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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
11
Des Moines faces its worst flood in history as the Des Moines River crest nears 30 feet. Volunteers rush to strengthen levees and seal two breaks while officials warn a fifth of the city could flood and over 1,000 families may lose homes.
Albuquerque dispatch quotes Leonard Hall Republican national chairman predicting gains for GOP in both houses come November due to strong economic prospects. He argues Americans favor Eisenhower's program and will elect Congress members to support it while Democrats’ support appears an almost solid barrier to passage.
Secretary Benson toured Pennsylvania State University farm buildings when a photographer asked if he could milk a cow. He seized the cow’s udder and squirted the photographer from about 15 feet away, eliciting surprise.
In Berkeley California Indians sue the federal government for 93 million dollars claiming ancestral lands of about 75 million acres in California were taken during the gold rush. Their attorney argues the loss was among the cruelest in history as 33 000 Indians pursue compensation under a new law.
A gusty thunderstorm in Fairfield Vermont created an impromptu covered bridge when a 40 foot empty silo was lifted by wind and carried 600 feet across a brook. Mrs. Donald Reed remarks the scene makes a perfect bridge.
Sixteen defendants, fifteen men and one woman, were fined or jailed on intoxication charges in Municipal Court. Garland Johnson, 32, was fined $200 and costs for carrying a concealed weapon and had a suspended fine on good behavior. Frank James, 30, was fined $25 for intoxication and $200 for resisting arrest. Elmer Wilson, 43, Dayton, was bound to the Butler County Grand Jury on a failure to provide charge and fined $59 plus costs with a 30 day suspended sentence for disorderly conduct. Tom Roberson, 52, was ordered to leave the city after a suspended 30 day jail sentence for loitering.
The Federal Reserve lowers reserve requirements to free funds for banks to lend to business and agriculture as easy money aims to fuel a fall and winter upturn. Treasury borrowing rises, rates fall, and nonbank lenders plus pension funds and insurers expand lending, intensifying competition for borrowers.
Local groups announce Wednesday and Thursday gatherings across Franklin and area venues. FOPA Lodge 2 meets 8 p m at Police Range with auxiliary 7 30 p m. Kiwanis Lions Toastmasters and more fill the week at Manchester Hotel Gecklers Hearth Blythe office and various lodges. A note on telephones: Greenland and Liberia lack phones while the world hosts 70 300 000 instruments.
In Georgetown Delaware 15-year old Charles Voorhees Jr. of West Trenton New Jersey defeated 42 girls and four peers to win first prize at the National Junior Cooking Contest during the Delmarva Chicken Festival. He accepted the roses for the cooking queen, the first boy to win top honors in six years of the contest.
In Los Angeles a police traffic education officer demonstrated alcohol impairment in a before and after test. After nine ounces of whisky in 70 minutes he could not complete the trials, underscoring that even a small amount can impair driving and raise accident risk.
Six sparrows collided with a Delta C S DC7 over Atlanta Airport forcing Capt. J B Parker to divert and land the aircraft. He transferred 69 aboard to another plane as dead birds were removed from the engines and the DC7 was towed to a hangar for repairs.
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