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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1957
Page
1
Senate rackets investigators focus on Dave Beck and his alleged demands for favors from two businessmen who channel Teamsters Union Funds. The probe centers on Beck's influence and the handling of union funds as prosecutors pursue the extent of his entanglements.
Reports mount that the Arab world's three leading anti-Communist kings will meet this week in Iraq. Kings Hussein Saud and Faisal may confer to strengthen a three monarch alliance amid tensions with Egypt led by Nasser and the Baghdad Pact.
A southerly flow of warm, moist air keeps the Miami Valley hot through late Tuesday with a cooldown by late afternoon as a cold air mass moves in. Today and tonight expect partly cloudy warm conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms, highs near 85 and 60 degrees, and weekend rainfall around .10 inches. Sunday peaked at 85 degrees around 4 p.m. with a 59 degree low.
Evelyn Jenkins a 16 year old from Cartersville Ga ended a 21 day fast for the glory of God on Sunday night. She drank fruit juice every four hours at first and will eat soft food in a few days. The gray eyed girl weighed about 120 pounds after starting at 130 and spent days reading the Bible in the woods near her home.
Philadelphia disc jockey Ed Harvey, hosting an early morning show, reports a doctor phoned in asking for a three minute record. The doctor said any tune would do, as long as it helps him boil an egg.
William C. Richmond, 38, survived 74 hours trapped in a lightless Donegan Coal and Coke Co. mine after a roof collapse near Richwood West Virginia. Rescuers freed him with only about 20 inches of space to lie in, and he was in good condition apart from exhaustion.
Eva Lambert, a multiple sclerosis and heart patient from Springfield Vermont, was given a long Mother’s Day trip by her late husband’s friend James Woodhouse. He bought her a train ticket from Jacksonville Florida to Keene New Hampshire, arranged transport for her wheelchair dogs and cat, and pinned a corsage before escorting her to a friend’s house in Keene.
A central Texas flash flood smashed Lampasas Sunday night after a levee breach. Two drowned, 125 unaccounted for, and 30,000 gallons of safe water delivered as Red Cross aids ongoing searches. Rain continued, risking new flooding as downtown stores suffered major damage and insurers assessed the multi million dollar toll.
Washington scene as Daryl Chessman, in a nine year fight to avoid the San Quentin gas chamber, goes before the Supreme Court to challenge whether the 1948 trial record was fraudulently prepared. His attorney argues the transcript is prejudicially incomplete, while California officials say no aid is owed to Chessman.
Tegucigalpa Honduras and Managua Nicaragua began withdrawing troops from the contested border over the weekend signaling the end of the shooting phase in their latest border clash.
Colombia’s five man military junta moved fast replacing governors in Cali and Medellin as it seeks to end riots and dissolve the hand picked Constituent Assembly. The regime pledged elections in 1958 and reestablishment of constitutional government while banks reopen and exiled President Rojas Pinilla heads to Madrid.
Seoul President Syngman Rhee stated that the United States has unofficially indicated it will provide modern weapons to defend Korea. He did not say whether the United States has made a tentative commitment, and the exact meaning of modern weapons was not specified.
Between 50 and 100 houses were torn from foundations and floated to new sites with little damage. About 100 city blocks experienced flooding, altering neighborhoods and leaving extensive water damage evident across the area.
Nancy Campbell, 49, a former Santa Fe physician, left New Mexico State Prison at dawn after serving six years of a 10 to 15 year sentence for kidnapping Linda Stamm in 1960. Stamm testified the child was taken to an abandoned ranch south of Santa Fe. The child was found unharmed 30 hours later. Campbell’s medical license has been revoked and officials say it will be almost impossible for her to practice again in New Mexico.
Stockholm reports deny a romance rumor involving Princess Birgitta 20 and Swedish hockey star Sven Johansson 26. The lord high chamberlain and other officials called the stories monumental trash while Johansson’s fiancée Britta Strahle defended him as a good friend.
In Middletown Connecticut Harry Scionti recounts daily elevator chatter. He lists phrases heard in one day and their counts such as Boy, it’s hot and Good day for the beach with varying frequencies. The notes highlight weather talk as a common subject in enclosed spaces.
Three U S Air Force F100 Super Sabres named Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery departed London Airport on a nonstop 4500 mile flight to Jamestown Virginia to mark the 350th anniversary of the first English settlement. The mission led by Col. Carlos M Talbott refueled over the Atlantic and aimed to reach Langley Field in about 14 hours. The jets carried replicas of James IIs seals the original charter and coins honoring Queen Elizabeth II.
PLATTE CITY Mo An 18 year old Park College scholar from Muskogee Okla is charged with mixing arsenic in food eaten by a student body and two coeds. Victor victims Luella Matthews Jon Porter and Shirley Flint Recovery reported at Waverly Medical Center on campus. Fulkerson arraigned before Platte County Magistrate John Yeaman with preliminary hearing set. case cites poisoning with intent to kill or injure amid campus fires.
A humorous sign on a Texas farm fence warns hunters not to shoot anything that moves, joking that it could be the farmer’s hired man. The quip captures rural humor and reflects hunting season antics in a local setting.
At Gettysburg Ike Eisenhower and British Marshal Montgomer y Montgomery, visiting the battlefield, fault both Confederate and Union leaders for the 1863 engagement and say they would have fired Lee and Meade. They suggest Lee should have avoided the left flank and criticize Pickett’s charge as monstrous, while stressing they represent both sides. Local response includes a Atlanta woman defending Meade and condemning their remark as uncouth.
Willis Allen Wood, 21, a Salem resident and Oregon State College senior, died when a light plywood airplane fell apart above southeast Portland and tore into a living room. Fred Thomson, 35, and his 9-year-old daughter hid as the body crashed through the roof. Officials have not determined the cause of the disintegration.
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