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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1953
Page
1
President Eisenhower and Senate leader McCarthy are positioned to discuss anti-Communist probes as final conference items shape the admin plan. Key proposals include wiretap evidence in cases and witness immunity to compel testimony, with tax cuts on track for January.
France's National Assembly and Senate meet at Versailles for a fifth ballot to elect a president. Premier Joseph Laniel trails with 408 votes against socialist Marcel Edmond Naegelen on 344 as stalemate continues amid talk of a compromise candidate.
Twenty two American war prisoners in neutral custody face a Wednesday deadline as the UN Command urges them to return home. A 12 page letter to each captive warns an irrevocable mistake in staying with the Reds and notes interviews and loudspeaker briefings planned before the nine day window closes. If they do not come home, they will be listed absent without leave and later deserters. The message stresses family ties and warns against becoming tools of propaganda.
Frank Holt, a miner charged with killing four of his young children with a crowbar, will undergo a mental hearing Monday in Common Pleas Court. Arthur Hopwood of Cambridge State Hospital will conduct the examination at Judge Arthur Hoppe’s court. findings may direct a commitment to Lima State Hospital for fuller evaluation.
Lawrenceville teacher Mary Christmas 34 says she stays busy during the holidays and gets mixed up when people greet her by other holidays. She notes jokes about her name, born near Poseyville Indiana, explaining her parents chose her name from her grandparents Grace and Mary with Mary first.
In PANMUNJOM the 22 American war prisoners who chose communism will share athletic gear and food donated by the Communists with one Briton and 327 South Koreans. Indian guards will deliver the items and host a Christmas athletic meet and party, weather permitting skating on a frozen rice pad. Packaged mail from home will be screened by the neutral Indian command.
Federal grand jury has indicted Elmer Dolan on perjury charges tied to the missing Greenlease ransom money. The case centers on testimony about suitcases allegedly taken to the police station with kidnapper Carl Hall after his arrest in St. Louis.
Texas-born Pfc. Clauge J. Batchelor, 24, refuses repatriation and writes his Japanese wife Kyoko Araki that he now embraces Communist ideas and that they are right. He urges her to join the Japanese Communist party and stay together in the Red camp, while other Americans in the neutral zone cling to home.
Federal narcotics agents and local officers raided Springfield Columbus Dayton and Xenia in a five month operation. Eight Springfield arrests four in Dayton and four in Xenia included a Wilberforce University student ministerial candidate. Columbus arrests remained unlisted. All detainees face federal charges for selling marijuana or heroin or conspiracy. Arraignments set in Dayton.
In Hanoi, editor Larry Allen notes Indochina’s war enters its eighth year with no end in sight. France, backed by Viet Nam, aims to press deep into rebel-held territory aided by overseas reinforcements and U S help totaling about 985 million dollars for the war.
Washington reports the Republicans will move quickly to fill about 2350 postmasterships as Congress resumes. Carlson says hundreds of names are ready for Senate confirmation. about 3300 total postmasters exist with 2350 in first three classes. Civil service tests apply. patronage favors the party in power. turnover figures are not tracked.
The week old two headed boy at Riley Hospital remains under observation and is described as in satisfactory condition. Dr. John D. Van Nuys says he will stay until no longer needing care and that initial plans to move him home were a misunderstanding. The infant has two heads four arms and two legs and shows progress like a normal newborn.
Piqua and Urbana newspaper figure Charles Franklin Ridenour died at age 69. He led the Piqua Daily Call as editor and GM until 1951 and served as treasurer. he also ran Urbana Citizens since 1925. He supported city government reforms and held multiple civic roles. He is survived by wife Mabel and three brothers. Funeral Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in his home, Dr. John C. Inglis officiating. Burial in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Icelandic and American units battled gale winds on Myrdalsjokull Glacier to reach a downed U S Navy Lockheed Neptune with nine crew. Seven were reported alive as soldiers and ski experts worked toward a remote airfield at the glacier foot.
Police seek a man who broke into Mrs. George H Brear’s home last night. He tested his sanity by unpacking 20 Christmas gifts, stealing a camera and tie and all the wings. He took three jars of candy, two boxes of fishing tackle, and a .22 revolver while leaving two fishing reels and a hunting rifle. He swept the floor after the raid.
A B29 crashed at Ogden Municipal Airport killing the co-pilot and injuring two crew members, while seven others were rescued from the wreckage. Capt. B D Wilson of Hill AFB and Chester Pa was identified among the crew. Maj. J A Gerwick of Orlando Fla was listed semi critical.
The low reached 18 degrees at 3 a.m. with yesterday's low at four degrees. High hit 22 degrees at 3:30 p.m. Mostly cloudy skies expected tonight and Sunday with occasional rain. observers forecast a low between 30 and 35 degrees tonight.
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