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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1961

Page

14

Blind Shoeshine Boy Aids Struggling Castillos In Texas

A San Antonio family led by Mrs Castillo and five children, plus a sightless mother, gained relief after newspapers in 14 states published Max Castillo’s story. Donations totaling $89 arrived, funds cover food and shoes, while utilities and insurance debts are eased. Max, who shines shoes after school, helped by brothers and sister Gloria who works in a cafeteria.

San Antonio Tex Little Max Cas Title Miguel Castillo Castillo Max Gloria State Welfare Casillo

Broda Reappointed Kent State University Trustee

Frederick M. Broda of Canton is named by Governor DiSalle as a Kent State University trustee for a term ending May 16, 1968. Broda serves as president and treasurer of Webb-Broda & Co. in Canton.

Columbus Ohio Michael V. DiSalle Frederick M. Broda Canton Kent State University Broda Webb-Broda & Co

Gains Seen For Steel Output In April Increase

Steel Magazine reports steady improvement in production with expected seventh straight weekly gain topping 1.8 million ingot tons and an 8 percent April rise to 7.6 million tons. Premium orders soften. scrap prices ease as mills shift from scrap to pig iron amid weaker export demand.

Cleveland Ap) — Steel Magazine Steel Pittsburgh

Police Briefs Runaways, Brawls, and Vandalism Across Middletown

Dorsey Richardson, 31, was treated at Middletown Hospital for facial cuts after a brawl at Rebel Inn. Mattie Mae Smith, 42, received a bruised jaw from a chair at Rainbow Inn and was released. Police detained then released two suspects in a theft case involving a 1961 model car owned by Cardie Childers after recovery of the vehicle. Vandalism included slashed car tops, damaged shrubbery, two windshield holes, a torn laundromat phone line, and a damaged car top in City Lot 6.

Dorsey Richardson Rufus St Middletown Hospital Rebel Inn Yankee Road Mattie Mae Smith Hudson Ave Nigit Rainbow Inn Garfield St Middletown Cardie Childers Neays Ave W. Central Ave Cecil McNabb Columbia Ave Vannest Ave John Bear Fifth Ave Baltimore Street Charles Johnson Dayton

Officials Attend VEW Installation

Edward Brelsford and his wife attended the installation of officers of VFW Post 1069 in Hamilton on Saturday. Installing officer Samuel Fruttoso received a pin for his services, with Hobart Hopper also in attendance. A note mentions a tiny chapel in Ephesus believed to stand over the house of the Virgin Mary.

Edward Brelsford Butler County VFW Hamilton Samuel Fruttoso Hobart Hopper VFW District 4 Ephesus Turkey Virgin Mary

Kennedy Receives Sukarno Before Talks at White House

Indonesian President Sukarno arrives in Washington for an informal overnight visit with President Kennedy. He is to receive full military honors including a 21 gun salute at Andrews Air Force Base before a four hour meeting. Sukarno seeks U S nonintervention against anti-C Castro forces and discusses Indonesia Netherlands tensions over West New Guinea amid a Soviet arms deal.

Washington Indonesia Sukarno Kennedy Kennedy Andrews Air Force Base Los Angeles Kennedy Cuba U. S United States Netherlands West New Guinea Soviet Union

Richmond man dies in Preble County crash near Indiana line

Eliga Collins Jr. of Richmond aged 31 died at the scene after his car, attempting to pass a vehicle, overturned on Ohio 121 mile west of New Paris. His passenger Carl Falin of Lexington Ky. was treated for a head injury at Reid Memorial Hospital.

Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond

Fun Night at Wildwood PTO Meeting

Wildwood PTO hosts Fun Night at 7:15 PM at the school featuring a Sharpshooters vs All Stars game led by Joe Cornella. The evening includes the Wildwood band and aims to boost parent participation and loop in families for future planning.

Wildwood PTO PTO Sharpshooters Wildwood All Stars Joe Cornella

Retired Sewing Company VP Dies

Francis M. Payne age 8 died Sunday at his Lyndhurst home. Payne a lawyer from Michigan joined White Sewing Machine Co. after college and served 27 years as vice president before retiring to suburbia.

Cleveland Francis M. Payne The White Sewing Machine Co Lyndhurst Payne Michigan White

New York Stocks and Market Prices Mixed Amid Trading

Markets moved higher while cattle and hog futures showed weakness. Steers and heifers traded light to moderate volumes with prices for load lots and averages across weight classes. Cows bulls and calves posted mixed results as hogs fell 25 to 35 points and lambs remained firm but narrowed demand.

Areeneenee Escopeesees Cincinnati USDA

Middletown Securities and Local Firms Sale Report

A fragmented OCR list shows Middletown Securities alongside local businesses including Aeronca, Crystal Tissue, First National Bank, Sorg Paper, Sorg Proer, Pia, and Lau Blower. The text lacks coherent events or outcomes.

Aeronca Ptd Cosseres Aeroncea Prior Pid Crystal Tissue Co First National Bank Sorg Paper Co Sorg Proer Co Pia Lau Blower

NYSE Members Meet at Manchester Hotel

A compact note records NYSE members gathering at the Manchester Hotel, with contact line 2 457 for And Ladd in Georgia.

New York Stock Exchange Manchester Hotel

Sheriff Sale Brings Middletown Lot At 1515 Jacoby Ave

Butler County Sheriff to auction Lot 9038 in Middletown Ohio known as 1515 Jacoby Avenue between 10 and 11:30 AM on May 16 1961. Court order directs sale of the Standard Building & Loan Company suit against Tommy H Townsend et al. Appraised at 7500 cash terms. James F Hixon sheriff. Henry J Weller attorney.

Barrett McGill Butler County Ohio Ellen Creech James McGill Middletown James McGill Dee Tommy H. Townsend Butler County Common Pleas Court of Common Pleas Court House Hamilton Jacoby Avenue James F. Hixon Henry J. Weller

Dayton Produce Egg and Potato Prices Report

Dayton producers report farm prices for eggs and potatoes after can dhing and grading. Egg prices range from jumbo to small sizes with several grade levels and per dozen amounts. Potatoes sell at 3.75 to 4.00 per hundredweight, reflecting regional market variations.

Cincinnati

AIC President Leads East Asia Conference at Western College

AIC President A R Edwards of Armco International presided over the East Asia Conference titled East Asia Today at Western College for Women in Oxford. Speakers included Dr. Fred W. Riggs of Indiana University on Southeast Asia Today and Dr. Leopoldo T. Ruiz of Silliman University on The Philippines Face the Future. Dr. Andrew Todd Roy of Chung-Chi University spoke on East Asia.

A. R. Edwards Armco International Corp Western College For Women Oxford Edwards Western College Fred W. Riggs Indiana University Leopoldo T. Ruiz Silliman University Philippines Andrew Todd Roy Chung-Chi University Hongkong East Asia

Wildlife Film Here Friday at Roosevelt Junior High

Naturalist Karl Masiowsky presents the film Waterway Wildlife at Roosevelt Junior High School Friday at 8 p.m. The program, sponsored by the American Association of University Women, corrects an earlier mislisting that had the date as Saturday. The film explores the link between humans and wildlife and water resources.

Karl Masiowski Roosevelt Junior High School American Association of University Women

Uncle Charles Washington Dies at 117 in Cincinnati

Funeral services set for May 1 for Uncle Charles Washington who claimed birth on a Millersburg Kentucky plantation as a slave. Authorities noted he died at home Sunday after pneumonia following a fall. he worked stoking furnaces and other jobs and credited his long life to good eating with six small meals daily.

Cincinnati Charles Washington Millersburg Charlie

Havana flight crew reports armed civilians in Cuba

Montreal pilot Capt. Ron Lippert and copilot Guy Larose describe Havana as filled with armed civilians and a tense mood after their World Wide Airways liner was stranded since last Monday's rebel invasion. Lippert compared the scene to a concentration camp while recounting the quiet streets and widespread gun presence.

Montreal Cuba Havana Ron Lippert Guy Larose Doron Que World Wide Airways Linvert

Loren And Hudson Chosen West Germany's Favorite Foreign Stars

Sofia Loren and Rock Hudson were named West Germany's favorite foreign film stars for 1960 by 142,000 readers of two film magazines. The announcement appeared from Karlsruhe, Germany, on a Sunday.

Karlsruhe Germany Sofia Loren Rock Hudson West Germany

Photographer Moeris Fawcett dies in Dayton at 71

Moeris FE Fawcett, 71, longtime Dayton Journal Herald photographer, died Sunday after a fall that fractured his hip. He was taken to Miami Valley Hospital two weeks ago and died there. He retired in 1958 after 26 years with the Journal Herald.

Dayton, Ohio Moeris FE Fawcett Dayton Journal Herald Miami Valley Hospital Journal Herald

Dispute at Plum Brook Criticized By Congressman

Rep. Charles A. Mosher said a smoldering jurisdictional dispute between NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission hampers important experiments at the Plum Brook Reactor Facility near Sandusky Ohio. He urged action to fix staffing limits and attract top scientists to speed progress at the space test center.

Washington Space Agency Atomic Energy Commission Charles A. Mosher Ohio House Space Committee Plum Brook Sandusky National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mosher Plum Brook Test Center NASA

Propane Gas Cars Pile Up

Five railroad tank cars carrying propane and propane butane derailed near Memphis. About 100 families evacuated, one Frisco crew member suffers a broken toe. Tank cars held 37 378 gallons, part of a Tulsa to Frisco freight near Capelle.

Memphis, Tenn Frisco Tulsa Oklo Tennessee Capielle

Carry Back Named Derby Favorite in Caliente Future Book

Carry Back is listed as the favorite for the Kentucky Derby in the Caliente future book dated May 6 after finishing second to Globemaster in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The horse is priced at 3-1, with Four-and-Twenty at 41, Flutterby Garwol and Crozier at 61.

Agua Caliente Mexico Dorcester Farm Carry Back Globemaster Wood Memorial Aqueduct Alberta Ranch Tony Alessio Keeneland Flutterby Garwol Crozier

Phillips Named Coach of Majors

Chicago AP reports Andy Phillip 39, Illinois All America of the 1940s, was named head coach of the Chicago Majors in the new American Basketball League. Abe Saperstein announced the appointment as owner and acting commissioner of the league.

Chicago Andy Phillip University of Illinois Chicago Majors Phillip Ilinois Doug Mills Abe Saperstein Harlem Globetrotters

Wake Forest gridder Bill Skippon dies of leukemia

William Bill Skippon a Wake Forest football fullback and former Conneaut Ohio high school star died at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem at age 21 after a three week illness. Wake Forest president Dr Harold W Tribble praised his courage and continued study despite prognosis.

Winston-Salem N. C William Bill) Skippon Conneaut Ohio Wake Forest College Baptist Hospital Wake Forest Harold W. Tribble

Greta Anderson Fails In Molokai Channel Swim

Greta Anderson, the marathon swimmer, failed in her second attempt to cross the Molokai Channel from Molokai to Oahu. After 22 hours and 35 minutes in the water she covered about 18 miles before being ordered out at 11 06 p m by her husband trainer John Sonnichsen. Strong currents halted her progress for the final hours.

Honolulu Greta Anderson John Sonnichsen Long Beach Calif Molokai To Oahu

Buddhist priests ill after food at Kyoto rally

About 100 priests and missionary students fell ill after meatless box lunches at a religious rally in Kyoto. Six were seriously ill but doctors expect full recovery. roughly 3,000 others were unharmed.

Kyoto Japan

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