U Thant Wins Four Year Term as UN Secretary General
United Nations voters gave U Thant a four year term as secretary general after unanimous General Assembly election. The Burmese diplomat secured pay of seventy thousand dollars yearly and faced praise from both the United States and the Soviet bloc for steady leadership after the Cuban crisis. He warned against coercion and urged bridging East West gaps while pursuing imperfect but workable solutions.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
United States
U.N
Thant
Court Will Hear Sheppard Case Next Tuesday
In Columbus Ohio AP Joseph M Saker Warren attorney will represent the state at an Ohio Supreme Court hearing in the Sam Sheppard case Tuesday. Atty Gen Mark McElroy named Saker as an assistant attorney general for the proceedings. Sheppard now serving a life term seeks a court order to allow hypnosis and polygraph tests to prove innocence. The July 4 1954 Bay Village murder occurred west of Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph M. Saker
Warren
Ohio Supreme Court
Sam Sheppard
Atty. Gen
Mark McElroy
Saker
McElroy
Theodore R. Saker
Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppards’ Bay Village
Cleveland
Pont To Speak At WHS Grid Dinner Monday
John Pont fiery head football coach of the Miami University team will speak at the Wilmington High School football dinner in the senior high cafeteria Monday night. The potluck is free and open to the public starting at 6 p.m. attendees bring covered dishes and their own table service. Pont’s team faced ups and downs but finished the season strong, mirroring Wilmington’s 7 2 1 record and second place in the league.
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John Pont
Miami University
Wilmington
Pont
Dean Waddell
Pope John XXIII Medical Update Reports No Surgery
Vatican officials said Pope John XXIII showed further improvement and would not require surgery. The pontiff’s personal physician Prof Antonio Gasbarrini stayed at the bedside after consulting a leading Italian surgeon who visited Thursday and Friday night.
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Vatican City
Vatican
John XXIII
Antonio Gasbarrini
Gasbarrini
Bologna
Carbon Monoxide Fatal to Pair at Drive-In Theater
In Wheeling West Virginia an 18 year old girl Margie Carl and 20 year old Paul Holmes of Bridgeport Ohio died from carbon monoxide fumes in a car at a drive in theater. Coroner Joseph O Kane ruled the death accidental and noted a driver side window was partially open.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph O’kane
Margie Carl
Paul Holmes
Bridgeport
Ohio
County staff cut in Clermont County due to budget shortfall
In Batavia Ohio nine employees of the Clermont County Clerk of Courts Office and six deputy auditors were laid off as part of a countywide staff reduction amid a money shortage.
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Cats County
Batavia, Ohio
Clermont County Clerk of Courts
25 Killed in Idlewild DC7B Crash At Idlewild Airport
Survivors recount a fog bound crash of an Eastern Air Lines DC7B that killed 25 of the 51 aboard. Passengers and crew describe an orange flame, a huge ball of fire, and frantic evacuation with heroic stewardesses aiding others.
Wirtz Blames Lockheed for Strike in California
Labor Secretary Wirtz blamed Lockheed Air Craft Corp for a two day strike by aerospace workers in California. He cited Lockheed's intransigence over a union shop vote as the trigger. IAM officer E R White accused the firm of opposing union shop and seeking to outlaw it generally. John E Canaday said Lockheed had opposed compulsory membership in 1958 and now remains opposed.
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Burbank
Calif
W. Willard Wirtz
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Aerospace Workers
San Francisco
Wirtz
Lockheed’s
International Association of Machinists
Lockheed
E. R. White
IAM
John E. Canaday
Bartender Charged In Club Shooting In Cleveland
Michael Poslet, 37, a bartender, faces first degree murder charges for the Linndale Social and Athletic Club shooting that killed James Brooks, 41, and gravely wounded his brother Samuel, 31, after closing. Poslet allegedly admitted the shootings saying the brothers approached him with hands in pockets as if holding guns.
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Cleveland (Ap
Michael Poslet
James Brooks
Linndale
Brooks
Samuel
Carl Narducci
Poslet
Bicyclist Killed in Delaware County Crash
A 54 year old man named Oliver Shannon of Route 3 Delaware died Friday night after a car struck his bicycle and threw him through the windshield on a county road three miles south of Delaware. The driver was not identified in the report.
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Delaware, Ohio
Oliver Shannon
Rt. 3
Delaware
Here
De Morales Strip Proposal Amid Sino Indian Tensions
Indian civilian administrators would take over territory vacated by Chinese troops if withdrawals proceed, while Beijing claims a 12 mile demilitarized zone is being created. Indian officers monitor fields and prisoners’ releases as authorities weigh next moves.
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New Delhi
India
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Ladakh
Reds Pack Cuban Bombers
The Soviet Union moves nuclear capable bombers from Cuba to ports for shipment to Russia. First shipload to depart soon under U.S. naval observation, completing Khrushchev’s Caribbean withdrawal. High level talks fail to resolve remaining crisis issues as Mikoyan heads home to report.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Cuba
Russia
U.S
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Caribbean
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Dean Rusk
Havana
Fidel Castro
Commissioners OK Curry Gano Roads Plan
Clinton County commissioners met publicly to review an Ohio State Highway Department petition to realign Curry Road and Gano Road in Liberty Township. They unanimously approved moving both roads onto U S Route 68 about 1400 feet north of the proposed Interstate 71 center line and asked for time to hear claims related to the decision.
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Clinton County
Ohio State Highway Department
Curry
Drake
Gano
Liberty Township
Commission
Maynard Barton
Edward Jasper
Middletown
Standard Oil Co
Gano Rd
Ivan Cammack
Frank Oren
Maynard Harris
Mt Vernon News Names City Editor
Mt Vernon Ohio publisher George Culbertson announced Frederick N Lorey after 32 years as city editor is the new Mt Vernon News editor. Justin E Devalon aged 77 remains associate editor and chief editorial writer.
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MT Vernon
OEA Eyes State Income Tax Endorsement
Ohio educators debated endorsing a state income tax or broadening the sales tax if income tax cannot pass in 1963. The convention approved a 46 point plan to improve public instruction and voted to spend 55000 on a public information program. Denzil Carpenter was elected president elect, with Geckeler Schaller Humbert also chosen for key posts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
Bob Richards
Akron
Martin Essex
OEA
Denzil B. Carpenter
Cincinnati
Walnut Hills High School
Carpenter
Ohio Department of Classrco
Ethel S. Guthrie
Marietta
Christ Geckeler
Hamilton
Harry N. Schaller
Association
Olive Owens
Sidney
Thelma Pitts
Lorain
Ohio Association of School Administrators
Canton
Gordon Humbert
Akron Woman Killed By Car on Ohio 8 Near Akron
Akron police report 38 year old Madeline Sims was fatally struck by a car on Ohio 8 about three miles south of Akron Friday night. The driver remained at the scene and investigators continued.
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Akron, Ohio
Madeline Sims
Akron
Ohio 8
Here
Mikoyan Checks American Stores in Washington Suburb
Anastas I. Mikoyan toured a large new supermarket in Rockville Maryland. He studied price tags meat counters and self service features during a one hour visit with interpreter Madame Anatoly Dobrynin. He showed interest but bought nothing.
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Rockville
Mikoyan
Anatoly Dobrynin
Cleveland Papers Strike Dampens City News Flow
Cleveland workers faced a second day without daily papers as strike talks between Teamsters Local 473 and publishers dragged on. Key issues include working conditions and wages. Federal mediator Seldin reported no talks scheduled, while the Cleveland Newspaper Guild backed the strike and warned against picket lines. Forest City Publishing laid off most staff as Plain Dealer, Cleveland Press, and News ceased publication.
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Cleveland
Seldin
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Forest City Publishing Co
Convicted Slayer's Life Spared Again
Lawson Schaber of Toledo has had his death sentence stayed hours before execution in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair. Franklin County Common Pleas Court granted the stay at the request of War den E. L. Maxwell for a sanity hearing and Lucas County Prosecutor Harry Friberg for a 30 day mental examination at Lima State Hospital. A hearing is scheduled for January 14.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lawson Schaber
Toledo
Electric Chair
Franklin County
Nation enjoys fair weather across the country
December opened with mild conditions nationwide though the East faced dense fog and smoke, and parts of the West saw snow. An Eastern Air Lines DC7B crash near Idlewild Airport killed 25 of 51 aboard amid fog, with forecasters noting overcast conditions may ease by Sunday.
25 Die After Idlewild DC7B Crash in Thick Fog
An Eastern Air Lines DC7B jet from Charlotte plunges in fog at Idlewild Airport in New York, plunging into flames. Of 51 aboard, 25 are killed and 26 survive as passengers escape through exits from the burning forward section. Captain Edward J. Bech leads the crewmembers amid the wreckage.
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New York
Idlewild
Eastern Air Lines
Charlotte
N.C
Idlewild Crash Claims Campus Sweater Worker
Eastern Air Lines victim listed among those who died in Friday night crash at Idlewild Airport. The deceased worked for Campus Sweater and Sportswear of Cleveland Ohio.
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NEW York
Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
Katlan
Campus Sweater
Cleveland
Ohio
Passenger recounts near miss and crash details from airliner
Survivors recall the descent into Long Island airport during Eastern Flight 512. Bechtold fought to regain flight as the tail struck and the craft crashed into a marsh 200 yards from the runway, bursting into flames. FBI sent specialists to assist New York police and the airline in identifying victims.
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Philadelphia
Leonard Clementi
Huntington
Long Island
Lou Louft
Dover
N.J
Queens
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Helen Fournier
Forest Hills
Eastern
Bechtold
M. V. Little
Garden City
Walter Mueller
Floral Park
N.Y
Washington
FBI
New York
Lausche Attacks 10 Dollar Entertainment Tax Change
Senator Frank Lausche declares a proposed cap of 10 dollars for business entertainment on tax returns as grossly unrealistic and requiring immense detail. He criticized the plan in a letter to Internal Revenue Commissioner Caplin ahead of a public hearing on revised tax proposals.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Internal Revenue
Mortimer M. Caplin
IRS
Congress
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