California Primaries End Fierce Prepares For 1956 Nomination
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver clash on final day of California contest for 68 Democratic National Convention votes. Kefauver predicts up to 200000 vote margin. Stevenson calls the race heartening. Brown hails Stevenson bid as landslide possible. New York and Montana primaries loom. Iowa focuses on GOP race with Hickenlooper vs Countryman for Senate amid farm policy debate.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
California
Kefauver
Stevenson
Tom C. Carroll
Oregon
Florida
Edmund G. Brown
Eisenhower
New York
Montana
South Dakota
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Dayton Countryman
No More Fox Bounties To Be Paid This Year
Sheriff Floyd Foote announced no fox bounty payments will be made until after 1956 ends. The county appropriated $400 at the start of the year and paid bounties for 200 foxes. No funds remain for bounties until 1957.
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Floyd Foote
Neighbors Plant 60 Acres of Kendall Farm Corn
Neighbors of Robert Kendall, farmer at New Antioch, helped prepare the ground and plant about 60 acres of corn on his farm on Wednesday and Thursday. Kendall is recovering from a heart attack and not able to work yet. Those assisting included Wilford Young Oscar Deck Roy Curtis James Young David Deck Alfred Kendall Russell Caplinger Henry Edwards Bobby Kendall Dean Vanscoy Ernest Dailey and Wilby Henry.
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J. C. Clinton
Robert Kendall
New Antioch
Kendall
Wilford Young
Oscar Deck
Roy Curtis
James Young
David Deck
Alfred Kendall
Russell Caplinger
Henry Edwards
Delayed Start Seen for New Soil Bank Program
Washington officials say it may be 10 days to two weeks before the Agriculture Department can decide eligibility rules and notify farmers about the new 1.2 billion annual soil bank. Officials caution approvals may shift payments from poor weather areas and avoid funding drought relief rather than production cuts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
Negro Cleric In Pulpit At White Church
The Rev. Dr. Abraham Lincoln Reynolds Jr., 39, became the first Negro pastor appointed by a white Chicago congregation, delivering his inaugural sermon at Sixth United Presbyterian Church before a mixed 60 percent Negro and 40 percent white membership of 246. He urged unity in worship and noted a divine smile on the gates of glory as whites and Negroes worship together.
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Chicago
Abraham Lincoln Reynolds Jr
Topeka
Kan
Sixth United Presbyterian Church
Alexander Stevenson
Dr. Reynolds
Radiation Findings To Be Revealed
The National Academy of Sciences will publish the initial findings of its study on atomic radiation effects on humans on June 13. President Detlev W. Bronk of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research announced the landmark report, noting that over 100 leading scientists have labored on the issue for months and that the findings affect every person worldwide.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Academy
Detlev W. Bronk
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York City
Missing Rambler Bush Taken From Mrs Ecton Yard
In Lexington, Mrs T C Ecton reported her rambler rose bush in full bloom was uprooted and carried away by an unknown person. No suspects named. Police urge any witnesses to come forward.
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Lexington
T. C. Ecton
Bigamist At Home With No 2 Now
Fort Worth, Tex. Edward Voss, 30, a man with two wives, was at home with No 2 today on a $5,000 bond. His dual life surfaced when Wife No 1, Sixta B. Voss, 35, who he wed in Panama in 1952, attempted suicide. Wife No 2, Doris Compton, 32, whom he married Dec. 20 in Las Vegas, did not want to leave him. He planned to await formal bigamy charges.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Edward Voss
Sixta B. Voss
Panama
Doris Compton
Las Vegas
Voss
$300,000 Verdict for Paralyzed Boy in Auto Crash
Cleveland eight year old Carl Berry, known as Butchie, was awarded $300,000 damages by a common pleas court jury against DeWitt Motor Co of Akron after a bus stop collision. The boy suffered partial paralysis in all limbs and a brain injury affecting speech.
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Cleveland
Carl
Butchie) Berry
Common Pleas Court
DeWitt Motor Co
Akron
Butchie
Valley View
New Khrushchev Details Attack Stalin For Purges
Khrushchev described Stalin as sickly suspicious who plotted to purge top Politburo members before his death. He blamed Stalin for mass repressions and said Yezhov acted only with Stalin's orders, while Beria oversaw guilty trials. State Department released a 25,000 word speech disclosing new criticisms.
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Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Vyacheslav
M. Molotov
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Russia
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Voroshilov
State Department
Molotov
Mikyvan
Politburo
Postmen Seek Rules To Stop Dog Bites After Conference
Cincinnati postal leader Joseph Doherty, head of the National Association of Letter Carriers, prepares for a White House conference with Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield on how to prevent dog bites. He notes most dogs are friendly, but urges enforcement of muzzle or tying rules when owners fail, and warns back pedaling invites attacks.
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Washington
Joseph C. Doherty
Cincinnati
National Assn
Doherty
Arthur E. Summerfield
Mike
Sparky
Avondale
Tito Shuns Stalin at Moscow Mausoleum Visit
Tito visits the Lenin Stalin mausoleum in Red Square and glances at Lenin but deliberately ignores Stalin. He lays a wreath from Josip Broz Tito, then walks past Stalin without acknowledgment. Accompanied by Jovanka and Belgrade officials, he met Khrushchev and continued talks on Yugoslav Soviet relations.
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Moscow
Tito
Stalin
Communist Family of Nations
Soviet Union
Red Square
Vladimir Syich Lenin
Josip Broz Tito
Lenin
Kremlin
Jovanka
Tioto
Bulgaria
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Ferubin
Yugoslavia
Edvard Kardelj
Koca Popovic
Belgrade
Ohio Draftees Said Exploited
Col. Harold L. Hays Ohio selective service director issued a suggestion to local boards to withhold draftee addresses from newspapers. The policy is optional and aims to stop exploitation by commercial concerns and letters to draftees in Lima Allen County reports crackpot mail to draftees.
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Columbus
Harold L. Hays
Ohio Selective Service
Col. Hays
Lima
Allen County Board
Ike Honored by Italy Baldheaded Association
President Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev named honorary members of Italy's Baldheaded Association in Milan. The event highlighted Cold War era diplomacy with a lighthearted, ceremonial tone as leaders received honorary titles.
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Milan
Italy
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Coat Hanger Rubber Band Save Tina's Life In Cleveland
Little Tina Fambro's first breath was a gasp due to a caved in chest. Doctors at Cleveland Clinic built a chest bridge from a coat hanger and rubber band to lift the breastbone, allowing her lungs to expand. Tina has lived a healthy year with ongoing pediatric care.
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Cleveland
Tina Fambro
Tina
Nature
Tima
Robert Ostergard
Warren
Cleveland Clinic
Robert Mercer
Too Many In Car To Allow Injury
Ten high school girls packed into a single car rolled into a ditch near Lima last night. One bruised toe reported. Driver Joyce Sweeney, 17, said she became confused when another car approached at a hill crest. Patrol noted the teens were packed tight and could not move enough to hurt.
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Lima
Joyce Sweeney
State Highway Patrol
Burglar Proof Safe Is Stolen From Store
In Cincinnati a three ton safe containing at least 20000 dollars was taken from the Farm and Home Center Store on Ohio 28 near Milford. The watchman William Williamson, 70, was bound and restrained by four to five masked men who entered after he left a washroom. He freed himself after about two hours. The store owner M R Theilman estimated the loss and claimed the safe was burglar proof.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Milford
M. R. Theilman
William Williamson
Williamson
Hersholt Buried On Quiet Glendale hillside
Glendale California Actor Jean Hersholt famed as Dr Christian in film and radio was buried today on a sunny hillside in a quiet ceremony honoring his long career.
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Glendale
Calif
Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
California
More Floods Feared In Northwest
Rain clouds threatened more flooding in the Pacific Northwest as the Columbia River and its tributaries carried runoff from record mountain snowpacks. About 1,000 people evacuated and thousands of acres flooded. Vancouver Washington expected a crest near 28 feet.
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Seattle
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Vancouver
Wash
Washington
Kootenai
Idaho
Bonners Ferry
Snake
Wyoming
Army Engineers
Ohio Hog Prices Dip Slightly Despite Stable Top Range
Ohio hog prices eased slightly last week with a $17.81 per hundredweight average as the state bureau of markets notes. Top prices ranged from $14.50 to $15 per hundred pounds at most markets, with some areas reporting as low as $14. The bureau expects higher prices and lighter receipts to continue for four to six weeks.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Markets
Unions Urged Not To Seek Domination
President Eisenhower spoke at AFL-CIO headquarters urging labor to serve the people and avoid domination. He emphasized safeguarding democratic institutions within unions while noting a Supreme Court ruling allowing state labor boards to curb mass picketing and violence. The court decision involved a Kohler Wisconsin strike and affirmed state power to curb violence in labor disputes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Lafayette Park
White House
Supreme Court
Justice Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Clark
Minton
Harlan
Douglas
Warren
Black
United Automobile Workers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Kohler Co
Kohler
Wis
Reed
Weekend Accidents Kill 17 In Ohio
An Associated Press tally shows at least 17 people killed in Ohio from Friday evening to midnight, 14 of them in traffic. Among the victims two youths, a two-year-old in Lakewood struck by an off duty police captain’s car and a 14-year-old in Woodmere hit by a police car during a chase. Police involvement linked to the fatal weekend toll.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lakewood
Woodmere
Associated Press
1 950 To Receive Degrees At OSU
Approximately 1 950 students will be awarded degrees at Ohio State University's 79th annual June commencement Friday. President Howard L. Bevis, retiring June 30, will deliver the address. Graduates include students from the United States Hawaii and 16 foreign countries. Of the total 60 are doctoral degree candidates and 174 are master’s degree candidates.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
United States
Hawaii
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