Frenzied Killer of 2 Sought in Springfield
Police hunted a frenzied killer after a savage knife attack killed Lynn Ann Smith 14 and Stephen Goldberg 4 in Springfield. The crime, ruled not a robbery, left a girl’s hat as a clue while authorities questioned several teen girls. Funeral services for Smith were set for Tuesday at Emmanuel Congregational Church.
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Stephen Goldberg
Lynn Ann Smith
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Miss Smith
Young Goldberg
Chapin
Bernard Goldberg
Stephen
Robert
Emmanuel Congregational Church
AFL Seeks Safeguards Against Fraud at Convention
Los Angeles reports the American Federation of Labor heads into its final session with delegates pressing to shield welfare fund assets from embezzle ment. A strong statement threatens to label any union official who misuses funds as a traitor. Leaders fear frauds could prompt tighter laws and harm labor’s image while backing cooperation with Senate and House probes.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor Convention
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Senate
House
Eisenhower
22 Die Accidentally 15 Are Traffic Deaths
Fifteen persons were killed in Ohio traffic accidents last weekend. The toll includes a Defiance youths car crash after a high school football game in Van Wert. Twenty-two accidental deaths were reported, with two drownings and an airplane fatality. A child was dragged to death by a runaway horse and another was run over by a farm wagon. A Marion man and his wife were fatally injured when a train struck their car.
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Associated Press
Ohio
van Wert
Marion
Wife Loses $54 in Quiet Bedroom Burglary
In Los Angeles Mrs. Pauline Lalor awoke to find her bureau ransacked and $54 stolen while her husband slept in an adjoining room. The incident occurred as she believed it was her husband moving about the bedroom, revealing a quiet burglary.
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Los Angeles
Pauline Lalor
Now or Never Conference on Arms For Germany Underway
Key ministers gathered in London for a nine power parley on German rearmament. Dulles urged quick West German entry into the Atlantic alliance while Mendes-France pressed for a European group to control German arms and Adenauer prepared to join talks. The outcome could determine Western Europe unity against Communism.
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Liberal News Chronicle
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Paris
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Canada
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Mendes-France
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Typhoon in Northern Japan Causes Massive Maritime Disaster
A typhoon struck Hokkaido causing Japan's worst maritime disaster. About 1500 killed or missing, including 58 Americans. Toya Maru with 1252 aboard capsized in Hakodate harbor. Wrecks flooded Iwanai. hundreds of boats lost. power and communications crippled.
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Japan Sea
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Tengaru Straits
Iwanai
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Hakodate Harbor
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U.S
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Hakodate
Maritime Safety Force
Date Bay
Air Aan
Kyodo
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Thomas M. West
Dean Leeper
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Burke Calls for Probe Into Farm Price Gap
U S Senator Thomas A Burke of Ohio urged a congressional investigation into the widening gap between falling farm prices and rising retail food costs. Speaking during a Cincinnati Town Meeting of the Air he criticized the Eisenhower administration and urged inquiry into why milk prices dropped while the housewife faced higher retail prices. He also faulted foreign policy in the past 18 months.
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Cincinnati
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio
Burke
Eisenhower
Ike
Hundreds Hurt as Ten Foot Waves Hit Beaches
In Los Angeles area beaches swells up to ten feet battered crowds escaping near 91 degrees. Lifeguards treated six hospital cases and rescued 80 bathers as hundreds suffered cuts and bruises from the pounding waves. Captain John F. Dillion reported widespread injuries.
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Los Angeles
John F. Dillion
Three Children and Sitter Die of Asphyxiation
In Scranton Pennsylvania a woman returning from a wedding party found her three children and their elderly babysitter dead. Ruth Gospoderek told police she arrived home about 1:30 a m to discover the bodies with an oven jet partially open and signs of asphyxiation.
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Cas
Ruth Gospoderek
Gospoderek
Ike Serves Beef Stew at Denver Lunch
President Eisenhower hosted more than 75 guests at a beef stew luncheon in Denver. Attendees included longtime neighbors, Colorado vacationing friends, Denver businessmen, golf pros Ed Dudley and Rip Arnold, and about 40 newsmen. The event was kept off the record aside from the stew recipe and guest list.
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Eisenhower
Colorado
John F. Doud
Ed Dudley
Augusta National Club
Georgia
Colorado Springs
Ralph
Rip) Arnold
Get Away Car Found After Farm ers and Citizens Bank Heist
The car used in the $80,118 Farmers and Citizens Bank robbery at Troy wood last Thursday was located in a wooded area near Covington, according to FBI investigators. Local authorities continue to pursue leads as the case unfolds.
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Covington
FBI
Rites Set For Chemist Walter Rittman in Pittsburgh
Funeral services are set for Dr Walter F Rittman 71 in Pittsburgh after his death Sunday A pioneer in petroleum chemistry he was a graduate of Ohio Northern University.
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Pittsburgh
Walter F. Rittman
Ohio Northern University
Franklin Man Slashes Throat After Abusing Wife
A Franklin Ohio man struck his wife with his auto then hit another car and jumped from the vehicle to slash his throat. State Trooper Frank Gray said French Coomer, a 27 year old wife Dora Coomer remained in fair condition at Schneck Memorial Hospital Seymour along with Dora.
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French Coomer
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Executive Drowned After Fall at Mentor Harbor Yacht Club
Matthew C. Kuepfer 54, VP production for Hercules Motor Corp, fell from a moored cruiser onto a dock at Mentor Harbor Yacht Club and drowned in nine feet of water. The tragedy occurred yesterday as he walked from the boat to shore.
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Cleveland
Matthew C. Kuepfer
Hercules Motor Corp
Mentor Harbor Yacht Club
Roosevelt Cousin El len Crosby Roosevelt Dies
Miss El len Crosby Roosevelt aged 86 died Sunday in Hyde Park New York. She was Franklin D Roosevelt s first cousin and the 1890 national women s tennis champion.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Ellen Crosby Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
Prisoner Hangs Self in Youngstown Jail
The body of Andrew Chepak, 35, was found hanging by a belt in a city jail cell yesterday after an arrest for causing a disturbance.
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Youngstown
Andrew Chepak
Bender To Probe Unions In Cleveland Hearing
Congressman George H. Bender opened a House Subcommittee on Labor Racketeering hearing in Cleveland to address union health and welfare funds bombings truck loading rules and coin vending machine operations. Six subpoenas were issued as the panel prepared for possible night sessions to finish by Thursday.
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George H. Bender
Ohio
Senate
Thomas A. Burke
Bender
House
Boy-Slayer Awaits Prison Sentencing
Sidney Ohio ex convict Robert J Howard 44 of Troy pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the drowning of Leroy Urban Francis Jr a Piqua news boy. He received a life sentence and will be sent to Ohio Penitentiary this week. Howard admitted rolling the boy into Laramie Creek after knocking his car and promising to take him fishing. The body was found Aug 26. He had been charged with first degree murder but accepted the lesser count due to lack of evidence. Howard had prior robbery conviction and was declared sane by a Lima State Hospital report.
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Ohio
Piqua
Robert J. Howard
Troy
Howard
Leroy Urban Francis, Jr
Laramie Creek
Rodney Blake
Ohio Penitentiary
Lima State Hospital
Admiral Don MacMillan sails near North Pole return
Rear Adm. Don ald B. MacMillan, 79, returns from a 30th Far North voyage. He reports an 81 foot vessel facing 120 mph winds and 11 degrees of the North, calling the trip challenging and planning another voyage next year.
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
MacMillen
Hospital Escapee Captured in 9 Hours
Lima authorities recaptured Gerald Johnson, 21, who fled Lima State Hospital after escaping last night by climbing an elevator shaft to a third floor room under repair. He had been committed in 1952 from Hamilton County for burglary and larceny.
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Lima
Ohio
Lima State Hospital
Gerald Johnson
Hamilton County
Senators Recommend McCarthy Be Censured
A special Senate investigating committee urged censure for Senator McCarthy Wisconsin Republican for contempt of the Senate and its committees and for alleged abuse of General Ralph W Zwicker. The report says other charges do not justify censure and calls rules changes to curb one man committee hearings and restrict closed sessions.
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T Sen
Joseph RK. McCarthy
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Ralph W. Zwicker
Senatorial Committee
United States
Army of the United States
Kefauver Attacks GOP Crusade in Oregon Rally
Senator Kefauver denounces the Republican crusade in Oregon during a Klamath Falls appearance as Eisenhower’s Oregon visit and a McNary Dam dedication set the backdrop. He urges returning to Wilson Roosevelt and Vandenberg era policies while Nixon faces Democratic charges over campaign rhetoric. Reports on the GOP’s nationwide tour and party reactions follow.
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Atomic Power Study Begun to Explore Peaceful Uses
Washington announces a two year study into peaceful uses of atomic energy focusing on economic problems of commercial nuclear power. The National Planning Association will lead with $200,000 from Resources for the Future Inc. Ford Foundation support funds the effort. The study will evaluate developments in the next five to twenty years and the relationship between industry and government.
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National Planning Association
Future Inc
Ford Founda- Schslation Sone
Planns Association
Tropical Storm Gilda Near Belize Could Fizzle as Hurricane
Tropical Storm Gilda, named for the seventh letter of the alphabet, formed in the western Caribbean and was forecast to approach Belize today. The Atlanta weather bureau said it moves west northwest at about eight mph with top winds near 65 mph in a small area north of the center.
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Caribbean
Gilda
Belize
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Milford Delawares Integration Faces Court Battle Over Negro Pupils
In Milford Delaware a push to integrate 11 Negro pupils met threats of violence and a planned court challenge. NAAWP official Joseph Deanes vowed no injunctions would block attendance as 3000 residents rallied to oppose integration at Harrington airport amid school reopenings.
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Delaware
Joseph M. Deanes
Hartley
Del
National Association For the Advancement of
Benjamin Banneker
Lakeview Ave
Harrington
Bryant Bowles
NAAWP
Milford
State Board of Education
J. Caleb Boggs
Kidnapping Suspect Extradition Hearing In Towson Md
Attorney James T. Roberts, accused of killing his 6-year-old daughter and leaving her body on a Miami beach, faces an extradition hearing in Towson Maryland. Roberts surrendered after midnight and said he would return to Florida. He arrived with his wife, law partner, and minister, meeting police about four hours later.
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James T. Roberts
Miami Beach
Baltimore
John FE. Raine
Florida
Roberts
George A. Prautigam
Dade County
Fla
Raine
Florida extradition waived by attorney James T. Roberts
Attorney James T. Roberts today waived extradition and agreed to return to Florida. He stated that if he had known about the warrant he would have gone long ago to clear himself.
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James T. Roberts
Florida
Suspect Roberts Arrested After Daughter’s Death Case
A Miami area suspect identified as Roberts was arrested following a secret grand jury indictment. He confessed to surrender after a warrant was served and was booked amid tense scenes as prosecutors and police pursued leads connected to the death of his six year old daughter Judith Ann, whose body was found hours after she vanished.
Lockout Charged by Union in Ashland Plant Dispute
CTO officials accuse Ashland Ol] Co plant of lockout after 112 of 141 workers are laid off for annual cleanout. Union local head Paul J. Huter filed charges with the National Relations Board. Plant superintendent George D. Myers says layoffs were for plant cleaning. Negotiations broke off last Monday.
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CTO
Ashland Ol] & Co
Paul J. Huter
National Ty Relations Board
George D. Myers
Witness to Homicide Witness Shoots Self in Maryland
In Frederick Maryland a 38 year old woman Reva Wiles Clary who was to testify in the homicide trial of William W Bennett killed herself Sunday after telling her employer I think I shoot myself Sheriff Horace Alexander said She had testified to a grand jury last week which indicted Bennett on assault with intent to murder Charles Harmon
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