Ohio Weather Outlook: Heat Wave Ends as Storms Hit State
A slow moving cold front in Ohio sparked late Wednesday thunderstorms with high winds and golf ball sized hail. Cool temperatures followed as Toledo and Cleveland posted record lows while Marion saw heavy rain, and damages climbed in Cleveland area. Severe warnings extended toward Dayton area with gusts up to 64 mph.
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Cincinnati
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Monclova
Toledo Edison
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Dayton
Bradford
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Ironton
Columbus
Youngstown
Zanesville
Marietta
Chesapeake
Railroads Submit Plan For Merger
The Erie Railroad and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western have filed a merger plan with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Presidents Harry W. Con Willar and Perry M. Shoemaker say the consolidation would raise earnings before taxes by at least 13.4 million annually, mainly from operating savings.
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Erieholder
Highway Chief Denies Sanctioning Political Solicitations
Columbus United Press International reports Highway Director Everett Preston says he does not sanction political contribution requests from highway workers. The Dayton Journal Herald claimed Shelby County noncivil service staff were asked to donate 1 percent of pay at a May 13 Sidney hotel meeting led by Frank W. Neville Sr. Preston instructed division engineers to reject campaign donations, stating the stance is unchanged. Employee comments described pressure and fear over job security.
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Shelby County
Civil Service
Local financial notices list district sums and charges
A 1959 Chronicle Telegram fragment shows various sums for Lorain and neighboring counties with stated amounts for within Ohio and outside Ohio. The noisy OCR references a mailing address in Elstia Ohio and remarks on authorized listings and annual charges, though details are garbled.
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Lotein
Pristing & Pudlianias Co
East Ave
Elstia
Ohio
Lorain
Counties
Kozlov Corrected On Food Shipments
In Blair House discussions, Frol Kozlov admitted that U S food shipments to Russia in 1921 22 were gifts, not loans as he had claimed to President Eisenhower. Nixon Herter and Hoover aided in clarifying the record and ending the dispute without rancor.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Blair House
Herter
Nixon
Communist China charges U S Navy plane in air space intrusion
Tokyo reported New China News Agency said a U S Navy patrol plane violated air space off Kwang tung Province of China. The agency noted the incident occurred Tuesday but provided few details.
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WPI
China
U. S. Navy
Kwang-tung Province
New China News
Lyons Denied Rehearing and New Trial for Pal
Ohio Supreme Court refused a rehearing for Robert Lee Lyons, the Cleveland slayings trigger man, and granted a new trial for Milam of Beckley West Virginia. Lyons faces execution Friday unless action by Gov or Supreme Court halts it. Milam, initially given life, wins new trial. Davis remains life sentenced.
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UPI
Ohio Supreme Court
Robert Lee Lyons
Cleveland
Lyons
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Dallas Edward Milam
Beckley
W. Va
Supreme Court
Eighth District Court of Appeals
Milam
Edward Lantz
James Wilson Davis
First Cash Register Goes To Smithsonian
The first cash register invented in 1879 by James Ritty is added to Smithsonian collections. The device, aimed at preventing employer theft, was presented to Dr. Leonard Carmichael by Stanley C. Allyn and later acquired by John H. Patterson of National Cash Register Co after several ownership changes.
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UPI
Wright Brothers
Smithsonian Institution
James Ritty
Dayton
Ohio
Ritty
Leonard Carmichael
The
Smithsonian Instition
Stanley C. Allyn
National Cash Register Co
Kitty
John H. Patterson
Byomin Plea Goes To Capital In Death Row Drama
Byomin asks the U S Supreme Court for a stay of execution after a string of last minute appeals. The case centers on the 1957 killing of Officer Smith and courts delay hearings as Murphy seeks time to press the appeal. Justice Stewart and the Ohio Supreme Court have issued previous stays as Byomin fights his sentence.
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Supreme Court
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Byomin
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Thisstay
Ohio
Inland Steel and Steel Plants Brace for Walkout Fallout
Inland Steel said it would continue mining and stockpiling ore as 2,900 Cleveland workers stayed off the job at Republic Steel pending a vote on a back-to-work order. Picket lines formed at Jones Laughlin in Aliquippa and US Steel at Fairless Works Morrisville amid the walkout truce talks.
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Cleveland
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David J. McDonald
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Aliquippa
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Ala
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U.S. Steel
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Steel Union
Wave
Alabama
Wellington Mayor Appeals to Ohio Governor Over DiSalle Case
Wellington Mayor Ralph Gray calls on Governor DiSalle to not interfere with the execution of Byomin, urging the punishment be carried out to protect law enforcement and remove a dangerous influence from society.
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State of
Ohio
Byomin
Ralph Gray
Death Takes No Holiday B Family Won’t Make July 4 Trip
A United Press International report details a fatal July 4 highway crash where John B and his family perished after a train struck their car at a STOP sign without signals. Only John survived. his wife and five children were killed, with gruesome scenes described by the deputy sheriff.
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United Press International
John B
Mr. B
Jury views car scene of Klumpp Bergen slaying
The Cincinnati jury in the first degree murder trial of Mrs. Edythe Klumpp viewed the car where rival Mrs. Louise Bergen was killed last Oct 30. After four and a half hours, the panel was dismissed for the night as they sought permission to inspect the murder vehicle and the gasoline purchase records.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Edythe Klumpp
Louise Bergen
Frank M. Gusweiler
Bergen
C. Watson Hover
Two Men Shot As Navy Guards Quell Uprising
CAMP ELLIOTT Calif two inmates were wounded when a guard fired a shotgun during a disturbance at a Navy stockade about 300 sailors and Marines participated. Capt W A Ring said 309 of 17 prisoners joined in stone throwing and water hose attacks before guards and reinforcements restored order in about 20 minutes. Neither prisoner’s name released.
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Navy
W. A. Ring
San Diego
King
Tula
Legislation Move Faces Legal Hurdles In Ohio Assembly
Ohio lawmakers push a new sales tax legality challenge while debating a wage class reform and a state job reclassification bill. A trucking tax proposal would switch to gross weight and end levies on out of state trucks. A sundry claims bill includes an $8600 payout to Sally Hart, a paroled killer injured in a penitentiary incident. The Senate backs a Labor Director post and epileptics marriage restrictions are lifted. Polio and fair trade bills go to the governor. Adjournment target set for July 16 as the 103rd session nears its close with three major bills pending.
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House Taxation Committee
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House
Sally Hart
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentary
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Assembly
Ingrid Married To Rossellini, Court Rules
A Rome appeals court ruled Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini remain husband and wife though Bergman wed Lars Schmidt and vacationed in Sweden. The decision upholds Bergman Rossellini marriage amid a custody fight for three children Roderick 10 and twins Isabella and Ingrid 7.
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Rome
UPI
Miss Bergman
Schmidt
Roderiing
Isabella
Ang Ingrid
Governor vetoes four hour work week for firefighters
Columbus Ohio UPI Gov Michael V DiSalle vetoed a bill limiting firemen to a four hour week. He said the veto targets the principle of local government and preserves the prerogatives granted to charter municipalities by the state constitution.
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Columbus
UPI
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Fox Attacks Woman. Blind Husband Kills It Near Marietta
A grey fox attacked 79 year old Mrs. Howard Eddy in Marietta while holding her arm. Her blind husband killed the animal by choking stabbing and shooting it after a struggle. Health officials found no rabies signs though tests were pending. The fox’s head was sent to Columbus for lab analysis.
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Upi
Marietta
Health Department
Howard Feddy
Eddy
Fox
Mrs. Eddy
Ann
Tthe Health Department
Pope Doubts World Moving To True Peace
Vatican City reports Pope John XVIII asks if the world is moving toward solid peace or toward a new frightful war. In his first encyclical he warns that a new war could bring immense slaughter and universal ruin. He hopes the ecumenical council may unite Christians with Rome.
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Vatican City
John XVIII
Peter
Church of Rome
Doomed Man Wins Reprieve In New York
OSSINING N Y A condemned slayer Leroy Keith received an eight day stay of execution from Governor Nelson A Rockefeller delaying his Sing Sing electric chair death. Keith from Akron Ohio was convicted of killing a taxi driver David Suro during a 1956 hold up attempt and had feared his last meal.
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Doomed Man
New York
Ossining. N.Y
UPI
Leroy Keith
Keith
Sing Sing
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
US. Supreme Court
Akron
Ohio
David Suro
Man Dies in Suspected Suicide by Car Exhaust Note
Los Angeles report says Andrew HL Hewett left a note saying Goodbye suck ers before dying in a personal crisis by breathing car exhaust piped into the vehicle. The incident follows a passing by own action note and records Hewett's final words.
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Los Angeles
Uoi
Andrew HL Hewett
Sal
Pinball ban hits nation as government clamps down
The government imposed a nationwide ban on pinball machines on Wednesday. The move drew broad opposition in many areas, though no incidents were reported.
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