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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1956
Page
1
New York AP reports survivors of the Andrea Doria disaster arrive home aboard the Stockholm after a night of fog bound collision. The 30,000 ton Andrea Doria sank after striking the Stockholm in Massachusetts coastal waters leaving at least seven dead and hundreds injured.
A group of 90 survivors in New York accused the ship’s personnel of complete negligence during the collision with the Stockholm. They fault the crew for delay after listing the vessel, fumes and water entering cabins, and the resulting panic, while praising a few crew members who aided passengers. An Italian Line spokesman promised an investigation.
The Miami Valley faces hot weather with a high near 93 and a low around 75. Showers and thundershowers may move in tonight offering brief relief, with partly cloudy skies and humid conditions expected during the day. Middletown reported an unofficial high of 92 and a low of 73 this morning.
New York AP reports a 27 day nationwide steel strike settlement reached with United Steelworkers and major steel firms. Officials say contracts must be signed before mass return to work for about 650000 workers. terms not disclosed though a three year plan with a roughly 50 cent package and wage rise is hinted.
At Parris Island the McKeon court martial adjourned with Col. David testifying that no night marches by recruits were heard here since 1953. Defense materials cite a House committee order for a Marine Corps clean house after a deadly March. Navy doctor reports McKeon sober after the tragedy.
In Indio California the park hosts a Santa Claus snow event despite 110 degree heat. Ninety tons of ice melt into 23 000 cubic feet, creating a 50 foot diameter by 20 foot high snow pile under Santa’s supervision for a kids’ snowman contest. The surplus ice from the grape season spurred the idea amid the heat.
A flaming cross burned on the lawn of House Speaker Sam Rayburn in Bonham Texas while he was in Washington. Neighbors alerted Mrs. Bartley and investigators pursued leads after a pickup driver and a man and woman were seen near the Rayburn residence two miles west of town. No arrests were reported.
The Public Health Service reports fewer polio cases so far this year than any year since 1947. It credits the Salk vaccine with helping to achieve this decline.
A Chinese resident fired a pistol triggering a blaze that gutted a 150 room Chinese residential area in Mexicali. Two others were wounded Sam Woo Mashon and Lucky Ky Yun. The fire gutted a warehouse five tons of lard and liquor burned a grocery store. The shooter Lou Son Lon escaped.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser declares Egypt will take full control of the Suez Canal and use its revenue to finance the Aswan dam, criticizing U S and Britain for withdrawing aid and linking the move to economic and political domination. He cites expected annual canal revenue and notes Soviet involvement in related funding talks.
REYNOSA MEXICO Tagore a 25 year old ventriloquist was nailed to a cross in the bull ring Sunday before a crowd of 5000. He still has nails in hands and feet but detaches from the cross between acts, aided by promoter Lucio Medina who says the nails pinched his hands and feet. A doctor reportedly drove in the nails but failed to do a good job according to Medina.
Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser expropriates the Suez Canal Co, a French controlled firm with British 44 percent stake. He says canal revenues will finance the Aswan Dam, prompting French and British protests and warnings of potential force or trade actions. The crisis strains Egypt’s relations with France and Britain as global oil shipments and canal tolls face upheaval.
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