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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1959
Page
24
A feature on India's dowry system and an anti dowry bill awaiting Parliament. It notes a proposed crime for giving or accepting excessive dowry, penalties, and public debate amid slow rural reform alongside earlier moves against polygamy and daughters inheritance rights.
Mrs Lillian Palmer won temporary alimony in Richmond County Court against Rev Dr J Murdock Palmer for dalliance with a young woman who bore him a child. Judge Justice Mark A Constantine awarded her 60 dollars weekly plus 450 dollars in legal fees amid Palmer's resignation from Willowbrook State School chaplaincy. The affair surfaced after a raid at a Bayonne New Jersey trailer camp. The clergyman in his mid forties and the girlfriend, about twenty, were identified in court papers.
Venice California AP reports Frank Hetherington 27 a salesman crashed his car into a police department vehicle in front of the Venice station. He told officers he thought he was dreaming. Hetherington was hospitalized with two broken ribs and was not cited.
A group of 45 Trieste Fulbright alumni in Italy donated a scholarship for an Italian youth. Franco Bradamunce, 19, will use it to attend Cornell University in Ithaca New York.
The London Daily Mirror with a circulation near four and a half million is described as the world’s largest newspaper. The note highlights its reach and prominence in the press landscape.
Several obituaries and funeral notices from Middletown and nearby areas. William Arthur Amburgey 65 of The Alameda Newcastle Wyoming Aug 4 with services at E U B Church and Woodside Cemetery arranged by McCoy Leffler. Charles Brunson 74 of 3111 Morgan St. died at Middletown Hospital with arrangements by Joseph R Baker & Sons. Josephine Lake of 1573 Jackson St Charleston WV died at home with services at McCoy Leffler and interment Woodside. Elizabeth Marshall 93 widow of Isaac Marshall formerly of Middletown died in Rochester NY with services at Jos R Baker & Sons and Woodside Cemetery.
The Reedy family expresses sincere thanks for kindness, sympathy, and flowers after the death of husband and father Raymond L. Reedy. They thank Rev C D Stearns and McCoy Leffler Funeral Home for services, from Mrs. Raymond L. Reedy and Family.
In loving memory of Paul M. Brown and Mae W. Brown who passed away in 1957. The verse recalls a graveyard sleeping, flowers waving, and the enduring sorrow of their family who miss them dearly.
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