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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
5
Steel operations are expected to stay steady or rise slightly through summer with scrap price gains signaling an upturn in late summer or early fall. National output climbed to 88.5 percent of capacity last week at 2,265,149 net tons while the Solar price composite rose to 55.67 per gross ton, the seventh weekly gain from 42.50.
A single bolt of lightning killed three men and injured five others during a rain seeking shelter under an oak tree at the Scranton Country Club. Eleven doctors responded. three golfers died and two caddies plus another golfer were badly burned. The metal clubs reportedly conducted the lightning strike. Victims were Dr. Horace D. Birchard, 60, Scranton. Frederick DeWilde, 62, Clark's Summit. and John W. Whitmore, 58, Scranton.
A ferry overloaded with 82 people sank off the southwest tip of Korea. Seven passengers drowned and two remain missing, authorities said.
London readers debate the June 9 discovery said to be missing frogman Cmdr Lionel Crabb. Reynolds News and a Sunday Express reader question whether the corpse is a ruse tied to Soviet propaganda, noting reports of Russian submarines near Portsmouth and Crabb's long unexplained disappearance.
Damage suits seeking 1 020 000 dollars are filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court over the August 10 1955 Andover explosion that killed 22. Defendants include Standard Oil Co and Andover village along with Isaly Dairy Co and others. Plaintiffs allege negligence for fueling sewers, failing to warn and prevent leaks.
SAN ANTONIO Tex Milton Frederick and his family closed the Buckhorn saloon drawing to a close a long chapter in local lore. The 1885 founding family sold the collection of stuffed animals relics and curios and the doors shut yesterday ending a 30 plus year sightseeing staple.
In Pavia region a rare tornado plus floods left at least 14 dead and about 60 hospitalized. The twister destroyed farm buildings in Cigognala and Robecco Pavese, killing an entire family in Cigognala while churchgoers in Rebecco Pavese narrowly avoided disaster. Floods elsewhere raise damage estimates to 50 million dollars.
In Roghudi Reggio Calabria a 40 year old mayor Pietro Nucera and Francesca Zavittieri staged an abduction to win her family's consent for marriage. They fled to Aspromonte hills where a pistol was fired. Police later recovered Francesca and Nucera. the family blessed the wedding.
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