29 Feb 1956
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1956
Page
1
IEE announces he will re enter the race and plans to explain his decision on radio and television. The move signals a campaign return with broad media outreach and public statements forthcoming.
President Eisenhower announced he will run for another four years in the White House after a packed news conference. He said the decision involved many factors and planned a national TV radio address to explain to the American people. The timing followed his Sept. 24 heart attack and hints at a San Francisco convention nomination.
A four member Senate committee seeks to resolve conflicting accounts over a $2500 gift from oil lawyer John M. Neff to Case ally Hickenlooper’s Iowa campaign. Neff asserts no funds, Goodwin claims one dollar offer. Witness list includes Neal Keck Superior Oil and officials from South Dakota and Iowa.
Sen. H. Alexander Smith labeled Democrats claim that Dulles deceived the public about Soviet threats as indefensible. He accused Fulbright of relying on off the cuff remarks and urged bipartisan support for the president's flexible aid policy amid Russia's diplomacy. Smith praised Dulles as a great American statesman with high integrity.
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler called for a national battle page in the fall campaign to give both parties equal space to present their cases. He cited press bias toward Republicans and urged a two party, opposite column format in the final eight to nine weeks before the election.
Dallas theater janitor Willie Ingram 33 buys a secondhand mechanical right arm for 22.50 after paying 3 down. He lost his real arm in 1942 and wore a mechanical one previously. the buyer says it fits and needs adjustment.
Former President Elpidio Quirino died at his home near Manila at 6 p.m. aged 65 after suffering high blood pressure. He is survived by daughter Victoria Gonzales and son Tomas Quirino. Quirino became president in 1948 after Roxas and later lost to Ramon Magsaysay in 1953.
Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters he had made up his mind to seek a second term if the Republican party and the American people want him. The room buzzed as he spoke calmly before the largest news gathering yet, then answered questions with brisk clarity and asked to keep certain topics private until tonight's radio television appearance.
Eighth graders Eugene Psota and John Wilinski, altar boys from West Homestead, fought near their homes. Wilinski died from blows with an iron pipe. Psota, 95 pounds, claimed torment from the larger boy. Psota was taken into juvenile custody.
In New York a belief that leap year boosts marriage proposals meets doubt from Prof Nelson Hanna. He says women still select mates, while men think it's their idea. The custom traces to 1288 Scotland and Julius Caesar's 365 day cycle with leap day every four years, except century years not divisible by 400.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky police investigated reports of a break in at Mrs Melvin Torstricks home. The intruder apparently fled after a loud crash when the front door was broken during the burglary attempt.
The Boston and Maine Railroad blamed human failure for a rear end collision in Swampscott Massachusetts that killed 13 and injured 100 during a heavy snowstorm. A Budd train passed signals and a flagman before hitting the halted Portsmouth to Boston train. Engineer Ernest Tourtellotte, 55, of Winchester died. A second rear end collision in Revere followed with 20 injured. The two trains carried about 1,000 passengers en route to work and school.
Columbus report says commercial haulers push cars off free roads onto the Northern Ohio Turnpike. Ohio Turnpike Commission Chairman James Shocknessy cites tolls and traffic shifts as highways become “free private right of way” for trucks. He notes truck traffic rises on state roads near the 241 mile turnpike while passenger car traffic falls. A Northwest Ohio packing company uses the turnpike for nine miles between Archbold and New York City, citing high tolls and more room on state highways for trucks.
Forecast predicts mostly fair and warmer conditions through Thursday with a high near 40 and a low around 28. Showers possible Thursday night into Friday morning as March is expected to begin milder after a sunny period in Middletown.
A thief broke a window at the F. J. Bovay plumbing shop in Potsdam and took a $10 bill found under a glass desk top. The bill bore a note indicating it was good for one cup of coffee at a local restaurant.
Ernest Hagler bought what he thought was paint thinner but federal agents seized 1700 gallons of non taxed 190 proof grain alcohol. Hagler said he purchased the alcohol last December from the Army Area Support Center in St Louis for about 15 cents a gallon. Officials estimate a black market value of about 10 dollars per gallon, totaling about 17000 dollars.
In Annapolis Maryland the Senate defeated a memorial resolution for critic H L Mencken with Sen Frederick C Markus Jr of Dorchester County leading the dissent joined by four others. The measure now goes to the House of Delegates.
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