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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1961
Page
7
President Kennedy will watch naval drills off Jacksonville Florida this weekend. He will board the Northampton at Mayport then transfer to the carrier Independence by helicopter. The events run Saturday and Sunday with a Sunday mass before departure back to Washington.
The Ohio Adventure Banks Division advances across the valley floor firing on Confederate batteries. Despite heavy cannon fire, they press onward and rout Ewell’s Division, forcing the Rebel right to yield.
Ohio House committee backs a bill creating a 15 member Expositions Commission to run the State Fair and fairgrounds with six year terms and a full time manager. The top salary was trimmed from 18000 to 13500. The measure would not affect this summer's fair.
The Airborne Tele vision Area Committee postpones a demonstration from April 20 to May at Central School due to late delivery of planes affecting signal tests. Dr. Jack R. Neill of Miami University explains the program, run from Purdue University with 18 resource centers across six states, linking classrooms via airplanes circling above north central Indiana.
Ohio Senate expected to pass a bill adding 15 million dollars annually for local road work despite Gov. Michael V. DiSalle anticipated veto. House support remains strong as GOP hopes to override with Democratic votes, while highway officials oppose shifting license fee funds to local governments and rely on gasoline tax revenue for ongoing operations.
Cincinnati police raided 40 pinball machines in two hours based on IRS records. Only 17 devices were confiscated due to missing or altered gambling tax stamps, making them illegal under city law. Some machines lacked stamps or had been altered.
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