Weekend Highway Toll Below Holiday Estimate
An Associated Press survey notes cautious driving kept the July 4 weekend traffic toll below the 410 estimate. Early reports suggested a new high but final counts were expected to be under memorial levels, with 371 deaths in the Memorial Day period and totals around 520 for the 78 hours studied. Drownings and miscellaneous fatalities rose, a Portland fireworks plant blast caused several injuries, and Junction City Kansas reported a six-death car collision.
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Junction City
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Portland
Ore
Associated Press
Ohio Traffic Deaths Drop During 78 Hour Fourth of July Weekend
Ohio recorded 18 highway fatalities in the 78 hour period ending Sunday night, below the predicted 24 and matching the Memorial Day figure. Total deaths from all causes reached 38 over the weekend, with 14 drownings and storms blamed for hazardous driving conditions. Highway Safety Director Gordon Jeffery urged stricter compliance and defensive driving, noting a year to date 12 percent drop from 1957.
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State Department of Highway Safety
Department of Highway Safety
Gordon Jeffery
State Highway Patrol
Mrs. Martha Jane Heinlein Dies at 89 in Logan Ohio
Martha Jane Heinlein 89 widow of William Heinlein died at 3 10 a m today at her home 460 West Second Street after months of declining health. She lived in Logan 32 years and leaves 2 daughters 5 sons 26 grandchildren 50 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday Heinlein Funeral Home Rev D S Dunkle. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p m today.
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Jonesboro
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Harry Stone
Logan Rt. 1
Lelia Harmon
San Diego
Calif
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Roanoke
Fred
Lemuel Heinlein
Mich
Harry
Porter Heinlein
Heinlein
Oak Grove Cemetery
Hoax Letter Held By Soviet Embassy
The Soviet Embassy said it has not turned over the original letter claimed to be from a US pilot threatening to drop a nuclear bomb near the British Isles. Officials in both the United States and Britain consider the letter a hoax.
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London
British Isles
U.S
Soviet Frees U S Airmen in Armenia Front
Soviet Armenia freed nine man U S Air Force transport crew captured June 27 on the Soviet Iranian frontier. They were handed to a U S military representative at Astara. The Soviet announcement June 28 said the C118 was forced to land inside the border after being intercepted by Soviet fighters.
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Moscow
Armenia
U.S
Astara
U.S.S.R
Havana Rebels Free Three More Kidnapped Americans
Cuban rebels released three additional North American captives as Havana announced steps toward improved relations. Tunisia prepares to establish diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union and China while maintaining Western friendly stance.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Soviet Union
China
South Korea Floods Claim 47 Lives and 3500 Homeless
Ten days of heavy rainfall and floods in South Korea leave 47 people dead and 3,500 displaced. Rescue teams search impacted areas as communities assess damage and evacuation needs.
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Seoul
South Korea
Loganite 21 Confesses To Robbery Attempt At Market
A 21-year-old Logan man, William L. Poling of 445 E Front St, confessed to the attempted robbery of Graham's market on E Front St early Saturday. Poling, held by city police, denied knowledge until identification by Harvey Bratton and accumulating evidence. Bratton reported being struck with a heavy chisel during the incident. the burglar fled without money. Police say charges will be filed after talks with City Solicitor Neal Dillon. Chief Roy Kelch commended officers and area neighbors for help in identifying the suspect.
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E. Front St
William L. Poling
Poling
Boys Industrial School
Harvey Bratton
Bratton
Roy Kelch
Neal Dillon
Kelch
Pole
Virus Theory Of Cancer Too Late For Dead Doctor
The death of Dr. Francisco Duran Reynals closes a career arguing viruses cause cancer. The Yale studies on mice are cited in a Vatican abstract for the International Cancer Congress, as scientists increasingly back virus-linked cancer theories and seek vaccines and anticancer drugs.
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London
Francisco Duran-Reynals
Duran-Reynals
Yale University
Congress Girds for Heavy Agenda Before August 9 Adjournment
Washington AP Congress returns from holiday with a heavy docket. Senate lines up five bills this week on atomic energy construction public works and minerals development. House pursues broad program including military construction small business and science scholarships.
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Congress
Senate
Burglary and Bugging Probe Ties to Goldfine Case
A hotel burglary in a secretary’s room and a connected micro phone that recorded aides’ conversations trigger a probe into Goldfine ties to Sherman Adams. The incident prompts calls for oath hearings, FBI inquiry, and emergency committee sessions as involved figures deny authorization and seek answers about possible confidential data breaches.
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Dicken Block Construction Under Way After Fire
Reconstruction of the Dicken Block on Main Street began after a February 18 fire. Anthony Thomas owns the site and William Loomis & Son of Logan are building it. Plans have state approval. fireproof flooring will be installed with four basement stairways.Completion is expected within 90 days if steel shipments are timely. The space is not yet leased, previously housing The Factory Outlet and Thomas Bar & Grill.
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Lopez Mateos Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 48, former labor minister, was elected Mexico's president Sunday. The PRI claimed a landslide victory with 70 to 85 percent of the vote over opponent Louis Hector Alvarez, marking the party's uninterrupted rule since 1928.
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos
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Louis Hector Alvarez
Air Force men survive shark attack after C124 crash
Three survivors narrate fighting off sharks while drifting after the Globemaster C124 ditched 200 miles from Johnston Island. Nine aboard. one body recovered, five missing presumed drowned. Survivors Brown Phillips Vanderee treated at Tripler Hospital after救.
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Honolulu
mid-Pacific
Johnston Island
Jonathan L. Brown
Brown
Phillips
Vanderee
Army
Tripler General Hospital
Heat Wave Presses Hocking County as Weekend Temps Soar
Hot humid weather blanketed Hocking County with heavy showers over the weekend. Rain totaled nearly one inch, with highs around 91 on Saturday and 84 on Sunday. Swimmers flocked to Logan Pool and lakes, while Lake Logan reports plus bass catches and full boat rentals marked a busy two days at Lake Hope State Park.
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Logan
Lake Logan
Lake Hope
Vance Griffith
State Division of Parks
Dick McDaniel
Lake Hope State Park
Five Day Outlook Temperatures Dip Slightly
The forecast calls for temperatures about 3 to 5 degrees below normal with highs near 83 to 86 and lows around 62 to 64. Expect little daily change, cooler nights Wednesday to Saturday, and precipitation averaging a half to one inch with heavier southeast Ohio showers Monday night to Friday.
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Ohio
Cincinnati Detectives Slayers Face Death Row Tonight
Two Cincinnati men, Robert Jackson and Lemuel Trotter, are to die in Ohio's electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary after Gov. ONeill refused clemency. Detective Walter Hart was killed during a Sept. 19, 1955 cafe holdup in downtown Cincinnati. this will be the first double execution there since 1947. Warden Ralph Alvis was set to preside.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio
William O'Neill
Third Hansen quadruplet dies in Minnesota birth
The third of the Hansen quadruplets born in Mankato died early at Immanuel Hospital at 5 42 a m. Penelope passed away while Rebecca the surviving infant remained in satisfactory condition.
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Mankato, Minn
Hansen
Immanuel Hospital
Penelope
Rebecca
Dive B bombing Blackbird Targets Man in Westbury
In Westbury New York Joseph Siniscalchi reports a blackbird previously calm attacking him whenever he appears at his doorway. The bird dive bombs from trees screeching and circling and continues this behavior after he returns from work. He suspects no nest and finds the situation increasingly maddening.
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N. Y
Joseph Siniscalchi
Helen
Donna
Sinisealchi
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