Man living under widow's house jailed for trespass
Miami AP reports Gilbert Kennedy, 47, secretly living under Rose Haaskins's house for three years, detained on vagrancy charges after police discovered him with clothing and water jugs in a dirt pallet lair. Neighbors and the widow learned of his presence when she found him digging. Kennedy admitted it was cheaper than paying rent. In Washington, Sen Frank Lausche urged protecting defense contract competition with Canadian firms after a Youngstown welding plant faced layoffs when U S defense orders shifted to Canada.
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Miami
Fla
Gilbert Kennedy
Rose Haaskins
Dora L. Hancock
Canada
N. Seventh St
Brown-Dawson
Kennedy
Washington
Frank J. Lausche
D-Ohio
U.S
Lausche
Youngstown Welding & Engineering Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Defense Department
Youngstown Welding
Navy
Bank Robbery Foiled at Cleveland Bank by Quick Officials
A 24 year old man attempted to rob the Society National Bank Colinwood branch of 20000 dollars using an unloaded pistol. Bank manager William J. Eble and assistant John J. Sylvester stalled him until police arrived, arresting Solomon J. Cole Jr. He had been free on bond for embezzling about 6000 dollars from a supply company where he worked as book keeper.
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Cleveland
Society National Bank
Colinwood
East Side
Solomon J. Cole Jr
William J. Eble
John J. Sylvester
Eble
Cole
Mrs. Della Saxton 55 Passes Away at Cincinnati General
Mrs. Della Frances Saxton aged 55 of 2206 Bryant Street died at 1 30 p m yesterday at Cincinnati General Hospital after three years of failing health. Born in Middletown she was a Bethlehem Lutheran Church member. Survived by husband Ralph daughter Marcia Jones of Franklin sisters George Beckman and James Davis brothers Tom and Arthur Byrd and one grandchild. Graveside services at 10 am tomorrow Woodside Cemetery officiated by Rev Elmer Gregg. Arrangements by Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home. No visitations.
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Della Frances Saxton
Bryant St
Cincinnati General Hospital
Saxton
Middletown
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Laura Byrd
Ralph
Marcia Jones
Franklin
George Beckman
James Davis
Trenton
Tom
Arthur Byrd
Toomorrow
Wooodside Cemetery
Elmer Gregg
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
New Orleans Ordered to Desegregate Public Facilities
A federal three judge panel ordered New Orleans to desegregate all public recreational and cultural facilities including 119 playgrounds. The ruling following a suit by 116 Black residents requires the Recreation Department to admit both races and allows private groups to use parks and playgrounds if not a veiled segregation effort.
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New Orleans
Roethke Conger Ohrn Jones Die In Separate Obituaries
Four notable figures died within days across the United States. Pulitzer winner Theo dore Roethke died after a heart attack while swimming in a neighbor's pool in Seattle. Robert Alan Conger, board chairman of F. E. Compton & Co. and senior VP of Encyclopedia Britannica, died in Chicago. Dr. Arnold T. Ohrn, longtime Baptist World Alliance secretary general, died in Oakland. Judge Walter B. Jones, prominent in the 1954 Phenix City vice trials, died in Montgomery.
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Seattle
Wash
Theodore Roethke
Chicago
Robert Alan Conger
F. E. Compton & Co
Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc
Oakland
Calif
Arnold T. Ohrn
Baptist World Alliance
Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
Phenix City
Robbery Case Dismissed in All Witnesses Dead
In Alton Illinois the Madsion County state’s attorney’s office said it would be impractical to prosecute Wesley Rogers for a $9 tavern holdup on December 2 1953. Police noted all witnesses to the alleged crime are dead and questioned whether the statute of limitations applies. Rogers 34 living near Terre Haute Indiana was arrested on a stop sign and intoxication charge, fined 25 dollars and released. Police say the holdup case is closed.
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Alton
Ill
Madison County State's Attorney's
Wesley Rogers
Rogers
Terre Haute
Ind
Religion In Schools Is Proving Problem
State School Supt Rex M Smith says he struggles to provide districts with help handling religious activities in schools. He notes many queries from ministers parents and school officials and doubts how fully the state can answer them.
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Charleston
W. Va
Rex M. Smith
Smith
Truck Fire Struck Gas Leak in Rob Cadle Truck
A minor blaze erupted yesterday at 3 16 p m when a gas leak from a hot exhaust pipe ignited in a truck owned by Robbie Cadle 1021 S Verity Parkway Firefighters extinguished the fire with no damage reported.
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Robbie Cadle
S. Verity Parkway
Supreme Court Restricts Religious Activities in Public Schools
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrows the scope of religious activities permitted in public schools, affecting student prayer and related observances and prompting debates over church-state separation in education.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Lausche Sees Profit From REA Funds Plan
Senator Lausche cites Amott Baker & Co offering to reinvest rural cooperative surplus funds at double the government rate. The firm advertised in Rural Electrification magazine soliciting co op managers to borrow at 2 percent and reinvest at 4 percent or more, he says.
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Lausche
Washington
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
New York Stock Exchange
Amott, Baker & Co
Tro-Ops
Rural Electrification Magazine
Planted Nails Under Grass Charges Said
Marcus I Mitchell of Boardman pleaded no contest to a reduced assault charge for planting nails to keep children off his lawn. He was freed on $1,000 bond to await sentencing before Mahoning County Judge Edgar G. Diehm. Two green boards with 40 nails each were found in his yard after a 2% year old boy injured his foot.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Marcus I Mitchell
Boardman
Mahoning County
Edgar G. Diehm
Mitchell
James Wilson: First Globe Maker of Bradford Vermont
James Wilson, a farmer and blacksmith from Bradford Vermont, is identified as America’s first globe maker. His craft linked practical skills with early American mapmaking, marking a notable contribution to colonial trade and education.
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America
James Wilson
Bradford, Vt
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