Officialdom Bows Out In A Matter Of Love
Gloria and Richard Combs win adoption rights for Alice after a years-long battle with the state Child Welfare Board. The couple's persistence, aided by public support, leads to a court and governor approval, with Alice to join the Combs family at their Madison Two home. The ruling ends a controversial placement fight.
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Gloria
Richard Combs
Alice
Combs
Sheri
Gail
Beoe
Ice Peeee Hall of
State Child Welfare Board
Child Welfare Board
Combs Toj
United States
Madison
Aidone
Death Trial Spotlight on Bloodstained Items in Lorain Case
In Lorain County Common Pleas Court, a first degree murder trial for Madeline Duncan centers on bloodstained items including a rifle shells and a knife. Deputy Brainerd and prosecutor Mikus present state exhibits while defense links the shooting to wavering motives and a sleeping husband.
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North Ridgeville
Lorain County
Madeline Mae
Brain
Duncan
Aine
Raymond
Brainmerd
Tyree
Brainerd
Tol
Ohio Supreme Court orders Poindexter death by electric chair
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Frank Poindexter of Cincinnati must die in the electric chair on April 18 for the murder of Roxie Marie Hires during a Hamilton robbery last year.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank Poindexter
Cincinnati
Roxie Marie Hires
Hamilton
Where To Turn Police Chief Loses Case
Police Chief to Vermilion on-the-Lake loses court bid for reinstatement as mayor's action is upheld. Eaton Township trustees stand firm on discontinuation of constable and decide to seek Protection from sheriff. A area girl is hurt critically in an accident as Legionnaires on spouse from call foe inn alyt.
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Vermilion
Eaton Township
Area Girl
Call Foe Inn
China Cut Is Urged At East West Disarmament Talks
At the Geneva disarmament conference the Soviet Union proposed China join the United States and Russia in trimming armed forces to 1,700,000 men each within 12 to 18 months. Valerian Zorin presented the plan calling for France and Britain to cut to 650,000. Peiping rejected any agreement that it did not help write. The Western plan envisions an initial cut to 2,500,000 for both superpowers, then to 2,000,000. The session was brief with mixed reactions from delegates.
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Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
China
United States
Russia
Valerian Zorin
France
Britain
Zorin
Red China
Peiping
Nikita
Khrushchev
David Ormsby-Gore
Amherst
Contract Bridge
Abby
Lorain
Obedivi
Police Department
West
Red Smith
Negros
U.S
Delega
Frederick Ma
Eaton
TV Hilites
Picketing action linked to NAACP dispute at Mt Zion Church
John Kolb and Glenna Kolb led a Friday picket tied to a 1359 action with unanimous NAACP support at a Mt Zion Baptist Church meeting attended by about 530 members. Picketing resumed after the meeting as restaurant staff faced criticisms and comments from local figures amid disarmament debate.
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John Kolb
Glenna
NAACP
Mt Zion Baptist Church
James Levy
Horvath
Peean
NAACP Attacks Lorain Restaurant Segregation
NAACP actions at the Charcoal Pit on Pearl Ave Lorain involve local state and national branches endorsing the fight against segregation. Serena Davis of Columbus field staff says the NAACP endorsed the effort by unanimous vote and will study possible legal action against owner Alexander Horvath. The case follows Horvath's 1959 racial discrimination conviction.
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Lorain
Pearl Ave
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Atty
Serena Davis
Columbus
State
NAACP
National Naacp
Alexander Horvath
Miss Davis
George Johnson
WAACP
O Horvath
Negroes Win Victory Amid Mass Arrests in Deep South Sit-ins
News reports say a seven week anti segregation drive yielded a major victory for Negro demonstrators as about 600 were jailed across South Carolina and Texas. Sit-ins sparked by campus and city actions led to police, hoses, and tear gas with several hundred arrests in Rock Hill Columbia and Winston-Salem. Authorities in San Antonio and Houston noted fines and trespass warrants as sit-ins prompted at many stores to integrate lunch counters.
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Deep South
Orangeburg
Scl
Winston-Salem
Wake
S.C
Columbia
Herman Warren
St. Augustine
Fla
San Antonio
Texas
Houston
Washington
South
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Naacpa
Eisenhower
Alabama
Bi Race Conferences Urged By President
President Eisenhower urged bi racial conferences in Southern communities to resolve racial tensions locally rather than rely on the federal government. He supported orderly demonstrations for equality but warned against disorder, suggesting talks could prevent further conflict without federal intervention.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
South
Northeast Ohio Weather Brings Snow and Drizzle
Snow begins this morning with hazy driving conditions then mixes with rain this afternoon. Snow redevelops tonight with a chance of heavy snow in northern counties near Lake Erie. Highs in the 30s today, near 40s tomorrow, and much colder by Thursday. Precipitation totals around three quarters inch in snow flurries Thursday and ongoing snow or rain into Friday or Saturday.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Oain
Central Plains Storm Buries Midwest Snowbound Roads
A United Press International report describes a major spring-like blizzard dumping up to 10 inches of snow across Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Kansas closing roads and schools. Winds turned highways to drifted whiteouts stranding hundreds at events in Peru Nebraska and Red Oak Iowa while Kansas City US industry slowed under 20 inches of snowfall. The storm moves east toward Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan as accompanying severe weather impacts extend from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Seaboard with tornadoes in Florida and thunderstorms along the coast.
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Central Plains
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Midlands
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Red Oak High School
Thei
Peru
Neb
Kansas City
Missouri River
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Lakeland
Fla
Cocoa
Melbourne
Eastern Seas Board
Virginia
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Thirteen miners found dead in Holden No. 22 mine
At Holden West Virginia 13 miners were recovered dead from a collapsed and fire trapped section of Holden No 22 mine after an eight day search. Rescue crews and Salvation Army members marked the grim toll as officials said the five missing were presumed dead.
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Logan
Holden No. 22
Here
Ta Salvation Army
Isand Creek Coal Co
West Virginia
Jack Matheson
United Press International
Matheson
West Virginia Mines
Crawford L. Wilson
Pithrad
Wilson
Holden
Island Creek Coal Co
Raymond Salvati
W. K Denaldeen
Res
Donaldson
Nicholas Camicia
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