Spinster Estate Amazes Heirs in $22 Million Fortune
CHILLICOTHE Ohio A clerk at the telephone company left a vast estate after her death on January 20. Neighbors knew her as thrifty but were shocked to learn the value of the will. The Ross Probate inventory put the estate at 2.46 million with taxes and fees reducing the principal. The two main beneficiaries, nephew Andrew Ritter and sister Elsie Wallace, expect about 700 thousand each in trust, with further allocations to Ritter’s daughter and Wallace’s heirs. The only hint of wealth accumulation came from a Dayton nephew who cited good brokers and prudent saving.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Margaret Ritter
Andrew I. Ritter
Dayton
Associated Press
Elsie Marie Wallace
Cleveland
Graham
Ritter
Hig
Jack Jame
Wash
Cipal
M. Children
Wale Lace
Castro to become premier as Cuba shifts leadership
Fidel Castro named premier amid a provisional government reshuffle after Jose Miro Cardona and cabinet resign. The move follows Castro's rising influence and signals potential succession while fears of flooding near Terre Haute, Indiana, prompt emergency measures as the Wabash River crest rises.
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Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
Armed‘ Forces
Armed Forces Command
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Fidal Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Jose Miro Cardona
Jongi
Castro
Water Co in Trench Warfare Over Blocking Dig
Westminster West Orange County crews clash as Byke Water Co blocks Pacific Water Co from trenching to connect a new 20 home tract on Trask Avenue and Jackson Street. Duke Rerac orders stoppage. police say action within rights but method questionable.
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Byke’ Water Co
Orange County
Pacific Water Co
Coast Development ‘Co
Trask Ave
Jackson St
Pacific Water. Co
Jefferson St
Duke
Trask
Duke Rerac
Palica
James Black
Connor Collacott
Col Hacott
Pacific
Chinese jets buzzed airliner over Hong Kong to Tokyo
Overseas Airways Corp charged that two Chinese Nationalist Sabre jets buzzed a Comet 1V jetliner between Honkong and Tokyo on January 20. A government protest was filed as about 50 people aboard including crew and technicians photographed the close encounter.
Fire kills 18 and injures scores across US and Canada
AP reports a sequence of deadly blazes that killed at least 18 and injured many across Ashland Kentucky Reno Nevada Purcell Oklahoma and Montreal and Kingston Ontario. In Ashland an old apartment fire trapped residents as a stairway exit failed and many leaped from windows. Delmar Fannin one of twenty occupants described flames ripping through the converted theater and a ceiling collapse. Continuous coverage continued on later pages.
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Associated Press
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Réno
Purcell
Okla
Montreal
Kingston
Ont
GL Am
Anan Jackwell
Blackwell
Greenup Ave
Classified Guides Direct Readers to Various Pages
The note lists where to find content across the newspaper including churches pages classified pages comics crosswords death notices financial shipping sports theaters tides temperatures and vital statistics with page references B-2 to B-10 and A-2 to A-9 for different sections. This concise index helps readers locate specific sections quickly.
Six Drown After River Spill Drives Car Into Poca River
North of here a car plunged into the Poca River during night rain. Bodies recovered, first identified as Edith Hale Spangler, 52, who lived near Youngstown Ohio. Neighbors and victims included Mrs Russell, 32, and her four children. State Trooper G W Dickson attributed all six deaths to drowning after the highway washout and rocks caused the crash.
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Spangler
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Youngstown
Ohio
Russell
State
G. W. Dickson
Dulles Illness May Delay Allied Foreign Talks
State Department said Secretary Dulles could miss the mid March parley with allies and a possible foreign ministers meeting with the Soviet Union. Doctors expect several weeks in hospital may push back talks, with Geneva or Vienna targets in late spring if he remains inactive. The White House faces possible changes in U S policy if Dulles cannot continue as secretary of state.
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Department
Lincoln
White
Dulles
Walter] Veed
Soviet Union
Geneva
Vienna
Eisenhower
Hoffa to be questioned by Racketeering Committee
The House Rackets Committee will quiz Teamster leader James Hoffa behind closed doors Monday about developments since the last hearing. Kennedy declined to say if Hoffa is summoned in the racketeering probe into the juke box and “crime machine” business as public hearings resume Tuesday into gangland influence in New York. Witnesses charged racketeers founded unions to coerce juke-box operators via pickets. Meanwhile President Eisenhower's aides note Dulles may undergo radiation treatment or further therapy, with implication for his ability to attend a crucial Russia meeting if needed.
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UFI
James
R. Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
Hoffa
inNew York
Eisenhower
Dulles
Istate
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Dulles Takes Leave As Secretary Is Treated For Cancer
Washington Secretary of State Dulles will remain on leave while undergoing radiation therapy after surgery revealed a small adenocarcinoma and possible cancer cells in surrounding fluid. President Eisenhower visited Dulles at Walter Reed Hospital and expressed prayers for successful treatment and recovery. Foreign policy duties are expected to shift to Undersecretary Christian A. Herter as the situation continues.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dukes
Leonard Heaton
Wilton D. Persons
Howard Snyder
Washington
Dulles
Walter Reed Hospital
Department Dexk
Christian A. Herter
Storm May Bring Rain Sunday Across Southland
A Pacific weather front near the California Oregon border could deliver rain to the Southland Sunday with Santa Barbara expected to see rain by Sunday afternoon or evening. The Long Beach Los Angeles area faces a 60 percent chance of rain Sunday night. Locally heavy snow is expected in the mountains with snow levels dropping to 4,000 feet.
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California-Oregon
Southland
Santa Barbara
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Increasing cloudiness with rain chances this weekend
The forecast calls for increasing clouds tonight and Sunday with a 60 percent chance of rain Sunday night. Low temperatures around 46 tonight.
Rebel flag shorts stir outrage at tennis match
Laura Lou Kunnen, 25, Clearwater, faces criticism from the United Daughters of the Confederacy for wearing rebel flag stitched on the seat of her shorts after winning the international singles title. Florida chapter leaders plan to seek a law change, while Kunnen says she may sew the flag underneath if required.
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Fla
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Herbert
Vance of
Coral Gables
Florida
M. F. Wiltichen
Laura Lou Kunnen
Clearwater
Laura Lou
Clearwater Court
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