Southland Sage Quits Ball Game
New York uP Grandma Myrtle Power the bessbal sage from the Southland has taken her $32,000 and retired from big range pay on TV for a five week season. Urged by her children and hosts of well wishers she passed up a chance CBS offered. The 70 year old widow keeps winnings estimated at $21,000 after taxes in savings. She announced her decision on the program noting Dodgers pennants but no World Series. Had she continued she would have earned only $12,000 to $13,000 more after tax. Another baseball fan, Patrick Keough 62 of St Louis, advanced for $16,000 next Tuesday night by naming NL players with four home runs in a single game since 1900.
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Myrtle Power
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CBS
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Keough
Chuck Kiein
Philadelphia
Gil Hodges
Brooklyn
Jog Adcock
Muwaub
Eisenhower to Return in 30 Days Amid Governance Talks
Washington reports say President Eisenhower's aides aim for a 30 day holding operation while Nixon smooths government work after reports of delegating presidential powers. GOP leaders express optimism Ike will be well enough to guide policy. Knowland and Hall back the president, while a Democratic observer weighs political impact.
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al Eisenhower
Soviets Mum on Bid To Limit Arab Arm
The Soviet Union stayed silent as U S secretary Dulles and British foreign secretary MacMillan discussed with Soviet foreign minister Molotov a plan to limit arms to Arabs after Egypt's Nasser announced Czechoslovakia would swap arms for rice and cotton.
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U. S
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
V. M. Molotov
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Red
Czechoslovakia
Girl Friend Faces Citing In Pair's Jail Escape
SEWANK UNIONIS, a friend of jail inmate Carlos Jerrin Miller of Newark, admitted smuggling a hacksaw into the jail during visits. Miller aided the escape with Billy Bertrand. a stolen car broke down, leading to their capture. The sheriff said Miller confessed to three recent holdups and that the escape was for his girlfriend’s birthday gift.
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Sewank
Unionis
Carlos Jerrin Mller
Newark
Billy Bertrand T I
Davis
Siller
Nerit Sid" Miller
Eae el Soa Bey
More Smoke Than Ever Despite Health Concerns
The Agriculture Department reports Americans 15 years and over will smoke an average of nearly 30 pounds of tobacco in cigarettes in 1935, up 1.2 percent from last year but 48 percent below the 1953 peak, amid ongoing debates on health effects and lung cancer links.
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Agriculture Department
Hurricane hits British Honduras shores with 23 mph winds
Reports indicate a tropical storm or hurricane impacted British Honduras early today with light to moderate winds. The Weather Bureau in Miami noted limited data while other areas reported activity as the system moved toward southern Japan potential tropic wine shipments context in Tokyo.
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Honduras
British Honduras
Weather ¢ Bureau
Miami
Tokyo
Japan
PHS Approves Fund To Distribute Vaccine
Washington reports the Public Health Service approves a fund to distribute polio vaccine. The plan covers Ohio and 21 other states and territories, utilizing federal funds part of a 30 million dollar Congress appropriation for vaccine purchase and administration.
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S’ Health Service
Ohio
Washington
Congress
Chuckle Suggests Braving Thunderstorm Quietly at Night
A humorous note imagines pets avoiding loud whimpers during a thunderstorm by tiptoeing in and closing the windows, a lighthearted parental reminder wrapped in whimsy.
Stockton Kidnapper Confesses In Baby Swindle Case
Betty Benedicto of Stockton admitted stealing the 11 day old Marcus infant from a San Francisco nursery to fool her husband Marcus, claiming motherhood as motive. She drove to Stockton with the baby after telephoning the father and later sought to keep the child, while police surrounded the case as a high profile infant theft probe unfolded. Her husband Marcus and the baby’s real parents pleaded for the infant’s return amid a nationwide manhunt.
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Calif
Ay Retricken
Robert "Marcus
San Francisco
Dutal
Jack O'Keefe
Sanford
Marcus
Hs Girf-Tricken
Hanna
Benedicto
O'Keefe
Robert
Filipino Week
Los Angeles
San Franco
Sanenone, Bay
St.t Francis Hospital
Lynwood
River Men End Walkout
Labor tension along the Ohio River subsided as river men ended a multi day walkout. Union district 50 of the United Sine Workers cited a misunderstanding and wage issues. Eighteen towboats were tied up at Point Pleasant and Hunt, affecting several firms including Ohio River Co. and Amiherst Barge Co.
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Ohio River
el Land” Creek’ Fuel Transportation 'Eo
F Shearer & Sone
Amiherst Barge Co
Bright Beagle Pup Locks Owner Out After Listening to Radio
A bright beagle in Burgess City overheard a heater engineer’s radio and, after the owner left the car, managed to activate the back seat and then the front seat. The incident is described with scattered details about a state and congressional chatter, with uncertain notes on taxes.
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Beagle Puy
Bright One
Burgess
Ohio
Trucking’ Association
Congress - Chat
Youth Killed as Car Slams Pole in Route 33 Crash
In Point Pleasant a 19 year old son of Mr and Mrs Cart Clark died when his 190 model car failed to negotiate a curve on Route 1 merging into Route 33. The vehicle struck a telephone pole, tearing off the left side and killing the driver instantly. Clark, an employee of West Coast, was taken to Foglsong Funeral Home. service crews replaced the snapped pole and restored lines promptly.
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Jsumoia
Warren Nelson Clark
le Mason
U. 8
Hales
Mason
Hide
Cart Clark
Lordman
Letast
Young Clark
West Co
New Haven
Cost Co. of
West Cooperations
Swift Grandson Commits Death by His Own Action
A grandson of Louis F. Swift died by self-inflicted gunshot at the Chicago meatpacking firm estate. He had battled throat cancer for months. The coroner listed the death as a suicide after family members found him with a revolver near his body. Libby Swift, his wife, heard the shot and rushed to help but he had already passed. He leaves a son and other relatives. He had lived here eight years and attended the University of Wisconsin.
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Omuma
Louis F. Swift
Chicago
Swift
Libby
Cory
Clal
Ellaabet Lay
Louie F. Swift
University of Wisconsin
Iman
Rod
Denver
Texas
Hoover Study Expires Today
Hoover Commission ends its two year existence and returns 83 300 dollars in unspent funds to the Treasury. The panel halted by law last June 30 and received 90 days more for liquidation duties. It produced 145 administrative recommendations with the rest awaiting legislative or presidential action. Senator Humphrey signals possible vice presidential nomination for the Democrats.
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Treasury
Commission On Organization of
Commission
College Dean Predicts Sun Energy Use in Future
University of Michigan College of Engineering Dean Granger Brown forecast that solar energy will be converted to electricity within years. Speaking at the Owens-Illinois technical center opening, he cautioned that solar power could arrive before other fuels run short. Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo was named Philippine ambassador to the United States and will chair the Philippine delegation to the 10th UN General Assembly.
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Granger Brown
College of Engineering
University of
Carlos P. Romulo
United States
Ramon Magsaysay
Romulo
United Nations General Assembly
New Drugs Fight Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease
In the era’s medical advance, new drugs aid battle against rheumatic fever and related heart disease. The report notes rheumatic fever can damage heart valves in children, with most recoveries but some cases causing valve or heart muscle damage, and highlights penicillin as a modern treatment improving outcomes.
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New York
First Foreign Tourist Drives Jeep Across Soviet Union
Dr Berthold Schulz a 45 year old dentist arrived in Moscow after a historic journey from Helsinki mak ing him the first foreign tourist to attempt such a drive since 1917. He parked near the Kremlin and walked into the National Hotel then planned to cross toward the Iranian or Czechoslovak borders.
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Soviet Union
Berthold Schulz
Helsinki
Finland
Fans brave rain for World Series bleacher seats at Yankee Stadium
Baseball fans faced cold driving rain outside Yankee Stadium early today waiting for World Series bleacher seats. Only four people were in line at 9 pm but by midnight more arrived. By 2 am about 40 had gathered under umbrellas and makeshift shelters.
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Yankee Stadium
Pam
Court Holds Tax Ruling in Ohio Michigan Truck Pact
Ohio's Supreme Court refused to reconsider its exemption of Michigan trucks from the state oil tax. The ruling upheld the 1937 motor vehicle reciprocity with Michigan applying to Ohio's 1963 axle tax on trucks over two axles. Officials sought to amend city pacts with other states amid canceled reciprocity deals. Franklin County court paused such cancellations after truckers sought relief, sparking threats of a license tag war from other states.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Michigan
Cour
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Lonardi grants asylum to ex-Argentine leader
Provisional president Eduardo Lonardi said after the revolt that Juan D. Peron, stranded on a Paraguayan gunboat in the River Plate, would likely receive a safe conduct to exile. The announcement followed Peru length of Peron's 10 year sway ending revolt.
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Buenus Alis
Juan D. Peron
River Plate
Probaly
Jorge
Eduardo Lonardi
Peron
Argentina
False Contemptible On Ballot Fraud Guilty Plea
Doris Goler a 29 year old Republican pleaded guilty in criminal court to putting her name on municipal ballots for November's election. She said she acted at the urging of the precinct presiding judge who told her Berry wants it that way. The implications were described as false and contemptible by the court.
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Doris Goler
Ats
Berry
Eisenhower Rests Well During Recovery Update
President Eisenhower shows progress as doctors report a second comfortable night's sleep and satisfactory recovery with no complications. Maj Gen Snyder and Col Pollock note he slept from 8 30 PM to 6 30 AM refreshed, enabling aides to continue governing. A Soviet port visit by a British squadron is also noted.
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Heaven
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
White House
Bryan E. Pollock
Fitasimmong Army Hospital
German Unity Talks Dominate Big Three Meeting
The article reports on West Germany’s Adenauer and three Western foreign ministers meeting in Geneva to discuss German unification and NATO membership in exchange for a security pact to ease Soviet fears. The aim is to reduce European tensions and explore a future inspection regime amid disarmament discussions.
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Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Geneva
Ine
Mussia
NATO
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