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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1959
Page
1
The Toastmasters International convention opens in San Francisco with a Friday program featuring Charles W. Ferguson of New York presenting How To Torture an Audience. The tongue in cheek title signals a humorous exam of public speaking pitfalls and techniques to engage listeners.
In Washington a stepped up US aid package for Laos was announced to bolster its 25,000 man army and supply light equipment. Exact amounts and force sizes were not disclosed as Laos seeks help from the UN and SEATO while denouncing cross border attacks blamed on North Vietnam, China, and Moscow.
Torrential rains across northern and central Honshu leave at least 17 dead and 84 missing, authorities report as rescue operations continue. The AP dispatch notes widespread flooding and rising waters across multiple prefectures.
Los Angeles reports that a new California law requires all judges in courts of record to wear judicial robes in open court, at their own expense, during trials. Several judges denounce the measure as unconstitutional or foolish, while others pledge compliance.
MARVIN L. ARKOWSMITH reports on postwar European diplomacy as Adenauer and French leaders weigh cooperation while Nikita Khrushchev’s visit looms in the news. The piece analyzes shifts in East West tensions and potential paths for Franco German unity amid Cold War pressures.
In Bonn Eisenhower said Western unity remains strong after meeting Chancellor Adenauer and indicated Khrushchev talks could ease Cold War tensions. He noted no signs Adenauer doubts the talks and said he expects progress on Berlin and NATO issues during trips to London and Paris.
Beatrice Workman, 54, of Park Ridge Illinois, died after long radium poisoning linked to the Radium Dial Co Ottawa group. An autopsy confirmed radium poisoning as the cause. Her husband, Thomas, 57, said she suffered for 30 years.
Los Angeles police prepare for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visit on September 19 with a 70 to 80 page instruction pamphlet for officers. The guide will include maps and a minute by minute itinerary. Extra officers will be posted to keep Khrushchev safe from harm.
Khrushchev said the policy of reunification by others and the abolition of the Socialist system in the German Democratic Republic is insolvent. The West insists reunion must be negotiated by the Big Four, who led the Allied victory over Hitler and divided Germany after the war, while refusing to recognize East Germany on an equal basis with West Germany.
Khrushchev wrote to the West German chancellor saying his talks with Eisenhower could yield mutually acceptable decisions. He accused Adenauer of refusing to deal with East Germans and warned it risks prolonging the cold war and hindering German reunification.
Coachella California AP report details the death of 26 year old Jean Elizabeth Wood who stood in the road as a truck approached on Highway 99. The truck driver Frederick Widemann of Artesia found her body 110 feet from impact. Witness James Frye described the shocking scene and tried to intervene.
President Eisenhower, amid questions of Western Allied unity toward the Soviet Union, insists there is no disunity and no dissident sentiment. He says talks with Khrushchev would be conversations, not negotiations, as he meets Adenauer in Bonn then heads to London for five days with British leaders.
A lighthearted cartoon caption hints at the grind of daily labor and the comic misgivings about effort. The joke pivots on a pun about work and its dreaded consequences, inviting a wry smile at the expense of overzealous diligence.
A powerful quake struck southern Mexico at 2:20 am causing widespread destruction across Veracruz Oaxaca Campeche Yucatan Puebla and Tabasco with at least ten confirmed dead and up to 130 injured. Jalapa and Acayucan reported heavy damage while government aid and defense troops rush to restore roads rails and communications.
Judge Peter J. Coruzzi presided his last Barrington municipal court night dismissing a case involving a male dog accused of running loose. He quipped about love from a neighboring female dog and joked that women cause trouble, ending with the case being dismissed.
The heat wave persists but scattered shower activity may lower temperatures. Forecasts call for mostly cloudy weather with highs near 94 today and 95 tomorrow. Tonight expects 72 with partly cloudy, humid conditions. Middletown recorded a high of 92 and a low of 70 earlier, with .25 inches of rain yesterday afternoon.
In Bonn President Eisenhower vowed to protect West Berlin and stand firm with Western Allies against Soviet Communism. In Cape Canaveral an intermediate-range Thor missile launched on a 1500 mile reliability test, a strong takeoff seen as improvement for accuracy. In Washington House conferees head says no further concessions expected on labor control bill.
Sheriff reports 24 year old former pupil Billy Joe Schaffer confessed to strangling 75 year old Emma B. Remy in her Ironton home on February 21 1958 and setting fire to the house. He made the confession while in Oklahoma City.
Cape Canaveral Florida AP reports the Navy launched a test version of a Polaris submarine missile from a ship at sea. An informed source says the shot was highly successful.
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