Hungry-Go Calling First of a Series in Clinton County
In a New Year's Day open house tradition dating to the Civil War era, Wilmington families hosted 2 to 4 pm gatherings prompting bold college students from four local schools to stage a mobile feast. They hit multiple homes, sampling turkey, chicken salad, fruit cake, and hickory nut cake, interrupted by piano music and poetry from a hostess’s daughter, ending with a note inviting them to return in 1876. Oliver J. Thatcher, who later became a University of Chicago professor, was among the four.
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Barritt M. Hiatt
Bob Bowman
Clinton County
Wilmington
University of Chicago
Oliver J. Thatcher
No Paper Thursday The News Journal Skips New Year’s Day
The News-Journal will not publish on New Year’s Day to grant employees the national holiday with their families.
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the News-Journal
Burning of the Green Ceremonies Set at Clinton County Fairgrounds
Boy and Girl Scouts host Burning of the Green on Saturday at the Clinton County fairgrounds with a 7 30 p m ceremony. Residents should place Christmas trees on curbs by 8 a m for pickup and burning to reduce fire hazards. Parents and the public are welcome.
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Nilmington
Clinton County Fairgrounds
Ohio Utility Rate Plan to Undergo Study in 2 Weeks
A sub committee of the Ohio Municipal League will meet within two weeks to draft a revision of a state statute that sets the formula for determining public utility rates. The change aims to limit future rate increases while not affecting current rates. The panel includes five city representatives and follows Ohio Bell Telephone Co. gaining a 6 to 20 percent rate hike approved by the Utilities Commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Municipal League
Ford Pickens
Columbus Utilities
Pickens
Utilities Legislative
Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Space Center reports two missile test failures in 1958
At Cape Canaveral a Navy Polaris and an Air Force Thor exploded after launches on New Year’s Eve week. The year-end setbacks followed a record year with satellites, an Atlas long range missile and space probes toward the moon.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy Polaris
Air Force Thor
Soviet Union
America
Moon
Cape
Atlantic
Cops Withdraw Coffee Offer on New Year Eve
West Paterson New Jersey police will not offer free coffee to motorists on New Year’s Eve. Police chief Antonio Barra said the measure could encourage drunken driving and endanger motorists on the way to the station.
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West Paterson
N.J
Antonio Barra
New Year Celebrations and Baby Derby Highlight City Welcome
Cloudy cold New Year’s Eve expected as Wilmington prepares parties dances and late night trips. The Baby Derby prizes go to Clinton county’s first birth after midnight with gifts from 31 local merchants. Police urge safe driving and designate extra patrols to curb fatigue and drunken driving.
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Clinton County
Wilmington
Fulton
Advice for Tonight's Celebrators New Year's Eve safety tips and humor
A whimsical guide urging careful planning for New Year's Eve 1958 readers. It mixes practical cautions with satirical quips, suggesting car selling, plane travel, surgery, and abstaining from risky partying to survive into 1959. The piece ends with a playful farewell and a prompt to see you Thursday.
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Europe
Ocean
Insurance Rates Rise Across Cities Amid Vehicle Costs
The National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the National Automobile Underwriters Association say rate hikes come from more collisions, inflation, and costly new car designs. Cleveland sees bodily injury up to 37 dollars and property damage to 27. Cincinnati divisions at 20 and 17. local rate about 19 for injury and 20 for property.
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Wilmington
Clinton County
Cleveland
Cincinnati
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
National Automobile Underwriters Association
Alaska to be 49th state with new flag approval
President Eisenhower will sign the proclamation making Alaska the 49th state at a White House ceremony Saturday noon. The new flag will be official next July 4 though early 49 star flags may appear next week. The design was chosen from about two thousand suggestions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Alaska
White House
Gettysburg
Union
New York
World Brims With New Year Cheer In 1959 Across Nations
AP reports a global eve as nations plan festive greetings and traditions. From Tokyo to Moscow, celebrations feature fireworks, gift exchanges, and public spectacles while Eisenhower settles at home in Gettysburg. Football bowls and parades accompany midnight observances in the United States. In Maine, Bangor prepares a bonfire marking its 125th anniversary.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
New Delhi
Berlin
Buffalo
Santiago
Shanghai
Pike's Peak
Bangor
Maine
Cherryville
N.C
Tokyo
Communist
China
Peiping
Tienjin
Europe
Moscow
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pasadena
Miami
Dallas
AdAmAn Club
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Amateur Rocket Blast Kills Boy in Ohio Home
In Ashland Ohio two teens were hurt and one killed when a crude homemade rocket exploded in a living room Gary Newcomer 17 firing a .22 caliber rifle at what he thought was empty Howard Gaddis 17 died at Good Samaritan Hospital after being struck in the neck David Preis 13 sustained a severe hand injury while carrying the device from a neighbor’s garage witnessed by 18-year-old Jean Daugherty.
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Ashland
Ohio
Howard Gaddis
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gary Newcomer
Newcomer
Jean Daugherty
David Preis
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Wilmington’ College
C.M. Bosworth
Clinton GO
C. M. Bosworth
E. Locust St
American Legion
Dayton Power & Light Co
Missile Center
U. S
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