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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1960

Page

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Youths and clergy rally against rising anti Semitism

Thousands of youths in Paris and West Berlin join demonstrations protesting renewed Hitler like racism. American Protestant leaders including Billy Graham warn that the Jew baiting displays a central organizing force of the same vicious type seen in Nazi Germany.

Associated Press Paris West Berlin Billy Graham Nazi Germany Brazil Ypsilanti Mich Konrad Adenauer Christian Democratic Party Communist Party Representative Council of Jews France

Louisiana Governor Runoff Victory and Segregation Promise

Jimmie Davis won Louisiana's Democratic runoff with 486000 votes, pledging to create a state sovereignty commission to preserve segregation. He led over Morrison by 71 thousand votes, signaling the end of the Long era, while calls for school integration spread to three parishes.

New Orleans Jimmie Davis Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission Davis Southland Huey P. Long Earl K. Long Huey deLesseps S. Morrison Morrison Farmer Jackson Parish Red Hill Country

Davis Victory Surges in North Central Parish Regions

The Davis surge dominates the predominantly Protestant north and central parishes while advancing closely in Morrison territory across the southern parishes and New Orleans, signaling broad geographic strength.

Davis North Central Parish Morrison New Orleans

Travel Bureau Rendezvous Sparks Couple’s Long Road

A joke line about meeting at a travel bureau where she sought a vacation and found him as a last resort, delivering a light romantic setup in a punchy humorous tone.

Communist agents sparked wave of anti Jewish vandalism says Pennsylvania adjutant general

Maj. Gen. A J Drexel Biddle of Pennsylvania argues the anti Jewish vandalism wave was triggered by Communist agents as part of a plan to discredit West Germany in the eyes of the West during Pennsylvania day observance in Valley Forge.

Valley Forge A. J. Drexel Biddle Pennsylvania West Germany Biddle

Anti-Semitic vandalism spreads with new Brooklyn strike

Brooklyn police seized two suspects aged 12 and 13 for painting a red circle on a synagogue amid a surge of anti-Semitic vandalism. Leaders including Benjamin Epstein denounced imitation acts, while U.S. Senator Jacob Javits warned of a chain reaction of ultra right wing hostility linked to neo-Nazi activity in West Germany.

Brooklyn Benjamin R. Epstein U.ws B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League New York U.S Jacob Javits RNY Montreal West Germany Javits Adenauer Bonn

Berle entertains as jet circles idlewild

New York AP Milton Berle entertained passengers for two hours Sunday night while an American Airlines jet circled Idlewild Airport dumping fuel. The plane landed safely after pilots suspected the gear level indicator was malfunctioning. Capt William Miller led the crew in handling the routine precautionary drill.

New York Milton Berie American Airlines Idlewild Airlines William Miller

Girl Says No Killed By Suitor In Kent State Shooting

Kent State University sophomore Victor Buzard 22 admitted shooting seven bullets into Paul da Slife 21 in a car after his girlfriend ended their engagement. Both men are from Akron.

Girl Kent, Ohio Kent State University Summit County Victor Buzard Paul da Slife Akron

County official backs first degree murder charge for Buzard

George Pappas said he would recommend a first degree murder charge based on Buzard's account. He claimed he and Miss Slife had dated 32 years, he gave a Christmas engagement ring, she returned it saying he was too good for her. The couple and her family attended church Sunday and had dinner at Barberton before driving toward Kent.

George Pappas Buzard Pappas Miss Slife Christ Imas Barberton Kent

Kent Student and Obsessive Plea Revealed in Car Incident

Buzard retrieved keys from the house and planned to fetch a gun a .25-caliber. Pappas relayed Buzard’s account of a Kent student crying in the car pleading not to break up and insisting she does not want to marry anyone else.

Notable Crime Report Tells of Threat and Gun Incident

Buzard says he drew a pistol and pointed it at Miss Slife. He claims she urged him to shoot and he fired rapidly while recounting the incident.

Buzard Miss Slife

NYC Flyer Derailed in Ohio Train Crash Kills Four

A rear New York Central flyer detoured around a freight crashed near Wellington Ohio killing four and injuring more than fifty. The Southwest Limited with about 155 passengers from St Louis to Cleveland leaped tracks at a track intersection with the Nickel Plate Railroad. Unconfirmed reports cited possible brake failure and diesel fuel ignited flames as the derailed train struck an unoccupied signal tower.

Robert L. Shaffer Wellington Ohio New York Central Flyer Southwest Limited Nickel Plate Railroad New York City St. Louis Cleveland Cleveand Marion

Salter cites speed tapes on flyer derailment

W. B. Salter of Indianapolis, general manager of the New York Central southern district, told reporters that speedometer tapes indicate the flyer was moving about 80 mph when it left the tracks. Each unit of the

W. 8. Salter Indianapolis New York Central

Train Hits Car Carrying Six Killed at Wisconsin Crossing

A car with six aboard pulled around a tractor and hay wagon at a railroad crossing in Tomah Wisconsin at dusk on Sunday and was struck by a Chicago and North Western passenger train. All six occupants died including a father and three of his children.

Tomah Wis Chicago & North Western

Limited Derails At Nickle Plate Crossover

Salter reports three unit diesels recorded speed but relied on two laps with the third questionable. He believes the Limited derailed while crossing near Nickle Plate intersection as it moved around a freight train. Dolan says the Southwest Limited jumped the crossover before the intersection.

Salter Limited Nickle Plate John Dolan New York Central Dolan Southwest Limited

Two cars bear brunt of deadly railway crash

A baggage passenger coach spun across the tracks and was struck broadside by a following coach. The collision left most dead and seriously injured concentrated in the two cars. Coroner Paul Kopsch of Lorain is investigating.

Paul Kopsch Lorain

Religion Won't Decide Kennedy Campaign DiSalle Denies Plot

In a Face the Nation broadcast from Columbus DiSalle said religion will not determine the presidential race if Kennedy is the Democratic nominee. He denied plotting to install a Catholic president and urged avoiding internal Democratic wars if Kennedy contends in Ohio.

Columbus Ohio John F. Kennedy Michael V. DiSalle DiSalle Kennedy Massachusetts CBS Richard L. Maher Cleveland William H. Lawrence New York Times Dallas Townsend CBS News Stuart Nevins WOSU Ohio State University Frank J. Lauscher Lausche Washington Post Paul M. Butler

Youth Sees Train Leap Off Track At Wellington Crossing

In Wellington Ohio Marion Tudor 20 and Nancy Bingham 17 walk toward the New York Central main line crossing. The Southwest Limited derails tearing into a power line and sparking fires as it bursts into view. Tudor climbs onto the engine and pulls the engineer H W Kirstein 63 of Cleveland from the cab window.

Wellington Ohio Marion Tudor Nancy Bingham New London Marion Wheeling Avenue New York Central Railroad Nancy H. W. Kirstein Cleveland

Train wreck rescue tale from a burning passenger car

A survivor recounts crawling through debris after a locomotive brakes failure sparked a wreck. He freed trapped passengers using a sledge hammer as fire raged and a soldier lay injured while others screamed for help.

Witness recalls tower fall in fatal train wreck

An eyewitness recounts how a man in a small elevated switching tower leaped from the tower as a train collision occurred at a junction of the NYC and Nickel Plate lines. One car struck the tower and it smashed to pieces, while mothers searched for children and suitcases. Tudor adds he witnessed a similar derailment at the same spot 42 years earlier.

NYC Nickel Plate Tudor

Coin collector claims tinting error coin near mint

Tulsa collector C. O. Riley found a penny colored piece larger than a nickel with quarter markings, received in a bank shipment of new quarters. He notes a 1954 similar misstrike sold for thousands. officials consider such minting errors extremely rare, about one in a million.

Tulsa Okla C. O. Riley Riley U.S

Businessmen Fear U S Won't Be Firm With Fidel

In Havana American businessmen express deep pessimism that the United States will stand firm enough to protect investments from seizure by Fidel Castro's regime. They cite ongoing expropriation plans, especially in sugar, and warn that a conciliatory U.S. policy could worsen outcomes, urging rapid compensation and exit strategies.

Havana U.S United States Fidel Castro Cuba Philip W. Bonsal Washington Bonsal Marcello Fernandez Castro Munich

MIT Geniuses Form A Tricolored Icicle

In Cambridge Massachusetts a four story icicle hangs outside a MIT dormitory as three Baker House residents describe making a red white and blue icicle by tying an ice cube to a string siphoning colored water from a barrel. The trio named Steve Raphael Robert Ratner and William Tobin explain the method and the result drew amazement from pedestrians and drivers on Memorial Drive.

Cambridge Mass Memorial Drive Massachusetts Institute of Technology Baker House Steve Raphael Brooklyn N.Y Robert Ratner Short Hills N.J William Tobin Colorado Springs Colo

Bank Heist Burglars Force Entry at Mahoning Branch

Two gunmen moved through Youngstown Ohio to force entry and rob the Mahoning National Bank at Boardman Plaza. Police searched for suspects speeds and details unavailable due to partial text.

Boardman Plaza The Mahon

Mitchell says steel wage deal won’t trigger inflation spiral

Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell stated the steel wage settlement aligns with other agreements this year and will not prompt a wage-price spiral. He added there will be no steel price increases for some time if management and labor raise steel productivity, an effort he expects both sides to pursue.

James P. Mitchell Mitchell

Supreme Court Denies Hearing for Cary Chessman

The Supreme Court again refused to hear Cary Chessman the Los Angeles bandit scheduled for execution on February 19.

Washington Supreme Court Cary Chessman Los Angeles

Warm Miami Valley Outlook With Mild, Cloudy Days Ahead

The Miami Valley remains mild as warm air from the south keeps temperatures above normal through Tuesday. Today and tonight will be cloudy and cooler with a high near 45 and a low around 36. Tuesday brings more cloudiness and a light rain chance with a high near 52. Middletown reported a Sunday high of 50 at 12 30 PM and a low of 37 at 7 30 AM.

Miami Valley Middletown

Silence and Jest Rule at University of Detroit Benefit Concert

About 600 gathered in a downtown theater for a silent record concert and recording session benefiting the University of Detroit Chorus tour fund. Henry Morgan entertained with a silent monologue, a silent Saints rendition performed by the choir, and both laughter and applause followed the unusual program.

Detroit Silence Wasilence University of Detroit Chorus Henry Morgan U. of D University of Detroit

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Berle Jet Guenther Welter Welter Mary Richard M. Nixon Senate Labor James Mitchell Nixon Idis Alle Di'Salle Eisenhower di Salle Fidel Institute of Agrarian Reforms MIT Crane Esese Socket Ie Cass Sceres Bulletins Youngstown, Ohio Ing National Bank
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