Flying Saucer Reports Taken Seriously by Air Force
Dayton Journal Herald reports the Air Force treats flying saucer sightings seriously citing Wright Field files. About 240 reports reviewed with 30 percent due to weather balloons and cosmic ray probes, 30 percent commonplace, 40 percent mysterious. Hynek to study astronomical explanations. Wright Field says the Journal Herald story is accurate.
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Dayton Journal-Herald
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Journal-Herald
Mars
Joseph A. Hynek
Ohio State University
Local Quartet To Compete At Canton Sing
Middletown quartet The Close Fires will join 25 regional quartets at Canton on Saturday April 30. Ten will advance to afternoon rounds and four will enter the national Buffalo N Y contest. New SPEBQSA president Jack Round announced inter chapter meetings and a Trenton Recreation Club parade plan. New members Mark Richter Tom Bell Ted Grosvenor Robert Hall Richard Cc Trout inducted.
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Canton
Spebqsa
VFW
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Buffalo
N. Y
Jaffe
Jack Round
Connersville
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Trenton
Farmer fined and placed on probation for firing at helicopter
William L. Bilka of Vestal pleaded guilty to shooting birdshot at a helicopter hovering over his farm. He was fined 176.50 dollars and placed on probation for one year after the incident, which his wife and child found irritating.
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Binghamton
N. Y
William L. Bilka
Vestal
Bilka
Disabled VFW Window Display Draws Shopper Interest
A window display at Economy Savings and Loan in Dayton draws strong downtown shopper interest. The VFW extended the display one week for Buddy Poppy Day, with handmade items from Dayton Veterans Hospital and local veteran Sherman Lansdale. Proceeds support therapy materials. items must be returned to the hospital Monday.
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Central Ave
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Wayne Smith
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Sherman Lansdale
Ohio House Weighs Colored Oleo Bill in Vote
The Ohio House votes on the Senate-passed bill to permit colored oleo amid split rural urban views. Supporters push as a long-shot effort for wider reform, with earlier close Senate calls and potential voter referral if defeated.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
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Women Held In Lonely Hearts Slaying Case Still Receives Answers
In Dover Delaware Mrs Inez Brennan held on murder charges in the Lonely Hearts case still receives letters to an employment ad as a housekeeper more than 30 have arrived at the Brennan farm since her arrest April 12 State police said Col Herbert E Barnes noted the letters were opened for police or routine The Brennan family including sons Robert 15 George 17 and Raymond 23 are in custody with Robert admitting to killing Wooldridge Hugo Schulz is also linked The motive is said to be robbery six men from Pennsylvania and New Jersey who wrote Brennan remain at large and police continue checks The case connections extend to a New Jersey shooting case flagged by Detective Wilfred Dube
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Dover
Del
Inez Brennan
Delaware
Herbert E. Barnes
Schulz
Concord
N. H
Dube
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Brennan
Robbery Ends With Threat and Injury in Memphis
Jack Martin, 37, was robbed at pistol point of 1395 dollars in cash and a 150 dollar check in Memphis. The assailant struck Martin in the eye as a memento and fled.
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Memphis, Tenn
U.P
Jack Martin
Martin
Hex Is Deceased and Man Slated for Execution
In Tacoma Washington AP report Jake Bird a 47 year old North Carolina Black man who confessed involvement in 44 cases had his death warrant signed by Superior Judge Hugh Rosselini. The execution is set for May 27. Bird claimed to have placed a hex on those involved in his conviction but later said he no longer believes. He confessed to killing Mrs Bertha Kludt on October 30 1947 and had warned judges and others in his trial.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jake Bird
North Carolina
Hugh Rosselini
Jake
Bird
Bertha Kludt
Co-Op Club Highlights Gardening Film Night
The Middle town Co-Operative Club met at the Manchester Hotel with officers present. John Crawford displayed colored gardening films on roses vegetables and insects. City Commissioner Carmody and David Armbruster spoke as guests. William Price announced plans for the Saturday dinner and dance with reservations requested by Thursday. Louis J. Brown noted the school safety patrol membership rising to 140 and a May 17 certificate presentation with a accompanying feed. Paul Walker to show basketball tournament movies.
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Middletown Co - Operative Club
Manchester
John Crawford
Swift and Company
David Armbruster
Francis Carmody
William Price
Louis J. Brown
School Safety Patrol
Paul Walker
Rain Thursday forecast for Middletown with cooler spell
Cloudy and rain are forecast for Thursday as temperatures rise from 60 at 6 am to 67 by 10 am. Yesterday Middletown reached a season high of 87 degrees with a 4 am low of 50.
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Middletown
Bird case tied to mass murders and death sentence
Superior Court Judge E. D. Hodge and Clerk Ray Scott oversaw key proceedings. Undersheriff Joseph Karpach secured Bird's confession to eight or nine killings, with authorities later linking him to 44. Detective Sherman Lyons and defense lawyer J. W. Selden feature in the trial amid Bird’s hatred for Selden. Bird returned to Walla Walla prison to await execution. Separate note: U S motor trucks serve 48,000 communities without rail service.
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E. D. Hodge
Ray Scott
Joseph Karpach
Bird
Lieut
Sherman Lyons
Tacoma
J. W. Selden
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