Warnings Unheeded at Ohio Crossing in Fatal Train Crash
A Portage County wreck at a grade crossing on Ohio 224 left three men dead when a diesel engine collided with a tractor-trailer and then with a Portage County Farm Bureau mill. Victims include truck driver Andrew Wapps 27 of Akron brakeman Arthur Fisher 45 of Pittsburgh and farmer Charles Fouser 41. Police question whether sun glare or late warning signals caused the driver to fail to stop. Traffic on the Pittsburgh to Cleveland line resumed after about 14 hours with one seriously injured survivor F Kermit Donaldson 55 Alliance executive secretary of the Steel Foundries Society of America.
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Nappi
Ohio 224
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Portage County Farm Bureau
Arthur J. Fisher
Charles E. Fouser
Pennsylvania Railroad
F. Kermit Donaldson
Alliance
Steel Foundries Society of America
Donaldson
Indianapolis
Marion County
Illinois
Farmer City
DeWitt County
Fisher
Champaign County
Springfield
Peoria
Pekin
Ely
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Kress
Tex
Panhandle
Texas
Great Bend
Kan
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Phillip L. Bayt
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Soviet Invitation Focuses on Gen Twining for Moscow Day
Washington and Moscow floated hints of a broader visit but the formal invitation sent to Air Force Gen Nathan F Twining covers only his attendance at Moscow Aviation Day ceremonies on June 24 The White House and Pentagon signaled openness to the invitation while the scope for other Joint Chiefs of Staff members remains unclear
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Washington
Moscow
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Joint Chiefs
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Pentagon
White House
Army
Navy
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Twining
New York Herald Tribune
Eisenhower
U.S
Wounded Deputy Still Critical After Shootout
In Columbus Ohio, a 30 year old Lorain County deputy sheriff is in critical condition at University Hospital after a Monday shooting in Washington Court House. Deputy Steve Mohowski was shot through the left eye while returning home from a Florida vacation. A station attendant alerted police when he saw a gun in Mohowski belt. Three patrolmen returned fire, mortally wounding Mohowski.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lorain County
Washington Court House
University Hospital
Steve Mohowski
Florida
Mohowski
Gunman Kills Deputy Then Kills Pedestrian After Wild Chase
Deputy Sheriff Kay Westover 35 was shot by one of three men stopped for an alert. John Bowens 35 fled with companions Walter Bryant and Phillip Powell in a stolen car. Bowens struck Ann Marie Martin 19 while evading a roadblock near St Charles Hospital. hospital employee Jay Francis was injured. Police captured Bowens after a second pursuit on Ohio 2 in Toledo Ohio.
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Kay Westover
State Highway Patrol
John Bowens
Brooklyn
N. Y
Westover
Robert Newell
Bowens
St. Charles Hospital
Ann Marie Martin
Jay Francis
Walter Bryant
New York City
Phillip Powell
Philadelphia
Liquor Permit Freeze Ends in Ohio Tonight
Ohio Liquor Director says the modified hard liquor permit freeze ends at midnight after 40 appeals delayed its effect. Without the modification, up to 6,900 new permits could have been issued, adding to about 8,000 existing. beer and wine carryout permits remained restricted pending court actions.
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Columbus
Ohio
William C. Bryant
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Negro Students Boycott Buses In Tallahassee
In Tallahassee Florida Negro students protest by walking after two Florida A&M University girls were arrested for refusing to move to the rear of a Cities Transit Co. bus. The Tallahassee NAACP leader indicated the boycott would continue beyond campus.
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Tallahassee
Fila.p
Florida A&m University
Cities Transit Co
C. K. Steele
The
National Assn
For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles L. Carter
Montgomery
Ala
Florida
Alabama
Wilhelmina Jakes
Carrie F. Patterson
USW Expands Talks With Major Steel Firms
Pittsburgh United Steelworkers press forward with preliminary negotiations seeking a substantial wage hike and new benefits for 600,000 members. McDonald leads meetings with Jones & Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Inland Steel, and Great Lakes Steel after talks with U S Steel, Republic Steel, and Bethlehem Steel. Negotiators aim to reach deals before June 30 expiry, with strike possible thereafter.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Inland Steel
Great Lakes Steel
U.S. Steel Corp
Mary Pickford Escapes Injury in Hollywood Gun Incident
Mary Pickford disclosed a pistol discharged on her estate Saturday night causing a bullet to graze her head. She and Buddy Rogers were returning with Marion Davies and Capt. Horace Brown when Brown’s pistol slipped on oil, ricocheted off the driveway, and struck her forehead. Dr. Eliot Corday treated a slight abrasion.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Marion Davies
Horace Brown
Miss Pickford
Brown
Merchant Marine
Rogers
Eliot Corday
Drowning of 12-year-old in Chagrin River near Eastlake
A 12-year-old boy, William Gau of Eastlake, drowned attempting to swim across the Chagrin River. The river at the scene was about 150 feet wide. another swimmer pulled the boy from the water while Eastlake firemen dragged the river searching for the body.
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Cleveland
Chagrin River
William Gau
Ronald E. Gau
Eastlake
Warm Sun Dries Soggy Indiana Running of 500 Now Certain
Dry and sunny weather aided Indiana and Illinois after weekend floods. Indianapolis resumed preparations for the 500 mile race as the Speedway dries. Over 1,500 families evacuated, 21 schools closed, amid record rainfall and flooding across central Illinois and northern Indiana.
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Indiana
Illinois
Indianapolis
Baby Boy Drowns In Water Trough
In East Liverpool Ohio a 17 month old boy named Jerry William Beight drowned Sunday night in a makeshift watering trough. The child tumbled headfirst into a 24 inch sewer pipe while his mother hung washing and his father worked in a field. Firemen faced a delay in delivering resuscitation equipment due to a washed out bridge on Ohio 70.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Ernest Sturgis
East Palestine
Jerry William Beight
Ohio 70
Arabs Rebuff British Peace Plan at UN Meeting
Arab delegations at the United Nations reject the British proposal for Dag Hammarskjold to continue mediating peace in the Middle East. Israel and the Arab states Egypt Syria Jordan Lebanon will hear his report on cease fire progress as the Security Council opens debate. Ahmed Shukairy calls the plan totally unacceptable while Arabs favor quieting the military situation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Tsi-Nation Security Council
Middle East
Council
Hammarskjold
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Security Council
Pierson Dixon
Ahmed Shukairy
Palestine
Miami Valley Braces for several days of clouds and warm showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy weather with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms through today and Wednesday. Highs near 80 today, 88 to 90 tomorrow. lows around 65 tonight. Middletown posted a 75 degree high yesterday and a 64 degree low early this morning. Rainfall was light and not measured for record.
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Middletown
Somerville Boy Drowns In Canoe Jump Gone Wrong
Albert Green, 12, a seventh grader at Somerville School, drowned this morning at LeSourdsville Lake after jumping from a canoe into deep water. Jack Wayne, Wallace Green, and Amos Green helped recover him. revival efforts failed. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Green of Somerville Route 1. The accident happened outside the designated swimming area.
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Albert Green
Somerville School
LeSourdsville Lake
Jack Wayne
Somerville
Wayne
Wallace
Amos
Russell Green
Somerville Rt. 1
Sub Pay Is Ruled Taxable
Washington a government ruling states idle workers must pay federal income tax on new supplementary unemployment benefits. The plan, starting June 1 for GM Ford and Chrysler, pays up to 65 percent take home for four weeks and 60 percent for 22 weeks, treated as non wage income on tax returns.
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Washington
Russell C. Harrington
Internal Revenue
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler Motor Companies
Slayer Given Life for Ohio Hammer Slaying
Joseph Henderson 46 of Portsmouth was sentenced to life in the Ohio Penitentiary for the February slaying of McKinley Mitchell 54. Henderson changed his plea from innocent to guilty, switching to a second degree murder conviction after earlier entering a first degree plea.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Joseph Henderson
McKinley Mitchell
Henderson
Senate Poised to Confirm Fred Seaton as Interior Secretary
President Eisenhower’s pick, Fred A. Seaton, 46, Nebraska newspaper and radio executive, appears headed for Senate confirmation as Interior Secretary. Seaton, deputy White House aide on admin affairs, signals support for power and water policy goals while avoiding McKay’s contested approach. Democrats worry over private utility tilt. Interior Committee Chair Murray says no hearings needed. Seaton previously served briefly in the Senate by appointment.
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Washington
Senate
Fred A. Seaton
Eisenhower
Seaton
Nebraska
White House
Clarence A. Davis
Douglas McKay
McKay
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Interior Department
Murray
D-Mont
Interior Committee
Farmers Split Over New Farm Law Signed by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower signed the farm bill as farmers await details on benefits for 1954. The measure includes a $1.2 billion soil bank program to pay landowners to idle cropland, with Benson deciding how much money is available this year. The law also raises price supports for feed grains and sets parity levels for corn outside designated areas, while participation in the soil bank depends on conditions Benson may set.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Benson
Soil Bank
Soil
Retired Banker Monford Custer Dies at 84 in Coshocton
Monford D. Custer, 84, a retired industrialist and banker and former chairman of the board at the First National Bank of Coshocton, died Monday seven weeks after a stroke. Services are set for Thursday in Coshocton.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Monford D. Custer
First National Bank of
Senate Roads Bill Advances Toward Conference
The Senate moves to vote on a sweeping highway bill marking the largest peacetime public works program. It envisions a 13 year program to build a 40 000 mile interstate system with federal state outlays and new highway taxes. Debate centers on state funding shares wage rules and pay as you build provisions. Conference with the House will resolve differences.
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Washington
Senate
House
Son Killed by Father Over Auto in Reading Suburb
Cincinnati police report Charles Miller Jr. 23 was fatally shot by his father Charles Sr. 49 after a two day dispute over a jointly owned car. The elder Miller, sobbing, claimed he fired once into the floor before the deadly confrontation at their Reading home adjacent to a bait and sporting goods shop. He was held without charge pending further investigation.
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Cincinnati
Charles Miller Jr
Charles Sr
Miller
Reading
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