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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1954

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Bay Village Policeman Takes Stand in Sheppard Case

Bay Village Patrolman Fred F. Drenkhan testified he found no sign of a break in at the lakefront home or a struggle in the murder room or on the beach. He said Dr Samuel H Sheppard left the scene that morning without permission as the state questions the intruder theory in Marilyn Sheppards death.

Cleveland (Ap Marilyn Sheppard Fred F. Drenkhan Bay Village Samuel H. Sheppard Drenkhan

Ike Hints At 1956 Re election Bid At Secret White House Meeting

Akron Beacon Journal reports President Eisenhower promised to seek re election in 1956 after a secret White House meeting. Clyde Mann notes GOP leaders warned of loss without Ike. Staff shakeups hinted impossible without Adams remaining in advisory role.

Akron Ohio Akron Beacon Journal Eisenhower White House Clyde Mann House Senate Mann

Democrats Oppose Repeal of Dividend Tax Cut on Ways and Means

Three Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee oppose a promised repeal of the dividend tax cut enacted in 1954. With Republican backing, repeal faces tough odds as several Democrats remain noncommittal and some holdover members back repeal, while Republicans urge the cut as a spur to investment and growth.

Washington House Ways and Means Congress

Minister Admits He Killed Man

Blairsville Georgia Baptist minister Carl Brewer 46 confessed he accidentally fired a shot during a hunting trip on November 5 killing Alvin Towe 40 The two men were separated when Brewer fired at a squirrel and found Towe’s body later Brewer preached Towe’s funeral and no action was planned pending a coroner’s inquest

Blairsville Woody Wilson Georgia Bureau of Investigation Carl Brewer Union County Jack G. Tarpley Alvin Towe Towe Verge Kelly Wilson

Morse predicts Senate to censure McCarthy

Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, once a Republican now an independent, predicted in Cincinnati that the Senate would vote 3-1 to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. Morse spoke at a Jewish Community Center forum, arguing the Senate would uphold traditional fair procedures.

Cincinnati Senate Joseph McCarthy R-Wis Wayne Morse Oregon Morse Jewish Community Center

Slay Suspect Found Dead Hindering Baltimore Case

Baltimore police faced a setback as 45 year old Ralph B Garrett, a suspect in the slaying of 14 year old Carolyn Wasi lewski, was found hanging from a brake wheel on a gondola car beside a railroad. His car was abandoned in Anne Arundel County and a murder pickup had been issued.

Baltimore Carolyn Loretta Wasilewski Ralph B. Garrett Anne Arundel County Baltimore and Ohio Carolyn Garrett

Defense Budget Seen Increasing

Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson told the Cleveland audience that the 1956 request may exceed the 28 billion dollars asked this year. He cited possible savings but also added that additional needs require spending.

Cleveland Charles E. Wilson Wilson Cleveland Post American Ordnance Assn

Pay Hike Sought for Postal Workers and Stamps

Assistant Postmaster General Eugene J. Lyons told reporters yesterday that salary boosts for postal employees and a rise in first class postage from 3 to 4 cents an ounce will be sought in the next Congress session.

Los Angeles Congress Eugene J.lyons

Eisenhower Ducks Hunt on Lake Erie Near Toledo

President Eisenhower and Secretary Humphrey hunted ducks at Cedar Point Club on Maumee Bay near Toledo. They traveled from Abilene after dedicating a 325000 Eisenhower Memorial Museum in Kansas. Weather- cautious Humphrey noted rain risk as the party set up operations with newsmen allowed only in the front yard.

Toledo Ohio Eisenhower Lake Erie Treasury George M. Humphrey Humphrey Kansas Abilene Eisenhower Memorial Museum America Cedar Point Club Maumee Bay

Burke's Recount Rejected and Dixon-Yates Pact Advances

The AEC winds up a public session on the Dixon-Yates contract amid clashes over TVA power policy. Dixon and Yates defend the 107 million dollar West Memphis plant project as economical, while supporters tout government recapture clauses and a 600 thousand dollar earnings cap to satisfy Congress and SEC conditions.

Washington Atomic Energy Committee W. Sterling Cole R-Ny Sena Group Atomic Energy Commission AEC Eisenhower ABC Wis L. Strauss K. D. Nichols Frank H. Weitzel R. W. Cook Cook Mississippi Valley Generating Co Edgar H. Dixon Middle South Utilities Inc Southern Co E. A West Memphis Ark Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Dixon-Yates Nichols Dixon- Yates Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Sen. Gore D-Tenn Strauss Thomas E. Murray Joseph Campbell Willard F. Libby John von Neumann Murray

Policy Reversed U.S. backs World Investment Unit

The United States agrees to back a 100 million dollar International Finance Corp as an experimental investment agency. The move reverses years of opposition, aims to attract British cooperation, and support industrial development in underdeveloped nations. Hum phrey says plan will go to Congress for details and review. Ambassador Lodge calls it a forward step toward global development and industrial progress.

Washington Free World United States Treasury Humphrey Congress New York Henry Cabot Lodge Jr Lodge U.S United Nations International Finance Corp

Well Dressed Gunman Takes Over Savings Office

An Akron bandit, wearing a hat pulled down over his eyes, robbed the Evans Savings & Loan branch, sauntering out with about 30 000 to 35 000 dollars. He dropped 500 dollars in five dollar bills on the way out and told clerks They can have it. No one was harmed.

Akron Ohio Evans Savings & Loan Assn

Eisenhower Reelection Promise Denied By Hagerty In Toledo

President Eisenhower did not promise to run again in 1956. Press secretary James Hagerty called a Akron Beacon Journal report "a lot of nonsense." He said there was no White House meeting confirming such a pledge as the president hunted ducks near Toledo.

Toledo Ohio Eisenhower James C. Hagerty Akron Ohio Beacon Journal Clyde Mann White House Recans Congress Hagerty

McCarthy Loyalists Rally as Effort to Censure Progresses

Washington crowd of over 3 500 hears Sen Joseph R McCarthy vow his anti communism campaign will continue despite Senate moves to censure him He tears up addressing wives and mothers and receives a plaque from Rabbi Schultz The rally features Sen Mundt and Goldwater plus Busby Wheeler Fish Pegler in attendance and Welker denounces the censure bid as dirty work

Washington Joseph R. McCarthy Senate McCarthy Jean Constitution Hall New York Boston Wisconsin Sen. Welker Idaho Rabbi Benjamin Schultz Schultz Welker Red China United Nations Mundt R-Sd Goldwater R-Ariz Rep Busbey

City Fathers Plan Busy Year Start With New Legislation

City Commissioners look to clear the decks for the new year as four major items loom for action. Sunday's Journal previews upcoming city events and social calendar highlights from the Society Section. The 1955 Middletown School District budget passed at last night’s Board of Education meeting, with full analysis in Sunday's issue. The Middletown Hospital cafeteria serves visitors with a steady stream of activity and a note on its inviting seating.

Middletown Board of Education

Derailed Boston Line Train In Nashua Kills Woman, Injures Many

A Boston to Montreal overnight passenger train derailed near Nashua station early today killing a 47 year old Manchester woman and injuring at least 19. The female victim was Mary Buckley and her 11 year old daughter Katherine was among the injured. Six cars tipped on their sides as responders rushed victims to Nashua Memorial and St Josephs hospitals.

Nashua N.H Red Wing Boston Maine Montreal Mary Buckley Manchester Katherine H. J. Sanborn Lebanon N. H Samuel Burns Saugus Mass J. P. Laflamme Noeshua Memorial St.Joseph’s Richard Aylward

Dallas County Pearl Harbor dead honored with plaque

Dallas County men killed at Pearl Harbor were honored soon after the attack with an engraved plaque reading You will live forever in our memory. A reporter found the dust covered plaque on Veterans Day in the basement of the Criminal Courts Building.

Dallas Tex Dallas County Pearl Harbor Veterans Day Criminal Courts

Burked recount bid denied by Hamilton County board

The Hamilton County Board of Elections rejected a recount petition from U S Senator Burke alleging voting irregularities in the November election Burke who lost to Republican George Bender claimed a heavy county vote for the winner influenced the result The board cited no complaints by 6612 polling place workers and left the door open to future actions via State Secretary Ted W Brown and others

Cincinnati Hamilton County Joseph Sullivan Cleveland Burke Ted W. Brown Brown William J. Leonard Sullivan Timothy Hogan Election Board Bender Secretary of State Associated Press Hamilton County Board Trenton N.J Charles R. Howell Clifford P. Case New Jersey Case Howell Camden Recanvass George E. Brunner

27 Tijuana Detectives Arrested

In Tijuana Mexico the entire detective force of 27 men was arrested on orders of Army Captain Salv ar Olvera after Raoul Casares alleged detectives took $9000 of a $10000 Los Angeles robbery loot. Casares and two accomplices had deposited the money in a Tijuana bank before the detectives allegedly intervened. Casares was arrested in Mexico City and returned. No charges have been filed.

Tijuana Mexico Salvador Revueltas Olvera Raoul Casares Los Angeles Dist Leonida Miranda Bello Casares Miranda Bello Mexico City

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