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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1960
Page
8
Checks totaling about 850 million dollars were mailed to 13 percent of Americans to end 20 years of monthly social security benefits. Since 1960 over 21 million beneficiaries have received 50.4 billion dollars, including survivors, disabled workers, and dependents. A 3 percent payroll tax increase funds benefits, with higher rates for self employed.
Premier Paule Sauve of Quebec dies at his St Eustache home aged 52 after serving since September 10 previous year. Cause of death not released. Abbe Andre Racine says last rites were administered by Rev Louis Roodrique.
A two car collision on Ohio 56 near Mount Sterling left Betty Zane Goodman 39 of Maysville dead and eight others injured. Floyd Goodman 49 and Helen Carter 41 sustained injuries along with four Carter children Judy 17 Thomas 15 Richard 10 and June 6 all treated at Mt. Carmel Hospital.
Cleveland report on aging notes high medical costs and housing burdens for seniors. Senate subcommittee findings quoted Sidney Spector report 16 million Americans over 65 earn less than 1000 dollars yearly. Medical bills run about twice post sixty five, with widows on limited Social Security averaging 56 dollars monthly.
George Alexander Walters 86 longtime inventor and public official died Friday in Fairfield Conn He created the stop and go traffic light system while serving as Detroit deputy police commissioner 1912–1922 He also pushed Michigan Driver License Law Negligent Homicide Act accident investigation bureaus safety zones and school public education programs
A severe heat wave hit eastern and central Australia with a record 123 degrees at Oonadatta. Beaches were crowded as residents sought relief from the extreme heat across major cities.
Margaret Emerson, 76, socialite and daughter of Isaac Emerson of Emerson Drug Co, died after a heart attack at her Fifth Avenue home. She had four marriages including Alfred Vanderbilt, who perished on the Lusitania in 1915. later husbands were Raymond Baker and Charles Amory, with a divorce from each and a return to her maiden name.
Seven boys aged 10 to 16, part of the Tommy Took It club in Thomasville Georgia, were arrested Friday and jailed for juvenile authorities review. Lt. R J Ramsey said the group vowed to confess when questioned saying I didn't steal it Tommy took it.
AP reports more than 8,000 people killed on Japanese highways in the first ten months of 1959, up 22 percent from 1958, with about 188,100 injured according to the national police.
The Aletsch glacier in Switzerland lies between the Finsteraarhorn the Jungfrau and Aletschhorn groups forming the high Bernese Oberland ridge.
Nine people were killed in a head on collision in South Bay Florida. The wreck involved a real estate firm wagon bound for Fort Myers to view home sites and a southbound car. Trooper George Emerson described the crash as the worst he had seen with multiple fatalities.
Koehler of the Railroad Community Committee reports Butler County paid 215 880 in railroad property taxes for 1958, up from 122 686 in 1959, with 151 676 designated for public roads. Ohio railroads statewide show property taxes nearly doubled over the past decade while freight ton miles fell about 10 percent and passenger miles about 50 percent.
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