Informant Reveals Past as FBI-Linked Communist Member
Cleveland AP report details Mivin F. Hardin Jr. a 29 year old county workhouse guard who says he worked as an FBI informant for eight years after joining the Communist Party at the FBI’s request. His wife Virginia and Mrs Julia Brown also testified to informant roles before the House Un American Activities Committee. FBI Cleveland chief Edward Hargett confirmed Hardin’s account. Hardin spoke of his motive to protect colleagues and children from unjust treatment and noted party strength in Cleveland is unclear after a Supreme Court ruling requiring Communist registration.
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Mivin F. Hardin Jr
Virginia
FBI
Julia Brown
Los Angeles
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hardins
Communist Party
Cleveland
Brown
Edward F. Hargett
Hardin
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Department
Hamilton school ethics code passed by Board of Education
A code of ethics for secondary pupils in the Hamilton School system won unanimous approval from board members. The policy bans married students from extracurriculars and sets conduct rules for all pupils. It takes effect at the start of the 1962 63 school year. Misconduct, delinquency or immorality at school will render students ineligible for activities and school-sponsored events.
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Hamilton
Board of Education
Dayton AFL-CIO seeks site for 25 million senior housing
In Dayton Ohio the Dayton-Miami Valley AFL-CIO Council plans a 25 million senior citizens housing project. The council formed as a foundation Tuesday to organize and plan construction of a 260-unit multi story apartment building.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton-Miami Valley
AFL - Cio Council
Minister's Daughter Starts Spelling Bee
Ohio 13 year old Karen McComas from Rittman leads a 70 contestant national spelling bee in a two day event. The 35th annual contest in a downtown ballroom awards 5700 dollars in cash with the winner receiving 1000 dollars and a trip to New York City. A separate brief notes a thief leaving a blood trail after stealing 530 cents from a station, breaking a window, and injuring himself entering through an opening door.
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Frances Lewine
Washington
Ohio
Karen McComas
Rittman
Smith Avenue
Yankee Road
Distichous
Smaragdine
John Capehart
Tulsa
Oklo
New York City
Woolworth Opens Lush New Store in Columbus
The 82 year old Woolworth Co opens a self service discount mart in Columbus with a $1 million elaborate display and central checkout. The store will debut with a ribbon ceremony at the Great Southern center, as a test city for Woolco expansion including another Columbus mall, Azelia Mall in Richmond Va, and plans for four more in Canada by year end.
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Columbus, Ohio
F. W. Woolworth Co
Columbus
Great Southern
Lester S. Davis
Woolco Division
Azelia Mall
Richmond
Canada
Deputies Check Area Thefts
Deputies investigate thefts across the area as residents report missing items. Mrs General Bowling lists 80 dollars of belongings including a boy's bicycle and garden hose. Minnie Maloney reports a $75 lawnmower. Earl Williams says a garden plow was stolen from a garage valued at 130 dollars.
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General Bowling
Perry Drive
Sheriff's Deputies
Minnie Maloney
Seneca St
Earl Williams
Jacksonsburg Road
Kennedy urges West Point cadets to deter wars and lead in diplomacy
President Kennedy told 601 West Point cadets that military power must deter conflict as well as fight. He said forces should serve diplomacy, be ambassadors of goodwill, and operate beyond pure combat, warning there is no sole military solution to global problems and stressing limits of arms.
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West Point
N.Y
Kennedy
U.S. Military Academy
Washington
Thhereby
Navy
Annapolis
Ernie Pyle
Pyle
Khrushchev
Kennedy outlines duties for new lieutenants in battle and diplomacy
Kennedy says newly commissioned lieutenants must tackle diplomacy and economics as well as combat. He adds that their decisions will have wide scope beyond military actions, shaping broader strategic outcomes.
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Kennedy
Reds Remove Last Masaryk Statue in Czechoslovakia
Vienna AP reports that the final Masaryk statue remaining in Communist Czechoslovakia has been removed. Masaryk, who helped found the republic, became its first president in 1918 and the Lanzhof statue stood until the end of 1961.
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Vienna
Austria
Thomas Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Masaryk
Lanzhof
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