Foster child case to be reviewed by state board
Richard and Mrs. Combs seek to keep their gifted 4 year old foster child who may move from temporary care to a permanent home with more books and less television. The state board of child welfare will review the case next Thursday with a final decision likely tied to a court action filed by the couple.
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Trenton
N.J
Richard Combs
State Board of Child Welfare
F. Morse Archer
Camden
Alice Marie
Archer
Edwin Hann Jr
State Child Welfare Bureau
Combs
Great Vote Getter Widow Hopeful About Chances
Mrs. Richard L. Neuberger filed to run for the U S Senate in Oregon where her husband died. The former physical education teacher and experienced politician faces a strong field as Democrats hope her campaign gains traction.
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Oregon
Attorney Examiner Norwood Blake Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Columbus report states 60 year old attorney examiner for the Industrial Commission died today in the State Office Building from a self inflicted wound. Coroner Robert A. Evans ruled the death a suicide, noting Blake had been despondent over ill health.
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Ohio
Norwood E. Blake
The
Industrial Commission
Robert A. Evans
Blake
Mantle Signs Yankee Contract Ending 11 Day Holdout
Outfielder Mickey Mantle ended an 11 day holdout and signed with the New York Yankees today for a reported $65,000 in St. Petersburg Florida.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankee
Ohio High Court Orders Review of Burke on May Ballot
The Ohio Supreme Court chief justice ordered Cuyahoga County Election Board to explain by Tuesday why Clevelander Thomas P. Burke should not be ruled off the May 3 primary ballot.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County
Thomas P. Burke
Ohio Roads Improve After Blizzard
Clear skies and near zero temperatures bring Ohio roads into shape after Wednesday's blizzard. The Weather Bureau predicts little chance of a new Oklahoma blizzard sweeping into the state, offering safer travel soon.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Record warmth gives way to deep freeze across Ohio
Thursday’s highs reached the 30s in Columbus Canton and Cincinnati, while Cleveland plunged to three below zero the coldest March 11 on record. State roads were mostly clear though slick in spots and flood risk remained unlikely as melting snow would yield about 12 inches of water statewide.
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Cincinnati
Mercury
Ohio
Cleveland
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Weather Bureau
Army restricts Soviet mission travel in Germany
The U S Army in Heidelberg restricted travel by the Soviet military liaison mission in Frankfurt in retaliation for the Russians refusing to issue acceptable travel permits to the American liaison mission in East Germany.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Frankfurt
East Germany
Remark on intruder in politics and Neuberger family remark
A political remark notes a woman intruder is effective when seen but quiet. It recalls she led Oregon Democratic ticket in vote-getting, surpassing her late husband, prompting a quip that the wrong Neuberger was elected.
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Oregon
Oregon Senate Race Shocker as Widow Seeks Seat
Neuberger, 52, widow of the liberal Democratic Oregon leader who died Wednesday, filed to run the next day after her husband died three days before the filing deadline. Telephone and telegram pressure urged her to run. she initially refused but chose to seek the Senate seat to continue public service.
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Democratic Party
Oregon
Neuberger
Senate
Oregon teacher runs for office in 1950
A native of Oregon and former schoolteacher who married in 1945 decided to seek a seat in 1950 while her husband served in the Oregon Senate. She stated she chose to speak for her sex in the House rather than knit at home as she watched him from the Senate gallery.
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Oregon Senate
House of Representative
Senate
Weekend Arctic Blast Hits Miami Valley
The weatherman warns of icy cold air with snow possible today and an inch by evening. A high near 30 degrees is forecast, with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 15 tonight. Through Sunday temperatures stay near 30 with similar conditions.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Chuckle Scientists Debate Atom Split as Wise Crack
A humorous note imagines scientists debating whether splitting the atom was a wise crack. The lighthearted line toys with the concept of atomic science and the idea of a pun turning serious scientific work into a joke.
Court to re evaluate child due to changing environment
A spokesperson indicated a two year gap since a transfer decision and current upheaval prompt a re evaluation of the Old Bridge couple’s chance to keep Alice. The child’s fate will be reviewed in light of changes in her surroundings.
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Alice
Governor Refuses Involvement In Foster Care Case
Dozens of telegrams letters and calls from across the country urged freeing Combs 25 and keeping the girl as a near genius. Combs noted many callers acted on emotion before hearing the state, and that the couple signed an agreement to not adopt their foster baby. He said he would ask Gov Meyner to intervene but Meyner declined.
Reading Is A Snap For 1-Year-Old
In Cupertino, a child prodigy named Jim Engelhardt aged one is depicted as able to read newspapers and encyclopedias though his father Edward J. Engelhardt, owner of a San Jose metal plating firm, expresses concern over publicity and its effects on the family.
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Calif
Jimmy Engelhardt
Jim
Edward J. Engelhardt
San Jose
San Francisco
Four year old Jimmy Engelhardt to enter California school
The Cup er tino School District officials, led by trustee Glenn Atkinson, decide that Jimmy Engelhardt should begin school next September despite being four. He is the youngest of six, a bragging TV Western fan nicknamed Quick Draw McGraw, with kindergarten norms in California.
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Alice Marie
Richard Combs
Alice
Jimmy Engelhardt
Cupertino
Glenn Atkinson
Jimmy
California
Little Shavers
Little Jim
Quick Draw McGraw
McGraw
Fast reader learns early from labels and ads
Engelhardt recalls his son Jim reading before age two using grocery labels and TV commercials. He mentions weekly encyclopedia volumes, daily papers, and mail catalogs as reading material. Parents restrict discussion while noting Jim’s early morning energy.
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Engelhardt
Slate Fire Stall Rescue At Logan Coal Mine
The effort to reach 18 trapped miners via a side tunnel failed due to slate in the passageway. State mines director Crawford L. Wilson said the only route to the men is through the main tunnel where heat and a stubborn fire hinder rescue. Pumps keep flooding the area as the four day effort continues with no word on the men's fate.
Xenia Case Is Rapped by Governor on Demo
Gov Michael V. DiSalle rebutted Yellow Springs News editor Keith A. Howard over DiSalle’s stance against racial discrimination picketing. He said demonstrations against a Xenia restaurant refusing service fuel opposition to democracy and rejected calls to halt protests.
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Columbus, Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Keith A. Howard
Yellow Springs
Civil Rights Commission Aims to Handle Discrimination Complaints
DiSalle told Howard that the Legislature created a Civil Rights Commission to act on discrimination complaints in an orderly manner. He emphasized a society where people work together, majority rule, and minority rights are protected.
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DiSalle
Howard
Civil Rights Commission
FBI Captures Wanted Man in Detroit
The FBI captured Frank Skraba of Rittman Ohio on Thursday. He was found with two bullets in his shoulder from earlier police gunfire.
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Detroit
Frank
Tony) Skraba
Rittman
Ohio
FBI
Time tight as heat lingers in underground shaft
Wilson spoke Thursday night after a six hour inspection of the shaft and tunnel where a tense drama unfolds. He warned that time is running out and said the team faces a serious heat problem as they continue to work underground.
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Wilson
Heat slows rescue at Holden 22 mine in West Virginia
Wilson said tunnel walls cooled slightly and crews may enter hours later to reach three to four miles from the shaft. Trapped miners include safety inspector William Donaldson who was with them when the fire began at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Island Creek Coal Co. near the southern West Virginia city. Donaldson could advise on survival tactics like erecting canvas brattices to block heat and fumes.
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William Donaldson
Holden 22
Island Creek Coal Co
West Virginia
Donaldson
United States launches probe toward sun orbit
Washington reports indicate a new space probe and its payload were launched from Cape Canaveral in the Thore Able rocket toward an orbit between Earth and Venus. Early flight showed successful multi stage ignition and normal ground tracking as the probe separated and reached escape velocity of 25 200 miles per hour.
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United States
Earth
Venus
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pioneer V Launch Aims For Interplanetary Link Ahead
NASA reported clear signals from the Pioneer V probe as the 90 foot Thor A ble rocket lifted from Cape Canaveral. Jodrell Bank in Manchester captured a very good signal while Washington officials said things look real good for mission success. If on course, the craft may shed data from the sun and swing toward Earth and Venus, transmitting back from up to 3 million miles.
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Manchester
England
Space Agency
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Blossom Point
Millstone Hill
Westford
Mass
Instruments Pack Aims to Probe Solar System Outskirts
The packag instruments would measure radiation gases magnetic fields micrometeorites and temperatures in the far reaches of the solar system. Data is needed before long space trips. Though dubbed a Venus probe it will miss Venus by millions of miles and instead study conditions along its orbital path.
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Venus
Blind pupil stays at switchboard to help save 329 at Overbrook
Theresa Hayes a 17 year old blind student at Overbrook School for the Blind remained at her braille switchboard as a fire swept the main building. Her actions aimed to alert staff and protect 329 students in the building.
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Philadelphia
Cap
Theresa Hayes
Overbrook School For the Blind
Fire at school claims life of Lt. Adgie and injures six
Theresa describes staying at the switchboard to aid nurses as flames engulfed the building. Fire Lt. William Adgie, 42, died in the blaze while six other firefighters were injured. She recounts hearing a bang and glass breaking before being pulled from her chair.
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William Adgie
Theresa
Fire starts in third floor bedroom at school
Principal Joseph G. Cauffman said the fire began in a third floor employee bedroom after a smoker's action. A matron led students out the main entrance as investigators opened a full scale inquiry.
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Joseph G. Cauffman
Cauffman
GI Jailed Stole Money After AWOL in Germany
Pfc. Richard T. Wettrich, 24, of Columbia Station Ohio, received two years in prison and a bad conduct discharge after a general court martial found him guilty of stealing 97.35 in laundry money and going AWOL from a unit in Germany on January 6. He used a self prepared pass to reach London and spent the funds collected from fellow GIs.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Richard T. Wettrich
Columbia Station
Ohio
U.S. Army
Wettrich
London
Gls
Finch murder trial jury deliberates in guarder anteroom
Dr. R Bernard Finch and his mistress Carole Tregoff wait toward verdict on day seven as jurors deliberate in a guarded anteroom at the new courthouse in Los Angeles.
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Dr. Finch
Carole
Los Angeles
Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Midwest Snow Storms Deepen Frozen Strait, Aid 500 Families
More snow and ice hit the Midwest and South as authorities report 2-3 feet depths and drifts up to 5 feet in four counties. Army National Guard and Red Cross rescue and aid over 500 marooned families in northwest North Carolina mountain counties. Roads clogged with freezing drizzle and slick pavement. school closings and isolated towns persist amid ongoing harsh winter conditions.
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Associated Press
Midwest
North Carolina
Army, National Guard
Red Cross
Winter Storm Hits Western Plains
A fresh late winter storm erupts in the western plains bringing snow and strong winds. Weather officials warn of slick roads and reduced visibility as communities brace for further blowing snow and travel disruptions.
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