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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1959

Page

8

Ice skating trips for YMCA summer clubs

YMCA girls and boys clubs plan two ice skating outings at Cincinnati Garden. The eighth of twelve excursions leaves the Y at 1 15 pm returning 5 30 pm, with a 1 50 dollar fee and 50 cents extra for skate rental.

YMCA Cincinnati Garden Merry Mfg. Co Cincinnati Fort Ancient Paul Dixon Borden's Dayton Merry Company Art Museum Smith Pond Armco Park

Norwegian girl's life expectancy tops world at 72.6 years

A Norwegian girl’s life expectancy is reported at 72.6 years, the highest globally. The statistic highlights longevity in Norway amid regional health data.

Belafonte Seeks U.S. TV Break For Negro Entertainer

Hollywood profile notes Harry Belafonte, a top draw, signed five year BBC TV deal but has yet to secure a U.S. network show. He cites Madison Avenue sponsor hurdles and NBCs earlier Nat King Cole experience. Belafonte plans film projects including The Exodusters while lamenting limited portrayals of Black figures on American TV.

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Statue for Hawaii urged by candidate

Honolulu AP reports candidate Wilfred C. Tsukiyama proposes a second Statue of Liberty at Honolulu Harbor to symbolize the Pacific Asia region, arguing it would echo the ideals of the New York Harbor statue. Tsukiyama is a 62 year old Republican territorial senator and prominent Hawaii legislator of Japanese ancestry.

Honolulu Hawaii Senate Honolulu Harbor Territorial Wilfred C. Tsukiyama Pacific Asia New York Harbor

Radio TV Highlights Tonight Preview Schedule Picks

Radio and TV highlights list broadcasts from WHIO WKRC WPFB WMOH and WLW with boxing heavyweights Eddie Machen and Ruben Vargas WCPO boxing at 9 pm plus Vincent Price emceeing Keep Talking with Errol Flynn guest and tab Hunter on Ive Got a Secret Guest RFK and author Harry Golden with Jack Paar at 11 18 pm plus Ted Lewis This Is Your Life and a Wall Street drama about a compulsive gambler

Radio Tonight WHIO WKRC WPFB WMOH Cincinnati Milwaukee WLW Music WCPO Vincent Price Errol Flynn Eddie Machen Reuben Vargas California Wlw-T Ted Lewis Robert F Kennedy America Harry Golden Jack Paar

Storms Batter Western U S with Floods and Fatal Lightning

The Associated Press reports heavy rains and thunderstorms sweeping the southern plains into the Ohio Valley with flash floods in Texas and Arkansas. A farmer and his son died from lightning in North Carolina as Copperas Creek overflowed near Rising Star, Texas.

Plains Ohio Valley Arkansas Tennessee Jackson Tenn Fayettesville Ark Kansas Highway Patrol Kingman Great Lakes Florida Rockies Glenn Allin N.C Texas Falls City Brownwood Coleman Rising Star Tex Palo Duro State Park Amarillo Texas Panhandle Oklahoma Kansas Louisiana Alabama

Parliament Approves Legitimacy Bill for Adulterous Births

London AP reports Parliament voted 83 to 4 in the Lords to approve a bill removing bastardy stigma from 3,000 children born to adulterous affairs and granting inheritance rights if the parents marry. The Commons had backed the measure after earlier rejection.

London House of Lords House of Commons

Builder Charged With Murder Try

A Pacific Palisades builder, John Briggs, 37, is charged with attempting murder for pushing his wife Norma 34 and her mother Mary Nilson 65 over a canyon cliff in an auto. Police say Briggs fled the scene after causing the crash and attacked them with a tire iron and rock.

Santa Monica Calif Pacific Palisades John Briggs Norma Mary Nilson

Traffic Group Again Pushes Action on Central Main Light

At the Mid dletown Safety Council traffic committee meeting William D Long urged sending a letter to city manager Charles W Thompson to change the Central Avenue and Main Street light by replacing the lens with a straight ahead arrow to aid westbound traffic. Long also proposed informing Judge J T Lamb to seek tougher traffic court enforcement and inviting him to advise on improving penalties. Thomp son is not to receive that letter.

Middletown Long J. T. Lamb Thompson Winton Steller Safety Council Thompson Steller

First American plank road built in New York in 1846

A historical note states the United States first plank road was constructed in New York in 1846, marking an early expansion of improving road infrastructure and regional commerce.

United States New York

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