Fire destroys building in Germantown with $50,000 loss feared
Dense smoke and spreading flames gutted the B and E Cafe at 1 W Market Street near Main Street as firefighters from Germantown Gratis Farmersville and Jefferson Township battled the blaze. Owner William A Arnold valued the structure at 52 000 though damage estimates were not yet available. Fire Chief Roy Rowe and onlookers described heavy smoke and continuing flames from 3 p m to about 5 30 p m as residents rushed to save clothing and furniture from four apartments. The blaze prompted alerts from Miamisburg and Franklin fire departments and threatened adjacent properties including the Florentine Hotel and Landis Apartments. An insurance policy taken out days earlier valued at 32 000 was noted.
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Germantown
Market Street
Main Street
Roy Rowe
Bernie Ingabrand
William A. Arnold
Gratis
Farmersville
Jefferson Township
Florentine
Landis
Box 21
Miamisburg
Franklin
Arnold
Friday the 13th superstition discussed by Rutgers sociologist
Dr. Joseph B. Maier of Rutgers Newark College warns the belief in Friday the 13th can make people tense and even dangerous to themselves. He notes that superstition is socially influenced and began with biblical lore of Christ and his 12 disciples, creating a 13 in the room.
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Newark
N. J
Rutgers University
Joseph B. Maier
Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences
Gore Gore Gore over Dixon Yates contract issue in Ike era
Democratic senators attack the Dixon Yates arrangement as campaign fodder while the Justice Department asks the court to nullify the contract the government canceled after a political clash. They cite Adolphe Wenzell's dual roles as a Budget Bureau consultant and First Boston vice president.
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Washington
Dixon - Yates
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Gore
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Justice Department
U.S. Court of Claims
Department
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Wenzell
Budget Bureau
TVA
First Boston Corp
First Boston
New York
Priscilla Brown Sues James Brown for Divorce in 1920
Mrs. Priscilla Brown filed a divorce suit against James Brown in Fayette Circuit Court yesterday April 1 1920 claiming they were married in 1918.
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Lexington
Priscilla Brown
James Brown
Fayette
South To Fight Bill On Rights
Southern lawmakers warn of grave danger and vow to block civil rights legislation in the House and Senate. They argue the issue is constitutional, not racial, and call for Northern support to defeat the measure while urging opposition to court-remedial actions.
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Washington
House
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Eisenhower
Bolling
D-Mo
Senate
Sen
Lehman
D-Ny
Judiciary Committee
Eastland
D-Miss
Hennings
United States
Boy Drowns In Mine Reservoir Near Athens
A 14 year old Athens County boy drowned Thursday night in an old mine reservoir about five miles northeast of Athens. Deputy Sheriff Harold Shields identified him as Jerry Thompson of Route 3, Athens.
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Athens
Ohio
Athens County
Here
Harold Shields
Jerry Thompson
Rt. 3
Wet weekend forecast for Miami Valley with warm rain expected
A high pressure system from the Gulf of Mexico brings moist air and clouds. The forecast calls for partly cloudy warm weather with scattered showers today tonight Saturday and Sunday. Highs near 87 and lows around 68. Middletown records show 85 for a high yesterday and 67 this morning with 0.21 inches of rain yesterday and last night.
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Gulf of Mexico
Miami Valley
Middletown
Mule arrested in whisky raid case in Virginia
In Pittsylvania County Virginia a white mule found at three illicit whisky still sites was seized by ABC agents. The animal, dubbed contraband, was brought before a county judge and turned over to authorities with plans for probable auction.
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Chatham
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Cascade
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania
New Look Defense Plan Halted After Army Chiefs Revolt
The New York Times reports strategic planning for U.S. defense paused until after the November election due to a revolt by the three armed services chiefs against Adm. Arthur W. Radford. They oppose a proposed 800000 man cut by 1960, fearing Europe defense would weaken. Wilson or Robertson Jr. may have ordered the pause.
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New York
The
New York Times
America
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gispaten
Washington
the Times
U.S
Europe
Defense Department
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Eisenhower
Slayer Loses Final Appeal
Walter T. Wilson, 30, of Cleveland, must die tonight in Ohio's electric chair. Gov. Frank J. Lausche said he cannot grant clemency after a cabinet meeting reviewing the Jan. 19, 1955 hold-up slaying of Joseph Fenn in Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ohio
Walter T. Wilson
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Wilson
Joseph Fenn
Lausche
Car Deputy Inyard Crash Shifts Focus To Garage
Lawrence Kentucky deputy sheriff Herbert Phillips crashed his car in his own backyard. He drove into a garage tunnel with no rear wall and got his foot under the brake pedal during the mishap.
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Lawrence
Herbert Phillips
Phillips
Tiny Oklahoma town hit by wind and hail storm
North Miami Oklahoma residents clean up after a wind and hail storm injuring two. Weather Bureau said radar showed good echoes not a tornado. In nearby Commerce, Mickey Mantle’s hometown, damage was lighter and no injuries reported. Mrs. Oliver Jones and Ruth Ester Chapman were hospitalized or treated for injuries.
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Miami
Okla
Oklahoma
Ottawa County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tulsa
State Highway Patrol
Commerce
Oklahoma- Kansas Line
New York
Ruth Ester Chapman
California Earthquake Jolts Korbel and Blue Lake
A minor earthquake shook two small foothill communities about 20 miles northeast of Eureka. Korbel and Blue Lake felt the tremor last night though Eureka did not. No damage was reported.
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Eureka
Calif
California
Korbel
Blue Lake
Calendar Says So The Next President Ike Will Win
Memphis resident Lonnie Johnson cites three Friday the 13ths in a election year as predicting a pattern. He claims three cycles show re elections in 1792 1804 1832 and 1860 1888 1928 with Ike predicted to win a second term. Johnson operates as a Last Thursdaycrat noting a nomadic calendar theory.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lonnie Johnson
Johnson
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Harrison
Her
Bert Hoover
Eisenhower
Guillotine Ends Reign of General Bacut in Can Tho
General Bacut of the Hoa Hao sect was executed by guillotine in Can Tho cemetery today after leading a 12 year private army rebellion against President Ngo Dinh Diem. He wore a black peasant outfit and dictated letters to his family before death.
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Can Tho
Viet Nam
Bacut
Ngo Dinh Diem
le Quang Inh
Diem
Geneva
North Viet Nam
Board of Pardons
State Stores To Maintain Longer Hours In Ohio
State liquor stores in Columbus will stay open until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays under an order by State Liquor Director William C. Bryant. The move targets pint bootleggers and after hour sales while keeping weekday closings at 7 p.m. The department will scrutinize large liquor purchases and purchase slips to curb illegal resale with careful enforcement to avoid harassing legitimate buyers.
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Columbus
Ohio
William C. Bryant
Bryant
Kidnapped Weinberger Baby Case Sees Ransom Delay Belief
In Westbury New York a Weinberger family spokesman said the infant's return is feared to be delayed by the kidnapper's fear of capture not money. Police note the note was signed Your Baby Sitter and only indirect contact is expected.
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Westbury
N.Y
Weinberger
David Holman
Beatrice Weinberger
Weinbergers
Mudso
Wassau Vuuily
St. Brigid's
Holman
Peter
Morris Weinberger
Nassau County
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Pinnell
Fish, Fisherman Are Both Caught
In Wahoo Nebraska 13 year old Larry Eads wrestled a pound and a half carp from shallow water with bare hands. A fin pierced his left palm and he held the fish as the Wahoo fire department first aid squad arrived from a nearby farm house. A squad member removed thefin then a doctor cut it from Larry.
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Wahoo, Neb
Larry Eads
Larry
Wahoo
Shigemitsu To Lead Japan Russia Treaty Talks
Tokyo named Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu who favors a cautious approach to head Japan's delegation for renewing the peace treaty talks with Russia. Tokyo newspapers forecast talks to start late this month in Moscow.
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Tokyo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Russia
Moscow
Mediators See Hope For Accord In Steel Talks
Federal mediators sat by hopefully as negotiators for the strikebound basic steel industry and the United Steelworkers prepared to resume contract talks for the second consecutive day. Joseph Finnegan said the spirit of collective bargaining was evident, with no comment from union president David J. McDonald or U.S. Steel official John A. Stephens. The industry offers a 52 month contract with an hourly package boost, while the union values the first year at 14 cents per hour. About 70,000 allied workers faced furloughs as the strike neared two weeks. Secretary Weeks cautioned federal action if the public welfare is affected and the strike drags on.
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Pittsburgh
Basic
United Steelworkers
Joseph Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
David J. McDonald
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
McDonald
Stephens
Washington
Commerce Weeks
Congress
Church Camp Closed By Health Officials
Geauga County health officials shut Camp Pi Chi in Chardon Ohio after dysentery was found among attendees of a week long Ohio Conference of Congregational Churches session Nearly 100 people were evacuated while Dr William P Edmunds the county health director said authorities were seeking the cause of the illness
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Chardon
Ohio
Geauga County
Ohio Conference of Congregational Churches
William P. Edmunds
Ellender Predicts Senate Will Boost Foreign Aid Funds
Senator Ellender predicts the Senate Appropriations Committee will recommend up to the four billion dollar authorization for overseas assistance. He aims to push back to the House figure on the Senate floor, while others expect close to four billion. The House approved 3.776 billion with 3.425 billion new funds and 240.8 million reappropriations. Mundt agrees the committee will favor near four billion.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Congress
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