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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1956
Page
1
Secretary of State Dulles departs for London prepared to pledge dollar loan aid and American shipments to nations that agree to avert a military confrontation with Egypt over the Suez Canal.
London AP report outlines an American financed economic push against Egypt as 18 nations head to a London conference on Suez. U S Britain and France push a plan to operate the canal, while Nasser denounces it as a declaration of war. If Egypt rejects, a half billion dollar loan package would aid Western Europe to detour ships and secure oil, with UN action a possible next step. The plan hinges on a Suez users association and pilots for each ship, with broader support and risks debated among participating nations.
An early morning blaze at the new Swifton Shopping Center in Cincinnati caused about 250000 dollars in damage. Two firemen and a salvage corps member were slightly hurt. Dense smoke required oxygen for several firefighters. Most damage was in a basement warehouse next to Rollman Company’s branch store. Rollman manager William Strauss estimated stock losses around 200000 dollars. Smoke also damaged nearby stores.
Kefauver campaigns in Wisconsin pledging a full and fair share of national income for farmers. He blasts Republicans for betraying farmers and cites Stevenson support for a Democratic farm plank while recalling Wisconsin’s 1952 primary victory and upcoming Midwest stops. He promises 100 percent parity and warns against giving farmers special treatment at others’ expense.
Clay Kentucky Negro students were barred from Clay Consolidated School by a county board order. Principal Irene Powell to read the order at the door as National Guard escorts pace the path to Providence School for Negroes. A federal suit to force admittance is planned in Owensboro with attorney James Crumlin filing tomorrow.
In Clay Kentucky integration tussle, National Guardsmen escorted Theresa Gordon 8 James Gordon 10 and Bobbie Copeland 12 to a combined school while white pupils boycott persists at a newly integrated high school. Enrollment totals 275 with seven Negroes and 241 whites attending. Waller urged continued boycott. a Mobile Alabama case reports a white woman seeks legal aid to admit a Negro foster daughter to a white school. Carrie Mae McCants 12 is the girl.
West Berlin newspaper BZ quotes Eva Bartok aged 27 stating she will divorce Austrian actor Curt Jurgens 40 whom she married in August 1955. The claim follows recent marital strain amid film work and public appearances in postwar Berlin and Europe.
Weather outlook for the Miami Valley shows pleasant conditions with a front of cool dry air. Officials expect partly cloudy skies today with a high near 75 and cooler temperatures tonight into Tuesday with a high around 78 and a 55 degree low. Weekend rainfall totals reached 1.72 inches, including over an inch Saturday morning and 0.52 inches Saturday afternoon, with Sunday rain at 0.17 inches. Sunday's high hit 82 at 2:30 p.m. and 63 was the morning low at 5:30 a.m.
A second body from the Pelagia sinking was recovered near Norway as 30 crewmen remain missing. Five survivors saved from a lifeboat recounted the disaster, the ship’s stern, and failed rescue efforts amid cold seas, oil slicks, and gale conditions.
Dayton Ohio report identifies Joseph DeWitt Radford and Donald Wayne Caskey both 23 as the two men killed when their car driven by Radford left the county road between Dayton and Xenia, clipped a mailbox and struck a tree near dawn.
Memphis edition reports the national States Rights conference backing a national conservative movement to elect a president by deadlocking the Electoral College. T. Coleman Andrews is the presidential candidate and Thomas H. Verdel the running mate. delegates from 25 states endorse a platform opposing federal income taxes and federal intrusions on states rights. The plan aims to push electors to the House if no candidate gains 266 votes.
The dedication marked the final link in the Chicago to New York toll road chain as a 156 mile Hoosier turnpike opened with a ribbon cutting. Mayors from 14 northern Indiana and southern Michigan cities attended along with Gov. George N. Craig and Indiana Toll Road Commission leader Albert J. Wedeking. The toll road is open to Gary, with a La Porte to Gary segment opened at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, and 107 miles to the Ohio border already in service.
Floods and heavy rains in north India displaced over a million people by destroying crops and washing away homes. Reports say at least four deaths occurred as the disaster unfolded across wide areas of New Delhi and surrounding regions.
Raleigh man W. E. Hawkins found a ten dollar bill stuck to his car tire, held by a wad of chewing gum after he drove home. The discovery came when he noticed the object in the tire and pulled it free.
New York Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt says Vice President Nixon used a false Communist charge against Helen Gahagan Douglas in the 1950 California Senate race. She recalls his campaign tactic and says she has no respect for the conduct. Nixon defeated Douglas for the seat. Roosevelt notes he implied Alger Hiss influenced policy and cites no direct accusation by Nixon.
A joke panel features Father urging Joe to work while recalling Abraham Lincoln. Joe replies that Lincoln’s age differs, delivering a punchline about what Lincoln did “when he was your age.”
The Associated Press reports both campaigns chase the farm issue in the run up to November. Eisenhower targets IowA events and Nixon sendoff while Stevenson readies a Wisconsin stop and a long 11 state air tour. Kefauver travels to rally in Fairfax as farm income and loyalty programs top the talks. Eisenhower plans a Wednesday televised address and party leaders push for a Republican Congress ahead of election day.
In San Diego district attorney plans to file criminal complaints today against two women accused of abducting Ruth Latham and burying her alive. Victims were found near Highway 60 west of El Centro. bail set at 50000 each. Both women deny charges and claim they themselves were kidnapped earlier by others seeking money.
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