Tragic Xenia Crossing Crash Kills Ten Girl Scouts
A freight train rammed a car near Xenia Ohio killing all ten aboard including eight Girl Scouts and two mothers. The crossing lacked signals and the impact split the car, with victims found along the tracks. Families from Beavercreek mourn as authorities investigate speeds and safety at the unprotected crossing.
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Pennsylvania
Xenia
Ohio
Here
Alvin Kiotz
Lucille White
Top Secret Nuclear Test Secrecy Debate Revealed
The New York Times reports a split over publicizing last September's high altitude nuclear blasts. Scientists favored publication under the IGY data sharing spirit, while military and political leaders worried disclosure could be exploited by the Russians and reveal secret tests outside known proving grounds.
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New York
The
New York Times
Pentagon
Times
Whchh
United States
Clerk Faces Trial Over Unpaid Parking Fines
Daly County Circuit Court clerk Mon-Clif ford G Hall faces a March 26 trial after pleading not guilty to failing to pay overtime parking tickets. The ordinance fines range from 1 to 90 dollars per charge and jail terms up to 90 days per offense. Hall stated he once paid the tickets but quit.
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Liberty
Clifford G. Hall
Daly County
Hall
Juror Excused The Hard Way
Paul D. Covell, 37, was excused from jury duty after a chair collapse incident at the Kansas City courthouse. Waiting to be called, he sat cross‑legged in an old chair that gave way, sending him home with an unplanned delay.
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Kansas City, Mo
Paul D. Covell
Wash’t ‘Eady
Covell
Plane Hunt Is Continued In Indiana Search
TERRE HAUTE Ind AP planes and helicopters resumed a daybreak search for a missing Illinois plane and its pilot and passenger. They checked reports of plane like sounds and lights near Frankfort and Casey Il but found no crash evidence.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frankfort
Casey
Khrushchev urges broad war partners to seek peace with Germany
Soviet Premier Khrushchev called for a broad conference of nations that fought Nazi Germany to negotiate a peace treaty with Germany. He referenced Eisenhower’s proposal of a summer summit if foreign ministers can begin Berlin talks and indicated the USSR is ready to consider sensible proposals and press for talks. He noted a prior January note and suggested the West’s serious willingness could avoid delaying negotiations.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Conference of All Nations
Germany
Eisenhower
Berlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Geneva
Vienna
Wth
Conference Aim Amid War Threats From Western Leaders
A fragmentary statement argues Western governments should drop mad threats from their generals and admirals and sit down at the conference to seek resolution. The tone suggests a call for diplomatic talks over aggressive posturing amid ongoing hostilities.
Chuckse mployete paymaster question on gift-wrapped checks
A quirky inquiry questions why a payroll payment arrives gift-wrapped. The remark playfuly contrasts expected cash with a wrapped presentation, hinting at humorous or satirical workplace culture. The brief note centers on payroll packaging as a light, nonserious issue.
Weather forecast for Miami Valley and Middletown
Strong southerly winds up to 35 mph are expected in the Miami Valley through Friday with fair, windy, and warmer conditions today and tonight. Highs near 60 rising to 55 on Friday with mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers by late afternoon. Middletown reports a Wednesday high of 44 and a 31 degree morning low.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Air Force Atlas missile falters on target flight
Washington AP reports a new Atlas missile launched from Cape Canaveral failed to reach planned intercontinental range, risking the glide to recover the nose cone after re entry. In Charleston AP notes a crazed ex convict kidnaps a mother and three children, threatening torture unless the governor frees an inmate. In Columbus AP the Sub unemployment benefits act rushes to Gov DiSalle's desk lacking an emergency clause.
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Washington
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Pilot aims record nonstop flight Houston to Rome
Houston AP reports pilot Bill Mullen took off from Houston International Airport aiming to set a world nonstop distance record for light planes. The target leg is 5,698 miles to Rome, with possible continued legs of 632 to Athens and 614 to Cairo, totaling a potential 6,944 miles.
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Houston, Tex
Bill Mullen
Houston International
Mullen
Rome
Houston
Athens
Cairo
Thug Kidnaps Family in West Virginia Vengeance Plot
Richard I. Payne, 23, held a mother and her three children captive in SOUTH CHARLESTON WV, demanding the release of a convict named Burton Junior Post. He left a five page note threatening death unless authorities released the prisoner, and said his aim was vengeance. State police described him as dangerous and pursued him across multiple states.
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W. R. Murray
Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. W Smith
Pennsylvania
Vaughn Lewis
Greene County Schools
South Charleston
W.va
Fop
Richard I. Payne
Payne
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
Burton Junior Post
Junior Starcher
Moundsville
Starcher
FBI
John H. Baldwin
Baldwin
State Police
W. R. Callaghan
Elma
Susan
Danny
Kenneth
Ex-convict confesses 1955 Slayings in West Virginia
Nick Petrou, 53, wounded and captured after a Chicago gunfight last January, confessed to killing two women in Clarksburg West Virginia in 1955. He named Frances Laughlin and her maid Mrs John Bland as victims per Chicago police.
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Nick Petrou
Chicago
Clarksburg
W. Va
Frances Laughlin
John Bland
First US nuclear blasts create worldwide electronic shield
Three high altitude nuclear detonations formed an electron sheet around the globe, described as a test of an artificial Van Allen belt to block missiles. Officials said the experiments, conducted from naval vessels in the South Atlantic last September, aimed to study magnetospheric trapping and nonmilitary radiation science, with no disclosed fallout or depth of the shield.
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Joe F. Kane
Washington
United States
Defense Department
Donald Quarles
Herbert York
Pentagon Research
New York Times
York
Earth
Globe
Jameson Allen
State University of Iowa
Tests and Nike Zeus link unclear over antimissile program
Outside Pentagon observers note a timing link between the tests and a cutback in the Nike Zeus antimissile project. No clear sign points to a future pre emptive shield. Quarles calls the tests an exploration of the unknown studied by many scientists.
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Pentagon
Quarles
Defense Department
Taxes Target Consumers Rising State Taxes Report
Washington AP reports a National Taxpayers Conference survey finds state governments aiming to raise more than 1% of revenue from citizens through sales or income taxes. The study covers 25 states and identifies the consumer as the chief target in tax campaigns.
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Washington
Sia
National Taxpayers Conference
Macmillan Arrives in Washington for Berlin Strategy Talks
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives in Washington to meet President Eisenhower for Berlin strategy talks. They aim to press for flexible Western policies in upcoming Soviet negotiations while resisting pressure to concede Berlin. Disagreement remains on key negotiation issues. Macmillan backs unified Western resolve, as Eisenhower consults with Herter and other advisers at the White House.
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Washington
Harld Macmillan
Berlin
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Ottawa
Macmillan
Christian Herter
White House
West Germans fear salami technique over blockade says envoy
Dr Franz Krapf of the West German Embassy in Washington warns that Berlin fears the Soviet salami technique more than a blockade. He spoke after the May 27 deadline for Western forces to leave Berlin and said if transports from the West stop the line must be drawn with decisive action.
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Cleveland
West Berlin
Franz Krapf
West Germ
Washing
Russia
Krapf
World Affairs Council
Berlin
Dr. Krapf
Talks to Begin at Camp David on Friday Aiming at Diplomatic Progress
The actual discussions between the two men will start Friday at Camp David Maryland a private retreat about 65 miles from Washington. A statement early next week may outline general talks but specific results may not be released until the foreign ministers of the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union meet later in spring. Such a meeting is being arranged.
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Camp David
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Different Attitudes Toward Summit Conference
Mace Millan favors a summit, arguing for its necessity regardless of the foreign ministers’ meeting or Khrushchev’s authority. Eisenhower, in his Monday night broadcast, says further development must justify a summer meeting. Millan also seeks a legal basis beyond World War II conquest to keep U S British and French forces in Berlin.
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Macemillan
Nikitai Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Macmillan
U.S
Berlin
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