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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1960
Page
1
Booze was convicted in U S District Court for possession of illegal whisky. He claimed it was for asthma but the judge ordered two years probation and advised trying another medicine.
The Organization of American States circuit's nine member committee considers Venezuela's charges of flagrant human rights abuses in the Dominican Republic under Trujillo. The full council debated but offered no action, citing non intervention rules. Cuba backed Venezuela's grave accusation while the Dominican Republic denied wrongdoing.
Washington AP reports hints of irregularities as a House Public Works subcommittee begins an inquiry into spending and planning on the interstate highway system. Rep. Jim Wright says undisclosed facts could dwarf prior payola worries as costs rise from 500 thousand to over one million dollars per mile.
President Eisenhower will fly to Cape Canaveral Florida on Wednesday to inspect the missile launching base. The White House says he will spend three or four hours there before returning to Washington by jet.
Rev. Leo K. Bishop 48, vice president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, was shot twice during a robbery attempt by seven youths in Chicago’s South Shore area. He and his wife Pauline 47 restrained a gunman. five teens and two girls were involved. Bishop underwent four hours of surgery with the bullet removed and was reported fair.
State Liquor Enforcement Chief Ivan W. Smith says the Corsaro case may involve more than the $50 bribe charge. Corsaro resigns on Smith’s order, denies taking the money, and claims a setup by a tavern operator named Peter Reid who said he paid Corsaro via an intermediary. Smith says investigation has only begun and questions Reid’s reliability.
A rapidly moving low pressure system will bring rain showers to the Miami Valley through Wednesday. Today will be mostly cloudy and mild with a high near 47 and a low around 35. Wednesday remains mild with scattered thunderstorms and a high near 45.
Howling winds swept across Northern California killing at least three people and forcing about 1000 residents from their homes. A new storm was reported approaching as Sierra Nevada preparations for the winter Olympics at Squaw Valley were disrupted.
Flooding along the Eel River Canyon near Eureka caused power outages and uprooted trees. National Guardsmen were sent to three Humboldt County towns to deter looting while residents fled to higher ground. The Red Cross declared a disaster area from Garberville to Pepperwood as San Francisco area traffic slowed and drivers waited out the heavy rain.
Stormy weather brought snow and strong winds across the West. Snow was general in the northern and central Rockies and parts of the plateau region with gusty northerly winds.
President Eisenhower challenged the Democratic Congress with a new approach to the wheat glut, proposing constructive options within three guidelines. He urged realistic price supports, avoidance of excessive production, and no direct crop subsidies, signaling openness to alternatives while wary of destabilizing markets.
Moscow reports Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at an Italian reception pressed again for a peace treaty with Germany and an end to the West Berlin occupation. He sparred with Italian leaders Gronchi and Pella, challenging Adenauer and joking about party membership.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev accepts Sekou Toure invitation for a trip to Africa with date set by diplomats. Toure, Guinea’s president, visited Moscow last year as Guinea moves from former French colonial status to independence with Soviet aid and technical support.
In Durham two variety stores reopened today after protests over segregated seating, but the luncheon sections remained closed for public safety. Demonstrations spread from Greensboro to Winston-Salem and Durham.
Forty Negro students from North Carolina College and four Duke University whites protested at Woolworth and Kress lunch counters in Greensboro, prompting closures after a bomb threat. Demonstrations spread to Durham and Winston-Salem with sit ins and limited service, while organizers vote a two week cooling off period and stores reopen with stand up service only.
Mrs. Barbara Reid 29 admitted fatally stabbing her husband Aubrey 30 in Toledo after an argument police said She claimed she struck him with a hunting knife and police held her as a material witness in the case.
A lighthearted look at the trend of couples who promise lasting fidelity in marriage yet later drift apart. The piece notes social pressures and changing attitudes toward commitment, suggesting vows are easy to speak but hard to keep.
AP report notes Senator John F. Kennedy says his remarks about winning by the Los Angeles deadline were stronger than intended. Separate testimony by General Nathan F. Twining to Senate committees asserts the United States faces unacceptable damage from any future attack. British papers debate Queen Elizabeth II selecting Mountbatten Windsor as the non direct line family surname.
William Columbus Johnson a 33 year old Baptist deacon says he planted a dynamite device in Rev J T Robinson s car because he and the preacher s wife Velma were lovers The couple and the preacher s wife frequent a church annex for trysts Subpoenas issued to testify before a grand jury Johnson held on 5000 bond Robinson family details listed police report notes Johnson s marriage and son while the Robinsons have three children
Parachute and weather balloon gear were found hanging on a Queen Mary funnel as the rig presumably landed while the liner was crossing the English Channel to Southampton. A Cunard Line spokesman called the landing “a million to one chance.”
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