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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1959
Page
1
A twister like storm hit the Greater Miami area injuring about 109 people and damaging bayfront homes. The Weather Bureau called it a tornado with a 12 mile path. Nearly 60 were treated in hospitals as officials declared a disaster footing though no deaths were reported.
Beulah the season s second tropical storm was expected to weaken today as more of its circulation moved into Mexico. At 4 a m Beulah located about 50 miles east of Tampico Mexico had top sustained winds around 45 mph near the center.
A destructive tornado battered a four-block area around the 79th Street causeway with insured losses projected at at least one million dollars. Residents described roofs blown off, overturned cars, and debris. Emergency crews opened kitchens for displaced residents as police and deputies kept bystanders back.
Queen Elizabeth II is flying to begin a 45 day Canadian tour. Dense fog will force a landing at the U S Air Base in Argentia. She travels with Prince Philip and 11 attendants on this her third visit to Canada as a member of the Commonwealth.
Senators Bridges and Johnson demanded steps to ensure American patrol planes are armed and ready to fire after a Navy antisubmarine aircraft was unable to shoot back against Communist MIGs over the Sea of Japan. Navy investigators said a communications mishap and two bad gun mounts left the tail gunner unable to fire. the tail gun was knocked out and the crewman wounded.
The pilot in Japan told reporters that two fore and top fuselage gun turrets were not functioning because the necessary spare parts had not arrived in time, causing a temporary disagreement over the reason for the failure.
An executive is a man who can hand a letter back to a redheaded stenographer for a fourth retyping.
Queen Elizabeth II begins a coast to coast Canadian tour with Newfoundland as the start. If Torbay Airfield is fogbound Argentia will be the alternate arrival point and ceremonies are shortened due to conditions. Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Governor General Massey join the royal voyage with extensive press coverage and a new BBC transatlantic film relay system.
Four bombs exploded in Havana during a television appearance by Prime Minister Fidel Castro. No injuries or damage were reported. Castro warned he would unmask press elements and announced a rally of rural residents for agrarian reform. He denied plans to seize foreign property this year.
Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco met Pope John XXIII at the Vatican for the first time. The visit was accorded full state honors and treated as a heads of state audience.
In Cincinnati Edythe Klumpp faces first degree murder charges for the death of Louise Bergen. Defense attorney William F. Hopkins plans cross examination of Dr. Frank Cleveland in a basement garage session to show how Bergen died and if the car and body play a role. The case includes alleged body burning at Lake Cowan and motives tied to a relationship with Bergen.
The state alleges Mrs. Bergen was shot and bludgeoned and burned, while the defense argues she was shot during a struggle in Mrs. Klumpp's car. Dr. Cleveland testifies to skull fractures from blows, with a possible bullet fragment found on autopsy. Prosecutor Hover says more evidence will show Klumpp shot Bergen and then struck her with a .22 pistol.
Governor Earl K. Long, 63, arrived back in Louisiana after a 19 day Galveston stay in a hospital room described as $22.50 a day near the Mississippi River bridge built by his brother. Doctors began examining his condition as he seeks a possible fourth term. Long had been under psychiatric care and was taken from Galveston by plane amid questions about his ability to resume duties and whether a special session might be called to push stalled fiscal measures.
Argentina进入 third day of crisis as dissident army units seize military posts in Buenos Aires and nationwide, replacing undersecretary of war Col Raimundez with Gen Frago. Cordoba Army Command led by Gen Grotz pressures probe into a possible Frondizi Peron pact and calls end to military interference with strikes and key industries.
The Big Four foreign ministers postponed talks for 24 hours at Andrei Gromyko's request to study the Western compromise for a Berlin settlement. Gromyko and Kremlin leaders were expected to decide whether to negotiate on the plan, with Britain France and the United States signaling potential concessions while preserving the insistence on free Western traffic to West Berlin and Western troop stations. The session ended after Gromyko spoke briefly and translators finished.
Senate investigators said they will begin new hearings next Thursday into James R. Hoffa and alleged Teamsters corruption. In other items, a three judge panel struck down Arkansas limits on desegregation in Little Rock schools. Emmett O Donnell Jr won Senate approval for four star rank and Pacific Air Forces command. Rita Roubidoux convicted of manslaughter in the scalding death of her 7 year old stepdaughter.
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