Ferrari playboy dies as Mille Miglia disaster toll rises
In Brescia Italy the Mille Miglia crash killed 12 spectators and injured many as Marquis Alfonso de Portago and Ed Nelson perished in a fiery crash near Mantua. The day later claimed a 13th victim Dutch driver Josef Goettgens who died near Florence after skidding on wet pavement. De Portago, estranged husband of Carla McDaniel, and Nelson, an Eddy native, were among the fatalities. The disaster prompted calls to cancel the race. Linda Christian arrived in Italy amid the tragedy.
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Brescia
Italy
Alfonso de Portago
Mantua
Josef Goettgens
Florence
de Portago
Carla McDaniel
Greenville
S. C
New York
Edmund
Eddy) Nelson
Beloit
Wis
Piero Taruffi
Linda Christian
Marquis’ Company
Rome
Cavriana
Nelson
Milan
DePortago
Edmund Nelson
Carol McDaniel
Crowd safety claim at closed tracks gains U S C support
Carter, director of competition for spectators at the United States Auto Club, says closed courses have made crowd deaths largely preventable. He notes no spectator deaths at Indianapolis or in recent practice runs, despite past European road race tragedies, citing improved American car design and safety standards.
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Indianapolis
Deane
Carter
United States Auto Club
Italy
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Paperworkers and Journal high in Dayton tourney
The United Paperworker's CIO Local 112 and Middletown Journal teams led in the Dayton Journal Herald Industrial Tournament. Paperworkers No 1 bowled 3,068 pins for 7th place and $250, led by John Bullock 251 257 182 690 with 65 free throws for 155. Journal top score was Charlie Root 593.
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Tourney
United Paperworker
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Dayton Journal- Herald
Paperworker
Journal
John Bullock
Paperworkers
Bullock
Jim Saylor
Aaron Fields
Ed Busby
Bob Bottles
Topman
Charlie Root
Asa Ratliff
Satellite Tracking Station Under Construction Near San Diego
Work has started on a tracking station near San Diego for the earth satellite to be launched next summer as part of IGY research. Tom McMillian of the Navy Electronics Laboratory said concrete has been poured for foundations of eight large antennas. They will pick up satellite signals from about 300 miles away along a track 600 miles wide.
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Calif
Tom McMillian
Navy Electronics Laboratory
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Weideman’s Club Profitable at Derby Bowling Tourney
The Weideman's team from Middletown traveled to Louisville Kentucky for the Derby Tournament and posted a 2947 total to finish among prize winners. Bill Click earned fifth in singles with 660 pins, Larry Conarroe placed 12th with 647, while Ralph Lackey and Benny Gruebs were fifth in doubles with 1247. Jasper Harrison and Conarroe added 1208 for 16th, Click ranked 23rd in all events with 1860 and Conarroe 25th with 1950 as the event continued another week.
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Middletown
Louisville
Bill Click
Larry Conarroe
Ralph Lackey
Benny Gruebs
Jasper Harrison
Conarroe
Click
Fremont Business Official Dies At 60
Fremont Ohio remembers Howard E. Zink president of the Howard Zink Corp an auto seat cover firm and Liberty National Bank of Fremont who died Sunday in University Hospital Ann Arbor after ten days in critical condition following multiple operations.
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Ohio
Howard E. Zink
Howard
Zink Corp
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Zink
Liberty National Bank of
Yauck Leads Trapshoot Handicap at Middletown Club
Middletown trapshooters excel at the Sportsmen's Club with Bob Yauck winning the handicap event by hitting 95 of 100. Forest Good of Dayton claimed 16-yard honors with 106 straight, while Sam Joerger was third at 96. Dean Chenult won the doubles 45 of 50, and Bob Wood posted 95 in the 16-yard event. Other Middletown scores included Chenult 94 Yauck 92 Shyers 88 Shafer 86 Inman 84. Homer Miller tied with Jack Baker for third at 93.
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Bob Yauck
Sam Joerger
Forest Good
Dayton
Joerger
al Berne
Cincinnati
Dean Chenult
Bob Wood
Wood
Chenult
Yauch
Ed Shyers
Ralph Shafer
James Inman
Good
Homer Miller
Clayton
Hasty Schultz
Jack Baker
Greenwell Leads Wildwood with 73 Medal Run
Emmett Greenwell fired a two over par 73 to top the low gross at Wildwood yesterday. He posted 39 34 to finish ahead of three players tied at 75, Jim Ritter 36 39 Bob McCabe 40 35 and Shorty Wagner 38 37. Others included Dr. W R Steele 39 87 76 Harry Bedford Cliff Sweeney and Tom Wagner at 78, Mort Taylor and C W Denny 79. Jack Cox Jim McWilliams and Mike Graney shared first in blind bogey with 70, while Denny and Sweeney tied at 71.
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Wildwood
Greenwell
Jim Ritter
Bob McCabe
Shorty Wagner
W. R. Steele
Harry Bedford
Cliff Sweeney
Tom Wagner
Mort Taylor
C. W. Denny
Jack Cox
Jim McWilliams
Mike Graney
Denny
Sweeney
Air Force to Revisit Mitchells Insubordination Conviction
The Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records will hold a closed retrial for Billy Mitchell, the former Army general who died 21 years ago. If findings favor him, the secretary of the Air Force could overturn the 1925 court martial verdict. Mitchell’s son William Mitchell Jr. advocates the review.
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Billy Mitchell
Air Force
Army
Air Force Board For
James H. Douglas
Mitchell
Navy
William Mitchell Jr
Atomic Baum Frog Jumping Jubilee in North Carolina
Congressmen will view a North Carolina frog named Atomic Baum perform on the Capitol steps in an exhibition sanctioned by Rep. Herbert Bonner and Rep. Clair Engel. Baum, owned by Orville Baum of Kitty Hawk, won the Dare Coast Frog Jumping Jubilee with three leaps totaling 11 feet.
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N. C
North Carolina
Atomic Baom
Outer Banks
Capitol Steps
Herbert Bonner
D-Nc
Clair Engles
iCalif
Angels Camp
Atomic Baum
Orville Baum
Kitty Hawk
Dare Coast
Poaching Curb Order Issued In Ohio Waters
Ohio wildlife officials issued an order authorizing agents to use force if needed to curb poaching in state waters after U S conservation agents used tear gas on three Canadian boats eight to nine miles inside Ohio. Ontario fishermen faced fines totaling 1248 dollars in Ashtabula Municipal Court as 16000 pounds of mostly blue pike were confiscated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wildlife Division
Hayden Olds
U. S
Lake Erie
Ontario
Ashtabulah
Boy 11 Drowns in Ohio River Search Continues
Authorities comb the Ohio River at Portsmouth for Freddie Alberson 11 whose body was found by a fisherman below the U S Grant Bridge. Richard Hacker Jr. 10 remains missing after both boys were reported missing Saturday. Police and firefighters recovered items from the river bank including bicycles and clothing.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio River
Freddie Alberson
U.S. Grant Bridge
Richard Hacker Jr
Jail escapee returns to Cheshire County Jail
Westmoreland New Hampshire Emil Jantti a 53 year old prisoner serving 30 days for an escape last March walked through a fence hole he was sent to repair and slipped out last Friday He spent two days in the woods then returned home to Winchester and was driven back to the jail by his wife after supper
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Westmoreland
N. H
Emil Jantti
Goodby
Cheshire County Jail
Frank Walker
Jantti
Winchester
Two Men Charged in Ferry Boat Theft on Ohio River
MOUNDSVILLE W Va two Ohio men face drunkenness and grand larceny charges after stealing an Ohio River ferry. Elmer F Grandstaff Jr and William F Rife drove the barge while the operator ate, cast off moorings, and drifted toward Dilles Bottom. Grandstaff posted 3000 bond. Rife remained jailed.
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W. Va
Two Cities
Bottom
Ohio
Elmer FE. Grandstaff Jr
William FE
Rife
Dilles Bottom
Stanley Gamble
Grandstaff
Kentucky Crash Takes 3rd Life
Injurys suffered in an automobile collision on Ky 33 near Vanceburg Saturday night proved fatal for Alvin Blankenbeckley 23 of near Olive Hill Ky. The crash also killed B J Williams 25 and L D Johnson 30 both of Olive Hill as Williams car ran off the road and struck a tree according to officers.
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Ohio
Vanceburg
Alvin Blankenbeckley
Olive Hill
B. J. Williams
L. D. Johnson
Williams
Mrs Carradine Wed To New Husband In Reno
San Mateo report says Sonia Henius Carradine Bowen, 19, wed Michael Francis Bowen 19 in Reno last Saturday. She leaves acting to focus on her husband and their future. Bowen is Dr Sterling L Bowen of Las Vegas, Nev, and the former marriage was to actor John Carradine, aged 50.
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Calif
Sonia Henius Carradine Bowen
Michael
Michael Francis Bowen
Reno
German Youth Werner Garners Nationwide Help in U S
Fritz Franz Werner an East German escapee jailed in Columbus faces an auto theft charge and a hearing next week. He has drawn letters and funds from Michigan Washington Texas Connecticut Alabama Wisconsin and calls from New York and California as supporters urge congressional action and sponsorships for his defense. Werner asks if he can stay in the United States while awaiting legal resolution.
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United States
Ohio State Journal
Fritz Franz Werner
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Journal
Associated Press
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Tex Nurseryman
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Wis
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U.S
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Scientists Open Atom Study Meet
In Brookhaven New York a large inter American atom study conference opens. More than 200 scientists from the United States and 21 Latin American nations attend five days of discussions on peaceful nuclear energy. Dr Milton S Eisenhower is scheduled to open the sessions.
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N.Y
United States
North
South America
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Atomic Research Center
Long Island
Milton S. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Inter- American Committee of Presidential Representatives
Latin America
Charged With Murder In Mayfield Area Tragedy
James C Ridgeway 40 of Magnetic Springs faces first degree manslaughter charges in the death of 64 year old Elmer Phelps found dead May 2 outside Ridgeway's father Joe Ridgeway home in Richwood and linked to the case by investigators.
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Marysville
Ohio
James C. Ridgeway
Magnetic Springs
Elmer Phelps
Phelps
Ridgeway
Joe Ridgeway
Richwood
Leveling Off for Steel's Output Seen
The nation's steel production fell again last week with only two districts showing gains. Pittsburgh rose to 93 percent of capacity and Cincinnati to 69 percent, while the national rate stood at 87 percent for about 2,226,000 tons. Scrap prices rose to 44.33 per gross ton, suggesting a see-saw pattern through summer.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Akron Rubber Workers Vote To Strike If Talks Fail
Akron Ohio United Rubber Workers Local 2 which represents 14000 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co workers has voted to strike next Sunday if differences over a supplemental contract offer are not settled by then. The local previously voted three months ago but had no deadline until now.
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Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers Local 2
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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