suppressed, focusing on unidentified blood found on Marilyn Sheppard’s wrist watch.
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Cuyahoga County
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Lake Erie
Four die in Boerne Army liaison plane crash
A single engine Army liaison plane crashed near Boerne Texas on Tuesday killing all four aboard. The Army withheld the victims names pending notification of relatives.
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Boerne
Tex
Cooper Styles Union Appeal as Hogwash in Steel Strike
Washington reports the Steelworkers Union presents two choices to the nation a new inflationary wage rise or no steel. Industry negotiator R Conrad Cooper calls the union position hogwash and urges a Taft Hartley injunction if needed. Union president McDonald counters with the claim that companies push inflated rhetoric. The fact finding board weighs the sides ahead of a Friday report to President Eisenhower.
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White House
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Inquiry Board
Eisenhower
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George W. Taylor
School survey proposal to be explained at Mechanicsburg session
Reading the page 5 preview, a county school survey proposal will be explained at a Mechanicsburg session. The item underscores local planning and community input amid upcoming initiatives.
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Mechanicsburg
Antarctic Conference Opens To Seek Peaceful Uses
Washington hosts a 12 nation Antarctic conference to craft a treaty freezing territorial claims and banning secret bases. Vasily Kuznetsov leads the Soviet delegation as Christian Herter opens negotiations aimed at disarmament and scientific cooperation in the south polar region.
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South Polar
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Christian A. Herter
Antarctic
South Point Workers Win Seven Cent Hourly Raise
Allied Chemical Corp Nitrogen Division workers in South Point Ohio will receive a seven-cent raise in each of two years plus a five-cent base-rate increase for about 1000 steelworkers. The deal was announced by the company and Local 3687 United Steelworkers Union after negotiations Tuesday night. In New York United Nations President Adolfo Lopez Mateos warned that arming to preserve peace risks war and urged disarmament to save the UN.
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Mexico
Injunction Won't End Chaos in Steel Market
Iron Age magazine says Taft Hartley injunction will only prevent a total stockout for steel users. It warns about 50 days of output loss, delayed reactivation, and ongoing lay offs. Seven million tons in U S stocks. Steel shipments need four to six weeks post return. Iron ore crisis hits mills in January February.
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New York
Iron Age Magazine
Iron Age
United States
GM layoffs mount as steel strike hits Detroit plants
Layoffs by General Motors Corp. due to the steel strike push toward 30,000 job losses. By week’s end, GM officials estimate plant shutdowns and cut production will bring the total to about 30,000 workers affected.
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General Motors Corp
Strikers Rating Less in U S Steel Walkout
In Morrisville Pennsylvania Helen Galambos describes rock bottom finances as her husband is among 6100 U S Steel Fairless Works workers on strike. The family misses mortgage payments and cuts meals while wives resist pressuring a quick settlement, hoping for better terms.
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Rock Bottom
Helen Galambos
U. S. Steel Corp. Fairless Works
Non Communist Alliances Will Vanish Says Khrushchev
Premier Nikita Khrushchev predicts that military alliances led by the United States will disappear leaving nothing but unpleasant memories. He told reporters in Moscow that NATO SEATO and CENTO will all vanish in time. The speech appeared in Moscow papers after his Saturday address at Novosibirsk aboard his Peiping tour.
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WVU Names New Chemical Engineering Head
Dr. Howard P. Simmons of Canton Ohio, promoted to head of the chemical engineering department at West Virginia University. Simmons earned bachelor master and doctoral degrees from Ohio State University.
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W. Va
Canton
Ohio
Howard P. Simmons
West Virginia University
Elvis J. Siahs Jr
Simmons
Ohio State University
Grandfather Charged In Fatal Columbus Fire
In Columbus a man, Ervin Ben Oliver, 45, faces two charges over a fire that killed four grandchildren. One count accuses him of carelessly starting the blaze by sleeping on a couch with a lit cigarette. A second count labels him a habitual offender with a three year workhouse term. The victims were Virginia Cerda’s children. Cerda gave birth to a son twenty six hours after the tragedy at University Hospital.
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Ervin Ben Oliver
Oliver
Virginia Cerda
Cerda
University Hospital
Mother Beats Child Over Dress Refusal in Lakewood
A 5 year old girl is hospitalized with severe bruises after being spanked with a paddle by her stepmother for refusing to dress for kindergarten. Lakewood policewoman Arline Klaameyer will confer with juvenile authorities about the case.
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Lakewood Hospital
Lakewood
Arline Klaameyer
Washington Star Farmer of America 1959 Named
Lyle Rader of Tacoma Washington was named Star Farmer of America for 1959 by the Future Farmers of America. He has run the family truck farm since grade school and will receive a $1000 award.
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Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Lyle Rader
Tacoma
Wash
Ohio Jobless Benefits Rise Under Liberalized Law
Beginning Friday unemployed Ohioans filing new claims will receive higher weekly checks. Maximum weekly benefits rise from 33 to 42 for 26 weeks with three new allowances totaling 11 dollars and higher dependency payments. Earning limits rise to 20 percent of weekly benefit with reporting required. Pregnant claimants face eight week disqualification before birth and eight after.
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Birthday tribute as Eisenhower marks 69th in Abilene
Abilene High School pupils sing to honor President Eisenhower on his 69th birthday as he leaves Abilene for Washington after ground breaking for a presidential library. He flies from Schilling AFB to Washington, with a family dinner planned tonight.
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Eisenhower
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Schilling Air Force Base
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Schilling
Ike
Reuther Re-Elected Leader Of United Auto Workers
In Atlantic City Walter P. Reuther and top UAW officers won re election by acclamation from about 2500 delegates. A dues increase was approved raising basic union dues from 3 to 5 dollars a month starting January 1.
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N. J.a
United Auto Workers Convention
Walter P. Rether
Reuther
Must Go To Trial In Lover's Wife Killing
Carole Tregoff loses bid to halt prosecution in fatal shooting of her lover's wife. Judge Walter J. Fourt of the 2nd District Court of Appeal denied the writ of prohibition Tuesday.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
Walter J. Fourt
2Nd Dist. Court of Appeal
Need Permit for Spikes
Mobile officials pass a free permit plan to allow women to wear spike heels without violating a city ban. The ordinance prohibits heels over 1 1/2 inches high and less than an inch in diameter, with 50 damage suits cited as motivation.
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Ala
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