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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1957
Page
1
Ohio motorists begin receiving warnings after five points under the new penalty point law. Braden reports about 300 warnings since June 22 with 12 points triggering a one year license suspension after hearings.
The U S Court of Appeals overturned Marcus Singer's contempt of Congress conviction tied to his refusal to name former Communist associates. Citing the Watkins decision, the court ordered acquittal and set aside its April 18 1957 judgment. Singer had been fined $100 and given a suspended three month jail term by Judge Burnita S Matthews.
The daily item jokes that while you cannot take money with you, the government allowed a one month extension of benefits this year. The brief notes the unusual timing and the humorous twist on posthumous entitlements.
Soviet Premier Bulganin and party chief Khrushchev crossed into Czechoslovakia by train for a high profile visit to Prague. The welcome included an honor guard, speeches, and kisses as officials described the trip amid talk of strengthening socialist ties and upcoming talks with Czech leaders.
FBI agents and state troopers arrest Alfred Wesley Ratzloff, 38, of Wichita on a bus bound for Joplin after a bank robbery at Farmers State Bank in Yoder, Kansas. About $500 was found on him and $3,000 in his Wichita home. He faces federal robbery charges. no resistance reported.
Tehran reports that Iran's security chief Gen Teimour Bakhtiar announced arrests of Communists nearly ready to blow up the Abadan oil refineries. He said they assembled dynamite and matches for a timed attack linked to Moscow, with leaders executed or jailed in past years.
Arch ie Moore will defend his light heavyweight crown against Tony Anthony of New York on September 11 at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles. Julius Helfand, head of the committee and NYS Athletic Commission, said Moore will not be stripped of the title.
London AP reports Valerian Zorin pressed for a two year suspension and a complete renunciation of nuclear weapons in a U.N. disarmament session. He rejected U.S. ideas for a two to three year halt and warned against linking any ban to production cuts, while calls for a broader disarmament pact and nonuse pledge persisted.
Two sailors from a Polish naval squadron jumped ashore in Stockholm and asked for political asylum in Sweden. They shouted No Gomulka as they fled toward the suburbs to avoid embassy personnel while the destroyer Blyskawica and two escorts remained in Swedish waters. Two others who missed the sailing were flown back to their ship by a Swedish helicopter.
In Knoxville Tennessee a large crowd awaited in federal court as jurors are selected for the Clinton trials over school integration. Prospective jurors face questions on prejudice and mixing races as the case centers on the 1950s Clinton Tennessee integration crisis and contempt indictments against 15 Tennesseans and John Kasper.
The House voted to extend the farm soil bank for another year as Senate approval seems likely. The compromise includes 3.6 billion dollars for the current year and 500 million for next year’s acreage reserve program. Rep. Harrison’s opposition may not be renewed, citing a cut-off date to prevent use in elections. Agriculture officials defend the program as properly administered.
In Nashville a 21-year-old man married the 65-year-old widow Florence Norris after a brief courtship sparked by a bicycle ride. The bride, with eight children from a prior marriage, paid the $5.50 license fee and quipped about continuing to shell beans for a living.
Senate Republicans gird for prolonged civil rights debate as Southern opposition stiffens. Leader Knowland and GOP members plan four hour shifts to wear down southern talk and push the House passed bill toward a Senate vote.
The Supreme Court weighed GI William S. Girard's rights to block being tried in Japanese courts amid arguments lasting nearly four hours. Rankin argued the decision followed permissible government discretion while Carroll warned it could shatter soldiers morale if handed to Japan.
ST LOUIS The American League leads 2 0 in the top of the second after a Vic Wertz single scoring Mickey Mantle and a Harvey Kuenn bases loaded walk. Busch Stadium clears after morning showers as Ford Frick returns to inspect the field for the 4th All Star game with 31 000 capacity crowd. Casey Stengel and Walter Alston set starting pitchers Jim Bunning Curt Simmons with lineup tweaks announced the day before.
Indiana killer Leslie Irvin known as the mad dog was given a last minute stay of execution five hours before his scheduled electric chair death. Judge Walter C. Lindley delayed the sentence until the 7th District Court of Appeals may review the case. Irvin, 33, was convicted for the December 23 1954 Evansville Indiana filling station holdup slaying of Wesley Kerr.
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