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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1957
Page
1
Ten year old Jimmy Burke in Miami faces a Small Claims Court summons to answer a loan suit for $9. His parents say he did not borrow the money and allege mistaken identity as the case proceeds next week.
The Navy blimp ZPG-2 concludes an 11 day journey after flying from Weymouth MA on March 4 to Key West FL, surpassing the 1929 Graf Zeppelin distance with over 7,000 miles logged. Admiral Burke saluted the crew on the final leg.
In Galveston the City Commission disarmed all but the head dogcatcher after a shooting incident involving two 14 year old youths and a dog catcher. Blackie the dog, held for 14 days, drew dog lovers pledge to pay 17 dollars for release.
Mrs Charles Calderini a Red Cross volunteer found a needle hidden in a haystack on Michigan Blvd after 20 minutes of searching 20 bales. The stunt funded by Wilbur X Derus offered 2000 dollars if found in seven hours. Calderini found it eight minutes past the deadline and Derus paid the prize.
Budapest reports Communist police and militia guarding key centers and national shrines as Hungary marks the 109th anniversary of the 1948 revolt against Austria. Authorities tightened precautions for days to avert unrest on the patriotic day.
Eight airliners were searched at Los Angeles, four at Dallas, and one at Wichita Falls after anonymous bomb warnings. A TWA Constellation was diverted back to Los Angeles for checks amid similar investigations of seven other TWA planes and four Braniff jets. Officials call the threats likely a prank.
A playful note describes a paid babysitter who watches the TV as children cry themselves to sleep. The lighthearted jab imagines the sitter guarding screens rather than kids, reflecting a comic take on modern parenting duties.
82 year old John Prather refuses to leave his East Range home as the U S government declares condemnation for part of the McGregor missile range. The court assigns possession and compensation while Prather vows to stay to the end, risking eviction by March 30.
The Associated Press reports violent mid March storms across the central and northern United States. Six deaths are attributed to blizzard conditions in Minnesota and Iowa amid heavy snow, high winds, and widespread travel disruption.
In Philadelphia Rep Carl T Durham chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy clash with AEC Commissioner Harold S Vance over how quickly to expand nuclear power plants Durham urged more federal spending for larger and faster plants while Vance defended U S leadership at a 1957 nuclear congress session hosted by the National Industrial Conference Board
In central Finland two fast express trains collided today, killing ten people and injuring sixty. It stands as the worst train wreck in the country’s history.
The weatherman expects mostly cloudy windy and colder conditions over the weekend with a high near 45 today and a low around 30. Saturday should be partly cloudy and cold near 50 while Sunday turns cloudy but warmer. Yesterday’s Middletown high reached 74 with a 40 degree low this morning and last night’s rainfall was about 10 inches.
Frank W. Brewster, Western Conference of Teamsters president, faces Senate questioning on alleged misuse of union funds and involvement in sending Seattle gamblers to Portland to gain control of gambling and prostitution. The hearing precedes new inquiries into Teamsters chief Dave Beck as April hearings loom.
Philadelphia officials questioned an expense line reading Recover two horse bodies Roosevelt Junior High School 100 dollars. The bill covered repairs to two leather gym horses rather than animal remains.
Fragmentary religious meditation linking Mark 11 12 13 to Matthew 21 19 about a fig tree in Bethany, its withered fruit and symbolic judgment. It contrasts outward leaves with lacking fruit and mirrors Jerusalem’s empty acclaim.
Police traced the death of three year old Patricia Tiernan, kidnapped from Pontiac, to a Detroit motel bath where her body was found. A teenage babysitter, picked up near Jackson's Southern Michigan Prison, reportedly guided investigators.
In Nicosia Cyprus a renewed cease fire proposal mixed with a demand for Archbishop Makarios’s release. Prime facts report Britain’s ambiguous stance and support from Greek Cypriots including editor Vias Markides. In Michigan a separate crime report details Madeline Allred’s arrest after she allegedly confessed to killing a baby in Detroit.
Cairo reports say the Gaza Strip remains under UN peacekeeping with Maj. Gen Hassan Abdel Latif installed as Egyptian governor. Israel has not retaliated, while the U N and U S seek renewed aid talks and a UN led settlement including guarantees against aggression.
Floyd Morgan Barnes a retired vice president and director of Procter and Gamble died Thursday in Cincinnati He was knighted in 1929 by the king of Norway as a member of the Royal Society of St Olaf.
Last minute stay bids failed as Burton Abbott is executed for kidnapping and inhumane murder of Stephanie Bryan 14 formerly of Dartmouth Massachusetts. Evidence tied by UC criminology tests? grave site fibers and hair matched Abbott. The case drew national attention for its bizarre sequence and circumstantial links.
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