Ohio Marine First Over 50-Mile Line
Brig. Gen. Rathven McClure Tompkins completed a 50 mile hike at Camp Lejeune in 15 hours 32 minutes, amid 18 hours on the road, while Lt Marty Shimek set the pace with a 9 hour 53 minute marching running time. Lt Donald L. Bernath finished first for the Marines in 11 hours 44 minutes of marching, with Lt Harry J. Crossen Jr. close behind in 11 hours 59 minutes as fans and President Kennedy ponder if today’s Marines match 1908 fitness.
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Tarawa
Marty Shimek
Hazen Ark
University of Arkansas
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Wauseon
Ohio
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Philadelphia
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Sheriff Goes On Trial On Four Charges
Belmont County Sheriff George E. Neff faces four counts in Belmont County Court on three bribery solicitation charges and one embezzlement count. Jury selection began in Guernsey County with Judge Delbert Tedrick presiding. Prosecution alleges bribes solicited from Elks Moose and Veterans groups to influence official duties. Embezzlement counts claim county funds bought groceries meats and merchandise worth 1038 for jail inmates.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Belmont County
George E. Neff
Guernsey County
Richard Long
Moose Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Barnesville
Neff
Fire on South Main Street causes $40,000 damage in Findlay
A downtown Findlay Ohio blaze on South Main Street Tuesday night damaged a cleaning establishment in a three story building with smoke and water damage to upper apartments. Authorities report three injuries, 35 firefighters fought the fire, and one woman in an adjacent apartment was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
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Findlay, Ohio
Rest stop scene described as he stretches in ditch
A rest stop moment shows him lying in a ditch with his feet on the bank to restore blood flow to his head while remaining calm. The fragment hints at a tense, reflective pause in a larger narrative.
Asian Flu Outbreak Hits Eastern U S Schools Hard
Asian flu or similar illness sweeps the eastern half of the nation with widespread school absences and several deaths. North Carolina is declared an epidemic area with about 20 counties affected and at least two confirmed Asian flu deaths.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Trigg County
Hopkinsville
Substitute teacher shortage hits Western Maryland schools
In Western Maryland, schools struggle to fill substitute teaching roles as illnesses reduce available staff. The article notes staffing gaps impacting daily operations and student instruction at Sharon Springs Central and nearby districts.
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Maryland
Sharon Springs
Cincinnati Seeks Virus ID Amid School Absences
In Cincinnati officials awaited word from the State Health Department on the influenza like illness causing mass student and teacher absences. Forty two public schools reported 15 percent absenteeism with some reaching 26 percent while 280 teachers were out, highlighting widespread impact across districts.
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Cincinnati
State Health Department
European Force Not To Be Cut
Washington AP Secretary of Defense manpower chief Norman Paul denied any plan to cut Army forces in Europe by 40,000 men. He told a reporter Tuesday night that no reductions are planned and the Defense Department repeated its statement that it knows of no planned personnel cuts in Europe. The current total is about 255,000.
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Washington
Pentagon
Europe
Norman
Paul
Defense Department
U.S
Crash Turns Welcomings Into Grief in Chicago Airport
Anxiety turned to sorrow as relatives waited at O'Hare for Northwest Flight 705 from Miami. The crash in the Everglades killed 35 passengers and 8 crew. A private room was set for grieving families as word of the wreck reached the terminal. One voice murmured the loss of a loved one while awaiting reuniting travelers.
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Miami
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Cold Wave Stifles South From Texas To Florida
Arctic air grips the nation from the Rockies to New England as freezing temperatures spread south and east. Gulf Coast readings hover near freezing with 30 above in Tallahassee and teens in Tennessee and Carolina mountains.
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Tennessee
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Georgia
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Anchorage
Alaska
Kennedy to Address Congress on Youth Training Programs
Washington AP reports President Kennedy will send a special Thursday message to Congress outlining training and opportunities for youth. A separate message on problems of the aged will go to Capitol Hill next week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Cincinnati Woman's Tip Jails Husband and Brother
Mrs. Rose Meynard, moved by fear, phoned police leading to the arrest of her husband Richard Meynard, 82, and brother Arthur D. Powell, 30, on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. The pair allegedly robbed a service station attendant of 128 dollars at gunpoint after a drunken night.
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Cincinnati
Rose Meynard
Richard
Arthur D. Powell
Ater
District 4
Maynard
Powell
Lamar Arnett
Kennedy presses to expand Senate Finance Committee
President Kennedy backs enlarging the Finance Committee to 19 seats to ease passage of his tax bill and major legislation. Byrd opposes the plan as aides lobby on Capitol Hill. First test vote by the Democratic Steering Committee could hinge on secret-ballot decision.
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Kennedy
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Stchy
White House
Capitol Hill
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
House Rules Committee
Finance Committee
Democratic Steering Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate Appropriations Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Willot
Easi
Secret Talks On Nuclear Ban At Geneva Conference
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva President Kennedy's chief negotiator began private talks with neutral delegates to push back to a test ban. William C. Foster met Abdul Fattah Hassan of the United Arab Republic and planned discussions with Swedish Nigerian British Italian and Canadian delegates. Vasily Kuznetsov proposed a treaty banning deployment of nuclear weapons abroad, a move Western powers rejected as a distraction from stalled test ban negotiations.
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Geneva
Kennedy
U.S
William C. Foster
Abdel Fattah Hassan
United Arab Republic
Britain
Italy
Canada
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Five Israeli Soldiers Dead As Command Car Falls Into Well
In Tel Aviv an army command car slid into an abandoned well 59 feet deep during a sandstorm, killing five soldiers and seriously injuring a sixth. Police and rescue teams retrieved the vehicle and evacuated the injured to a hospital as authorities investigated the accident.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Tight Guard Over Wreck Area
Federal investigators in Florida moved under tight security to study the jet crash that killed all 48 aboard near the Everglades. CAB FBI and Coast Guard personnel collected the black box and searched wreckage as a Miami area morgue drew Seminole Indian children for a holiday.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Everglades
Civil Aeronautics Board
FBI
Northwest Orient Airlines
Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Miccosukee
Park Rangers
Florida Highway Patrolmen
Eveglades National Park
Ohio official targets four in suit over job loss
William Davis a 45 year old former Akron assistant law director filed a 175000 suit in Columbus against Gov. James A. Rhodes Finance Director Richard L. Krabach Personnel Director Wayne Ward and Liquor Director Donald D Cook alleging denial of equal protection Civil Service and discrimination as a registered Democrat The attorney examiner with the Ohio Department of Liquor Control says he was laid off February 15 for economy reasons and seeks damages from the state authorities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
William Davis
Akron
James A. Rhodes
Richard L. Krabach
Wayne Ward
Donald D. Cook
Cook
Davis
Civil
Weather outlook with cold, light snow flurries
The forecast notes cloudy and cold weather through Thursday with light snow flurries. A weak low near St. Louis maintains conditions. Highs around 30 and a low near 22 today, following yesterday’s 30/20 and a 4:30 am low of 17.
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St. Louis
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