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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1948
Page
8
After a meeting with Downs, Durand and his Benny flee repeatedly and settle in Pensacola. They take a house to avoid conspicuous hotel living as authorities tighten the search.
Southern California felt a minor quake amid USC Notre Dame football excitement. Palm Springs area reported two broken legs and scattered damage but no deaths. Seismologists from Caltech searched desert and mountains for the quake’s source, with the shock felt from Santa Barbara to Las Vegas and centered about 100 miles east south east of Los Angeles.
German war brides begin an air bridge from Munich to the United States aboard two Skymaster transports carrying 94 brides and their children. Over 3,000 wives and families of American veterans seek to fly before the December 28 deadline under the alien spouse act. About two thirds of U S divorces involve no children.
Radio schedule fragment lists programs and times including Supper Club, Calvacades of America, The Telephone Hour, Dr Q DeNews, Markets, Morning Matinee, Editors Daughter, Road of Life, Nora Drake, Jack Berch, Fifty Club, News Markew, Guiding Light, Lone Ranger, American R. Hour and Evening Concerts. Mentions Cincinnati broadcasts and national shows with various hosts and time slots.
A listing of daytime radio programming including Beulah Show Bob Crosby Show Inner Sanctum Arthur Godfrey Radio Theater My Friend Irma and more. Also notes sports coverage and weather outlook with multiple talk and musical segments across stations.
In Lyons Georgia two Georgia State Patrol officers were ordered to escort Amy James Mallard to Lyons to swear out murder warrants against five men charged in the ambush slaying of her husband Robert Mallard. The widow, hiding in Savannah, said she fears returning as authorities rearrest two suspects as material witnesses.
In Portland a scantily clad couple was found dead in a locked apartment, apparently from gas poisoning. A window was open and no gas leaks were found as Detective Capt. Kochran called it a strange case. The victims, cab driver Stanton Bannister and wife Lillian Trene, both 38, died about two days earlier with carbon monoxide in their blood, though no gas was detected in a fox terrier roaming the third floor.
A list of crossword like clues across horizontal and vertical entries with hints for words matching lengths and letter patterns. The grid references show positions for words such as lantern lamprey varnish etc, typical of a themed puzzle.
Nathan Friedman-Yellin leads the Stern Gang in Israel's first terrorist trial as he defends himself before a Jewish military court. Prosecutors cite the Jerusalem assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte as an open declaration of war against the government.
A witness noted the incident has the hallmarks of death by own action but said elements are missing. The scene centers on a death investigation in an apartment with cautious commentary from the responder.
The article notes the accused face a week to 10 day trial period. If Freman Yellin and Shmuele Witz are convicted they could be sentenced up to 20 years under the Israeli terrorists law.
In Los Angeles a police officer, D. E. Cook, 31, lay near death after a shooting spree by Barton Bush Bush, 46, who forced poison pills on his wife and fired on officers. Cook had two chest wounds and a leg wound. Bush was also wounded and admitted to General Hospital. Mrs Sue Bush was treated after stomach pumping. Dr P A Foster reported the wife’s poisoning incident. Police booked Bush on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
About 150 attendees gathered for the blessing and open house of the new St Peter Claver Rectory at 810 Eighth. Msgr James F McNary read the dedication prayers and Father Paul Golembiewski announced masses on Wednesday at 6 30 and 8 p m in the rectory for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. A note adds that about 3.5 percent of all children in the United States had divorced parents.
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