Kennedy Awaits Khrushchev Cease Fire Decision
President Kennedy pressed Soviet Premier Khrushchev for a Laos cease fire during a meeting with Andrei Gromyko. Gromyko suggested a response in a few days and urged no rushed actions, while SEATO and Thai talks continued on Laos strategy amid ongoing arms airlift to rebels.
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Kennedy
Laos
Andrei Gromyko
Washington
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow
Gromyko
United States
U. S
Dean Rusk
Free World
Seato Group
Bangkok
Thailand
Pierre Salinger
Florida Cops Nab New Mob Of Collegians
Fort Lauderdale police arrested over 100 college students as 3000 to 5000 vacationing youths flooded the beach district. Officers charged them with disturbing the peace and public intoxication after a riot the night before left no injuries. Three Ohioans named among the arrestees.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Beach
National Guard
Jade Beach
Caroline Kennedy Batman Telephonitis Delight At Palm Beach
Caroline Kennedy, three, is described by her grandfather Joseph Kennedy as having telephonitis. She loves calling the White House and speaking with relatives, arriving in Palm Beach with family for Easter, plus her Welsh terrier Charlie and cousins.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Caroline Kennedy
White House
Caroline
Palm Beach
John F. Kennedy
John Jr
Kennedy
Wild Weather Eases After Severe Midwest Storms
The Midwest saw diminishing winds and clearing skies while heavy rain drenched the South after Monday’s violent weather. Flooding worsened in Iowa and Wisconsin as tornadoes and gales battered Texas Louisiana Arkansas and Illinois. Two people died in a Texas Appleby tornado. Shreveport experienced a northern twister.
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Midwest
Iowa
Wisconsin
South
Texas
Louisiana
Illinois
Appleby
Shreveport
Severe Midwest Weather Strikes Illinois Iowa Floods Hit Cities
A 1961 heat wave gave way to clouds and rain across the Midwest. Joliet reported a 100 mph wind gust and one death with 19 injuries. Cedar River flooding threatened Waterloo and Charles City with 40 percent underwater and 500 residents displaced. Volunteers placed 100000 sandbags as Cedar Falls and Evansdale evacuated families.
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Illinois
Midwest
Joliet
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Waterloo
Cedar River
Evansdale
Cedar Falls
Charles City
Lawyer Convicted Of Manslaughter In Double Slaying
In Cleveland an eight woman jury found 32 year old attorney John Max Ladutko Jr. guilty of two counts of first degree manslaughter for the Jan 17 shotgun slayings of his estranged wife Nancy 29 and Charles D. Johnson 42. Judge Silbert ordered consecutive sentences of one to 20 years on each count, totaling 2 to 40 years.
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Cleveland (Ap
John Max Ladutko Jr
Nancy
Charles D. Johnson
Ladutko
Common Pleas Court
Joseph H. Silbert
Exemption For Churches On Tax Studied
Ohio House members move to vote on a bill exempting six meals a year served by churches or charities from state sales tax. Senate debates on ratifying the 23rd Amendment delay the issue, with Kansas and New Hampshire weighing in as Ohio faces a possible decisive vote. Also reported are actions on trust deposits, mechanics lien affidavits, shooting preserves, extended fishing licenses, a Glenn tribute, UC basketball upset, and funding for university dining facilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Statehouse
U.S
District of Columbia
Kansas
New Hampshire
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
John Glenn
New Concord
University of Cincinnati
Ohio State University
Ohio Department of Taxation
Michael V. DiSalle
Miami University
Baseball hits boy ten in Middletown. death follows
Ten year old Ronald Howard died in Middletown Hospital after being struck on the head by a batted baseball while playing in a vacant lot near his home. Dr. Garret J. Boone, Butler County coroner, ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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Middletown
Ohio
Ronald Howard
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Fire Roars through Clarksville Home Killing Family
Officials fear 12 dead in Clarksville Tennessee after a frame house fire. Mr and Mrs Alex Whitehead their nine children and a grandfather are believed dead as embers hindered early search efforts.
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Clarksville, Tenn
Alex Whitehead
Death Penalty Sought for Finch and Carole Tregoff
In Los Angeles, prosecutors seek the death penalty for Dr. R. Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff after a third jury finds Finch guilty of first degree murder of his wife Barbara Jean Finch and Carole guilty of second degree murder with conspiracy. The case drew global attention as the couple, once lovers, faced verdicts and a retrial for the 1959 slaying in West Covina.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Suregon
Barbara Jean Finch
West Covina
Carole
California
Clifford Crail
Superior Court
David Coleman
Bunny" Finch
Six UC Students Charged Over OSU Property Destruction
Six University of Cincinnati students were arrested in Columbus for malicious destruction of property after smeared buildings with lipstick dye and shoe polish. The incident followed a Cincinnati basketball title celebration against Ohio State, with $80 in damage cited and a one day workhouse sentence plus restitution.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Michael V. DiSalle
Kansas City
Powell Crosley Jr Dies At 74 In Cincinnati
Powell Crosley Jr the president and principal owner of the Cincinnati Reds died of a heart attack at his home in Cincinnati at age 74 He had returned from Florida where he watched spring training and had spent the winter in the South Crosley once active in radio and industry but had disposed of his holdings except for the baseball team.
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Cincinnati
Powell Crosley Jr
Cincinnati Reds
Crosley
Florida
Reds
South
National League Baseball Club
Ohio employment outlook dark across many regions
Washington AP reports Ohio employers in 10 major and 22 smaller areas show at least 6 percent of workers unemployed with little expected improvement until mid May. Major metros include Columbus 3 to 5.9 percent and Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo around 6 percent or higher. notes declines in manufacturing and in-migration shaping layoffs in Defiance Findlay Tiffin Fostoria Kenton Lima Mount Vernon St Marys.
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Washington
Ohio
Labor Department
Columbus
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Canton
Hamilton-Middletown
Steubenville-Weirton
Lorain Elyria
Youngstown-Warren
Ashland
Ashtabula - Conneaut
Athens-Logan
Nelsonville
St. Marys
Sandusky
Fremont
Springfield
Washington Court House
Wilmington
Zanesville
Defiance
Fostoria
Kenton
Lima
Mount Vernon
Dr Horton Found Dead in Nelsonville
Dr Joseph Horton 57 was found dead in his Nelsonville residence on Saturday night. Police reported no foul play and an autopsy was ordered by Coroner Dr Charles Patton. Horton, a Noble County native and OSU Medical College graduate, practiced in Defiance before moving to Nelsonville in 1959. He is survived by his wife Ruth, son Richard, daughter Mrs Mary Margaret Kunesh, and sister Miss Eunice Horton. Funeral services will be Wednesday at St Patrick's Church Buchtel.
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Joseph Horton
Nelsonville
E. Columbus St
Pete Philopoulos
Horton
Philopoulos
Max Valkinburg
Charles Patton
Athens County
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Noble County
Ohio State University
St Vincent's Hospital
Toledo
Defiance
Ruth
Richard
Mary Margaret Kunesh
Milwaukee
Wis
Eunice Horton
Caldwell
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Buchtel
St. Michael's Cemetery
Carlisle
Warren Funeral Home
Dem Leaders Hope For Laos Cease Fire
Democratic leaders in Congress met with President Kennedy and voiced hope for a Laos cease fire and neutralization of the country. House Speaker Sam Rayburn said they viewed the situation as hopeful given the circumstances.
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Dem
Laos
Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Warsaw Pact Leaders Meet in Secret Moscow Summit
Communist leaders of the Warsaw Pact met in Moscow with defense and foreign ministers in a summit level session.
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Moscow
Coroner Rules Andregg Wounds Self-Inflicted
Fairfield County Coroner Dr. L. L. Kersell reported that Donald E. Andregg a 41 year old farmer and sheep raiser died from self inflicted gunshot wounds. He died at 6 10 am Monday in Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. He shot himself in the lower chest with a 20 gauge shotgun at 5 am at the home of his father in law John Carrel on Union Rd north of Buena Vista in Hocking County. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm in the Bethany Church with Revs Earl Bowsher and Paul Lindsey officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call at the Frank E Smith Funeral Home Lancaster after 7 pm today.
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Fairfield County
L. L. Kersell
Donald E. Andregg
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital
John Carrel
Union Rd
Buena Vista
Hocking County
Bethany Church
Earl Bowsher
Paul Lindsey
Bethany Cemetery
Frank E. Smith
Lancaster
Kennedy seeks $2 billion defense boost for missiles and crews
President Kennedy asked Congress for nearly $2 billion more for defense to strengthen Polaris submarine and Minuteman programs. He cited deterrent readiness and flexible control, and proposed a 13,000 soldier manpower rise plus expanded Navy, Marines, and Air Force support. Aims include cutting the costly atomic airplane project and transferring remaining work to the AEC.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
United States
U. S
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
Bowling Green Students Stage Campus Boycott and Protests
About 300 Bowing Green State University students held a sit out on campus in a protest against strict campus rules amid two days of demonstrations in town. The action targeted limits on drinking on campus and restrictions on demonstrations and speech. Reform or Riot banners appeared as students called for more freedom and fewer campus restraints.
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Bowling Green, Ohio
Bowling Green State University
University Union
Elden Smith
Smith
James Trautwein
St. John's Episcopal Church
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