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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1960
Page
16
The Orleans Parish School Board begins mailing polls to about 9 000 white and Black parents asking whether they prefer racially mixed classes or school closures under a federal court integration order. President Lloyd J. Ritter says results will guide planning though not bind decisions amid a state law challenge.
Cincinnati police said Willie Lee Griffin faced a murder charge in the March 13 road death of Reuben B. Robertson Jr. The Hamilton County Grand Jury declined to indict. Robertson, a Hamilton industrialist and former deputy defense secretary, was struck while inspecting damage after his car brushed a stalled vehicle on a city street.
Vermontville Michigan enjoys a maple syrup festival with dancing parades and fireworks. Gov G Mennen Williams and Lt Gov Robert S Babcock attend. Babcock gifts a granite park bench to the town and Williams receives a bow tie paperweight from Barre Vermont residents.
Henry P. Stocker, 95, the funeral director who buried Annie Oakley in 1926, died Sunday at his home in Wayne Lakes Ohio. Stocker served over 50 years in the profession before retiring in 1948.
Twelve freight cars of an 80 car New York Central train derailed west of New Carlisle Ohio. No injuries reported. Transportation official cites likely track misalignment and swelling as the cause.
In San Mateo California an amateur pilot and his wife were leaving Bay Meadows Race Track when their rented aircraft began vibrating from a chipped propeller. They landed safely on the empty lot, replaced the propeller, and continued home saying it was nothing but a chip off the old prop.
In Chardon Ohio the Maple Festival drew about 75 000 people overall with 50 000 on Sunday. Concession stands reported syrup and pancake sales as very good during the event.
A Sunday fire at Central High School in Medina caused about 5000 dollars in damage. Superintendent M H Burkholder said chemicals exploding might have sparked the blaze, damaging two classrooms and a storeroom housing chemistry and physics equipment.
Nashville AP report says motorcycle officer T. J. Slovey left his post after his bike burst into flames while watching for speeders from behind a tree. He crossed the street, turned in the alarm, and evacuated.
In Ladue suburb, a duck again occupies a window box at the Milton Katz residence after last year's brood of ten. This spring she has laid five eggs, suggesting the same duck has returned this season. In Steubenville, Robert J. Kloska named athletic director at the College of Steubenville replacing William Cady, effective June 1.
More newspapers are sold each day than packs of cigarettes loaves of bread or bottles of milk. People in the U S now spend over $3 million a day for their newspapers.
Multiple obituaries list the death of infants and adults including Ashley infant son of Dale Ashley, Patricia Gil, Anna Mary Ertle, Don Fry, John Hensley, Michael P Kristian, Pauline Oshust Krizan, Kruse infant, Mrs Edith Hinkle, with Middletown Hospital deaths. Services and arrangements details show graveside and church rites, interments at Woodside Cemetery and Calvary Cemetery, and funeral home handling by McCoy-Leffler, Schramm, and Riggs Funeral Homes. GA 2-3691 appears as a contact.
A page-long listing of community notices and ads for a rummage auction at the Church of The Ascension plus job requests and local services. It includes ride offers to Dayton, AA contact, photography specials, voter endorsement, and multiple contractor ads for garages, cement work, landscaping, backhoe, and home remodeling.
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