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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1959
Page
1
Six inmates escaped the Fort Madison Iowa state penitentiary during a Sunday prison service using home made knives. One remained at large as the warden blamed government inaction for lack of new cell windows. Three others surrendered after blocking a Fort Madison minister's wife and two children.
In Manhattan on Sunday night a truce between street gangs collapsed leaving 15 year old Theresa Gee dead and six others injured including 14 year old Julio Rosario who was stabbed and 11 year old Manuel Cintron who was shot. The violence erupted after the Sportsmen invaded Forsyth Street Boys territory sparking a deadly exchange among Black and Puerto Rican youths. A bystander and several teens were wounded as police attended the scene.
A 15 year old boy admitted firing on a group of youths, killing a girl and injuring two others on the lower East Side. Police say the incident followed a car shooting and stemmed from gang tensions amid a recent truce attempt led by an Episcopal minister. About 100 officers investigated, 20 youths questioned as neighborhoods shift with new arrivals.
Five German climbers died in separate accidents over the weekend in the Bavarian Alps near Berchtesgaden. Authorities said the incidents involved mountaineering activity and preliminary investigations are ongoing.
Dallas City police captured the fifth of six Fort Madison escapees, ending a pursuit that spanned several days. The suspect was taken into custody without incident and will face extradition procedures.
Four convicts aged 22 to 40 escaped from the state prison leading to a house by house search. At St Luke's Church in Montrose three inmates forced their way into the Rev William W Swift home and held Mrs Swift and her children as a neighbor boy was lured in. Deputy Ward en Bernard Nelson arrested the group at the Swift residence while Wilbur Bil hain was captured near the prison. All had been serving sentences of 10 years or more.
London AP reports two ships collided in fog off the coast leaving six sailors missing. Coast guard and rescue vessels searched the area as inquiries began into the incident.
Eight prisoners died and twelve were injured when a fire broke out in a crowded Ocean County jail in Toms River New Jersey. Authorities suspect a combustion in a padded cell from burning foam rubber after a fight on the first floor. Witnesses reported two explosions and guards evacuated inmates as fires raged on the second floor.
Government forces surrender two positions near the Laotian capital as Communist rebels extend a weekend push. Advancing units seize Sop Vieng and threaten supply routes from Vientiane to the south, with heavy fighting spreading from the north.
In western Algeria the French army reports two engagements where rebels met to reorganize. Six rebel leaders were killed and eleven captured in an ambushed meeting.
In Mussoorie the Dalai Lama claims 80,000 Tibetan deaths and Chinese rule threaten extinction. He alleges Panchen Lama’s torture and reports no confirmation of anti Chinese revolt. Bhutan's Jigme Dorji says Peiping blocks trade with Tibet and vows to resist any takeover.
The Miami Valley faces hot and humid weather today and tomorrow with highs near 97 and 95 degrees. Showers possible by Tuesday afternoon as officials note yesterday’s high of 97 in Middletown and a 73 degree low this morning.
A fragment notes that natives who beat drums to ward off spirits face scorn from Americans who blow horns to clear traffic, illustrating cultural clash in a humorous or critical light.
President Eisenhower begins a nine day West Europe tour aiming to unite allies on a Big Two approach with the Soviet Union. He must ease gaps between Britain France and West Germany while keeping NATO cohesion and nuclear hopes intact. He faces tough talks with De Gaulle and Adenauer and presses for disarmament progress and an East West summit.
The Associated Press reports hundreds fell ill at weekend outings nationwide. About 145 in Attica Indiana at a radio materials firm event. 70 in Angola Indiana after ham sandwiches in heat. 59 still hospitalized in Wyoming with others discharged from Indiana hospitals. Additional cases hit Cheyenne and Milwaukee, with Cincinnati reporting illness at a religious festival.
In the Capitol, 14 House and Senate conferees work the final section of the labor bill. They largely agree on the first six titles but Title Seven on Taft Hartley amendments proves contentious. Key disputes involve no man’s land labor cases, secondary boycotts, and organizational picketing.
Amos I. Garrison 65 longtime executive secretary of the board of review for the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation died Sunday at White Cross Hospital in Columbus He formerly served as probate judge in Vinton County.
New York reports wage talks in the 41 day old steel strike paused again as second string teams discuss a new contract. U S W A leader David McDonald and union counsel Arthur Goldberg plan to rejoin Wednesday. Cooper and Mitchell predict no quick settlement and warn of further industry impact.
A fiery Atlas rocket lifted from Cape Canaveral in a test aimed at making the giant war rocket ready for military use by next month. In London Ohio a sitdown strike at London Prison Farm swelled to about 1,000 sympathizers with no violence after three hours though guards plan to search inmates for weapons.
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