19 Aug 1957
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1957
Page
1
Louisville report shows polio cases well below prior years with 47 total cases and three deaths for the year. Health officials cite Salk vaccine impact but warn figures are incomplete. most paralytic cases lacked full vaccination. County data indicate many polio patients had received no or few doses.
Boston workers at six major papers walk out amid a bitter pay dispute. Industries Commissioner Ernest Jeiuigns ends regulatory talks with union leaders as editors threaten a labor stoppage that leaves thousands without daily papers. Risk of prolonged disruption looms for local readers.
Detroit paper strike halts three major dailies after union Local 40 president Juniland Brown calls a work stoppage. Management seeks mediation with the Detroit News Publishers as 4 papers refuse to publish, framing it as a blanket strike against one title.
Fourteen year old Derry Townsend of Anderson Indiana won the 20th annual All American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs Akron Ohio and claimed a full college scholarship and expenses paid. Ellie Bayi Hakman 15 Los Angeles was second and David and Andy shared prize money. top finishers also included James Pryor Wayne Terame Richard Adams Donald Travis and Pat Varagehi with varied hometowns.
A garbled report from Sydney Australia notes university students preparing for the opening night of a musical amid chaotic scenes. The piece mentions attendees in pajamas and unspecified actions, with unclear names or events.
Tense speculation reports Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists could launch bombing raids or paratroops from Formosa, with questions over naval power and logistics to mount a large invasion. Analysts debate capability to move 68,000 troops across the Formosa Strait and sustain a campaign amid internal and external pressures.
A scrambled world news roundup reports licenses for shipments of over 18 million dollars of American goods, predictions of jet passenger lanes by July, and various international items from Rome Salt to a medical parade. It includes odd human interest notes and misc. regional curiosities from London to Chicago, with multiple misprints and fragmented details.
Hospital records list visiting hours and admissions at Midalesboro Memorial Hospital with numerous patient names including Josie Morris Lulu Collins Pearl Galloway and Roger Lee Taylor. The document enumerates admissions and visitors across several wards and cities with scattered spellings and unclear lines.
Mrs Hennie Lee Martin of Calloway died this morning at Pineyville Hospital at age 70. She was the widow of the late J B Marlin and survived by several children and grandchildren from Calloway and nearby towns. Funeral services are planned at 10 a m Wednesday at the Calloway Baptist Church with ministers officiating, burial in Creegly Cemetery. Pallbearers include local residents and kin. Funeral arrangements handled by the Ames Funeral Home of Vinville.
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