Heat and Humidity Dominate Weather Across Regions
Weather outlooks show hot humid conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the nation. Some areas see heavy rains in the Middle Mississippi Valley and Iowa, while drought zones in the Northeast face crop damage. Cooler air moves into the Northern Plains as other regions stay warm.
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Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Missouri
Knoxville
Atlantic
Florida
Gulf Coast
New England
Hocking County
Columbus Weather Forecast Mild With Temp Drops This Week
The forecast calls for 2 degrees below normal inland with highs around 83 to 86. Temperatures fall Tuesday and Wednesday with little change Thursday, then rise Friday and Saturday. Rain chances include inches of precipitation as thunderstorms tonight or Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Test Shot Postponed at Atomic Site to 4:45 A.M.
The Atomic Energy Commission said today's scheduled nuclear shot at the Nevada test site has been postponed to 4:45 a.m. Tuesday for technical reasons. The below nominal tower shot was not ready on time.
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Nev
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Winnipeg Train Crash Injures Eighty-Six In Manitoba Spill
A Sunday derailment on the Canadian National Railways main line near Nourse Manitoba sent 16 cars of a trans continental passenger express off the track injuring eighty six people. Officials investigated the unlocked switch as the likely cause and crews worked to clear the wreckage and aid passengers.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Nourse
Man
Driver Piles Up 17 Points In Afternoon
An 83-year old Chillicothe man collected 17 driver license penalty points in one day. Under Ohio law 12 points can revoke a license. Mayor E R Fender of Sardinia fined Frederick Moore $10 and costs on three charges including driving left of center line and reckless driving after two accidents.
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Georgetown
Chillicothe
Ohio
E. R. Fender
Sardinia
Frederick Moore
Former Senator Walter F. George Critically Ill
Former Sen. Walter F. George, Eisenhower's special ambassador to NATO, is critically ill and growing weaker, according to his physician.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Guatemalan Military Warns of Communist Rumors After Assassination
In Guatemala the defense minister warned that Communist rumors aim to cause unrest after President Castillo Armas was assassinated. Col. Oliva called on citizens to report subversive activity as the army vowed to decisively suppress any outbreak.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Francisco Oliva
Castile Armas
Roberto Castaneda
Castillo Armas
Luis Arturo Gonzalez Lopez
Congress
Gonzalez
Fire Claims Life of 52-Year-Old Woman in Nelsonville
Mrs Flossie Taylor, 52, perished in a Sunday house fire that gutted her Nelsonville residence. The tragedy occurred in her home, authorities reported, with the blaze prompting investigations into cause and origin.
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Nelsonville
Flossie Taylor
Anderson Succeeds Humphrey as Treasury Secretary in White House
Secretary George M. Humphrey hands control of U S finances to Robert B. Anderson in the Cabinet Room. Anderson, a Texas Democrat turned Republican, has held top posts including secretary of the Navy and defense and now takes a $25 000 salary as Treasury head. He is noted for a polio related limp and Greenwich, Connecticut residency.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Robert B. Anderson
Humphrey
Eisenhower
White House
National Steel Corp
Republican Party
Anderson
Defense
Burleson
Tex
Waggoner
Navy
Ventures, Ltd
Toronto
Greenwich
Conn
Treasury
Rioting Breaks Out In Chicago South Side
A Sunday night clash between whites and Negroes in Chicago's far south side left over 20 injured and cars burned. Police halted the rioting with a large, mixed detail as a 15 year old white girl and Officer Hunt were assaulted.
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Chicago
East Side
Chicago Transportation Authority
Trumbull Park
William Hunt
Marilyn Hultquist
Hunt
Miss Hultquist
Clem Schrader Dies At Syracuse New York
Clem Schrader 67 of Logan native died Saturday at Memorial Hospital Syracuse New York. Veteran of World War I and former Solvay Process Co. employee retired as maintenance foreman in June 1956. Survived by wife Betty, three sisters and two brothers. Requiem High Mass at St Charles Catholic Church Syracuse Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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Clem Schrader
Logan
Memorial Hospital
Syracuse
N. Y
Peter
Elizabeth Fox Schrader
Solvay Process Co
Betty
Mary Weiland
Margaret Schrader
Rosella Nixon
Anthony Schrader
Phoenix
Ariz
Ralph Schrader
Muskogee
Okla
St. Charles Catholic Church
Dayton Jail Inmate Dies After Head Injuries
Cecil Beach, 56, of Dayton died at Miami Valley Hospital after being found with severe head injuries in a city jail cell. Beach had been booked early Sunday on intoxication charges and left among 30 prisoners.
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Dayton Cecil Beach
Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
City
Beach
Sam Dillon Named Monroe County Schools Superintendent
Samuel Dillon former Hocking County and Glouster district leader was chosen as Monroe County schools superintendent on a five year contract. He will earn 8500 annually pro rata until January and 10000 annually thereafter, with duties starting August 1. The Dillon family plans to move to Woodsfield once housing is found.
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Samuel Dillon
Hocking County
Monroe County
Dillon
Hocking
Glouster
Olin Mathieson Chemical
Rockbridge
Llesboro
Maxville
Superin
Tendent
Carbon Hill
Woodsfield
Dillons
Neal
Logan
Leo
Battelle Memorial Institute
Burdelle Garrett
Columbus
Mexico City Struck By Devastating Earthquake
The 7.0+ quake toppled 50 buildings in Mexico City causing at least 43 deaths and 500 injuries with 20 missing. Acapulco bore the brunt on the Pacific coast while Guerrero and Chilpancingo also suffered major damage. Fire and blackout chaos followed as rescue and repair began.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Acapulco
Pacific
Guerrero
Chilpancingo
Paseo de Reforma
Ten More Candidates File Petitions for Local Offices
Ten more persons filed petitions for local offices with the Hocking election board. Candidates include John W. Baumgardner Gore Route 1 seeking magistrate, Pearl Unger South Bloomingville Route 1 for West Hocking board of education, and multiple township trustees: Clarence H. Green Good Hope Two Daniel See shtoltz Laurel Two Shirley Smith Salt Creek Two Samuel Griffith Washington Two William Unger Benton Two Eber Sheets Marion Two Morris Duppler Ward Twenty three candidates filed last week. Deadline is 4 p.m. August 7.
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Hocking Election Board
Dean Collison
John W. Baumgardner
Gore Rt. 1
Scataee Maglareie
Pearl Unger
South Bloomingville Rt. 1
West Hocking Board of Education
405 Still Missing In Japanese Flood
About 40,000 rescue workers chased confirmation of 405 people missing four days after heavy rains swamped western Kyushu. National police logged 591 deaths, 3,681 injured, and 152,251 homeless with 75,458 houses flooded as 12 more inches of rain hit southern Kyushu.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Lone Hocking County crash injures Columbus couple
A Columbus man Vaughn Miller aged 24 and his wife Patricia 26 sustained minor injuries in a single weekend auto crash in Hocking County. The collision happened 1.6 miles north of Route 374 on Route 664 around 11:20 p.m. Sunday when Miller’s car struck a culvert hidden by weeds. Both were treated and released from Hocking Valley Hospital.
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Columbus
Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Vaughn Miller
Miller
Patricia
Hocking Valley Hospital
Athens Patrol Post
Ohio Weekend Toll Raises Deaths In Sixteen Fatalities
Ohio records sixteen accidental deaths over the weekend including eleven in traffic accidents. A girl burned to death, a boy drowned, a teen-ager shot himself, and a two year old boy electrocuted. National Safety Council notes 1957 traffic deaths down 2 percent from six months earlier at 17,620.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Safety Council
America
Ohio Fire Chiefs Press for Law on Rest Homes
Springfield report notes the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association adopted a resolution urging the state legislature to prohibit nursing or rest homes not directly supervised by a physician or registered nurse. The measure calls for a $1000 bond per resident and requires approved sprinkler systems or fireproof building construction for all current and future rest homes.
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Springfield
Ohio Fire Chiefs Assn
Ohio
American Wheat Arrives in Polish Port as Cigarettes Motivate Trade
A Bucknell Victory unloaded 9 000 tons of wheat at Gydnia Poland under an American Polish credits pact while locals chase cigarettes. The ship draws attention in Gdynia and nearby Gdansk where American cars flood the streets and officials profit from surging dockside activity as postwar reconstruction reshapes the cities.
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Gydnia
Poland
Baltic
Bucknell Victory
U.S
Gdansk
Danzig
Belgium
Gdynia
Europe
Free City
Moderate Wins Election in Argentina Constituent Assembly
In Buenos Aires moderates clinch a reform victory for caretaker President Pedro Aramburu. With early returns, pro reformists lead the vote about two to one and seek a working majority in a 205 member assembly. Peronists lag as blank ballots rise.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Argentina
Venezuela
People’s Radical Party
Richardo Balbin
Arturo Frondizi
Balbin
Frondizi
Aramburu
Assembly
ONeill Sees Need Of More Park Facilities
Ohio Governor C William ONeill outlines a two year program to enlarge and improve lakes and state parks. He predicts Ohio will gain a reputation as the great recreational state as attendance climbs from 3 million in 1950 51 to over 12 million in 1956 57, underscoring rising outdoor demand.
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Columbus
Ohio
William O'Neill
O'Neill
Dayton
Cincinnati
Reunification Still West Goal
The United States Britain and France pledged they will not sign any disarmament agreement that prejudices German reunification. A declaration by Western Big Three ambassadors and West German Foreign Minister Henrich von Brentano says reunification requires free elections in both German states and rejects imposed neutrality or demilitarization. The reunified Germany would decide its own military policy.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Henrich von Brentano
Bendix Race Winner Sets Speed Mark
Air Force Capt. Kenneth D. Chandler won the Bendix Air Race with a record 679 mph average over 620 miles from Chicago O Hare to Andrews Base Maryland. His 54 minute 45 second flight beat five Delta Wing F102 opponents, aided by minimum fuel load and a near sonic pace. The event opened a 50th anniversary Air Force celebration sponsored by the Air Force Assn.
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Washington
Kenneth D. Chandler
Air Force
Chandler
Chicago
O'Hare Field
Andrews Aiir Force Base
Maryland
Maj
Manuel Fernandez
Compton
Calif
Duluth
Minn
U. S. Air Force
Air Force Assn
Patterson weighs in heavy for Polo Grounds title bout
Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson will face challenger Tommy Hurricane Jackson in a 15 round title fight at the Polo Grounds tonight. Patterson’s weighed in at a career high 192 and a half pounds as promoter Emil Lence confirms the bout despite forecasts of scattered showers.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Tommy
Hurricane) Jackson
Polo Grounds
Patterson
Emil Lence
Wisconsin Voters Weigh McCarthy Seat Primary
Wisconsin voters face a runoff in a sparse turnout special primary to select a party nominee for the late Senator Joseph McCarthy’s seat. Republicans and Democrats feature notable figures including Walter Kohler Glenn Davis Warren Knowles Alvin O Konski Clement Zablocki William Proxmire Henry Hughes John Schafer and Gerald Lorge amid debates over Eisenhower era policy and Modern Republicanism.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
U.S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Seeoncest
Vernon Thomson
Eisenhower
Sue
GOP
Walter Kohler
Glenn Davis
Warren Knowles
Alvin O’konski
Clement Zablocki
Milwaukee
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Supreme Court
Henry Hughes
Oshkosh
John Schafer
Sens
S Nee
Agenetor
Gerald Lorge
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Woodlands
Ohlson
John Logan
Edward
Chison
Concord Reformatory
Manama
Bahrein
Muscat
Oman
Sultan Said bin Taimur
Jakarta
Indonesi
East Indonesia
Ventje Sumual
Celebes
Tate
Texas
Calumet Park
Syracuse, N. Y
Sam Dillon
Monroe
National Seismographic Observatory
Warren Broglie
Lancaster Patrol Post
Moderates
Peronists
Bendix
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