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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1961
Page
5
Air Force Maj Bob White piloted the X15 to an estimated 2,650 mph in a desert test at Edwards Air Force Base California. The flight reached 75,000 feet, with 25 seconds of weightlessness, powered by a throttled engine and heat tests showing skin temperatures near 700 degrees.
LOS ANGELES AP The Finch murder case drags toward a third trial with little public interest. Barbara Jean Finch 36 was killed July 18 1959 in West Covina. Her husband Dr R Bernard Finch and mistress Carole Tregoff face murder and conspiracy charges as spectators thin and costs mount toward eight hundred thousand dollars for the state and defendants.
Max Conrad, 57, known as the flying grandfather, completed an around-the-world journey in 8 days 18 hours 49 minutes. His two-engine Piper, flown with Dick Jennings, set a new light-plane circumnavigation record, aided by a tailwind. The route began in Miami after an earlier unscheduled Brazil landing, part of a 25,457 mile itinerary to beat the 1959 record. Conrad, a veteran flyer from Winona Minnesota, learned to fly in 1928 and has 75 transatlantic crossings.
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control issued a D-3A permit to owner George W. Turpin for Corner Cafe at 1239 Central Ave. The permit allows the restaurant to remain open for liquor and wine sales until 2 30 a.m. This applies to holders of D-3 permits who can be issued D-3A permits.
The figure estimates that an average family in the United States consumes 788 cans annually across all can types, reflecting broad consumer packaging trends and daily consumption patterns.
LONDON AP Peter Townsend and the Belgian girl he married after Princess Margaret said they are expecting their first child early this summer. Townsend, 45, has no sons by his first marriage. He and his 21 year old wife Marie Lue make their home in Paris, where Townsend buys wines for an American firm.
Cincinnati based AristoCraft Inc announces plan to acquire National Aluminum Extrusions of Columbus. The firm will be operated as a subsidiary and some personnel will relocate to Cincinnati under the deal announced Tuesday.
Nor man T Wilson an 18 year old Negro youth was sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder in the fatal stabbing of 17 year old John A Campiglia of South Philadelphia.Two other Negro youths Lonnie Jackson 19 and Franklin D Sutton 16 drew 7 to 15 years and 5 to 10 years respectively after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the same incident.
Bankruptcy filed in the United States District Court in Cincinnati lists debtor James C. Purnell of 1270 E Second St Franklin with debts totaling 3632 dollars and assets of 979 dollars.
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