Rockefeller Struggles for Midwest Support in GOP Bid
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller faces limited organized backing as he tours Chicago for a two day swing to test midwest support for the Republican presidential nomination. He says he has not ruled out a run and plans a formal decision early next year based on public reaction and policy statements.
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Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Midwest
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Rockefeller
Inland Press Assn
Obor
Seek Reason For Dropping Of Citizenship
In Zelienople Pennsylvania Robert Webster renounced his U S citizenship to adopt the Soviet way of life. His wife Martha reacted with shock and withdrew with their two children. Webster appeared at the U S Embassy in Moscow last Saturday and signed a renunciation statement to Consul General Richard Snyder after going to Russia last summer to work at the American exhibition in Moscow.
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Zelienople
Robert Webster
Webster
Martha
U. S
Moscow
Richard Snyder
Russia
Stanford Fraternity Hazing Banned After Student Death
Stanford University’s interfraternity council bans hazing following a student death at USC during a fraternity initiation. Another student at UC Berkeley suffers a kidney ailment after hazing and remains hospitalized.
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Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Interfraternity Council
Southern California
University of California In Berkeley
CBS weighs use of fake applause on TV shows
In New York a CBS executive group considers continuing phony audience reactions on certain broadcasts. In Illinois John C. Phillips 64 longtime national secretary of the Modern Woodmen of America died Monday. Washington reports December draft call at 9000 men, unchanged from prior months.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Rock Island, Ill
John C. Phillips
Modern
Woodmen of America
Von Braun warns space race dangers and Russian voice in space
Wernher von Braun, chief scientist at the Army's Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville Alabama, argues the United States must quicken its space program to avoid falling to the Russians. He predicts a Russian accented voice may orbit as a satellite and cautions against treating space as a mere race between missile teams. He links the stakes to freedom versus state control.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
America
von Braun
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Shotgun Wedding Sparks Elkton License Rampage
In Elkton Maryland a marriage license rush turned chaotic when groom Robert K Worrell refused to swear to the form unless his would be wife Angeline Sailer removed a gun from her bag Sheriff Edgar Startt arrested Sailer a Burlington New Jersey woman charged with carrying a concealed weapon The 68 year old retiree claimed she forced Worrell to marry her or face harm Another man Alexa Jalmar Olson Ocean City New Jersey 55 was held for investigation The state requires a three day wait for expedited ceremonies
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George Ellery
Robert K. Worrell
Moorestown
N. J
Edgar Startt
Angeline Sailer
Burlington
Maryland
Sailer
Alexa Jalmar Olson
Ocean City
Worrell
Startt
Diplomat's Widow Accused in Fatal Child Harm Case
Ruth Mae Urdanivia admitted poisoning her five children with a mixture of 74 sleeping tablets sugar and orange juice under the guise of cough medicine before turning the poison on herself She said the children are better off with their father and plans to kill herself as authorities prepare to file serious charges after her hospital release. The five children attended Sacred Heart School in Allentown Pennsylvania.
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Ruth Mae Urdanivia
Lehigh County Dist. Atty
Paul A. McGinley
Jose
San Francisco
Tokyo
Girl Finds Mother Dead In Columbus Home Tragedy
Ruth Martin 14 found mother Barbara Martin 32 dead by hanging in a stairwell. Two more bodies upstairs include sister April 6 months and brother Duane 2½. Coroner says baby possibly suffocated, boy may have been drowned. mother described as in ill health.
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Columbus
Ruth Martin
Mike
Ted
Barbara Martin
Ruth
April
Duane
Robert A. Evans
Martin
Emergency strike laws loom as steel dispute grows
Senators Mansfield and Keating warned Congress may pass national emergency labor measures if the steel strike remains unresolved. President Eisenhower ordered an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction and both lawmakers urged possible use of arbitration and special labor courts to avert a threat to national welfare.
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Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
Mansfield
Eisenhower
Justice Department
Keating
Utica
N. Y
Injunction Gears Are In Motion
Asst. Atty. Gen. George C. Doubé left for Pittsburgh to seek an injunction halting the steel strike. He will present the case to Federal District Judge Herbert P. Sorg for a temporary restraining order ordering strikers back to work. United Steelworkers leader Davis J. McDonald said the union will challenge the action, arguing Taft Hartley provisions are unconstitutional and the strike does not threaten health or safety. The union's Wage Policy Committee is summoned to meet Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
George C. Doubé
Pittsburgh
Air Force
Doub
Justice Department
Donald B. Macguineas
Greater
Herbert P. Sorg
United Steelworkers
Davis J. McDonald
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
McDonald
Strike’s Extended Impact Hits Multiple Industries
Pittsburgh reports continue to show nationwide steel strike harming auto, appliance, construction, farm equipment and railroad sectors. Industry leaders say even a Taft Hartley injunction may not quickly restore capacity, with 249000 workers already idled and more layoffs expected weekly.
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Pittsburgh
Railroad collision injures 27 near Rowayton Station
A New Haven Railroad engine struck a disabled self propelled commuter car in Norwalk Connecticut. Twenty seven people were injured none seriously in the crash just before 7 am a short distance west of Rowayton Station.
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Conn
New Haven Railroad
Rowayton Station
Ohio appoints former naval officer to pardon board
Columbus John Pruski, 42, a former naval officer with three Ohio State degrees, named to the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission. The governor announced the $12 000 a year appointment on Monday. Canton Tommy Henrich, ex Tigers coach, hired by Diebold Inc for sales and public relations duties in Canton.
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John Pruski
Ohio State University
Ohio Pardon and Parol Commission
Michael V. DiSalle
Canton
Tommy Henrich
Massillon
Detroit Tigers
Diebold Inc
Churches Urge Action to End Cold War Bridges By NCC Leader
Dr Edwin T Dahlberg president of the National Council of Churches urged churches to lead a moral task of building bridges to end the Cold War. He spoke to 400 delegates at the Cleveland Baptist Association fall meeting about youth obscenity and the ironies of Soviet policy. He argued prayer and reconciliation align with the gospel as he contrasted Khruchev’s talk of peace with atheistic communism.
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National Council of Churches
Edwin T. Dahlberg
St. Louis
NCC
Cleveland Baptist Assn
Dahlberg
Khrui Shehev
Graham Charged With Manslaughter and Theft
Paul Graham, 22, Columbus apprentice cook, struck and killed three school children with a stolen car. Police filed three counts of manslaughter and one of auto theft. Judge William Gillie ordered Graham held without bond pending arraignment in Municipal Court.
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Paul Graham
William Gillie
Graham
Brushfire Near Los Angeles Kills Two Firefighters
A massive brushfire north of Los Angeles charred 14 000 acres and menaced two upscale suburbs and a small mountain community. Firefighters died in the line of duty while crews gained control with fire breaks and water-bombing aircraft saving all threatened homes.
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Akron attorney surrenders in $28,000 estate shortages case
Alan D. So phrin, 39, of Cuyahoga Falls surrendered to police after an alleged shortage of $28,000 in two estates he administered. He had vanished July 27 and would not reveal his recent whereabouts.
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Akron
Alan D. Sophrin
Cuyahoga Falls
Four die as Boeing jet crashes on river bank in Washington
A Braniff Boeing 707 test flight crashed on a river sand bar near Everett after three engines tore loose during a violent maneuver at 12 000 feet. Pilot Russell H Baum 32 of Seattle survived. Missing crew included George C Hagen 28 Renton and Braniff employees J A Berke and S Staley. An unidentified body was recovered as rescuers worked through the night.
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Wash
Here
Braniff International Airways
Boeing
Russell H. Baum
Seattle
Baum
George C. Hagen
Renton
J. A. Berke
S. Staley
Braniff
Ex Skating Champ Slain By Spouse in Long Island Home
Earl Van Horn 62, once a roller skating champion, was shot dead early today by his wife Jean 35 in their Mineola home after a bitter argument. The couple co owned a skating rink for over 20 years. they had two other children Earl Jr 10 and Lisa 3. Gretchen 12 called police during the incident.
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Skating Sun
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Earl Jr
Lisa
Bricker To Address Republican Women
In Columbus the Ohio Federation of Republican Women hosts its fall meeting with U S Sen Roman L Hruska and former Ohio Senator John W Bricker set to speak at a banquet after the business sessions. The event runs through Wednesday with sessions continuing.
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Columbus
Hawaii
Ohio Federation of Republican Women’s Organizations
U. S
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Inspectors Lose Road Jobs in Ohio Civil Service Shakeup
Columbus reports that 250 to 300 highway construction inspectors in the Ohio Department are being laid off for not passing civil service merit exams. Director Robert Wallace cites end of season and rules, noting layoffs will largely affect Republican appointees from 1957 58.
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Civil Service
Ohio Highway Department
Robert Wallace
Wallace
Highway Department
C. William O'Neill
Reds Call American Spy Amid Langelle Dispute
Washington reports Soviet radio jamming of Voice of America as Langelle, ex U S diplomat expelled on spy claims, returns to Washington with family amid mutual protests. Soviet accounts differ claiming Langelle carried secret ink and rubles. U S denies spying. Also noting the death of Samuel E Ruley, former Spencerian College president.
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Voice of America
Langelle
Russell A. Langelle
U. S
Soviet Union
United States
Amer
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