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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1964

Page

11

No Defects Found At Apartment In Cincinnati

The Cincinnati city health department reports no major sanitary defects at Standish Apartments where Negro tenants led a rent strike last Saturday. Assistant health commissioner Dr. T A Cockburn said garbage cans are now sufficient and rats and roaches will be removed by a contracted firm in the Mount Auburn converted 19th century hotel. The tenants met with officials and the Congress of Racial Equality backs the action, the first such strike in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati City Health Department T. A. Cockburn Mount Auburn Congress of Racial Equality

Four Methodist missions held and one killed in Congo

The Methodist Board of Missions reports four missionary couples under house arrest in Wembo Nyama Congo as rebel and government fighting continues. One missionary, Rev Burleigh A. Law Jr., 45, of Tallahassee, is confirmed killed with six stations evacuated. Wembo Nyama is under rebel control and allowed no exit for missionaries.

New York Congo Methodist Board of Missions William Mr. Law Wembo Nyama

Electric Pump Fatal To Youth In Loveland

In Loveland Ohio 15 year old Steven Beckham was electrocuted after picking up a pressure pump from a creek behind his home The Hamilton County coroner said the device was used to draw water to water the Beckham lawn The pump was off but still connected to a power outlet when he stepped into the creek

Loveland Ohio Steven Beckham Hamilton County Beckham

Mozambique and Angola Named as Portuguese Provinces

The text states Mozambique as Portugal's second largest overseas province spanning 302 328 square miles with 1600 mile Indian Ocean border. It also notes Angola as the largest province.

Portugal Mozambique Indian Ocean Angola

Screening Starts In Ohio Mental Hospital Under 'Villages' Plan

Ohio state mental health officials begin screening nonpsychotic patients for possible admission to Golden Age Villages to be built in Toledo and Columbus with later sites in Cleveland Massillon Dayton and Cincinnati. The plan envisions a 200 bed single floor facility at each initial site operated under contract while land and buildings are bought.

Ohio Mental Hospital Columbus Ohio Toledo Martin A. Janis State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction Cleveland Massillon Dayton Cincinnati James A. Rhodes Ini Janis

Group backs changes in Ohio courts

The Ohio Judicial Conference endorsed Ohio State Bar Association measures to modernize the court system. It opposed a centralized county court and abolition of special courts, and opposed appointing judges to lower courts by county. It backed state level appointment to high courts and unification under the Supreme Court. The report aims to influence 1965 ballot reform plans.

Dayton Ohio Ohio Judicial Conference Ohio State Bar Association Common Pleas Court Robert L. McBride OJC Bar Association Common Pleas Supreme Court McBride

Many Could Survive Attack Says General

Lt. Gen. George W. Mundy retired USAF told the Catholic War Veterans convention in Cleveland that a nationwide fallout shelter system could save about 65 million American lives in a nuclear attack. He warned over 75 percent of the U S land would be covered by dangerous fallout but added life could still be worth living after such an event.

Cleveland Air Force United States George W. Mundy USAF National Convention of Catholic War Veterans of America

Ohio man killed in Michigan crash near Grosse Ile

Franklin D. Hedrick age 28 from Columbus Ohio died Friday night when his car struck a bridge abutment about two miles from Grosse Ile Michigan.

Detroit Mich Franklin D. Hedrick Columbus Ohio Grosse Ile

Ohio U President Replies To Charge Of Pressure

Ohio University President Vernon Alden responded to claims he pressured Rep. Homer Abele and Rep. William Harsha to back the anti poverty bill. He quoted his remarks urging support for federal aid programs aiding towns like Pomeroy McArthur Nelsonville Athens and others and stressing job training and Area Redevelopment Act funds. Alden noted his role in federal job programs and said he seeks aid rather than politics.

Athens Ohio Vernon Alden Ohio University Homer Abele Mearthur William Harsha Portsmouth Abele Harsha Appalachian House Senate Alden Southeast Ohio Pomeroy McArthur Nelsonville Southeastern Ohio Johnson Jobs Corps

Deepest Canyon in the World Named Hell's Canyon

A historical note identifies Hell's Canyon as the deepest canyon on earth, lying along the border between Oregon and Idaho and marking a dramatic geological boundary in the region.

Hell's Canyon Oregon and Idaho

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