South Korea reels as mobs burn ballots after vote
Post election violence surges across South Korea with about 100 injured, 322 arrested, and reports of 2 deaths. Police blame rival candidates and poll watchers while mobs attack studios, burn ballots, and demand action against former Liberal candidates. Disturbances span 17 districts as authorities vow punishment.
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Seoul
South Korea
Huh Chung
National Police
Kang Su-ryong
Syngman Rhee
Liberal Party
Rhee
Sam Chon Po
Hongchon
Unsong
House of Representatives
Democrats
Police probe murder of Betsy Benham in Wheeling suburb
Sheriff investigators comb a shallow grave in a Wheeling suburb for clues in the strangling and assault of 5 year old Betsy Benham. Chicago crime lab to test two bloodstained shirts found near the scene as a suspect is questioned.
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Wheeling
Ilc
Chuiich
Cook County
Frank D
Chicago
Sam
Betsy Benham
Ben
Ham
Bering
Chicago Police Crime Laboratory
Steel price cuts deepen as demand slips and stocks rise
In Cleveland steel buyers report the trimming of stocks has peaked, with severe price cutting across markets. Mills ran at 53.8 percent capacity last week, down from the prior week, while the Cleveland district fell to 2 percent of capacity. Cincinnati and Youngstown districts showed modest gains to 48 and 4.5 percent respectively, and most buyers expect to know in 90 days how long price cuts will continue.
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Cleveland
Steel
Stee
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Strike threatens East Ohio Gas Co
The Natural Gas Workers Union notified East Ohio Gas Co that it will strike next Monday unless a new contract is agreed before then. After a two hour session Sunday the company and union failed to reach a pact to replace the expired contract. Another negotiation is set for Tuesday. The company has not had a strike in its 62 year history.
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Cleveland
Natural Gas Workers Union
East Ohio Gas Co
Williams County veteran elected Ohio DAV commander
John W. Baker of Pioneer, a World War II veteran, was chosen as the new commander of the Ohio Disabled American Veterans at the state convention in Columbus. The group announced the 1961 convention would be held in Dayton next July.
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Columbus, Ohio
Williams County
John W. Baker
Pioneer
Oho
DAV
Dayton
Marion girl wins Miss Ohio title in Mansfield pageant
Alice Ann McClain, 18, of Marion, crowned Miss Ohio after beating 16 entrants on beauty and talent. She stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 132 pounds, and measures 36 24 35, earning a place to compete in Miss America in Atlantic City.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Marion
Alice Ann McClain
Winer
Atlantic City
N. J
Alice
Cottey College
Nevada
Miss McClain
Heart of Ohio
Carole A. Weiler
Circleville
Peggy Kennedy
Toledo
Elea Swigart
Greater Akron
Cincinnati
Nancy L. Mason
Sandra Callaway
Wilmington
Last Roundup For Frightened Steer
A spooked steer near Romulus provoked a two month chase by farmers in western Wayne County. After the animal knocked down its owner and escaped through a barbed wire fence, a posse was required to shoot the frightened beast on Sunday at the Bertrim Barr farm.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Bertrim Barr
Romulus
Jayne Mansfield Gives Birth to Third Child in Premature Birth
Jayne Mansfield and husband Mickey Hargitay welcomed a 5 pound 1 ounce baby boy a month premature at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica California. The actress already has Miklos Jr. 17 months and daughter Jayne Marie 9 from previous marriage.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jayne Mansfield
St. John's Hospital
A. C. Meltus
Miss Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
Miklos Jr
Jayne Marie
Paul Mansfield
Sit-Ins Spark Protests Across Virginia After Arrests
In Petersburg, court hearings set for 15 Negroes arrested during a sit-in at a white-only bus terminal restaurant. Demonstrations by the Petersburg Improvement Association vow to continue citywide while similar actions lower racial bars at Fredericksburg lunch counters.
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Petersburg
Petersburg Improvement Assn
Virginia
Fredericksburg
F. W. Woolworth
W. T. Grant
Woolworth and Grant
Norfolk
Carolina Trailways
FBI Chief Puzzled By Bomb Fakes
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover called fake bomb reports on airlines senseless and immoral in an FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin editorial. He noted about 1000 hoax threats against transportation firms, with 25 arrests since April and penalties up to $1000 fine or one year in prison.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Justice Department
Midwest Weather Dips as Rain Spreads South
A mid summer cool spell boosted the Northeast and Midwest while the South saw rain. The Pacific Coast reported cooler temperatures and light showers stretched across the western third of the nation and parts of the middle Atlantic and Gulf Coast. Notably Lafayette Louisiana recorded 2.77 inches in six hours. Richmond Virginia and Savannah Georgia reported heavy rain with over two inches in short spans.
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Northeast
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Lafayette
Washington, D.C
Florida
Tennessee Valley
Richmond
Savannah
Light plane crashes into Compton apartments injuring five
A PT26 plane stalled after takeoff from Compton Airport and crashed at a two story building. Pilot Chester Fees, 34, and his two daughters survived with injuries. Five people including an expectant mother Frances L. Brown were hurt. neighbor Melvin Calloway, 21, helped rescue the woman and others. Cheryl Ann Fees, 12, involved in critical condition. Sandra Fees, 7, sustained arm and facial injuries.
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Compton
Calif
Melvin Calloway
Chester Fees
Anaheim
Fees
Cheryl Ann
Sandra
Frances L. Brown
FBI Top Ten Fugitive Nabbed After Merchant Tip
Gerald Hudson 32, once on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, was arrested near Corad Nebraska after a merchant noticed a matching FBI circular. He escaped from Pennsylvania State Penitentiary in 1957 while serving a 10-20 year term for a 1951 shotgun murder. Hudson waived preliminary hearings and awaits transfer to Pennsylvania authorities on $25,000 bond.
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Omaha
Neb
FBI
Smith Gerald Hudson
Pennsylvania
Pensylvania
Hudson
Carl Hueftle
Corad
U.S
Sylvania State Penitentiary
Bellefonte
John Ferguson
Fayette County
New Wonder Creme LANACANE Promises Relief for Itch
A 74 year sufferer from Los Angeles touts LANACANE an innovative medicated creme. It claims to quickly kill bacteria and ease vaginal and rectal itch chafing rash and eczema with a scientific formula. The ad urges immediate use at drug stores nationwide.
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Norea
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