Myers To Head Trade Club in Logan Ohio
Logan Trade Club members heard Francis Myers introduced as new president with Art Gasser moving to chairman. The meeting urged stronger community planning and greater funding to meet regional competition and develop Logan’s future industries, hospitals, roads, and downtown renewal.
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Myers
Trade Club
Holl
Logan
Ohio
Barton A. Holl
Francis
Scrappy) Myers
Art Gasser
John Saving
Burr C. Nixon
Don Russell
Aubrey Prewitt
William Landers
Gerald Baird
Max Davidson
Jim Heinlein
Claude Chrisman
Howard Blum
Gasser
Davidson
Logan Development Corporation
Harry Smith
Nixon
Industrial Fund
Industrial Corporation
Hall
Nils Rachelmacher
Chris Feik
George Watson
Brady Waugh
Quentin Perez
Organized Labor
Main Street
Harry Armstrong
Hocking County
Storms batter Western States Across Coast to Plains
A Pacific storm chain lashed the West Coast with rain and wind, flooding Northern California towns and Reno dikes, closing roads and railways. Five deaths were reported with a missing boy, as gusts up to 70 mph staggered the coast from Hawaii to British Columbia and snow snarled Washington state schools.
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San Francisco
California
Reno
Nev
Sierra
Oregon
Pacific
Hawaii
Queen Elizabeth II Delayed by Pacific Storm Over Vancouver
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip faced an overnight stay in Vancouver after their flight to Fiji was halted by a snowstorm and mechanical issues. The Royal party, after 20 hours aloft, planned to depart again but foul weather forced diversions via Edmonton and Honolulu, with winds up to 70 mph and an exhausted crew.
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Vancouver
B.C
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
South Pacific
Fiji
Australia
New Zealand
British Overseas Airways Corp
Richard Colville
London
British Overseas Airways
Thomas Nisbet
Edmonton
Alta
Queen
Philip
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
J. T. Percy
Wheeler Air Force Base
BOAC
Parole Board Votes Against Dr. Sheppard
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission votes 4-0 not to alter the second degree murder sentence of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard. Convicted of killing his pregnant wife eight years ago he remains eligible for parole after 10 years minimum. His new fiancée, Ariane Tebbenjohanns of West Germany, met him during a recent visit and announced their engagement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pardon and Parole Commission
Samuel H. Sheppard
Bay Village
Sheppard
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Dusseldorf
West Germany
Rabbi's Daughter Deborah Cohen Dies In Spain Accident
The body of 22 year old Deborah Cohen, daughter of Rabbi and Mrs Armond E Cohen, will be flown to Cleveland after she was asphyxiated by fumes from a faulty heater in Spain.
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Cleveland
Deborah Cohen
Armond E. Cohen
Spain
Kennedy shifts to voluntary controls in farm policy clash
Washington AP Kennedy abandons mandatory production limits for farm surpluses in a shift to voluntary measures amid congressional opposition and pressure from groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation. Critics warn continued price supports limit free market pricing and keep production in check.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Farm Bureau Federation
Air Collision Near Ankara Kills 115
In Ankara a passenger plane and a Turkish air force cargo plane collided over the city. Police say at least 115 people died including those on the ground and hundreds were injured. The jets involved were a Middle East Airlines Viscount with 15 aboard and a C47 Dakota. Ground casualties estimated around 100.
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Ankara
Turkey
Middle East Airlines
Canada Politely Rejects U S Nuclear Arms Criticism
In Ottawa the Defense Minister says US criticism will not alter Canada’s defense policy. Prime Minister Diefenbaker faces opposition pressure over whether Canada will accept a nuclear role and a possible early election pivot around the arms issue.
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Ottawa
Canada
Douglas Harkness
House of Commons
John G. Diefenbaker
Washington
Commons
Diefenbaker
US State Department
North America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
State Department
U.S
James McLain Runs as Democrat for Logan Council Post
James R. McLain of 1045 Fourth St. announces candidacy for council man at large in Logan's May primary. A Logan High School graduate, ex Air Force, employed at Logan Carborundum for six years, he is married with three children.
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James R. McLain
Fourth St
Logan
Logan High School
Bernard McLain
North St
Logan Carborundum
U.S. Air Force
Mysterious Palnut Order Baffles TVA Spokesman
In Knoxville Tennessee Valley Authority announces plans to buy 25000 palnuts a locker washer component for bolts. A reporter questions the term and a utilities company confirms palnut is a glorified lock washer for bolts.
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Knoxville
Acrobat Slips Across Berlin Wire To West
East German trapeze artist Horst Klein aged 36 escaped on a powerless 110000 volt cable from the Communist side into West Berlin on December 27. He slid 70 yards then 30 yards more before falling into the canal towpath and breaking both arms. Police say the cable had long been out of use and Klein sought freedom from the circus.
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Ming
Klein
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Teltow Canal
East Berlin
Khrushchev Breaks Off Test Talks Amid NATO Rift
Washington observers tie Soviet decision to halt nuclear test ban talks to the widening Atlantic alliance split caused by Charles de Gaulle. Talks in New York collapsed after Khrushchev proposed resuming in Geneva, while Washington vows to press ahead with inspection demands and broader disarmament effort.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Atlantic Alliance
Charles de Gaulle
New York
Soviet Union
Geneva
U.S
de Gaulle
Western Alliance
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kennedy
White House
State Department
United States
County Workers To Observe Two February Holidays
Hocking County commissioners declared February 12 and February 22 legal holidays and ordered courthouse closure. They approved bills totaling 447.18 for county expenses 1010.74 for auto gas and 31.45 for dog kennel costs. Tom Van Duren urged groups to reserve courthouse auditorium use through the commissioners office.
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Lincoln
Washington
Hocking County
Tom van Duren
Hocking County Commissioners
Commissioners’ Office
Cuba buildup probe booked by Senate panel
Sen. John Stennis announced a Senate Preparedness subcommittee meeting to examine the Cuban military buildup. Sen. Kenneth Keating cited a Soviet cargo ship unloading arms in Cuba and confirmed missile sites still in place, while a Pentagon spokesman said no offensive weapons were on two new ships Kasimov and Baltica and that launch pads were destroyed.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Cuba
Kenneth B Keating
R-N.y
Senate
Keating
Pentagon
Kennedy
Trial opens in murder case of ex-OU professor Gene Stees
Jury selection began in Athens for the murder trial of former Ohio University professor Gene Isaac Stees 30. Police say Stees killed his pregnant wife Helen Stees 30 by beating her with a crowbar then dumped her body in a steel drum into Dow Lake last Oct 20. Divers recovered the drum October 26 after Stees confessed.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
Gene Isaac Steel
Stees
Helen
Dow Lake
Ashland
Columbus
Harold E. Shields
Reds Call Off Further Talks
President Kennedy orders resumption of preparations for a new underground nuclear test shot in Nevada after the breakdown of Soviet- U S. test ban talks. Secretary of State Rusk says the West pauses on unity but will press ahead, while noting Ottawa issues and Cuba troop concerns.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nevada
Russia
Dean Rusk
New York
Geneva
Rusk
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Cuba
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
East West
de Gaulle
Britain
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Unemployment Drops 1.6 Million in January
Washington AP reports that total unemployment fell by 1.6 million in January with the jobless count rising to 4,672,000, driven largely by layoffs of temporary holiday help according to the Labor Department.
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Washington
Labor Department
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Alberta
Weather Bureau
Yakima Valley
Mercury
Fijis
Parole Board
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JFK
James McLain
Council
Khrush
NATO
Reds
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