Dad Slain Daughter Held in Ohio Shooting
In Marion Ohio 18 year old Virginia Napper and her 16 year old sister Edna Mae are involved after a shooting that killed their father Sylvester Napper 38. Virginia confessed firing a rifle into his head with the pistol muzzle against his skull as police await contact with the county prosecutor. The case is under investigation and no motive is disclosed.
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Alice Napper
Virginia Marie Napper
Edna Mae
Sylvester William Napper
Virginia Marie
Justin Cornely
Cornely
Robert O. Stout
Eisenhower Skips Golf To Attend Opening Day Baseball
President Eisenhower leaves Augusta after Easter services to fly to Washington for the American League opener. He and his son toured the Augusta National in warm weather, with family attending church and Easter dinner at the Eisenhower cottage.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
South
Griffith Stadium
Augusta National
Maj
John Eisenhower
Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church
Eisenhower Cottage
Golf Club
Eisenhowers
Mary Jean
Hikers Head Into Dessert toward East Coast Record
Two British hikers Patrick Moloney and Mervyn Evans start from Fernley Nevada aiming to Lovelock 40 miles away by nightfall as they push toward the East Coast. Dr Barbara Moore from Emigrant Gap California trails 95 miles behind on a 3032 mile San Francisco to New York attempt. The trio seeks to beat the 1926 record of 79 days 10 hours 10 minutes.
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Nev
Nevada Desert
California
Patrick Moloney
Mervyn Evans
Fernley
Here
Lovelock
Barbara Moore
Emigrant Gap
Sierra Nevada
Donner Pass
Nevada
San Francisco
New York
Moore
State House Group Sets 1st Meeting
The 20 member Middletown State House Conference on Education steering committee will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in Middletown High visual aid room to discuss organization and regional conference attendance. Kick off set for April 23 at Miami University with briefings by Joseph F Woodruff Middletown Board of Education president and Howard Cromwell school superintendent.
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Middletown High School
Knight Goodman
Miami University
Middletown
Joseph F. Woodruff
Middletown Board of Education
Howard Cromwell
Kent Little
Lemon-Monroe High School
Norwegian Captain Svend Foyn Sinks Harpoon Gun Invention
Svend Foyn, a Norwegian ship captain, developed the harpoon gun in 1860 to improve whaling efficiency. The innovation marked a turning point in whale capture and is noted in maritime history.
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Svend Foyn
Dallas cabbie befriends family as doctors operate girl
W H Henry a 30 year old bachelor befriended Ruth Maria Cvetic and her parents after meeting them at a Dallas bus station. Twelve doctors at Children's Medical Center planned to perform corrective open heart surgery on the Austrian girl who has never had a normal heart. Henry, who served in Germany, provided shelter and hospitality as the family awaited surgery.
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Dallas, Tex
Children’s Medical Center
W. H. Henry
Ruth Maria Cvetic
Germany
Sweden
America
Henry
Dallas
Alexander Cvetic
Maria
Austria
Cvetics
Mexico City
Cvetic
San Antonio
Donors Sought After Maria's Urgent Operation
The next day Henry sought rare Anegatine blood for Maria’s surgery. He organized 10 donors at Texas Instruments Co and at the city transportation Co where he once worked.
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Henry
Texas Instruments Co
The
City Transportation Co
Pioneer V Satellite Performs Well at 5 Million Miles
Space scientists report America's Pioneer V satellite is functioning well in its solar orbit beyond five million miles. It was traveling about 6000 miles per hour when reaching the milestone at 4 p.m. Sunday. the smaller radio is operating, while the larger transmitter will likely be activated around eight to ten million miles distant.
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Washington
America
Pioneer
Negro Leader Sees Sit-Ins Legal Despite Laws
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr a prominent Atlanta Baptist pastor says sit down protests may break local laws but will be upheld as constitutional. He spoke on Meet the Press amid a new week of civil rights action and urged faster federal leadership to end segregation. In Nashville Minnesota student motorcade arrests and police reports add to tensions as activists push for reform.
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Martin Luther King Jr
NBC
Washington
Raleigh
N. C
King
U.S. Supreme Court
Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Congress
Easter weekend Raleigh conference findings summarized
The findings and recommendations noted at the Easter weekend Raleigh conference were echoed by attendees. The event drew 142 students, highlighting shared concerns and proposed actions.
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Derailed NYC Freight Cars Near Cuyahoga Heights
Fourteen coal cars of a New York Central freight train derailed in suburban Cuyahoga Heights with no injuries reported. Local authorities investigated the incident and cleared the scene without further hazards.
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New York Central
Cuyahoga Heights
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