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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1959
Page
6
Washington AP The House approved a bill to end the equal time requirement for political candidate appearances in news broadcasts. The measure would exempt incidental appearances on bona fide news casts and on-the-spot news coverage, including panel shows, from the equal time rule, differing from the Senate version.
A bolt of lightning struck the Millinois Terminal building home to the Globe-Democrat in St Louis Tuesday sending bricks and debris into the street twelve stories below. No injuries were reported though Virginia Sherer a Globe-Democrat nurse nearby received a mild shock.
Maj. Gen. Hamilton H. Howze rejected a Chronicle report that his Irish setter traveled to Korea in a troop transport cabin. He said he paid 7.50 for a kennel on deck and that the dog stayed only in pet areas. An Army spokesman noted no link between two Korean doctors’ passage and the dog, who was cared for by Sgt. Luther D. Saylors and Sgt. Joseph V. Clukey.
In Portsmouth Ohio first degree murder charges were filed against Earl Bud Cantrell 29 of Franklin Furnace for the fatal shooting of Kenneth Whitey Angell 28. Witnesses say Cantrell shot Angell three times in the back during an argument after a car race dispute.
Labor leaders including Walter Reuther push for talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev amid AFL-CIO disapproval. Meany Harrison back boycott, while Carey and other chiefs plan private discussions to argue against Communist rule. AFL-CIO debates COPE overhaul after Congressional defeat and eyes stronger political activity.
A public hearing before the Butler County Commission considered annexing 48 acres from Madison Township to Trenton at the east end of the corporation line. Mary Hampel and Jean Layman won the Girl Scout tennis finals over Barbara Doring and Frances Lane. The Middletown Democratic organization invited Senators A. V. Donahey of Ohio and Alben Barkley of Kentucky to their Aug. 30 annual picnic.
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