Tropical Storm Bertha Grows Into Hurricane On Gulf Coast
The storm intensified to a hurricane near 75 mph with 100 mile gusts as it approached the Louisiana Texas coast. Forecasters warned of rising tides and urged coastal residents to seek higher ground while Civil Defense monitors warned of possible inland movement toward Houston Galveston. Offshore crews returned to shore as calm weather allowed.
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Bertha
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Cameron Parish
Audrey
Civil Defense
G. L. Allen
The
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Reserve Board Hikes Discount Rate to 3 Percent
The Federal Reserve Board ordered a half percent rise in the discount rate to 3 percent at four district banks in Chicago Kansas City Philadelphia and Minneapolis effective today. The move aims to curb credit expansion and inflation by reducing bank borrowing and lending.
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Briton says American women dominate men at home
British columnist Edward N. Connor reports that American women outpace men in power and spending. He claims rising female height and independence, noting wives control finances, buy four times as much, and outlive husbands by seven years, leaving husbands dependent and overwhelmed.
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Edward N. Connor
The
Daily Mirror
United States
Renge
Statue of Liberty
Connor
Good Lord Calling Shots Pilot Speaks On Aerial Ordeal
Maj. Samuel Tyson describes steering a C97 on a 1 000 mile Pacific run with two engines down and no landing gear. He landed at Hilo after seven hours with 67 aboard, praising crew, passengers, and calm under danger while MATS recommended his Distinguished Flying Cross.
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MATS
DFC
Hilo
George Haly
Warren
Ohio
Judge Brown Gives Woman Jail Term
In Hocking County Juvenile Court Kathryn Malone 35 Logan Route 2 pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of three minor girls and was sentenced by Judge Rhea Bangert Brown to 90 days in the county jail with suspension on good behavior. The case stems from a weekend at Malone's home involving three male adults and the three girls. Earlier hearings sent the youths to 60 days in jail the oldest girl to Girls Industrial School and the younger two to Juvenile Diagnostic Center Columbus.
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Hocking County
Kathryn Malone
Logan Rt. 2
Malone
Rhea Bangert Brown
Fassett Cleared of.negligent Homicide in Korean Slaying
U S Army court martial found Pvt Ronald E Fassett innocent of negligent homicide in the July 6 Inchon shooting of a Korean boy while guarding a pipeline. He was fined two thirds of three months pay for careless discharge of his carbine. The case notes the weapon fired accidentally.
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Seoul
Ronald E. Fassett
Ulster
Korea
Kim Young Ho
Fassett
Inchon
Army
Rayburn Signals Possible Compromise on Civil Rights Bill
House Speaker Rayburn said he supports approving the Senate civil rights bill with the jury trial provision, and may limit it to voting cases. He noted GOP help on Rules is needed and that Democrats oppose it in part. A compromise seems possible as debate continues with no House action forthcoming before next week.
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House
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Senate
Rules
Eisenhower
Ohio
Thomas Bateman
Paul M. Herbert
Conference Committee
Residents of BIS Area Pledge Campaign Over Escapees
Residents of the BIS area vow a flood of letters to C William O Neill demanding the state end threats from Boys Industrial School escapees. More than 50 attend a Clearport Community House meeting and resolve to continue until the menace is removed. Fairfield County Sheriff Dale George notes ongoing escapes and crimes by the youths. Mrs John Snake urges state custody to keep the boys in.
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Bis
Clearport
Hocking Valley
Citizens’ Committee
Fairfield County
Dale George
Ohio
John Snake
No Drill Pay Slated For 37th Division Men
CAMP BRECKINRIDGE Ky The 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard now in summer training here will not receive pay for August armory drills and has suspended recruiting due to stringent expenditure limitations placed on the guard by the federal government Division Commander Maj Gen Kenneth Cooper said Thursday
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Ohio National Guard
Kenneth Cooper
Mamie Eisenhower Recovers After Non Cancerous Operation
Washington report says Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower remains in satisfactory condition after an Army gynecologist operated Tuesday for a non cancerous condition. The president's wife is described as recovering well and in good spirits.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Driver Penalty Point System Is Disputed
A Common Pleas judge in Cincinnati Invalidates the emergency clause on Ohio s new driver penalty point law delaying its effect to September 22. Fred Y Youngblood the first cited case faces possible license loss under the 12 point rule. Local officials debate emergency clause legality and seek governor guidance.
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Louis J. Schneider
Ohio
Lockland
Fred Y. Youngblood
C. William O'Neill
Senate House Conference
Britain Accuses Russia and Czechoslovakia of Arms Deliveries to Yemen
London reports that Russia and Czechoslovakia have sent substantial arms to the Yemen regime, including tanks and aircraft, with about 50 Soviet technicians in the country. Six or seven shiploads reportedly arrived at Yemen’s border with Aden as Britain backs Oman’s suppression of a rebellion linked to Sultan Said Bin Taimur.
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Czechoslovakia
Yemen
Foreign Office
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Aden Protectorate
Arabian Peninsula
Sultanate of Mucat
Oman
Sultan Said bin Taimur
Iman Ghaleb Ben Ali
Saudi Arabia
Arabia
Muscat
Persian Gulf
Aden
Larry Swartz Lands One Wheel Jet Plane
Navy Lt. Larry Swartz son of Willis Ohlinger 1130 Third St was featured on Stars and Stripes Page 1 for landing a one wheel jet on the USS Lexington. He, a 1952 Logan High School graduate, kept the event secret from his mother and wrote a brief letter after the July 29 incident noting only a broken record player as a complaint. The Daily News learned of the incident via a Logan soldier’s mother who forwarded a clipping.
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Navy
Larry Swartz
Willis Ohlinger
Third St
Stars and Stripes
Swartz
Logan High School
The
Daily News
Logan
Japan
Farmer's Case Still Unsettled in Mount Vernon Court
A Mount Vernon Municipal Court jury failed to reach a verdict Thursday in the year-old case of Clifford J. Simpson 47 charged with assault and battery against Glenn F. Baker 17 a map maker for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Judge C J Lester dismissed the panel with no verdict and no immediate retrial date.
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Mount Vernon
Clifford J. Simpson
Glenn F. Baker
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
C. J. Lester
Simpson
Young Baker
Everett
The
Agricultural Committee
Simpson Farm
Baker
Pair Shocked By Federal Judge's Action
In New York Jacob Albam and Mrs Myra Sobel were each sentenced to 54% years in prison for spying for the Soviet Union. Their co defendant Jack Sable will be sentenced Sept 18. Rudolph Abel faces arraignment on charges that could bring execution.
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Jacob Albam
Brooklyn
Myra Sobel
Soviet Union
Rudolph Ivanovich Abel
Albam
Mrs. Soble
Richard H. Levet
Sables
Lawrence
Abel
Federal Dist
Matthew T. Abruzzo
U. S
Asst
U. S. Atty
William F. Tompkins
Abruzzo
Dio’s $16,000 payoff to quit union disclosed
Senate witness Morris Weintraub testified racketeer Johnny Dio asked $10,000 to quit the UAW AFL but received $16,000. Dio invoked the Fifth Amendment on questions about ties to James Hoffa and a $16,000 UAW AFL check signed by Anthony Doria. Kennedy described Doria’s brief political exit as repayment for Dio investments in Local 102.
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Union
Washington
United Auto Workers Union - Afl
Johnny Dio
Morris Weintraub
Newport
UAW
Weintraub
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Midwest
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Hoffa
Uawafl
Anthony Doria
Doria
Labor Union Welfare Fund
AIW
Kennedy
New York
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