Final Blasts Loosed Adlai, Estes End Florida Campaign
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver wrapped up Florida drives, their sole Southern primary test, while North Carolina results unseated two anti integration signers. Florida voters face a key test for 28 Democratic convention votes as campaign tensions flare and campaign stops continue into the weekend.
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J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Deane
Chatham
South
Ike Hurled TV Debate Challenge
In a NBC TV exchange Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler urged President Eisenhower to participate in a television debate, while GOP Chairman Leonard Hall dismissed the idea. Both accused each other of tolerating scandals in Truman and Eisenhower eras and sparred over campaign pledges, defense, taxes, and the budget as Hall predicted an Eisenhower reelection and Butler pressed for a debate to show clarity to voters.
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Robert Montgomery
Hollywood
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No Copperhead- Just Milk Snake
Butler County residents can relax after a three-foot copperhead was identified as a Northern Milk snake by local experts. Herpetologists Charlie Garrett and Joe Smith confirmed the misidentification, noting the creature lacked venom fangs. Homer Fullen plans to donate the body to a science class.
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Clifton Spivey
Fred Kuhlman
Charlie Garrett
Joe Smith
L. D. Triangulum
Copperhead
Garrett
Homer Fullen
Vanderveer St
Miami University
Tree Killing Weevils Threaten Sherwood Forest
In Nottingham England the Forestry Commission reports a weevil insect attack on Sherwood Forest. The pests have destroyed or damaged about 40 000 trees, threatening the historic Robin Hood area and its woodland landscape.
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England
Forestry Commission
Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
Egypt Israel Clash Along Negev Border
An Israeli army spokesman said Israeli troops in the Netana El Auja area were fired on Sunday night from Egyptian positions with no Israeli casualties. The incident marked the first clash in that Negev Desert border region for several weeks.
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Auja
Negev Desert
Akron teen held after fatal shooting of mother in accidental quarrel
John Kenneth Frank, 16, told police he retrieved a .22 pistol from his room and fired while attempting to quiet a quarrel between his parents after a party at Akron Municipal Airport. Mother Anna E. Frank, 43, died of a heart wound at St. Thomas Hospital. Frank, Garfield High sophomore, faced Juvenile Court in Summit County with his father Phillip R. Frank, an aviation mechanic. Funeral plans set for the children with relatives in Chicago.
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Summit County
Russell W. Thomas
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St. Thomas Hospital
John Kenneth Frank
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Akron Naval Air Station
James Crane
Frank
Crane
Roger
Phillip Richard
Lynette
Chicago
Train Smacks Truck in Ohio Kills Three Die
A Pittsburgh to Cleveland passenger train struck a truck near Atwater Ohio killing three men Charles Fouser 41 Arthur Fisher about 50 and Andrew Napps 27. Sixty passengers were injured or trapped as two derailed coaches crashed into a feed mill and Portage County Farm Bureau offices.
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Man Wields Sledge Hammer, Smashes Meter In Bergenline
Police hunt an unidentified man who borrowed a sledge hammer from construction worker Joseph Picone on Bergenline Avenue, smashed a parking meter, then rode off on a motorcycle while declaring he had always wanted to do this. A second witness could not note the motorcycle’s registration.
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N. J
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Bergenline Avenue
Picone
Gore denounces road funding plan in Senate debate
Senator Gore denounces the House plan for federal interstate funds as highly inequitable while calling for continuation of the existing two thirds population, one sixth area, one sixth road mileage allocation. The highway bill aims to tax gasoline more and raise about 14 billion dollars to build a 40000 mile interstate system with 90 percent federal funding.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Ohio toll returns to normal after weekend fatalities
A weekend AP tally shows 16 killed with 11 traffic deaths across Ohio. The prior weekend logged 35 deaths, 31 from traffic incidents. The deadliest crash occurred Saturday 120 miles north of Lancaster, killing a 9 year old Grove City boy and a 60 year old Zanesville woman in a three car crash.
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Associated Press
Lancaster
Grove City
Zanesville
Police Shoot Deputy In Washington D.H. Battle
Lorain County deputy Steve Mohowski was critically wounded in a gun battle at a Court Street service station in Washington Court House Ohio A Sgt Walter Marshall and two patrolmen Lang Laytart and Elmer Kelly returned fire after Mohowski drew a pistol He was taken to University Hospital Columbus with a bullet lodged near the back of his skull The incident followed Mohowski’s return from a Miami Florida vacation and his planned return to work Tuesday
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Lorain County
Onew
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Elyria
University Hospital
Columbus
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Walter Marshall
Lang Laytart
Elmer Kelly
Court
North Sts
Clarence Jones
Marshall
Laytart
Jones
Court St
Lorain
Carl Ginegan
Miami, Fla
Negro Pair Arrested In Bus Dispute
In Tallahassee two African American women Wilhelmina Jakes a 26 and Carrie Patterson a 20 refused to move to the rear of a city bus and were arrested for creating a riot risk. Bus driver Max Coggins halted the bus and summoned police. They posted 25 dollar bonds and face a City Police Court hearing on June 1 under a local ordinance enforcing a state seating law on intrastate buses.
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Fla
Fred Lehman
Wilhelmina Jakes
FP. Patterson
Max Coggins
Coggins
Lifer Stabs Guard Then Flees Ohio Prison Farm
James Esson, a convicted murderer serving life for the 1948 slaying of George Margulis, stabbed a guard in a truck on the London Prison Farm roads and escaped. Two other honor inmates fled the dairy barn. Eckle said no link to Esson’s escape. Guard Ray Gordon hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. Esson’s escape triggers statewide alert.
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Esson
Cuyahoga County
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State Division of Correction
R. B. Eckle
Te Farm
Eckle
Joseph Ferrall
Madison County
John O. Meyers
Franklin County
Gordon
George Margulis
Reliable Steel Plate Co
Cleveland
Whisky trailer fire near Newark destroys 67 barrels
A trailer carrying 67 fifty gallon barrels of green whisky burned on U S 40 east of Brownsville early today. Driver Charles White 46 of Dillsburg Indiana detached the truck to save the rig. Cargo was en route from Seagram Corp Lawrenceburg Indiana to Meadville Pennsylvania.
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Ohio
U.S. 40
Brownsville
Charles White
Dillsburg
Ind
Seagram Corp
Lawrenceburg
Meadsville
Weather Forecast For Miami Valley Rain Likely Through Wednesday
The weatherman warns of ongoing rain with cloudy skies and warm humidity through Wednesday. Highs reach 85 today and 90 on Tuesday with scattered showers, while lows fall to 65 and 64. Weekend rainfall totals 2.15 inches, the heaviest 0.87 inches overnight Saturday into Sunday.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
French Raid Casbah Unearths Military Booty In Algiers
French authorities report a 18 hour raid in Algiers Casbah yielding a large cache of arms cartridges grenades and knives plus explosives a radio transmitter a printing press uniforms insignia and medical supplies for rebels. The Casbah is a crowded 50 000 strong Arab quarter beyond its Hollywood image.
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Casbah
Charles Boyer
Hedy Lamarr
Fatal two-car crash west of Asheville on US 19
Two drivers were killed instantly in a head on collision on U. S. highway 19 23, twelve miles west of Asheville, North Carolina. Victims were James H. Page, 27, Gastonia, and Edward C. Smythe, 47, Canton. Smythe’s car swerved into the left lane of a three lane highway and struck the Page vehicle.
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Ashville
N. C
James H. Page
Gastonia
Edward C. Smythe
Canton
Smythe
Page Auto
Tokyo reports second H-bomb test near Bikini
Japanese scientists say instruments indicate a new hydrogel nuclear blast at Bikini, comparable in power to the May 21 test. Tokyo observatory noted atmospheric pressure waves across 15 gauges while a Matsushiro seismograph detected earth shocks earlier, suggesting a dawn detonation.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Yokohama
Rainier and Grace Kelly End Spanish Honeymoon
Prince Rainier of Monaco and Princess Grace Kelly completed their Malaga honeymoon and departed Sunday night from Spain aboard the yacht Deo Juvante II bound for Monte Carlo.
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USW Lays Proposals On Table
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers present contract proposals to top steel companies for 650,000 union members across 172 firms with June 30 expirations. McDonald outlines wage hikes, weekend pay, layoff pay, union shop, and company insurance, while economists estimate costs rise by two to three cents per hour per worker.
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McDonald
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National Metal Working Weekly
Unionhas
Dollar Federal Savings chief Harold Gockenbach dies
Harold C. Gockenbach, 69, president of the Dollar Federal Savings and Loan Assn., died Sunday at his Columbus home. He had been with the firm since 1926.
Mob Storms Depot to Free Reservists in St Nazaire
In St Nazaire, about 1,500 demonstrators clashed with 1,000 riot guards as they seized reservists scheduled to depart for Algeria. Tear gas and projectiles failed to stop the walkout organized by CGT unions. Some injuries occurred while the reservists were carried home by the crowd amid ongoing Communist-led pressure for Algeria talks.
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France
Algeria
Mediterranean
General Federation of Labor
CGT
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