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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1959
Page
1
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan wrap up Berlin strategy talks in Washington. They consider a summer summit with Khrushchev and plan to present the outline to Moscow this week.
Brenda Emerson, 16, was found dead on a hospital lawn in Burbank. Police say a puncture wound inside the right elbow may indicate an injection. Her husband Steve Emerson, 20, was questioned as officers investigated the mysterious elopement and the role of family opposition. An autopsy was awaited to determine cause of death.
Eight miners died in a coal mine explosion near Robbins Tennessee. The blast prompted emergency response as investigators sought the cause and safety failures.
The FBI today announced the arrest of 1 person in a nationwide scheme tied to fraudulent newspaper puzzle contests. The suspect is charged in connection with deceiving participants and illegally profiting from the contests.
Weary firefighters battled hundreds of brush fires across the Ozark hills in Missouri as state foresters and the State Conservation Commission reported near exhaustion. About 200000 acres burned in a week as wind-driven fires destroyed resort cabins and drew 100 soldiers from Ft. Leonard Wood to aid efforts.
Two 16 year old girls Peggy Ann Moore of Omaha and Janet Spegel of Lexington Neb were captured at a Salina roadblock after escaping from an Nebraska industrial school and forcing farmer Jesse Richards to drive them toward Texas. FBI said kidnapping charges will be filed. They planned to reach Waco near an Air Force base.
Nehru told Parliament that fighting in Lhasa has quieted and India will not intervene in China’s Tibet dispute. Reports say the Dalai Lama may be under house arrest. Tibetan protests spread to Gyantse with arms looted and clashes near the consulate.
The Miami Valley sees its first springlike warmth as west winds bring sunny skies and a high of 33 degrees. Tonight will be cold with a low around 35. Tuesday promises cloudier skies and a high near 60 as temperatures rise. Middletown reports a Sunday high of 5 PM and a 6:30 AM low of 18.
French military authorities report 44 Algerian nationalists killed captured or defected over the weekend in Algiers assault and sweep. The toll underscores ongoing clashes during the broader anti colonial campaign.
Spokane police pledge full force on the Candy Rogers murder case. Chief Clifford Payne says a maniac is the suspect after the 9 year old vanished while selling Campfire mints and was found raped and strangled in woods miles from home.
Thousands of volunteers scour Candy’s canyon and Spokane River area for the missing person with no results. Two airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base discover a small pair of blue suede shoes 12 miles from town in remote woods, offering a possible new lead in the case.
Police and S. E. Newton examined footwear linked to Candy before dawn as officers at the scene recovered a body. Inspector Robert Piper led the search while an autopsy described rape and bindings on Candy with wounds and facial injuries.
In Youngstown, Ohio, three men and a woman overpowered two jailers, took a hostage, and fled in a car seven miles away. Officers say Robert Herrman, Joseph Orville, Donald Sweet, and Lola Gordon, all identifiable, escaped with at least two pistols, leaving guard William Driskell injured and bound in near-freezing weather.
St Louis AP report of an accident near Arnold Missouri in which eight year old Jota Ellis had a leg amputated after being struck by a car. Her sister Donna nine suffered fractures of both legs. Driver Robert E Kemp, 25, of Lemay faces charges of careless and reckless driving while drinking.
A light humorous note states nothing sharp or dramatic, but running out of rinse is the likely culprit for a middle-aged woman’s hair turning gray and prompting a shudder at chores.
The Air Force ended salvage efforts after a two day search failed to locate a nose cone fired 5 000 miles from Cape Canaveral by a Thor Able rocket. Malfunction in the recovery package radio transmitter is blamed for the loss. Instrument reports noted the cone's entry into the atmosphere at about 15 000 mph near Ascension Island.
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