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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1963

Page

2

Jane's All the World’s Aircraft Calls U S Russia Equal in Space Rockets

Jane's All the World's Aircraft notes the United States and Russia reaching parity in space rocketry. It states Russia's space program faced recent difficulties and did not achieve orbital rendezvous with its space twin, while America's Mercury program surpassed its early goals with Gordon Cooper and Mariner 2 yielded valuable Venus data.

London United States Russia Jane's America Gordon Cooper Venus

Elks Host Annual Children’s Christmas Party

The Middletown Elks Lodge to hold its annual children’s Christmas party at the Temple 105 N. Main St Sunday at 2 30 p m with 50 seats reserved for Doty House children and staff. Santa greetings, treats, and Lubbers School of Dance entertainment planned.

Middletown Elks Lodge N. Main St Hugh Butler Doty House Santa Claus Lubbers School of Dance Elks Robert Wetzel Elks Lodge Walter Deaton Ohio Elks Lodges

Five Floor Fall Claims Dayton Man In Downtown Building

Dayton Ohio police say Stanley Potts 58 of Xenia Rt 2 died today after jumping or falling from the fifth floor of a six story downtown Dayton building where he worked as a warehouseman. Investigation continues.

Dayton, Ohio Stanley Potts Rt. 2 Xenia Dayton

Deaths And Funerals William J. Miller

William Jacob Miller age 55 of 4773 S Dixie Hwy Middletown died at 7 13 am at Middletown Hospital He was born and raised in Middletown and worked 34 years for Standard Oil Co as a consumer representative He belonged to Jefferson Lodge F and AM Middletown Lions Club and Standard Oil Order of the Century Club Surviving wife Carrie daughter Virginia Hayes Monroe sister Ruth Massie Hamilton and three grandchildren Services 2 pm Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev William Burley officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Friends may call tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 pm A Masonic service will be held tomorrow at 7 30 pm

William Jacob Miller S. Dixie Hwy Franklin Middletown Hospital Miller Middletown Standard Oil Co Jefferson Lodge F&am Ruth Massie Hamilton McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home William Burley

Counterfeit Money Warning Issued In Northeast Ohio

The Secret Service warned merchants in Northeast Ohio to watch for counterfeit money during the Christmas rush. Cleveland agent W. K. Deckard said three types of counterfeit $10 bills and one $20 bill have appeared, totaling 25 to 30 per week.

Cleveland Secret Service Ohio W. K. Deckard Secret Service Office

Prolific pulp author Robert J. Hogan dies at 66

In Miami Robert J. Hogan creator of the G-8 spy fiction icon died at 66. He began G-8 in 1933 and produced about 100 books over 11 years before moving to magazines and TV. Roswell Magill, 68, tax law expert and Treasury undersecretary in 1937 38, died in New York. Dr Stephen Wilson, 59, Wayne State pharmacy dean, died in Detroit of a heart attack.

Miami Fla Robert J. Hogan Hogan New York Roswell Magill The Treasury Detroit Stephen Wilson Wayne State University College of Pharmacy

Parties Banned and Kennedy Cause Stop Graduation Parties

Ft. Rucker officers rotary wing aviator course members collected 165 dollars for a graduation party but the base banned all parties in respect of President Kennedy. The money was sent to 13 month old Margaret Ann Langford, survivor of a train crash that killed 11 family members.

Montgomery Ala Ft. Rucker John F. Kennedy Margaret Ann Langford

Akron bans locker clubs legal liquor storage venue crackdown

Akron City Council outlawed locker clubs that offer mixes and food and a place to store liquor. They did not sell liquor, allowing operation after bars closed. the ordinance followed vice squad action aimed at a rocker club on East Market Street, which revealed lack of authority to close it.

Akron, Ohio Vice Squad East Market Street

Toledo crash victim Emma Parman dies at 77

Emma Parman 77 of Graytown Ottawa County died in St. Charles Hospital from injuries sustained in an auto accident on November 29. She was driving at the Ohio 120 and 163 intersection in Wood County when her car collided with another vehicle.

Toledo, Ohio Emma Parman Graytown Ottawa County St. Charles Hospital Parman Ohio 120 Wood County

The Torch Is Passed On Kennedy Assassination

A note accompanies a request for $2 per copy including tax for Kennedy material titled The Torch Is Passed and asks recipients not to send stamps. State is mentioned.

Demand Soars for The Torch Kennedy Book

Hundreds of orders daily pour into The Journal for copies of The Torch Is Passed, the Associated Press account of President Kennedy's assassination and ensuing events. The 100 page book, bound in dark maroon linen, costs 2 dollars, including Ohio tax and postage, and will be mailed to buyers. limited to orders via coupon, not sold in bookstores.

Journal Kennedy Associated Press Ohio

Fall Proves Fatal for Cleveland Child at Hospital

John Pepshalk of Cleveland, a five year old indigent patient, died in the X ray room of Metropolitan General Hospital after head injuries from a bed fall twelve hours earlier.

Cleveland (Ap John Pepshalk Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital

Lack Of Sidewalks Cited As Serious Pupil Hazard

Safety Council traffic committee reports a serious hazard on Manchester Road between Fenwick High School and Manchester Junior High. Charles Palmer cites hundreds of children walking daily and urges sidewalks, noting drainage and property owner petitions as barriers.

The Safety Council Manchester Road Charles Palmer Fenwick High School Manchester Junior High Palmer Fenwick Board of Educaton First Methodist Church

Newsman Byron Filkins, 50-year Cleveland photographer

Byron Filkins, longtime photographer for the Cleveland Sunday News Leader, Cleveland News, and Cleveland Press, died Tuesday at Huron Road Hospital. He covered suburban Heat stories for the Press since 1958.

Cleveland (Ap Byron Filkins Cleveland Sunday News Cleveland News Cleveland Press Huron Road Hospital Filkins Press

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