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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1958
Page
12
New York observes that television trends lean on last year’s success with few innovations in 1958. Westerns dominate ratings with Gunsmoke and Wells Fargo leading a top ten, while musical variety declines and comedians fill gaps as Sid Caesar is slated for a comeback on ABC TV January 26.
Tau Kappa Epsilon national president Frank Bishop Scott of Arlington Virginia will speak at the Founder's Day dinner of the Miami University chapter. The fraternity founded January 10 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan now has 143 undergraduate chapters with Miami the 110th installed in 1954. Scott has served as national secretary and national vice president before becoming president in 1954.
TV and radio guide listing tonight features The Merv Griffin Show with Betty Holt and Jerry Bresler at 7:18 on WHIO. Eisenhower delivers the State of the Union at 12:30 on WHIO. Other highlights include Kingdom of the Sea on WLW at 7, Saludos Amigos on WLW and WCPO at 7:30, Dayton vs Detroit basketball at 8 on WHIO, Patti Page and guests on The Big Record at 8 on WKRC, TV Theater with Thomas Mitchell at 9 on WLW and WLW-T, Circle Theater mummy tale at 10 on WHIO and WKRC, The Emperor's Candlesticks at 11:15 on WLW-D, and Return to Paradise at 1:15 on WKRC.
In Hong Kong three mothers from Yonkers Lynn and New Britain flew from Canton to visit sons jailed in Red China. Ruth Redmond Hugh Fecteau and John Downey have been imprisoned since 1951 1952 on espionage and spying charges with sentences of life or twenty years. They were joined by attorney A L Wirin gathering evidence for John Powell’s sedition case. Planners received two week visas and intend to reunite in Canton before leaving.
A 20 gauge shotgun discharged while examined by an adult in Cincinnati killing 17 year old Jack Keller of Camp Washington Tuesday.
Ohio Adjutant General Leo Kreber and other guard officials urge a quick decision on cutbacks and the Pentagon’s pentomic concept. They warn against reducing National Guard strength while the force seeks a structure matching the regular Army’s new five battle group design.
A 250 foot oyster shell dredge named H. A. Sawyer overturned in 15 feet of water in Galveston Bay, 40 miles southeast of Houston. Three of its 23 crewmen drowned and two were injured but in satisfactory condition. Divers recovered Bruce McGowen of Houston and Malcolm Smith of Tomball, with Garland Franklin of Grapeland remaining unaccounted for.
Senate Rackets Committee members met behind closed doors to address Walter Reuther UAW charges that John McGovern has conducted improper attacks. The session follows scrutiny over Judge Raulston Schoolfield and payoffs rumors in his Chattanooga court.
A letter in Neues Deutschland says East Germany ships only about 75 percent of diaper demand. The writer notes diapers are absolutely necessary for babies and highlights factory underproduction in Berlin.
In Missoula Montana the trial of Donald Benton Gerrard 28 for driving under the influence was declared a mistrial after his twin brother Doyle appeared in court while the defendant was absent. A new trial date will be set and Doyle was released pending further investigation.
Twenty elderly patients including eight invalids were evacuated from an old folks' home in Pawnee Oklahoma as flames swept through the facility. No injuries occurred and patients were moved to two hospitals. Firemen attributed the fire to faulty wiring with damage not yet estimated.
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