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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1960

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Cigarettes Safer plan sparks ACS test doubts

In Louisville a cancer researcher says the American Cancer Society plans a six year study of more than one million Americans to test whether safer low tar and low nicotine cigarettes actually extend life. He urges clear labeling of tar and nicotine and warns cigarettes remain the principal lung cancer cause.

Louisville, Ky E. Cuyler Hammond American Cancer Society ACS Hammond Science Writers

Rough Air Turbulence Studied By Weathermen

The Weather Bureau aims to learn more about clear air turbulence that could trigger jet aviation accidents. Weather officials say meteorologists lack enough data to forecast such turbulence despite known conditions. Agencies including NASA FAA Air Force and Navy are studying the issue.

Washington The Weather Bureau National Aeronautics and Space Administration Federal Aviation Agency Air Force Navy

Portland children placed in care after neglect deaths

In Oregon, six malnourished children from a shack home near Portland were removed by juvenile court after two sisters died from malnutrition and pneumonia. The judge granted temporary wards as deputies reported severe poverty and illness amid parental pleas.

Portland Ore Taylor Morris Morris Sherif Ralph S. Kennedy Nancy Sister Francella Sisters of Charity Our Lady of Providence Nursery Providence Hospital Carol Ann Shack Carol Texas

Gena 3 Percent IQ Starts School at Adamstra Gifted Program

Gena Walberg, 3, with an IQ of 171, attends Adastra School for Gifted Children in Tacoma. Her measured mental age is about seven, and her family from Redondo plans to adjust their budget for $35 monthly tuition while the school offers Spanish science ballet and more advanced subjects.

Tacoma Wash Rogena Walberg Warren R. Walberg Gena Adastra Redondo

Royalty Delayed By Brown Fuse

London AP report says Prince Philip the duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra were late for the annual royal command film performance after Buckingham Palace elevator fuse blew between the first and second floors delaying the party by 10 minutes. Mechanics reset the car and moved it by hand to the second floor.

London Prince Philip Duchess of Kent Alexandra Royal Command Buckingham Palace Rene

Woman Outwits Bandit in Meadville Cashier Behind Door

A would be armed burglar used a pistol at a supermarket cashier's office. Mrs Pat Conrad slammed the door and alerted police. Nora Consiglio ignored his threats at the checkout. Esther Hillman, a Meadville bank teller, also refused the demands before lunch. Police charged James L Boyd 17 of Erie with attempted armed burglary.

Meadville Pat Conrad Meadville First National Bank Esther Hillman

Today's Chuckle The Easiest Way to Teach Kids Money

A quip notes that the simplest method to show children the value of money is to borrow from them, turning a playful lesson into a practical exercise.

Open House For Germs Sickness Strikes Salem Boy

Misery has come in a big package for Delmar Alvie Gibbons nine in Salem. Doctors say the boy is sick in bed with measles chicken pox and the mumps all at once.

Salem Ore Delmar Alvie Gibbons Hig

Ike Nudges Nixon Into Spotlight

In Gettysburg Eisenhower moves Nixon into the national spotlight as they plan Camp David talks with Harold Macmillan on a nuclear test ban and global issues. Hagerty says Nixon is fully informed and involved, while there is no plan to publicize Democratic candidates' roles.

Gettysburg Richard M. Nixon Eisenhower Nixon White House Britain Harold Macmillan David James C. Hagerty Macmillan Hagerty United States Jhas Camp David

Nazi Collaborators Sentenced To Death

Soviet Russia reports a former Smolensk region police chief I Kirienko of Velizh and companion E Sechov were sentenced to death for Nazi wartime crimes. Dozens testified they bore responsibility for ghetto burnings mass killings and torture of thousands.

Moscow Smolensk Soviet Russia I. Kirienko Velizh E. Sechov

Eisenhower Macmillan Plot Nuclear Ban Summit Strategy

President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan held long talks at Catoctin to set a joint plan for Geneva and Paris summit diplomacy. They weighed a safeguarded treaty banning major nuclear tests and a possible short-term moratorium on small underground blasts.

John M. Hightower Gettysburg Eisenhower Harold Macmillan Soviet Union Glass London Macmillan United States Britain

World Leaders Close in on Summit and Disarmament

Eisenhower and Macmillan reach substantial agreement on multiple summit and disarmament issues. In Johannesburg the Pan Africanist Congress demands abolition of the pass system or face a Negro work boycott. In Reims Khrushchev says the master race myth is reviving and vengeance returns in West Germany.

Gettysburg Eisenhower Harold Macmillan Johannesburg South Africa Pan-Africanist Congress Reims France Nikita S. Khrushchev West Germany

Drowns Near Batavia

Donald L. Patrick aged 34 of Felicity fell from an embankment into Bullskin Creek near Batavia and drowned.

Batavia, Ohio Donald L. Patrick Felicity Bullskin Creek

Khrushchev Plans To Visit Austria

The Austrian government announced that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will visit Vienna likely in September. The invitation was first extended in 1958 by Chancellor Julius Raab during a Moscow visit by the Austrian delegation.

Vienna Austria Nikita Khrushchev Julius Raab Raab Moscow

Youth Holding Own After Bridge Rail Incident

Bruce E. Wixon, 24, of Barryton Michigan, remained in fair condition at Community Hospital after a car skidded on ice and crashed through a guard rail into a frozen mill pond. A 130 foot section of the 114 inch bridge railing passed through his body but narrowly missed his stomach and liver. Sheriff Ramsdill called the incident the most unusual he had ever seen.

Kenneth Joyce Robert Francella Mary David Mount Pleasant Mich Community Hospital Bruce E. Wixon Barryton Wixon Donald Ramsdill

Debts Behind Death Of Chardon Businessman

Warner H. Hirter 40, general manager of FM station WNOB, shot himself after police roadblock. Debts about 50 000 and multiple judgments fueled crisis. Bank alleged he tried to move a 1960 Volkswagen to defraud a lien holder.

Chardon Ohio Warner H Bud) Hirter WNOB

Chesterland fugitive Hirter dies after police pursuit

Hirter, a father of two, returned to Chesterland Friday and eluded authorities until Monday when an officer spotted him in Kirtland Hills. Geauga County Sheriff Louis A. Robusky intercepted him after a radio alert. A deputy forced Hirter off the road. he then fired a bullet from a .25 caliber Beretta, dying hours later.

Hirter Chesterland Kirtland Hills Geauga County Louis A. Robusky Hirtler Volkswagen

French Defense Chief cites 13000 troops dead in Algeria

Paris reports that Defense Minister Pierre Messmer states 13000 French troops were killed in the first five years of the Algerian rebellion. President de Gaulle previously said 145000 nationalist rebels were killed from Oct 31, 1954 to Nov 1, 1959.

Paris Pierre Messmer Charles de Gaulle

Weather outlook with showers and cooling cold front

The Miami Valley will see a passing cold front this evening bringing rain and cooler air. Official forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmth today with a high near 80, then a low around 5 tonight and a high of 65 tomorrow. Yesterday's official high in Middletown reached 78 at 3 30 p.m. and this morning's low was 4 degrees at 7 a.m.

Miami Valley Middletown

Chicago nightclub owner found dead in sewer

The nude body of Arthur Adler, 43, nightclub owner, was discovered yesterday at the bottom of a Chicago sewer. Adler had been missing since January 20 and had testified before a grand jury probing organized crime.

Arthur, Adler Chicago Adler

Glasgow Whisky Warehouse Disaster Claims 19 Firemen

A Glasgow warehouse explosion and blaze killed 19 firefighters and injured about 40 others. The six story warehouse held 55 000 gallons of whisky and an estimated 5 million dollars of tobacco with losses potentially reaching 28 million. Rescue teams faced intense heat and collapsing walls as crews worked amid flaming whisky pouring onto streets. Two girls previously feared buried were unharmed after spending the night in a nearby warehouse.

Glasgow Scotland Britain

Race Riots Diminishing In South Africa After Boycott

In Johannesburg and Cape Town, large numbers of Africans returned to work after a one day boycott sparked new violence. Police said the 350,000 Negro population around Johannesburg was near normal as ringleaders were sought. At least three killed, eight police missing, and arrests made in connection with the rioting and deaths.

Lynn Heinzerling Johannesburg South Africa Cape Town Col J. C. Lammer

Violence erupts as Ne groes attack workers returning home

A violent incident occurred when a group of Negroes assaulted coworkers as they returned from work after being ignored. Police investigated the event and bystanders reported chaos in the area.

Cross in cemetery tied to KKK vandalism in Newport

Police found a burning cross in a cemetery near a Negro area in Newport Rhode Island along with a cardboard box bearing a Negro epithet and a signature reading K K K RI Branch No 4. A crude hanging-gallows drawing was on the box.

Newport R.I K.K.K

Riots Rock Cape Town After Police Killings

Quest of the African National Congress to stay home and mourn 72 Negroes killed by white police gunfire last week. Trains were stoned, municipal buildings and mission churches set ablaze and roads blocked as inflamed mobs roamed through nonwhite settlements and inner Cape Town. A Johannesburg paper reported new riots inside a Negro settlement near the city. Business slowly returned as streets filled and rail service partly restored.

African National Congress Cape Town Johannesburg

South Africa Boosts Army To Back Police Riots

Defense Minister Fou che told the Senate in Cape Town that army and air force units were reorganized and equipped with armored cars to quell riots if the police request aid, while the U N Security Council in New York planned to discuss last week’s police shootings as South Africa maintains the issue is internal.

Jacobus Fouche Senate Cape Town U.S. Security Council New York South Africa U.N

Grand Jury Sticks to Cohen Like Glue

The IRS grand jury probe of Mickey Cohen will continue until finished. Cohen quips that the grand jury keeps turning up. The investigation, ongoing since 1958, began this week after two former Cohen companions testified. Prosecutors seek to explain Cohen's luxurious lifestyle and apparent income. Cohen was convicted of income tax evasion in 1951 and served nearly three years. He claims living on loans from friends.

Los Angeles Internal Revenue Service Mickey Cohen Cohen

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