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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1959
Page
5
Ohio’s 54 hour period ending Sunday midnight saw 29 deaths, 24 on highways. Fatalities include four women in a Mansfield two car crash, a father and two children in a Marysville pileup, drownings, a boy in Fairport Harbor, and multiple other highway and water incidents across the state with victims from Springfield to Cleveland and Kentucky.
Chicago poet and Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg received King Gustav VI Adolf in Stockholm in a private audience during a 10 day Sweden tour. The king awarded him the Litteris et Artibus medal for notable contributions to Swedish culture.
Balmoral Scotland AP Queen Elizabeth II smiles and waves during her first public appearance since Buckingam Palace announced she is expecting again. A crowd of several hundred saw her in a lemon outfit as she left Balmoral Castle for Crathie church with Prince Charles and Princess Anne following.
The Indiana State Health Board and Miles Laboratories checked food at a Miles company outing near Angola to find the cause of poisoning that struck 750 adults and children. Most patients recovered, but several were very ill after a Saturday picnic, with lunch possibly left unrefrigerated in a truck. Dr. Andrew C. Offutt said the unrefrigerated storage could be the source of the toxin.
Dayton Ohio AP report says a driver of a yellow car is hunted after a trucker Frank B Young 49 died from burns after a crash on Ohio 49 north of Phillipsburg. Detectives credit a witness with corroborating Young s statement that the yellow car caused the wreck.
Police say a bitter argument led to the fatal stabbing of Mrs. Nelly Ruth Townsend, 32, last Friday night. Townsend was wounded in the abdomen and died Sunday at St. Mary Hospital. Police arrested Mrs. Sarah Lee Colbert, 44, who had argued with the victim. No charge filed immediately.
In Painesville Ohio three year old Brenda Trimmel fell from a moving car on U S 20 as it traveled about 50 mph. Her father Raymond Trimmel of Elyria said the child opened the rear door. She sustained only bruises from the incident and was treated locally.
In Ohio Democrats favor Symington and Kennedy for 1960, each with 115 first choice votes in Sen Stephen Youngs survey of over 1,200 party members. Adlai Stevenson ranked third with 65, Johnson next with 36.
In Crestline California the 12587 acre San Bernardino Mountains fire is controlled after a five day battle. 1800 firefighters won their push Thursday night. Two weeks needed more to extinguish flareups and smoldering timber along a 30 mile perimeter. Cost pegged at 350000 by the U.S. Forest Service. Officials say the fire was deliberately set. The blaze lies 75 miles east of Los Angeles.
Bids to build security facilities at Clinton County Air Force Base near Wilmington will be opened around Sept 1. The Army Corps of Engineers invites contractors to bid on a gate house lighting and a seven foot chain link fence for the base.
LAKEVILLE Conn AP Madame Wanda Landowska 80 renowned harpsichordist and Bach Mozart Haydn scholar died Sunday born in Warsaw. Also AP reports Norman Hagen 52 meteorologist for 31 years died Saturday of heart attack born Crookston Minn served in Cleveland and Minneapolis before Washington 1929 Richardson Pratt 65 financier and former Standard Oil executive died Sunday formerly assistant treasurer of Standard Oil of New Jersey James Jappe 68 Cleveland lawyer and Republican leader died Sunday of heart attack Rear Adm William B Ammon 67 deputy commandant of the National War College Washington died Sunday of heart attack born York Pa.
Large city markets in the United States handle about 50 varieties of vegetables throughout the year, reflecting year round availability and broad consumer choices across seasonal cycles.
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