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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1960
Page
2
At Cape Canaveral the Navy reported another Polaris submarine rocket launch, the ninth in four weeks and 28th this year, with over 1,100 miles flown and 20 successful firings overall. A Hound Dog from a B52G also succeeded while an Atlas missile failed after a cutoff.
A King Features Syndicate puzzle text explains a daily numerology game. It tells players to count their name letters, adjust by four or three, locate key numbers in a rectangle, and read the message formed by letters under checked figures.
In Miami a federal jury found smoking was an approximate cause of Edwin Green’s left lung cancer but refused to assign damages or hold American Tobacco Co. responsible before his 1952 diagnosis. The estate sought over a million dollars, while the verdict acknowledged smoking as a factor without proving the maker’s liability.
Edythe Klumpp, a 42 year old divorcee, seeks relief from the electric chair with a U S Supreme Court appeal to be filed Friday. Attorney William F Hopkins says the case rests on alleged constitutional violations during police questioning and trial. Klumpp was convicted of killing Louise Bergen on October 30 1958 while living with Bergen's estranged husband William Bergen.
Urbana Ohio AP reports Champlain County Common Pleas Judge Marion Bond Owen died at age 70. An Urbana resident, he had served as judge since 1936. Services will be held here Friday.
Primary day action in Michigan and Kansas produced notable upsets. Michigan Democrat Lt. Gov. John Swainson won the governorship nomination over James Hare and Ed Connor, while Republican Paul D. Bagwell ran unopposed. Bentley overwhelmed Leonard for the Senate nomination to face Sen. McNamara. In Kansas, Schoeppel trounced Cleaver for the Senate nomination as Frank Theis beat Henkle for the Democrat contest, and John Anderson edged Huck McDill for the Republican governor nomination.
Ohio Health Department reports six new polio cases bringing the year total to 13, far below last year’s early level of over 50 cases. The latest figures show cases clustered in several counties including Cuyahoga and Montgomery as officials update the statewide outbreak status.
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