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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
1
President Eisenhower to face a 15 page Bulganin missive dismissed as propaganda. The letters urged a halt to nuclear tests and proposed an East West conference, but offered few specifics and were seen as backing the NATO summit.
Cape Canaveral AP The Army reported a successful Redstone test launch and announced ongoing preparations to attempt a small satellite launch. Engineers from Huntsville observed the Jupiter missile program as the Army advances toward an instrumented satellite, with the Jupiter in the works and Vanguard comparisons noted.
Airman 3C. Carroll D. Taylor of Cincinnati Ohio was found guilty by a seven member military court in Kusan Korea of assault with a dangerous weapon for firing on four Korean girls on a guard post at an Air Force bomb supply dump. One girl died from a head injury. Taylor admitted firing on Sept 15 aiming at their lower extremities. He faces up to three years in prison and a dishonorable discharge. Associate guard Edward L. Young of Philo Ohio goes on trial Friday for involuntary manslaughter.
A B52 bomber with jammed landing gear belly landed on a seamite runway at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio after circling for over an hour. Pilot Robert H McMillan and co pilot Arthur L Sprott escaped injury.
A lighthearted item shares a quirky lyric about a moth song and a playful misquote about coming out of hair. The fragment hints at a humorous recurring feature and readers are invited to enjoy the pun.
AFL-CIO leaders push for sizable wage increases and shorter hours at the Atlantic City convention. Walter Reuther leaders a bid to bolster consumer buying power amid 3.2 million unemployed, with fears unemployment could rise to six million by spring. The push contrasts with Johnson’s 40 hour week proposal and faces skepticism from some leaders. Labor officials urge wage gains to sustain key industries while opposing new picketing restrictions.
New York Police Commissioner Stephen P. Kennedy faced a Triborough Bridge traffic jam on the way to City Hall. He used a radio telephone to summon a police launch that ferried him down the East River, arriving about 45 minutes late.
Five FBI agents and 15 Columbus detectives arrested Walter Carl Splich of Akron and Barbara Ann Jones of Wooster as they backed from a parking space. A .38 revolver and a .38 automatic were found on them and another under the seat. all loaded. They are suspected in a string of unsolved bank robberies in Ohio and nearby states and linked to supermarket holdups in Dayton and Salem.
A westbound train struck a large gasoline truck stalled on a crossing near Yokohama. Seconds later an eastbound train collided with the damaged truck. The driver was killed and no gasoline leaked from the road tanker.
A bitter arctic air mass coats the Miami Valley with a forecast of a high near 22 and a low around zero. Snow flurries are possible as the cold wave sweeps through. conditions improve to the mid twenties by Thursday. Local readings show a low of 8 above and a daytime high near 38 yesterday. snowfall totals under .01 inch.
President Eisenhower, in excellent condition after new exams, will fly to Paris Friday to attend the NATO summit. Doctors say his speech difficulty is improving and his recovery permits attendance. aides note he will carry on with schedule and social functions.
In Massillon Ohio two gunmen held up the Saveway Market manager Tuesday night and fled with five thousand seven hundred dollars. Police investigated the incident and sought leads on the robbers.
The United States seeks NATO approval for a plan to consult rapidly before any nuclear use and to share control of missiles with member states. Each country would own and fire its own missiles while U S units keep warheads. triggering would require joint action, not a unilateral decision.
New York City faces a severe transit crunch as the Subway Strikes refuse to work. Only 299 of 809 midnight to 7 a.m. motormen reported for duty across three divisions. Mayor Wagner and Gov. Harriman urge return to work. several Queens buses pledge extra service to Manhattan.
A all white jury acquitted Deputy Dallas Holliday in the fatal Sept 7 shooting of Joseph J. Cross 21 a Greensboro A and T College senior, during a trap over a telephone dating attempt involving Polly Roberson 25 and a staged rendezvous near Williamston North Carolina. Cross died after being shot during a struggle with Holliday.
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