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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1955
Page
5
Oldsmobile’s 1956 line debuts Thursday at Heber Jones Inc with Starfire styling and a new airfoil grille. Power rises to 240 hp with the Rocket T-350 engine and Jetaway Hydra-Matic Drive becomes standard on the 98 series.
In Richmond Virginia the Williams family faces tonsil trouble with Earl Jr. 11 David 8 Eliza 4 and even their nine month old collie Danny at the animal hospital. The parents decide all will have tonsil removal as a preventive measure and the dog joins in due to sore throat and loss of appetite.
Jill Schary 19 daughter of film producer Dore Schary and Navy Lt. Jon Zimmer 25 will wed likely January 8. They obtained a marriage license Saturday and await Zimmer’s return from a seaplane tender cruise. The couple met on a blind date four months ago.
John Harmon, a 46 year old Venango County dairy farmer, planted 24 acres of wheat after being told to plant nine. The government placed a lien of 404.28 on his farm for alleged violations and penalties totaling 357.28 plus 47 in costs. Harmon refuses to pay, arguing against subsidies and forms. He and his wife operate the farm with 12 children, continuing to feed the herd.
Hollywood reports the Wampas baby stars debut on NBCs Comedy Hour as a 15 member group chosen from 75 finalists. Names include Phyllis Applegate Jolene Brand Roxanne Arlen Donna Cooke Dawn Richard Norma Nilsson Barbara Huffman Jewell Lain Ina Poindexter Doreen Stevens Lita Milan Dell-Fin Thursday and Violet Rensing.
Newark sheriff says he will file charges against Earl Sullivan who admitted fatally shooting his estranged wife Valeria Sullivan 34 outside the American Legion Hall in Utica after a party for Miller Co. employees. Sullivan worked for Miller Co. and lived with her family in Utica.
Lucia Chase Taft 31, daughter of Charles P. Taft and niece of the late Senator Robert A. Taft, was found dead in Cincinnati with a knife wound deemed self-inflicted. She had recent medical care in New York and studied at the University of Cincinnati and Vassar.
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp reports locomotive and industrial equipment orders totaling 149.5 million dollars for the first nine months of 1955, up from 81.1 million for the same period in 1954. The firm operates plants in Lima Ohio Hamilton Ohio and ten other cities.
Steel magazine forecasts a strong first half for 1956 with a potential peak early in the year. Prices are expected to rise two to three percent while profits hold steady. Production levels rise district by district with high utilization and some mills limiting hot rolled sheet due to year end backlogs.
In Mexico City preparations for All Saints Day and Day of the Dead feature gruesome sweets shaped as skeletons and skulls. Bakers, street vendors sell calaveras while communities recall Aztec origins and peasant milk and honey offerings. the dead are honored through carnivals and feasting.
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