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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1958

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Radio Ears May Track Space Craft

BIG PINE Calif AP a 11 million dollar radio observatory near here will track and guide space ships as they speed into the universe. With two 90 foot dish antennas it may peer 30 billion light years back in time and space and receive and send radio impulses. Navy helped fund more than 1.3 million dollars of construction and expects improved navigation for ships and planes when in operation.

Big Pine Calif Outer Space California Institute of Technology Navy Owens Valley Los Angeles Rawson Bennett II Chief of Naval Research Observatory John G. Bolton Office of Naval Research Adm. Bennett

Holiday Flight Chaos Widens As Strikes Disrupt Travel

A thick fog of labor troubles grounds American Airlines and Eastern Airlines during peak travel. Thousands seek alternate arrangements as Christmas nears. Pilots and mechanics wage long strikes, with proposed talks unlikely soon and employees placed on potential unpaid leave after Jan. 4. Several officials criticize the timing of the walkouts.

American Airlines Eastern Airlines American Eastern Air Lines Miami Fla Cali Ffornia H. Allen Smith Calif Los Angeles Norris Poulson ALPA Clarence Sayen Trans World Airways TWA

Plot Confession Ties Nurse Killing In Ventura

Augustine Baldonado 25 claims Olga Duncan 30 was killed for an annulment scheme by Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan 34 and Luis Moya 22. Slain nurse Olga was found buried in a shallow 20 foot embankment near Casitas Pass after missing since November 18.

Ventura Calif Olga Duncan Augustine Baldonado Elizabeth Duncan Him Luis Moya Baldonado Santa Barbara Frank Duncan Moya

Embezzler Fails Once, Tries Again

Philadelphia based bookkeeper Herman Konchin 35 accused of embezzling funds from his latest employer and repaying a 1957 case. Police found 2000 cash and 1000 checks in his car outside the furniture store where he worked. Konchin previously faced an $18000 embezzlement from an auto dealer and was settling it at ten dollars weekly.

Philadelphia Herman Konchin Konchin Simon Richman

Young farmers need love of farming and money says official

Clarence L. Miller, newly named assistant secretary of agriculture, says for young people to pursue farming they must have a real passion and a stake. He notes farming is growing costlier, requiring bigger farms and more machinery, and that many prefer city manufacturing for higher pay.

Washington Clarence L. Miller Miller Shelby County Tiller Louisville

New Contacts Planned With Talkative Atlas

Washington AP reports Earthmen prepared for more two way radio contacts with the Atlas missile satellite in its fourth day aloft. Messages from President Eisenhower were relayed back to posts in California Georgia Texas and Arizona as the 85 foot craft orbits at 17000 miles per hour. Ground stations reported excellent teletypewriter copy during multi channel tests and a publicized warning from the House Space Committee staff about potential dangers of unsafeguarded satellite firings and the need for advance flight plans.

Washington Globe United States California Georgia Texas Arizona Eisenhower Earth Cape Canaveral Fla Ft. Stewart Defense Department F. Sam Houston Tex Los Angeles Ft. Huachuca Ariz House Space Committee George J. Feldman Space Committee

Debre Seen as Next French Premier Amid De Gaulle Transition

Michael Debre, a political theoretician and longtime De Gaulle ally, is expected to become France's premier when Charles de Gaulle steps down, according to AP Wirephoto.

Michael Debre France Charles de Gaulle Debre de Gaulle

Space tests push future radio relay and space telecast

In early flight days American scientists report communications tests that may enable space relayed TV and global military links. Tests included delaying Eisenhower’s peace on earth message and relaying the message and another via coded radio teletypewriter.

Eisenhower

Judge Sentences Gold and Paperman on Contempt

Federal Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr. sentences Bernard Gold to three months in jail for contempt in a tax probe for failing to turn over company records. His secretary Mildred Paperman gets 10 days. Sentences start Jan 7. Both released in $1,000 personal recognizance. Convictions handed down Friday.

Boston Charles E. Wyzanski Jr New England Bernard Goldfine Mildred Paperman

Notre Dame Names Joe Kuharich as New Head Coach

South Bend Indiana AP Joe Kuharich coach of the Washington Redskins is named to replace Terry Brennan as head coach of the Notre Dame football team Athletic Director Edward Moose Krause announced today.

South Bend Ind Joe Kuharich Washington Redskins Terry Brennan Notre Dame Edward Moose Krause

De Gaulle Wins French Presidency in Landslide Victory

Premier Charles de Gaulle captured 78.5 percent of valid Electoral College ballots in France's presidential vote, extending his power as the first president of the Fifth Republic. He will assume office January 8 with strong executive powers and the ability to appoint a premier and dissolve the National Assembly.

Harvey Hudson PARIS Charles de Gaulle France Fifth Republic UMG National Assembly Rene Coty Fourth Republic de Gaulle Grand Electors Georges Marrange Ivry Albert Chatelet University of Paris Elysee Palace

Winter Arrives in Middletown with Cold Start

The official time of winter's arrival in Middletown was 3 49 a m. The forecast calls for fair and warmer weather today and tonight with a high of 43 and low of 30 degrees. Tuesday is expected to be fair and mild with a high near 45. The prior Sunday recorded a 29 degree high by 3 p m and a 16 degree low this morning.

Middletown

Ogden Reid House Burns in Back Bay Virginia

Ogden Reid editorial director of the New York Herald Tribune fled with his wife and three children as flames swept the roof of his isolated hunting lodge. Volunteer firemen quelled the blaze before the entire building was destroyed. The Reids were uninjured and returned to New York.

Back Bay Ogden ‘Reid New York Herald Tribune Reids New York

Fire Kills 6 Children in Wisconsin Home

Six Weyneberg children aged 2 to 7 died Sunday while seeking refuge in a bathroom as a blaze swept their living room. Firemen found Douglas at the stairs door and the others in the bathroom after their parents, away at mass, could not reach them. Coroner Kemps noted the stairway led to the kitchen and the bathroom lay off the staircase area.

Kaukauna Wis Lynn Douglas Margaret John Barbara I Michael Floyd Weyneberg Bernard Kemps Kemps

Morning Start Sets Tone for a Chuckle

A lighthearted piece ponders how waking early shapes the day’s mood and optimism. It riffs on morning routines and the tiny choices that influence outlook, inviting readers to embrace a cheerful start.

Ohio Grabs Record 38 Illegal Stills in October

Ohio lawmen seized 38 illegal liquor stills this year, a record surpassing West Virginia's five finds in October. The total for October nationwide reached 810, with North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama contributing the most.

Cleveland Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania North Carolina South Carolina Alabama

Moonshine Profits Rule Until Law Changes

Moonshine manufacture remains profitable with no federal tax on homemade corn liquor and no state tax. Distillers avoid building codes and supervision costs while selling high proof hootch at high margins. Michael T. Corsaro notes profit comes from potency and diluting with water to increase liquid volume.

Michael T. Corsaro Cleveland

Moonshine Stills Found Across Cleveland Area

Authorities report widespread moonshine activity with stills uncovered in basements attics and barns from Portsmouth to Cleveland. A 50 gallon drum setup yields about 20 gallons of high proof liquor every five days, using corn mash heated and distilled, with odor managed poorly by sugar and even a felt hat as a crude filter.

Portsmouth Cleveland Corsaro

Priests Receives Audience From Pope John XXIII

The Pope welcomed newly ordained priests during an audience at the Vatican. The ceremony honored clergymen ordained over the weekend at various pontifical colleges in Rome.

Vatican City John XXIII Pontifical iRome

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