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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1957

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Mideast Deadlock Persists as UN Units Patrole Strip

The UN reports Egypt will permit the UN Emergency Force to take positions in the Gaza Strip and help end raids on the Egyptian Israeli border. Israel questions length and scope of deployment while Western diplomats show cautious optimism as the General Assembly debates sanctions against Israel.

United Nations N.Y Middle East Israel General Assembly U.N Dag Hammarskjold Egypt Gaza Strip

Eban's Return Delays U.S. Iran Israel Stand

Israel demands ironclad guarantees before withdrawing from Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba. The United States, led by Eisenhower and Dulles, stays firm on conditions while Eban travels from Jerusalem to Washington for new talks. Ben Gurion faces a Monday confidence vote as Hammarskjold seeks Egypt Gaza control with U.N. police in charge.

Egypt Dulles Eisenhower U.S Israel Abba Eban Jerusalem David Ben-Gurion London Eban Washington United States Gulf of Aqaba U.N Gaza Strip Ben-Gurion Dag Hammarskjold Gaza Palestine

Two Officers Shot In Eugene Duel With 65-Year-Old Man

In Eugene Oregon a 65-year-old Albert Wachsmuth engages in a two-hour gun battle with police after killing state trooper Charles Sanders and wounding deputy Dave Heffner. Heffner is in critical condition. Wachsmuth dies by shooting himself as officers close in.

Eugene Ore Albert Wachsmuth Dave Heffner Heffner Charles Sanders Wachsmuth Robert Baker

The Future Comes One Day at a Time Chuckle

A lighthearted line about the future noting its steady arrival one day at a time. The quip underscores a daily perspective rather than grand forecasts.

Ishibashi Resigns as Japan Prime Minister Over Ill Health

Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibashi resigns due to bronchial pneumonia and weak heart after two months in office. Foreign Minister Nobusuke Kishi, backed by a 296 to 151 Liberal Democratic majority, is seen as the likely successor amid the Diet’s forthcoming selection next week.

Tokyo Tanzan Ishibashi Nobusuke Kishi Ishibashi Diet Nounced Liberal-Democratic Party Kishi Ichiro Hatoyama Isyhibashi Hatoyama Japan United States

Portsmouth telephones blackout sparks guard response

Gov. ONeill awaits state police reports as Ohio National Guard and highway patrol rush to Portsmouth after cable slashings blackout local and long distance service in Scioto County. Union denies blame while negotiators resume talks amid cautious optimism and a shift to a possible package settlement.

Columbus Ohio William O'Neill Portsmouth Ohio National Guard Ohio Highway Patrol Scioto County WHATS Telephone Co Communications Workers of America CWA Williams Curtis Fletcher Union

Tragedy After Auto Plows Into Locomotive In Middletown

A car carrying six teens collided with a standing Baltimore & Ohio locomotive on Lafayette Avenue at 11 10 p m killing Bobby Campbell 14 and Kay Booker 13 and injuring Sharon Brewer 13 and others. Driver David Malott 16 escaped with non fatal injuries as the engine suffered front damage. The fatalities marked Middletown’s second and third deaths of the year and eight and nine in Butler County for 1957. Burial for Campbell set for North Cemetery Monroe.

Lafayette Avenue Bobby Byron Campbell Robert Campbell Oakland Station Dixie Highway Middletown Hospital Kay Booker Wallace Booker Blue Ball David Malott Well Rd Baltimore & Ohio Middletown The Journal Tom Morningstar Highland St United Welding Co Morningstar Malott McCoy-Leffler Riggs Butler County

Boy Toddles Into Burning House Dies in Forney

Two year old Helmuth Haug followed his grandfather back into a blazing home and suffocated. His brother Gottfried Haug, 3, also was in the care of the grandfather Sebastian Stikl. Stikl rescued the children but was struck by a falling timber and escaped outside unaware the younger boy had returned inside. The boys were the children of Mr and Mrs Mathias Haug who had moved to Forney from Bissingen Germany last September.

Mathias Haug Forney Bissingen Germany

Surgery Prof Dies in Columbus at 76

Columbus Ohio Dr Verne A Dodd 76 professor emeritus of surgery at Ohio State University died in University Hospital after a long illness He served as chairman of the surgery department and chief of staff at Lee Hospital from 1921 to

Columbus Ohio Verne A. Dodd Ohio State University University Hospital

Missing Portland Teamsters records prompt Senate inquiry

Senate committee counsel Robert F. Kennedy said investigators cannot locate a second batch of Teamsters financial records sought in a racketeering probe. Hearings begin Tuesday in Portland on alleged ties between union officials and gang elements, as union attorney Samuel Bassett claims Seattle files were destroyed years ago during basement clearance.

Washington Ww Senate Committee Teamster Robert F. Kennedy Senate Portland Ore Kennedy Samuel Bassett Union Chicago Sen. McClellan Ark Seattle Western Conference Teamsters Bassett Fire Department McClellan

End of 10 Day East Coast Dock Strike Reaches Back to Work

About 45 000 dockers from Maine to Virginia are ordered back to work ending a 10 day strike. New York longshoremen ratified a master contract 6 829 to 4 017, following settlements in Baltimore and Hampton Roads. ILA President William V. Bradley issued the back to work order amid employer plans for full scale weekend operations.

New York Maine Virginia Baltimore Hampton Roads William V. Bradley International Longshoremen’s As #n Ind ILA Bradley Alexander Chopin

Coal Jammed In Cleveland Pipeline Test

The first 400 tons of coal for the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. via a Cadiz pipeline are stuck halfway along the 108 mile route. The line is being flushed between Carrollton and Atwater and pumping in the test run is to resume Monday. The water and powdered coal mixture travels at 3 miles per hour and has plugged the line.

Cleveland Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co Cadiz Carrollton Atwater

Missile’s Loss Attributed To Gadget Failure At White Sands

At White Sands Proving Ground a Matador guided missile escaped unarmed to 35 000 feet toward the Docky Mountains about 700 miles northwest before search was called off. Holoman Air Development Center commander Maj Gen L I Davis blamed two electronic self destruction systems found faulty after inspection.

Davis Rockies Patrick Air, Force Base Fla Air Force

Fire devastates Flat Rock School trapping students and staff

A blaze at Flat Rock School in Mountairy North Carolina killed one and injured about 30. Teachers and students fled through windows and doors as flames swept the one story brick building built around 1925. Principal A P Phillips noted four exits aided evacuation while nine year old Larry Adams was the sole pupil not to escape. Mrs Cora Beasley, one of five critically burned, was believed to have stayed to help him.

A.P. Phillips Flat Rock Phillips Larry Adams Cora Beasley

Two Men Killed in Forestville Supermarket Break-In

County police say two men were shot and killed inside a Forestville supermarket while attempting to break a safe. A third man fled in a light car with Kentucky plates. Investigators tentatively identified the dead as Berton, about 35, and Licky Nader, 43.

Cincinnati Forestville Kentucky Berton Licky Nader

Obituary Notice for Kay Booker of Blue Ball

Kay Booker of Blue Ball, native of Hamilton, lived there 11 years and was a Rainbow Girls member. Survived by her parents and sister Bonnie, with maternal grandparents Hugh Callahan and wife, paternal grandparents Charles and wife. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Riggs Funeral Home. Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton. Visiting Monday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.

Campbell Middletown Jean Dobrozsi Sam Birchfield Ma Riba McCoy-Leffler D. C. Campbell North Cemetery Monroe Kay Hamilton Blue Ball Rainbow Girls Assembly Bonnie Hugh Callahan Wilmington Charles Booker Wildwood Fila Riggs Greenwood Cemetery

Big Globemaster Crash Kills 5 Seamen 159 Aboard

In Korea a U S Air Force C 124 crashed on an island in the Han River after takeoff from Kimpo en route to Tokyo. Five dead 17 missing 143 rescued per U S and Japanese reports with rescue efforts halted by tides and shifting debris.

Seoul Han U. S. Air Force Air Force Tokyo Japan Korea Yellow Sea

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Middletown High Bob Reed Jerry Lucas Tom Sizer Big Blue Cincinnati Garden Weith Mideast Nasser Hammarskjold Sharm el Sheikh Gulf Eilat U. S Mahmoud Fawzi Assembly Lebanon Charles Malik U. N Afghanistan Indonesia Iraq Pakistan Sudan Malik Warren Rogers JR By Eugene Kramer Jefferson County Ohio Consolidated Byron Campbell Sharon Brewer James Timberman Ma. Jott Elmer Malott Gene Sorrell Loran Sorrell Joann Kemplin Lillian Kemplin Lemon, Monroe High School Miss Booker Blue Ball School L. L. Ramsey Dixie Hwy Guts Mountairy N.C Mie U. S. 8Th Army Kimpo
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