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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1961
Page
15
The piece explains internship training to quickly train subject experts as teachers. USC and Los Angeles districts pilot two to six week programs with provisional certificates and summer seminars. Interns learn classroom management and pacing, catching up to peers within a year, potentially expanding teacher supply.
A second Negro, son of a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People official, was approved for admission to a white school in Tampa. The county board voted to transfer Robert W. Saunders Jr., a second grader, who said proximity to home motivated the request. Earlier, A Leon Lowry’s son, NAACP Florida chapter president, was admitted to a white school for handicapped children.
Washington AP Sen Hugh Scott says defected East German police told him orders were to withdraw if Allies moved to smash the Berlin wall. He says Western powers could have knocked the wall down and that only a quarter of the soldiers had bullets, implying readiness to fire.
State Treasurer Joseph T. Ferguson announced the shutdown of 164 agencies selling sales tax stamps and said 42 more will close this week. One of his main patronage sources, the agencies are being closed with the abolition of sales tax stamps in Ohio at midnight Sunday.
Deputy James Maxwell on patrol found a break in at the Main Bar on S Main Street at 5 39 a.m. A door glass on the south side was broken. The juke box and pinball machine were pried open and change estimated at 20 to 30 dollars was stolen.
Sparks from an overheated stamping machine ignited plastics near the Pan Mac Nye Co plant and Medkel Nye Custom Packing Co in Akron. The blaze Tuesday caused an estimated 125000 dollars in damage to the occupied facility and surrounding materials.
A record 644000 Paris train passengers departed for the Christmas season, mostly to mountain ski resorts, surpassing December 2023's 559000. The surge reflects strong holiday travel demand and festive trip planning across the region.
HAL Humphrey presents the Fourth Annual Ten Worst TV Awards listing contenders across categories such as Worst Situation Comedy Worst Adventure Series and Worst Musical Revue. Notable picks include The Hathaways and Follow the Sun, with honors also given to The Wonderful World of Toys and Secret commercials. Winners include Gun Slinger and Window on Main Street with playful jabs at Bert Parks and Bob Cummings Show. No banquet this year as ballots are filed and winners prepared para.
TV and radio advance listings note college and network programs. Includes Connie Francis and Franki e Avalon on Steve Allen at UCLA with a Twist lesson, Checkmate amnesia drama, Perry Como and Caterina Valente New Year Eve early, Joanie Sommers with Bob Newhart monologues, Mona Freeman in The Bitter Sex on Steel Hour, David Brinkley Journal on Subways Are for Sleeping, and Hugh Downs hosting Jack Paar vacation.
In Erie Pennsylvania a two car collision on Route 5 about 15 miles west of the city near Girard killed Martin Nurmi 37 of Conneaut Ohio. Police identified the victim and continued to investigate the crash scene and cause.
United Nations officials charged that Northern Rhodesia aided Katanga in fighting U.N. forces. A scene witness said a Katanga air force bomber operated from Ndola during raids. Rhodesia dismissed the claim as ludicrous while the British Foreign Office sought an explanation from Sir Roy Welensky.
AKRON Ohio AP An automobile struck three boys walking along Ohio 18 east of Akron Tuesday night killing Lawrence Lonnie Ross 15 of Tallmadge. John Seeker 15 was treated and released at St Thomas Hospital while John Grubb 17 was admitted for a thigh injury. Michael Galik 18 of Akron is charged with reckless driving and second degree manslaughter for the incident.
Columbus attorney Paul J W Dickson filed petitions Tuesday to seek the Republican nomination for attorney general. He previously served as an assistant to former Atty Gen William Saxbe who also seeks the nomination. Two others, John A Lloyd Jr of Cincinnati and Robert L Marrs of Butler County, have announced.
The US told the Netherlands it will not mediate as a third party in any Dutch Indonesian discussions over West New Guinea. Informed sources said Washington will, however, try to facilitate unofficial mediation and bring both sides together.
The Transport Ministry authorized construction of Japan's first major passenger monorail linking Tokyo International Airport with downtown Tokyo, potentially ready for the 1964 Olympics. The elevated railway would cover nine miles in about 15 minutes at 36 miles per hour with an estimated cost of 27 million dollars.
Dr Winfred G Leutner, 82, former president of Western Reserve University for 16 years until his 1949 retirement, died early Tuesday at a rest home in suburban Westlake Ohio.
Fragmentary OCR data indicates livestock prices with bids around 15.25 to 20.00 and terms near 18.00 to 20.00. Unable to determine exact items, entities, or date from the garbled text.
Cuban refugee Roberto Marrero says Fidel Castro's government built an underground missile launching pad in Pinar del Rio Province with aid from Soviet and Czech technicians. He alleges a 60 day training course was completed and militiamen guard the site.
In Saltillo, Mexico 500 catkin growers began a hunger march on Christmas Day that swelled to 7,000 as it moved through Coahuila toward Mexico City. They protest low fiber prices from a Coahuila processing plant supplying high grade lubricating oil for export. Organizers expect 50,000 in the caravan and plan to seek President Lopez Mateos approval to manage the plant for higher prices.
Genoa stands as Nevada's oldest permanent white settlement. It served as the territory's capital until 1861 when Carson City became the official capital. The move marked a shift in political center to the present state capital.
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