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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1960
Page
1
A Northwest turboprop crashed in a snowy Indiana field killing 63 aboard. FBI investigators and Indiana National Guard deployed as police searched rugged hills between Louisville and Evansville for victims and debris. Witnesses reported a powerful explosion and scattered wreckage across a half acre site.
Ottawa Illinois AP police sifted through three possible clues in the brutal slayings of three socially prominent women at Starved Rock State Park. Superintendent Morris said no definite lead yet and two or three men would be questioned as investigators pursue hair fragments sent for microscopic tests.
In Holguin Cuba a famed local "miracle man" Moro, who treated peasants in San Augustine de Aguaras with a finger wave and seven day stitches joke, was found in Holguin Hospital while his baby daughter Maria Eufemia faced a grave intestinal blockage requiring immediate operation.
Moro pleaded for doctors to save his child and the operation succeeded with Maria Eufemia out of danger. The town of San Augustine de Aguaras no longer has a miracle man.
Police found the bodies of Mrs Oetting, 46, Mrs Frances Murphy, 47, and Mrs Mildred Lindquist, 50, near St Louis Canyon after an early Monday afternoon slaying. A blood smeared tree limb lay beside the scene and bark slivers were sent to the lab for comparison. The victims were wives of executives from Illinois Bell, Borg Warner, and Harris Trust.
State's Atty. Harland Warren said three color transparencies from a 35 mm camera handed new leads in the case but he barred newsmen from viewing the photos. He would not discuss potential use in the investigation. The camera, owned by a victim, was found near the cave entrance and the shots show the women posing in the park.
A Louisville AP story recalls a petty scam where a man pretends illness to obtain a penicillin shot. He then cashes a fake check from a supposed wife for $10, keeping $5 to $6 from the shot. The bandit is described as harmless yet bold, with doctors warned to guard their penicillin.
The Rev Stephen J Caday at Allen town Central Catholic High School forbade steady dating, saying it distracts from study and leads to immature marriages. The policy bars dating pairs from student council honors and sports. enforcement details remain unclear as students react to the edict.
Swiss artist Jean Tinguely unveiled a self destroying machine at the Museum of Modern Art. A 27 foot sculpture built from wheels, a bathtub, piano and more performed for about 30 minutes as motors, timers and narrative pieces executed its planned chaos. Firefighters contained a blaze as the piece collapsed in stages amid cheers from about 500 spectators.
The text notes Tinguely’s work gaining admiration from experts and wide Europe circulation. A pre release spectacle program, signed by Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Marcel Duchamp, is cited as evidence of their endorsement and ties to Duchamp’s famous Nude Descending a Staircase.
A senior girl affiliated with the school press said those dating are not broken up. They’re just putting on an act in school.
NASA celebrated Pioneer V reaching one million miles from Earth toward an orbit around the sun. The event in Washington featured NASA Director T Keith Glennan Representative Overton Brooks and Pioneer V Project Director John Lindsay as a loud cosmic signal echoed from space.
The satellite delivered seven kinds of information to human ears with a steady tone and brief blips. The connection to the Pioneer was easier than the Dr. Glennan line to Los Angeles and Hawaii. Contact with the satellite occurred at South Point Hawaii.
Glennan announces from NASA a milestone as Pioneer V nears one million miles of space earth communication. The Los Angeles station directs Hawaii to activate the satellite radio at 0700 Greenwich Mean Time while Pioneer rests 1,002,700 miles away.
The weekend forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with a high near 44 degrees and a low around 23. Partly cloudy and cold today with a chance of snow flurries, Middletown’s official high yesterday was 36 and the morning low 24.
A playful headline notes a striking feature described as a thing of beauty and a jaw that stands out. The brief caption hints at a humorous or light hearted item in a local page feature.
In Dallas a judge heard Mrs. James M. Guynes describe her pet mynah bird that would not talk despite repeated attempts. She bought the bird last November for $50 from Woody Gibson and spent $14.95 on a cage and more on talking records, but the bird scratched its feathers and shrieked.
In January the denuded bird was returned to Gibson who did not recognize him. Gibson described the scene as pathetic in court. Within 29 days loving care regrew the tail plumage and the bird learned to say hello and goodbye though it did not speak in court.
Judge Richburg hears Guynes and Gibson dispute a bird sale. Guynes seek $0 refund while Gibson offers $75 for a feathered bird. Court costs of $5.85 are split. Guynes leaves with an empty cage. Gibson departs with a screeching mynah bird.
A plane crash left a smoking 25 by 40 foot crater in a snow field. Five miles away a burned wing and two engines were found. Shreds of clothing hung from trees as state troopers reported no recoverable bodies yet.
The wife and three children of Morris Chalfen of Minneapolis, a Holiday on Ice promoter now in Paris, are noted along with Judge John A. Sbarbaro, 70, of the Cook County Superior Court. R. L. Care, 47, of South Bend, Indiana, heads Associates Investment Co. and its parent Associates Loan Co., with loan offices nationwide. He also chairs Emmeco Insurance Corp. and is vice chairman of the Notre Dame Lay Trustees board.
Sgt. Joe O'Brien of the Indiana State Police said the plane was heard from over Scotland Indiana about 60 air miles from the crash scene. He noted the pilot reported no trouble before the 4 20 p m EST crash. FAA refused to disclose last radio contacts. Witnesses described explosions resembling artillery bursts and a wing breaking through clouds before the aircraft broke apart.
Witnesses describe the Northwest Airlines Electra crash near Tell City Indiana as horrific. Farmers Cyril Powers and Theodore Wilson recall two explosions and a wing appearing through clouds followed by a devastating fall and explosion with debris scattered over the ground.
Albert Harpe reports seeing a large plane coming down end over end. The fragment suggests a dramatic aircraft event but provides limited details and no clear outcome or location.
Mrs McKinley Roberts and Jake Wagner recount hearing a loud explosion and seeing a fireball descend. Roberts saw a plane or debris in flames while Wagner witnessed a large fireball strike his barley field and noted no bodies visible as the sheriff searched the area.
A coroner's official said earth-digging machinery would be needed to recover some bodies buried by the impact in snow and mud. About 90 minutes after the crash news broke a caller claimed a bomb was on a plane at Midway Airport but police deemed the call a prank.
In Youngstown Ohio an explosion against the Sands Lounge wall created a 14 by 7 inch hole. No injuries reported. Deputies say the blast targeted the east side of the $100 000 supper club opened last summer by Joe Alexander and it showered dishes and glassware inside.
Alexander described the blast as due to a kitchen gas line leak and a two foot ground hole. East Ohio Gas Co. found no leak on check. Alexander, named among Mahoning County gambling figures, was questioned in the week old slaying of S. Joseph Naples and Mary Ann Vranich and released after providing an alibi.
Patrons at The Sands Lounge near Ohio 18 were evacuated after an explosion. Several people were sent to a nearby restaurant for safety as the cook reportedly remained in shock. Most damage occurred in the kitchen and basement of the building.
A Peiping radio broadcast reported that James Edward Walsh 68 of Cumberland Maryland was sentenced by the Shanghai People’s Court to 20 years in prison. He has been in custody since October 1958 on charges of plotting to overthrow the new China.
A storm dumping over 20 inches of rain in central Florida since Tuesday moved southward, leaving hundreds homeless, washing out roads, and ruining crops across affected areas in Tampa and surrounding counties.
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