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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1957

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Cops Crack Down On Demonstrators in Levittown

State police banned gatherings of more than three in Levittown after a stone struck Sgt. Tom Stewart during protests at the Myers home. About 400 people gathered, with arrests made for disorderly conduct and a hospital check for the injured officer.

Tom Stewart William Myers Jr Levittown Stewart William Myers Bristol Township Lower Bucks County Hospital William Ruch Myers Pennsylvania Clayton Gould William Duff Fairless Hills Paul van

Master Spy Abel to Face Court Case in New York

Rudolf Abel a 55 year old accused of stealing U S atomic and military secrets for the Soviet Union plans to confer with his appointed lawyer James B Donovan at the federal house of detention Donovan a 41 year old former OSS chief counsel accepted the case as a public service He may seek FBI files to aid Abel while the defense notes a possible death penalty also described is a family move to a new home and relatives visiting from York Pennsylvania

New York Rudolf Ivanovich Abel Federal House of Detention James B. Donovan Donovan Office of Strategic Services FBI Abel U.S Soviet Union Brooklyn Don Myersn Daisy Linda York, Pa

Chuckle Typist Quote Turns On Work And Party Absence

A jokey exchange has a salesman say he was so sick he would have skipped last night’s party too if he were sicker. The line plays on staying home from work and missing a social event.

Italian Admiral Missing After Mediterranean Yacht Sinks

Ships and planes resumed a search today for Vice Admiral Marco Calamai 55 a top Italian naval officer swept overboard from the helm of a small yacht during a Mediterranean storm. The missing officer was last seen Monday.

Rome Italy Mediterranean Marco Calamai

Cop Handy For Fire

Patrolman Morris A. Roberge, 36, failed to answer radio calls as a cruiser caught fire near a curve in Westbrook Maine. He said he blacked out after the crash when the engine ignited. firefighters quickly doused the blaze.

Westbrook Maine Morris A. Roberge Roberge

Rampaging Agnes Hits Pusan and Taegu in Korea

Typhoon Agnes struck Pusan with 125 mph winds damaging U.S. Army facilities and a hangar at Taegu air base. Hospitals evacuated, ships aground, several boats missing, and hundreds homeless in Japan as waves battered harbor and crews reported injuries.

Pusan Korea U.S U.S. Army Taegu Japan

Eight Die In Blast At Italian Sulphur Mine

Eight miners were killed and eleven injured in an explosion at the Trabbie Tallarita sulphur mine near Caltanissetta Italy. Six of the injured were in critical condition and not expected to survive.

Caltanissetta Italy Trabbie-Tallarita

Boa Jo Jo Sentenced To Life At Watchung Museum

In SOUTH ORANGE New Jersey a six foot boa constrictor named Jo Jo received a life sentence at the Watchung Nature Museum after a string of relocations and a health department order. Ronald Piper a South Orange boy who cared for the animal expressed sadness at the transfer and vowed to visit.

South Orange N. J Jo-Jo Watchung Jo- Jo Ronald Piper Piper

Hoffa grilled on ties to mob figures and union property

Senate probe questions Hoffa about a $150,000 Chicago area mansion bought by Teamsters locals for a training center. He says funds came from locals No. 299 and 337 of Detroit and denies knowing owner Ricca or that Delucia and Ricca are the same person.

Washington James R. Hoffa Paul Ricca Long Beach Ind Teamster Union Paul Delucia Kennedy Delucia Hoffa The Abstract and Title Guarantee Co George Fitzgerald Fitzgerald McClellan Teamsters Union Capone Mideo Teamsters Union Senate Rackets D-Ark New York Johnny Dio Robert F. Kennedy Teamsters Detroit Chicago

Asiatic flu vaccine expected in Cincinnati soon

The Cincinnati Academy of Medicine announces that Asiatic flu vaccine will likely be available in Cincinnati within a month.

Cincinnati Cincinnati Academy of Medicine

Space Ride Capt. Simons Reaches 100000 Feet In 32 Hour Ballon Flight

Air Force test pilot Col. John P. Stapp notes the 34 year old Simons soared to altitudes over 100000 feet in a balloon voyage that lasted 32 hours. The mission ended with Simons landing near the North Dakota South Dakota border after collecting various personal items from the gondola.

Mngm Simons Pennsylvania Earth North South Dakota Simor F. Simo Wsisle Nalive Hollo

High altitude balloon flight reaches record heights over North Dakota

Simons, chief of space biology at Wright Air Force Base Alamogordo NM, floated above 90 000 feet for 26 hours in a balloon drift from Crosby Minnesota to North Dakota. He described the takeoff as like an elevator and said the sunrise and starry sky were spectacular. Ground crews tracked the ascent and guided a safe descent near Ellendale North Dakota after 120 miles southwest of Fargo.

Man Air Force Base Alamogordo, N.M Crosby Minn Simons Minneota South North Dakota Ellendale N.D Fargo Stapp Simmons

Eisenhower Eyes Compromise Civil Rights Bill Path

President Eisenhower signaled willingness to accept a House Republican compromise on civil rights with voting enforcement. He expects a proposal to be offered soon and noted the plan would lie between his initial stance and the Senate version. He warned against delaying until next year and urged a timely bill passage.

Washington Eisenhower Eisenisenhower Senate House Congress

Akron Man Killed In Akron Car Crash

Donald L. Caper, 40, of Akron, was killed when his car skidded out of control and struck a utility pole early today in Akron Ohio.

Akron Ohio Donald L. Caper

Weather update forecasts Pleasant day with upcoming cool front

The cool pleasant weather continues. A cold Arctic front will push cooler temperatures into the Miami Valley. Official forecast calls for a high of 85 and low of 60 tonight. Thursday remains fair and cool as the colder air lowers temperatures with a high around 89. Middletown records show yesterday’s high near 80 and the morning low around 5 am.

Arctic Miami Valley Toni Middletown

Ike Sees Soviet Aim in Syria as Ultimate Control

President Eisenhower said the pro-Communist bid in Syria aims to put the country under Soviet control. He noted the United States does not know how far the move has progressed and Linked the pattern to past Soviet influence while warning no action is warranted under the current Middle East program.

Washington Eisenhower Syria United States Middle East U. S Moscow

Syria accuses U.S. plot to topple regime and kill leaders

Damascus says the United States masterminded a mass assassination plan to remove President Kuwatly. Maj. Gen. Asif Bizry named Howard E. Stone and other diplomats as masterminds, claiming gangsters would be sent to kill Syrian officers. The U.S. State Department calls the charge fabrications.

Damascus Syria America Asif Bizry United States Our Bizry U.N Shukri Kuwatly U. S. State Department Kuwatly Egypt Foreign Ministry Howard E. Stone U.S Stone Amin Nufoury Col Abdul Hamid Sarraj Army

New Funds for World Aid Sought

Senator Thye says supporters aim for at least three billion dollars in new foreign aid funds as a Senate Appropriations Committee dispute over available money continues. Johnson cites a twelve billion total including new allocations and reappropriations amid heated debate.

Washington Thye R-Minn Senate Appropriations Committee International Cooperation Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Senate House Johnson Krowland California

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Agnes Boss Hoffa Probers Joseph Kittinger Rose Sim Bill Chevalier Fargo David G. Simons Air Force Space John P. Stapp Rocket Sled Air Farcea Minneapolis Lightning Sontag By Marvin L. Arrowsmith World Aid Pal Duke Prinece Hyattsville
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