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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1961

Page

3

Kennedy to Lay Aside Housing Racial Order

President Kennedy plans to drop an executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in federally funded housing. Officials say he will push faster creation of a Cabinet level urban affairs and housing department, likely led by Robert C Weaver, making him the first Black cabinet member. Congress would need to veto within 460 days if the plan is announced.

Washington Kennedy Department of Urban Affairs and Housing Robert C. Weaver Housing and Home Finance Agency Department Congress

Man chops hand off in mental health case in Columbus

A Columbus man James Milligan thirty with a history of mental illness cut off his right hand with a butcher knife Tuesday near the shoulder. Police arrived as he attempted further self amputation. An emergency squadman struck him on the head to drop the knife. Milligan was reported in good condition.

Columbus, Ohio Columbus James Milligan Milligan

Seven Junior Achievers Attend Cincinnati Conference

Seven Junior Achievers left yesterday for the Junior Achievement Management Conference in Cincinnati to run through Friday. Attendees include Jeff Gilbreath John Martin Janet Ewing Kathy Cunningham Glenn Mullins Denny Hagen and Jack Miller. Highlights feature sales executive council meeting panel discussions and group discussions a stock exchange film the presidents organization presentation and committee reports. A farewell dance and talent night will round out the week with local Achievers participating.

Cincinnati Jeff Gilbreath John Martin Janet Ewing Kathy Cunningham Glenn Mullins Denny Hagen Jack Miler Stock Exchange Presidents Organization

Disbanded Group Gives To Doty

The East Middletown Improvement Association funds totaling 52.76 are forwarded to Doty House as residuary recipient. Bernard L. Gibbons of 510 Ross St says the group formed about 20 years ago by Ross Street property owners when outside city limits. The area has since been incorporated, dissolving the association.

Doty House East Middletown

Retired minister bound beaten and set afire in Michigan

The Rev. Roy R Decker, 70, retired Methodist minister of Tecumseh, was beaten with a ball peen hammer bound with rope and doused with fuel, then set in a fire at his two story farm home near Brooklyn. Police call the death murder and seek a suspect who fled in the minister's sedan after neighbors reported a speeding car.

Brooklyn Mich A. Slayer Roy R Decker Tecumseh, Mich Decker Joseph Liebherr Joseph H. Ahrenheim

Moonshine Drinker Fined After Police Find Moonshine

Franklin man Park Oney, 46, 3250 Pennyroyal Hill Road, paid $262 in Municipal Court for untaxed liquor possession and driving under the influence. Jamey Sims, 23, 1229 S Verity Parkway, fined $200 and jailed three days plus one year driving ban after a Saturday crash on Central Avenue. Judge J. T. Lamb presided over 14 intoxication cases from the holiday weekend, with several suspensions conditioned on leaving Ohio.

Franklin Park Oney Pennyroyal Hill Road Jamey Sims S. Verity Parkway Sims Central Avenue Verity Parkway J. T. Lamb Edward Frisch Germantown Road Ohio Frisch James R. Byrd Clayton Sr Raymond Hatton

Operator Of Still Is Fined In Municipal Court

Luther Bales, a 47 year old New Miami man, was fined $50 and costs in Municipal Court for unlawfully manufacturing intoxicating liquor. Deputies raided his home on Saturday, finding a still operating in the kitchen with mash beginning to boil. The cooker, coils, barrel and other apparatus were confiscated. Bales claimed the whisky was for personal use.

Hamilton New Miami Luther Bales Augspurger Road Bates

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