29 Mar 1956
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1956
Page
1
A fragmented broadcast log listing stations, programs, and times across NBC CBS ABC and local channels. Entries include Dragnet News Weather Homemaker shows Opry O’Keefe and various theater and variety programs with scattered scheduling details.
Fragmented OCR reads like an eclectic local page with topics including Facade Farm News Inbal Ful Leather sports notes 10 Chapel by Road Poetry Comer Gospel and a Morning Show bulletin. Names Wendell Wiser Pungheone appear amid a calendar entry for county events.
Vienna based reports say Hungary under communists has re examined the 1949 purge trials and rehabilitated former Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk and four others. Radio Budapest cited Supreme Court re trial findings, as Matyas Rakosi admitted the victims were wrongly tried and executed as state enemies.
Admission and dismissal notes list patients from various towns and cities. Names include AC the MAitlcs, Mrs Tet Brondell, Sr Homer Byrd, Mrs Kenneth Sharp among others with several mentions of city and local affiliations.
Chicago IA report cites the National Safety Council warning that February deaths reached an all time high for the month with 2,630 Americans killed. The council notes deaths rising faster than travel and attributes it to increasingly careless driving.
Two students were treated at Middlesboro Hospital after injuries at school. Johnny Mills, 16, collided with a wall during basketball in the old high school gym and was released after a check-up. Tohany Carson, a 19-year-old senior, was struck on the head by a heavy metal shot put during track, suffered a cut but was also released home.
London dispatch says the Flussians for the first time embraced the basic idea of Essenton arms inspections. An American source described Soviet property as qualified and incomplete while the plan was discussed at the five nation conference under UN auspices. Despite qualifications, observers said Russia moved closer to the Western position and the plan had genuine potential beyond propaganda.
In Asbury Park New Jersey guards patrolled the beach to stop adult treasure seekers from disturbing eggs buried for children’s Easter egg hunt. Workers uncovered seven gold and silver coins dated 1760 to 1787 with Hispana inscriptions while kids searched for eggs. Authorities warned only children under 12 may bury and unearth items during the event.
FRANKFORT, Ky. A new system of class AA Kentucky highways designated by Highway Commissioner Robert tumphriys allows trucks up to 58 830 gross pounds on specified routes. The change raises the state maximum from 42 000 to 58 830 pounds, affecting routes from Covington to Corbin and beyond to Tennessee, Virginia, and North-area lanes with bridge limits on marked segments.
Alcoholic Tax Unit agents along with Chief Deputy Elmer Fuson and others raided the home of Bill Brimm in Pineville or Noctowa. Brimm was charged with possessing and selling untaxed whisky and arraigned before U S Commissioner Kelly Clore posting $1,000 bond to appear in Federal Court in London for the November term. A T U agents on the raid were Robert Ree and Norman Crisingsr.
Knoxville police charged Glovig Anh Peep with murder after a Maryville man, 25-year-old Jack Martin Keller, was killed by a gunshot in a parked car on Highway 441 near Sevierville. Peep said she borrowed the pistol to confront Keller over a breakup. the weapon discharged during a scuffle.
Stor m br a ik e s East and snow drifts spread across the North as massive storm systems move eastward. Roads iced from the Great Lakes to Central Pennsylvania and parts of New York amid freezing rain and snow. Dust storms in the Southwest weaken while winds reduce haze, with some regions reporting low visibility and forecasts of clearing by night.
James J. England announced that 22 men volunteered for duty with the U S Air Force through the local Recruiting Station during February. Named candidates from Middlestore Jonesville Harlan Ingram Ewing Knoxville and Wallins were sent to San Antonio Texas for basic training at technical schools.
Clint Brotherton of Middleshare pleaded guilty in Circuit Court at City Hall to flourishing a deadly weapon. He was fined $100 and costs after earlier arrest at City Hall on carrying a concealed deadly weapon. In other matters, charges of knowingly receiving stolen property were dismissed for Dewey Stolth of Middlesboro and for L. E. Busse.
As the conference group enters its fourth day negotiators discuss wheat and dairy provisions with aim to reach a compromise on domestic parity for wheat. House action hinges on aligning support levels for feed grains while resolving how wheat parity might affect exports and competing crop programs.
Food writers note an Easter trend toward boneless and skinless hams and mixed cuts. Markets offer butt and shank portions or center slices sliced to thickness for broiling or baking, with ready-to-eat and fully cooked options. Plan for refrigeration and freezing within two months to avoid flavor loss.
The Bell County Grand Jury presented its final report noting the jail in Pineville was clean and in good condition. Prisoners were orderly and the staff commended included Mr John Ball and Sheriff West. recommendations called for Middleton jail cleanup and new mattresses, plus cleaner city hall and thanks to local officials for support.
CASSELMAN Ont five children aged two months to five years died when a fire destroyed a farm home Wednesday night. The blaze gutted the residence 35 miles southeast of Ottawa, leaving the rural community shocked by the tragedy.
Dayton witnesses veterans from World War II era and several youth groups clash as a Boy Scout troop faces a Marine Corps reserve unit in a 22 caliber rifle match. Discrepancies in total scores cited by Marines blamed uneven equipment and shooter alignment. top scores were not disclosed.
A Seattle AP dispatch notes a family welcome sign reading "Ni Brow" for serviceman Jack Warren, nicknamed "The Brow" since school days, among upbeat welcomes for arriving troops from the East.
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