Handyman With 10 Kids Earns Diploma at 72
Daniel Elmore, a tall 72 year old handyman from Watts, earned his high school diploma after four years of night classes at David Starr Jordan High School. He plans to enter Compton College in September and says his children funded their education by working, with one even earning $10 a month while studying.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Elmore
David Starr Jordan High School
Elmore
Watts
Compton College
Alabama
Newton Falls
Ohio
Bob Eichhorn
Alice Ashworth
Betty Newton
Columbia Gas
Senate faces Goldwater vote on civil rights bill
In Washington the GOP presidential hopeful Barry Goldwater absent as Senate backed a bipartisan civil rights bill substitute 76 to 18. Rhodes announces 13 percent pay raises for Highway Patrol effective July 1 to attract and keep staff. Norwalk 4th of July Parade entry deadline extended to June 26. Cleveland reports 2000 carpenters strike halting metropolitan construction amid failed talks.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Columbus
UPD
James A. Rhodes
Highway Patrol
John Borgia
Norwalk High School
Cleveland
UPC
Carpenters
Building Trades Employers Association
BTEA
Elephant on leash escapes circus truck after tire failure
In Lima Ohio along Route 39 an elephant was on a leash when a circus truck tire blew. The driver left to fix the tire and the elephant returned to the truck an hour later and vanished. The incident was described by the Highway Patrol as not a joke.
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Lima
UPD
Ohio 39
Beaver Dam
Highway Patrol
Pope Pius XII Shifts Denunciation to appease Allies
Newly released State Department files reveal in 1943 Pope Pius XII avoided condemning Nazi crimes while not provoking Russia and risking Allied displeasure. Akron imposes age restriction requiring chaperoned dances for teens under 18 to prevent adult-teen partnerships in public venues.
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Washington
UPI
Pius XII
United States
Russia
State Department
Akron
Weather Outlook and Local Birth Announcements
Variable cloudiness and a warmer high of 76 to 82 with a few showers or thundershowers tonight. Friday partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon storms. Birth notices list girls for Garner Norwalk RD 2 Garrett Pitt St Willard Long Fink St Willard and a boy for Androsac Vermilion Hastings Jr Willard. Neath Catherine Knarr 56 Toledo.
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Richard Garner
Norwalk RD
David Garrett
Pitt St
Ray Long
Fink St
Willard
Conrad Androsac
Charles Hastings Jr
Catherine Knarr
Toledo
New Yorkers Held In Bellevue Theft
Two New York men, Ormand F. Sigl and Charles C. Sigl, both in their forties, are slated for charges after $949 was stolen from Leonard's Pharmacy yesterday afternoon. Bellevue police stopped them west of Clyde at 3:01 p.m. A paper bag containing the money was found in their car. The brothers face charges with a Bellevue Municipal Court hearing scheduled for this afternoon.
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Bellevue
New York
Leonard
Gene Leonard
Bellevue Municipal Court
Ohio AAA opposes speed emphasis at auto convention
Delegates to the Ohio State Automobile Association convention adopted a resolution opposing over-emphasis on speed and racing by auto manufacturers and urged safety development and driver education requirements for licensing. A traffic court uniformity proposal was approved, and Garrison R. Hostetler of Canton was elected president for the next year.
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Cedar Point
Ohio
UPI
Ohio State Automobile Association
Garrison R. Hostetler
Canton
Canton Storage Co
Canton Auto Club
OSAA
Emerson H. Landis
Dayton
Alen Saunders
Toledo
Juveniles Involved In Local Shoplifting Incident
Ashland County deputies responded to an armed robbery call at J F Center on Routes 224 and 250. Officers found two youths who had shoplifted a few screws and described the incident as minimal. A juvenile judge is expected to issue a lecture rather than a formal charge.
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Ashland County Sheriff’s
J. F. Center
Prison Escapees Held After Ohio Home Illicit Raid
Three North Carolina prison farm escapees tied up a rural Ohio family near South Webster, stole about 70 dollars and household goods, and fled in the family's car. A Portsmouth cruiser and five deputies cornered them at a freeway light. they surrendered.
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Portsmouth
UPI
North Carolina
Ohio
Clarence E. Penley
Dwight Criswell
Albert Ledford
Avery County
N.C
Criswell
Penley
Ledford
Jim Kelly
South Webster
Kelly
Sheriff's Office
Headache Pill Kills Attempt On Record
Bill Smith, 21, of 68 N Hester St, aims to set a world record by staying awake 260 hours. After a 48 hour sleep induced by a headache pill, he restarts his challenge to stay awake for ten days and 20 hours, planning to use coffee to stay alert.
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Bill Smith
N. Hester St
We Don't Like White Kids Two Year Old Killed
In Indianapolis a two year old girl, Terry Robbins, was found dead in a racially mixed neighborhood with a note reading We don't like white kids. Police quote the note found beneath the body. Cause of death pending autopsy. The Robbins family, new to an integrated area, reported no prior racial trouble.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Yvonne Robbins
Terry
Leonard Dean
Robbins
Joseph
Christopher
Timothy Wayne
Dean
Robbinses
Goldwater Confident on Delegates Ahead of Convention
Sen. Barry Goldwater says he has 19 more pledged delegates than needed for the GOP nomination and would feel safer with 50 to 100 more. He expects about 20 of his 674 pledged delegates to defect. 655 votes are required at the July 13 convention in San Francisco. United Press International tabulates 658 for Goldwater and 123 for Scranton.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Arizona Republican
San Francisco
United Press International
Goldwater
Scranton
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