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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1957
Page
12
Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca may return as a comedy team this fall but the plan seems remote. NBC TV is interested, yet lacking a sponsor and a defined program. TV schedules are rigid and competition fierce, making a spot unlikely before winter as the year progresses.
Radio and TV listings recap tonight's schedule across WHIO WLW WCPO WLWT WKRC and more. Highlights include Rusty Draper guests Russell Arms and Louise OBrien on WHIO, Jim Reeves on WLW and Georgia Gibbs Show, a pantomime parade star on WCPO, Desert Desert trek on WLWT, Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts from San Diego, George Raft in I'm the Law on WCPO, Studio One Summer Theater celebrating the US Air Force anniversary on WHIO and a Lady with a Lamp featuring Michael Wilding and Anna Neagle on WHIO.
Blaine F Bowman 62 longtime civil defense director since 1955 dies Sunday in Alliance Ohio He was Mount Union College graduate whose father was dean 35 years 1902 to 1937 Funeral services set for Tuesday The text includes city ordinance snippets unrelated to the obituary
A flag waving sendoff preceded a four hour parade as 30,000 attended a Communist sponsored World Youth Festival in Lenin Stadium. Voroshilov defended Soviet life while many non Communist youths joined from about 10,000 foreign guests.
A bull at a bloodless San Jose exhibition dies after being struck by a fairgrounds truck while fleeing between the grandstand and a plywood ring wall. Sheriff’s deputies and humane officer Robert C. Hall respond. the officer shoots and kills the injured animal as the event meets opposition from legislators who oppose such shows.
About 110 persons attended a dinner dance Saturday sponsored by Local 235 of the Middletown Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union AFL CIO. The second annual affair was held at the Midway Lodge near Miamisburg. International Representative Robert Jurtsen was present.
Hollywood reports say Tania Velia, a 22 year old Yugoslav immigrant with claims of beauty and a colorful past, has been noticed by a Warner studio after arriving in the United States via the American zone. She says she was once deemed ugly in Yugoslavia while working on rail lines and worked toward a stage career in New York before moving to Hollywood two months ago. A magazine photographer connected her with Eddie Rocco, and she has had voice and acting coaching to reduce her accent. She also notes a past dating tie to Joe DiMaggio for two weeks. Local legal notices accompany, including an appointment notice for Clarence Valentine Shearsley Jr. and related probate actions in Butler County Ohio.
Ohio Liquor Department agents raided two taverns and a private club in Austintown and Youngstown, resulting in the arrest of Steve Pushcar 39 operator of Pushcar s Bar Nick Wassalis 4 a bartender at the Capital Bar and Anthony Gian francesco 35 manager. Also notice of Jetty Davis appointed administratrix of the Estate of Louis Davis deceased with creditors urged to file claims within four months. Dated July 15 1957.
In Miami Florida two armed robbers ordered a meal and arranged napkins on the floor before the restaurant manager Alys Brogan laid on the alleged scene. Cook Anthony Neilson alerted police and the pair were caught as they left the eatery. John L. Munkhoff and Buddy S. Klein, both 27, were booked for investigation of armed robbery.
PASSAIC New Jersey police describe Stephen Gregich a 19 year old accused of entering homes and stealing or attempting to steal kisses from women. Detective Captain Jaffe says he was sent to an Albany orphanage at age three and later worked at a gas station. Dr. Lloyd Morrow notes a possible motive in a yearning for mother love. Gregich admits to seven such acts after a day of questioning and faces a hearing on seven charges of assault and breaking and entering.
Ironton authorities hold Lester Akers, 36, of Ironton after return from Ashland Ky, questioned in connection with a $700 robbery at the A and P Market Saturday night. Case No. 30530. Dorothy G. Gilbert, deceased, estate administrator appointed in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. Dated July 1937. WALSH, Probate Judge. William E. Rathman, Attorney-at-Law.
Air Force Captain Kenneth D. Chandler won the Bendix Air Race from Chicago O Hare Field to Andrews Air Force Base at 679 miles per hour average, a 13 mph record. He flew a Convair F102 interceptor with minimal fuel and said his engine flamed out after landing due to fuel exhaustion. The event opened a 50th anniversary Air Force celebration with other races and the first public flights of the Ryan X13 vertical takeoff aircraft and the Republic F-105.
Williamstown Ky. Walter Lee Baker 33 an unemployed laborer wanted for questioning in robberies and burglaries in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky was arrested Sunday near Dry Ridge. A patrolman noticed the car Baker was driving was weaving and took him to headquarters. Investigation showed the car had been stolen earlier in a Park Hills burglary.
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