Seven Injured In Traffic Over Weekend
Seven people were hurt in five of nine traffic incidents reported by city police and state patrols since Saturday afternoon. Obie Springer 37 of York Kentucky and Marshall Hurst 41 of Wheelersburg were treated for injuries at Portsmouth General and Mercy Hospitals.
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Portsmouth
Obie Springer
York, Ky
Second and Market Sts
Marshall Hurst
Wheelersburg Rt. 2
Lyra
Springer
Portsmouth General Hospital
Melcher
Hurst
Mercy Hospital
Second St
Market St
Kenneth B. Roe
Third St
Roe
Instrument Men Automation At Portsmouth Plant
Automation of the Portsmouth area atomic energy facility required Goodyear Atomic Corp to train hundreds of instrument men. The plant houses 87 000 instruments, uses uranium hexafluoride process gas, and relies on airtight systems with remote monitoring and a central control room.
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L. W. Burns
Portsmouth’ S
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Portsmouth Area
Portsmouth
H. L. McFarland
Sunrise Ave
Deputy Fired In Jackson Co. Party Feud
Jackson County Ohio sees a feud flare as deputy Art Bishop is fired after a five minute Rowe Trago meeting. Sheriff Trago appoints Sam Womeldorf to fill the vacancy as Bishop hints at a statement after a traffic accident hearing. Bishop blames outside interference and says he was denied a vote of confidence.
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Jackson
Ohio
Jackson County
Art Bishop
Harold E. (Foxy) Rowe
Coalton
David L. Trago
Trago
Sam Womeldorf
Womeldorf
Wellston
Bishop
Rowe
John Alden Staker
Portsmouth
Wayne Harbarger
Baker Named To UNESCO For U.S.
The White House announced President Eisenhower named John C. Baker president of Ohio University as permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Baker, 56, will serve part time without resigning the university post. he succeeds Preston Hotchkiss of Los Angeles who resigned last week. Baker was born in Everett, Pa.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
John C. Baker
Ohio University
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Baker
Senate
Preston Hotchkiss
Los Angeles
Everet
State Department
United Nations
Total Solar Eclipse Darkens Sky Across South Asia
The moon totally eclipsed the sun over South Asia with a four minute totality visible at a central Ceylon site watched by an American Harvard team. Cloud cover hid observers elsewhere while German technicians and Philippines aid recorded limited views. The next U.S. visibility is October 2, 1959.
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Ceylon
South Asia
Harvard University
Potsdam University
Einstein
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Indian Ocean
Africa
Arabia
India
China
Indochinese
Malayan
Indonesia
Australia
Siam
Indochina
United States
Canada
New England
Dock Walkout Ends as London Port Strikers Vote Return
In London striking workers voted to end a five week dock walkout. A mass meeting outside the gates elected a delegation to inform union chiefs and plans to return to work Tuesday morning.
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London
Deve Gores
Britain
Death Notices In The Times Editorial Page
Obituaries and brief death notices appear in The Times editorial section with notices from Portsmouth and surrounding areas. The page summarizes recent passings and memorials, listing the deceased and often mentions surviving relatives and service details.
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Radio and Television
Portsmouth
Adenauer Returns Home From Western Alliance Tour
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is back in Bonn after a week in Washington New York and London. He said his government remains a loyal partner to the West and will likely meet Russia in Moscow to discuss trade and diplomatic steps.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
New York
London
Atlantic Alliance
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eden
Adenauer
West
Moscow
Escapee Jeffords Sought After Jail Break in Early Morning
Wilbur Jeffords 41 of 925 Front St escaped from the county jail around 6 15 am after digging through a wall and sawing a door lock. Lawmen including state patrol and city police conducted a wide manhunt as investigators traced his route through the jail to the elevator and courthouse corridors.
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Wilbur Jeffords
Front St
C. R. Burns
New Boston
Jeffords
Burns
Jess Mosely
Mosely
Bill Campbell
Argentina's junta chief pushes peace after revolt
Gen. Franklin Lucero, 57, new armed forces chief, signs as Commander in Chief of the Forces of Repression and urges citizens to dismiss false alarms as he directs security in Buenos Aires. Talks of a Peron Lucero Tessaire three man junta emerge amid the city’s bomb damage and Peron's secluded stance.
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Sam Summerlin
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franklin Lucero
Juan Peron
Lucero
Tevideo
Peron
Navy
Adm
Alberto Tessaire
Army Ministry
Government House
Molotov May Ask Peace Declaration At U.N. Meet
Eisenhower prepares to open the U.N. tenth anniversary session with a policy declaration amid Big Four talks in Geneva. Molotov presses for a peace resolution as diplomats expect a brief agenda for the summit and procedural arrangements.
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Molotov
San Francisco
Eisenhower
U.N
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Eduardo Zuleta Angel
Dulles
Vaclav David
Czechoslovakia
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Poland
Dag Hammarskjold
Pinay
Peron Out Rumors Stir Argentina Crisis
The New York Times reports Juan D. Peron may fall as president of Argentina. The Times Buenos Aires correspondent says Gen. Franklin Lucero, army minister, acts as government spokesman and appears to have taken control.
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New York
New York Times
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Times
Buenos Aires
Franklin Lucero
Argentina observes Belgrano day amid army influence
News dispatch notes May observances honoring Gen Manuel Belgrano who created the flag and highlights military prominence in announcements. Censorship limits reporting following a revolt. Associated Press dispatch from Montevideo reports developments.
Polio Experts Urge Summer Shots Amid Outbreak
A panel of 30 polio experts led by Jonas Salk advised continuing antipolio injections through the summer despite peak season. They cited small paralysis risks as offset by the epidemic's severity and urged screening for fever or GI upset, and avoiding households with known polio cases. An advisory panel will meet in Washington to arrange vaccine distribution.
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New York
National Foundation For
U.S
Leonard Scheele
Jonas E. Salk
Thomas B. Francis
University of Michigan
National Foundation
Washington, D.C
Rifle Bullet Pierces Brain Of Scioto Boy
Two Scioto County youths were injured in separate Saturday accidents. Eight year old Danny Lewis underwent brain surgery at Children’s Hospital Columbus after a 22 caliber bullet struck his brain. In a second incident 14 year old Michael Shaffer reported gunshot wounds to both thighs in fair condition at Mercy Hospital.
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Scioto County
Danny Lewis
Chaldo Lewis
Wheelersburg Rt. 3
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Lewis
Clifford Shaffer
McDermott
Mercy Hospital
Lamb Case Witness Gets Prison Term
Marie Natvig, 51, was sentenced to eight months to two years in prison for lying under oath as a government witness. A marshal took her into custody immediately after the sentencing. A jury convicted Mrs. Natvig in May of three counts of perjury tied to her testimony in the FCC inquiry into Edward Lamb's background.
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Washington
Marie Natvig
Nating
Federal Communications Commission
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Freed Flier Is Exonerated After False Confession
An Air Force spokesman says Capt. Harold Fischer Jr. of Swea City Iowa and three other fliers released from Chinese prison camps confessed to crossing the Yalu River but no orders supported such actions. The officers likely will receive a clean bill of health. no disciplinary action is planned. The Marine Corps also declined court martial charges against Col. Frank Schwable for a false germ warfare confession.
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Washington
Air Force
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Fischer
Yalu
Marine Corps
Frank Schwable
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