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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1961
Page
2
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore warns Middletown that selling liquor and six percent beer is illegal on Sunday including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve when they fall on Sunday. Permit holders must follow city and state law, private parties illegal, arrests possible for violations, and fewer drinkers out may reduce drunken driving.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his son Lt. John Eisenhower joined by their wife and relatives spent the Christmas holidays at the family winter vacation home in Palm Springs California. The visit includes Lt. Eisenhower and other immediate family members during the holiday break.
The Middletown Fine Arts Center received a donation of stock and money from Colin Gardner Sr. and named Art Center Director Walter Stamps announced today. Stocks have been donated annually for the past three years, and this year a cash gift was added. The Gardners have supported the center since its founding, helping it get started.
In Miami two banks run a goodwill Christmas promotion offering new silver dollars at 98 cents each, limit five per customer, aimed at helping customers fill stockings with a small gift.
Mrs. Lillian D. Sebald, chairwoman of the Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association, announced receipts totaling 25,292 so far, slightly behind last year’s pace. She urged donations before year end, noting two new X-ray machines and expanded tuberculin testing funded by the drive.
Nelson C. Collier 25 of Richmond Indiana died in a crash on unfinished Interstate 70 near the Ohio line in Eaton Preble County. His body was found noon in a demolished car after it struck an earth moving machine while passing a road closed sign. Two boys nearby discovered the wreck. the car clock stopped at 445 AM, indicating an early Friday morning collision.
Washington AP reports Western hemisphere foreign ministers will convene January 22 in Punta del Este Uruguay to address the Communist threat to inter American peace. The Cuban situation will be the principal agenda item as set by the Organization of American States council after its December 4 vote.
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