Haiti voting ends in tense but peaceful drama
Haiti held a six year presidential contest as Dr Francois Duvalier and Dejoie claimed victory amid clashes and boycotts. Provisional leader Antonio Rebreau reported one death and urged calm as 76 percent of 1.6 million eligible voters, many illiterate, cast ballots with nail ink checks to prevent double voting.
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Dejoie
Francois Duvalier
Clement Jumelle
Ministry of Justice An
Haiti
Jumelle
Tation
U.S
German Ship Pamir with 86 Aboard Reported Lost
Hamburg owners of the Pamir said the four masted bark may be lost in the stormy Atlantic about 550 miles southwest of the Azores. The 3103 ton vessel carried 62 cadets 25 of them on first voyage 17 crew and seven officers totaling 86 aboard. Rescue planes and ships searched the mid Atlantic after two empty lifeboats and a raft were found.
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London
Hamburg
Atlantic
Shipping Industry and Government Foundation
Azores
Foundation
mid-Atlantic
Carrie
Buenos Aires
China Issue Wanes at UN General Assembly Seating Vote
At United Nations in New York the General Assembly is expected to sidestep the Chinese seating question until next year. The U S backed resolution, approved by the Steering Committee, urges no action this session on ousting Nationalist China or seating Communist China. Indian officials say votes will not reach agenda, while Canada’s John Diefenbaker made his first major foreign policy speech at the session.
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United Nations
N. Y
General Assembly
China
U. S
India
K. W. Yu
U.S
Assembly
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Young Prince Enters School
Prince Charles leaves palace nursery for boarding school at age eight becoming the first heir to the throne to study away from royal parents. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip pay about 794 dollars for a three term year as he shares a simple room with seven peers and may face corporal punishment if naughty.
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London
Prince Charles
Palace
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Three Killed and Four Injured in Ohio Cemetery Crash
In London Ohio two Army sergeants from Fort Riley Kansas and a four year old boy were killed when a tire blew, causing a car to leave U S 40 and slam into the Pleasant Hills Cemetery entrance near West Jefferson. Four others, including two women and two children, were injured. The crash site was a large stone pillar at the cemetery entrance.
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London
Ohio
U.S. 40
West Jefferson
Madison County
Fort Riley
Kan
Ricardo Rivera - Rivera
Sanchez Fabio Visen
Pleasant Hills Cemetery
West Corporation
Doctor Advises Check For Brain Injuries Before Using Rod
Dr. Fred M. Taylor of Houston warns parents to screen unruly children for subtle brain injuries before using corporal discipline. He cites signs like excessive impulsivity loudness and short attention span as possible indicators of a brain injury from head trauma birth issues or infections.
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Dallas
Fred M. Taylor
Houston
Tex
Hoffa Confident on Teamsters Head Election In Miami
James R. Hoffa arrives in New York expressing confidence he will lead the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as a $50 000 a year president is chosen at a Miami Beach convention next week Hoffa known as a Teamster vice president faces corruption charges by the Ethical Practices Committee He attends a pretrial conference in Federal District Court on a wiretapping case tied to Detroit headquarters and was indicted with Owen Brennan and Bernard Spindel who pleaded not guilty and posted bail AF of C executive council meeting in New York set for Tuesday
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Hoffa
Miami
Fla
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Miami Beach
Aflcio
Federal District Court
Detroit
Owen Bernard Brennan
Plymouth
Mich
IBT
Bernard Bates Spindel
Holmes
N. Y
Aficio Executive Council
Rock Island Derailment Injures 24 near Peabody Kansas
The Rock Island Twin-Star Rocket derailed south of Peabody Kansas injuring 24. Twenty four treated at hospitals, one 63 year old Wallace Hutchinson of Wichita in serious condition with possible skull fracture. Most injuries in two coaches athwart the crossover. Both lines blocked.
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Rock Island
Kansas
Peabody
Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Minneapolis
Houston
Wallace Hutchinson
Wichita
Santa Fe
Ohio
Frieda Moves Toward Coast
Tropical storm Frieda drifted west at about 10 mph over the Atlantic toward Florida, about 500 miles away. Forecasters said little change in direction or speed was expected, with no immediate cause for alarm, though a possible course change remains.
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Miami
Fla
Frieda
Atlantic
Florida
U. S
Flu Epidemic Hits University of Alabama
An outbreak of flu has reached epidemic proportions at the University of Alabama. Dr. James B. McLester, director of the Student Health Service, said tests are underway to determine if it is Asian flu.
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Tuscalossa
Ala
University of Alabama
James B. McLester
Student Health Service
Three Women to Receive Ohioana Awards in Columbus
Two authors and a teachers union representative will receive Ohioana citations for distinguished service to Ohio. The honorees are Mrs. Edna Maria Hewlings Clark, Mrs. Mary Hubbel Osborn, and Miss Anita Ruffing, with the awards to be presented October 26.
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Columbus
Ohioana
Martha Kinney Cooper
Ohioana Library Association
Ohio
Edna Maria Hewlings Clark
Mary Hubbel Osborn
Anita Ruffing
Haggerty Seeks Support From Midwest Teamster Officials
Thomas J. Haggerty, veteran Chicago labor leader, plans talks in Cincinnati with Teamster officials as he seeks backing for the Teamsters Union presidency. Delegates from Dayton and Springfield are expected, with 11 of Cincinnati locals' 24 delegates pledged to Haggerty, four to Hoffa, and the rest uncommitted ahead of the Miami Beach convention.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. Haggerty
Chicago
Teamster
Teamsters
Cincinnati Teamster
Dayton
Springfield
Haggerty
Midwest Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoffa
Atom Site In Piqua Considered
Washington reports tests at Idaho's National Reactor Testing Station to decide if a four million dollar atomic reactor should be built in Piqua Ohio. The Idaho reactor objective is to provide data on economic viability before negotiations proceed.
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Piqua
Washington
Ohio
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Arco
Idaho
Atomics International
North American Aviation, Inc
Weekend Traffic Toll Lighter Than Usual
An Associated Press survey records 11 people killed on Ohio highways from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday, with four additional deaths in other accidents. Among the incidents were two men who fell into a 20 foot well near Columbus and a vagrant who burned to death in an abandoned house in Youngstown.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Columbus
Youngstown
Yanks Braves win races near climax
The message notes a close finish as the Yankees and Braves compete to a dramatic conclusion. Other items include Basilio favored to dethrone Robinson and local notes on Athens County tax distribution and weekend wrecks on slick highways.
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Climax
Basilio
Robinson
Athens County
Gallipolis
Ohio U
Chauncey
Logan
Nelsons Hej
Bell Telephone strike in Ohio enters second week
The 18 500 Ohio Bell workers strike extended into a second week as talks with the Communications Workers of America were set for 10 a.m. The two sides showed little progress after Friday negotiations, while picket lines and vandalism disrupted operations in Akron Columbus and Toledo.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Ironton
Akron
Columbus
Ohio Bell
Scientist Albert P. Mathews Dies at 85
Dr Albert Prescott Mathews, longtime chairman of biochemistry at the University of Cincinnati from 1919 to 1949 and former physiologist at the Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Mass., died in Albany on Saturday at age 85.
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Albany
N. Y
Albert Prescott Mathews
Department of Biochemistry
University of Cincinnati
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole
Mass
Medina man dies from Sunday crash injuries
George Harvey 76 of Wadsworth Route 2 died early today from injuries suffered in a Sunday automobile collision three miles west of Wadsworth on Ohio 224 state police said.
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Medina
Ohio
George Harvey
Wadsworth
State Highway Patrol
Syrian Troop Movements Prompt Border Security Tightening
Beiru t reports say Syrian forces and Soviet equipment move toward the Turkish border but Damascus denies the claim. Maj. Gen. Afif Bizry says troops are defending against surprise. he refuses to send reinforcements and denies Communist ties.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Afif Bizry
Damascus
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Bizry
Ryan
United States
Two Men Questioned Over South Lebanon Police Shooting
Two men arrested near Berea Kentucky will be questioned further about a police station shooting at South Lebanon according to Sheriff Richard Satterthwaite.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Berea
South Lebanon
Richard Satterthwaite
Divertive Tactics Used in Central High Admission
Eight Negro students slipped in by a side door as a diversionary group of Negro adults clashed with whites to draw attention away. State police and city officers fought crowds to protect entrants. the melee lasted about 49 minutes with a brutal beating witnessed by an Arkansas Democrat photographer. About 200 spectators and 50 newsmen watched as troopers were expected to assist in maintaining order.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Arkansas Democrat
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Mack Thompson
Second Victim Dies in Huntington Traffic Crash
In Huntington West Virginia Guy B. Nelson 36 of Chesapeake Ohio died Friday night from injuries suffered in the September 14 crash. Ralph D. Lambert 29 also of Chesapeake was killed in the accident.
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Huntington
W. Va
Guy B. Nelson
Chesapeake
Ohio
Ralph D. Lambert
Mother Electrocuted in Alcadero During Coffee Time
Mrs. Emmaline Kuykendall a 32 year old mother of seven was electrocuted in Alcadero California while drinking coffee with her husband Bill Her leg became entangled in a table lamp cord.
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Alcadero
Calif
Emmaline Kuykendall
Bill
Convicted Air Force Captain Owed Thousands in Gambling Debts
George A. French, an Air Force captain, was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to sell atomic secret information to the Soviet Union. His wife, Mrs. Dorothy G. French, said he owed thousands of dollars in gambling debts and that the trial was conducted in secret at Larksdale Air Force Base.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
George A. French
Air Force
Soviet Union
Dorothy G. French
George
Washington
Larksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Bonnie
Jane
Linda
French
FBI
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