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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1957
Page
1
Reports say British forces are alerted today at Cyprus Iraq and Nairobi as Britain agrees to aid the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in suppressing a revolt in the oil rich Persian Gulf region AP Wirephoto.
The nation’s longest heat spell ends as cool dry air and showers move into the eastern half, with record highs in Bridgeport and Baltimore and multiple heat related deaths. Rain aids drought areas from New England to the Mid-Atlantic while crop losses run into millions.
The Miami Valley will see cooler and dryer air as seasonal temperatures return. Today’s official forecast calls for occasional rain and thunderstorms with a high in the 80s, followed by a cloudy cool night with a low around 63. Wednesday should be fair and less humid with a high near 85. Middletown recorded a muggy high yesterday at 4:30 pm and a 72 degree low at 5:30 am, with rainfall up to 8 am totaling .30 inches.
In San Francisco the Miss Universe contestant Sonia Dugaret announced her measurements saying 84 57 44 in centimeters, admitting she knows only a little English. Her stated sizes translate to about 33.07 22.44 33.07 inches.
John Wilson Vickers of Carlisle was hanged in Durham jail for murdering 72 year old Miss Jane Duckett during a robbery. Advocate Sidney Silverman led a parliamentary effort to review the case, but Home Secretary Richard Butler ordered no reprieve as Britain resumes capital punishment under new homicide law.
British warplanes conduct a staged show of force against rebels in Muscat and Oman urging surrender of a four day-old desert war. Leaflets demand peace while missiles and air power threaten supply-line disruption if fighting continues.
In Columbus Ohio AP report a missing witness emerges in Waterloo Iowa to aid the Sam Sheppard case. Ernest James Kolofolias 32 plans to identify photos of Donald Wedler 23 who confessed to a 1954 Cleveland suburb slaying. Ohio officials offered no comment on Kolofolias development.
Hollywood reports Pat Boone wrestles with whether to kiss Shirley Jones in April Love though he adheres to a personal vow of no romantic contact outside marriage. He weighed filming around the kiss as directors push for scene impact, fearing career limits if he refuses.
Three Cleveland officials say Donald J Wedler's confession has no connection to Marilyn Sheppard's killing. Coroner Samuel Gerber of Cuyahoga County Ohio states Wedler lacks specific knowledge and is not truthful.
Ohio governor cancels lie detector test for condemned man Sam Sheppard as the Court of Last Resort withdraws from the case amid political and legal reversals. Gardner condemns further involvement and plans to leave the matter. Delays stem from new witness statements and doubts over reliability.
Ernest James Kolofolias a 32 year old seaman from Long Beach California may help clear up controversy in the Dr Sam Sheppard murder case. He plans to view pictures of Donald J Wedler who may have killed Mrs Sheppard in 1954. Kolofolias describes a nervous driver in Bay Village Ohio and says the back seat held newspapers possibly stained with blood. He stayed at the Waterloo YMCA and notified the Deland sheriff of his plan to confront Wedler.
Egyptian President Nasser saluted for three hours as Soviet built tanks and guns rolled by in Cairo on the fifth anniversary of the revolution that toppled King Farouk. The display featured a larger share of Soviet equipment than last June’s parade.
In London, two rival gangs hit the same suburban grocery store the same night to steal a half ton safe. They joined forces to move it to a truck but were arrested after Scotland Yard was tipped off. Ronald Alloway John Chandler Leonard Wray Ronald Harley Charles Haynes convicted. Robert Routledge accessory after the fact. All face sentencing.
Elkin North Carolina report on Wally Holcomb a multi sport standout whose legs appeared unusually swollen. Two doctors operated finding no cysts only large muscles. He recovered returning home and joked about the uncertainty of leg pain.
Knoxville Tennessee district court jury started deliberations at 10 21 a m EST on the fate of 11 Clinton segregation case defendants as the day began.
Millersburg Ohio authorities plan to return Cleo Eugene Peters and Michael Dumoulin to face first degree murder charges for the fatal shooting of Amish farmer Paul M Coblentz who died protecting his wife and child. The pair, held in Marshall County Illinois, are also charged with attempted murder of Constable Emery Baldwin after a break in at a cottage on the Illinois River. A stolen car and a rifle linked to the case trigger a manhunt for the weapon lost in the Illinois River.
New York two stock clerks found 62379 hidden in a box of Japanese wooden spoons at S Klein Union Square. The cash, part of 74109 missing receipts from June 29, was in a Wells Fargo bag. Detectives call it inside theft. 11730 remains missing.
A humorous line suggests if the world is so small why must taxpayers fund its running. The quip plays on the contrast between global reach and local cost.
Senate probes turn to the United Textile Workers as George Meany claims a 1953 report cleared two top officials of misusing union funds. Anthony Valente and Lloyd Klewert admit part of the 57000 payoff for houses but say it was legitimate, while Meany vows new charges and a broader inquiry.
Workmen at the Smithsonian uncover a rusty box in a plaster base of a bison display. Inside are two 1887 Cosmopolitan copies with a note from William T. Hornaday to his successor requesting protection of the specimens. Hornaday later led the Bronx Zoo and died in 1937. The museum plans to relocate his bison to a new exhibit.
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