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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1956
Page
13
Grace Kelly arrives in Paris on a shopping trip with Prince Rainier beside her. She dodges questions about pregnancy, saying she did not start rumors as she browses Parisian fashions and insists she will find irresistible wardrobe items.
Democratic Leader McCormack claims Republicans would cut foreign aid more deeply if they controlled Congress. He notes Eisenhower plans to campaign hard on the issue as the House debates a bill authorizing about 3.6 billion dollars for next year, 1.4 billion below Eisenhower's request, amid GOP support for a scaled back program.
Democratic governor candidate Michael V. Di Salle predicts the Coneaut to Cincinnati expressway will be built as a toll road citing financing challenges. Gov Lausche asks plans for northern and southern legs as a freeway while Di Salle favors state funding now.
Navy testimony outlines plans to equip ships with Jupiter ballistic missiles carrying high yield nuclear warheads. Adm. John E. Clark says the system will be in operation within a few years, traveling at many times the speed of sound. By 1961 the fleet will include 47 guided missile ships to guard three carrier task groups.
Morris M. Catten, 36, returned to Franklin County jail from Lima State Hospital to face a first degree murder charge in a 1946 fatal shooting. Hospital officials said Catten has been restored to reason. The victim, Jacob G. Goldsmith, 60, was killed after a dispute over bullets at his pawn shop in 1946. Catten was committed to Lima in 1947.
Soviet Ambassador Jacob Malik declares himself for Eisenhower in London as he cites Knowland’s candidate claim. He praises Ike as a trusted partner for business, then jokes about peace roses from Harrogate. The exchange sparks light banter on propaganda and geopolitics.
PORT CLINTON Ohio Four Akron men were rescued from Lake Erie after their 18 foot boat ran out of gas and left them stranded nearly 24 hours. Coast Guard units from Marblehead and Sandusky plus a Traverse City plane joined the search after relatives reported them overdue. They were picked up three miles north of Vermilion after leaving Catawba State Park Monday.
The Agriculture Department forecasts Ohio harvests for year with wheat at 922.262 million bushels corn at 3.266688 billion bushels and various crop specifics including winter wheat 1.511 million acres yield 27.0 bu per acre production 40.797 million, corn 3.67 million acres yield 53.0 bu acre production 194.51 million, oats 1.126 million acres yield 44.0 bu acre production 49.544 million, soybeans 1.301 million acres, tobacco 13.1 thousand acres at 1,613 lb per acre totaling 21.135 million, apples 2.2 million bushels, sugar beets 17 thousand acres at 13.0 tons per acre producing 221 thousand tons.
An ambulance carrying four people collided with a semi-truck near North Main and Tallmadge in Akron. One dead is 23 year old Stanley Denson of Akron. Five others injured including the ambulance attendant Boyd Grover reported in poor condition at General Hospital.
Oscar E. Harder 73, founder of Battelle Memorial Institute and noted metallurgist, died in Columbus Tuesday. He served as Battelle's assistant director from 1930 until retirement in 1949. Harder contributed to steel technology and related materials research.
Three Butler County permit holders face state liquor law violation charges at hearings in Columbus before the Ohio Board of Liquor Control. Middletown’s Achille Marchetti of the Ta Ho Tavern on Crawford Street is cited for a gambling on premises conviction. Hamilton holders Bernie Judd and Paul Thomas face election day sales charges.
Sirens and explosions marked the biggest air raid drill in Jerusalem as traffic halted in the city center and Beth Hakerem. The 10 minute exercise involved the civil defense organization with near total public compliance and occurred amid Jordan accusations of fedayeen activity along the Israe li-Jordan line.
A 16 member Soviet delegation led by Ekaterina Furtseva, the world’s top woman Communist, departed Moscow by plane for a visit to Britain. The delegation from the Supreme Soviet aims to repay a 1954 British parliamentary visit to the Soviet Union.
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