04 Oct 1956
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
1
Firefighters and volunteers halted rescue operations at a collapsed four story concrete building in Jackson Michigan as walls threatened to bow. Ten people confirmed dead and fifteen injured as teams using bells cranes and equipment labored amid dust and shattering debris.
In Miami Florida a woman was injured when a city owned tree dropped a coconut. Authorities note the incident followed a prior notice about potential falls. The claimant seeks payment of 699 for medical costs caused by the fruiting hazard.
Canada has a large, relatively new uranium deposit boosting output despite production problems. Harsh temperatures and logistical hurdles hinder mining and processing, yet the sector shows resilience as output doubles to meet growing demand.
Morning showers and a threat of heavy rain at Ebbets Field forced Commissioner Ford Frick to postpone the second World Series game. The entire schedule shifts. the 2nd game will be played Friday if weather allows, with games 3 to 5 tentatively moved to Yankee Stadium on Saturday through Monday. Dodgers manager Walter Alston plans to start Don Newcombe. Yankees manager Casey Stengel contemplates lineup shifts. The weather postponement marks the first World Series delay in five seasons.
In a nationwide broadcast Stevenson accused Eisenhower of gross misstatements and paid attention to the Dixom-Yales contract and natural resources give-away aid. He pressed that the president appeared not to care about misrepresentation and insisted Eisenhower was not well informed in office.
An Israeli Haifa Jerusalem passenger train came under fire from across the Jordan border. The engineer was killed, a second man wounded in the leg managed to pilot the train to safety. Israel announced it would attend no further Jordan Armistice Commission meetings as Maj. Gen. Burns urged restraint.
Belgrade and Moscow reportedly failed to resolve differences at Yalta over de-Stalinization and easing Soviet control. Tito pressed for independence of satellite parties from Kremlin oversight, a move opposed by Nikita Khrushchev. Reports say Khrushchev’s influence may be waning in the Kremlin.
New York report states immigration officers searched cabins on the liner. In a Chwas ter's tourist class cabin they found only luggage and bottles of baby formula.
Fragmentary weather item reports a low around 46 degrees tonight and a turning to fair and slightly warmer Friday. It mentions Middletown official high 13 degrees at 3 pm and a low of 3 this morning, with rainfall and other unclear details.
Reports describe shock wave effects on underground shelters and utilities. The Sept. 7 tower detonation wrecked a two mile radius and rattled windows 200 miles away. Two more firings planned at Maralinga. Sir William Penney says power equals a few thousand tons of TNT.
A joke describes a psychiatrist who asks many expensive questions that your wife apparently does not ask for. The line plays on marital dynamics and spending.
Former Gov. Thomas Ewy accuses Adlai Stevenson of attacking the character of President Dewey and Milton Eisenhower with a witch's brew. Dewey charges Stevenson with peddling a miserable collection of fib truths about the Eisenhower administration appeasing Juan Peron in Argentina.
A car carrying nine Muncie residents, eight from one family, collided head on with a Keystone driver near Keystone Indiana on Wednesday night. All nineteen occupants died, in what is described as Indiana's worst automobile accident. Victims include Fred D. Beal, 32, and his sister. The crash occurred six miles from Muncie.
Cincinnati report says John L. Lewis, UMW president, announces settlement after talks with Edward G. Fox of BC O A. Fox left Pittsburgh without signing. meeting to iron out final terms. The pact would raise basic miners’ wage from 20.35 to 22.25 daily. extra earnings from enhanced seating allowance.
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