France's famed violinist among 43 dead in Alps air crash
An Air France four engine jet bound for Saigon and Hong Kong crashed on Mt Comet near Nice killing Jacques Thibaud France's leading violinist and 41 others. All 33 aboard reported dead after five hours of rescue work. Temperature near freezing but weather clear. Thibaud and his accompanist were en route to Japan for concerts. He had been a child prodigy and a renowned figure in French music.
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Hong Kong
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Ginette Neveu
Azores
United States
Barcelonnette
Eisenhower pledges sympathetic aid to Iran in crisis
President Eisenhower authorized his ambassador to Iran to study Iran's economic crisis and aid programs. He told Premier Zahedi that Iran's needs are pressing and the United States stands ready to assist, though no amount was specified. Zahedi said current aid is inadequate to tide Iran over.
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Colo
Eisenhower
Iran
Soviet Union
Zahedi
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U. S
Washington
Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Ohio State Fair awards top agenda in judging
Blue ribbon judging continued as Ohio State Fair officials examined cattle swine sheep horses and flowers. National Shropshire and Dorset shows were highlighted after reported record entries. Mrs Harold S Robison of Astabula captured top prize in the Shropshire ewe class and James A Osborne of Marion Indiana won the Shropshire ram class.
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Marion
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Boys Cannot Recall Many Thefts In City Case
Denver police questioned six youths aged 9 to 13 about burglaries, with one asking how they could remember. Detective Lester Jones said the group pulled at least 40 jobs over the past three years.
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Lester Jones
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Lehew Pioneer Pomeroy Official Dies in Ohio
Theodore Robert Lehew 46 wire chief for General Telephone Co of Ohio in Pomeroy and former village council member died unexpectedly Wednesday morning of a heart attack after reporting for work. He served 15 years with the local company and had been wire chief since 1951. Survived by wife Veda two sons William David trapped on business in Virginia and Robert Theodore in the U S Air Force at Mt Home Idaho, plus brothers Austin and Marion. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Theodore Robert Lehew
General Telephone Company of Ohio
Lehew
Herbert Giles
Navy Joins Outback of Reserve Officers
The Navy notified 1982 reserve officers they will be released from active duty in January due to manpower and budget restrictions. The Army will release about 8000 reserve officers, the Marine Corps about 500, and the Air Force 10,500.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Orville Littick Zanesville Publisher Dies at 62
Orville B. Littick president and general manager of Zanesville Publishing Co and vice president of Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System died in Bethesda Hospital after a long illness. He led the firm since 1929 and became president in 1941, overseeing The Zanesville Signal WHIZ radio and WHIZ TV.
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Orville B. Littick
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Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System
Bethesda Hospital
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Zanesville Publishing
W. O. Littick
Muskingum County
Lash High School
Ohio Wesleyan University
Legion Convention Faces Air Force Budget Split Factions
The American Legion's national convention debates the Eisenhower five billion dollar Air Force budget cut and reduction from 143 to 120 wings while a split on foreign policy brews over United Nations withdrawal, with committees unsure on action. Norman Lyon and Herman Namey clash on wing numbers as floor votes loom.
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America’s Legionnaires
Airorce
United Natins
John Nealies
Convention Committee On Aeronautics
Convention Committee On Security
Norman Lyon
Pasadena
Calif
Aeronautics Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Herman Namey
San An
Judge Rhodes and McLaughlin clash over dummy checks
Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes says he sent out dummy checks bearing sesquicentennial greetings to common pleas judges as state custom. Judge D Deane McLaughlin of Canton calls the action political advertising at state expense and refused the check, saying he did not wish to contribute to Rhodes's campaign.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Common Pleas
D. Deane McLaughlin
Canton
McLaughlin
Rhodes
Lausche To Host Governors Day At Ohio State Fair
Gov Frank Lausche will host Governors Day at the Ohio State Fair with four former governors attending Myers Cooper George White John Bricker and Thomas Herbert. James Cox cannot attend. Event highlights Columbus and Dayton participation.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
George White
Marietta
John W. Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Cleveland
James M. Cox
Dayton
Plane Missing With 22 Aboard Sparks Search Over Northwest
A military charter plane carrying 21 or 22 soldiers and two civilians disappeared after departing Monterey California. Last heard from over Portland Oregon about five hours after departure. It was due at McChord Field Tacoma with no distress call. Regina Airlines officials warned fuel exhaustion possible by 8:20 p.m.
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Pacific Northwest
Regina Airlines
Monterey
Calif
Portland
Ore
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Ft. Ord
Toledo
Wash
McChord
Harvard Reinstates Dr Helen Markham as associate professor
CAMBRIDGE Mass The Harvard Corporation has reinstated Dr Helen Deane Markham as associate professor of anatomy saying there is no proof she is today under Communist domination However the corporation states she will not be reappointed when her term ends next June 30 Mrs Markham learned of the move while vacationing at Falmouth Mass and declined further comment
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Mass
Harvard Corporation
Helen Deane Markham
Balloon Barrage Planned Carrying Bibles to Iron Curtain Nations
Cincinnati dispatch reports evangelist Billy James Harris has directed his committee to launch a barrage of 10 000 balloons bearing small Bibles to Iron Curtain countries. He wired the plan while in Cincinnati to meet his wife Betty Jane Secrest of Portsmouth Ohio.
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Germany
Iron Curtain
Billy James Harris
Betty Jane Secrest
Portsmouth
Ohio
Virginia DMV rejects 17 year old’s license request
End of Test Richmond report notes Miss ly Farrington aged 17 had her driving license application denied by the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles after during a Monday driving test her car ran and knocked down a license examiner.
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Richmond
Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
Ly Farrington
Reds Free 100 More Americans in Korean War Exchange
At Panmunjom 41 officers and 59 sergeants, part of a batch of 100 Americans freed, as the Korean War prisoner exchange nears completion. A sixth troopship with 440 liberated soldiers sails from Inchon. The UN accuses the Reds of pressuring POWs for favorable Red Cross interviews.
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Freedom Gate
Kaesong
United States
Inchon
Korea
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Red Cross
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Columbus O. Johnson
Franklin Furnace
Solon Raps Dem Tactics In Congress Battle
Senator Ferguson of Michigan, newly named chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, assailed Democratic leaders as spreading bunk and riding the President's coattails toward a Democratic gain in Congress next year. He said Democrats use false claims that their votes saved Eisenhower's program, replying to Lyndon B. Johnson's weekend remarks that the president's program passed with Democratic support. Ferguson did not name individuals, but defended Republican support for the Eisenhower administration.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Hocking Valleys Endure Bruising Heat Across Ohio
Weather Bureau reports scorching conditions across Hocking and Ohio valleys with highs near 105 in Gallipolis and over 100 in Athens Point Pleasant and Portsmouth. Officials link two Cleveland area deaths to heat while statewide forecasts remain hot with water shortages and farm livestock concerns across the Miami Valley and south-central regions.
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Ohio River Valley
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Athens
E. M. Poston
Cleveland
Leon Hilty
Thomas Jones
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Portsmouth
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Mercury
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Germans Set To Fight Red Election Plot
Bonn reports Adenauer and 4039 West German candidates push toward elections as top secret plans against Red terror attacks loom. Ollenhauer campaigns in Ruhr region as coalition fate rests on 484 seats and a clash over rearmament versus socialist independence.
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Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Erich Ollenhauer
Ruhr
Alace
San Quentin Lifer Kills Fellow Convict
In San Quentin a 24 year old lifer battered fellow inmate James Formsby 25 to death with a steel bar during a breakfast dispute. Ralph Rogers admitted the slaying but gave only a vague personal reason. Rogers faces murder charges with potential death penalty upon conviction.
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Calif
Harley
Teets
Ralph Rogers
James Formsby
Rogers
Fortune-teller License Fee Draws High Cost in Asheville
In Asheville North Carolina Rosie Reed faced a heavy license charge for fortune telling as counties cities and the state seek oversight. The article notes a $1000 county fee and a $1000 city charge with the state demanding additional amounts.
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N. C
Rosie Reed
General Van Fleet declines offer to lead South Korea's armed forces
An American-Korean Foundation official says Gen James A Van Fleet turned down an offer from President Syngman Rhee to head South Korea's armed forces. Palmer Bevis said Rhee made the offer in Seoul and Van Fleet cited his American citizenship as the reason he could not command another nation's forces.
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Foundation
James A van Fleet
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Palmer Bevis
Rhee
van Fleet
Seoul
Korea
Bevis
Heat Wave Persists Across East With Toll Rising
The Associated Press reports a prolonged heat wave across the eastern half of the nation brings at least 50 heat related deaths and widespread crop damage. Missouri faces 150 million dollars in farm income losses while Iowa corn prospects fall at least 15 percent. Temperatures top 100 in many cities as water shortages and power issues disrupt daily life.
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American Legion
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Akron Red Quiz Begins at Ohio hearing on Communist influence
The Ohio Un American Activities Commission summoned four witnesses to testify at a hearing on Communist attempts to infiltrate Akron's rubber industry. The witnesses included Christian A. Probst and Mae Probst of Akron, Vani Mitri of Akron, and Ralph J. Kerns of Cuyahoga Falls. All quit the Reds and are under subpoena but agreed to testify.
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Columbus
Ohio
Reds
Isaacs
Bad Check Suspect Killed in Accident in Ohio
A man identified as Elmer or Earl Weltrai, about 30, killed in a Tuesday auto crash near Parkman, Geauga County. He was wanted in several cities on theft and passing bad checks charges. authorities had been alerted but he had not been located.
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Parkman
Elmer
Earl Weltrai
Mansfield
Geauga
Voltrain
Dulles Warns Reds Could Draw West Into War With China
Secretary of State Dulles warned that Red Chinese aggression against Korea or Indochina could provoke a Western war against China. He said the United States would not rely on Manchurian sanctuaries and urged laying out intentions to deter aggression, stressing a lesson from Korea about fighting when events make war likely.
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