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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
8
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The nude torso of a white man was found in a plastic bag near Twin Rivers Tennessee. Authorities search the Old Forked Deer River for a head and legs while the torso is sent to Memphis for autopsy. A 16 year old missing person from nearby Crockett County was the only related report.
Senator Kerr pressed Secretary Humphrey in Washington on inflation trends and short supply items. Humphrey pledged a full list of scarce materials such as oil line pipe freight cars and structural steel while Kerr demanded specifics. Kerr noted Humphrey had not yet achieved his long term goal of shifting federal debt from short term borrowings to longer term securities.
In Columbus 17 Ohio communities compete in the Masonic Order of the Rainbow for Girls drill team event. More than 3,000 girls aged 12 to 20 attend the 26th Ohio Grand Assembly where officers are installed, including Nancy Lindsay Akron and Marcia Maglott Lorain.
Former President Herbert Hoover told a Los Angeles news conference that Washington is a poor place to cleanse the soul and he plans to visit California annually. In a jovial mood he avoided national issues and spoke about his age seventy eight at the time.
In Nashville Tennessee an 11 year old boy, Ralph Lewis Williams, and neighbor Vernon Hogue, 52, died after becoming trapped and suffocating in an abandoned cistern while four other rescuers were overcome by lack of oxygen and hospitalized. Both victims were Black.
Radio tonight features WHIO Folk music from West Virginia and Tennessee. The Last Word with Dr Frank Baxter and Dr Bergen Evans. Dan Tempest on The Buccaneers hunts pirates in The Slave Ship. Peggy Lee hosts The Jackie Gleason Show with Tony Bennett and Jack E Leonard. June Valli George DeWitt and Everly Brothers on Julius La Rosa Show. Lawrence Welk with Champagne Music Makers. George Sanders Mystery Theater Man in The Elevator. Gunsmoke with a bluff call. Minesweeper movie stars Richard Arlen Russell Hayden and Jean Parker.
A severe storm front driven by high winds and hail swept west central Kansas causing extensive property damage. In Hutchinson a 98 mph gust toppled a truck terminal roof onto a home killing Steve Chlentzos and injuring his wife and son. several others hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
In New York three women named Maria Karageorges Angie Karageorges and Marie Karageorges sought to administer the estate of millionaire ex bootblack Spiros Karageorges who built a 24 million dollar fortune as a real estate operator. Surrogate Andrew Cox took the case under advisement.
Members of Barracks 636 Veterans of World War I met yesterday to discuss bi county activities with the Lebanon Barracks. Earl Shea was appointed committee chairman to promote the joint programs. Orman M. Elam was presiding as the newly elected commander. The Barracks Auxiliary also met. An open meeting for eligibles especially Old Timer’s Club members will be held July 19.
Japan reduced its birthrate by 43 percent in eight years from 1947 to 1955, reflecting postwar demographic change and policy or social shifts affecting family size and birth planning.
Hamilton County grand jury charges James W. Durr 38 with first degree manslaughter in the death of his mother Grace Durr 65. Durr said his mother fell. coroner's report says injuries could not come from a fall. The incident occurred after Mrs. Durr died May 18 from head and chest injuries.
Paris police seized the Communist party newspaper L Humanite cutting off distribution for the Paris area. The paper had been publishing letters from Algerian communists blaming the French Army for the Melouza massacre.
A light quake struck San Luis Obispo yesterday afternoon rattling the area and tripping a circuit breaker that temporarily knocked radio station KAVY off the air. No other damage reported.
Radio and entertainment blocks feature Dean Marion, Randy Blake, Kay Morton, and Dancetime across WKRC WLW WPFB WMOH WERC WSAI LWV bands. Evening programs include Nite Patrol and World Round Up with news updates at 11. Remington News closes the day with late local chatter and a music hour.
The United States and 23 other nations agreed to meet in private to consider a new report on Soviet intervention in Hungary. Delegates are divided, with some urging a summer Assembly and others preferring to wait until the 12th session begins September 17. Australia, Nationalist China, and Britain favor the idea.
A 10 year old boy walked into attorney Ben F. Williams in Douglas Arizona and asked for an injunction to stop a spanking. Williams refused saying it would be unethical to affect an easement on punishment.
Joseph Andrews 64 of 1222 Walnut St died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after a suspected heart attack. He worked 39 years as a shearman for Armco Steel and resided in Middletown 40 years, born in Tunnel Springs, Alabama. Survivors include his wife and three sisters. Arrangements are pending at Bailey Funeral Home. Proeschel Funeral Home will service Thompson 67 of 502 McKinley Ave at Proeschel on Monday. Hattie Billingslea’s services are today at Bradford Connolly Funeral Home in Dayton.
Two cars collided at Carolina Street and Plymouth Avenue in Mayfield injuring two local residents. Leonard Smith and Barbara Smith were treated for minor injuries at Middletown Hospital and released. The accident at 8 45 p m involved Arthur Netherley and Leonard Smith driving northbound and westbound cars respectively.
The Rev. D. Lambert of Montgomery Alabama and his choir will conduct services tomorrow at 7 30 p m in Mt Zion Baptist Church. The Young Women s Progressive Club will be in charge with Rev F H Hampton as host pastor.
Volunteer rescue workers found Dorothy Davis 23 of Dayton Ohio. She drowned Tuesday when a boat overturned near Miami Shores in the Miami River.
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey died of cancer June 12 at age 53 leaving personal property not exceeding 15000 dollars in New York State. He left no will.
Obituary notices for Joseph Andrews, Mary Ellen Bremer, Wenzel Felton, John Franklin Flack, T A D Jones, Charles Moore, Randy Morgan, Alma Ruth Roberts and other mourners. Funeral details include home names Daehler Jos R Baker & Sons and Memorial Park o. Noted monuments firms and phone numbers listed.
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