Firman back in jail after Nelsonville kidnapping claim
Gordon Firman, 21, shot in the hip during arrest, is jailed again after a statewide escape. He faces about 30 years for kidnapping four Hamilton youths on August 16 and forcing them toward Nelsonville at gunpoint, though he denies the charge. Fireman’s capture followed a Coshocton jail escape and a car chase ending near Sherrodsville.
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Hamilton, Ohio
Gordon
Firman
Spring Street
Columbus
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
State Penitentiary
Butler County
Hamilton
Nelsonville
Paul Pell
Robert Marrs
New Philadelphia
Sherrodsville
Burton Gabbard
Steubenville
West Virginia
Coshocton County
Roberta Wilkin
Ivy Daugherty
Wilkin
Coshocton
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Athens Phone Aide Admits Fund Theft
George Hooper of Athens Ohio confessed to officers that over six years he stole more than 25000 from his Athens employer Commonwealth Telephone Co He attempted suicide Thursday in a hotel room by swallowing ant poison and left a note apologizing Hooper fled Monday before a company audit could be completed and is held as a fugitive while the DA's office investigates the case Hooper who has nine years with the firm disappeared en route to a Marion telephone meeting
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New Orleans
George Hooper
Athens
Ohio
Hooper
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Herbert J. Vrooman
Commonwealth Telephone
Marion
Commonwealth
West Diplomats See Congo Slipping Toward Soviet Bloc
Western diplomats warn Congo under Patrice Lumumba is drifting toward the Communist bloc as Soviet advisers and a Pravda journalist join Lumumba’s government. A Soviet Ilyushin jet brought officials including G A Zhukov and the Pravda editor amid rising tensions with the United Nations. Local resistance splits along tribal lines while President Kasavubu seems to acquiesce to Lumumba’s leadership.
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Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Africa
United Nations
Anicet Kashamura
G. A. Zhukov
Pravda
Lumumba
Conference of Independent African States
Joseph Kasavubu
World's Top Trotters Vie for 40000 Purse at Roosevelt
The world’s top trotters race at Roosevelt Raceway for 40000 in purses and the Challenge Cup. Two divisions offer 25000 and 15000, with Steamin’ Demon and Senator Frost favored in the smaller event while Hairos II leads the 25000 feature. European horses head to Rome after the Cup, with Steamin’ Demon unlikely to follow.
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New York
Roosevelt Raceway
Ohio
Steamin’ Demon
Circleville
Senator Frost
Wilmington
Hairos II
Holland
Silver Song
Tornese
Crevalcore
Scare
Tyson Scott
Su Mac Lad
Trader Horn
Rome
French Student Visits Gilloglys At Hocking Farm
A French student Miss Maryda Pages and five siblings arrives in Hocking County for a three week stay with the Wallace A Gillogly family at their Logan area farm. She is an home economics advisor from France and will depart September 20 after changing her sailing date.
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International Farm Youth Exchange
Hocking County
Maryda Pages
Cantal
France
Wallace A. Gillogly
Logan Rt. 3
Hocking Hills Country Club
Pages
Defiance County
Gilloglys
Cancer claims OSU research associate in Columbus
Cancer has claimed the life of 37 year old Benjamin S. Pritchard a research associate at Ohio State University's Institute for Research in Vision.
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Columbus, Ohio
Benjamin S. Pritchard
Ohio State University
Institute For Research In Vision
Ohio Draft Day Set
Ohio will observe Selective Service Day on September 16 as proclaimed by Governor Michael V. DiSalle. The day highlights national draft registration and civic participation in Columbus.
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Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Compromise Social Security Bill Moves Toward Passage
Senate leaders push a final vote on a compromise Social Security bill to expand federal grants for elderly medical care while a House Senate wage debate lingers. The plan includes 200 million dollars annually for descent medical aid with some liberal reforms trimmed.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House
House
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
House Conference
Senate House Conference Committee
John F. Kennedy
Woman Found Dead Near Wilmington in Rural Woods
The unidentified, well dressed woman around 30 was found dead near Clin ton County Air Force Base southeast of Wilmington. Sheriff Foote said she may have been stabbed or shot, with no blood under the body, suggesting the killing occurred elsewhere. She wore a skirt and white blouse and had been dead up to two days.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Cincinnati
Here Fiday
Clinton County Air Force Base
Floyd Foote
Three-C
Ohio 73
J. Herbert Doaks
Deserter accuses US aide in Moscow espionage case
Moscow reports say American deserter Vladimir Sloboda charged U.S. Army attache Col. Theodore Hoffman with espionage. Sloboda named Hoffman during Soviet TV discussions amid Moscow’s expulsion of the embassy economic attache. Hoffman, on vacation in West Germany, denied the charges and planned to return to Moscow in September. Sloboda, a former Army Intelligence unit member, vanished amid gambling debts. the Army cited his obsessive gambling.
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Moscow
US. Army
Theodore F. Hoffman
Vladimir Sloboda
Soviet Union
U.S
George Payne Winters Jr
Col. Hoffman
West Germany
Sloboda
Hoffman
Germany
Pughtown
Army Intelligence School
Ft. Holabird
U.S. Army
Heidelberg
Ohio Weekend Forecast Near Heat for Hocking Valley
Official weather summary notes a weak cold front in northern Ohio with showers failing to develop. Expect continued hot conditions in the Hocking Valley over the weekend as temperatures rise toward a high around 88 today and a low of 62 last night.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Kennedy Wins AFL CIO Backing For Presidential Run
In Washington AP Kennedy welcomes endorsement from the AFL CIO General Board representing 135 unions and 14 million workers. Nixon aides question impact while the board blasts Nixon on domestic policy and labor issues, praising Kennedy as pro people.
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Kennedy
Afl-Cio
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Afl-Cio General Board
Richard M. Nixon
AFL, Cio
Ken
Nedy
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
James I. Mitchell
Nixon
Ohio Weekend Forecast Rolls With Light Showers
A light shower was noted near Cleveland with early morning temps 67 in Youngstown 66 Columbus and 71 Findlay. Ground fog covered the state at sunrise reducing visibility to about a mile. High pressure should dominate Ohio weather through the weekend with light winds on Lake Erie and Saturday and Sunday highs near 80 to the upper 80s.
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Cleveland
Youngstown
Columbus
Findlay
Ohio
Lake Erie
Four Juveniles Escape Ironton Jail Using Improvised Saw
Four youths aged 15 to 17 escaped from Lawrence County Jail in Ironton by sawing through cell bars on Friday night. They reached a third floor window, stepped onto a porch roof and climbed down a pole to ground level. The four are Ray Mullins 15, Ralph Donald Imes 17, Richard Wilson 17, and David Wiley 17. Investigators seek how the saw was obtained.
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Ironton, Ohio
Lawrence County
Ray Mullins
Ralph Donald Imes
Ironton
Richard Wilson
Coal Grove
David Wiley
Lyra
Scioto County
COPE to Meet in Columbus on Campaign Endorsements
The AFL CIO Committee on Political Education will meet in Columbus Ohio on September 8 to discuss election plans and endorse candidates for statewide office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Opening Day Draws 100000 at Ohio State Fair
Press Day at the Ohio State Fair drew about 100000 attendees including 80000 youths admitted free on Youth Day. Junior Fair Queen Karen Hock was crowned by Mrs. Michael V. DiSalle as 4H teams earned prizes and trips, while tractor and talent contests showcased Ohio youth.
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Columbus
Ohio
Karen Hock
Delaware
Michael V. DiSalle
Karen
Ann Baird
Mechanicsburg
Jacqueline Mayer
Sandusky
Susie Pyle
Kenton
Rosalee Culver
Harpster
Highland
Brown Counties
National Dairy Congress
Waterloo
Iowa
Joe Clutter
Sardinia
Dave Payton
Leesburg
Noel Cutright
Hillsboro
John Howman
Rt. 1
Lodi
Butler County
Chicago
Beverly
Bill Kennel
Trenton
James Lewis
Hamilton
Dwight Deeds
Rt. 2
Nashport
Leonard Well Good Producer Proves Oil Well Near Logan
Another producing oil well along Rt 75 north of Logan has been proved out this week by pumping tests. The Walter Leonard farm well drilled by Hoosier Oil Co produced 80 barrels a day after recovery from hydrofracture during the first two days of pumping.
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Rt. 75
Logan
Walter Leonard
Hoosier Oil Co
Veterans Day Proclaimed by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower urged the nation to observe November 11 as Veterans Day, calling for re dedication to the cause of peace with honor around the world. He framed the day as a chance to honor veterans and renew commitment to peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon Says Democrat Ticket In Trouble In Deep South
Vice President Richard M. Nixon said the Kennedy-Johnson ticket faced real trouble in the South after crowd-pleasing stops in Birmingham Alabama and Atlanta Georgia during a Southern campaign swing. He asserted Southern states no longer safe for Democrats and noted large enthusiastic crowds despite police and security concerns on Peachtree Street.
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Nixon
Deep South
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
South
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Georgia
Steensboro
N.C
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Edgewood
Castro Censure Draft Sidelines Castro to Pin Khrushchev
Latin American foreign ministers forged a draft resolution at the OAS meeting in San Jose that condemns Khrushchev for rocket threats to the United States while sidestepping direct censure of Fidel Castro. The compromise aimed to bridge U.S. calls for condemnation with Cuba and Soviet bloc sensitivities. The 10 nation committee will study the text before a final Council of Ministers vote.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Organization of American States
United States
Castro
Soviet Union
Red China
OAS
Mexico
Chile
Uruguay
Colombia
Council of Ministers
Christian A. Hlerter
Raul Roa
Khrushchev
Panama
Honduras
Brazil
Venezuela
el Salvador
Argentina
New Laos Gun Battery Posts and Curfew Enforced
Premier Souvanna Phouma’s revolutionary government began setting up gun emplacements along the Mekong River and imposed an 8 p.m. curfew on Vientiane amid jittery conditions. A Vientiane radio report from Bangkok said two mystery planes strafed Laotian warships Friday, with stray shrapnel hitting riverbank houses before naval gunfire repelled them.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Mekong
Bangkok
Dry Run Boy Drowns in Ohio Stream Crossing
Le roy Buffinger aged 15 from Dry Run drowned Friday attempting to swim a 25 foot wide stream northwest of Portsmouth Ohio. He disappeared under the water during the crossing and was found dead.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Leroy Buffinger
Dry Run
Here
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Wellsville
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Parley
William Guckes
Dunkirk
David Eichelberger
Rt 5
Ashland
Deeds
Central States
Michigan State University
Charles Wilson
Washington Court House
Novelleers
Jimmy Leullen
Lehmann Twins
Susie
Judy
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Leonard Well Good Producer
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