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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1959
Page
1
Honolulu AP report says the 6593rd Test Squadron failed to recover the Discoverer V nose cone. Maj. Joseph Neller notes they could have caught it if sighted since the capsule did not emit a homing radio signal. No visual sighting occurred and planes lacked radar.
The United States had its busiest rocketry day yet with multiple launches and failures. A Juno II balloon satellite failed to reach orbit after its last stage veered off course, while a Titan missile exploded on the Cape Canaveral pad. Polaris and Thor missions succeeded, and Discoverer V attempts to recover a capsule failed near Hawaii.
London AP report marks Princess Anne turning nine as Queen Elizabeth II awaits a new baby. The princess ranks second in line to the throne behind Charles, with potential shift if a boy is born. Anne shows vivacity, learns French, draws, and desires day schooling. Birthday will be at Balmoral with possible picnic if weather allows.
Navy prosthetics researchers report a cementing substance that could reinsert extracted teeth or fix broken ones without dentures. Experiments in dogs show a tooth or substitute reinserted after a year remains functional. no human trials yet. Potential future uses include straightening teeth and repairing bones, with lower cost and comfort than plates.
A light quip suggesting that a woman enduring silence is simply due to her phone being out of order, framing tech issue as the punchline.
New York AP report shows Seymour Kroll of Brooklyn cleared after Utica wife mistook him for missing spouse. Fingerprints and Social Security numbers proved mismatch. Oneida County apologizes. Kroll, an aviation clerk, plans a $1 million false arrest suit through attorney Irving Berg.
United Steelworkers President Davis J. McDonald says prospects for an early settlement of the nationwide steel strike are bleak. He notes U.S. Steel’s Roger M. Blough is the key figure and that the strike will end only when he decides to end it. McDonald criticizes antistrike injunctions and warns inventories must fall before a new price increase is considered.
Fidel Castro told a nationwide TV audience that anti-Castro conspirators were crushed with help from an undercover American agent. He denounced Rafael Trujillo as the mastermind behind Caribbean tensions and claimed arms shipments from the United States and Dominican Republic were intercepted.
A blast in the boiler room of a not yet opened eastern wing of Greater Cincinnati Airport killed Sky Chef manager John Paul 30 of Erlanger and injured 14. Survivors described gas line danger and a spark from a match triggering the explosion. Airport control kept flights from 4:30 p.m. while crews evacuated.
Washington AP reports Senate Republican Leader Dirksen expects the labor regulation bill to be sent to conference early next week. Some urging a direct House to White House path, but Dirksen says votes unlikely. Kennedy says House approval of the toughest bill complicates Senate House agreement yet deems passing this year duties. Key issues include Taft Hartley law sections and penalties for rights violations.
Reed Charles Smith aged 19 of Warren drowned while swimming with three friends in a 12 foot deep pond on the city outskirts near Richmond Cement Products Co. Friday. Police said he disappeared beneath the water and his body was recovered later by divers.
In Baltimore a city owl named Alfred left a gas and electric company roost for exploration. Owl catcher Edward Gleason nabbed him, Alfred faced a city jail sentence, then Zoo Director Arthur Watson intervened and freed him back to the utility grounds where he resumes ratting duties.
In Little Rock Ark at the end of the first week of integrated classes officials report normal classroom activity at Central High and Hall High. Negro students report limited hostility from some peers but no harassment. Gov Faubus warns trouble may return and vows to deploy state police or National Guards if needed. Local segregation leaders remain opposed and note past protests.
Front Royal Virginia AP reports a desegregation test may begin today as bi racial registration continues at Warren County High School Eleven Negroes and 65 white students signed up for the 1959 60 session with the two groups on school grounds for the first time since the controversy began in September Superintendent Q D Gasque expects a larger turnout today when parents are not working The eleven Negro registrants were among the 21 who attended last year and were the only students in classes when desegregation occurred in February
In Warren County last September the high school was shut under massive resistance laws later struck down by federal and state courts. White students stayed in a private school organized by the Warren County Educational Foundation. At Thursday night’s mass meeting over 1,500 residents voted to continue the private school this year with registration set for next week. Some parents, remaining unnamed, said they will enroll their children publicly but will place them in the private school if it reopens this fall.
Charles F Leadman business agent for the Textile Workers Union says a petition to declare the public high school surplus and sell the property will likely be filed in the Circuit Court office today. He notes a meeting of community officials and Black and white school admission representatives will occur next week. Some observers say the referendum petition could be used to deter Negroes from seeking admission to the white school.
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