New Pope John XXIII Calls for World Peace
Vatican City reports Pope John XXIII broadcast an appeal to rulers to convert weapons into tools of progress. He urges peace as coronation plans begin with the throne likely within two weeks. Bells ring across Rome as Cardinal Alberto di Lorio is elevated.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Pius XII
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
John
Sotto Il Monte
Venice
Torio
Msgr
Alberto di Lorio
College of Cardinals
State House Conference Rejects Federal Aid for Education
The Ohio education conference rejects federal aid and splits on funding the public schools. Delegates favor state income tax or soft drink levy, seek stronger State Board of Education and broader funding, testing, guidance, and district reorganization. They push simpler bond and operating levy votes and long-lasting school levies.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Conference On Education
State Board of Education
Ouio
Ma zama Blast Opens Hectic Nuclear Test Day
At the Atomic Energy Commission test site in Nevada the Ma zama detonation marked the first of five planned tests aimed at a record single day. Shots from balloons towers and a tunnel produced the underground Blanca blast 860 feet deep, comparable in power to the Trinity test 13 years earlier.
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Nev
Mazama
Atomic Energy Commission
Blanca
Trinity
N. M
Rites Set For Mine Victims
In Bishop Virginia services began for more miners killed in a Bishop Diggings explosion at Pocahontas Fuel Co. Officials cited a possible cause as a poorly placed blasting charge that may have ignited gas inside the mine.
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Bishop
Pocahontas
Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
German Teens Riot In Essen With Rock n Roll
Bill Haley's rock and roll music sparked a riot among West German youths in Essen. About 300 police intervened Tuesday night and halted the disturbance before serious damage occurred.
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Essen
Germany
Bill Haley
Hopes for Early Atom Pact Dim
Washington reports little chance of an early disarmament accord between the Soviet Union and Western powers. Officials attribute the dim outlook to a tougher Soviet stance and to Moscow's sense of lag behind the United States in nuclear weapons. Two negotiations loom: Friday talks in Geneva on a ban on nuclear tests with an international inspection scheme, followed ten days later by expert panels on preventing surprise attacks and inspection methods.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Dulles
United States
Britain
Geneva
Diplomatic Furor Over De Gaulle Plan Divide Big Three
Washington officials reject a French proposal for deeper consultations among the United States Britain and France to guide Western policy. De Gaulle suggested a directorate style co directing approach but NATO members balk at such a shift. The letters to Eisenhower and MacMillan were acknowledged by the French foreign office though details remain undisclosed. The State Department declined to comment on the dispute.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
DE Gaulle
Eisenhower
Britain
MacMillan
State Department
24 Give Blood for Oak Harbor Child in Charity Drive
A group of 24 donors from Port Clinton and Oak Harbor will give blood at St. Vincent Charity Hospital for Paula Jean Beck, 11, of Oak Harbor. The youngster faces a second open heart operation needing an artificial heart and about three gallons of blood.
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Cleveland
Port Clinton
Oak Harbor
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Paula Jean Beck
Ten-Year-Old Admits Shooting Woman in Denver Suburb
In Englewood Colorado a 10 year old boy confessed to shooting 32 year old housewife Shirley Orlofsky after she refused to drop her purse. Kerry Dale Casey identified as the shooter by chief investigator Bill Maraggos. No charges filed.
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Englewood
Colo
Bill Maraggos
Arapahoe County
Maraggos
Casey
Christmas Party for Grieving 13-Year-Old Eva Munoz
In San Antonio a hospital held a Christmas party for Eva Munoz, 13, the guest of honor who has cancer. About two dozen guests attended, leaving Eva tired yet hopeful. Doctors say she will never see a real holiday.
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San Antonio
Tex
Eva Munoz
Eva
Ohio and West Virginia Five Day Forecast
Mostly fair and cool in Ohio with frost tonight and Thursday. West Virginia stays fair and cool with scattered frost tonight. Temperatures run three to five degrees below normal with cool spell Thursday through Sunday and slight warmup by Monday. Rain limited to central and eastern Ohio Saturday while western Ohio remains dry.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Temperaure
Two Convicts Appeal Ohio Death Penalty
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission heard clemency appeals for two condemned killers, Walter J. Byemin of Cleveland and Cleo Eugene Peters of Muscatine Iowa. The board will forward its recommendations to Governor C William ONeill who can commute the sentences. Peters was convicted for the Holmes County robbery slaying of Paul M. Coblentz on July 18 1957. Byemin was convicted of the Wellington shooting of special officer Edmund D Smith on May 4 1957. Both were to die November 7 by the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Walter J. Byemin
Cleveland
Cleo Eugene Peters
Muscatine
Iowa
C. William O'Neill
Peters
Paul M. Coblentz
Holmes County
Byemin
Edmund D. Smith
Wellington
Ohio Supreme Court
Boy Plays Hockey Drowns In Cesspool
A six year old boy, Lawrence Woods, who left his first grade class for lunch, was found drowned Tuesday night in a private cesspool in Cleveland. Four other boys aged seven to nine said they played hockey after school and occupied the area around the cesspool and an adjacent dump.
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Cleveland
Lawrence Woods
Lawrence
Dahlberg Veteran Administration official dies at 64
Atlanta obituary reports Earle Winfred Dahlberg 64 longtime manager analyst for the Veterans Administration died Tuesday. The veteran public service figure lived in Atlanta and will be remembered for his government work and community involvement.
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Atlanta
Earle Winfred Dahlberg
The
Veterans Administration
John XXIII Becomes Jovial Vatican Leader Known Moralist
Vatican report portrays Angelo Roncalli as jovial and moral, age 76, new Pope John XXIII. He defended public morals and closed Venice churches to shorts tourists while urging beauty in cinema. Political views sparse though he opposed extreme socialism and favors peace.
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Venice
Angelo Guiseppe
Roncalli
Canal City
Adriatic
John XXIII
Italy
Pius XII
Vatican
Tension Eases as Reds Continue Quemoy Shelling
Formosa report says Chinese Communist artillery fired sporadically at Quemoy but tension shows signs of slackening. U S Navy destroyers halted 12 mile coastal patrols, Peiping issued fewer warnings, and Nationalist spokesman Liu Hohtu said shelling continues as invasion chances fade. Secretary Dulles noted China may be trying to save face and avoid further escalation.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
David Lancashire
U. S. Navy
Formosa Strait
Red China
Peiping
Liu Hohtu
U. S
State Dulles
Washington
China
Big Three Still Tap German Phone Lines
Bonn government states the Western Big Three continue tapping private telephone lines in sovereign West Germany. Postal Minister Richard Stuecklin says postwar treaties allow Allies to tap lines if troop interests are at risk.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Richard Stuecklin
Palatinate
Stuecklin
McElroy Arrives in Ankara for Defense Talks
U S Defense Secretary Neil McElroy landed in Ankara for meetings with Turkish leaders and American military advisers on allied defense problems.
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Ankara
Turkey
U.S
Neil McElroy
Drive exceeds goal in United Appeal campaign
Cincinnati officials report United Appeal drive topped its 5 833 612 goal by more than 50 000. The effort covers two Ohio counties and three Kentucky counties.
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Cincinnati
United Appeal Drive
Ohio
Kentucky
Orange School Board President Claims Guilty Golf Ball
Bill Butler, president of the Orange School Board, told Dr. Frank Hubert that a broken window at an elementary school was caused by a golf ball. He said he knew the man who did it and would arrange payment, and he personally paid the bill.
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Orange
Tex
Bill Butler
Orange School Board
Frank Hubert
Butler
Eisenhower Plans Nationwide TV Address to Close Campaign
President Eisenhower, finishing a three state tour, will deliver a nationwide television radio address from Baltimore Friday night to close his drive for a Republican Congress. He returns to Washington after campaigning in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. Rockefeller and Keating join the President in New York to back the GOP ticket. White House aides seek to quell talk of discord after his arrival.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Baltimore
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kenneth B. Keating
U.S. Senate
Rockefeller
Keating
GOP
Manhattan
White House
James C. Hagerty
Labor Money Flows to Democrats in Ohio Campaigns
Reports filed with Congress show labor unions channeling all their Ohio congressional campaign contributions to Democrats. They gave Stephen M. Young 12,500 for U.S. Senate and nine Ohio Democrats 10,250 for House races, while individual donors to the national GOP totaled 23,500 from 14 Ohio contributors, led by Frances Bolton with 3,000.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio
House
Stephen M. Young
U. S
Republican National Committee
GOP
Frances P. Bolton
Democratic National Committee
Escape Mine Blast Uninjured
Rescuers pulled out the last of 13 bodies from a southeastern West Virginia coal mine blast. Four men escaped and were hospitalized in Richwood as the region faced consecutive days of deadly accidents. State Mines Director Wilson cited gas ignition as the probable cause.
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Summersville
W. Va
West Virginia
Richwood
Bishop, Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia-West Virginia
Burton
Oglebay-Norton Co
Here
Curtin Mountain
Gauley
Nicholas County
Artie Humphreys
Craigsville
Crawford L. Wilson
Autumn Business Gains in Commerce Department Report
The Commerce Department's monthly survey reports broad recovery in the economy this autumn with stronger business conditions. It notes limited employment gains and delayed investment in facilities, while auto production remains weak but overall industrial output shows a marked rebound aided by higher personal income and larger wage payments.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nobel Winners Named in Stockholm Prize List
Seven Nobel Prize winners are announced in Stockholm. Three Russians share the physics prize for the Cherenkov effect and radiation counter. Three Americans, Beadle Lederberg and Tatum, share the medicine prize for genes governing enzymes. An Englishman, Frederick Ager, wins chemistry for protein structure. Prize money totals $41,250.
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Stockholm
George W. Beadle
Caltech
Joshua Lederberg
University of Wisconsin
Edward L. Tatum
Stanford
Frederick Ager
Cambridge University
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