Phone and Power Lines Damaged by Lightning
A brief thunderstorm in Hocking County damaged a Commonwealth Telephone Co. cable on Route 664 south of Logan and burned a main power line between Logan and New Straitsville. Power outages were brief in Straitsville and a small Logan section, with Logan fed from Lancaster until repairs. Temperatures rose to 64 after a low of 48. Crews worked through noon.
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Hocking County
Logan
New Straitsville
Straitsville
Lancaster
Ohio Power Co
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Farmer Draft Policies Draw New Criticism
Ohio congressmen report complaints about selective service reclassifying deferred farmers as eligible for the draft. Sayers say no policy change has occurred, but some farmers have been deferred up to two years. The draft, facing a smaller 20 year old cohort, may reclassify older men who have farms or families.
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Washington
Ohio
Selective Service
Clarence Brown
William McCulloch
James Polk
Ohio State University
Columbus
Education Chief Urges End To South Point Walkout
Clyde Hissong state director of education urged parents to bring students back to school at South Point High School Lawrence County. He warned ongoing defiance harms teaching as 75 to 100 students continued the strike on day three after firing of two teachers prompted the dispute.
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Columbus
Clyde Hissong
South Point High School
Lawrence County
Ex Patrolman Pleads Innocent in Coal Grove Police Death
IRONTON A suspended state highway patrolman pleaded innocent to a manslaughter charge in the hit and run death of Coal Grove Patrolman Carl Green. Robert Brickles, 29, remained on a $3,000 bond after his car allegedly struck Green on March 1.
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Ironton
Coal Grove
Robert Brickles
Brickles
Carl Green
Swallows Return to Capistrano Nests
Swallows return to Capistrano California as scouts arrive back to nests in the age old mission caves marking the start of the annual migration observed by villagers and locals.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Capistrano
Highway Engineering Ties to Ohio Legislature's Funding Moves
Ohio lawmakers control use of new road revenues from a gasoline tax and truck axle taxes. Engineering work consumes 10 to 12 percent of project costs, funded by council and state highway revenues. Bond money cannot cover engineering, so legislative approval is needed to keep projects moving.
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Ohio
State
Highway Construction Council
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Treasury
Department
Dulles Pushes Anti-Red Measure at Inter American Conference
At the tenth Inter American Conference in Caracas Venezuela a coalition of 20 nations prepared to vote on a resolution led by U S Secretary of State Dulles to curb international Communists in the Western Hemisphere. Guatemala opposed the motion arguing for democracy and non interference while Mexico urged a narrower joint action trigger.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U. S
State Dulles
Washington
Dulles
Americas
Guatemala
Mexico
UMW Targeted in Belmont County Law Action
Dudek Coal Co operator Joe Dudek files suit in Belmont County common pleas court asking to restrain about 30 defendants including Adolph Pacifico president of the United Mine Workers Ohio District. He alleges union members have pitched tents on his property and threatened his employees during a drive to organize eastern Ohio strip mines.
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ST. Clairsville
Joe Dudek
Dudek Coal Co
Belmont County
Judge Sentences Bid for Reform Denied in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Judge John M. Renner presided as Moses Bates, 22, pleaded guilty to burglary. Bates asked for reform school but feared failing there and was sentenced to the penitentiary after acknowledging his past.
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Cincinnati
John M. Renner
Moses Bates
Reformatory
Renner
Any Day Now Smelt Run At Great Lakes Streams
In Michigan the first Great Lakes spawning run may begin soon as warming water triggers smelt to migrate up streams. Thousands of anglers flock to shorelines using dipnets and sacks to harvest the fish for fish fries, filming a quirky lake culture scene.
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Great Lakes
Lansing
Mich
Belgium Ratifies European Defense Community Treaty
Belgium completed parliamentary ratification of the European Defense Community treaty yesterday becoming the third of six prospective members to do so. The move advances the projected alliance amid broader Western security plans.
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Brussels
Belgium
Seattle Bank Bandits Down 3 Cops Lose Most Of Loot
Three bank robbers shot their way through Seattle police killing one and wounding two others as they robbed the Greenwood Bank of 97 700 most of which they dropped in the getaway. A concealed alarm triggered officers who arrived and were shot as they approached the bank. The robbers fled in a getaway car leaving a bag with 90 800 in the street.
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Seattle
Bank Bandits
Greenwood
George
Howard Slessman
Slessman
Frank W. Hardy
Hardy
Vernon R. Chase
Chase
Blizzard Hits Plains Moves On Northeast
A snowstorm swept from Colorado and Kansas into five states dumping up to 10 inches in places. Winds eased from 160 mph as hail and lightning lashed Grand Rapids. Nebraska saw deep snow and extensive telephone outages while the storm moved toward Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan with colder temperatures ahead.
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Chicago
Colorado
Kansas
Plains States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nebraska
Chadron
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas City
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oklahoma
Texas
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Five Die in New London Apartment Fire
A blighted New London apartment building burned early today killing five people. Nineteen others escaped as off-duty sailors from the nearby submarine base aided firefighters and police in rescuing residents who leaped from second and third floor windows.
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New London
Conn
U. S. Navy
Traveling salesman reports missing wallet in motel
Frederick Maryland police helped a traveling salesman from Willoughby Ohio recover a wallet containing $300 after a motel stay. He drove about 300 miles to Painesville Ohio, then called police to locate the item. Officers arranged return by registered mail.
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Frederick, Md
Painesville
Ohio
Frederick
Edward Hornak
Willoughby
Missing secret documents stirs Hanford probe request
Rep. Pelly said the Atomic Energy Commission confirms informal reports that secret papers possibly tied to hydrogen bomb production vanished from the Hanford plant in Washington. He urged Senate House Atomic Energy Committee scrutiny, with an investigator likely to visit Hanford. Dr. Ralph Lapp linked Hanford to tritium used in the first 1952 hydrogen test.
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Washington
Hanford
Wash
Pelly
R-Wash
Atomic Energy Commission
Pelley
AEC
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
W. Sterling Cole
R-Ny
The
Atomic Committee
Commission
Ralph Lapp
Lapp
Aides Laid Off at Basiec Refractories Plant
Basiec Refractories Inc laid off 82 workers at the Maple Grove plant citing slow order flow and the need to reduce inventories. Officials said the layoffs were implemented yesterday as part of cost cutting.
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Tiffin
Basiec Refractories, Inc
Maple Grove
MIG Attack On U S Navy Planes Near Czech Border
Two American carrier planes were attacked by a Communist MIG near the Czech border. One propeller plane damaged, both landed safely at Neubiberg in the American zone of Germany. The Sixth Fleet ordered an investigation. Czech claims say the U S planes crossed into Czechoslovakia unintentionally.
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Munich
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Jachymov
Iron Curtain
Navy
Neubiberg
London
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Czech
Sixth Fleet
Alps
Prague
Austria
Bavaria
Indochina Rebels Hit French Bastion
Vietminh rebels struck the Indochina defense zone near Hanoi blasting five points along the 46 mile rail line to the coast and overpowered several forts guarding the corridor. The railway and road parallel route form the main U S supplied lifeline to northern French forces. Equipment moves along the line while airlifts remain the other supply method. Rebels used electrically detonated mines to blow up rail sections.
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Hanoi
France
Indochina
Vietminh
U.S
British airliner crash in Singapore kills 32
A London bound Qantas BOAC Constellation crashed on landing in Singapore. Of 40 aboard, 32 were killed and eight crew members survived. The disaster notes investigation and rescue efforts follow.
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Singapore
Unemployment Figures Show Rise In February
National unemployment rose in February to about 3.67 million under a new sampling method. Discrepancies with an older method sparked questions, as officials eyed possible government action if March figures do not show a decline.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Puerto Rican Nationalist Arrested for Threatening President
New York police arrested Jose Rivera Colon, 30, an itinerant painter, after he telephoned the FBI claiming plans to kill President Eisenhower. He faces arraignment today on charges of threatening the President.
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New York
FBI
Eisenhower
Jose Rivera Colon
GOPsters Attack Dem Plan to Raise Tax Exemptions
Senator Flan ders labels Sen George plan to raise personal exemptions a phony coster, arguing it yields only 80 cents weekly for low earners and would cost about 4% billion this year 8 billion in later years. George seeks 800 to 1000 exemptions, says Congress may counter downturn by boosting purchasing power while House excise cuts move ahead.
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Vermont
Senate Finance Committee
George
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
McCarthy at Center of GOP Internal Split
Senate turmoil erupts as Sen. McCarthy faces crossfire with aides over Army probe. Nixon to address critics while Stevens and Adams deny misconduct. Dirksen accuses McCarthy of breaching party agreement by releasing memoranda regarding Army investigations.
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Washington
Nixon
GOP
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Army Department
Army
Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevens
G. David Schine
Schine
Subcommittee
Roy Cohn
Sen. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Cohn
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Wisconsin
Eisenhower Tax Message To Air On Major Networks
President Eisenhower will address the nation on taxes with broadcasts across NCB TV ABC TV Dumont and ABC R at 9 p.m. later on MBS R 9 30 NBC R 10 15 CBS R 10 45 and CBS TV 11. Late airings come from recordings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ncb-Tv
Abc-Tv
Dumont
Cbs-Tv
Segregation to End in Ohio National Guard Units
Ohio adjutant general Maj. Gen. Leo H. Kreber said segregation in Ohio National Guard units will end within two weeks. He announced the move as part of broader integration efforts nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Leo H. Kreber
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Dem
Phony
Flanders
D-Ga
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Byrd
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Wilbiam
R-Del
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Robert T. Stevens
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