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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1963
Page
1
Frances Lewine reports at Otis Air Force Base that President Kennedy was charged the standard hospital rates for his wife’s emergency care, totaling 12.25 dollars. He paid 1.75 dollars per day for care and left a personal check to cover food medicines and maintenance of the medical staff.
The article notes a $174.25 bill for services at a VIP hospital suite during Mrs. Kennedy’s confinement. It recalls Air Force staff, a smooth birth, and the baby’s death from hyaline membrane disease after transfer to Boston Children’s Medical Center, with Mrs. Kennedy described as an excellent patient and cooperative throughout.
Sinking of the ferry Midori Maru in the East China Sea left perhaps 55 dead or missing. About 240 passengers and crew were unaccounted for while 185 were saved, including four U.S. service members. U.S. aircraft and ships aided in the rescue, with Maj. C A Wyllie rescuing over 20 aboard at Naha.
Six people perished in a Niagara Wisconsin fire that trapped residents on the first floor of a seven room home. Howard Comstock 41 production superintendent at Kimberly Clark Niagara his wife Marjorie 39 their children Paula 15 Christine 10 Peter 7 and neighbor Mary Jo Schelfhout 9 died in the blaze. Their son Robert 19 survived after choosing to sleep elsewhere.
Stockton Kansas residents debate Madalyn Murray and an atheist center proposed on an 8‑acre tract donated by Carl Brown. Most fear impact on children, petitions flood in, yet some clergy urge courteous dialogue and respect for rights amid a town of 2,000. Brown, a former legislator and book collector, hosts a house crowded with thousands of volumes.
In Washington the rail unions and management spar over binding arbitration for long running work rules disputes. A possible six member arbitration panel could include two public members. Secretary Wirtz sees progress but unions and railroads still differ on conditions. Congress may step in if voluntary arbitration fails to resolve all major issues and reduce force of a nationwide strike scheduled for August.
At Omaha's downtown public library three masked men escaped after robbing a half million dollar cache of coins and rare books on the third floor. Staff Kalisch Brozek Hubbard Lichtenberg were bound or missing as officers chased the suspects.
Television star Johnny Carson and model Jo Anne Copeland, both 37, married Saturday at Marble Collegiate Church in New York from a small Protestant ceremony. Copeland, a Palo Alto native and Hunter College psychology student, wore a simple gown as few friends attended.
GREENUP Ky AP David Darby 82 and wife Ella 80 were killed when they stepped in front of a freight train at a crossing. Deputy Harry Russell said the couple walked onto the tracks Saturday.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara is vacationing in the Jackson Hole area. He flew into Jackson Friday night and expects to spend about a week there.
A Trenton boy was killed in a bicycle accident. Details are sparse in the readable text, with only the fatal event noted and no further circumstances provided.
The FDA proposed a 50 to 75 drug ban on antibiotic containing cold remedies after a medical panel found no evidence these antibiotics help treat the common cold or its viral infections. The notice in the Federal Register invites comments for 30 days before a final decision.
A freakish downpour flooded Phoenix with three feet of water in parts of the northwest, and a 16 year old was electrocuted near a power pole. Thunderstorms lashed the Southeast and upper Ohio Valley with several inches in six hours on the Georgia Florida border.
Animal trainer Joe Frisco of Cincinnati was clawed on the left leg and had his pants torn by a one year old lioness named Simba during a Saturday performance at the Cincinnati Zoo. Anassistant patched a two inch gash and Frisco said Sunday’s show with the lioness tiger and bear would proceed as planned.
Richard C. Gall 14, son of a Middletown fireman, died from injuries after a bicycle collision with a car on Wayne Madison Road near Trenton. He died at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton after being rushed there by deputies. Coffee Jr. 16, Ironton, drove the car involved. investigation ongoing. The death toll in Butler County rises to four for the year.
A deep underground transcontinental cable will be completed next year with secret terminal points and depth. The Arizona Daily Sun notes work extends through northern Arizona and aims to provide calamity proof communications including nuclear-explosion resilience. Funding coincided with the Telstar satellite project.
Richard Barthelmess, 68, matinee idol of the silent screen era, died Saturday of throat cancer at his summer home on Long Island. He starred in 76 films from 1916 to 1942 including Broken Blossoms Way Down East and Telable David, with leading ladies Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Mary Astor and Lila Lee. Barthelmess had complained in a New York paper about being called the late Mr Barthelmess.
A witty line notes that the dollar has looked the same for ten years, arguing that appearances can mislead. The quip frames economic change as a visual illusion and keeps a light, humorous tone.
States Telephone and Telegraph Co branch outlines a covert underground network bypassing major cities. The project includes about 4009 miles of coaxial cable 900 amplifier stations and nine centers tied to existing routes with reinforced concrete shelters and fallout protection. Bell Telephone Co reportedly spends over 200 million on similar efforts.
Meredith, 30, from Kosciusko, will receive a Bachelor of Arts in political science at Ole Miss in Oxford amid political contest. The Mississippi State College Board voted 6-5 to grant the degree after Gov. Barnett sought to block it, citing a controversial statement Meredith issued last June.
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