Fall of Sumter Ignites War Spirit Across the North
The bombardment of Fort Sumter jolted Northern opinion and sparked a wave of enlistment and patriotism. Lincoln proclaimed rebellion and called for 75,000 three month troops, states pledged regiments, and the public reacted with fervor while facing shortages and rapid mobilization across the Union.
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Boston
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Virginia
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Maryland
Delaware
Congress
Seventy-Three Militia Defend Washington Amid Secession Tension
Massachusetts’ 800 strong regiment marches toward Baltimore and Washington as secessionists attack rail hubs isolating the capital. Casualties mount with four militiamen and twelve civilians dead. Reinforcements arrive in the capital carrying the wounded, while districts brace for further clashes as Virginia votes on secession.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Baltimore
Reading
Pennsylvania
Bridge Gate
City
Virginia
Cial
Lincoln
Virginia adopts anacession ordinance next week in Civil War era
United Press International notes April events with Virginia approving a secession-like ordinance and Lincoln ordering a blockade of the Confederacy. The report mentions Elyria preparing required reading and a film reference to Butterfield 8 as a mock worst picture by Harvard Lampoon.
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Virginia
Lincoln
Harvard Lampoon
Burt Lancaster
Jong
Film Academy
Elmer Gantry
Elyria
Scene on clemency and cost in Ohio justice debate
A concise commentary argues that Ohio finances could be eased by abolishing the judiciary and relying on gubernatorial clemency. It credits Gov. Michael V. DiSalle for a potential shift, claiming saved funds would come from reduced court activity despite costs for security, maintenance, and appeals.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Amazng Financial
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Mike
Elyria High plans fall lists and bike safety goals
In a broad student and faculty effort, Elyria High prepares a summer list of plays from Medea to Harvey and notes the completing English department tasks led by Miss Alice Stofer and Char Szanyi. The school also promotes safe cycling through a city program culminating in a May Bike Rodeo with poster contests and bike safety checks across all campuses.
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Medea
Harvyey
Harry Golden
America
Tom Dooley
Notre Dame
Alice Stofer
Char Szanyi
Stofer
EHS
Elynas Pta
Police Department
Ohe Department of Highway Safety
Elyria
Keefe Brasselle
Brasselle
Elyria High
CT News
Anthony George
CBS ‘Tv
Fred Danzig
United Press
Indians and Masters provide hope amid sports chatter
The writer notes watching the Masters finish as Arnold Palmer faltered and Gary Player seized the crown while the Indians surge in the season opener. Predictions gauge a potential Tribe title run amid strong hitting and ambitious futures for players like Pier sell, Power, and Perry, with local golf honors for Elyria’s Hudnutt and broader regional sports moves including TV roles and club news.
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Indians
Tigers
Arnold Palmer
Gary Player
Palmer
Tiger
Jim Piersall
Vic Power
Bubba Phillips
Jim Perry
Gonfalon
Golden Touch Coats Panels With Gold Seal Fabrication
New York firm uses twenty two and karat gold to plate porcelain enamel curtain wall panels for arcmtec. The process highlights premium metal finishing for architectural façades and glass surfaces in urban structures.
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New York
Ukarat
Supreme Court Cuts Red Tape in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Supreme Court will allow typewritten appeal records instead of printed ones to save time and money. Clerk George O. Sheivan says the change should shorten processing by at least two months from lower court transfer to the supreme court.
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Concord
WN. H
UPI
New Hampshire Supreme Court
George O. Sheivan
Supreme Court
Circulation Rises Across US Newspapers in 1960
New York report shows UPI data that daily newspaper circulation in the United States increased last year by more than half a million copies. Over two years the gain approaches 11 million, per Editor & Publisher figures.
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Mississippi
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Widow and Widowers Club of America
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Rama
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Tex
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Godfrey
Miramar Hotel
Gulf of Mexico
Burt Laderman
Laderman
Cleveland Society For the Blind
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Orvis Plashe Co
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Dick Pavel
Chris May
MR. Fixit
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