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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1960
Page
3
NEW YORK AP reports Air Force Brig. Gen. Don R. Flickinger predicted the Soviet Union may place two cosmonauts in orbit around the earth this spring and attempt a Pacific Ocean landing. He says the Soviets have solved most technical issues and await a favorable moment for a recovery.
Rev. Bill Baker, 2%, was trapped in a wrecked sports car when his seat tore away. A bus stopped to help pull him free as he shed his trousers in the cold. He predicted the Soviets will trigger space capsule reentry by radio from a Siberian station, claiming 10,000-pound payload capability for orbit.
Five members of a Canyon Texas family died when a fast passenger train struck their automobile on the southern edge of Amarillo as Santa Fe Chief No. 2 arrived late. Victims: Dr Robert Lee Brown 37 and his sons David 6 Robert Jr 9, wife Dorothy 34, daughter Sharon 11. Police noted signals were functioning and crossing clear of ice.
Horwitz former councilman and Stone Container plant engineer urges Franklin to acquire at least an acre more land for well fields to secure future expansion. He notes current wells cover only about half an acre and cites past refusals to run lines across the railroad bridge. Stone Container sources say the plant now relies on city water for about 10 percent of its supply and faces higher rates.
In Cleveland Ohio Louis A St Clair 39 was sentenced to 1 to 7 years in Ohio Penitentiary for harboring Alma Helen Malone gunwoman in a Sept 23 bank holdup attempt A jury took about four hours to convict St Clair Robert Gainor 42 and Mrs Margaret Barbour 38 were acquitted Malone testified she met St Clair at a bar after fleeing the area of the Cleveland Trust Co branch Ansley 32 trapped inside the bank and died by own hand before police arrived Malone told the court St Clair took her to a house where they lived Mrs Malone was arrested ten days after the holdup She has pleaded guilty to malicious entry and was sentenced to a 20 year reformatory term Judge Joseph A Arts ordered Malone sentence into effect Tuesday.
Veteran newsman Jac Legoff, ousted by WJBK Detroit for editorializing on payola, will host a five day a week evening newscast starting Feb 1 on CKLW-TV Windsor. CKLW president J E Campeau announced the 5 50 to 6 p m slot. Legoff, 37, was fired Nov 19 after noting payola concerns. Town Meeting Day is a legal holiday in Vermont.
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