Diefenbaker Delays Resignation Amid Canada Transition
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker delayed submitting his resignation after last week's election. He planned to meet Gov. Gen. Georges Vanier and reconvene his lame duck Cabinet as Lester B. Pearson's Liberals prepare to form a minority government with Social Credit support.
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Ottawa
John G. Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Georges P. Vanier
Pearson
Government House
Vanier
Liberal
House of Commons
Canada
Social Credit
Two Jackson Countians Held As Buchtel Holdup Suspects
Two men from Jackson County were arrested after a holdup at the Wayside Inn in Buchtel about 4:45 pm. The incident touched off a chase during which Hocking Sheriff’s deputy Bill Woodgeard died in a cruiser crash near Murray City. Edgar Perkins and Robert Lambert pleaded not guilty to armed robbery and were held on $5,000 bonds in Athens County jail.
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Jackson
Edgar William Perkins
Jackson Rt. 1
Robert Ivan Lambert
Wellston
Perkins
Lambert
Athens
Athens County
Wayside Inn
Wayne Wessels
Perkins’ Auto
Evelyn Gosney
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Abdella
Bill Woodgeard Dies Attempting Roadblock
Hocking County deputy Bill Woodgeard died when his speeding cruiser crashed near the Delbert Matheny residence while en route to Murray City to block robbery suspects. He had served nine months with the department after working at Logan High School and the Logan Bulk service station. Funeral arrangements set for Leonard Funeral Home with Masonic services pending.
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Woodgeard
Sheriff's Department
Logan High School
Logan Bulk
Ford Hack
Deb Matheny
Delbert Matheny
Matheny
John Gill
New Straitsville
Harry Nye
Dick Fiddler
Owen F. Yaw
Hocking County
William Claude Woodgeard
Logan Methodist Church
VFW
Vimgo Lodge
F&am
William H
Alma Kalklosch Woodgeard
Ruth
Tom
Bill K
Sandra Helber
Darley
Delmas
Lancaster
Harley
Columbus
Willard
Logan Rt. 1
Ray
Logan
Piezza Rice
Gayle Boyle
Leonard Funeral Home
Hugh Robinson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral
U S Rebukes Cuban Exile Leader Over Policy Demands
The United States publicly rebuked Cuban exile leader Jose Miro Cardona for alleged demands tied to U S policy toward Castro and potential exile action. The State Department rejected any deal supporting invasion or funding and called the letter a gross distortion of history.
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Washington
United States
Jose Miro Cardona
U.S
Cuba
Miro
Fidel Castro
State Department
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Kennedy
Castro
Caribbean
Department
Kennedy family expects third child this August
Palm Beach: President Kennedy and First Lady are expecting their third child in August. The First Lady, 33, is in good health and will cancel official duties. Attorney General Kennedy’s wife Ethel also expects their eighth child in June. Joan Kennedy awaits her third in August.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
White House
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Ethel
Joan
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Bow says Americans flunked test on government economy
Rep. Frank T. Bow, chairman of a GOP budget cut group, condemns the public for failing to back economy after the House approved a measure costing $450 million in public workers. He says citizens had a chance to show support for spending cuts.
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Washington
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
United States
House
Bow
Pathet Lao Drive Neutralist Troops From Ban Kosi
Pro Communist Pathet Lao forces expelled neutralist troops from Ban Kosi an outpost on the road between Xieng Khouang capital and Plaine des Jarres neutralist sources said. It followed fighting restarting Sunday night that revived a cease fire before it could take effect.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Ban Kosi
Xieng Khouang
Plaine Des Jarres
U N Security Council to Meet Over Boumak Bombing Claims
The U N Security Council is set to convene at 3 p m Wednesday to discuss Senegal's charges that aircraft from Portuguese territory in Africa bombed the Senegalese town of Boumak.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Africa
Boumak
Fire destroys Linden Bowling and Recreation Center
A blaze swept through the Linden Bowling and Recreation Center in Linden early today. Volunteers from NE Franklin County departments aided in fighting the fire that destroyed the 21-lane facility.
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Columbus, Ohio
Franklin County
Linden
Kennedy helps MLK wife talk by phone from jail
In Atlanta AP reporting Kennedy intervention allowed Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr to speak by phone with her husband jailed for leading an anti segregation march in Birmingham Alabama.
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Atlanta
Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Ohio Legislature trims new bill filings this session
Ohio's General Assembly appears unlikely to reach last record levels with House count at 55 bills and Senate total 307 while Senate debates a utilities appeal bill. House and Senate clash over higher education board, blue laws, and park transfers as smaller measures advance.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
House
Senate
Utilities Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
James A. Rhodes
State Board of Regents
House Conference
Navy Rescue Chief Reveals View On Sub Sinking Cause
Rear Adm. Lawson P. Ramage testified at a Navy court of inquiry that he formed an opinion on the Thresher disaster cause but would not state it in open session. He said learning of Thresher’s radio message would not have altered the immediate search and rescue plans.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Atlantic
Adm
Lawson P. Ramage
Navy
Ramage
Atlantic Fleet
Raymond A. McCoole
Dover
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
McCoole
Frank J. Destefano Jr
Navy chief unaware of Thresher sounds until days later
Navy officials disclosed that Admiral George W. Anderson learned of underwater sounds indicating the Thresher’s distress only three days after the submarine vanished. Navy spokesman Rear Adm. John S. McCain Jr. said Anderson did not know of the sounds when questioned about earlier reports.
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Washington
Navy
Adm
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
John S. McCain Jr
Anderson
Skylark
Thresher
Plant Growth Study Slated To Continue In Hocking County
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station board approves a supplemental contract worth 44530 with the U S Atomic Energy Commission to renew a basic plant growth project. The one year agreement funds bioclimatic and soils studies in Neotoma forest along Clear Creek near Sugar Grove Hocking County. Scientists use instruments to measure plant growth under temperature humidity and environmental factors.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Board of Control
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Neotoma
Clear Creek
Sugar Grove
Hocking County
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Traders Skim Stock Profits On Muted 1963 Rally
New York traders skimmed profits as the market eased from 1963 peaks. Trading stayed active with fractional gains and losses, a few stocks moving a point or so. Chrysler rose four points earlier in the day but fell three as shareholders met to ratify a 2 for 1 split. Steel shares showed irregular movement after prior session gains driven by price-boost news.
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NEW York
Chrysler
Steel S
Castro Plans Historic Visit to Soviet Leader Khrushchev
Havana reports Prime Minister Fidel Castro will visit Moscow this year at Nikita Khrushchev's invitation. The talks aim to discuss questions relating to relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Premer Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Castro
Moscow
Five Autos Collide Injuring Three Near Woodson Market
A chain reaction crash on Rt. 33N near Woodson's Market left three people injured and one hospitalized. Five autos were involved as southbound drivers Noel Dyer and Thomas Sutton collided with northbound Thomas West and Robert Nihiser then struck Calentine. Dyer’s car was a total loss and four other vehicles were extensively damaged.
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Woodson’s Market
Noel Dyer
Third St
Thomas Jay Sutton
Lancaster
Robert O. Calentine
Amesville
Thomas E. West
West St
Robert E. Nihiser
Gallagher Ave
Dyer Auto
Woodson
West Auto
Sutton
Nihiser Auto
West
Calentine Auto
Dyer
Rain floods Hawaii as two service members vanish
Heavy tropical rains flood Oahu and Kauai causing widespread damage and leaving hundreds homeless. Army Lt. Col. Chester F. Sunski and Sgt. Maj. Oliver F. Anderson are missing after their car was swept into a rising stream. Civil defense and police estimate damages exceed 5 million dollars as officials review disaster-area declarations.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Kauai Islands
Weather Bureau
Army
Schofield Barracks
Chester F. Sunski
Seattle
Wash
Oliver F. Anderson
Wilkesboro
N.C
Ohio Weather Outlook Says Warm Front Ahead Amid Showers
Official Weather Bureau summary notes fair skies overnight with warmer readings than the prior night. Readings reached the mid-30s to 40s in most areas, 62 at 11 am in Hocking County, and a low of 24 earlier. Showers and scattered thundershowers expected tonight ending Wednesday. a developing system from the Mississippi Valley moves eastward increasing clouds and lifting temperatures into the 70s today.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hocking County
Mississippi River Valley
Negro Is Postmaster in Los Angeles
Leslie N. Shaw was sworn in as acting postmaster of Los Angeles becoming the first Black person to head postal operations in a major city.
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Los Angeles
Leslie N. Shaw
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