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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1955

Page

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Inadequate Label Hung On Program

Senator Kefauver criticizes an ADA claim that Eisenhower and Democratic leaders ignore the public interest, urging focus on school building highway social security water resources and farm legislation. Other senators dismiss the ADA complaint while Kuchel and Holland defend presidential proposals. Senate advances a road bill while the House blocks funding.

Washington Sen Kefauver D-Tenn Americans For Democratic Action Eisenhower Congress Rauh Ada Holland D-Fia Kuchel Rcalif Senate House

Fisherman Slain on Porch in Middletown Shooting

A 48 year old Middletown man Robert Hunter was fatally shot on his front porch shortly after 6 a.m. He died at Middletown Hospital. Suspect Willie Teasley 23 of 3712 Garfield St surrendered 15 minutes later at police headquarters stating I just shot a fellow. Teasley admitted the shooting and is in custody. Hunter worked in the boiler room at Gardner Board and Carton Co. and was a longtime resident of Middletown. He leaves a wife Myrtle a son in the Marines and a daughter plus extended family. Arrangements are pending at Bailey Funeral Home.

Middletown Middletown Hospital Robert Hunter 17Th Ave Bute Babe Bow John Fitzgerald Hunter Fitzgerald Myrtle Bailey Howard Watson Ed Lykins Robert Nunamaker Teasley Ernest Weaver Andrew Stephens City Gardner Board & Carton Co Cobb County New Hope Baptist Church Powder Springs Jesse Hunter Chattanooga Reba Lester Clyde Kentucky J. B Frank, Fletcher Jesse Jr Atlanta Ida Miller Gloria Mouzson Ethel Davis East Point Katherine Cooper Austelle Bailey Funeral Home

Hollywood Mourns Suzan Ball and Carmen Miranda Passings

Hollywood mourns two actresses Suzan Ball who died at 21 from cancer in Beverly Hills and Carmen Miranda who died at 41 after a heart attack. Ball battled illness since 1953 while Miranda's death followed a strenuous day of work and performances. Ball married Richard Long in 1954 with Ball using an artificial limb after an injury, Miranda had married producer David Sebastian. Miranda rose from Rio de Janeiro to stardom with films like Down Argentine Way, while Ball starred in films and TV and performed on stage with Long in nightclubs.

Miss Ball Suzan Beverly Hills Miss Miranda Richard Long David Sebastian Jimmy Durante Durante Screen Actors Guild Long Santa Barbara Calif Palm Springs Tucson Ariz Buffalo N. Y City of Hope Medical Center Howard D. Bail Portugal Rio de Janeiro Brazil Lee Shubert

Harriman declines VP bid as Stevenson eyes 1956

Albany New York Gov. Averell Harriman said he is not interested in running for vice president and will meet Adlai Stevenson in Illinois next week. Harriman reaffirmed support for Stevenson for 1956 but not whether Stevenson would seek the presidency again.

Albany N. Y Averell Harriman Harriman Illinois Adlai Stevenson Stevenson

Polio Cases Soar Prompting Nursing Help in New England

Boston health commissioner Dr. John H Cauley issued a nationwide appeal for more nurses as polio cases in six New England states neared 1000. A state of limited emergency was declared, a central intake for polio cases set up, and 26 new Boston cases raised the city total to 301 and Massachusetts to 773 with 20 polio deaths in the state.

Boston John H. Cauley Newsapers Newland Cauley John B. Hyne Boston Health Department Massachusetts New England Connecticut New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Maine Joseph Reardon State Health Department Brockton Adams Mass East Hartford Conn Boston Red Sox Pawtucket, R.I

Honor Grad Whose Mother Was Red Sails As Seaman

Honor graduate Eu gene W Landy of the U S Merchant Marine Academy prepares to sail as an able bodied seaman aboard Sun Oils Texas Sun tanker on a 30 day voyage from Carteret New Jersey to Texas The 21 year old, second in his class of 96 midshipmen, has a Coast Guard license as third mate The Navy denied a reserve commission due to his mother Deborah Landys Communist past and Landy may reapply after six months The case drew criticism from Senator Lehman who called the Navy decision illogical unjust and unjustifiable

Kings Point N. Y Eugene W. Landy U. S. Merchant Marine Academy Naval Reserve Sandy Admiralty Carteret N. J Sun Oil Co Texas Sun Texas Landy Coast Guard Maritime Service Navy Reserve Navy Deborah Landy Bradley Beach Communist Party Yale University Naval Reserve Commission Herbert H. Lehman Liberal-Ny

Airmen In Amazed Recovery After Release from Captivity

Eleven US airmen released by Communist China are described as completely okay physically by an Air Force medical source. They are confined at the Far East Air Materiel Command Base hospital and will depart for the United States via Alaska with a press conference planned for Sunday. Airman Daniel Schmidt, of Redding California, learned his wife had remarried while in captivity and was seen buying a camera with military script.

Tokyo China Air Force Far East Washington Daniel C. Schmidt Redding Calif Schmidt Una California

Crash Kills 3 Lockbourne Men On Pass

Cambridge Ohio report of a weekend air force pass ending in death. A car carrying airman third class from Lockbourne AFB collided with a dump truck on U S 40 two miles west of Cambridge. Three airmen died, two injured, including one critically. Truck occupants from Cambridge also seriously hurt.

Cambridge Ohio Pennsylvania Air Force U. S. 40 Here Lockbourne Afb Columbus Adolph McCorry Cambridge St. Francis Hospital William R. Neptune Johnstown Raymond S. Falco South Fork James R. Wilson Rt. 1 George Miller Holland Homer North Basil Warden

Court Wants Only The Cold Facts

In Binghamton New York Justice Daniel J McAvoy urged lawyers to present concise arguments as the court seeks the plain facts of the case. He warned that briefest submissions would receive the most thorough consideration.

Binghamton, N.Y Daniel J. McAvoy State Supreme Court

Search On For Woman Feared Dead In Kansas City Case

Wealthy automobile dealer Wilma Allen is missing in Kansas City and feared kidnapped and killed. Her blood stained clothing and car were found with few leads as Maj. Eugene Pond notes inconsistencies in two men dragging reports. The 34 year old mother of two was last seen Thursday afternoon during a shopping trip near Union Station.

Kansas City Wilma Allen Pond Allen

Huge Scaffold Slips Near Grand Central Terminal

A 45 story Socony Mobil building scaffold near Grand Central buckled on the 8th floor causing a scare. Workers braced the sagging section with a steel cable bridle and no injuries were reported as traffic was halted and nearby buildings evacuated. Hundreds watched from safe distances in the Grand Central area.

New York Grand Central Terminal Socony Mobiluilding 41St 42Nd Sts Lexington and Third Avenues Grand Central Area

Clermont County Girl Chosen As Miss Ohio

Marguerite Garr of Amelia in Clermont County won Miss Ohio over 10 candidates. The 18 year old 5 foot 2 inch entrant with brown eyes and black hair performed on the zither singing Old Black Joe. She will represent Ohio in the Miss America contest in Atlantic City next Labor Day weekend. The first alternate from Springfield Nancy Osborn won $500 while second alternate Sherry Larson of Canton received $200.

Wooster Ohio Marguerite Garr Amelia Clermont County Atlantic City Cincinnati Miss Garr Margie The Jaycees WIKRC Springfield Nancy Osborn Chopin Sherry Lee Larson Canton

Pilot Saves 68 as Northwest plane lands at Midway

Captain George A. Stone of Minneapolis piloted a four engine Stratocruiser to an emergency landing at Midway Airport when propeller reverses failed. The plane missed a car after veering off runway and through a steel fence into Central Avenue. 62 passengers and crew of six survived and evacuated, with Copilot Ralph Gray crediting Stone for averting disaster.

Chicago Northwest Airlines George A. Stone Minneapolis Midway Airport Stone Central Avenue Ralph Gray Graves

Lausche Awaits Truck Tax Agreement Amendment

Governor Lausche must approve a drafted amendment and explanatory letter sent to 20 states under Ohio reciprocity deals for trucking. The move would bar axle use taxes from 0.5 to 20 cents per mile, with failure prompting cancellation notices to Michigan and 19 others including Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania West Virginia Iowa Nebraska Missouri New Mexico Texas and ten southern states.

Old State Reciprocity Board Ohio State Supreme Court Michigan Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania West Virginia Iowa Nebraska Missouri New Mexico Texas

Chlorine Gas In Dayton Fells 21

Twenty one persons were treated at three Dayton hospitals and were in fair condition after chlorine gas released from a tank car in an industrial accident. The incident affected 36 people, mostly firemen and spectators, when a switching engine jammed a chlorine car against an empty ammonia car near the Sownders Chemical Co plant.

Dayton Ohio iSownders Chemical Co

Kentucky Gov Candidates Battle In Heated Primary

Kentucky voters head to the polls for a volatile Democratic primary to select a successor and potential Senate ally. Former Governor Happy Chandler faces Judge Bert Combs and Jesse Cecil as two Republican hopefuls Edwin Denney and James Clay vie for the nomination. Long ballots across 120 counties could delay results past midnight under state law.

Louisville Kentucky A B Happy) Chandler Bert T. Combs Lawrence Wetherby U.S Alben W. Barkley Earle C Clements Jesse N. R Cecil Sen. Clements Chandler Clements Barkler U. S. Senate Combs Court of Appeals Wetherby GOP U. S. Dist Edwin R. Denney James L. Clay

Must Share Moon Riches Expert Says

Danish based Simon van Munster of the Netherlands argues nations must share moon discoveries via a world research program. He says cooperation through the United Nations and UNESCO could fund and distribute any Moon findings as space exploration aims toward 1980.

Copenhagen Denmark Simon van Munster Lande Aircraft Factory P Drecht Netherlands van Munster U. N. Educa Internatio Astronautical Federation IAF Unesco

Not Enough For A Good Rob Job

Newark crime brief reports a gunman at Taft's Cleaners demanding money from clerk Mary Macheski. Facing only four dollars in the register he exclaimed that was all and fled, promising to return later.

Newark N.J Taft's Cleaners Mary Macheski

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