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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1959
Page
1
President Eisenhower keeps October to January open to attend any West-West summit meetings that may form after Khrushchev’s September U S visit. He doubts an early meeting but says he would seek peace assurances from Moscow and plans a five to six day Soviet trip if it occurs.
Storms and floods claim at least 70 lives and 60 missing in Formosa and Japan. Typhoon Ellen hits southern Japan with 10 dead and 9 injured while Nagoya warned. Peiping reports millions battling floods and drought across 10 northern provinces. Hurricane Dot moves from Kauai with no casualties but up to six million dollars in damage.
Sarasota autopsy shows Chandler Steffens 22 died from severed neck artery. He was found bound and gagged on the floor of his father's house with throat slashed and head taped like a mummy. Police report no murder weapon, motive, or clues. His wife Betty, 20, discovered the body.
Eisenhower will visit London on August 28 and Paris on September 2 to gather Allied ideas. He will not attend a NATO heads of state meeting but will meet top NATO officials and avoid acting as a spokesman for the Allies in talks with Khrushchev.
A soaking rain kept President Eisenhower indoors at his Gettysburg farm while aides moved files from Washington to prepare a temporary White House. The setup aims to support forthcoming international conferences at home and abroad during his stay.
Car hop Carolyn Trasey served a customer a takeout order with extra lettuce and mistakenly included a paper sack containing Fri day’s receipts worth $1000. The customer returned within ten minutes and asked if she wanted him to eat the money, prompting disbelief.
The United States Britain and France reportedly reached in principle a concession to the Soviet Union to grant parity for the Communist bloc on a new 10 nation UN commission. The plan aims to restart arms talks with equal representation from both sides, with remaining snags to be resolved.
Middletown considers a major downtown mall with removal of parking meters benches a pool playground areas and a possible band stand Ed Edmiston outlines details on Page 23. The edition also notes record cover art influence on sales and U S Army Europe readiness on Page 13.
Pittsburgh AP reports negotiators in a 25 day steel strike delay. both sides hold ace cards. Industry stockpiles ease shortages while union discipline steadies 100 percent backing for McDonald. Three month inventories may stretch. weekly losses reach 300 million in business and 70 million in wages with 100000 allied layoffs. Government intervention looms as the strike drags on.
Defense officials kept silent on whether the Tepee radar’s 5,000 mile range would monitor Soviet launches. Dr. William J. Thaler said tests detected U S atomic missile firings in the South Atlantic and Johnston Island, implying Soviet test sites within range. The device is highly directional now but could later scan several thousand square miles from a single station.
A 13 year old passenger on a British Overseas Airways Stratocruiser chewed 13 sticks of medicated gum to prevent airsickness. The plane turned back 250 miles from New York and landed at Idlewild after the boy was given a stimulant and later treated for fear. He showed no physical ill effects.
The New York Times reports United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald and general counsel Arthur Goldberg will skip this week's bargaining sessions. A second team led by either I. W. Abel or Howard Hague will handle upcoming negotiations as replacements attend to other union matters.
A Columbus youth, Thomas Joseph Lutz, 19, died when his car left a curve on U S 33 ten miles west of Marysville, flipped end over end, and glanced off an oncoming auto. Union County Sheriff Ed Amrine identified the victim at the scene.
Eleven dogs were killed by alligators that have preyed on neighborhood pets for weeks in North Tampa. Parents fear the gators, some reported at least ten feet long, may lure a child next. Police say the alligators must be captured alive as firearms cannot be discharged in the city. Attempts to catch them have been unsuccessful.
The Navy's new missile detecting radar nicknamed Tepee honors scientist William J. Thaler, whose work on the program spanned many years. In research circles the project was known as Thaler's Project, giving rise to the initials T P that evolved into Tepee.
A man from Mars lands in New York and confronts a piano in a music store window. He snorts at the scene and tells the piano to wipe that nasty grin off its face.
The Explorer VI paddle-wheel satellite reached a 26,400 mile apogee and 157 mile perigee in an extended 12 hour 45 minute orbit. Launched Friday from Cape Canaveral, the 142 pound craft transmits data from 15 experiments while NASA notes smooth operation and no tumbling. The craft travels about 91,140 miles per orbit and has logged over 209,622 miles in ~2.5 orbits.
Cape Canaveral described a plan to use a five pound booster carried in the satellite for a late test of remote firing. NASA official Dr John Lindsay said the kick could send the satellite higher and test space rocket responsiveness as part of Mercury safety research.
Rome AP report says Don Luigi Sturzo a priest who fought fascism and founded the Italian Christian Democratic Party died Saturday at age 87. His long career included shaping postwar democracy in Italy.
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