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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1960
Page
3
NORMA GAUHN reports on regional accents fading as a shared national speech emerges. Experts note a shrinking Variety with Midwestern and Southern quirks diminishing while standard American English dominates media and commerce, affecting how dialects, identity, and even celebrity hosts are perceived.
Speech experts attribute shrinking regional differences to natural change mass communications compulsory education and mobility. Allan H Hubbell of New York University anticipates most U S regional speech distinctions will disappear within four generations yielding a standardized midwestern style.
SYRACUSE AP says state police charged Ralph C. Sardo a 45 year old Syracuse man caught with 481 loaded dice in a sports car near Cicero. State police allege his gambling activities extended to Pennsylvania Ohio Connecticut and New Jersey.
In Miami Tony the Boston terrier honored Virginia Selby who was murdered last March by teen killer Dennis Whitney. The dog accompanied by Selby’s memory won two trophies and a silver bowl at a Miami show last weekend.
In Tokyo construction began today on a new residence for Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako after Shinto rites on the Imperial Palace grounds. Completion is planned for October 1961. They currently reside in a remodeled bomb shelter after their palace was destroyed by B29s in 1945.
Fire blamed on steak grilling ruined a restaurant and nearby cabin by Sacandaga Reservoir Sunday night. Owner Stanley Bishop put losses at 55,000 dollars. Maria Monroe, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Monroe, was noted as the first presidential daughter married in the White House.
In Walton Hills Ohio the Ford Motor Co plant faced disciplinary layoffs affecting over 1000 workers amid union company negotiations on health safety and production. UAW Local 420 president Dale Martin said the layoffs dimmed hopes for a settlement. Talks had been ongoing for weeks with both sides seeking accord.
Bernard Campbell, 42, faces second degree murder charges after the shooting death of his wife Esher Campbell, 37, in Cincinnati. Police say the killing followed a heated argument over spending unemployment checks for liquor or food. Campbell reportedly had nine children.
A truck car collision on U S 34 near Brookfield Missouri claimed a third Ohio life. Lois Jeanne Holderman of Columbus died Monday from injuries suffered in the crash that earlier killed her parents Mr and Mrs Roderic B Holderman of Lancaster Ohio.
Mrs. Lucille Ginsberg, 44, of Cleveland Ohio, died in a Saturday head-on collision about 30 miles east of Flagstaff on US 66. Two California residents also perished in the crash.
ASHTABULA Ohio AP accidently shot by his foster son Orville Camp 58 of Rays Corners in fair condition at Ashtabula General Hospital. Deputies say boy Robert Ashley picked up the gun in the garage where Camp worked Monday and it discharged. bullet removed in abdominal surgery.
Algerian rebels demand concessions from France as condition for sending another delegation to arrange for Ferhat Abbas to travel to Paris for ceasefire negotiations. They say Paris must relax talks constraints and allow negotiators contact with colleagues and news access. Paris has not responded.
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