Festival Kick Off Sets Friday Amid Rain Threats
Middletown braces for Old Fashioned Days as predictions call for two inches of rain bringing possible parade cancellations. If showers bypass the city, Friday’s bargain festival begins with workers, carts, and the Fenwick band parading Central Avenue at Grimes Street. Saturday features a big parade with seven floats, five fire trucks, and new cars, followed by square dancing and evening entertainment culminating in a late-night street sale.
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William Robinson
Middletown
Wrk
Fenwick
Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Cincinnati
Grimes
Main Street
Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Cg&e
Tennessee
Tom Mowrey
Ben Hockman
Lebanon
Earl Mendenhall
N. Broad Street
Karl Taylor
Rainy Remnant Esther Threatens Tennessee Area
Tropical storm Esther churned inland toward Tennessee after soaking three states with floods and winds up to 64 mph. Ivory rains caused drownings near New Orleans while Cameron area reported 13.3 inches in 24 hours. Severe flooding warned along Leaf and Pascagoula rivers as thousands fled marshlands.
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New Orleans
Esther
Tennessee
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Audrey
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cameron
Texas
Burns
Biloxi
Miss
George Fish
U. S
Jackson
Leaf
Pascagoula
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Plaquemines Parish
Spinach Disdain Echoed by Reluctant 12-Year-Old
A 12 year old declares dislike for spinach claiming if he liked it he would eat it. The quip reflects a humorous stubborn stance commonly found in light newspaper humor features.
Johns Hopkins Scientist Reports 80 Percent Cold Vaccine
Baltimore physician Dr. Winston H Price of Johns Hopkins announces a vaccine that prevented colds caused by the JH virus in 80 percent of 400 tested. Immunity requires two shots four weeks apart with no side effects. long-term duration unknown.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Winston H. Price
Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Price
Baltimore Sun
Sciences
Weldon Wallace
Divina Sion of
Medical Ecology
Two businessmen try coin flip for deal after long wait
In Los Angeles Steve Goss sues Danny Powlitz for 500 dollars saying a deal failed. After four hours awaiting trial the men agree to settle by a coin toss. Goss loses when heads never comes up and quips that he might have won in court anyway.
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Los Angeles
Steve Goss
Danny Powlitz
Goss
Powlitz
Politz
Atom Bomb Fired In 800-Foot Nevada Tunnel
A small atomic bomb was detonated 800 feet beneath a desert mesa at the Atomic Test Site in Nevada marking the 21st summer shot and the first full scale underground test. The blast generated quake waves to study Earth's interior with readings from 600 stations worldwide. No surface effects or distant tremors were reported nearby.
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Nev
Las Vegas
Cyanide Spill Triggers Ontario Cleanup Effort
A train truck collision near Thamesville spills 25 000 pounds of sodium cyanide from a Du Pont cargo en route to Detroit. U S chemists join local crews to contain the hazard as police seal off the area and truck driver J C Sluder is hospitalized with shoulder injuries.
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Thamesville, Ont
United States
Ontario
Canadian National Railways
du Pont
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Detroit
du Pont of
Canada
Toronto
Thamesville
E. I. du Pont Co
Truck Transport Company Limited
Dearborn
Mich
Jiwo
J.C. Sluder
Wayne Mich
Chatham
Here
Lime and cyanide incident in Thamesville area
Lime spread on streets near the Thamesville crossing to neutralize cyanide. initial hose down of tracks was vetoed to avoid sewer spread to the Thames River and contaminating Chatham's water supply. About 100 volunteers worked after removal and burial were decreed. Police reinforcements and medical crews remained on standby.
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Thamesville
Thames
Chatham
Letts
Weather Outlook Miami Valley Tightens With Esther Rain
The tropical storm Esther keeps the Miami Valley wet through Friday with cloudy mild days and light rain. Forecasts predict highs near 80 today and 85 Friday, with a 70 degree low tonight. Middletown reported a 80 degree high yesterday and a 65 degree low this morning.
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Esther
Miami
Middletown
UN Probe of Syria Demanded
Secretary of State Dulles urged the United Nations to act in the Middle East, citing growing Soviet arm shipments to Syria and the threat to Turkey. He warned the Assembly that the USSR seeks to dominate the region and urged full U.N. influence to curb Soviet aggression.
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Dulles
U.N
Middle East
Syria
Turkey
General Assembly
United Nations
Assembly
Free Nations
United States
Moscow
Break In Strike Targets Sunrise Negotiations In Cleveland
In Cleveland the two sides Ohio Bell and Communications Workers of America held a 2:40 am to after 8 am mediator mediated session. Progress was slight with the union's new proposal rejected by the company. Western Electric negotiations in New York influenced the call. The strike affects 18,500 CWA members in 45 cities and 23,800 Western Electric workers in 44 states and DC.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric
New York
T. ®. Robertson
Western Electric Co
Walter A. Maggiolo
CWA
Ohio Bell
States
District of Columbia
Martin J. Hughes
Ohio
Psychologists Find Clues to Death by Own Action
Two doctors from USC and UCLA study 15 000 annual suicides to identify early warning signs. They analyzed 800 notes and report crises peak ages 40 to 59 with higher male and white incidence, and that ill health alone does not cause suicide. They seek recognizable signals like appetite loss and insomnia to prompt care.
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Los Angeles
Edwin S. Shneidman
University of Southern California
Norman L. Farberow
UCLA
Dr. Shneidman
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