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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1961
Page
2
Two Middletown youths and eight Warren County students won engraved plaques in the Sixth Annual Science Awards at Antioch College Yellow Springs. Prizes included a drama prize with a 2400 dollar scholarship for Jack McKart and 1600 and 800 dollar awards for other top finishers.
Burglars struck the 900 block of S Main Street stealing about 200 dollars worth of medicine and instruments from Dr E W Washington and roughly 1500 sleeping tablets from Dr William D Patton's office. Missing were syringes, needles, penicillin, cortisone and other drugs. A bathroom window was forced during the break in between Friday afternoon and Saturday noon.
Tim Trent 14 son of Mr and Mrs Bonnie Trent won the Middletown Optimist Club Zone H oratorical contest at Fairfield High School with the speech Optimism Ingredient for True Leadership. Rick Wallick 14 of Franklin placed second. Trent advances to a May 20 Springfield state contest seeking a regional event and potential $1000 scholarship.
Columbus AP reports the Ohio state parks division will relinquish control of ten park sites due to not meeting state standards mainly in size. Areas listed include Mosquito Reservoir Lake Alma Harrison Lake Van Buren Lake Madison Lake Mt. Gilead Lake Adams Lake Lake White and Catawba Lake with Jackson Lake already placed under Wild Life April 1. John W. Ferguson says transfers will only occur to partners agreeing to continue recreational activities amid objections to policy changes.
Sierra Leone has applied for UN membership as Africa's newest nation. A UN spokesman said the Security Council is expected to consider the application this week.
The Labor Department said the number of unemployed people collecting unemployment benefits fell by 106,700 to 2,837,500 for the week ending April 15. It marks the eighth straight weekly decline, with the latest figure 584,800 below the February peak. seasonal outdoor work and auto recalls helped drive the drop.
Delbert Mann of Armco Steel Corp will address the 31st All Ohio Safety Congress and Exhibit in Columbus from Tuesday to Thursday. He will talk on Training Procedures Covering Safety Regulations to the paper and paper products section as 2,300 safety professionals attend 32 meetings. The exhibit will show commercial safety displays and state booths including the Bureau of Workers' Compensation staff to answer related questions.
Myrtle Henry 72 died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Church of the Brethren West Alexandria with viewing today at Zimmerman Funeral Home and at the church after 1 p.m. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. She was survived by husband Arthur two daughters Mrs Swift and Mrs Floretta a son H E Henry two brothers Urban and J V Erbaugh two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
George A Konrad 58 of Middletown Rt 3 dies at home near Monroe after farming 200 acres. High Mass at Seven Dolors Church Monroe at 9 30 Monday with burial in St Stephen Cemetery Hamilton. Survived by brother William and sisters Mrs Henry Johnson and Mrs Helen Lane. Friends may call at Colligan Funeral Home Hamilton after 4 p m today.
In Kansas City, former police chief Bernard C. Brannon and two high officers Lt. Col. Don Bishop and Maj. John J. Harvey were indicted by the Jackson County grand jury on perjury charges. Brannon also faces a misdemeanor misconduct in office count as a city crime reports mishap prompted a new police board to seek reforms.
Ground workers of National Airlines will strike at 12:01 am Tuesday from Boston to Miami and Houston. About 1,100 IAM members including mechanics cleaners janitors and stock clerks walk out over deadlocked contract talks covering wages sick leave severance pay seniority and other issues.
John Sherron son of Mr and Mrs Everett Sherron 2901 Oxford Ave a Lemon Monroe High School junior has been chosen by American Field Service in New York for its Americans Abroad program He will live with a Norwegian family for six weeks in July and August He is an Eagle Scout Order of the Arrow Lodge chief National Honor Society member and active in the school play student council Hi Y bands and church Youth Fellowship at First Methodist Church He is one of six Monroe students selected for the opportunity.
A gang of youths raided a pacifist camp on Holy Loch before dawn and burned tents set up to protest the America's Polaris base. Two pacifists Gordon Collins and Ruth Townsen escaped injury. Collins vowed to continue the protest and hoped colleagues in London would send new tents and equipment.
The Utilities Commission approved a mortgage on 27 buses bought by Hamilton City Line from Hamilton Transit and Hamilton Suburban Lines. The deal covers 42 buses and equipment, with $90,000 of $100,000 secured by a six percent mortgage interest, payable monthly. The commission also allowed issuing 150 shares of no par common stock at 100 per share to raise working funds.
President Kennedy presses New Frontier goals through Congress with a 217 to 212 victory enlarging the House Rules Committee and a 44 to 42 Senate win on a national pooling plan for unemployment benefits. He faces stiff tests on medical care for the aged education aid and tax credits for plant investment.
The police log lists thefts including four hubcaps from John Tipton at 1116 14th Ave two hubcaps from Robert Bender at 2700 Superior Ave and a garbage can stolen from Mrs. Dorothy Meader at 1818 Clarendon Ave.
Dr Benjamin Sawyer of 1312 Central Ave told police vandals cut the top of his convertible Friday night.
Brian M. Berman son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Berman 2304 Arlington Ave was installed as master councilor of Middletown Chapter Order of DeMolay succeeding John Fisher Berman a Middletown High School junior for a six month term. New officers include Terry Lawrence senior councilor and 10 others named by Berman. The rose ceremony tribute to motherhood was given by Edwin Hall state master councilor.
Middletown Aero-Modelers meet at 3 p.m. at Smith Farm flying circle to discuss plans for a rat-racing contest on May 14. The event opens the flying season and is one of several club contests this summer. In June the group will race in Hamilton with the Hamilton model airplane club.
One auto crash reported by Middletown police by 8 pm yesterday. A Friday 6:45 pm collision in the 1100 block of Central Avenue involved Mary Avey of Cleveland in a station wagon and William Redkey, 19, of West Middletown in another auto. Damage valued at $3. Earlier, at 1:40 am yesterday, a two car crash occurred on Yankee Road.
Venus is described as the brightest star and the planet that comes closest to Earth, at about twenty million miles away, in a concise astronomical note.
A Middleton man Floyd Buchanan, 27, at 1809 Casper Ave, was arrested after a truck fire near his home. Police directing traffic charged him with hauling trash without a permit. Firefighters said embers started the blaze at noon. no damage reported.
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