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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1962
Page
9
Forecast magazine advises efficient layouts in small and large kitchens. It urges placing the sink range refrigerator and dishwasher to form a triangular center no more than 22 feet apart with adjoining counters for work space. It highlights streamlined electric ranges new automatic dishwashers and roomy refrigerator freezers.
Two children were treated yesterday at Middletown Hospital for dog bite injuries. One year old Roger Bartraw of Bluffton Indiana was bitten on the face and 11 year old Dean Walker of Middletown Route 3 was bitten on the right hand.
About 50 members of the Full Gospel Assembly ended seven days in seclusion in Benson Arizona. Elder Richard Meeks said the group went into seclusion in their homes not bomb shelters. They previously disappeared after an Aug 19 meeting and had gone underground for six weeks in 1960 amid fears of nuclear attack.
A critical take on Hugh Downs as Tonight show host substitute lacking chemistry without Johnny Paar. Downs appears dull without Paar’s manipulative banter and struggles with ad lib pacing and guest interaction. The piece notes Downs shines only when promoting sponsors and hints at future hosting duties.
Suburban Euclid stores defied a Sunday closing order last week but complied on Sunday. Fairway Uncle Bills Joe Norban Giant Tiger and Bailey Co department store closed, though Bailey’s argued competitive pressure from discount houses made closure unaffordable.
Belgrade reports the Bulgarian Communist Party Central Committee ordered de Stalinization of the national anthem. The phrase praising Lenin and Stalin was removed to reflect heroic struggle, victory over fascism and capitalism, and faith in peace and world communism.
A two story brick wall collapsed on teens in an abandoned school being torn down in FASTON Pennsylvania. Fifteen year old Eugene Guzzo was killed when bricks crushed him as he walked a plank over a basement hole. Five other youths were injured. Firefighters and rescue workers excavated the victim for several minutes.
An engine failure on a two engine New York Airways helicopter forced a forced landing high over New York City. The craft landed gently in the East River near the Brooklyn Navy Yard with 25 passengers and crew unharmed. Captain Howard Higgins reported losing altitude on one engine and guided the craft to a water touchdown before being towed to a dock. The incident occurred five minutes after takeoff from Newark bound for La Guardia and Idlewild airports.
Tonight on WPFB FM a 12 year old witness recurs in a Lone Ranger murder. TV Channel 2-12 presents Cheyenne with a Mexican dictator scenario. Bud writes a yearbook piece for Father Knows Best. 87th Precinct features Peter Falk in a doomed murder bluff. Lucy Desi show screens a 1960 Ernie Kovacs film. Ben Casey shows a brain tumor case and a mental hospital dispute. Riddle of the Lusitania documentary explores ship sinking incidents.
In Portsmouth Ohio sheriff deputies recovered the body of 7 year old Tarea Vail Godfrey, one of two Scioto County girls who drowned Saturday in the Scioto River. The other victim, 14 year old Jacqueline DeBord, was found by skin divers shortly after the Lucasville accident.
In Washington the House and Senate confront a jammed calendar with 22 bills on the slate including a major $900 million public works measure and a poll tax removal proposal for federal elections. The Senate moves on a farm bill and drug safeguards while the House tackles rural housing for the elderly, bank mergers, internal security measures, and a satellite system. The poll tax plan would require a two thirds vote and then ratification by three quarters of the states.
Ambergris, a prized aromatic substance in perfumery, is derived from the secretions of the sperm whale. The substance forms in the digestive system and is later expelled, collected, and processed for fragrance use.
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