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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1966
Page
5
In Napies Italy AP reports Francesco Formisano a Neapolitan peanut vendor who for 12 years bet on numbers 15 and 78 in the state lottery finally won with a 32 cent bet that paid 30. He lost the winnings to pickpockets on the way home and then jumped into the sea twice, rescued both times.
Belgium's ex King Leopold II remains in a Cannes hospital for several days of treatment after chest injuries from a car accident last Wednesday. He was traveling with Princess Liliane de Rethy after a party.
The article notes familiar hunted man plots across many TV series such as 12 O clock High Shenandoah and Run For Your Life as NBC faces script fatigue. It contrasts formula storytelling with attempts to refresh aging material and previews Mona McCluskey ending April 14 before replacing it with Mikie Finns from San Diego.
Walter Alston manager of the Dodgers will receive the Rogers Hornsby Award at the annual baseball writers awards dinner in Houston on January 25. The Hornsby Award honors the World Series' outstanding performer as voted by the Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers of America. Alston resides in Carrtown, Ohio, in the off season.
Television listings recap a Connecticut tour beginning in Hartford with a Mystic Seaport stop. Then My Mother the Car features Captain Mazzini chasing Crabtee’s car as a shrinking machine is devised, followed by The Fugitive with Mickey Rooney aiding Richard Kimble in a self service laundry caper. National Health Test with Reasoner and Wallace asks Americans about health topics in a three part series.
Enrique Negron, a 56 year old Puerto Rican former grocer, gained support after being driven to near destitution for aiding a police officer during a Bronx incident. Offers from a congressman, the SBA, unions, two firms, and private citizens pour in, with jobs, a loan, and a seafaring return proposed to help him restart.
A Tuesday schedule lists Sertoma and Madison Lions Club gatherings at schools, and numerous service groups meeting around Middletown and Manchester. Fire associations, AA, exchange clubs, and veterans posts set weekly sessions from 7 to 8:30 PM at various halls and church venues.
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