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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1956

Page

10

Mollet Fails To Win Soviet Support In Algeria Crisis

Paris dispatch reports Premier Mollet returned from Moscow without Soviet backing for France in Algeria. Four Arabs and seven children were killed in a village near Algiers, and 20 young French soldiers’ bodies were found after an ambush. Communique details differed between French and Soviet versions, and talks ended with no solved issues.

Paris Moscow Guy Mollet Coty Mollet Algiers Vilage Algeria Kremlin Communist Party Khrushchev Bulganin France Russia Southeast Asia Middle East Phillippeville

Fatal Crash Ends Seventh International Woman's Air Race

In Cuba near Havana Mrs Marjorie Miller Reynoldsburg Ohio died while attempting an emergency landing at a naval airstrip 20 miles west of Havana after the seventh International Women's Air Race. Co pilot Bonnie Butler Zanesville Ohio was seriously hurt and winner Marion Schorr Betziler Columbus Ohio took the 1526 mile race with a Luscombe 8E.

Havana Cuba Marjorie Miller Reynoldsburg Ohio Miller Bonnie Butler Zanesville Miss Butler Varadero Beach Hamilton Ont Marion Schorr Betziler Columbus Naval Air Base Franklin Charles Betzler North American Aviation Mariel Unrichsville Marilyn Colete Barberton

Rescue Aims To Bring Elijah The Pack Horse Home

In Buena Vista Colorado a rescue team led by Al and Bill Turner reached Elijah the pack horse stranded by 10 to 20 foot snow drifts in the Collegiate Mountains. They airlifted hay and expect to try again next weekend as warm weather should ease the passage. Elijah once spurned cars and women in skirts and remains fat and saucy in good condition.

Buena Vista Colo Elijah Colorado Bill Turner Turners Bugs

Barbers Consider Raising Prices In Massachusetts

Boston report shows the Massachusetts division of the Associated Masters Barbers and Beauticians of America weighing a proposal to raise men’s haircuts from 1.50 to 2.00. Secretary-treasurer Mrs Branfinelli urges women’s hairdos to standardize at 5.00 while current women’s prices run 2.50 to 3.50.

Boston Massachusetts The Associated Masters Barbers and Beauticians of America Anne Branfinelli Massachusetts Beauticians

Frog Leap Captures International Frog Olympics

Buck Jr. a croaker from a bayshore slough in Oakland leaped 15 feet 9 inches to win the International Frog Olympics in Angels Camp California yesterday. He outjumped rivals without using the earlier famed buckshot that stopped Mark Twain’s celebrated frog jump in 1853. The winner was owned and trained by Bill Basacker an eighth grade student from Oakland. The world record stands 16 feet 10 inches set in 1954 by Lucky.

Angels Calif Buck Jr Bayshore Oakland Mark Twain Calaveras County Bill Basacker Lucky

Boys Dream Is Fulfilled

Gra ham H. Mitchell once a railroad fireman granted a long delayed train ride at Union Station to Sen. Thomas Kuchel. Mitchell now heads the California State Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and gave the diesel cab tour to the Anaheim native who had once pestered him for a ride.

Los Angeles Graham H. Mitchell Tommy Kuchel Anaheim Mitchell California

Muddy Gold Rush Ends Along Ginza

In Tokyo's Ginza district workmen unearthed the last of 255 gold coins from a construction site mud estimated at 1 758 dollars. Police impounded the coins pending investigation to determine origin and rightful owner. A former valuables storehouse was once on the site. Japan halted gold coin use in the 1930s.

Tokyo Japan

Unclear Race Barriers Seen After 100th Emancipation Anniversary

Thurgood Marshall says even by 1963, on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, racial segregation will persist in some areas. He expects legal barriers to be lifted but notes local enforcement must be worked out. The NAACP will use legal means and avoid force while continuing to push for integration.

Washington Thurgood Marsha Marshall National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People NBC NAACP Marshal

Car Crash Causes City Damage At 866 Sixth Avenue

Police report a Sunday crash at 866 Sixth Ave when a car veered from loss of steering control due to a sleeve entangling the driver. The parked Mitchell Thomas vehicle suffered about 350 in damage, while total city damage rose to 5500. Driver William D. Commodore Jr., 25, of 516 18th Ave., was involved.

6Th Ave Wiliam D. Commodore Jr 18Th Ave Mitchell Thomas Thomas Auto

Self Made Boat Sinks Off Lorain. Coast Guard Rescues Family

Wilford L. Rowles and his sons Richard 11 and Gary 10 were rescued by the Coast Guard after their 21 foot cabin cruiser sank in Lake Erie near Lorain. The motor failed and wind pushed the boat onto rocks tearing a hole. Rowles dived to push the boat free while his sons signaled rescuers. The Coast Guard arrived about an hour later and saved them.

Lorain Ohio Akron Coast Guard Lake Erie Lorain Wilford L. Rowles Richard Gary Cleveland Beaver Park Here Rowles

Mozart Played The Hard Way In Mozart Birthday Concert

Springfield Vermont gifted a young pianist Stephen Manse age 16 with Benedicton to perform a Mozart piano concerto in a concert marking Mozart's 200th birth anniversary. A pedal rod failed mid performance, yet he continued without using his feet.

Springfield Vermont State Orchestra Stephen Manse Bennington Mozart

Wake Forest College to Move 100 Miles West

Wake Forest College and the village share a 122 year history as graduation ceremonies for about 320 seniors wrap this afternoon. The college will reopen for summer on June 18 on a new campus in Winston-Salem, 110 miles to the west.

Wake Forest N.C Wake Forest College The Baptist College Winston-Salem

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