Eisenhower rushes back to Washington on Mideast push
President Eisenhower cuts Georgia vacation to return to the capital for White House talks with Dulles and congressional leaders. He aims to reassess the Gaza Strip crisis and push U N deliberations on withdrawing Israeli forces, as the deadline for action is extended to Thursday.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Washington
South Georgia
White House
Treasury
Humphrey
Spence Airfield
Moultrie
Dulles
Mideast
Middle East
James C. Hagerty
United Nations
U.N
Israel
Hagerty
Skyscraper Plan Proposed for Ohio State Offices
Rep John Lehmann of Canton proposes a 15 million dollar stainless steel state office building on the State house annex site. He says it would save about four million dollars in rentals and improve facilities for the legislature and key state offices including the Supreme Court and attorney general. He cites similar structures in New York and Pittsburgh and argues the plan would reduce waste and delay for taxpayers and state workers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Canton
Ohio House
John Lehmann
Statehouse
Lehmann
New York
Pittsburgh
Ohio Supreme Court
Canton Lawmaker
Georgia House Demands Impeachment of Six Supreme Court Justices
The Georgia House passed a resolution calling for impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justices Black Douglas Reed Frankfurter and Clark. It accuses them of high crimes and sedition rulings and urges other states to act and Georgia lawmakers to pursue impeachment proceedings.
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Atlanta
U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia House
Senate
Eugene Cook
Earl Warren
Black
Douglas
Reed
Frankfurter
Clark
Rep
Raymond Reed
Georgia General Assembly
United States
Georgia
U.S
House of Representatives
Britain Heads Interim Suez Plan For Canal Operation
Britain said a majority of Suez users agreed on an interim plan to operate the canal once cleared until a full international treaty is set. The plan will go to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold for presentation to Egypt. The United States joined many nations. the Soviet Union was not included. Egypt’s acceptance of the secret proposals remained uncertain.
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London
Britain
Suez Canal
U. N
Dag, Hammarskjold
Egypt
Foreign Office
United States
Soviet Union
Thieves Take Shoes in Odd Footed Heist
In Cincinnati a shoe salesman reported a theft of 100 shoes from his car last night. All items stolen from Harold Reed, 38, were right feet while a prior case involved a thief taking left shoes, leaving detectives puzzled by the mismatched footwear.
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Cincinnati
Harold Reed
Reed
43 Bodies Found In Memorial Home Fire Debris Lifted
War renton Missouri search crews resumed work to recover more bodies from the Katie Jane Memorial Home after 43 charred remains were found in the rubble. Officials cite possible causes including wiring, gas line break or arson and note the home’s pine flooring aided the blaze. Governor Blair urged swift legislative action to tighten nursing home laws while health inspectors recommended electrical checks.
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Warrenton
Katie Jane
National Fire Protection Assn
Largo
Fla
C. R. Oliver
Highway Patrol
Oliver
James T. Blair
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Missouri
State Health Division
State Department of Health and Welfare
Ohio prison crowding sparks inmate transfers and reform reach
Ohio faces another reformatory overcrowding crisis as the Division of Correction shifts Mansfield inmates to ease conditions. Officials project inmate counts to rise from 10,282 to about 12,000 within a year, with Lebanon Reformatory slated for 1960 completion if bond funds pass.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maury Koblentz
Division of Correction
Mansfield Reformatory
Kobllentz
Koblentz
Lebanon Reformatory
Marion Correctional Institution
Mansfield
Northern
Ohio Penitentiary
Instituton
Ionic Ship Could Make Space Trip
Engineer Dr Ernst Stuhlinger outlined an ionic rocket using a nuclear reactor to heat rubidium and cesium for ion propulsion. He said a 600 ton craft with 150 ton payload could reach Mars in 400 days and return in about 320, with speeds up to 66 400 mph. A photon rocket remains only theoretical.
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San Diego
Calif
Mars
Ernst Stuhlinger
Stuhlinger
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
UN Struggles To Unite Mideast Deadlock Knot
At the United Nations a General Assembly postponement delays sanctions talk on Israel. U S officials seek a way forward as Israel resists troop withdrawal from Gaza and nearby Egyptian territories amid mounting congressional pressure and Dulles and Eisenhower signals.
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Mideast
United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
Israel
U.S
U.N
Middle East
Jeep Hits Mine Kill Two Weizmann Scientists in Gaza
Police sources report two Weizmann Institute of Science researchers from Rehovot, Menachem Klug aged 26 and Yeshayahu Fein aged 29, were killed when their jeep struck a mine in southern Gaza. The blast is believed to be from last fall's Sinai Gaza campaign.
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Jerusalem
Weizmann Institute of Science At
Rehovot
Gaza Strip
Menahem Klug
Yeshayahu Fein
Army to retire 950 dogs in demobilization plan
Army officials seek to remove dogs from service as part of cost cutting. The shift follows prior moves away from horse drawn funerals and mules while noting the Air Force trains and uses dogs for base patrols. Ft Carson, Colo trains about 50 dogs monthly for the Air Force.
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Wilberbrucker
Arlington National Cemetery
Army
Ft. Carson
Colo
Air Force
Mansfield Urges U S Leadership In Gaza Crisis
Sen. Mansfield calls for U S leadership to place a United Nations emergency force over the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba as attempts continue in Washington Jerusalem and the UN to persuade Israel to withdraw its troops. He supports a UN emergency force then a permanent UN police presence. He aligns with Sen. Knowland on broader sanctions and notes talks between Edward Lawson and Ben Gurion.
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Mansfield
D- Mont
United States
United Nations
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N
Jerusalem
Israel
Senate Foreign Relations
White House
Gaza
Sen. Knowland
California
Senate
Russia
Egypt
India
Dulles
U.S
Edward B. Lawson
David Ben Gurion
Foreign Ministry
Ben-Gurion
Rains Bring Welcome Storms to Texas Drought Areas
Snow in the Panhandle and widespread showers drenched Texas as the fourth day of rain fell. Marfa reported half an inch, lifting four day totals to 2.5 inches, the most February rain ever for that area. Up to five inches fell in some drought zones, with forecasts for more rain statewide. Farmers called the moisture the best in seven years and timely for crops.
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Dallas
Panhandle
Texas
Marfa
West Texas
Weather brings cold snap to Miami Valley area
Arctic air from Canada pushes into the Miami Valley. Officials forecast mostly cloudy and colder conditions today with a high near 93. Tonight and Wednesday will be partly cloudy and cold with a low around 24 and a high near 32. Middletown recorded a high of 51 yesterday afternoon and a 26 degree low this morning.
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Canada
Miami Valley
Middletown
Striking Longshoremen Stand Fast as Work Stoppage Extends
Forty five thousand dockworkers from Maine to Virginia remain idle as Baltimore and Norfolk disputes stall a general return to work. Union leaders refuse to resume until all ports from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia settle local contracts. A Philadelphia deal for 6000 longshoremen nudges talks, with federal mediator Murray aiming for a broader coastwide settlement.
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New York
Maine
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Portland
Hampton Roads
Bradley
Philadelphia
John R. Murray
Trade Association
There is Only One Way to Handle a Woman Joke
A dated quip claims there is a single method to handle women, but the speaker admits the method is unknown. The line reflects midcentury gender humor and reflects social attitudes of its era.
Dulles Sees No Trouble Over Aqaba Passage
Secretary of State Dulles said the Gulf of Aqaba should be recognized as an international waterway and that American ships as well as Israeli ships have the right to innocent passage. He did not predict any need to force passage and opposed slowing canal clearance.
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Washington
Dulles
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
United States
Israel
Aqaba
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Egypt
Cadet Admits Plot to Start Ohio Military Institute Fire
A 16-year-old cadet told a juvenile court officer that he and nine other youths planned to fire the Ohio Military Institute dormitory and that the blaze began when the others chickened out. Ten cadets fled. five were found, seven remain missing. The fire caused about 300 dollars in damage and disrupted 50 cadets. Investigation will probe the youths' motives.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Military Institute
Loudonville
Cleveland
Akron
Donald D. Davis
T. R. Gormley
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