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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1957
Page
8
A mixed batch of crossword clues runs from across to vertical entries. Solvers tackle items ranging from common terms to proper nouns including references to fruitless ventures and nautical terms amid a broad grid of puzzle prompts.
In Dr. George W Crane’s Worry Clinic case W-360, Joe B., aged 37, a disabled war veteran, and his wife recount how entering prize and limerick contests transformed his mood. They mailed many entries, won $10, $5, and $30 prizes, and his morale improved as they collaborated on poems and historical picture quizzes.
A historical radio schedule lists programs across stations WKRC WMOH WPFB WLW WSAI WSAJ WSAI. Entries include matinees, serenades, dance times, newscasts, band performances and the Grand Ole Opry, with evening blocks and late date segments across multiple networks.
In Montgomery City Court a 15 year old Negro girl, Fannie Robinson, was fined 50 dollars plus court costs for assault and battery after striking a white girl on a city bus. She sat in the other girl’s lap and refused to yield a seat prompting the altercation amid bus integration since last December. The case was moved to Juvenile Court then returned to City Court after birth records showed her age. The girl and her mother paid 10 dollar contempt fines for misrepresenting her age.
Homer E Rial, 46, was released from city jail without bond as investigators probe the shooting death of neighbor Megg Jackson 22 in their Rt 2 Piqua home. Rial said he fired after Jackson shot at his wife Anna 21, who escaped into his apartment.
Actor Errol Flynn sues Officer William Friedman for 250000 alleging malicious arrest at the Screen Publicists Ball at Riviera Country Club. Flynn, 48, was jailed and released on bail after the October 19 incident. the underlying charge was dismissed and the Riviera Country Club is also named.
Tonight on WHIO and WCPO shows span music comedy and drama. Dallas based Big D Jamboree airs on Saturday Night Country Style. Shirley Temple stars Heidi on WLW D at 6:30. Loretta Thompson appears on Midwestern Hayride. The Squailfish dives on The Silent Service at 7. Lawrence Welk Hour on WCPO at 9. Gale Storm Show features Susanna and a missing Korean wail segment at WHIO and WKRC. Mike Wallace interviews Bennett Cerf at 10.30 WCPO presents Our Wife with Ruth Hussey and co stars. 11:20 WHIO features Special Agent with William Eythe and Laura Elliott.
Wheat and corn futures quotes for Chicago trading show December with 2.20 to 2.185, March at 2.2555 and 2.24, May at 2.214 and 2.195, July at 1.975 and 1.967 percent. The data reflects price movements for the commodity market.
A partial table lists Prev Close figures and percentage changes with mixed figures for oats and various months. It includes odd strings like 2.18 percent and 1.97 percent along with quantities such as 41,164 and 27k, indicating an incomplete historic market snippet.
In Dayton Ohio Norman Louis Smith, 11, shot and killed babysitter Charles Roy, 2, with a nearby 22 caliber revolver while the father slept and mother shopped. Norman died later at Miami Valley Hospital. Police report no official ruling yet. The parents said the gun fascinated the children and was kept out of reach.
Dayton Ohio deputies recovered a frost covered wreck near Tyson Avenue west of Dayton. John D. McGardey aged 76 of Buckeye Lake was dead in the car. His daughter Sue Marie Egar aged 47 of Dayton was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital with internal injuries and exposure after riding in the wreck for about seven hours.
Robert Crites 31, father of four, indicted by Montgomery County Grand Jury on two counts of first degree murder in the November 10 slaying of his teenage sweethearts Beverly Ann Eldred 17 and Deanna Jean Fouch 16 both of Dayton. He allegedly shot them while parked along a country road south of Dayton. Crites reportedly said the killings were due to a tangled romance and fear his wife would learn of it.
Raymond A Jones executive vice president of the Catholic Charities Corp. from 1922 to 1956 died Friday night at St Joseph Hospital Cleveland. Funeral arrangements were not specified in the fragment.
Obituary items list Monuments Kibler Gerry Roebuck Clarence Schubert Emma Snider Wollie Staggs and John Whalen. Dates show deaths at Middletown Hospital and Hamilton Mercy Hospital with funeral home arrangements by McCoy Leffier and Jos R. Baker. services, receptions, and interment details noted.
Family expresses gratitude for condolences and support after the death of Sarah DePalma. They thank Father Oberlander and Father Wetzel for comfort, floral donors, pallbearers, and Schramm Funeral Home for organizing services.
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