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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1959
Page
1
Denver 52 year old political newcomer Patrick McGee announced his bid for the May 19 Denver City Council elections. He framed his entry as a reform push and said he would focus on fiscal restraint and community issues.
Greensburg Indiana mayor Sheldon Smith, also city judge, confessed he slashed himself and invented a tale of being robbed by three men to hide a $7178 loss from city funds. Prosecutor Garvey said no prosecution. Smith repaid the amount and said moral responsibility led to the disclosure.
Premier Fidel Castro announced on television that all Cuban society should be leveled into a single large middle class. He said the aim is to elevate the poor and reduce the wealthy to a middle-class level, outlining a policy shift to reshape social structure.
A light anecdote jokes that opportunities come by two doors push and pull and suggests choosing the right doorway leads to success.
Congress backs President Eisenhower on Berlin pledges while differing on military strength. He signals possible summer talks with Khrushchev if foreign ministers lay groundwork, and stresses the United States will not yield to Soviet demands. The speech frames a path toward a summit as Macmillan presses for top-level talks.
In Mosul a major rebellion by landowning Arab sheiks and allied elites against Premier Abdul Karim Kassem failed, with the palace looted and authorities claiming control. Ahmad Ajil Aldyawar, the Shammar ruler, fled into the desert as thousands of tribesmen were drawn from Syria Iraq and Saudi Arabia. 2,000 killed in clashes and reprisals as pro Kassem militias mop up.
A Notre Dame feature notes about 5300 students who do not play football and many have Irish ancestry. Murphy is the common name with 42 students and four faculty members listed. O Connor and OBrien are common among 125 undergraduates with O names. Sull ivans Ryans Kelys Burkes McNamara appear in the directory.
President Sean Thomas O Kelly of Ireland learns the White House was designed by Dublin born James Hoban. The Dublin connection and Gaelic welcome mark his first visit to the U S capital with an Irish parade and signage. Hoban won a prize of $500 for the design completed in 1792 and rebuilt after the 1814 fire.
Sean O Kelly delivers a surprise tied to an old Irish backdrop. The remark hints at a personal twist connected to a long standing cultural thread. The mention suggests a notable moment within a broader narrative about heritage and identity.
New York senators said Lewis L. Strauss was chosen as commerce secretary so he could be chief of staff for the economic war with the Soviet Union. The Air Force fired another mystery missile on a secret test at Cape Canaveral, marking the first ballistic noise since Pioneer IV’s lunar mission began.
The Senate appeared likely to join the House in approving a three month extension of emergency jobless benefits. President Eisenhower's Berlin crisis speech drew hearty welcome in West Germany and Britain, with wide press play but no immediate official reaction. An American eye specialist heads to Australia to treat evangelist Billy Graham's left eye.
Hyman Heine Wainer a 54 year old prohibition era bootlegger and former convict was slain in a gangland style shooting in a rear parking lot at 3270 Lake Shore Drive Chicago Police reported a man about 35 fled the scene after four shots struck Wainer two through the chest from behind and one in each arm Wainer staggered into Evelyn Goodman’s apartment building where she a secretary at his liquor store called police and he died shortly after at the scene
In Cairo the feud between Gamal Abdel Nasser and Nikita Khrushchev spilled into the open as both accused the other of meddling in Iraq. Khrushchev backed Kassem and warned Nasser his anti Communist drive would fail, while Nasser rejected Moscow’s interference and defended Arab unity amid the Baghdad revolt.
An 18 year old University of New Mexico freshman, William Joseph Steury, won the Young American Medal for bravery for rescuing Rev. Wayne Piely from icy Kunkel Lake near Bluffton, Indiana, Feb 21, 1957. Steury, then a Bluffton High junior, helped as ice cracked, holding on with a rope until a state trooper and boat arrived. He was selected from 23 nominees across 10 states and will receive the award from President Eisenhower at the White House.
Gerald Ray Glass and his two children Jerry 10 and Arlene 8 died by carbon monoxide fumes in a car near Homewood Alabama. Notes found in the car show the father planned the deaths and showed his growing sleepiness and rising heartbeat. Sheriff said the family had recently moved to a new home and had no phone installation yet.
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