First-In-Nation Primaries Signal GOP Challenge Across States
The Associated Press reports voters in 10 states chose party nominees as two ex-senators bid comeback bids in Florida and Arizona. Maine's Democratic victory parade included Muskie and Clausen, while Klaxon and other contests highlighted fields in Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire Wisconsin Minnesota Utah Colorado Washington.
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Associated Press
Claude Pepper
Spessard Holland
Florida
Ernest McFarland
Arizona
Washington
Stephen W. Langmade
Democratic National Committee
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Clinton A. Clauson
Horace A. Hildreth
Pepper
Franklin Roosevelt
Senate
Holland
Coya Knutson
D-Minn
Minnesota
Congress
Vermont
Ralph E. Flanders
Lee E. Emerson
Winston L. Prouty
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Foster Furcolo
Vincent J. Celeste
Boston
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Edward J. Thye
Utah
Arthur V. Watkins
Frank E. Moss
Colorado
Stephen L. R. McNichols
Palmer L. Burch
Henry M. Jackson
Alice F. Bryant
Minnesota Voters Weigh Coya Knutson Come Home Appeal
In Minnesota primary politics Mrs. Coya Knutson seeks renomination amid a Careful home life fracas with husband Andy Knutson. She spoke to 1200 in Oklee while he waited in their cafe hotel. Knutson backs Marvin Evenson in the ninth district.
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Adolph Johnson
Minneapolis
Coya
Minnesota
Coya Knutson
Knutson
Andy
Oklee
Minn
Marvin Evenson
Moorhead
State Hospital Heads Begin 3 Day Meeting
State hospital superintendents from 22 Ohio facilities gather in Columbus for a three day conference on expanding open door treatment for mental illness. Dr Bertram Mandelbrote of Gloucester will speak on open door hospitals housing 1200 patients. He notes keys are kept only for those dangerous to self or others and stresses careful patient classification staff training and full daily activity programs.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Bertram Mandelbrote
Gloucester
Weather Outlook Warmer with Tonight Thunderstorms
Weather calls for fair and warmer today with a possible thunderstorm late tonight and Wednesday. Cooler on Wednesday with lows near 60 and highs around 70, while West Virginia sees scattered showers or thunderstorms late tonight and Wednesday and a drop in temperatures.
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West Virginia
East
Albany
Bismarck
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
Miami
St. Paul
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Kidnaped Stenographer Seized by Bandit Near Fort Collins
Marjorie Schneider an 18 year old Fort Collins Colorado stenographer was kidnaped by a bandit who robbed a party of four. He fired eight bullets after ordering the group to walk on and kept her with him. The assailant told two men and a woman to continue walking while selecting the blonde.
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Marjorie Schneider
Fort Collins
Colo
Radar for Turnpike Speed Control Planned
High speed accidents on the Ohio turnpike will lead to radar enforcement of speed limits. C. W. Hartford, executive director of the toll road, says conferences with the state highway patrol have been held and some problems must still be met before use.
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Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike
C. W. Hartford
State Highway Patrol
Congressman Herman P. Eberharter Dies at 66
Rep. Herman P. Eberharter of Pennsylvania died today from a stroke at age 66. The longtime lawmaker served in Congress and was known for his party leadership and public service.
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Washington
Herman P. Eberharter
D-Pa
Beauty Finalists Selected for Miss Parade of Hills
NELSONVILLE After nearly five hours judges narrowed the field to 10 finalists for Miss Parade of the Hills. Finalists include Arlene Lester Chauncey Barbara Sikorski Glouster Sharon Sue Snyder Haydenville Suellen Johnson Logan Joy Eileen Goff New Marshfield Barbara James Murray City Janice Hanning The Plains Phyllis Jean Vore Shade Karen Sue Armstrong Union Furnace Sharon Cole Nelsonville. The winner will be named Thursday night. The prize is a $250 college scholarship or a $250 savings bond. Judges were Jack J. McQuire Edward J. Dean and Tex Wheeler.
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Sikorski
Glouster
Suellen Johnson
Logan
Sharon Cole
Nelsonville
Joy Eileen Goff
New Marshfield
Karen Sue Armstrong
Union Furnace
Arlene Lester
Chauncey
Sharon Sue Snyder
Haydenville
Messenger Newsphoto
Columbus
Barbara Sikorski
Barbara James
Murray City
Janice Hanning
the Plains
Phyllis Jean Vore
Shade
Parade of the
Edward J. Dean
Select Advertising Agency
Tex Wheeler
CAS Missing Four Aboard in West Virginia Search
State police Civil Air Patrol personnel and sheriff's deputies combed a remote Raleigh County mountains region for a missing C 45 aircraft from Bluefield to Columbus Indiana. Five aboard were identified by Bakalar Air Force Base as Maj. George A Smith Capt Edward E Golt kamp and Mr and Mrs William Hamilton all CAP members from Huntington.
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Charleston
W. Va
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia
Air Force
Bluefield
Columbus
Ind
Raleigh County
Bakalar Air Force Base
George A. Smith
Bakalar
Edward E
Unemployment Drops Reported By Government
The Government reported today that unemployment fell by 600000 last month to 4699000. The decline was not as large as is typical for this time of year.
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Washington
Cement worker confesses in Fort Collins murder case
Floyd J. Robertson a 25 year old cement worker admitted fatally shooting Marjorie Schneider 18 after holding her and three others at a lonely lovers lane four miles southwest of Fort Collins. He led officers to a shallow mountain grave where the body was found following the Sunday assault.
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Fort Collins, Cole
Aountain
Ray, Scheerer
Floyd J. Robertson
Robertson
Marjorie Schneider
Fort Collins
Schneider
Ray Scheerer
Dulles Hints U S Will Offer Concessions on Formosa
Secretary of State Dulles signaled the United States stands ready to concede if Red China renounces force in the Formosa Straits. He spoke at a news conference ahead of expected talks with Beijing, noting he could not discuss specifics in advance.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Red China
Formosa
Warsaw
Twelve Die in B 52 Collision Near Spokane
Two B 52 bombers crashed and burned near Highway 2 at sundown Monday. Twelve of the 16 crew members were killed. A 200 pound landing gear fragment injured no one on the ground as debris flew toward a service station and tavern. The eight million dollar planes carried classified material but not nuclear weapons. The crash occurred about 1500 feet above the Fairchild Air Force Base runway.
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Spokane
Wash
Seattle
Strategic Air Command
Fairchild Air Force Base
Fairchild
Soldiers Sailors Home Probe Sought in Sandusky Ohio
A joint veterans commission representing eight Cuyahoga County groups urged an investigation of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home in Sandusky. They approved a resolution and formed a committee to petition Gov. O'Neill for a probe by a body including veterans representatives.
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Cleveland
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sandusky
Joint Veterans Commission
Cuyahoga County
Joint Commission
William O’neill
Four Akron fishermen found after body washed ashore
Erie PA reports another body recovered from Lake Erie six days after a fisherman washed ashore. The remains of three more Akron anglers were recovered Monday, bringing the total to four found in the lake.
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Erie
Akron
Lake Erie
Police search for Columbus man in estranged wife shooting
Columbus police seek George Ward aged 29 in connection with the fatal shooting of his estranged wife Shirley 26. Ward is wanted on suspicion of murder and is at large in the Columbus area.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Ward
Shirley
O'Neill Starts New Campaign Tour in Mansfield
Gov. C William ONeill will begin a new campaign swing with breakfast meetings teas dinners and rallies next Monday in Mansfield Ohio continuing his statewide outreach to voters and supporters.
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Columbus
Ohio
William O’neill
Mansfield
U S Can Ease Supply Problem For Quemoy
Vice Admiral Wallace Beakley of the 7th Fleet said the United States can help the Chinese Nationalists keep Quemoy supplied despite Communist efforts to blockade. U S escorts stay at least three miles from shore. ships faced renewed shelling as Nationalist vessels beached on Quemoy. An ammunition ship reportedly blew up and a food ship retreated under fire. Beakley noted no American ship had been hit yet.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
Quemoy Islands
Adm
Wallace M. Beakley
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
United States
Beakley
Helena
Defense Ministry
Mother Fined for Slapping School Superintendent Over Retention
A Auglaize County judge fined Mrs. John Howell 100 dollars and costs for slapping Buckland school superintendent Harry Rahmann after protesting her son’s third grade retention. The incident occurred when she argued his grades were sufficient for advancement, and the superintendent testified her strike knocked his glasses to the floor.
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Wapakoneta
Auglaize
William Vossler
John Howell
Harry L. Rahhmann
Buckland
Welfare Leaders Hear Talk by Gov. O'Neill
Governor C William O Neill addressed 68th annual Ohio Welfare Conference in Cleveland. He said the state would focus this year on the rising number of dependent children on welfare rolls and announced a task force of civic and welfare leaders to study the issue.
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Cleveland
William O'Neill
Ohio
O'Neill
Tokyo Court Grants Defense More Autopsy Experts
The Tokyo District Court granted a defense request for two additional Japanese experts to study the autopsy report on T. A. D. Jones Jr., a New Haven businessman killed by Joseph P. Crowley who is charged with beating him to death.
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Tokyo
T. A. D. Jones Jr
New Haven
Joseph P. Crowley
Middleport Council OKs Gas Ordinance and Parking System
The Messenger reports Middleport council approves a gas ordinance and a parking system. Athens County man critically hurt in incident matters noted. Nelsonville council studies gas veto options.
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Middleport Council OK
Health Board
Athens County
Nelsonville Council
Point Council
Bobcat
Athens Er
Glouster Chauncey
Logan Comics
Gallipolis
Nelsonville Women's News
UAW As Talks with Auto Makers Show Slight Hope of Settlement
Detroit reports a thaw in contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Chrysler Ford and General Motors with Walter Reuther present. Reuther and Louis Seaton say understanding improved at meetings with Ford and GM while public meetings were canceled. Talks, frozen since Memorial Day, edge toward a possible settlement before the 1959 model year rush.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers and Car Industry Management
UAW
Walter Reuther
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Group Says Piqua Not Good A Site
A panel of independent scientists warned the Atomic Energy Commission that Piqua Ohio would be an unsuitable site for the first proposed Ohio atomic reactor. They study reactor plans to assess public danger from radiation or explosion but did not state specific reasons.
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Washington
Piqua
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
Democrats Sweep Maine In Historic Election Victory
Maine Democrats win a U S Senate seat for the first time in 47 years as Edmund Muskie defeats Fred Payne. They gain a House seat, retain the governorship, and key races see James Oliver and Frank Coffin re elected while Clifford McIntire survives. The result signals a possible national trend.
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Portland
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Frederick G. Payne
Bernard Goldfine
Payne
Sherman Adams
Boston
House of Representatives
Muskie
Senate
Pine Tree
James C. Oliver
Cape Elizabeth
Robert Hale
Frank M. Coffin
Lewiston
Neil S. Bishop
Stockton Springs
Coffin
Clifford G. McIntire
Perham
Gerald J. Grady
University of Maine
Ike Irked At Defeat In Maine
President Eisenhower assessed the Maine election results from the summer White House. Democrats won a U S Senate seat for the first time in 47 years and retained the governorship along with other major wins signaling a Republican setback. James C Hagerty, the press secretary, said the president agreed the party took a beating and offered no disguise of the setback.
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Newport
R.I
Eisenhower
Maine
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Federal Funds To Be Topic Of Discussion
Dr E E Holt state superintendent of public instruction will meet with state superintendents and U S commissioner of education Lawrence Derthick in Washington in Sept 1921 to discuss sharing the 900000000 federal school aid bill Holt says four plans for eligibility include improving math science foreign language guidance testing area and vocational programs and state statistical reporting All plans require state matching funds for at least the first year The National Defense Education Act funds cover four years Congress has authorized 182800000 nationally for 1959.
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Columbus
E. E. Holt
Lawrence Derthick
U.S
Washington
Holt
State Board of Education
Derthick
Polio cases rise in Cincinnati with no Salk vaccines
Cincinnati reports 13 polio cases this year up from 12 at this time last year. The city health department notes the most recent four cases and confirms none received Salk vaccine.
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Cincinnati
City Health Department
Segregation Pot Bubbles Doesn't Boil Across States
Tension eased in Arkansas and Virginia as segregationists await the Supreme Court decision on Little Rock Central High School. In Van Buren, US District Judge Miller declined immediate relief for expelled Black students, suggesting a new suit for a temporary injunction. In Warren County, Virginia, 22 Black students were admitted to the lone high school with a stay through Sept. 15.
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Arkansas
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
van Buren
John E. Miller
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Warren County
John Paul
Warren County School Board
Abbreviated A Tests Set to Begin Next Week
The United States, post 1958 Pacific tests at Eniwetok, plans an abbreviated Nevada desert test series starting next week. The Atomic Energy Commission announced the end of Pacific test firing and offered few details, calling the tests successful.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Proving Ground
Japanese Seek Jurisdiction In Airman Shooting Case
Justice Minister Kiichi Aichi announced Tokyo will pursue jurisdiction over American airman Peter Longpre after his carbine killed Japanese violinist Sachiyuki Miyamura on a train near Johnson Air Base. The incident raises questions of U.S. versus Japanese legal control under the postwar agreement.
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Tokyo
Kiichi Aichi
U.S. Air Base
United States
Peter E. Longpre
Lakewood
Calif
Aichi
Longpre
Johnson Air Force Base
Sachiyuki Miyamura
Air Force
Longoro
U.S
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