Explosion Levels Cincinnati Apartment House Killing One
An apartment building on Reading Road Cincinnati was ripped by a cellar to roof blast late last night. One man, Robert Swarts 31, died in the wreckage. Fourteen others were injured including a 2 month old baby Dorothy Miller with a fractured skull and two others in critical condition Paddy Marrs 25 and Mike Riley 48. Fire officials suspect a basement boiler caused the explosion which collapsed parts of the four story brick and frame structure housing seven families.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Robert Swarts
Dorothy Miller
General Hospital
Paddy Marrs
Mike Riley
Reading Road
U.S. 42
Ed Bowling
Frank Brown
Georgia Marrs
Earth Wall Collapse Smothers Six Children in Brooklyn
In Williamsburg Brooklyn a 30 foot sand wall at a highway underpass collapsed during supper hour trapping nine children. Six youths, two girls and four boys, died while a ninth child Anatole Bykov survived with serious injuries. Police and district attorney investigate possible negligence and watchman duties. Names listed include Marie Stanikanas aged 11 who alerted others, and victims Michael 10 Lorraine 5 John William McKenzie 9 John T Kotov 7 Anna Ortiz 8 Louis Nitti 6.
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New York
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Marie Stanikunas
Marie
Dolores
Anatole Bykov
Theresa Stanikanas
Michael
Lorraine
John William McKenzie
John T. Kotov
Anna Ortiz
Louis Nitti
Rebels Seek Peace Talks With French
Ferhat Abbas of the Algerian National Liberation Council said Algeria would enter immediate peace talks with France if self government is guaranteed. In a Stockholm Expressen interview Abbas stated the Algerian people still want cooperation and friendly relations with the French.
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Stockholm
Algeria
France
Today
Ferhat Abbas
Algerian National Liberation Council
Stockholm Expressen
Abbas
Black suspect charged in matron’s slaying in North Baltimore
Police in Baltimore hold 21 year old Carl Daniel Kier, from Roanoke, Va. for the murder of 48 year old Mrs. John H. Boost, mother of four, found after intruder forced entry while she ate ice cream. Evidence included knives, a Japanese saber, a brass figurine, and a discarded note with Kier’s name.
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Baltimore
Carl Daniel Kier
Parkville
Roanoke
John H. Boost
Kier
Boost
Mechanical Engineering, Inc
Survival by Lizards: River Rescue in Utah Deserts
Charles Robinson of Hot Springs Arkansas survived eight days after a Colorado River capsizing. He ate raw lizards and cactus, losing 42 pounds, while Bryan Waelder of Long Beach California was rescued earlier after walking nearly 100 miles toward Hanksv ille. Deputy Bill Wells, Utah’s Flying Bishop, guided the rescue.
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Moab
Utah
Colorado
Charles {. Robinson
Hot Springs
Ark
Robinson
Bryan Waelder
Long Beach
Calif
Hanksville
Bill Wells
Bishop
Waelder
Is That You Dear Relates To City Tax Permit Mix Up
A Columbus housewife sent to City Hall to pay her husband s overdue city income tax ends in a tangle. She obtains a four dollar garage remodeling permit from Building Regulations, then seeks a refund after learning the project might be illegal and the tax unpaid. City aides investigate the tax.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
City Hall
Division of Building Regulations
Iity
Eisenhower faces multiple illness linked questions today
President Eisenhower, described as in good spirits and increasingly active, must decide whether to hold a bedside conference with Chancellor Adenauer before Adenauer leaves Washington. Vice President Nixon will host Adenauer at a luncheon. Doctors say he may leave the hospital by June 23 and rest 2 to 4 weeks elsewhere. He signed three documents, walked briefly, and remains in pain though improving.
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Eisenhower
White House
Sherman Adams
Walter Reed Hospital
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Nixon
India
Nehru
Maryland
James C. Hagerty
State Department
Arias
Panama
Panama City
Hagerty
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Denver
Eisen
Steel Firms Will Offer Proposals
New York—America’s three largest steel producers plan counter-proposals today to USW contract demands. A four-man committee from U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic will resume talks with a four-man union delegation at 2 p.m. (EDT). The union’s wage policy committee, about 170 members, meets Friday to review offers. Wages currently average 46 an hour. The industry’s Big Three employ about 350,000 of 650,000 steel workers. Any agreement could set a pattern for the sector.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
USW
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
GOP Senators Rally To Hike Foreign Aid
Ten Republican senators urged President Eisenhower to push for more foreign aid funding as the SenateForeign Relations Committee prepared to consider a House foreign aid bill of 3.8 billion dollars. They argued that maintaining staunch leadership for peace against communism justified higher aid, while others favored cutting or only modestly increasing the House total.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fisenhower
Clifford Case
Allott
Cole
Bender
Ohio
Duff
Bush
Conn
Flanders
Ives
Ruchel
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
NATO
Europe
Why Conrad You Naughty Boa You Why Conrad You Naughty
Conrad a five foot boa constrictor is back with the Hofmanns after a week’s disappearance. He had shed his skin during the absence and was found under the floor taking a partial shed. The Hofmanns were relieved and planned a meal for their pet rather than scolding.
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Boa
Orange
N. J
Ernest Hofmanns
Hofmann
Hofman
Hofmanns
Bad Ticket Good News for Heart Surgery Breakthrough
CHICAGO doctors describe a preventive heart surgery that dusts asbestos powder on the heart to spur new blood channels. Dr Bernard Brofman says about 1,200 patients with sick hearts have benefited. Developed by Dr Claude Beck, the method aims to avert muscle damage before it begins and may prevent deaths in many coronary artery cases.
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Chicago
Bernard Brofman
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
American Medical Assn
Claude Beck
Western Reserve University
Brofman
Cain Seeks Overhaul of Security Program
Harry P Cain urged a sweeping overhaul of the loyalty security program, alleging fascist abuses and indiscriminate firings. He warned innocent citizens may be branded security risks and called for a law to end automatic suspensions as Eisenhower weighed his testimony before a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Harry P Cain
Eisenhower
Cain
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Washington State
Subversive Activities Control Board
Congress
White House
Ohio Realty Valued At 14 Billion By Board
The State Board of Tax Appeals set Ohio real property valuation at over 14 billion dollars after a survey of 1955 abstracts by 88 county auditors. Valuation rose by more than a billion dollars, 8.52 percent, from 1954 due to new building, land use changes, and revaluations in seven counties including Jefferson, Gallia, and Washington.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Tax Appeals
Jefferson
Gallia
Washington
Weather Hot and Humid With Possible Showers
The Miami Valley is forecast to stay hot and humid through Thursday with a high near 95 and a low around 70. A distant East high pressure area may bring a few scattered showers, while Middletown recorded 94 degrees yesterday afternoon and a 70 degree low this morning.
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Miami
Middletown
Kiss spark ends in court case in Pittsburgh
Mary Lyons of McKeesport sued pharmacist Alex Wargo of Glassport for negligent driving after claiming he wrecked his car when inspired by her kiss. Wargo testified Lyons kissed him while driving and he responded with a kiss lasting 30 seconds to a minute before his car struck a pole.Judge Thomas M. Marshall denied a new trial.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas M. Marshall
Mary Lyons
McKeesport
Alex Wargo
Glassport
Wargo
Truman Denounces Red Propaganda On Atomic Bomb Plea
Paris reports Moscow radio claimed Russia stopped US from dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. Truman called the charge pure propaganda and a lie, saying the Russians knew nothing about the bomb. He spoke in Paris after the final decision to drop the bombs.
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Paris
Harry Truman
Moscow
Russia
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Last Leader of Rebellion Sought as Executions Rise
In Buenos Aires authorities pursue Gen. Raul Tancos after executing Gen. Juan Jose Valle and Gen. Juan Alberto Abadie for the weekend uprising. Military courts weigh further death sentences while commutations shift many to life imprisonment. Martial law follows the Peron era upheaval.
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Buenos Aires
Valle
Juan Alberto Abadie
Leutenant
la Plata
National
Pedro Aramburu Abadie
Rafael
Argentina
Ohio Supreme Court Dockets Wife-Slayer Appeal
Earl Sullivan 33 of Licking County had his appeal from a first degree murder conviction docketed by the Ohio Supreme Court. Sullivan, sentenced to die in the electric chair on June 15, received a stay of execution May 31 after the court noted his appeal. He fatally shot his estranged wife Valeria in Utica on Oct 29 1955, contending she shot herself.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Earl Sullivan
Licking County
Sullivan
Valeria
Utica
Adenauer to Meet Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will meet with President Eisenhower on Thursday at Walter Reed Hospital, according to a bulletin. The visit underscores Allied ties as officials arrange discussions during Adenauer’s stay in the United States.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Future Food? An Aton Steak From Radiation
Food technologists heard a nuclear preservation concept that may widen canning and refrigeration. Capt. Reuben Pomerantz of the Quartermaster Institute said limited radiation could keep foods longer at normal temps without making them radioactive. A pilot plant aims for 30 tons daily. Some foods like greens and dairy resist the method. pork poultry fish and sprouts look most promising with a potential new but acceptable taste.
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Robert Hunt
ST. Louis
Institute of Food Technologists
Reuben Pomerantz
Quartermaster Food and Container Institute of Chicago
Army Research
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Denver
Pomerantz
Pomereantz
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