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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Page
8
An ABC guide to filing 1964 income tax returns notes new minimum standard deduction and how forms 1040 1040A and 140A fit income levels and filing status. It covers exemptions self employment tax and choosing between itemized standard or minimum deductions.
Veteran Spec. 5 Jesse A. Pyle of Marina California died after he surprised Viet Cong infiltrators at a Pleiku air base listening post. Eight Americans were killed and over 100 wounded in the attack and mortar barrage. Pyle's actions helped prevent greater loss as he died en route to the infirmary. His wife and three daughters remain in Marina.
The GI cartoonist Bill Mauldin, visiting his son Bruce, a 22 year old helicopter pilot at Pleiku, was woken about 2 a.m. by the attack. Col. Hughes and Lt. Col. John C. Hughes of Herrin Illinois rushed to respond.
An indicted Ohio man Billy Ray Babson and his wife Janet face first degree murder charges in the New Year’s Eve slaying of Tampa Patrolman William D. Kirikawa during a clothing store burglary. Judge Oliver C. Maxwell denied bail for Babson. Janet Babson posted $18,000 bond and returned to Ohio.
Mead Corp reported 1964 sales totaling $509.5 million, first time above half a billion, up 7 percent from 1963’s $474 million. Net earnings reached $17.8 million, with earnings per share at $3.03, per chairman Howard E. Whitaker announced from preliminary figures.
The wool of the Angora rabbit is valued for its length softness luster and fineness. The text notes desirable properties driving its commercial appeal and potential uses in fabrics and garments.
The Associated Press reports Ohio recorded at least 17 traffic fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, the worst in the young year. Fires claimed two lives and one person drowned attempting to rescue a cow. the prior New Year weekend saw over 20 deaths.
George Geary and his wife Katherine of New Miami were involved in a collision with a utility pole. Sherman McCourt of Coldwater crashed into a tree in Mercer County. John Darby, 6, perished in a home fire in Whitehall. Betty and Mary Martin, both 13, were in a two car crash near Canton en route to a junior high dance. Dale Dichelberger and Mildred of Hebron died in a car-truck collision near Newcomerstown. Carl Nobis, 74, of Amelia drowned trying to rescue a cow through ice in Clermont County. Sunday Qakey Mitchell, 34, of West Portsmouth, ran off Ohio 73 and crashed near Portsmouth.
Ohio House set tonight to begin hearings on a bill raising the state sales tax from three to four percent. Gov. Rhodes opposes the measure, which would fund public education with about 116 million dollars annually. Education groups and rural lawmakers weigh amendments as parochial and private school bus access tops the agenda.
James R. Jose resigns as registrar and administrative assistant at Mount Union College effective July 1 to become assistant dean of the School International Service at American University in Washington DC. He is a 1960 Mount Union graduate and joined the college staff in 1963.
Middletown High School will host two assemblies for students to hear Chester Hodges of Cincinnati Gas & Electric discuss his Near East travels. Hodges will show color pictures from the Holy Land as a U S. Masonsc representative. Hermat H. Lawrence says the large enrollment requires separate junior senior and sophomore sessions.
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