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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1957
Page
9
YMCA announces a Saturday kite contest for boys with 10 a.m. gathering at Smith Park. Home made kits enter best box kite and most unusual design, with prizes for those and an altitude race open to all. An optional dog fight event may end the activities, or move to April 13 if weather turns bad.
A Senate Agriculture subcommittee heard 60 producers including Mark Knoop of Troy Ohio urge approval of a plan to collect 10 cents per cattle head and 5 cents per sheep and hog head sold to fund promotion of red meat. They claim higher quality meat would aid livestock and corn farmers.
A Toledo Ohio barn at Fort Miami Raceway burned killing 27 horses. Firefighters from Maumee and Adams Two confined the blaze to one barn among 16 at the track. Track officials said the cause was not determined possibly an overloaded circuit and racing would proceed as planned.
Wisconsin voters approved daylight saving time after four decades of debate. The Associated Press tally showed 537,363 in favor and 446,758 against among 3,355 precincts reporting. The move shifts clocks one hour forward and establishes annual start in April and end in September.
Cincinnati jury for arson murder case of Arthur L. Redman, 29, will tour the apartment house scene where eight people perished. Redman faces charges tied to the death of 5 year old Terry Jean Clark, daughter of Johnetta Clark, who escaped. Prosecution says Redman started the blaze after Mrs. Clark rejected him using kerosene and matches.
The four new U.S. air bases in Spain including Torrejon San Jurjo Moron and San Pablo are in use for emergency operations. Runways at Torrejon and San Pablo are complete with flights from SAC bases in Europe and Morocco conducting operational exercises.
An undated advertisement touts FASTEETH, an impro alka non-acid powder, sprinkled on dentures to secure looseness and improve comfort, promising less embarrassment from loose plates and urging purchase at drug counters.
Powell was sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder in the 1949 holdup slaying of John Schrieck. He maintained innocence, claiming he did not receive a fair trial. The judge noted the sentence is subject to appellate review and parole eligibility begins in 20 years if upheld.
Three Findlay Ohio children on a bus trip to Goldsboro North Carolina lost their wallet with tickets and $2. Bus drivers and passengers raised $9 to help them continue the journey under the care of new driver J B Gallman.
Cincinnati financier Amor W. Shafer 62, linked to losses that closed two banks, died in his hotel room. Convicted of embezzling 210000 from H. L. Doherty Co. funds tied to Cosmopolitan and Brotherhood banks that failed in 1930. Paroled 1933, later convicted in 1942, released 1945.
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