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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1957

Page

4

Ohio salesman found alive after woods shooting mystery

Donald McPhee a 34 year old Ohio drug salesman was found alive and wounded in a wooded area off U S 36 after two days missing. He said a hitchhiker forced him to stop and change clothes before shooting him and taking his car. Dowdell 23 was found dead in Lake Tappan wearing McPhee's coat. Authorities doubt a second shooter and searchers combed the area for McPhee and any third man. McPhee is a father of three and local basketball official.

McPhee Lake Tappan Clarence Robert Dowdell Scio Dowdell U.S. 250 Cadiz Uhrichville K. D. Hiller Tuscarawas County David Smitley Walter Rocksford Ridge Hiller

Jamestown Park to Become Permanent Home for 350th Anniversary

Jamestown Park in Jamestown Virginia will be a permanent park after a year long celebration of the 350th anniversary of the first permanent English colony in America. The park will include the James Fort, and the Old and New World pavilions.

Jamestown Jamestown Park America James Forte

Four Die In Kentucky Head On Auto Crash

A two car head on collision on US 51 two miles north of Bardwell Kentucky Saturday killed four people. Victims include Charles Gale 54 of Charleston Missouri and three of Ollie Anyons Ripley Ohio deputy including her three year old son James and her father Alvin Sanders 53. Patsy Holland 7 was seriously injured. Marvin Sanders 21 driver in other car was not hurt and nine passengers were uninjured. The crash occurred as the Ripley to Chicago party traveled to visit relatives while Gale headed to an unknown destination.

Bardwell Kentucky Charles Gale Charleston Ollie Anyons James Alvin Sanders Ripley Tonn Marvin Sanders Anyons Sanders Chicago Gale Patsy Holland Mrs. Anyons Elizabeth Patsy Anne Cairo

Youth Riots Escalate in Warsaw Over Press Censorship

Polish city scenes turn tense as students joined by others clash with police and militia. Police fired tear gas and rubber batons while protesters hurled bricks and shouted anti government slogans. After hours of clashes, order was restored with casualties and arrests reported but figures unavailable.

Warsaw Po Prostu Communist Party Or Po Prostu Wladyslaw Gomulka Poznan Gestapo

Michael Patrick Murray Jr Petitions Name Change

Peter Murray Jr. age 27 filed in Circuit Court to change his name to Michael Patrick Murray Jr. The Irishman seeks social and business advantages reflected in the petition.

Milwaukee Michael, Peter Murray Jr Michael Patrick Murray Jr

Baby Moon Transmits Signals Back To Reds

Radio signals from the man made moon were picked up in Russia Britain Canada Japan and the United States. A Radio Corp of America station on Long Island reported the satellite passed near New York City around 8 50 a m EDT Saturday. British monitors noted signals weakening after a peak at 7 a m. Dr Fred L Whipple warned the Russian moon was launched at an angle out of visual tracking range. Dr I M Levitt of the Franklin Institute said the baby moon could remain in the sky for a thousand or a million years and would gradually fall burning up in the atmosphere.

America Long Island New York City Fred L. Whipple Smithsonian Laboratory Cambridge Philadelphia I. M. Levitt Franklin Institute Feels Planetarium

Reds Active Near Buffalo Hearings Allege Communist Penetration

In Buffalo a House un American Activities hearing ended with Rep Willig saying the probe showed broad Communist strategy in industry and organizations. He reported hundreds of Communists in the area and noted 42 witnesses testified. Some testified under first and fifth amendments while others refused to answer earlier membership questions.

Buffalo N. Y House Subcommittee On Willig D-La Communist Party Rep. Scherer Ohio

Three college presidents named to Dan forth Foundation board

Harold W Dodds former Princeton president Mrs Mildred Horton Wellesley president 1936 40 and Howard F Lowry College of Wooster Ohio named to the Dan forth Foundation trustees. Based in St Louis the philanthropic trust funds over two million dollars annually for education and religious programs in U S colleges and universities.

ST Louis Danforth Foundation St. Louis Saurday Harold Willis Dodds Princeton University Mildred McAfee Horton Wellesley College Howard Foster Lowry College of Wooster Ohio U.S

Supreme Court Opens Term Faces New Integration Issues

The Supreme Court begins a new term amid appeals over racial integration and Communist concerns. Virginia’s massive resistance policy seeks to uphold pupil placement acts. Virgil Hawkins presses for Florida Law School admission. NAACP faces a $100,000 contempt fine for not submitting membership rolls.

Washington Supreme Court Ito Virginia U. S. Dist Walter E. Hoffman Norfolk Newport News U. S Richmond Hoffman Brown High Court John Ihasper Clinton, Tenn Virgil Hawkins University of Florida Law School Florida Supreme Court Hawkins National Assn Advancement of Colored People Walter B Jones Montgomery Ala NAACP

Travel distances from New York to San Francisco routes

The distance by seaway around South America is 13 135 miles and the route via the Panama Canal is 5 262 miles, outlining the shorter sea path.

New York San Francisco South America Panama Canal

Facts Known About Russian Satellite

The Associated Press outlines key details of a Russian earth satellite launched Friday from a secret site. It weighs 185 pounds and is 23 inches in diameter, traveling at 18 000 mph in a roughly eastward orbit. experts estimate an altitude near 560 miles and a 63 to 65 degree path crossing over the United States.

Associated Press United States Russia U.S

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