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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1960
Page
13
In Columbus the state liquor control says new Christmas decanters will go on sale November 1. Distillers plan fewer units this year with about 94,700 cases available versus 160,925 last year.
Galveston police report a burglar stole an unsigned watercolor by Dorothy Adolphus from Adoue Park where 50 works dried after an art class. A guest instructor Ruth White’s painting was also taken. A projector slides paints and brushes worth over 1000 dollars were left behind.
CYNTHIANA Kentucky AP Lester Helton Jr aged 27 believed to be from Barbourville Kentucky and Hamilton Ohio was killed Thursday in a crash when his car hit a truck then spun into the path of the following auto.
Joe Herr captured his seventh straight Middletown men's singles crown by defeating Art Kunz at the Varity courts. Kunz and Nick Cornella won the doubles title over Joe and Pete Herr. Jack Tankersley, 10, of 521 Cleveland St., took third in a Cincinnati radio amateur contest with an accordion solo. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ham lit returned to Middletown after an extended Texas Southwest trip.
Supply exceeded demand last season, says Lee H. Shapiro, assistant director of the Liquor Control Department, perhaps due to the 1959 price increases for liquor sold in state stores. The steel strike was in progress. Distillers face costs from fancy containers and shift toward gift-wrapping of regular bottles.
All but one of 29 decanter types will hold a fifth and sell at the same price as the regular bottle. The pricier decanter holds a quart while regular stock comes in fifths. Last year 38 decanters were available and sales shifted from October 16. Distillers may ship pre wrapped regular bottles before November, while decanters likely wait until after November 1.
Camden routes resident James Guckian won the area level plowing matches near Greenville, scoring 85 points at Andrew O'Dell farm to edge Miami County champion Donald Barbee who had 85.8 in a tight finish two miles east of Greenville.
Hollywood reports a push to add Charlie Chaplin to the Hollywood Boulevard stars. The omission sparked controversy and a Superior Court suit from Chaplin Jr. as supporters argue his global fame merits honor despite differing political views.
Marine PFC C D Sargent returned to Camp Pendleton after a 30 day leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Sargent at 409 Highview Rd. Sargent, a 1958 Middletown High School graduate, enlisted in September 1958. Also noted are Marine LCOL Lon C Culbreath, son of Mr and Mrs Trollie Culbreath, and two Lemon Monroe High School graduates who joined the Marines James Charles Doughman and Francis Clifford Sroufe, with Doughman from Excello and Sroufe stationed at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.
Doughmans with ae Company 3rd Battalion at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Santiago California. Stoufe with the 24th Battalion second regiment at Great Lakes Indiana. Edward Hill promoted July 15 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Everett Morgan Jr. aboard USS Marias homeported in Norfolk. Donald Schaeffer serving at Chase Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station Beeville Texas after reporting July 7 from Great Lakes.
Marine Pvt Omar L Pierson, son of Mr and Mrs Farris Pierson of Lebanon Route 3, finished recruit training on July 12 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego California.
Kansas produces the most winter wheat, about one fifth of the United States supply, establishing the state as the leading grower of the crop for the nation.
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP Galen McWilliams a Fish and Wildlife Service employee from Chillicothe Ohio was killed when a seaplane struck his canoe while crossing Merganser Lake 260 miles southeast of Fairbanks near the Canadian border The pilot Raymond Trembley 36 a fellow employee was reported in good condition at a Fairbanks hospital The report also notes New York state adopted its first constitution on April 20 1777 and elected George Clinton governor
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