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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1960
Page
1
Algerians in Algiers protested President de Gaulle’s dismissal of Gen. Massu, shouts of De Gaulle to the stake filled the night as police kept a firm line. Crowds dwindled before curfew but rumors of larger demonstrations circulated. Massu’s fate and Algeria’s future stirred tensions.
Gamble Benedict, 19, cried as three policemen carried her from Idlewild to a car. New York heiress returns from Paris under a Paris court order, amid family tension and a custody dispute over her 35-year-old Romanian fiancé Andre Porumbeanu. Douglas Benedict, 21, is named in the custody arrangement.
MARION Ind AP A family of eight was found dead in their home from carbon monoxide asphyxiation due to a clogged flue. The victims include Carl Copp and his wife Colleen along with their six children aged 9 to 12. Grant County coroner Dr Henry Alderfer ruled the deaths caused by asphyxiation. firefighters reported a gas heater flue blocked with carbon.
Chicago's police graft crisis led to the resignation of Police Commissioner Tim O Connor, as Mayor Daley and Gov. Stratton traded sharp remarks. O Connor will drop to captain and be replaced by acting chief Kyran Phelan while a citizens' committee selects a new commissioner. Daley and Stratton clashed over cleanup and past Hodge scandal implications.
Aneurin Bevan, the Labour Party deputy leader, who had been near death for three days, awoke on Saturday and told his nurse that he felt much better. A hospital bulletin noted he showed some improvement at age 62.
Lawrenceburg Indiana police report two 10 year old boys Richard Carr and David Krieg died after breaking through ice on a drainage ditch near the Ohio River. The tragedy occurred while five youngsters were sliding on the ice. three others survived. Bodies recovered after about one hour.
A county program repeatedly takes custody of children needing aid, with a hopeful report that nearly all return to their parents. The feature notes the agency’s work and its positive outcomes for families.
The troubled X-15 rocket ship logged a successful flight at Edwards Air Force Base. It climbed to over 60,000 feet and exceeded 1,400 miles per hour After release from beneath a B52 bomber at 45,000 feet on Saturday.
Ambassador Philip Bonsal returns from Havana stating concern over deteriorating U S Cuba relations after Fidel Castro’s intensified anti American attacks. He notes no Cuban openness to conciliation and plans talks with Secretary of State Herter, possibly returning to Cuba. He cites warmth for Americans in Havana despite tensions.
Bonsal offered no theories on why he did not face jeers at the Havana airport on Saturday morning. The Spanish Ambassador Juan Pablo Lojendio faced exile and was expelled on Friday amid the tense incident surrounding departures from Cuba.
Hamden High School junior Judy McManus, 17, died from a broken neck after a car she rode rolled over five miles west of Hamden in Vinton County. Six classmates were injured, including Anna Jane Buskik, 16, driver, and Alice Salmons, Connie Sorrells, Juanita Stewart, Glenna Harper, and Linda Hutchson, all 16. Salmons and Harper remain hospitalized with fractures. Stewart listed in good condition with internal injuries.
A light quip notes that the do it yourself trend may push people to broaden their thinking as it grows.
Elton C. Fay reports Jacques Piccard and Navy Lt. Don Walsh descended in the bathyscaph Trieste to a depth of about 37,000 feet in the Marianas Trench off Guam. They spent roughly half an hour at the ocean bottom, the deepest man has reached, according to the Navy.
Navy experts report the Trieste reached 37 800 feet below sea level near Apra Harbor Guam. Piccard and Walsh spent about 30 minutes on the bottom and surfaced after four hours 48 minutes total. They consumed chocolate bars for energy and transmitted data on sound transmission for sonar research.
Frost or freezing weather prevailed in Florida for the third straight day with southeastern areas and the Keys spared. Nationwide, valleys from the Rockies eastward shivered as midday lows dipped below zero in the eastern Dakotas and teens in Missouri and Kansas. The cold damaged vegetables but citrus remained unharmed while beaches cooled by dawn.
In COALBROOK South Africa rescue teams pulled out after two days of entombment of 440 miners following a massive rock fall. Reports of new slides gas pockets and rising water halted efforts though some air was entering. A drill was rushed to sink an air and food shaft while ponies trapped nearby raised cautious hope for survivors.
The Disabled American Veterans executive committee condemned the Cuban press for its hostile editorial in Revolucion targeting Ambassador Phillip W. Bonsal and Eisenhower. National Commander Bill Fridley was to telegraph the sentiments to the White House. 30 DAV members expressed outrage over the Friday reports.
HAVANA reports a Saturday across Cuba with temperatures dropping to 59 degrees Fahrenheit in many areas marking a mild winter for the Caribbean island. Weather observers note unseasonably cool air across several provinces as residents adjust to the lower readings.
Cuban editor Jorge Zayas recounts his journey from supporter of Castro to critic. He details detention at Havana airport, police raids, and threats over his anti-Castro stance while leading Avance. He recalls Batista era hopes and the shift to a communist dictatorship and his need to flee Cuba.
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