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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1960
Page
7
Alojzij Stepinac lay in state in Krasic church as Yugoslav communists denied burial in Zagreb cathedral. He died after five years in prison on wartime collaboration charges and suffered from a blood disease. Funeral planned in Krasic with bishops and local parish members invited.
Ohio teen John Cajka aged 18 from Lorain was killed near Cross City in an auto crash. Gerald Wartell 59 of Chicago also died and several others were injured in the wreck reported by the State Highway Patrol.
The leadership of Yugoslavia's Roman Catholics chose Msgr. Franjo Seper as apostolic administrator of Zagreb until Pope John XXIII appoints a new archbishop. He was named by the Vatican to oversee the Zagreb see during the transitional period.
Lonnie Case, 37, arraigned before Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb on two disorderly conduct charges. He was fined a total of 100 dollars and costs and given a suspended 30 day county jail term. Case was fined zero and costs on both charges for creating a disturbance in a cafe and threatening Bonnita Burke last Sunday. Leigh Lovelle, Dayton, fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 40 in a 20 mile zone on S Verity Parkway in front of Taft School. A conversion charge against Barrett McGill, 63, 1323 Reynolds Ave, was withdrawn at the prosecution’s request.
In Columbus Ohio the Ohio Department of Natural Resources reports no ice fishing in the Lake Erie area this weekend because most ice has melted and the remaining ice is unsafe.
Winter storm left many sections isolated with drifts up to ten feet in Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. Milwaukee recorded 16.7 inches in 24 hours while Rockford and Freeport faced heavy snow and road closures. At least 32 deaths were linked to the blizzard including heart attacks from shoveling.
Three vanloads of pinball machines and slot machine parts valued at about 25000 were seized from Dover Novelty Co. George Markos and four associates were indicted on bribery charges involving Mayor Clifford Froelich. Markos pled innocent and faces trial March 21. Prosecutor James Patrick led the raid with John W. Gleason signing the warrant.
The Lebanon Board of Education completes pupil reassignment to elementary schools, aiming for students from K to 6 to attend the closest feasible school and avoid crossing main roads. Rural students will attend Francis Dunlavy School if capacity allows. The Academy Building will be closed for 1960-61 and kept on standby, potentially to replace Louisa Wright School if needed.
The country of Ecuador derives its name from the equator that runs through its territory. The geographic line shapes its identity and is a key feature noted in geographic overviews of the nation.
In Boise Idaho USSR magazine appeared on news stands sparking mixed reactions as hotel manager Basil Minullis initially pulled copies then relented and re displayed them. Edward Endicott said 250 copies were sent to distributors ahead of a Soviet official visit to the area.
An old advertisement promotes Ostret Tonic Tablets claiming to restore vitality for married couples aged forty to sixty. It targets weak exhausted feelings due to iron and vitamin deficiencies and promises higher energy and steadier nerves with Vita min B. The trial size is 69 cents, available at druggists.
Lancaster Ohio report: Richard Lee Rowles, 29, found crushed beneath a caterpillar tractor five miles east of Lancaster while securing the tractor on a trailer. Patrol said the tractor rolled off and killed him.
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