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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1958
Page
1
In Atlanta's south west section a two story duplex fire killed twelve people, including eleven children from two families. Firemen found ten children in one upstairs room and the infant in an incubator among the charred remains of a mother of four. Police report all victims are Negro.
Bids were opened today for three sections of the Cincinnati to Connaught Freeway Ohio 1. After awards, about 80 miles of Ohio 1 will be under construction.
Harrison Construction Co of Pittsburgh bids 3 856 043 for 3 1/2 miles in Ashtabula County against 4 178 400 estimate. Heffner Construction Co of Celina bids 2 973 521 for 5.5 miles in Franklin County against 3 265 900 estimate. A J Baltes Co of Norwalk bids 5 951 731 against 6 165 200 estimate.
The department opened bids to relocate 6.5 miles of Ohio 4 from north of Franklin Road in Peasttown to Germantown north line. The project will bridge Twin Creek and the New York Central Railroad. The apparent low bid was 1 912 800 by Desaldo Construction Co Cincinnati. Estimate 2 314 100.
Mr and Mrs Jewell Jones risked their lives in a fierce fire as they tried to reach their seven children. Jones was cut off by flames and leaped from a second story window. Firemen pulled him back from the burning structure while Mrs Jones said she ran through a wall of flames and suffered blistered arms and hair singed in the attempt.
Police list seven Jones children aged 8 to infant Calvin Douglas found in an incubator. Also dead are Mary Helen Rowe and her four children Betty Jo Marvin Robert and Calvin under 6. Jones said he smelled smoke and a downstairs blaze trapped him and the children. he escaped by leaping from a window. Cause of the fire undetermined.
Fourteen Koreans scheduled for deportation as illegal entrants escaped a guarded train today, aiming to remain in Japan amid immigration turbulence.
WBRK announcer Dan Healy offered on air shoutouts for any child who shovel d out a fire hydrant after two feet of snow blanketed the area. By nightfall 110 hydrants had been cleared across four communities by volunteers.
Dr Wernher von Braun warned at a National Military Industrial Conference that the United States has fallen behind the Soviet Union in space and must mount several years of focused effort. He said Pentagon plans five firings of satellites or space experiments but gave few specifics. He urged readiness for further Soviet firsts in astronautics and cited Explorer as not enough to redeem past promises.
In Beaumont Texas Assistant Police Chief Willie Bauer admitted a failed marijuana control scheme after cultivating a private crop to study its quality. He burned and later tried to mow down plants as they regrew, quarantined by stubborn resprouts he described as resembling a tropical family’s shrubs.
A description discusses marijuana as a plant dried and smoked like a cigarette. It states possession is illegal and mentions Chair Bauer noting rookie crops knew little about the weed. He designed a mechanical smoker to educate youngsters.
Baver believed sprouts would disappear, but they grew back quickly after he pulled them up. He observed new sprouts appearing overnight and took note of the unexpected regrowth.
Bauer laid out a bold plan ordering a concrete slab in his garden and a garage over it as a defense. Police report no marijuana plants found penetrating the fortified site, signaling success for his defensive measures.
Bitter cold grips the nation with record lows as the storm disrupts travel and cripples snow removal efforts. At least 182 deaths are linked to the weather including heart attack deaths from shovelers and carbon monoxide incidents among stranded motorists.
Drifting snow prompted a broad emergency as Delaware ordered closures of public places, industries, and schools. Central Maryland faced crippling conditions while Huntsville Alabama declared a state of emergency due to dwindling gas supplies. Private parking rates rose and galoshes and fuel oil sales surged. At Keuka Park New York, 25 visiting college men joined 300 Keuka College for Women students stranded over weekend.
Arctic air persists from the Plains to the Atlantic as frigid blasts push into the North Atlantic States. Temperatures plummet with 14 below in Albany and near zero into northern Georgia and northern Florida. Strong northerly winds and light snow affect Michigan to New York and Pennsylvania with Chicago in a fourth straight zero morning.
The weatherman predicts no thaw in the Miami Valley through Wednesday. Today will be fair and very cold with a high near 20. Tonight stays frigid with a low around zero as Arctic air moves in. Wednesday remains fair and very cold with a high near 18 and windy conditions. Middletown reported a zero at 8 am and a previous high of 13 above at 3 pm.
Cincinnati police released John Wallace 21 of Equality Illinois after witnesses did not link him to the murder of Mrs. Margaret McAllister 33 found slain in a hotel room last Tuesday.
A Hancock County boy, 9, died after freezing in a snowbank near Rawson. Jam Shumaker failed to return from a woods play period. a search party found his body Monday night. Ohio endures continued frigid weather as gas usage hits a record two billion cubic feet in 24 hours.
This morning's temperatures ranged from 2 below in Dayton to 11 above in Columbus, with Akron at zero and Cincinnati at 1 below. Tonight may see zero to 8 above, and forecasters expect only a slight moderation after Thursday.
Frigid blast hits Ohio. Engineers warn all boats to seek shelter on the Ohio River. Subzero weather creates hazardous ice conditions, with Huntington official saying it may be the worst since 1939.
Gas companies began including curtailment clauses in contracts with industrial users to reduce consumption. They said the move would reserve more gas for residential use amid supplies.
A new blizzard dropped up to 20 inches in northern Indiana as Lake Michigan area towns faced heavy snow. South Bend reported nearly 35 inches, Michigan City about 54 inches, with more snow forecast then lighter flurries by Wednesday. Stores closed early. schools across St. Joseph County and nearby districts remained shut.
The State Highway Department warned of snow cover in the entire northwest corner of the state and urged motorists to avoid the area. Twenty two Boy Scouts and six adult leaders from East Chicago were airlifted by an Army helicopter seven miles south of Michigan City after becoming stranded at a snowbound campsite with drifts up to fifteen feet.
Torrance California AP report. Tom Garrett, 21, unemployed aircraft worker, could not collect a $40 unemployment check because two jail escapees used his home as a hideout for about a day. Officials said the worker must be available for work daily to qualify.
North Korea rejected the UN Command demand to return the DC3 airliner and 34 aboard it. Communist spokesmen at the Military Armistice Commission meeting said Pyongyang would negotiate with Seoul’s government, while South Korea called the demand impossible. The party framed the passengers as defectors and proposed other channels for the issue.
U S Navy Captain George W Keil a United Nations Secretariat member voices defense of his position amid Communist era tensions. He argues the UN must maintain neutrality and pursue peace through diplomatic channels despite Cold War pressures.
The Communists also refused to accept from Kehl a list of the crewmen and passengers aboard and an inventory of the cargo.
The first cold wave of the Florida peninsula descended the night of December 11. Forewarned by federal and state frost alerts, cattle ranchers, vegetable growers, and citrus farmers had time to prepare and protect crops.
After midnight, temperatures fell to danger levels as cattle rancher J. C. Pearce Jr. near Lake Okeechobee, Immokalee vegetable grower Ewell Moore, and citrus grower Ernest S. Dill near Orlando watched plunging temps. The state faced its most disastrous winter on record.
Since December storms, cold waves and heavy rains ruined croplands from citrus to pasture. About 30 million boxes of fruit in the citrus belt were killed, truck crops were ploughed under, and cattle losses forced 11,000 head sold. Pearce burned 35 carcasses as feed dwindled. next year’s calf crop may fall to 20 percent with a three year rebuild ahead.
Pearce, president of the Florida Cattlemen's Assn., warned that continued cold and rain through February could kill 275,000 head in south Immokalee. Ice on vegetable fields, 20 to 25 inches of rain in six weeks, and persistent cold hurt crops. Moore plows under tomatoes cucumbers corn and watermelons. his third winter crop is starting, with potential ruin if profits fail. Dill reports December 12 freeze damaged foliage on citrus trees, 6,000 boxes of fruit frozen, future yields uncertain for three years.
Republican leaders in Congress and President Eisenhower agreed that capping taxes would not be wise at this time as a tool to stimulate business. The Cabinet officers voiced the consensus during discussions on economic policy.
Middlesboro Kentucky endures freezing weather with about a third of the town without heat as gas supplies drop to new lows. Residents rush to buy oil coal stoves and generators while some evacuate a housing project. Mayor White appeals to the governor for emergency gas shipments and firms explore bottled gas and pipeline options to heat roughly half the affected homes.
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