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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1955

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Yanks Stayed On In Europe Postwar Plans At Yalta

Washington reports reveal Roosevelt and Stalin discussed postwar troop presence and a Soviet American trusteeship in Korea. Bohlen notes show Roosevelt doubted long US stays in Europe, while Stalin pressed about Korea. By 1950 six divisions and air and naval forces remained in Europe.

Europe Korea Yalta State Department Roosevelt Stalin Churchill Indochina Burma France Roosevel U. S Charles E. Bohlen United States Bohlen England European

Four youths escape jail in yard breakout then nabbed nearby

Four boys aged 13 to 17 staged a junior size jailbreak yesterday, using a spoon to chip bricks and squeeze between bars, scaling a ten foot fence near the Shafer Nelbar underpass. Patrolmen Short Fitzgerald and Ferguson trapped two, then another, near Fleming Road and Shafer Street. They were recaptured after a 40 minute chase and jailed in the jail flop room. They face Juvenile Court on breaking and entering charges, with arraignment possibly delayed.

Joseph Blackmore Shafer-Nelbar Cecil Short Shafer Street John Fitzgerald Fleming Rd Arnold Ferguson Blackmore Peggy Schramm Schramm Clark Street Short Holy Trinity School Yard Columbia Avenue New York Central Railroad Dayton Harry F. Walsh J. F. Seibold Jr Journal Bill Weith

Senate probes Peress case as former Army chiefs testif

Washington Senate Investigations subcommittee summoned Lt. Col. Rudolph Leverich, former chief dental surgeon at Camp Kilmer New Jersey, to testify on Irving Peress promotion and discharge. Witnesses said Peress was suspected of disaffection and that promotions were pushed despite security concerns. The hearing aims to finish within a week after three days of testimony from Army officials.

Washington Senate Investigations Subcommittee Irving Peress New York Ruluff Leverich Camp Kilmer N.J Peress Chester T. Brown Brown Vernon McKenzie Surgeon General McClellan D - Ark Army John G. Adams the Army Stevens Ralph W. Zwicker

A Test Postponed in Las Vegas Weather

Unfavorable weather in Las Vegas forces postponement of today s scheduled atom ot.

Las Vegas

Senate clash over stock market inquiry turns heated

Senator Capehart accuses Fulbright of harassing the Eisenhower administration during the Senate stock market inquiry. Fulbright, chairman of the Banking Committee, rejects the charge and defends the probe as a fair study of market dynamics as GM prices and competition come under scrutiny. The House chamber voices tension amid broader debateabout market volatility and reactions from Leonard Hall and John Kenneth Galbraith.

Washington Sen. Capehart R-Ind Sen Fulbright D-Ark Eisenhower United States Then Gan

Groundhog shadow hints at brief warming then cold

After a wintry morning with ice and 31 degrees, today's high may top 30 but warmth is limited. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued cold tonight, with a gradual warmup expected tomorrow followed by scattered showers by tomorrow evening.

Nixon Says Atomic Weapons Ready in Pacific War Threat

Vice President Nixon declares the United States possesses atomic weapons in the Pacific and will use them if needed. He calls tactical atomic explosives conventional for attacking military targets and cites lessons from the Yalta pact while urging strength to deter communism.

Chicago Nixon United States Pacific Executives Club Free World Japan China Korea Indochina Irish Fellowship Club

Arson? Arsenal Heist Looms Over Cleveland Suburb

In Shaker Heights Ohio two masked gunmen raided an Ohio National Guard 107th Cavalry armory early today taking four unloaded grease gun submachine guns. They wounded Guard Officer John Sullivan in the wrist and shoulder. The robbers demanded where the weapons were and fled after firing a warning shot. A statewide alert followed.

Cleveland Ohio National Guard 107Th Cavalry Shaker Heights Robert Templar East Cleveland John C. Sullivan Sullivan Shaker Square

Happy Hooligan Witness Describes Grocery Robber as Baritone

Mrs Fay Bush who witnessed a $50 grocery holdup in San Francisco told police the robber had a baritone voice. She added she would recognize his voice anywhere and noted he sang You ll never know just how much I love you as he fled.

San Francisco Fay Bush

Jet Pilot Saves The City After Cuban Air Crash

A USS jet from Guantanamo Bay exploded in flight near Santiago Cuba yesterday. The pilot ejected safely by parachute but sustained a leg fracture. Authorities opened an investigation into the malfunction and a mission disruption.

Santiago, Cuba Guantanamo Naval Base

Three Judges To Try Youth In Murder Case

In Bucyrus Ohio 17 year old Frederick Spears will face a three judge court on April 26 for second degree murder after waiving a jury trial through his court appointed attorney Police say Spears admitted strangling his sister Patricia Ann 16 during a pillow fight in a Galion home bedroom last December 31 while parents were away

Bucurus Ohio Frederick Spears Common Pleas John C. Carroll Spears Patricia Ann Galion

Park Dreams Realized After Teen Effort in City

In a Sunday Journal feature the story traces how four Middleton teens asked the Park Board for a local park about a year ago and how their dream nears fulfillment. The piece also previews expansion of the city park program and a sports section highlighting champions across city leagues. A Middleton crowd took the show train to New York, with a full page of tour photos planned for Sunday.

Park Board New York

First clay nugget marks Tri-Gray program debut

A youngster made a clay piece described as a brick of gold in the Tri-Gray program. Though not worth $32 an ounce to others, it represents her first modeling attempt. The full adventure will be printed in Sunday’s Journal.

Widow says FDR would not have released Yalta record

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, visiting Tel Aviv, states she is sure the U S record of the Yalta conference would not have been published if her husband had been alive. She noted FDR talked with Churchill on many matters and suggested Hong Kong’s handover, but adds she wasn't present and cannot know for sure.

Tel Aviv Israel Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S Yalta State Department Churchill Hong Kong China

Bonn Gives Rearming Final Okay

Bonn and Germany move toward rearmament with the Bonn Parliament approving the final Paris pact and the Bundesrat backing three related treaties. The measures grant Allied troop allowance, West European Union and NATO access, while Saar under international control proceeds toward final ratification by remaining nations.

Bonn Germany Saar France Federal Constitutional Court Bundesrat Paris Bundestag West Germany Bonn Republic West European Union North Atlantic Treaty Organization Contrict Saar French National Assembly Senate Britain Canada Greece Iceland Italy Norway Portugal Turkey Denmark Luxembourg Netherlands United States

Pilot Killed In Ohio T 33 Crash In Dayton Area

A T 33 jet trainer crashed near West Milton, 15 miles north of Dayton, killing Capt. Harold C. Fischer of Alexandria, Virginia. The explosion created a 20 by 15 foot crater and scattered wreckage over a mile square. It followed a similar fatal crash last Sunday near Portsmouth that killed Capt. Frank S. Norris of Dayton. Fischer was on a routine flight from Andrews AFB to Dayton.

Dayton Ohio Harold C. Fischer Alexandria West Milton Portsmouth Frank S. Norris Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fischer Andrews Air Force Base Washington D. C

County approves annexation bid amid split vote

Middletown officials ballot on two annexation efforts with 560 acre eastern tract approved by Gordon Augspurger and Ben Van Gorden while Arthur Reiff opposed. A second petition for 827 acres near Mayfield and Oxford State Road was tabled amid fraud and signature dispute claims.

Middletown Gordon Augspurger Ben van Gorden Arthur Reiff Mayfield Oxford State Road Augspurger County Commission Aguspurger van Gorden Reiff Manchester Road Marshall Road Arnold Skinner Vernal Gross George Hancock Hancock

GOP Chief Assumes Ike To Run For 1956

Leonard W. Hall, Republican national chairman, said he assumed Eisenhower would seek re election in 1956 but noted the road to political success grows tougher. At a $100 plate fund raiser in Miami attended by about 300, he urged southern gains to win more Congressmen to back Ike's program. The event, called nonsegregated, drew five Black attendees at separate table. Gray Brewer and Wesley Garrison declined comment on invitations. Hall criticized the Democratic party as left wing.

Miami Fla Leonard W. Hall Eisenhhower Florida Eisenhower Biscayne Terrace Gray Brewer Wesley Garrison Earl E. T. Smith Palm Beach Garerison Brewer Hall Democratic Party

Father Son Die In Chair For Murder In Kentucky

Eddyville Kentucky. Roy Tarrence 49 and his son Leonard 26 died in the electric chair for the 1952 killing of Louisville attorney Francis McCormack. Leonard carried a Bible and a prepared statement claiming the public never heard both sides and asked the Bible be buried with him. They were the first father and son executed in Kentucky for the same crime after years of appeals.

Eddyville Roy Tarrence Eddyville Penitentiary Leonard Louisville Jeffersontown Kentucky Torrences U.S. Supreme Court Francis McCormack Leonard’s : Rewife Tarrences

Taylor In Tokyo Steps Into Far East Command

General Maxwell D. Taylor completes a 12 day Southeast Asia tour and departs for Tokyo to assume duties as U S Far East commander on April 1.

Tokyo Maxwell D. Taylor U.S. Far East Fes Asia

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