Five Story Cincinnati Building Destroyed in Fire
A downtown Cincinnati five story building housing Ohio Unemployment Service offices burned twice in 12 hours. Firemen fought through snow as walls threatened collapse and records were destroyed delaying about 7,500 recipients. two weeks for checks loomed for many.
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Columbus
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Raphael Horwitz
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Measles Excuse Delays Tommy’s Movie Ticket
A boy named Tommy dodges school with a measles claim to buy a movie ticket. The box office clerk questions him as the scene plays out in a lighthearted daily comic strip style.
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Tommy
Robber Hits Dayton Area Bank For About 27000
A man about five feet two inches with a shotgun robbed Winters National Bank & Trust Co in Phillipsburg near Dayton of roughly 27000 dollars. He fled west toward Indiana in an old car with Indiana plates as a customer fired a shotgun at him. Police were alerted after Paul Smyers, a farmer, slipped out, borrowed a shotgun, and fired at the getaway vehicle. Tellers Imogene Dull and Lyle Savage and branch manager Robert Hayworth were inside during the attempted heist.
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Phillipsburg
Indiana
Winters National Bank & Trust Co
Paul Smyers
Smyers
Robert Hayworth
New Year's Rebellion Crushed In Venezuela
Venezuelan government reports the Maracay air force center back in government control after a New Year’s rebellion. Eighteen rebel officers fled by plane to Barranquilla and were granted asylum, while exiles in New York warn of ongoing discontent among younger officers and a possible oil field sabotage plot.
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Richard G. Maslock
Guatemala
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Maracay Air Force Center
Barranquilla
Hagrace
New York
Perez Jimenez
Caracas
Argentina
Chile
Elvis Stirs Up Comment In Kentucky Draft Debate
Harlan Ky state Rep H Nick Johnson resigned as draft board official in protest over Elvis Presley deferment decisions. Johnson said Presley's deferment contrasts with local residents who must serve while Presley works on a film. Johnson reports most callers back his stand though some teenage girls called him mean.
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Draft Board
Elvis Presley
H. Nick Johnson
Kentucky
Presley
Olinson
Johnson
Thugs Kidnap Doctor Then Rob Home In Youngstown
Three men abduct a physician and raid retired executive Friedken’s home taking at least 700 dollars in cash. Friedken was struck with a crow bar and seven stitches were needed for his wound. The gunmen fled in Dr. Dentscheff’s car after ransacking rooms and seizing a strong box and a mink coat.
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Youngstown, Ohio
John Dentscheff
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North Side Hospital
Friedken
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Youngstown
Ohio
1St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Joseph G. Moss
Akron teen newspaper delivery death in Greensburg
Donald Grim aged sixteen was killed Thursday afternoon after being struck by a truck while delivering newspapers in Greensburg Ohio. The accident occurred in the vicinity during the delivery route.
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Akron
Ohio
Donald Grim
Greensburg
Long Distance Workers Vote to Strike Across 42 States
In 42 states and D C, long distance telephone workers vote to strike at midnight. The contract with AT&T ends then. About 25 500 Bell System employees could walk out, mainly traffic operators and plant craftsmen. A strike would disrupt services including TV radio networks via coaxial and microwave links and teletex services. Weekly salaries in the area range from 52 to 119 dollars, varying by locale.
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Miss Gleason
Hillary Reaches South Pole After 1200 Mile Trek
Sir Edmund Hillary and four New Zealanders reach the South Pole after a 1200 mile overland trek across the Antarctic continent. They travel with snow tractors and sledges, facing light and heavy daily cycles while supplying food and fuel for Dr. Vivian Fuchs’s British party from the opposite side. The five join 17 Americans at the International Geophysical Year base, and plan to reunite with Fuchs’ party for the return to Scott Base.
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Mt. Everest
South Pole
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Pole
United States
Murray Ellis
Peter Mulgrew
Jim Bates
Derek Wright
Robert F. Scott
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Scott
Vivian Fuchs
Antarctica
South America
Fuchs
Car With Stolen Ford Recovered In Camden
A black unmarked Ford with a two way radio stolen from Norristown Pennsylvania was found in Camden by Police Sgt Farr Quinton after another patrolman had ticketed it for illegal parking. If Pennsylvania state police pay the fine they can have their car back.
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Farr Quinton
Pennsylvania
Irate Italian music fans jeer Callas in Rome Norma exit
Opera world’s stormy diva Maria Meneghini Callas walked out mid performance as 1,000 fans jeered the Rome Opera opening night of Bellini Norma. Riot police stood by while Callas fled through an underground passage to her hotel amid the crowd.
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Maria Meneghini Callas
Rome Opera
Bellini
Norma
Teatro Dell’ Opera
Miss Callas
Grand Jury Plans Quiz Of Thugs In Apalachin Rally
A 23 member grand jury from Tioga County New York was selected to probe the Apalachin meeting where 60 mobsters from nine states and Cuba gathered at Joseph Barbara’s hilltop mansion on November 14. Subpoenas for 24 delegates may require testimony around January 14. Dist. Atty. George Boldman leads the probe amid court scheduling in the aging Tioga County Courthouse.
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N.Y
Apalachin
States
Cuba
Joseph Barbaras Hilltop Mansion
Tioga County
Pennsylvania Line
Dist
Atty
George Boldman
Francis J. Clohessy
Subpoenas and Silence Lodged in Albany Conclave Probe
All but one subpoenaed last month before the Legislature's watchdog committee in Albany. Fourteen ducked behind the Fifth Amendment. Answers of the other nine shed little light on the Apalachin conclave. Arthur L. Reuter aiding Boldman in the inquiry. Neither expects the delegates to say much without pressure.
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Albany
Arthur L. Reuter
Boldman
Cold Weekend Forecast Shuts In Middletown Residents
The Miami Valley endures a bitter cold spell as a Rockies cold front grips the area. Daily highs struggle to reach 26 degrees with subzero nights around 5 to 13 degrees, and light snowfall totals of about 0.2 inches.
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Rockies
Miami Valley
Middletown
Food Gift To Ceylon Aids U.S.
The United States speeds emergency aid to flood stricken Ceylon in a move seen as soft power. Officials call it a generous gift and emphasize it contrasts with Soviet promises at Cairo.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Russia
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U. S
Solomon Bandaranaike
Asia
Africa
Soviet Union
U.S. Voice of America Reports Asian African Conference
Voice of America recapped the Cairo conference noting minimal slant and including Soviet backed actions such as condemning Eisenhower Mideast plan and Baghdad Pact. It cited views from Pakistan Turkey Viet Nam Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The ICA announced a $1.9 million aid program shipping 10 000 tons of wheat flour to Ceylon amid floods and landslides causing deaths and $105 million in damage.
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Voice of America
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Eisenhower
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South Korea
Turkey
Viet Nam
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Ceylon
International Cooperation Administration
Princeton
U.S
Ohio Gov Refuses Clemency for Cleveland Man
Governor C William O Nell today refuses to extend clemency to Norman E Walker aged 32 of Cleveland. He faces execution tonight at Ohio Penitentiary for killing a policeman. Earlier related story noted on Page 13.
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Columbus
William O'Nell
Norman E. Walker
Cleveland
Ohio
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