Three Soviet Vessels Pass Suez Canal
Three Soviet ships including two destroyers and an auxiliary tanker crossed the Suez Canal, the first Russian warships through since World War I. Officials say they head to Vladivostok but may spend time in the Red Sea amid Middle East tensions involving Egypt Israel and the Gulf of Aqaba.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Anal
Vladivostok
Far East
Red Sea
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Mediterranean
Turkish Straits
Medisterranean
General Hospital Benefit Entries In Horse Show Grow As Event Nears
Portsmouth General Hospital benefits grow with Portamouth's eighth annual Charity Horse Show nearing. More than 220 entries logged, organizers confident of 250 plus. show at Lucasville Fairgrounds Friday through Sunday features five performances and an $8,000 prize list.
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Roy
Lucasville Fairgrounds
Portsmouth General Hospital
C - Catia
Bob Bass
Portamouth
Hove
D. D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Nine Persons Are Injured In Auto Crashes
Nine people were injured in Greater Portsmouth area auto accidents over the weekend. Two Wheelersburg motorcycle riders, Wesley Cook and James Caldwell, suffered leg fractures and facial injuries when their bike collided with a car near St. Peter Church. Four others were hurt Sunday noon on Turkey Foot Road 34 miles east of Route 148 amid a head on crash. Mary Messer and her daughter Beverly Ann, plus Eugene Fitch and Shirley Went, sustained various injuries and were driven to Mercy Hospital by Harrison ambulances. Patrol reports cite a westbound rider and an eastbound driver as the collision’s opposing directions.
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Portsmouth
Lick Run Road
St. Peter Church
Wesley Cook
Wheelersburg RE 2
James W. Caldwell
Wheelersburg Rt. 2
Mercy Hospital
Harrison
Charles Bihl
Wheelersburg Rt. 1
Murt
Alite
Turkey Foot
Rate 148
Traffic Light Bonds Higher in Municipal Court
Municipal Judge Lowell C. Thompson announced higher bonds for traffic light violations and reduced bonds for intoxication cases. Drunk driving bonds drop to 10 from 25 while traffic light offenses rise to 5 from 5, the judge said. He noted many drivers ignore visible traffic signals and said forfeiture of lower bonds would be welcomed.
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Lowell C. Thompson
Sa'd
Thompson
Garland Roof Jr
Speedersburg Rt. 2
Gallia St
Storms Bring Havoc Across Rainy Plains and Texas
Severe weekend storms caused heavy rainfall and hail across Oklahoma Kansas and Texas injuring dozens and washing out crops. Floodwaters rose in irrigation ditches bankings and cotton areas while hail pounded fields sparking concern for wheat and other staples as counties faced rising water and power outages.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Ft. Stockton
Tex
Woodward
Ellis
Ap Kan
Inside The Times: damaged edition fragments and sections
Damaged newspaper page fragment shows sections including Comics Death Notices Editorial Page Markets Round About Portsmouth Social Affairs Sports Television and Radio Theaters. Reads as a partial index of page content with no readable event details.
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Comics
Portsmouth
Top Rocket Expert To Face Board
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. one of the Army's top rocket experts faces a 10 man general court martial starting Tuesday in Huntsville Alabama on 19 charges of espionage perjury and disobedience of orders. He is accused of distributing secret information that could harm national security while arguing the Army's ballistic missile program. If convicted on all counts he could face up to a ten year sentence a dishonorable discharge and a $10 000 fine.
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Huntsville
Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
Nickerson
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Russia
Sun
Governors Split On Ike Nominee Pick At Governors Conference
At the 43rd annual conference of state chief executives in Williamsburg Virginia Republican governors voiced opposition to President Eisenhower designating a 1960 GOP presidential nominee. Leaders including California’s Goodwin Knight and Maryland’s Theodore McKeldin argued against any direct nomination effort, while Illinois’ William Stratton and Wisconsin’s Vernon Thomson doubted the President could or would pick a successor. Kentucky’s A B Chandler offered cautious willingness to be considered if nominated.
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Jack Bell
Williamsburg
Conference of
Eisenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Sunjit
Knight
McKeldin
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
GOP
Eisen 'Hower
Nixon
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Robert B. Smylie
Aahe
Vernon W.thomson
Wisconsin
John E. Davis
North Dakota
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Chandler
Overhaul Of Security Plan Wins Praise By Congress
A bipartisan commission recommends a sweeping revision of loyalty security programs and tighter safeguards for civil rights while opposing criminal penalties for publishing secret information. Critics praise the emphasis on protecting rights amid anti subversion measures.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Congress
Hisenhower
Senate Group Faces Question Of Civil Rights
Washington D C Senate Judiciary Committee members meet to decide how to proceed after the House passed civil rights bills. Eastland as chair forecasts no prediction for the closed meeting while critics press for a committee report. The debate centers on a bill fining print shops for publishing secret information and legalizing wiretap use in court costs.
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Senate
Washington
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
House
Senate Committee
State President W B Ailstock Named To Head Ohio Exchangies
Dr W B Ailstock of 2112 Robinson Ave was named president of the Ohio Exchange Club at a three day state meeting in Dayton. Ailstock, former local club leader, led a Portsmouth group to the Miami Hotel convention and will visit Ohio Exchange Clubs with about 4000 members. Howard Graf presented the Golden Spade on behalf of Ailstock s club.
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Ailstock
Robinson Ave
Ohio Exchange Club
Dayton
Local Exchange Club
Portsmouth
Miami Hotel
Ohio Group
Grst
Howard Graf
Eisenhower Told Hydrogen Bomb Progress
Atomic scientists informed President Eisenhower that the United States can produce a hydrogen bomb with about 95 percent protection from radioactive fallout. University of California physicists and AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss reported progress toward a clean H-bomb and stressed that past tests yielded negligible fallout. The scientists avoided policy questions and outlined planned technical goals for the coming year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
University of California
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Ernest O. ‘Lawrence
Mark M. Mills
Edward Teller
University of California Radiation J Laboratory
Lawrence
Teller
AEC
Britain
Central Pacific
White House
Fifth Nuclear Shot Is Biggest
The fifth shot of the current nuclear test series exploded over Frenchman Flat at 6 30 this morning. Observers 40 miles away saw a spectacular fireball rising above the horizon, described as a giant flower head. The device was released from a balloon at the test site in Nevada.
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Nev
Frenchman Flat
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Gallio St
Charles A. Arthur
General Hospital Women’s Auxiliary
Arthur
Gallia St. Esplenade
Mary Messer
Wheellersburg Rt 2
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Eugene Fitch
Springfield
Shirley Went
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Toyarva
Madison
Waare Square Garden
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