Fatal Bus Crash Kills Six Pupils and Two Teachers
A Mt. Vernon Texas school bus collided with a diesel tank truck killing six students and two teachers and injuring 21 more as it headed to a junior high football game. The crash occurred at a Y shaped intersection near Cooper with medical teams rushing victims to nearby hospitals and blood Donate drives drawing volunteers. A second bus carrying the football squad arrived moments later and the game was canceled.
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J. M. Warrington
Grand Saline
Tex
Warrington
Paris
Pryor
Jack Henry
Mt. Vernon
Billy Max
Melba Meeks
Kenneth Hightower
Rex Weatherford
Zach Taylor
Audrey Sue Turner
Waukita Rainey
Sulphur Springs
Gracie Fears Floods As Storm Weakened Moves North
Tropical storm Gracie, downgraded from hurricane, threatens flash floods across western North Carolina western Virginia and nearby states with 40 mph winds and gusts to 50. Three deaths in South Carolina tied to the storm. Hannah remains tracked offshore with 100 mph winds. In Newark Ohio a man Emerson Miller, 67, is fined 15000 for filing fraudulent tax returns on intangible property. five counts at 2000 each plus 5000 suspended if false returns not repeated. Miller, a former teacher, pleaded guilty for 1953-1957 years. case noted as Ohio’s first tax evasion indictment in 30 years.
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Charleston
S.C
Gracie
North Carolina
Hickory
N. C
Charlotte
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Here
South Carolina
Hannah
Atlantic
Palm Beach
Fla
Miami
Newark
Ohio
Emerson Miller
Miller
Common Pleas
Charles Hobtsberry
Atty
Mark McElroy
Licking County
Howard Ashcraft
Eisenhower Presses Steel Talks Toward Settlement
President Eisenhower urged renewed talks in the steel strike after personal discussions with industry leaders and the Steelworkers Union. Union president David J. McDonald and U.S. Steel chairman Roger M. Blough signaled readiness to resume negotiations, while the president stressed a voluntary fair settlement ahead of his Palm Springs trip. McDonald and Blough offered cautious, noncommittal responses on near term agreement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Roger M. Blough
U. S. Steel
McDonald
White House
Palm Springs
Calif
Blough
Better Trade With Russia Under Study
U S officials weigh measures to improve Soviet Union trade after Eisenhower Khrushchev talks. Khrushchev says trade could test goodwill toward world peace, but officials doubt a large rise in exchanges. Limits cited: U S doesn’t need large raw material imports. Moscow seeks factories, not consumer goods or strategic materials.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Weather Summary for Ohio and West Virginia Area
Ohio cool night low 53 to 57, tomorrow partly cloudy and cool high 65 to 69. West Virginia cloudy windy with rain heavy at times today, temperatures reaching the 70s, tonight 55 to 65. Five day forecast shows temperatures 3 to 7 degrees below normal, rainfall average half to one inch in showers today tonight and again Sunday or Monday. Other cities show varied conditions from Cleveland to Philadelphia with mostly cloudy skies and occasional clear periods.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Bisma CieUdy
Cleveland
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Louisville
S & Miami
New York
Omaha
Philadelphia
Richmond
Washington
Progress Reported In Moldmakers Strike Talks
Federal Mediator William Rose said negotiations between the American Flint Glass Workers Union and glass container manufacturers showed progress in the 18 day strike by about 2000 moldmakers. A new verbal settlement proposal was presented, terms not disclosed.
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Pittsburgh
William Rose
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Formosa Strait calmer than year ago says McElroy
Defense Secretary Neil McElroy said during a three day visit to Taipei that conditions in the Formosa Strait appear less strained than a year ago. He met with President Chiankai-shek and Chinese Nationalist leaders along with U S officials. Snowstorms bring relief expected in the Rocky Mountain region after severe weather.
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McElroy
Formosa
Defense
Neil McElroy
Formosa Strait
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Steel unions threaten nationwide Cincinnati walkout at midnight
About 2 000 United Steel Workers plan to strike if talks fail. Roughly 300 at Continental Can Co Sharonville, 200 at American Co Blue Ash, 700 at American Co, 325 at Huenefeld, 250 at Balcrank, and 250 at Interchemical in Cincinnati face contract expirations at midnight. Interchemical workers belong to the International Chemical Workers Union.
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Cincinnati
Continental Can Co
Sharonville
American Co. Blue Ash
The
American Co
Huenefeld Co
Balcrank Inc
Interchemical Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Interchemical
International Chemical Workers Union
Ohio Realtor Held On Federal Charge
Charles G. Rhodes of Proctorville Ohio, former president of the West Virginia Realtors Assn, is arrested on a federal warrant in a forgery case. He allegedly forged Dr. Glen C. Dowell of Carrollton Ohio’s signature to obtain a $19,852 loan on an apartment building.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charles G. Rhodes
Proctorville
Ohio
Rhodes
The
West Virginia Realtors Assn
Glen C. Dowell
Carrollton
Pioneering airship builder and flyer Frank Fuhr dies at 92
Frank L. Fuhr, 92, believed to be the first in the United States to build and fly a motor powered dirigible, died Tuesday night in a nursing home at Marsillon. He made his first flight at the Coshocton County Fair on August 6, 1906, covering about half a mile.
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Canton
Frank L. Fuhr
Marsillon
Coshocton County
Gov DiSalle Seeks Segregation At Apple Creek Hospital
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle visited Apple Creek State Hospital and urged segregating mentally ill and mentally retarded patients into a one purpose institution. He cited understaffing with 19 registered nurses for 2300 patients and overpopulation, and said the facility needs 10 psychiatrists and additional help.
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Wooster
Michael V. DiSalle
Apple Creek State Hospital
William G Stever
Apple Creek Hospital
Stover
Special Birthday Gift Lets Girl Start School In Parma
Karen Genter, paralyzed since infancy, began classes at Dentzler elementary with a home school telephone hookup. A sixth grade microphone in her classroom relays everything to her, and a classmate reads the board while a tutor visits twice weekly for help.
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Cleveland
Karen Genter
Dentzler
Parma
Karen
Helen Parish
Winning Carriers to Be Junior Reporters in Europe Trip
The Messenger invites its top youth carriers to become Junior Reporters and join a group visiting Europe to observe life in other parts of the world. The selected Messenger boy will report his impressions in this newspaper under his own name and join distinguished writers from across America.
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The
Messenger
Switzerland
America
Europe
Paratroopers set long march record for 93.6 miles
Six paratroopers of the 101st Airborne in Ft Campbell Ky test foot mobility by marching 93.6 miles in 37 hours along an open road. Motorists offered no rides until the last 10 miles when three girls in a convertible offered a lift. Lt Frederick Borneman notes the final stretch was the hardest.
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FT. Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Steve Koretz, Jr
New York
Khrushchev and Mao Meet in Peiping on Peace Efforts
Soviet Premier Khrushchev publicly urged ending the cold war and then held a cordial closed session with Mao Zedong in Peiping on the 10th anniversary celebrations. He warned against any Asian instability while emphasizing international friendship amid Tibet, India border tensions, and Laos unrest.
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Tokyo
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Eisenhower
Mao
Red
Tibet
India
Laos
Asia
Airliner Crashes in Texas. 34 Die in Braniff Flight
A Braniff Airways 75 passenger turboprop crashed on a Buffalo farm near Waco Texas killing 34. The flight from Houston to Dallas and Washington was last reported at 11 05 p m with no distress noted. Passengers crew and wreckage covered about a square mile as first responders arrived.
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Waco
Tex
New York
Texas
Braniff Airways
Weather Bureau
R. E. White
Billy Webb
Here
E. H. Pickens
Buffalo
Walkout at Chrysler Twinsburg Plant Threatens 1960 Cars
Detroit report says a labor dispute at Chrysler Corp. stamping plant in Twinsburg Ohio risks drastic cuts to 1960 model production. 3,500 UAW Local 122 workers struck, with 25,000 to be sent home by tonight and 20,000 more to receive layoff notices by Friday. Loss of body stamping at Twinsburg would affect plants in Michigan Ohio Indiana Missouri California Delaware and New York.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Twinsburg
Ohio
United Auto Workers Local 122
John D. Leary
Chrysler
Leary
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri
California
Delaware
New York
Shipping firms and longshoremen fail to settle strike threat
East and Gulf Coast shipping firms and longshoremen recessed another negotiating session today still far from reaching a settlement to avert a crippling strike.
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New York
Gulf Coast
Public Health Service Grants Funds for Ohio Sewage Plant
Public Health Service approves a 45000 grant to South Point Ohio to help finance a 455000 sewage treatment plant project. The funding supports facilities and infrastructure aimed at improving local sanitation and environmental health.
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Washington
South Point
Ohio
The
Public Health Service
Typhoon Vera Worst Disaster in Japan History
Tokyo reports Typhoon Vera as the deadliest storm in Japan with 3174 confirmed deaths surpassing 1934's Muroto toll. Another 1776 are missing and 9419 injured, including three Americans. In New Delhi an Indian garrison withdrew from a border outpost with Red China Tibet.
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Japan
Tokyo
U. S
New Delhi
India
Tibet
Ohio Bank Robbers Held Out Of State
The FBI arrested two men sought in the $38000 Community Savings Bank robbery in Yorkville. Daniel J. Koenig 28 was captured in Miami Florida and Charles Forest Waugaman 26 in a Beaumont motel Texas. They face federal bank robbery charges and were held on bonds pending transfer to Steubenville.
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Steubenville
FBI
Community Savings Bank
Yorkville
Miami
Fla
Beaumont
Tex
Daniel J. Koenig
Charles Forest Waugaman
Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Koenig
U. S
Waugaman
Ike's Airliner Ready For California Trip
President Eisenhower is prepared to fly to Palm Springs California for a week of sun to relieve a cold his Air Force Boeing 1707 jet awaiting a 3 p.m. launch time weather permitting.
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Ike
California
Washington
Eisenhower
Gracie
Palm Springs
Calif
Air Force
West Coast
Tire Workers Idle At General Tire Akron Plant
About half of the 2000 workers at the General Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Akron reportedly ignored union orders to return to work after a dispute over piece work rates led the company to shut the plant.
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Akron
Ohio
General Tire & Rubber Co
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