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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1959

Page

6

Radar Tests Advance Space Navigation Plans

Dr I M Levitt explains how radar experiments at MIT Lincoln Laboratory test measuring distances to Venus and guide interplanetary craft. Success could redefine astronomical units, tighten Pluto distances, and enable Earth guided harbored beam navigation to Mars and Saturn with ground support and maser amplifiers.

Earth Pluto Lincoln Laboratories Massachusetts Institute of Technology Venus Mars Saturn

Steel Walkout Looms as Talks Break for Week

NY AP reports negotiations paused until Tuesday as a steel strike threatens the longest industry shutdown since World War II. The plan adds individual company talks alongside top level union-industry talks. Prestrike earnings averaged $2.11 an hour.

New York Steelworkers

Quiz Shows To Be Probed

Washington AP A House group will probe television quiz programs next month. The Legislative Oversight subcommittee plans hearings the week of Oct. 6 to determine if any shows were rigged, contingent on obtaining a transcript of a New York grand jury investigation. The probe follows several shows going off air after allegations that answers were supplied to contestants.

Washington House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee

Khrushchev to be guarded by 500 San Francisco police

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will travel to San Francisco on September 20 and 21 under guard by 500 city officers. Police Chief Cahill, after talks with Mayor George Christopher and State Department security agents, promised swift action against any demonstrators or troublemakers during the visit.

San Francisco Nikita Khrushchev Thomas ‘Cahill Cahill George Christopher State Department

Bakery Strike Ends in Youngstown Area

Two of five strikebound bakeries in the Youngstown region have signed contracts with Local 377 of the Teamsters Union and their drivers are back on the job. The strike began at midnight Wednesday and disrupted bread deliveries across Trumbull, Ashtabula, and Mahoning counties.

Youngstown, Ohio Teamsters Union Trumbull Ashtabula Mahoning

Public Health Nursing Bureau Holds Steady Despite Staff Change

The Public Health Nursing Bureau remains unchanged after the school nursing staff move from its Civic Association building office to 1406 1st Ave Middletown School System building. The bureau, with seven nurses and two secretaries, runs home care clinics and parochial school nursing, including immunizations and eye tests. Dr. Benjamin Sawyer serves as school physician.

Public Health Nursing Bureau Civic Association Laura K. Crist Board of Education Middletown School System 1St Ave Public Health Bureau Crist Benjamin Sawyer Middletown Trenton Franklin Monroe

St Johns PTA Opens New School Year Meeting

St Johns PTA will hold its opening meeting of the school year on the first day of school Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the church basement. Officers include Marie Brehm president Mary Ellen Wills vice president Dorothy Douglas secretary Marjorie Rossi treasurer and trustees Vincent Lutz June Reider and John Dobrozsi. The PTA will begin the practice of having room mothers this year.

St. John's Pta Marie Brehm Mary Ellen Wills Dorothy Douglas Marjorie Rossi June Reider Vincent Lutz John Dobrozsi PTA

Painter Falls From Scaffold Into Moving Car

A 25 year old painter, Jack Hubner of Bayonne New Jersey, fell five stories from a scaffold at the Equitable Building in New York's financial district and landed in a moving car carrying two priests and a woman. He was listed in critical condition. The car's driver, Rev Daniel Sullivan of St Theresa's Briar Cliff Manor, escaped injury. Passengers Rev Timothy O Sullivan from Australia and Kate O Leary, 60, of the Bronx, suffered minor cuts.

New York Jack Hubner Bayonne N.J Equitable Financial District Daniel] Sullivan St. Theresa's Church Briarcliff Manor N.Y Timothy O’sullivan Australia Father O’sullivan Kate O'Leary The Bronx

Civic Association Nursing Bureau staffing praised

Mrs Crist says the present Public Health Nursing Bureau is well staffed after adding a seventh nurse two years ago. She notes the free-of-charge service is unusual as most cities charge. The bureau, funded by the Civic Association, operates on about $35,000 annually.

Crist Middletown Hospital Middletown Family Service Bureau Butler County Welfare Department Public Health Nursing Bureau Middletown Area The Civic Association

Skunk Battle Ends With Dead Scent Linger

In Richmond, a skunk fought a long stand against a brown dog, several women, neighborhood kids, a dog warden, and a Civil Defense unit amid geraniums. After a half hour, the wounded skunk retreated to a geranium bed and died, leaving a heavy odor in the area.

Richmond, Va Chesterfield County Civil Defense T. E. Donahoe Jr Chesterfield County Joseph L. Gettings Edward Hawks Civil Defense Gettings Hawks

Banned Book Stir on Capitol Hill

Washington AP reports a dispute over the book Design for Survival by Gen. Thomas S. Power head of the Strategic Air Command. Rep. John E. Moss says the book does not advocate preventive war and seeks explanation from Defense Secretary McElroy on Pentagon publication blocks. Archaeologists uncover 10 thousand year old plank fragments.

Washington Capitol Hill Design For Thomas S. Powter Strategic Air Command John E. Moss D-Calif Moss House Government Information Subcommittee Defense Neil H. McElroy Pentagon

Brazil Joins Travel Series in Expanded YMCA Lineup

The YMCA Travel and Adventure Series adds Brazil to Russia, Australia, the South Pacific, and more. The final program, March 17, features Karl Robinson in Let's See Brazil, at Roosevelt Junior High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The lineup also includes Jets, Missiles by Goddard and The Pitcairn Story by Capt. Irving Johnson from Oct through March.

Brazil Russia Australia South Pacific Karl Robinson Roosevelt Junitor High School Brasil United States Texas Marion Swisher Robinon John Goddard Pitcairn Irving Johnson Julien Bryan Bryan Middletown Lemon Monroe Middletown Bankers’ Assn Lewis Sebring Jr

Prices for this year series unchanged with added program

The price list remains the same as last year with a season ticket at four dollars and two dollars for high school age and younger. YMCA members buying at the Y lobby desk receive ten percent off. Brochures detailing the full program will be mailed soon per Paul Day, general chairman.

YMCA Paul Day

Fallout Study Urged By Williams For Global Review

Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey proposed a worldwide study of radioactive fallout and its effects on humanity. He urged action in Washington with a focus on public health and international cooperation.

Washington Harrison A.williams

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