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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1952
Page
8
Treasury officials report May and June purchases of the new E and H U S bonds totaled 543.1 million dollars, less than last year’s total cash ins for the period. The H Bond debuted last month with interest paid semiannually by check while the bond value remains fixed.
In Martinez California Union Oil officials probe explosions and a fire that damaged two tankers and a pier. The $3 million blaze likely began at a leaking connection between the tanker Victor H. Kelly and the pier. Skipper Capt Eugene Fulton 52 Los Angeles died of a heart attack while ordering crew to abandon ship. Two crewmen R N Yarger Los Angeles and W A Liggins Napa missing and presumed dead.
LAPEER Mich General Motors Vice President Arnold W Lenz 64 and his wife Amelia died in a collision when their car skidded 100 feet into a Michigan Central passenger train at an unprotected grade crossing near Lapeer. Lenz a 34 year GM veteran lived in Grand Blanc Mich.
Governor Gordon Browning of Tennessee telegrammed 22 Democratic governors urging support for a national convention free of boss dictates. Browning, Tennessee delegation chair, will place Senator Estes Kefauver's name in nomination.
A crossword style list features numerous across and down clues. Entries reference evergreen trees fruit timber leaves Greek portico and biblical names among others. The puzzle includes clues for both horizontal and vertical directions with varied word lengths.
Seven survivors of a B17 crash are reported recovering satisfactorily in Anchorage Alaska. Names of the seven men and the crewman who died will be released later. The bomber crashed and burned while searching for a missing Canadian Air Force aircraft and survivors were evacuated by helicopter.
Albany dentist treats patient 2500 miles away on Greenland tip after SOS to local ham operator. Dr Wesley Van Loan guides William S Pogermon on tooth care while Pogermon serves as weather station observer on Elsmere Island 500 miles south of North Pole.
The 36 foot twin mast fishing boat Liberty with about 20 aboard was overdue at Tarpon Springs Florida. The Coast Guard planned an early morning air and surface search. The boat left at 8 a m Sunday for a fishing party believed to include several enlisted men from MacDill.
In Berkeley Springs West Virginia a young married couple Mr and Mrs Ca Truax drowned yesterday in the Cacao River while their two month old daughter slept on the beach under care of the wife's parents. The couple were on a family picnic when the tragedy occurred.
An Air Force Base party near Tamp aimed to return about 5:30 p.m. but details remain unclear as the event is summarized from limited readable text.
Two Coast Guardsmen Harrison Cornell and Louis Gibbs leaped from a crashboat to rescue Sam Rosen and his two sons Sidney age seven and Gerald aged nine after a small motorboat capsized off Cleveland on Lake Erie. The rescuers said they were prisoners more than AWOL and were not confined to the brig during the day.
Texas Eastern delivered enough extra natural gas in 1951 to meet a city of 200,000 for a year. New in-stream cleaning procedures used while lines run involve "pigs" that travel about 15 miles per hour between compressor stations. In 1951 the pigs covered 17,853 miles, and over five years they cleaned more than 102,000 miles of pipe to maintain efficiency.
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