White House Calls Fox Testimony Ridiculous in Adams Case
The White House branded John Fox’s charges as fabrications about Sherman Adams during a House subcommittee session. Fox alleged to have financed Adams and to have received a large loan from Joseph Kennedy, while Adams and Goldfine denied the claims.
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John
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Battles Rage Across Beirut and Tripoli Amid Lebanon Crisis
Fighting continued overnight in Beirut and Tripoli as government forces clashed with rebels. The Moslem holiday pause gave way to sporadic shooting, with 10 killed and 20 wounded in Tripoli. The U.S. Embassy urged Americans to stay indoors.
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U.S
Mecca
Aid el Adha
Explorer III Expected To Expire Today
Explorer III, launched March 26 at Cape Canaveral, is due to disintegrate today after traveling over 32 million miles. The 31 pound satellite transmitted four signals about cosmic rays and meteorites, revealing higher altitude radiation and controllable space vehicle temperatures.
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Ala
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Hagerty Denounces Fox Testimony on Adams Aide
In a statement, press secretary James C. Hagerty condemns testimony by John Fox before the House Committee on Legislative Oversight. He rejects two claims about Sherman Adams, noting Adams rented two houses and suggesting records will prove ownership and lack of checks from Bernard Goldfine.
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Actress Joan Blondell Evicted Over Dog Bridey Murphy
Framingham Massachusetts Actress Joan Blondell was asked to leave a motel because dogs were not allowed. She and her puppy Bridey Murphy moved to a private estate.
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Mass
Joan Blondell
Bridey Murphy
Miss Blondell
Half Billion Freight Tax Bill Gets Approval In Congress
The House passed a compromise tax bill sent to President Eisenhower repealing half a billion dollars yearly in freight transportation surcharges. It avoids a 2.1 billion revenue drop by extending the corporate tax rate and other excises, while Senate approval wrapped up the action. Repeal lowers annual freight taxes by about 485 million, mainly 3 percent on freight and 4 cents per ton on oil, with effective date Aug 1 for bills paid from that date.
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Solons OK Extending Jobless Pay Benefits
Massachusetts crash kills 15 aboard a KC135 jet tanker during a transatlantic speed attempt. Observers cited wires near takeoff, explosion, and disintegration into pieces. Victims include journalists and Air Force personnel. two successful tankers set new Atlantic speeds.
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Westover Air Force Base
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Ohio 13 Week Unemployment Benefit Extended
Ohioans who exhaust 26 weeks of unemployment before April 4 1959 gain another 13 weeks of benefits The extension cleared the Legislature in a special session Gov O Neill is expected to sign The $40 million needed will come from the state compensation reserve fund rather than a federal loan. The Senate moved to final action on two measures.
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C. William O'Neill
Foreign Aid Fund Slashed by House Committee
The Appropriations Committee cut 872 million from President Eisenhower’s foreign aid request for the coming year, leaving 3,078,092,500 in new appropriations and 4.1 billion in potential obligations with unobligated carryovers. Rep. Otto E. Passman defended the plan while condemning waste, as cuts targeted military assistance defense support and the development loan fund.
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House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
House
Free World
Brothers Held To Pickaway Grand Jury
Two men suspected of safecracking in Hocking Pickaway and Knox counties were arraigned in Circleville before Judge Sterling Lamb. James Hysell 23 pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and attempted burglary and was bound to the Pickaway grand jury. Paul Hysell 34 pleaded not guilty and was bound to the grand jury with bonds of 1500 and 5000 respectively. Sheriff Radcliff said the younger brother cooperated and confessed to another safe cracking at Laurelville Grain and Seed Co netting 816 dollars.
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Pickaway
Knox
Circleville
Sterling Lamb
James Hysell
Circleville Rt. 4
Pickaway County
Grand Jury
Paul Hysell
Columbus
Charles Radcliff
Laurelville
Concrete Poured On Ohio No. 1
Medina reports the first concrete pour on Ohio 1 near West Salem at the spot of Gov. ONeill ground breaking for the toll-free Cincinnati Conneaut superhighway. The four lane divided highway's Columbus Medina leg is ahead of schedule. Construction also starts on a section in Lake and Ashtabula counties extending toward Conneaut near the Pennsylvania border.
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West Salem
Ohio 1
Death Claims Augustus Weiland 91 Columbus grocer and native
Augustus Weiland 91 a longtime Columbus grocer on W Broad St found dead in his home shortly after 6 p m Thursday. He lived alone and planned to retire this week. Survived by a brother Rev Fr Thomas L Weiland of Dover Mass. Funeral 9 a m Monday Holy Family Church with burial at St Josephs Cemetery.
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Columbus
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Dover
Mass
Catherine
Nicholas
Magdalene Till Weiland
Hocking County
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St. Joseph's Cemetery
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Grant Joins Marines As New Private
LOS ANGELES The Marine Corps has a new private Ulysses S Grant a 19 year old Apache Indian sworn in here Thursday He hails from White River Arizona.
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Marine Corps
Ulysses S. Grant
White River
Ariz
Saxbe Rules Write-In Vote For Van Wert Probate Seat
Ohio Attorney General William Saxbe ruled that the Van Wert County probate judgeship vacancy created March 1 1958 requires a write-in vote in November to fill the unexpired term. No ballot write-in space or party committee selection applies since the vacancy did not arise by death. The opinion was sent to Van Wert County Prosecutor Sumner J Walters.
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van Wert
William Saxbe
Saxbe
Sumner J. Walters
12 Pound Muskie Taken By Angler At Lake Logan
A record-weight muskie was taken from Lake Logan on Thursday afternoon by Columbus angler Harley Dunn. The 30 inch fish weighed 12 pounds and was caught near the No 2 parking lot using night crawlers. It missed the lake’s longest by two inches but exceeded it in weight by three pounds. the prior record holder was Paul Stiverson of Lancaster who caught the whopper on May 18 of this year.
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Columbus
Harley Dunn
No. 2
Paul Stiverson
Lancaster
GOP seeks extension of expiring farm programs in House
Republicans press for emergency extension after House defeats a multibillion dollar omnibus farm bill. The vote 214-171 halted the Democratic backed measure seen as a broad tax act. Extension would cover school milk and farm surplus disposal programs amid farm bloc opposition.
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House
Benson
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Carpenters Chief Questioned Over Indiana Case Ties
Senate Rackets Committee questioned Maurice A. Hutcheson of the Carpenters Union regarding possible collusion with Teamsters President James R. Hoffa to influence an Indiana grand jury probe. Hutcheson and two other union officials face charges of illegal profit and conspiracy involving state officials.
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Maurice A. Hutcheson
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Vanguard launch program to be reviewed by Defense Department
A Defense Department official in Buffalo says the Navy Vanguard program will be reviewed after only one of six attempts to launch the missile was successful. He added that Air Force and Army satellite programs will proceed.
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Slick Sea Lion Snagged in Sandusky Boathouse Rescue
A fugitive sea lion that escaped from London Ontario last week was cornered in East Sandusky Bay by fishermen and Toledo Zoo staff. Zoo curator Dan Danford lassoed the animal, which slipped multiple times onto a raft before being netted and placed in a cage en route to Toledo Zoo for quarantine and London Zoo coordination.
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Ohio
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Unemployment benefits exhausted in Hocking and Athens counties
Homer Schein of the Logan BUC office said about 400 people in Hocking and Athens counties have exhausted their unemployment compensation since last July.
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Homer Schein
Logan
Ohio Senate backs anti recession measures and bond questions
The Senate approved a 6 million dollar addition to the poor relief fund to match local spending dollar for dollar through February. A bond extension plan for water and sewer lines clears its final hurdle, enabling about 25 million dollars in bonds. House and Governor push include billboard ban talks and 10 million dollar classroom bond changes.
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Weekend Weather in Hocking County Turns Sunny and Warm
The forecast calls for sunny and warmer conditions in Hocking County this weekend. Today started clear with increasing clouds suggesting possible showers by nightfall after a low of 51 degrees, while temperatures rose to around 80 by noon. Thursday reached 70 degrees by 4 p.m.
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