Ohio House OKs Rhodes Plan To Create More Jobs
The Ohio House passed a plan to create 200000 jobs for Ohioans and sent it to the Senate. Lawmakers approved a development financing bill split into industrial encouragement and plant expansion. The measure would rely on a new Ohio Development Financing Commission to issue bonds for site purchases building expansion and related public facilities.
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Ohio House
Oks Rhodes
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ohio Development Financing Commission
Castro Attends May Day Parade With Khrushchev in Moscow
Fidel Castro stood with Nikita Khrushchev atop the Lenin mausoleum during Red Square’s May Day parade. Western observers noted 500 to 700 mile range rockets on display and Kohler boycotted the event over Castro’s presence.
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Moscow
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Cuba
Kennedy
Lenin Mausoleum
Red Square
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Castro
Kohler
Soviet Union
Engineers Approve Caesar Creek Dams Plan
The U S Corps of Engineers approves plans for two flood control dams in Clermont and Warren counties costing about 22 million dollars. The East Fork dam lies midway between Batavia and Williamsburg in Clermont County and the Caesar Creek dam sits 2.5 miles above its confluence with the East Fork in Warren County.
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Batavia, Ohio
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Clermont
Warren Counties
U.S
William H. Harsha
Ohio
Caesar Creek
East Fork
Little Miami River
Batavia
Williamsburg
Clermont County
Warren County
Wilmington Women Aid Marysville Court Changes
The Wilmington League of Women Voters aided Marysville as its mayor's court was abolished. A Marysville friend noted Marysville residents studied the League booklet This Is Wilmington. Mrs Philip Bayless retired from League presidency to a standing ovation for years of service. MGM seeks a typical American town for a runaway nuclear missile film and asked Wilmington about a clock tower church steps and staff accommodations. Mayor Bates Harcum received the inquiry and is reviewing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington League of Women Voters
Marysville
League
Wilmington
Philip Bayless
MGM Studios
Hollywood
Calif
Bates Harcum
Studio
Ohio
March Starts Into Dixie
Ten white and Negro men set out from Chattanooga toward Jackson Mississippi in a self-styled Freedom march to complete a hike begun by a postman shot last week. They face probable arrest in Alabama as about 100 people gathered at the Greyhound station to hear Lovett Barkley urge equal rights. The march proceeds south toward the Georgia line.
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Chattanooga
South
Jackson
Miss
Alabama
Greyhound
Lovett Barkley
Fourth Avenue
Joseph Kilgore Dies at 89 Founder of Kilgore Manufacturing
Joseph Kilgore, 89, founder of Kilgore Manufacturing Co. in Wester ville Ohio, died Tuesday at his daughter's home in Athens. He was once described as the nemesis of a zillion imaginary Indians and led a company widely known for cap pistols.
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Athens, Ohio
Joseph Kilgore
Kilgore
Kilgore Manufacturing Co
Westerville
Ohio
Solo Flier Lands in Hawaii
Betty Miller, 37, completed a 2400 mile solo flight from Oakland to Honolulu in 17 hours 3 minutes. The Santa Monica housewife planned to continue toward Brisbane, Australia with stops at Canton Island and Fiji, retracing Amelia Earhart's Pacific route.
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Honolulu
Betty Miller
California
Hawaii
Santa Monica
Calif
Honolulu International
Brisbane
Australia
Canton Island
Fiji
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Pacific
Oakland
Boston Reporter Reveals Cuban Freedom Fighters Live Activity
Boston Traveler reporter John Raymond describes secret Cuban exile operations tied to a raid on Havana and a network of Florida arsenals, public safety items, and an air fleet. The piece follows U.S. Freedom Fighters leader Alexander I. Rorke Jr and a crew of American volunteers seeking Castro's overthrow.
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Boston
Havana
Cuba
Associated Press
Boston Traveler
Traveler
John Raymond
Miami
Bahamas
Boston (Ap
Florida
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Florida Strait
Alexander I. Rorke, Jr
U.S. Freedom Fighters
Rorke
Harvard
Boston College
Castro
Violynn III
Red-held
la Guardia Field
New York
Jan Dorfman
Sid Hershman
Hershman
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Katanga Information Service
Minuteman Chief Claims ICBM Can Wing 6,000-Mile Range
Brig. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, director of the Minuteman program, says reports that the missile cannot reach Soviet targets are unfounded. He asserts the weapon has exceeded requirements in range and payload and is ready for nuclear defense use.
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Minuteman
Soviet
Norton Air Force Base
Calif
Soviet Union
Samuel C. Phillips
United States
Atlantic
May Day Frost Buries Flowers In Early Spring
Unseasonal weather chills May Day as Mrs Ethel Hayes records a 28 degree low and trace snow with frost and icing. Temperatures rose to 32 by 8 am and to 4 pm while skies cleared, barometer shows 30.16 and humidity rests at .66. The date marks a record extreme for May 2, 1961 with a low of 29 cited.
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Ethel Hayes
Hayes
St . A
Nature Hard On Mexicans Nature Hard On Mexicans
In Alazan Tamaulipas a drought and heat wave cripple crops and sickens 750 residents. Malnutrition and dehydration spread as doctors reach isolated farm families by pickup and four wheel drive. Cotton dries, beans shrivel, corn cannot grind tortillas.
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Alazan
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Delta Queen Wins Packet Race by Mile
In Louisville Kentucky the Delta Queen edged the Belle of Louisville by more than a mile in the Ohio River packet race the Derby festival event. The Belle a 49 year old stern wheeler endured delays from gangplank trouble and mud while the Queen carried a large banner and carried more than 1000 passengers for the festive dash. The Belle won a postrace calliope duel, a Derby festival companion event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Tourney Game Postponed at Wilmington High School District Tourney
Wilmington High School Class AA district baseball game postponed due to wet grounds and moved to Thursday at Dayton Priston Park. Sabina's District Tournament Class A elimination remains set for Thursday at Soldier's Home Field.
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Wilmington High School
Dayton Princeton Park
Sabina
Soldier’s
School Guard Killed as Fire Trucks Crash
In Lynbrook New York a 37 year old school crossing guard Rosalie Roy was killed after two fire trucks collided while trying to pass at right angles. One fireman died and nine others were injured two critically. A truck rear ended the other then struck Roy before hitting a utility pole.
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Lynbrook
N.Y
Rosalie Roy
Hope Abandoned For Education Aid
Democratic leaders in the House Education Committee abandon general federal aid to public schools in Kennedy’s education bill. Chairman Adam Clayton Powell and others decide to drop the school aid and push to preserve other parts of the president’s program.
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Washington
House Education Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Congress
Kennedy
House
Powell
Randall Adds Furniture Line in Wilmington Plant
Randall Co a Textron division will start producing Ames Maid Line kitchen and juvenile furniture in about 60 days at Wilmington plant. Products include utility furniture serving carts stools tray carts youth chairs high chairs and allied items. The line purchased from O Ames Co of Parkersburg West Virginia strengthens operations and uses existing space and tube making equipment with no increase in manpower.
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Wilmington
Randall Co
Ames Maid
Textron, Inc
O. Ames Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
Duvalier defies outside pressure as OAS probes Haiti
Haitian President Francois Duvalier told a cheering crowd of 10,000 that no one can dictate to him and that he will keep power. The OAS peace mission, arriving from Santo Domingo, studied the Haitian situation after Dominican Foreign Minister Andres Freites accused Duvalier of offering a military base to Communist Cuba nearby.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Hatian
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Peace Mission
Organization of American States
Santo Domingo
Andres Freites
Cuba
Everest Summit Bid Pressed by American Team
In Katmandu Nepal the American Everest expedition launches a final push toward the 29028 foot peak. The first assault group of four Americans and 13 Sherpa porters advances with a second group of four Americans and four Sherpas behind them. A third two American four Sherpa support team climbs the Lhotse face to aid and rescue if needed. Names of climbers not released until all teams return.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Camp Six
Katmanduan
Lhotse
May Day Traditions Differ in Rhode Island
Providence by STANLEY JOHNSON reports Rhode Island May Day featured no parades. Instead communities held breakfasts and baked goods as May baskets faded. An exiled Rhode Islander recalls Red Square parades, while locals filled church kitchens with rolls coffee and apple blossoms.
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Stanley Johnson
Providence
R.I. (Ap
Moscow
Red Square
Rhode Island
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Rhode
Feeble-Minded To Be Targets In Ohio Legislation
Franklin County legislator Rep. Lytle G. Zuber sponsors a bill to sterilize mentally deficient persons to prevent procreation. Probate Judges Omar Schwarz and Holland Gary support the measure citing welfare, moral and economic concerns. The bill would allow petition by specific persons, court hearings, and possible sterilization with appeals to higher courts. Separately, House Welfare Committee advances a Senate bill mandating work for able bodied poor relief recipients.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County
Lytle G. Zuber
House Elections Federal Relations Committee
Zumer
Omar A. Schwarz
Washington Court House
Holland M. Gary
Zanesville
Schwarz
House Welfare Committee
Senate
West New Guinea renamed West Irian in handover
Indonesia took over West New Guinea from Dutch control at Hollandia ceremonies and renamed it West Irian. The transfer ended 13 years of struggle over 159000 square miles of terrain and 700000 Papuans. Hollandia became Kotabarg as Sukarno pursued erasure of Dutch ties.
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Kotabaru
West Irian
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Holland
United Nations
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Australia Governs Eastern New Guinea
Sukarno
Hot Land
Kotabarg
New Town
Death by Own Action Ruled In Shooting
The body of Wilbur Davis aged 53 custodian at Wilmington College was found on a gravel road off Route 3 on the Williams farm east of Wilmington. Coroner Dr. Frank G Plymire ruled the death a self inflicted gunshot wound. The body was taken to Marsh funeral home.
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Wilbur Davis
Fife Ave
Wilmington College
Baltimore & Ohio
Williams Farm
Wilmington
Frank G. Plymire
Clinton County
Marsh Funeral Home
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Solo
By John Raymond
Air Force Ballistic Systems Division
Phillips
Nature
Delta Queen
Randall
OAS Probers
Everest
By Alan M. Kennedy
Sir Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
Red
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