Klumpp Defense Sees Daughter Testify In Murder Trial
In Cincinnati Edythe Klumpp sobs as her 12 year old daughter Jo Ann testifies as the first defense witness. Jo Ann resembles her mother and describes a phone call the day Louise Bergen was killed. The defense plans limited testimony over two days, possibly guiding the case toward a Tuesday jury verdict.
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Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
Jo Ann
Mrs. Klumpp
Mrs. Bergen
Hover
Warm moist air engulfs large areas
The Associated Press reports a widespread heat wave as warm moist air from the Gulf pushes into the Midwest and Middle Atlantic. Chicago hit the low 80s, up about 20 degrees in a day, with 70s across the southeast and Great Lakes. Northern states see cool 50s to 60s, while the Far West ranges from 50s to 60s inland and near 100 at Needles, California. Scattered showers and thundershowers are light, with dry conditions west of the Rockies except light drizzle along the northern Pacific coast.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Middle Atlantic
Gulf
Chicago
Great Lakes
Montana
New York State
New England
Far West
Washington
Oregon
Needles
Calif
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Starkweather Dies In Nebraska Electric Chair
Charles Starkweather was executed at Nebraska State Penitentiary at 2,200 volts after five shocks. Dr. P E Getscher pronounced him dead after doctors checked for a heartbeat. The case followed a day of legal battles and appeals, with family watching as witnesses attended the procedure.
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Guy Starkweather
Charles Starkweather
Lincoln
Neb
Starkweather
Pris Jon
B. A. Finkel
Nebraska State Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
P. E. Getscher
Dr. Finkel
Lancaster District Court
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Nebraska Supreme Court
Chuckle Quote: A Smart Husband Thinks Before Saying Nothing
A witty one liner notes that a smart husband is a man who pauses before speaking, implying restraint equals wisdom. The humor rests on the delay yielding silence rather than words.
Long Tells People He's Not Insane In Court Bid
Baton Rouge Gov. Earl Long said he is sane and will seek freedom from a mental hospital in a habeas corpus case Friday. Atty. Gen. Gremillion contested Covington court jurisdiction while Sims backed the right forum. Judge Jones would not state leanings. the interview was taped in the ward and aired by WNOE with statewide distribution.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Jack Gremillion
Covington Court
Joe Arthhur Sims
Hammond
Gremillion
Robert D. Jones
Covington
22Nd Judicial District Court
Prisoner in Revolt Death Reported at Federal Hospital
SPRINGFIELD MO AP One of 53 prisoners injured when guards broke up an inmate revolt at the U S Medical Center Tuesday has died Richard Smith 24 of Salt Lake City suffered a skull fracture during the hospital wing storm He was sentenced in February 1953 for motor vehicle theft and threats to the President Seven inmates remain under treatment One guard hostage Robert B Rosendahl is hospitalized with severe cuts News of about 10000 damage announced by Warden Settle
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Springfield
U. S. Medical Center
Russell
Settle
Richard Smith
Salt Lake City
Robert B. Rosendahl
Smith
Patterson Johansson Heavyweight Title Fight Postponed
The Floyd Patterson versus Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium was delayed to 9:30 p.m. EST Friday due to bad weather, delaying a highly anticipated clash in New York.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Stadium
Tax Bill Rushed To Vote On Highway Funding
The Senate voted to repeal the 10 percent passenger travel tax effective Aug 1 and debated a broader revenue bill to extend current excise and corporate taxes for a year. A highway funding diversion proposed by Sen. Gore would redirect 968 million dollars yearly from highway taxes to a special highway trust fund, complicating Eisenhower’s push for a fuel tax increase to keep interstate construction from stalling.
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Washington
Senate
House
Highway Trust Fund
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
General Fund
Eisenhower plea for gaso line tax boost to save road work
President Eisenhower renewed his demand for a gasol line tax extension to fund highways. He warned 10 states would halt new contracts by summer without more money, with 15 by year end and 11 by July 1960. Senate Finance Committee approved the extension. House bill adds a 10 percent tax on passenger tickets and would drop a similar levy on communications next year.
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Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
French Army Seizes Bone After Largest Rebel Assault
ALGIERS AP The French army claimed full control around the eastern port of Bone after crushing the largest rebel attack on a major Algerian city. French forces surrounded the rebels near the airport. 31 rebels were killed and 15 captured after over 12 hours of fighting. Six French soldiers died. The attackers, uniformed and armed with automatic weapons, were said to have traveled from Tunisia via Kabylie to reinforce the rebellion.
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Algiers
Bone
Kabylie
Algeria
Tunisia
Injuries Cause Death In Toledo Car Crash
Deborah Broer, 11, died in Toledo Hospital after a two car crash at a southwest Toledo intersection. The injuries were sustained Wednesday in the collision that occurred at the street intersection near the city's edge.
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Toledo, Ohio
Deborah Broer
Toledo
Baby victim of beating in Covington bondsman named
15 month old Debbie Faye Mize lies in a hospital crib with severe injuries after Harold Wayne Rouse admitted to banging the child against a door. Rouse, 19, is jailed on a 5000 dollar assault bond amid claims the infant was not his child. The case, tied to a marriage three months old, has prompted doctors and nurses to describe the child’s frail condition and ongoing pain.
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Debbie Faye Mize
Covington
Harold Wayne Rouse
Rouse
Debbie Faye
John Bornhorn
Bornhorn
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Louise Bowling
Armstrong Survives Two Crises In Spoleto
SPOLETO Italy AP jazz king Louis Armstrong lay gravely ill in a coma and faced a heart disturbance after pneumonia. Three Rome heart specialists, Prof Luigi Condorelli Dr Cataldo Cassano and Dr Pietro Mazzoni, would decide if he should be moved to Rome for treatment.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Satchino Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Rome
Armstrong
Strike at Republic Ends Ends at Republic Steel Plant
Operations at Republic Steel Corp in Cleveland returned to normal as a wild cat strike ended. A separate walkout began at the Canton plant after three employees were suspended, with about 2,800 workers involved overall. Three reinstated, 100 of 300 day shift workers did not report to Canton. The Canton plant employs 700 across two shifts.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Canton
Republic
Cuyahoga Heights
Educational meeting leaves 28 vessels idle on West Coast
In Los Angeles an educational session of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union kept 28 cargo vessels idle for 11 hours on a Wednesday. Local 13 officials did not disclose meeting aims, but reports say the session updated about 3,500 members on San Francisco talks for a new contract with the Pacific Maritime Association. A PMA spokesman described the gathering as for educational purposes per the contract.
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Los Angeles
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Local 13
San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Assn
PMA
Argentina on edge as Frondizi battles revolt threat
Argentina teeters toward upheaval as military dissent grows and protests by Communist and Peronist unions loom. The government touts cabinet reshuffles and Alsogaray’s appointment to key posts as a safeguard while some generals press for his ouster. War officials confirm war-room unrest and fugitives at large, including officers linked to past coups. Vice Admiral Rojas warns of a revolution looming unless Frondizi resigns promptly.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Alvaro Alsogaray
Hector Solanas Pacheco
Cordoba
Juan Peron
Adm
Isaac Rojas
Arias Granted Safe Conduct to Brazil
Roberto Arias, husband of Mar Degas Fonteyn, received safe conduct to Brazil after leading a failed revolt aiming to overthrow Panama’s President Ernesto de la Guardia. Arias fled to the Brazilian embassy on April 24, scheduled to depart for Rio de Janeiro this afternoon, while a court ordered 89 Cuban invaders released for deportation. Five Cubans and a Panamanian student remain jailed for trial on overthrow charges.
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Panama
Roberto Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Brazil
Arias
London
Pacific
Ernesto de la Guardia
Rio de Janeiro
Burns Fatal in Dayton Woman Dies of Burning Trash Fire
Mrs. Ruth M. Glanton, 64, of Dayton, died Wednesday from burns suffered June 8 at her home. Deputies report she was burning trash with kerosene when her clothing ignited.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ruth M. Glanton
Extension Of Contract Unlikely
New York AP reports steel workers face an unhappy choice between a looming strike next week or an extension of current contracts with no wage gains. Union leaders meet with President David J. McDonald as industry officials insist on no new costs and indefinite talks. Cooper warns that without an extension the industry will shut down Friday to prevent damage and secure a future restart. The union says its offer is noninflationary but details are withheld.
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New York
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
McDonald
Cooper
Parks Open But Not The Concessions
In Columbus Ohio state parks will be open Sundays but concession stands and gift shops will be closed under a new order. Natural Resources Director Herbert B Eagon issued the directive effective immediately after an attorney general opinion that blue laws apply to state property. Restaurants are excluded as work of necessity. Legislative proposals to repeal or modify the blue laws are pending.
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Columbus, Ohio
Eagon
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