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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1957
Page
5
A dramatic space voyage vignette explores life aboard a ship bound for Mars. The crew adapts to weightlessness, centrifugal gravity, air circulation, and oxygen from a greenhouse while observing a black starry void and the sunlit and shadowed sides of the craft.
Noted entertainer Bing Crosby wed actress Kathy Grant in Las Vegas last Thursday. Crosby, 23 years older than his bride, said his four sons had congratulated him except Gary who is in the U.S. Army in Germany and busy entertaining troops. Crosby recorded 11 songs for CBS radio before the luncheon toast. Kathy said she was shocked but happy, and Crosby praised his bride as wonderful.
Ohio Health Director Ralph E. Dwork warned that adults may be next targeted by the Asian flu outbreak as cases rise in the state. The briefing occurred at the statehouse with Gov. C William ONeill and his cabinet. Dwork cited disease patterns in other states and noted vaccine distribution to inmates and staff, with 30,000 shots in reserve.
The American School in Japan shuts for a week due to influenza. Headmaster Frederick Harris says 115 students and 8 teachers are ill, out of 100 and 30 respectively, with the school to reopen next week.
Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb sentenced Samuel Whitt to six months in Butler County jail and four life suspensions on DUI and related charges totaling 1536 dollars in fines and costs. Whitt also earned 24 demerit points and a lifetime license ban, amid additional cases involving fugitives and weapons charges from Dayton.
Mr and Mrs Carl Bratton of Rt 3 Delta are named the Ohio Grange Couple of the Year at the state convention. They operate a 105 acre farm and will compete for national honors. Union Grange Shelby wins community service award and competes for a $10000 top prize. Gov ONeill to address banquet as 903 granges participate in three day event.
Actress Gloria Haley received a mutual consent Mexican divorce from Louis Buddy Bregman in the First Civil Court of Juarez Mexico. The action was effective October 21. Haley, daughter of comedian Jack Haley, had earlier obtained an interlocutory decree August 29 in a Los Angeles court, though it would not have been final until August 29, 1958. The couple wed in 1950.
The U S Army reported an ambulance struck and killed a 3 year old Korean child named Bo Sun Yi near a bridge on the Han River. The child darted from behind an expert into the vehicle path and the driver's identity was not released.
Case No. 75824 The Citizens Savings Bank trustees a sale of 1,902 acres in Lemon Township Butler County Ohio. The sale occurs at the Hamilton Courthouse on Tuesday November 19 1957 between 10 and 11 AM. Cash terms appraised at $5 000.0 Shirley Paul A Pell Sheriff. Attorneys Andrews and Berridge.
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