Blaze Kills 4 Children in Ohio Apartment Fire
In Columbus a fire killed four Cerda children in a two story brick flat. Mother Virginia Cerda gave birth to a son at University Hospital and both mother and baby were reported well. Pablo Cerda, her husband and a hospital maintenance man, vowed to build a larger family. Grandfather Ervin Ben Oliver, 45, was jailed to face possible manslaughter charges after authorities said he slept on a downstairs couch with a lit cigarette as the blaze began in the couch area.
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Columbus
Ohio
Virginia Cerda
Pablo Cerda
Cerda
Ervin Ben Oliver
Young Sees Kennedy Strong in Ohio Primary
Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio predicts Kennedy will win a large slate of delegates in the Ohio May 3 primary. He notes Kennedy’s strength with county chairmen and says he may run as a delegate at large if he runs. Young remains neutral between Kennedy and DiSalle supporters and lists four senators as his potential votes. He doubts Hubert Humphrey’s nomination chances and rejects Adlai Stevenson as a presidential candidate.
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Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Young
Kennedy
Michael V. DiSalle
Democratic shift urged on choosing governors for foreign policy
Young argues the Democratic party should change its pattern of nominating governors. He believes the next president must be skilled in foreign relations to face Khrushchev and other dictators. He singles out Nixon as qualified and suggests Johnson Kennedy Symington or Humphrey as potential secretaries of state if one of the four is elected.
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Democratic Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Richard M
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Symington
Humphrey
Rare Blood Arrives But Widow Dies
AKRON Ohio AP A 65 year old widow Mrs Gertrude R McDonald died at Akron City Hospital after a sheriff deputy and Cleveland police delivered a rare O negative blood supply. Police aided traffic clearance along Ohio 8 and 14 to rush blood to the hospital within 57 minutes of the call.
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Akron City Hospital
Summit County
Cleveland
American Red Cross
Robert Popa
Ohio 8
Papa
Gertrude R. McDonald
Five people die in blaze in Cerda flat
A fire on the second floor of the Cerda apartment killed Mona Lisa Martinez 7, Mary Lou 5, Terri Lee 4, and Albert 3. Mother 25 and stepfather 34 escaped with minor injuries along with Oliver, who had just been released from custody. Oliver faces a careless fire charge as investigators review manslaughter implications from a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Mona Lisa Martinez
Mary Lou
Terri Lee
Albert
Stepfather
Oliver
Cerda
Earl W. Allison
Supreme Court
Carless
Allison
Murder Suspect Dazes at Ritzville Café as Capture Ends Chase
Edmund Gray, 20, accused of killing his wife and her parents after a divorce filing, was captured at an all night Ritzville café while he slept. He claimed sailor leave and admitted he was the target of a major Eastern Washington manhunt before police say he is sane. He awaits court in Spokane with proceedings not set until January.
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Edmund Gray
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Gray
Cheney
Eddie
Barbara
Orlo Ottmar
Tyler
Ritzville
Ottmar
John Lally
Sally
Boy Kills His Father in Self-Defense Claim
In Beckley West Virginia a 13 year old boy, David Atwood, shot his father Alvin W Atwood, 48, a coal miner, three times with a shotgun after saying the man was beating his mother. He told police he shot to stop the attack and later said he killed him to end his suffering. The boy was charged with murder.
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Beckley
W. Va
Alvin W. Atwood
C.G. McClain
Atwood
Mead
David
McClain
Weather forecast promises warm Tuesday with showers
The official forecast calls for fair and cool weather today and tonight with a high of 65 and low of 42 degrees. Tuesday looks cloudy and warmer with rain expected by late afternoon, with a high near 70. Middletown reached 67 degrees Sunday afternoon and recorded a 37 degree low early morning. Rainfall from Saturday night into Sunday totals 0.70 inches.
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Middletown
Husband Beats Wife Over Secret Magazine Subscription
A husband confronted his wife after she secretly subscribed to a magazine. Officers reported she showed welts on her back and described a domestic dispute at their home. The couple had married two years earlier. he worked nights, she day shifts, and they saved for a house.
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Donna Mae Maier
Gray
Walt Mathers
State Patrol
Poland Surges Ahead in U N Security Council Race
United Nations bulletin reports Communist Poland gaining ground on Western-backed Turkey in a deadlocked contest for a seat on the Security Council.
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United Nations, N.Y
Poland
Turkey
U.N. Security Council
Dognapers Caught as Canine Caper Fails in Massapequa
Ten tiny prize toy poodles valued at 25 thousand dollars were dognapped from Mrs. Leicester Harrison in Massapequa. Four women including Belle D Joseph, a former kennel groom, are charged with burglary after the poodles were recovered from homes and relatives. Snowboots weighed 2.2 pounds and was valued at 3,500 dollars.
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Mineola
N.Y
Leicester Harrison
Massapequa
Harrison
Long Island
Dr Joseph
Virginia Kalkhof
Lillian Lyons
Marcia Essterbrook
Steel Strike Hearings Open Seeks Agreement
Washington AP report on the Taft-Hartley fact finding panel opening hearings in the steel strike to urge a voluntary settlement, with the union opposing injunctions and arguing the industry can meet defense needs without stoppage. The panel aims to narrow wage and contract disputes while a potential injunction hinges on national emergency findings.
Extra Held In Murder Of Actress
Bracketville Texas AP reports actress LaJean Ethridge known as LaJean Guy, 26, was killed on location in a house rented with five men from her summer theater troupe. Ches ter Harvey Smith, 32, was jailed on murder charges after a knife attack in which Ethridge allegedly confessed I love you. Sheriff John Sheedy said memory gaps followed the slaying and grand jury action pending.
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Hollywood
Calif
John J. Tobin
John Sheedy
Chester Harvey Smith
Alamo
Smith
Sheedy
Miss Ethridge
LaJean Guy
Spofford
Here
John Wayne
Wayne
Sam Houston
Texas
Mexico
Tobin
Justice of the Peace
Albert Postell
Chamber panel comments on strike and court order delay
Taylor said nothing would be settled if Eisenhower were forced to seek a court order halting the strike for 80 days. In the end such a procedure would prolong the dispute. His colleagues on the panel, John A. Perkins, president of the...
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Taylor
Eisenhower
Ohn A. Perkins
The
Townsend Eyes Belgian Heiress After Princess Margaret Romance
BRASSCHAAT Belgium AP Former suitor of Princess Margaret Peter Townsend, 44, plans to wed Belgian tobacco heiress Marie-Luce Jamagne, 20, but faces church barriers as she is Roman Catholic and Townsend is Anglican. Townsend says marriage will occur soon, within months, while a Belgian priest notes unlikely church approval.
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Brasschaat
Belgium
Peter Townsend
Margaret
Townsend
Marie-Luce Jamagne
Cleveland Man Recaptured After Jail Escape In Strongsville
Raneis Andujar, 29, a Puerto Rico native and chef's assistant, escaped from Strongsville jail by crawling through a ventilator and stealing a police car with a sword. After a search by about 80 officers in nine communities, he was captured by Berea patrolmen three miles from the jail. He demanded his $58 taken at arrest, brandished the sword at the dispatcher, and said he wanted to speak with his wife before surrendering. He was placed in solitary confinement after the capture.
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Cleveland
Strongsville
Raneis Andujar
Puerto Rico
Berea
Andujar
Brook Park
Consumers Get Break In Russia
Moscow reports persistent public pressure for more consumer goods as Khrushchev vows to push industrialization while promising some improvement. Supreme Soviet meeting begins Oct. 27 may include consumer goods declarations.
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Russia
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Khrushchev
Siberia
Vladivostok
Pacific
Sovie Union
Chuckle In-law: An outlaw-only more so tale
A humorous item riffs on an in-law figure portrayed as more outlaw than outlaw adjacent. The short sketch uses playful danger signals and comic exaggeration to lampoon family ties and quirky legal bounds without graphic detail.
Moscow shoppers rush to buy on installment plans
A week after installment plans were legalized in Moscow, streets filled with shoppers. A store advertises shoes at 253 rubles, while factory workers earn about 800 rubles monthly, making a pair of shoes a third of their pay. Soviet production lags foreign goods in quality and quantity, and awareness grows.
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Moscow
Plane Thieves Jailed for Nighttime Air Rescue Theft
WARSAW AP Two Polish youths were sentenced to 10 years in prison each for stealing an air rescue plane from Bydgoszcz Airport and its crash landing on the Baltic Sea coast. Names and ages were withheld.
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Warsaw
Bydgoszcz
Baltic Sea
Five cave explorers rescued from Dow cave maze in England
In Kettlewell England AP reports five young potholers were found after nearly 24 hours trapped 300 feet below the Yorkshire moors. They were brought to the surface uninjured but cold and exhausted as rescue teams evacuated them from the Dow cave complex.
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Kettlewell
England
Yorkshire Moors
Dow Cave
Bia
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