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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1960
Page
2
A House bill to let the federal government withhold city income taxes from teen employees may not apply to Middletown for now. It would expand to cities over 50 000 in four states and cover nonresident workers and federal installations within five miles, affecting about eight federal employees.
A two year old lioness slipped from her collar and roamed the empty El Capitan Theater in Hollywood for nearly an hour. She ripped the stage curtain and damaged costumes before surrendering to trainer Harriet Beatty.
Obituary notices for Charles H. Freeman 72 of 703 Clark St with services at Riggs Funeral Home and burial at Woodside Cemetery. Also listed are services for Mrs Shupert and Mrs Florence Pearl Young with multiple callers and time details, and other local deaths including William M. Vallance Edna Herrlein and a Hillcrest Avenue service at Brough Memorial Home.
Mrs Susie Slaughter Johnson 75 of 411 Cooper Alley dies Sunday. Services held at 1 p m tomorrow Riggs Funeral Home with Rev Rollen F Hans officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation today 7 to 9 p m.
Miss Edna Christine Kuntz 58 of 8253 Brownway Sa Cincinnati died at 6 15 am in a Cincinnati hospital after lifelong illness. Born in Middletown she lived here 51 years. Retired in 1935 after 15 years with the old Philip Morris Lorillard Co. Survived by father Louis Middletown brother Clarence Middletown and two sisters Mrs Freida Boner and Mrs Alma Appelmann Cincinnati. Requiem High Mass 9 30 am Friday at St John s Church with burial at Weonside Cemetery. Rosary at Schramm Funeral Home tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 pm.
Ray E. Taylor, 60, of Chicago, will have services at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery. There are no visitations. Taylor formerly lived in Middletown and died Monday in Chicago.
Honolulu memorial notes Rolf Armstrong 70 creator of calendar girl dies of heart ailment. Hot Springs mourns Cameron Deans 45 general manager died of heart attack. Charlottesville honors Milton Amrine 87 former Kansas prison administrator and publisher who led multiple institutions. Salt Lake City records J James Buck 74 Lafayette Escadrille veteran and University of Utah French instructor with French honors.
Buel Salyers, 28, of Columbus, was charged in Municipal Court with kidnapping after forcing two restaurant customers at gunpoint to drive him to Circleville on December 16. Victims were William B. Hecker, 23, and Robert E. Friesner, 22, both of Columbus.
Dr William Alexander of Peabody College told the Lincoln School Assn parent teacher group that citizenship should foster drive and motivation as well as IQ. He urged home school liaison and skills in communication, fact finding, and healthy choices. The program featured a fifth grade puppet show on United States Flag. A memorial committee was formed to honor longtime Lincoln School teacher Miss Anna Cadwallader.
Erby Worley notified police at 9 10 am with a wet work pant pair and a rusting .22 rifle found in Barnes Addition. Mrs Ben Creech, of 17 Earl Ave, said to have spotted them in a field. Police noted multiple rifles stolen but no pants reported missing.
OTSU Japan AP former world table tennis champion Toshiaki Tanaka regained consciousness after a suicide attempt by taking poison in a hotel. Doctors said he probably would survive. Tanaka won the world singles title in 1955 and 1957 and was rushed to hospital Tuesday after the incident.
Police report no auto accidents in Middle Town yesterday or early today. The quiet day marks a rare lapse in traffic incidents for the city.
The FBI holds 22 year old David Harley Allen of Columbus in city prison on charges of sending an anonymous letter through the mail threatening the life of Mrs Dean Wright of Columbus and threatening to plow up her residence. He will be arraigned before U S Commissioner Robert W Newton.
In Ohio 229 near Mount Vernon an evening collision killed James Schlarer 42 of Marion. He rode as a passenger in a car driven by Henrietta Bluebaugh 60 of Mount Vernon. The other occupants were hospitalized.
Wittenberg University's spring term enrollment reaches 2 248 students, the second highest in school history according to Registrar Helen Haley, marking a notable rise for the term amid ongoing campus activities.
Jerry Edster eighteen of Franklin was released on bonds totaling 3250 after being held on two burglary counts and petit larceny. His father James Edster fifty eight and a fourteen year old juvenile face grand jury action. The trio is accused of burglaries at M and M Furniture and Phillips Appliance Store. Police recovered three televisions six radios and other valuables valued at 1000. The juvenile remained in custody awaiting authorities. The Edsters pleaded guilty and waived preliminary hearing in Franklin Municipal Court and were bound over to the grand jury.
Edward Westerfield, 50, a Elyria street department worker, died Tuesday in a accident while adjusting a bulky lift on a city dump truck loaded with salt. Police reported no one else was harmed.
A brief Reader's Digest excerpt urges lighter conscious effort and outlines three methods to engage the subconscious for solving difficult problems. It emphasizes letting the wiser mind assist in problem solving and reduces overstraining the conscious mind.
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