Ohio Holiday Traffic Death Toll Mounts At Least 21
Ohio's grim holiday travel toll rose with at least 20 deaths on highways and one drowning, bringing total to 21 in the UPI count from Wednesday afternoon through Sunday midnight. The report lists victims in Cleveland, Port Clinton, Fremont, Bayton, Elyria, and nearby areas, naming ages and circumstances of each fatality. two-car crash at U.S. 20 and Ohio 19 north of Fremont. Felonious or reckless driving not specified.
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United Press International
I Fry
Evanston
U.S. 20
Fremont
Bayton
Henry C. Smith
Pilots Doubt End Of Strike Near
Chicago and New York report mixed signals as 1,500 American Airlines pilots question a quick settlement. executives and mediators discuss a truce while unions press for clearer terms amid a costly, ongoing strike that has idled major air carriers and harmed Christmas season business.
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UPS
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C. N. Saven
Air Lines Pilots Association
Leverett Edwards
National Mediation Board
Edwards
Many Hearings Set On Road Usage Tax
The Board of Tax Appeals said it will hold about 100 hearings next year for interstate trucking firms seeking reductions in Ohio highway usage tax. The axle-mile tax, applied to trucks with three or more axles, had previously been frozen since 1953 while both Ohio and U S courts examined reciprocal exemptions and the legality of dissolving the reciprocal agreement.
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UPI
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Supreme Courts of
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Michigan
Ohio Supreme Court
Red Star Transit Co
Detroit
Eight New Bishops and Archbishops Consecrated at Vatican
Pope John XXIII presided over an early morning consecration in St. Peter's Basilica naming eight new bishops and archbishops from three continents. The ceremony highlighted his eight-week reign and followed a Christmas season in which he visited patients and prisoners. Domenico Cardinal Tardini, age 0, was the standout figure as secretary of state, having led Vatican affairs for 14 years and accepting the cardinalate after urging from the Pope. Elsewhere, Ohio and Michigan tax disputes featured a ruling on highway use tax refunds and penalties affecting Red Star Transit Co. of Detroit, with a total of over 27 thousand dollars in assessments adjusted by the tax board.
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Domenico Cardinal Tardini
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Local Stocks and Securities Quotations
Pierre R. Smith and Co. publishes nominal quotations of local stocks and other securities. The page lists prices, market movements, and identifiers for Midland exchange listings as Fairtax 3 3278.
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Pierre R. Smith & CO
Midwest Stock Exchange
Red Guns Fire on Nationalist China Islands
In Taipei the defense ministry reported light Communist artillery against the Quemoys. It said one round before dawn and 38 rounds in the morning targeted the island group during an odd-numbered day shelling, while nearly 2,000 Communist soldiers were seen on the even-numbered cease fire day reinforcing coastal gun positions.
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UPI
Defense Ministry
Elyria Woman Dies After Auto Crash
The county records reveal the Elyria woman Fetcenko died after a highway collision on Rt. 57. Burns admitted fear after the crash and stated the other driver changed lanes before the collision. Deputies noted injuries included arm head and rib fractures and funeral arrangements are pending. The death marks the county’s 40th traffic fatality this year, compared with 30 last year.
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Elyria
Fetcenko
Irene Engle
West Ridge Rd
Thomas Fetcenko
Oxford Ave
Mike
Mary Fetcenko
Phillipsburg
Mitch
Larry
Germany
Raymond
Formosa
Mary Swansegar
Margaret Salvatore
Pauline’ Verost
Sudro Curts
Mrs. Peter and Paul
Lorain
Cyrus Eaton 75th Birthday Party Held at Seignory Club
Ottawa UPH reports Cyrus Eaton marked his 75th birthday with a day-long celebration at the Seignory Club, a Quebec luxury resort near Ottawa. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway president, a Pugwash Nova Scotia native, hosted invited MPs, the star press gallery, and other guests for a day that included skiing after lunch.
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Seignory Club
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Pugwash
Nova Scotia
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Raihway
Parliament
Stary Press Gallery
Amici Curiae Shoer Shooed at City Court
A Christmas spirit note from Memphis reports Judge Beverly Boushe releasing 35 persons charged with drunkenness, saying these people are friends. The piece recalls Kathering West, 27, treated at Francis Hospital for a scalp laceration after her husband struck her with a shoe.
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Tern
Beverly Boushe
Pittsburgh
UPI
George
West
Kathering West
Francis Hospital
Nationwide Holiday Fires Claim 68 Lives Across States
Sympathetic response pours in as United Press International tallies 68 deaths from holiday fires led by Pennsylvania with 10. Nine Hollenbach family members perished in Auburn Washington fire prompting a 245 hour fundraiser by KASY and Red Cross. a Granite Falls North Carolina blaze killed four children, with a fifth escaping.
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Washington
Virginia
California
Michigan
North Carolina
Granite Falls
N.C
Robert Wilson
Auburn
Ole Hollenbach
KASY
Red Cross
Hollenbach
Indicted for murder in nurse Olga Duncan case
Elizabeth Ann Duncan and two ex convicts face murder charges in Ventura County for the slaying of Olga Duncan a 30 year old pregnant nurse. Moya and Baldonado admit involvement and claim they were hired for 6000 by Elizabeth Duncan who denies plotting the killing while attorneys seek bond terms. The grand jury indicted all three on murder counts and an annulment fraud charge against Duncan.
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UPI
Elizabeth Ann Duncan
Santa Barbara
Olga Duncan
Ventura County Grand Jury
Luis Moya
Augustine Baldonado
Moya
Frank Duncan
Baldonado
Roy Gustafson
Elizabeth Duncan
Duncan
William 5. Lewis
Economic Upturn Gains Speed As Year Nears End
UPI reports a strengthening economic upturn with 1959 outlooks highlighting higher consumer activity in autos, steel, copper, aluminum, tires, and construction. Despite a 1959 deficit forecast, industry gains, rising profits, and personal incomes point to a stronger year ahead, with Moscow and Washington budgets in focus.
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Bell Ruling To Affect 90 Percent Of Phone Users
Ohio Public Utilities Commissioners plan weekend work to issue a final decision on Ohio Bell Telephone rate request. The proposal would raise annual revenue by 16.76 million dollars, the largest case before the PUC, with few weeks remaining before a year end decision. Bell campaigns to repeal a 10 percent federal excise tax, mailing requests to 1.65 million customers to urge Congress to end the tax.
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Ride In Racer Puts Kefauver In Hospital
Sen Estes Kefauver of Tennessee is hospitalized after a crash while riding a neighbor’s soap box racer. The incident occurred during a Christmas visit, leaving the senator with injuries but he is described as in good spirits while receiving treatment.
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D-Tenn
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Wet Swim Suit Embarrassing Suit Over See-Through Garment
Muskegon Michigan case detailsDonna Dibble sues after a home made race and a factory made swimsuit allegedly became transparent when wet at Muskegon State Park beach July 39 1957. The plaintiff claims humiliation and public disgrace while her husband James Dibble calls the matter a local joke. The suit seeks damages of 2500 from the swimsuit maker and the wearer was a 25 year old mother involved in the incident.
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Harrell
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Bishops Call Day Of Prayer For Martyrs In Communist Lands
The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States accuse Communist countries of waging a war of extermination against Christians. They urge Catholics in this country to observe a Sunday of prayer for heroic modern martyrs suffering behind the Iron Curtain.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Senator Kefauver Trains Racer Then Crashes At Home
After trial heats Kefauver tried John's racer at his northwest Washington home. The senator, laughing, could not brake and the racer overturned injuring his leg. He was hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital with a cast for three weeks and remained in good spirits despite the mishap. The note adds bad news for David Nix about the tracer.
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John
Kefauver
Washington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Kefanver
David Nix
Visitor robbed in two hold up near Catania Italy
American Rosario Vitaliti of Brooklyn New York said two masked men robbed him of 10000 dollars on Christmas Day as he drove through Catania Sicily at around 2 30 am. Vitaliti arrived recently for a visit to his native Guardian. Police reported the incident occurred while he was stopped in his car.
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Rt. 57
LaCrosse
Burns
Fetcenka
Fet Cenko
Fetcenke
Fetcenko
Catania
Sicily
UPE
Rosario Vitaliti
Brooklyn
N.Y
Vitaliti
Rackets Committee Extension Forecast
Sen Pat McNamara says the Senate Rackets Committee has outlived usefulness but fears opponents call it sacred. He predicts extension for another year and roughly half a million dollars in funding, while noting his own departure from the panel last April. He spoke during a criminology society meeting at the AAAS gathering in Lecco Italy.
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UPI
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
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Lecco
Italy
UVPI
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