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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1960
Page
5
The 85-year-old Fritz Kreisler, famed for making the violin sing, has laid aside the instrument though his contributions to American music endure as a cherished heritage. City Hall honors him with a medal and scroll while he reflects on changing times, hearing loss, and his lasting musical legacy.
Miami Jacobs College marks a century of education with a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel Dayton. Centennial Committee members, faculty, and notable guests gathered to review the school’s 1860 founding, 75 000 alumni, and future plans.
The sealed VP seal for Richard M. Nixon reappeared at Capitol Hill after vanishing following a Chicago dinner. It arrived in an unmarked package sent back to the dinner chairman who forwarded it to Nixon’s office. aides plan to have a spare seal made.
Miami University will use construction reserve funds to finance a new Student Services Building likely replacing Anderson Hall after 1961. The $450,000 project would centralize dean of students, dean of men and women, student counseling, foreign student adviser, and student government offices, with priority still on the 1961 appropriations list.
New car sales in Butler County rose in January to 485 units from 396 in December as auto dealers restocked after steel curtailments. Ford led with 111 units including Falcons, Chevrolet close behind at 110 with 18 Corvairs, while Rembler moved to third and Buick climbed to fourth.
New York AP report says small economy car owners will receive a 10 percent auto insurance premium discount from over 400 companies. The National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters and the National Automobile Underwriters Assn said they would seek state approvals in 43 states to start March 1, with later adoption elsewhere. The cut applies to two car families with existing 25 percent credits and to drivers under 25 in the driver education rate program, but sports cars are ineligible.
The Navy's newest four star admiral is Vice Adm Harold P. Smith, named chief of naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The U S Senate approved his nomination last week. Smith previously received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Miami University on May 16 during a campus visit for the ROTC units.
Mrs Blanche Richardson sixty of Cleveland died in a two car crash on Ohio 13 three miles north of Mount Vernon. The accident occurred Monday and she was a passenger in the vehicle. Local authorities identified the victim as Knox County's inaugural traffic fatality of the year.
More than 100 Carey Sales representatives will attend the Philip Carey Manufacturing Co national sales meeting in Cincinnati next week visiting Middletown on Thursday Feb 11. They will tour the Miami Cabinet plant in the morning, then spend the afternoon at the Manchester Hotel with talks by Louis Ferlise and W B Evans before returning to Cincinnati. The 10 day event is supervised by M W Coffey and marks Carey s largest meeting in its 87 year history with seven U S plants and two in Canada.
In Common Pleas Court Jamies D. Ellis and James Edward Dunn sue James M. White for injuries from a August 1 crash on Anthony Road north of Germantown. Ellis seeks 26550 for scalp and shoulder injuries and medical costs, Dunn 5458.05 for head injuries and wages. A third passenger, Ivan Lawson, filed a separate suit last week seeking 6500.
Miami University will host Louis Armstrong nicknamed Satchmo in a May 4 concert at Withrow Court replacing the Kingston Trio on the Artists Series. The Kingston Trio’s April date was canceled due to revised tour commitments. Remaining schedule includes Ferrante and Teicher February 15 Roberta Peters February 4 the Budapest String Quartet March 4 and Alice Ehlers March 20.
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