Judy Dicken Named Miss Logan in Parade of the Hills
Judy Dicken won Miss Logan as eight community winners were named in Nelsonville for Parade of the Hills judging. Other winners include Miss Nelsonville Sandy Hall Miss Athens Dianne Fuller Miss Chauncey Sheila Smith Miss Union Furnace Carol May Miss Murray City Peggy Verba Miss Corning Sandra Roof Miss The Plains Brenda Wallace. Judges remained undecided after 45 contestants were introduced and gifts were presented.
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Judy Dicken
Logan
Nelsonville
Sandy Hall
Athens
Dianne
de de) Fuller
Chauncey
Sheila Smith
Union Furnace
Carol May
Murray City
Peggy Verba
Corning
Sandra Roof
the Plains
Brenda Wallace
Musical Lyric Composer Hammerstein Dies at 65
Doylestown AP report notes Oscar Hammerstein I died of stomach cancer at Highland Farms aged 65. His Broadway lyric genius helped create Oklahoma and Show Boat among other classics with Richard Rodgers since 1942.
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Doylestown
Oscar Hammerstein I
Highland Farms
Paris
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Richard Rodgers
Ohio Jet Fighter Squadron Commanders Promoted
Commanders of jet fighter bomber squadrons at Springfield Mansfield and Columbus have been promoted. Andrew C. Lacy of the 162nd Tactical Fighter Squadron Springfield and Paul E. Hoover of the 166th Columbus are now lieutenant colonels, Emerson E. Lewis commander of the 164th Mansfield is a major.
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Columbus, Ohio
Springfield
Mansfield
Columbus
Ohio Air National Guard
Andrew C. Lacy
Paul E. Hoover
Emerson E. Lewis
Reward Offered For Plane and Griffing Family Found
A $5000 reward is offered for information leading to locating a missing Cessna 182 with Henry Griffing his wife Josephine and children Linda and Phillip. Civil Air Patrol and local agencies search through stormy terrain from Teterboro to Oklahoma City with help from Athens Newark and Lancaster fliers.
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Oklahoma
Civil Air Patrol
Athens
Newark
Lancaster
Logan
Henry S. Griffing
Huntington
W. Va
Chillicothe
Teterboro
N. J
James Heinlein
CAP
Highway Patrol
Griffing
Oklahoma City
Martinsburg
Clarksburg
Video Independent Theatres, Inc
Josephine
Linda
Phillip
Powers Family Bids Farewell To Prison Bound U2 Pilot
Barbara Powers wore a bright dress for a final walk with imprisoned husband Francis Gary Powers at the Soviet Supreme Court. His parents also spent a last sad hour with him as he faces 10 years for espionage. Barbara sent Khrushchev a handwritten clemency plea and offered to travel to Yalta for a meeting.
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Powers
U.S
Moscow
Barbara Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Supreme Court
Oliver W
Ida Ford Powers
Barbara
Manteen Brown
Milledgeville
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Yalta
Black Sea
U.N. Plans Advisory Group for Congo Mission
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold moves to form a nations advisory group for the 15 000 man U N Congo Command. Lumumba backs down after Security Council support for U N refusal to seize Congo internal politics. Moise Tshombe seeks a federation while Belgian troops withdraw.
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United Nations, N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Committee of Nations
U.N
Congo
Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
U. N
Moise Tshombe
Lumumba
Mikhail D. Yakovlev
Weather Columbus Ohio Outlook Summary
The Weather Bureau reports light rain ended shortly after midnight in the extreme south central portion. The rest of the state saw fair weather. Early in the night fog began to form.
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Columbus
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hocking Valley Sees Warm Weather Today and Midweek Outlook
The Hocking Valley enjoyed generally fair weather today with temperatures at 83 degrees at noon and a low of 56 overnight. Monday reached a high of 84 as the pattern remains mild into Wednesday.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio Fog Clears as Sun Promises Warm Midweek
A state wide fog limited visibility at dawn with forecasts of sunny skies. Tuesday's afternoon temperatures should reach the low to upper 80s with cooler conditions in the northeast by Wednesday. Morning readings ranged from 56 in Cleveland to 68 at Chesapeake with Columbus and Zanesville at 60.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Chesapeake
Columbus
Zanesville
Freezing Weather Grips Montana Statewide
A cold front brought freezing temperatures and strong winds across Montana. Helena saw subfreezing conditions while Butte received snow and rain. Billings dropped from a high around 90 to near 50. Most areas reported temperatures in the 40s with widespread rain.
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Montana
Helena
Butte
Mercury
Billings
New US Pressure Targets Cuba At OAS Meeting
Secretary of State Herter warned Latin nations not to be outflanked by communism via Cuba and urged the OAS to condemn Soviet Chinese threats. He backed a hard line, with Argentina proposing a 90 day conference to draft anti communism measures while Cuba denied the charges.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian A Herter
United States
Cuba
Herter
Fidel Castro
Foreign Ministers’ Conference of the Organization of American States
Argentina
U.S
Fidal Castro
OAS Peace Committee
OAS
Carlos Lechuga
Raul Roa
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
U.N. Security Council
Spunky's Pal Blamed In East Liverpool Holdup
East Liverpool police suspect Bob Johnson twenty two, friend of Gordon Spunky Firman, in a night time robbery of cab driver Wayne De Lauder of Wellsville who was forced to drive to East Liverpool then back. Deputy Herman Wellman cites Johnson's description as matching the suspect. The two men fled in a waiting car after the gunpoint holdup.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Bob Johnson
Gordon
Wayne de Lauder
Wellsville
Herman Wellman
Columbiana County
Johnson
Firman
Coshocton
Steubenville
Alaska Volcano Erupts Blots Sun Over KodiaK Island
An Alaska Peninsula volcano erupted Monday spraying ash over a 50 mile square area. No injuries were reported as ash darkened skies around Kodiak and nearby communities.
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Kodiak, Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Missing radioactive tube raises alarm at lab
An A AP reported missing radioactive strontium 90 tube from an atomic research laboratory triggers general alarm. The material is described as very dangerous and a risk to public safety.
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Mass
Atomic Research Laboratory
Workers Mobilized In Shantung For Field Work
AP reports twelve million people in China's Shantung province have been mobilized for field labor after two months of continuous rain. The campaign aims to alleviate agricultural disruption and preserve harvest prospects across the region.
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Hong Kong
China
Shantung Province
Eisenhower May Veto Medical Care Linked to Social Security
The article reports Republican leaders hinting President Eisenhower might veto a medical care plan tied to Social Security. It covers Javits and Kennedy proposals, Anderson amendments, and GOP versus Democratic positions, including Vice President Nixon backing Javits and predicted impact on 16 million seniors.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
GOP
Dirksen
Javits
Jacob K. Javits
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
Clinton P. Anderson
DNM
Kennedy
Anderson
New Yorker
Medical Society Hit By Ohio Solon
Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio denounces the American Medical Association as antiquated and reactionary while urging expansion of the Social Security Act to cover 150,000 employed and self employed doctors. He says the AMA excludes self employed physicians and surgeons and does not represent the broader medical community.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
The
American Medical Assn
Young
AMA
Congress
Second four death crash shocks Eaton area
A second four death traffic collision in two days terrifies Preble County. A 10 year old sedan and a gasoline truck collided at Ohio 122 and a county road killing two mothers and a daughter from each family. Earlier, a weekend crash near Ohio 177 and 725 southwest of Eaton killed four and injured a dozen.
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Eaton, Ohio
Preble County
Ohio 122
Ohio 177
Here
Donna Jean Shellhamer
Eaton
Denice
Virginia Jacobs
Columbus
Cynthia
Death Threat Tied to Embezzlement Case in Cincinnati
Judge Otis Hess will hear a probation report in Common Pleas Court for Roy Brown a 50 year old admitted embezzler who pleaded guilty to indictments totaling 31341 from two building and loan associations He said he paid extortion money to a man who threatened harm to him or his daughter The man allegedly who robbed his hardware store five years ago also threatened death if he reported the incident.
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Cincinnati
Otis Hess
Common Pleas
Roy Brown
Brown
US Plans Moon Mission Within Three Years Says Von Braun
Berlin AP reports rocket scientist Wernher von Braun states the United States aims to launch a manned ship around the moon within three years. The statement outlines ambitious space program goals and timelines.
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Berlin
United States
Wernher von Braun
City Water Well Restored After Shutdown
The No 1 well at the city water works was reactivated Monday after two weeks offline. rusted steel casing was replaced and cleaned, restoring output to about 900 gallons per minute. A third well is planned this fall to bolster service.
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City Waterworks
Ed Rutgers
Rutgers
Gallia Man Admits Shooting Wife in Homicide Case
Ferrell Randolph 23 facing first degree murder charges in the May 13 shooting of his 18 year old wife Virginia Randolph at their Gallipolis home. Police testified Randolph claimed self defense after his wife threatened their 17 month old daughter. Prosecutors plan to prove Randolph stood outside the kitchen window and fired after an hour delaying calling his sister.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Ferrell Eugene Randolph
Randolph
Virginia
Robert S. Betz
Betz
Bill Barr
Nellie DeVault
Barr
DeVault
Sheets
Youths Story Proves True in Hospital Strangle Case
Two teenage Gallipolis State Hospital inmates faced further questioning for the admitted strangling of three patients. An autopsy confirmed at least part of their account, showing Robert Flora of Toledo died by strangling with heart conditions once listed as the cause for all three deaths.
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Gallipolis, Ohio
Gallipolis State Hospital
Gallia County
Donald R. Warehime
Robert Flora
Toledo
Warehime
Flora
William Murphy
Lucasville
Paul Cross
Cincinnati
George R. Roberts
Lima State Hospital
Gallipolis
Ohio Highway Patrol
Teens admit strangling three patients for kicks at hospital
Robert Brown 18 of Chillicothe and John Turner 14 of Hamilton County confessed to killing three men after luring them to a toilet and strangling with sheets. Brown has the mental age of an eight year old and Turner the mind of a six year old. One patient survived after being strangled with a towel and sheet. Exhumation and further autopsy plans discussed as authorities determine the fate of the victims Cross Flora and Murphy.
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Roberts
Robert Brown
Chillicothe
John Turner
Hamilton County
Brown
Turner
Cross
Flora
Murphy
Warehime
Two Carriers Sail From Mayport For Overseas Duty
Two aircraft carriers based at Mayport depart for foreign assignments. The USS Saratoga sails for six months in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet and five Jacksonville fighter squadrons aboard. The USS Shangri La, from Cecil Field, joins the 2nd Fleet for NATO exercises.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Mayport
Saratoga
Mediterranean
6Th Fleet
Shangrila
Cecil Field
2Nd Fleet
Two Cuban Pilots Seek Asylum in United States
Two Cuban airline pilots Guido Colli aged 35 and Louis Cosme aged 33 defected to the United States and asked political asylum in Miami Florida citing opposition to Fidel Castro's Communist leanings.
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Miami, Fla
United States
Guido Colli
Louis Cosme
Fidel Castro
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