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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
9
In Gatlinburg Tennessee a bear grabbed a Texas woman's purse during a park visit and carried it to a nearby picnic table before dropping it when discovering cash. Park officials later returned the purse to Mrs. Westly Edwards of Houston Texas after she fled in fear.
In Brazosport Texas entomologist W S McGregor employs the skin method to tally mosquitoes by standing with bare arms in thick grass. He notes counts of landings and bites for five to fifteen minutes, with hotter areas yielding up to 200 bites in three minutes. He guides a Health Department team to active mosquito spots.
St Louis area floods kill nineteen and cause millions in damage as rains linger across Missouri and Illinois. Belleville and Lemay report million dollar losses. 13.75 inches in Belleville, 8.72 in St Louis, thousands evacuated, power and water disruptions continue. Two drowning victims identified in Belleville Beaufort area.
In Littleton Colorado Richard Huttell was fined 12 dollars 50 cents and given a one day suspended jail sentence for cruelty to a skunk found locked in an abandoned shed for three weeks. The skunk was described as a much maligned animal and received the last laugh in the case.
Brief notice: professional fitters available at Lewis Drugs located at 1051 Central offering surgical and maternity belts for customers seeking medical support and comfort.
Hollywood veteran Gus Schilling 49 died of an apparent heart attack. His body was found yesterday in his Hollywood apartment after a career spanning Minsky's burlesque in New York Shakespeare adaptations and Broadway hits like Hold Everything and Flying High.
In San Francisco the fire department responded to swarming bees at Sigmund Stern Grove where a recreation director asked for help to protect children. Lt Eugene McLaughlin and three firefighters used carbon tetrachloride sprays and old fashioned repellent to overcome the swarm. No bees survived.
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