Doctor testifies in murder trial on cause of death
Defense calls Dr. Alan Moritz as expert witness in the three week old Lorain murder trial of Casper Bennett. He cites hyperthermic shock possible from hot bath water 150 to 160 degrees, drowning unlikely, and alcohol or combined factors as contributing conditions. Further testimony notes body temperature effects and unreliable signs of drowning while discussing blood spots and prior alcoholism.
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Alan Moritz
Casper J. Bennett
Lorain
Lorain County
Paul J Mikus
Moritz
Bennett
Western Reserve University
Medical School
University Hospitals
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Samuel Gerber
John D. Pincura
Ray Miraldi
Dr. Moritz
Lo Rain
Miraldi
Irving Sunshine
Coroner’s Office
Tornadoes kill 19 across Southern Plains region
United Press International reports deadly tornadoes across Iowa Kansas and Missouri leaving at least 19 dead and hundreds homeless. Yorktown Iowa suffered extreme destruction with 28 injured and an elderly woman killed. Additional tornadoes and sand storms disrupted Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle with eight deaths tied to related traffic accidents.
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United Press International
Southern Plains
Iowa
Yorktown
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Weather outlook for Northeast Ohio with clouds and showers
Cloudy and mild with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.南 Strong south easterly winds rising to 25 to 40 mph with gusts. High in the 60s, clearing to cooler tonight with diminishing winds and a low around 40 to 46. Tuesday looks mostly sunny and cooler. Sunday temperatures range 43 to 68.
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Ohio
Ohio Regions See Near Normal Temps This Week
Northern Ohio expected to average near normal with highs 57 to 59 and lows 36 to 40. A cooler start then a gradual cool trend toward week end with about half an inch of precipitation, mainly showers midweek and again Saturday. Southern and Central Ohio follow similar pattern with highs 59 to 68 and lows 39 to 44. showers likely midweek and late in the week.
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Ohio
Cleveland rights leaders vow peaceful march after betrayal claim
Civil rights groups plan a peaceful protest and march in downtown Cleveland as they accuse city officials of betrayal over school construction and segregation. A Court of Appeals appeal challenged a judge's 10-person picket limit near sites, while a truce failed after violence and the Rev. Bruce Klunder's death. Sheriffs will guard sites. 350 mourners gathered in Cincinnati for Klunder’s death.
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Cleveland
UPI
Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
John V. Corrigan
Bruce Klunder
Cincinnati
Klunder
Garfield Place
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Two pilots named for first two seat Gemini mission
NASA selected Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young to pilot the first two seat Gemini spacecraft on a three orbit Earth flight, possibly around Christmas. Grissom would sit left seat with Young as co pilot, both veterans of Mercury era. Backup pilots are Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford.
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Houston
UPI
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
John W. Young
America
Earth
Grissom
Redstone
Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Project Mercury
Waltter M. Schirra
Thomas B. Stafford
Air Force
Navy
United States
Cape Kennedy
Schirra
Stafford
Virgil
Shepard sidelined by labyrinthitis and infection
NASA officials disclosed Alan B. Shepard suffers labyrinthitis an ear inflammation from infection not linked to his 1961 space flight. He remains treated at home with Dr Charles Berry noting recovery and no hospitalization while Virgil Grissom was named Gemini pilot.
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Houston
UPI
Alan B. Shepard
John Glenn
Shepard
Glenn
Senate
Ohio
Charles Berry
John
Virgil I. Grissom
Berry
Yugoslavia Hit by Major Northern quake
A strong earthquake struck northern Yugoslavia affecting six cities. At least one person died, a 13 year old girl, and about seventy others were injured. The tremor occurred at 9 23 a.m. in the Carpathian region near Derventa and Slavonski Brod.
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Belgrade
UPI
Yugoslavia
Radio Belgrade
Stricko Breg
Osijek
Slavonija
Derventa
Slavonski Brod
Trumor-Shy
Skopje
Marcus Baath
Southern Carpathian Mountain Range
Vienma
Radio
Budapest
Polish leader backs Khrushchev in China dispute
Wladyslaw Gomulka publicly aligned with Nikita Khrushchev against Beijing while en route to Moscow for talks on East European unity and the possible split in world communism. Other bloc leaders, including Ulbricht and Novotny, were expected to join for discussions on China.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Peking
Warsaw
Gomulka
Khrushchev
International Revolutionary Workers’ Movement
Gomuika
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Walter Ulbricht
Antonin Novotny
China
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Unclear local note in Matley England sparks electric scare
Fragmentary report describes Mrs Olive Stranger Tee and a damaged hot water heater in Matley England. When turned on the water caused electric current to escape, triggering a telephon e bell.
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Matley
England
Olive Stranger
Tee Ea
Elle
YWCA membership drive and women’s club notes
A collage of brief items from the community pages highlights a YWCA membership drive with activities for all ages, Sultan named to lead the Elyria Women’s Club Follies, and a local man’s surprising Saturday night event. Also referenced are Masters coverage and a test of socialized medicine knowledge.
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YWCA
Sultan
Elyria Womans’ Club
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Cedar St
Oberlin
Dick” d Jack
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School Board
Ralph McAllister
Fountain Square
D. D. Evans
Wesley
Naacp Freedom Fund
Central State College
Charles Wesley
T. Keith Glennan
Case Institute of Technology
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Kent H. Smith
Space
Alvin B. Webb JR
Russia
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Homerville
Arnie
Abby Steck
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