12 Aug 1957
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1957
Page
1
Nearly 20 Cuban exiles picketed the White House for 20 minutes to denounce Batista regime actions on fees and US arms. They urged Washington to stop aiding Batista as they demonstrated from New York.
A round of short items from Kentucky towns reports the year’s early incidents and honors. Highlights include a child’s death in Jefferson County, Education Association HQ relocation with NAEP head Lyman Ginger, a manhunt for a state reformatory escapee, fair prize money at Webster County Fair, a Carrollton High School honor for Miss Carroll County, a Centre College alum winning a UK teaching assistantship, an escaped patient’s suicide in Louisville, a city assessor’s retirement for health reasons, and a Kentucky University physics grant for nuclear research extension.
Obituary items note the death of John Daniels aged 33 at his Ingram home and of infant Lafayette Martin of Calloway with funeral at Calloway Tabernacle. Survivors include a wife and multiple children. funeral rites led by Rev. Beckham Stanley and others with burial at family cemetery and local church services.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth W. Al Williams of 1041 East Cumberhead Avenue MidMeshard were held yesterday at 2 pm at the Fulton-McKinney Funeral Home with Rev. AL Biv es officiating. Burial was in the Middleshora Cemetery family plot.
Mrs Paulo Lee Patterson of 218 Onteened Road Mirches dies Wednesday at 8 30 p m in Pinewille Community Hospital. Survived by husband William Patterson four sons and three daughters including William Jr and Jackie in the armed forces, two brothers one sister and several grandchildren. Funeral set for Mt Moriah Baptist Church with Rev Elijah Cornett and Rev Piercy Dalton officiating burial at Lynch Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Flower bearers named. Burial home referenced.
British film stars Margaret Leighton and Laurence Harvey married in a Thursday ceremony aboard a passenger liner near Gibraltar. The couple exchanged vows as the ship sailed, marking a high profile union in a celebrity packed event aboard the liner.
Civil rights advocates press House members to back a Senate civil rights bill or a close substitute. Grass roots pressure targets GOP lawmakers in states facing near term elections, with emphasis on New York New Jersey and Connecticut. Senate actions and administration objections shape timing for likely action next week.
Six persons perished on Kentucky highways over the weekend pushing the 1957 highway toll to 470. Among the victims were Mrs. Cadell Davenport and Cathy Davenport of Ohio, a three-car collision on US 27 near Pacis. Other deaths included residents from Davison Ohio, Lewisville, and nearby towns after cars left La Grange Road and struck trees or rolled over. Injuries and hospitalizations were reported for several others, with multiple young drivers among the deceased.
In Cleveland the steel trade notes a predicted upturn in September deliveries as auto makers retool for 1958 models. Ford Edsel and Mercury releases loom, with Chevrolet and Packard lines slated for early November. Output for eight months should reach about 78,000,000 net tons despite earlier slack, aided by improving finished-plant demand and slowed stocks.
Hospital notices list visiting hours from 2:45 to 8:50 and announce recent dismissals and admissions. Names include J C Hamimac Cihsor Slofion Ularelice Watson, Mrs Pearl Silet, Mrs Henrietta B Juckson, Eva Ledgee, Mrs Ethel Baird, Mrs Irene Williams, and others. a newborn boy is noted.
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous individuals from towns such as Peoria, Harrogate, Cumberland, and Jonesville. Names include Homer Thompson, Emmett Bradley, Margaret Jefferson, Mrs. Jesse Webb, and Mrs. William Boyt, among others, with no clear event or action described.
Mrs Stel en Heaudin, treasurer's clerk in Bedford Township, found after detective work that a pay voucher reading Take out for Susan was misapplied. Susan was a relative exempt from tax, revealed during the investigation.
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