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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1962
Page
2
Archie Yates a 58 year old house painter from Ashland Kentucky was found frozen to death on the Ohio River bank near Irontons business district on Thursday authorities identified him today as the victim.
Mrs Bertha Dawson of Columbus and formerly of Middletown died at 7 am today at Circleville Home and Hospital. She moved from Middletown to Columbus in 1945. Her husband Clay died in 1935. Survived by two daughters Vinnie Sweeney Waynesville and C G Milburn Columbus, eight grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Mrs Olivia Oliver died at 8 10 p m yesterday at home 907 Ninth Ave She was a Georgia native resident of Middletown 39 years member of Middletown Prayer Board Mt Zion Baptist Church Gospel Chorus Missionary Circle Survived by three sons four daughters a brother and a sister and 34 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren Services Monday 1 p m at Mt Zion Baptist Church burial Woodside Cemetery call hours Sunday after 4 p m and Monday after 10 a m Jordan Funeral Home directing
Mrs Evelyn Coleman, 53, of 217 Locust Street died at 6 50 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital. She was married to Orville Coleman and services are at Anglesby Funeral Home.
Charles E. Butts aged 82 formerly of 560 Morman Road will be buried after a service at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Colligan. Mrs Eleanore H. Wagonfield aged 73 of 267 Washington Street lies in state for a Requiem High Mass today at St Josephs Church.
In Minneapolis AP report, a rubber pig decoy at St. Barnabas Hospital operating rooms releases a whiff of anesthetic when squeezed. The toy is linked to the gas tank to calm curious youngsters, described as a gentler alternative to seeing masked staff.
Governor-elect George Romney of Michigan steps down from the Douglas Aircraft Co board. Donald W. Douglas, chairman, cites Romney’s new public duties as the reason for the resignation. Romney had previously left American Motors to pursue the governor’s race as a Republican.
Mrs John F Kennedy altered plans at the Junior Village Children’s Home in Washington and personally handed out all gifts available to the 700 children. She then ensured enough toys remained for all and visited District of Columbia Village to chat with elderly patients.
A Cuban deserter at Andros Island Bahamas claims Fidel Castro is losing support as Soviet troops arrive and the famous line he gave is that "The Russians took all the rum."
An underground explosion at the Adolf coal mine near Pomerace Aachen traps 200 to 300 workers. The mine is among the largest in the Aachen coal basin with about 2,289 employees. Officials have not confirmed the casualty estimates.
In Pretoria police reinforced patrols after a racial clash where a white officer was hacked to death and seven Africans died. Three white policemen and six Africans were hospitalized as officers boarded a train to search 32 Africans suspected of weapon possession. Guns and knives surfaced as fighting spread through the railway station and streets.
The American Civil Liberties Union warns of a rising trend in the United States to suppress dissent, calling free inquiry essential to peace amid fears of totalitarianism. The 42nd annual report, presented at National Archives for Bill of Rights Day, notes 61,000 members and a push for unrestricted debate as truth’s path.
James B. Donovan, the negotiator for 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners, hopes to have them back in the United States by Christmas. President Kennedy supports his aims and the Red Cross will aid, with no cash ransom demanded, as supplies are collected for Cuba.
Pfc. John A. Hilpert 24 of Columbus Ohio named by a grand jury in a true bill charging him with murdering Pfc. Daniel McGuire 18 of Coloma Michigan who was stabbed at a Nike missile battery in Chicago on November 27. Hilpert was taken by military authorities and later surrendered to Chicago police. Details of the stabbing remain undisclosed.
Police in La Plata Argentina arrested seven teenage suspects tied to a gang blamed for a string of anti Semitic assaults in the Buenos Aires area. Authorities said the youths had cars weapons and ammunition and planned to run a military training camp near La Plata with punitive castor oil for disobedience.
Mark Zborowski, a former Soviet secret agent and ex Harvard researcher, was sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison for lying to a federal grand jury about his knowledge of Jack Soble. He had previously been convicted in 1958, with that judgment later reversed on appeal.
Gov Michael V DiSalle said a White House meeting with President Kennedy was arranged by telephone after the November 6 election. He said he did not expect a federal job and did not disclose the meeting's nature.
Lexington Ky. city workers receive a 25 monthly raise affecting about 325000 added to the annual budget while taxes are cut. Finance Director Robert Johnson said the move is funded by retirement of 1 352 000 in general obligation bonds from 1933 for school construction and a sewer system on Jan 1.
Circcville report says Mrs. Bruce Rice of Laurelville welcomed twins at Berger Hospital. A son arrived at 11:58 p.m. Wednesday weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces, and a daughter followed at 12:10 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 2% ounces.
Most collars and cuffs in the United States are manufactured in Troy New York, reflecting the city’s production prominence in textile finishing.
An Ohio salesman and a former Detroit union official received federal prison terms for transporting counterfeit Ohio Turnpike Bonds worth $256,000 from Miami to Nassau Bahamas last year. John Jacob Samarin of Independence Ohio gets five years on two counts, to run concurrently. Samuel Marroso, ex business agent of Detroit Teamsters Local 247, gets three years in prison on one count and three years probation on another. FBI found the counterfeit bonds in Nassau.
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