Racial tensions rise as sitdowns sweep several states
Across the South and Mid-Atlantic, sitdown demonstrations erupt in Florida Georgia Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina. In Virginia a Suffolk variety store integrates lunch counters while in Tallahassee Florida a march of arrests and convictions follows recent protests.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Virginia
Memphis
Florida
Florida State
Florida A. & M
St. Augustine
Eisenhower
Suffolk
Preservation of War Flags Is Pondered
Ohio's Civil War Centennial Commission prioritizes permanent preservation of over 400 regimental flags deteriorating in sealed glass cases in the state capitol Rotunda. A Toledo meeting will address preservation for all flags and a publication program detailing Ohio's Civil War role, with historians invited as advisers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Capitol
Toledo
William S. Carlson
University of Toledo
Henry H. Simms
Everett Walters
Ohio State University
Harvey Wish
Western Reserve University
Green Trustee Shelby Hardgrove Dies at 77 in Haydenville
Shelby Monroe Hardgrove 77 longtime Green Two township trustee died at home in Haydenville after 18 years of service. Born in Nelsonville he lived in Beaverton Michigan before settling in Haydenville. Survived by wife Edith daughter Mrs H E Rowland London Ohio two grandchildren and siblings. Funeral 1 pm Tuesday Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev Carl Wetherell officiating. Burial Green Lawn Nelsonville. Calling starts Sunday after 2 pm.
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Shelby Monroe
Shell) Hardgrove
Green
Haydenville
Mr. Hardgrove
Nelsonville
Rowland and
Violet Boals Hardgrove
Beaverton
Mich
Eagles Lodge
Aerie
Carl Wetherell
Green Lawn Cemetery
Air Crash Detectives Dig For Clues In Indiana Mishap
Air crash investigators used a power shovel to dig for remains of a Northwest Airlines four engine Electra that exploded in flight near Tell City Indiana. Officials reported no conclusive sabotage evidence but continued to probe possible causes amid a damaged wreck and a crater in farmer Joe Wilson's field.
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Indiana
Tell City
Ind
Northwest Airlines
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
St. Paul
The
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Force
James P. Moore
Enon
Ohio
Northwest
Louisville
Minneapolis
Chicago
Miami
Ohio River
Joe Wilson
U S Protest Planned Over Walsh Sentence in China
Washington will lodge the strongest possible protest with Red China after Bishop James E. Walsh, 68, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Secretary of State Herter said the move targets Peiping’s government, amid ongoing talks to free American prisoners. Cardinal Spellman rejected espionage charges as baseless and condemned the sentence.
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Washington
United States
Red
Shanghai
Peiping Radio
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Walsh
Red China
Spellman
Bishop Walsh
China
Tsing Tao
Planes Scrapped By Dominican Air Force Revealed
Dominican officials say five B26 bombers were dismantled for spare parts after mechanical trouble. General Fernando A. Sanchez claims the aircraft were not U S property and denies improper acquisition. The United States bans arms shipments to the Caribbean and seeks return of the planes.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
United States
Rafael Trujillo
Fernando A. Sanchez
Washington
U. S
Miami
Chile
U.S
Caribbean
Sanchez
Ohio's Top Men To Be Honored In 1960 Awards
Five men will receive Ohio's outstanding young men awards of 1960 from the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce in Akron. The honorees: John L. Sutton of Dayton, David L. Ziegler of Van Wert, Charles W. Cain of Findlay, Dr. Gordon E. Gifford of Zanesville, and Marvin L. Glassman of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Akron
John L. Sutton
Rike-Kumler Co
Dayton
David L. Ziegler
van Wert
Charles W. Cain
Findlay
Gordon E. Gifford
Zanesville
Marvin L. Glassman
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn for April Court Term
The Hocking County Common Pleas Court drew grand and petit jurors for the April term. Fifteen jurors will serve as grand jurors and thirty five as petit jurors, with names including Marie Sowers, Harry M. Bell, Guy Shaw, Edna Behm, and Samantha Mitchell among the grand panel, and James Rees, Florence Stevens, Norma Stewart, and Eleanor Horwell among the petit panel. Police planned to question a truck driver in the Starved Rock State Park slayings, with evidence from twine and a truck matching a witness description. The victims were three Chicago socialites staying at the park lodge, wives of executives from Borg-Warner, Illinois Bell, and Harris Trust.
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Hocking County
G. W. Byers
Logan
Hazel Hoyt
Andy Canter
Lucy Tucker
New Straitsville
Amanda Poling
J. O. Hamilton
South Logan
Charles Fox
Rudolph Ebert
South Bloomingville
William Henry
Samantha Mitchell
Murray City
James Rees
Florence Stevens
Laurelville
Norma Stewart
Eleanor Horwell
William Wolf
Richard Denny
Evelyn Weaver
Jane Shaw
Ruth Allen
Margaret K. Risch
Emma Todd
New Plymouth
Erma Jones
Viola Courtney
Carbon Hill
Don Russell
Robert V. Carter
Robert Brandt
Arthur Edwards
J. A. Cook
Faye Lavett
Nelsonville
Oliver Notestone
Virginia P. Blume
Agnes Leasure
Walter R. Brooker
Robert Goodlive
Mary Dille
Bonnie Moore
Russell Rush
Ellen Magle
Stella Kallas
Irene Eaton
Lewis Brown
Cleon Scott
Union Furnace
Bertha Wahl
Ward M. Chase
Ethel Beck
Ottawa, TI
Starved Rock State Park
William Morris
St. Louis Canyon
Morris
Springfield
Park Lodge
Park
Chicago
Riverside
Frances Murphy
Robert
Borg-Warner Corp
Lillian Ocetting
George
Illinoise Bell Telephone Co
Mildred Lindquist
Death Claims Harry Casto Union Leader
Harry Casto 52 of 535 View Ave. died at Hocking Valley Hospital where he had been a patient since March 1. Logan native and Godman Shoe Co. employee for 25 years, he led United Shoe Workers Local 153 from 1954 to 1958. Survived by wife Alice, son Larry, daughter Sandra, father, stepmother, sister and four brothers. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Heinlein Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Harry Casto
View Ave
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
Mr. Casto
Miranda
Lulu Ruble Casto
Godman Shoe Co
First Church of the Covenant
United Shoeworkers
D. S. Dunkle
J. Carl Plummer
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bicycle Licenses For 1960 Go On Sale At Logan Schools
Bicycle licenses for 1960 will go on sale at Logan schools next week with registration starting at St. John's Catholic School at 1 15 pm Wednesday. Officers will staff East School Thursday West School Friday Central School Monday March 28 and the junior and senior highs Tuesday March 29. Registration noon at city schools the cost per bike 50 cents. In 1959 the city issued 926 tags. Information blanks go home early week to be filled and returned when registration begins. New licenses will be available at the police station after March 29 for those missed in the school sale.
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Logan
Roy Kelch
St. John’s Catholic School
East School
West School
Central School
Very Small Crop Slash Predicted
The Agriculture Department reports that farmers plan to plant about one third of one percent less land to crops this year. A March 1 survey shows 16 spring crops totaling about 271 million acres, down 1.2 million from last year. Total crops grown forecast at 337 million acres, about one million less than last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Death Notice: Luther J. Wyskiver 85 of Hocking County
Luther J. Wyskiver age 85 of 150 S Orchard St died at 2 15 AM today at Hocking Valley Nursing Home where he had been a patient two weeks His wife Alice died a week ago at the same home She was 75 He was born in Hocking County son of John and Sarah Swaim Wyskiver A former employee of Union Furnace brick plant Natco Corp Haydenville and the State Highway Department in Logan Survived by nieces and nephews Funeral 3 PM Monday at Leonard Funeral Home Rev J Carl Plum mer officiating Burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Burial will follow at 3 PM Sunday at the home.
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Luther J. Wyskiver
S. Orchard St
Hocking Valley Nursing Home
Alice
Hocking County
Mr. Wyskiver
John
Sarah Swaim Wyskiver
Union Furnace
Natco Corp
Haydenville
State Highway Department
Logan
Leonard Funeral Home
J. Carl Plummer
Oak Grove Cemetery
Funeral
Patrolman Injured as Cruiser Crashes in High Speed Chase
Van Wert Ohio AP Patrolman F E L Johnson was slightly hurt when his cruiser crashed into a parked truck during a chase of a stolen vehicle on U S 30 east of Van Wert. The thief fled and the parked truck driver was uninjured. Johnson sprained his leg but needed no treatment.
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van Wert
Ohio
FE. L. Johnson
Columbus
Johnson
Rt. 4
U.S. 30
Here
Nelsonville Home Damaged By Fire
Fire destroyed one room in the Nelsonville residence of Mrs. Mildred Bruce at 2 a.m. The blaze began when a piece of lumber was left near a stovepipe after a new outside chimney was built. Firemen stopped the flames from spreading. damage estimated in the several hundred dollar range.
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Mildred Bruce
Nelsonville
Clarence Hall
Ohio Weather Summary Quiet Night With Light Snow Flurries
Weather officials report a quiet night across Ohio with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change from 24 hours earlier. Readings: Findlay 18, Cleveland 23, Columbus 21, Cincinnati 23. Spring official at 9 43 a m Sunday. Hocking Valley shows wide temperature variation and a trace of snow last night with 12 low and 39 by late morning.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Findlay
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Hocking
Weather shifts as low pressure moves through Kentucky
A low pressure area tracks across Kentucky bringing light snow to southern Ohio this afternoon with flurries tonight. North areas receive only light snow flurries and partly cloudy skies. Sunday turns partly cloudy and cold with morning readings in the 20s and afternoon near 30s. Florida flood impacts deepen as 1500 people evacuate while rain tapers off in the central region per Red Cross reports.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Associated Press
Florida
Red Cross
Soviet Delegates Move to Sign Partial Test Ban
In Geneva the Soviet delegation accepted Eisenhower’s partial nuclear test ban plan and proposed an honor system treaty with the United States and Britain to halt big tests. They urged a three power joint study on small underground blasts and kept no international verification. Officials noted the plan could test Western responses and affect stalled talks on underground controls. The U.S. and Britain welcomed the statement as significant but noncommittal.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Semyon Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
U. S
James L. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
David Ormsby-Gore
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
New Mexico
One-Cent Checks Sent To Pay Traffic Fine
An Oregon man sends 100 penny checks totaling 6.66 to satisfy a $1 traffic ticket in Toledo Ohio. Maj. Frank Baumgartner reports the registered letter included the ticket and the tiny payments, with a 5-cent service charge noted per check.
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Toledo, Ohio
Oregon
Ohio
Frank Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Vote Referee Plan Backers Remain Confident
Washington AP backers of the voting referee plan expressed confidence the House will approve it next week after a close 137 134 vote to keep the broad plan intact. In the Senate a proposal to let the President appoint federal registrars in areas with alleged voting discrimination was defeated 53 24. Rep William McCulloch said the vote was the closest question in the legislation.
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Washington
House
Senate
William McCulloch
Ohio
Two Men Admit Slaying Postal Investigators in Chicago
Chicago police say George Wilson and William Perkins confessed to killing two postal investigators during an arrest for suspected mail theft on the Loop’s edge. A third suspect, Alan Nick Goulson, remains at large as officers linked a scrawled license, car keys, and a bloodied notebook page to the crime. Irene Showers Johnson was detained with them.
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Chicago
George Wilson
William Perkins
Alan
Nick) Goulson
John McAuliffe Jr
Ben Spizzirri
McdAuliffe
Spizzirri
South Side
Wilson
Perkins
Irene Showers
Johnson
Aoa
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Bluefield
W.va
New Bern
N.C
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Baltimore
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S.C
Orangeburg
Shelby (Shell) Hardgrove
Reds OK
Illinois
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