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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1961

Page

2

Ohio Fuel Gas to Benefit From $15 Million Pipeline Expansion

The Ohio Fuel Gas Co says a four state expansion by Columbia Gulf Transmission Co will add 52 million cubic feet per day of long distance capacity. The increase aids Ohio Fuel in meeting rising natural gas demand for homes and industry in 1961. Ohio Fuel serves over 1.1 million customers. The Columbia Gulf main line runs 41 miles from Rayne Louisiana to Catlettsburg Kentucky, feeding the Columbia Gas System network.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Fuel Gag Co Columbia Gulf Transmission Co Columbia Gulf Ohio Fuel Rayne Catlettsburg Columbia Gas System, Inc

Geese Crash Airliner Injures Pilot in Topeka

An airliner approaching Topeka collided with three wild geese, shattering the cockpit windshield and injuring pilot A. A. Rippey of Aurora. Co-pilot Rippey landed the plane and seven passengers were shipped by bus to Kansas City for treatment.

Topeka Kan Continental Airlines DCS A. A. Rippey Aurora Cole Rippey Kansas City

Ohio ends year with 282 million cash balance, notes outstanding checks

Columbus, Ohio AP states Ohio opened the year with a cash balance of 282,412,529, about 45 million less than December 31, 1959. State Treasurer Joseph T. Ferguson adds that the state also had outstanding checks totaling about 36 million.

Columbus Ohio Joseph T. Ferguson

Destruction of Pharos Lighthouse by 13th Century quake

The seventh wonder, the Pharos of Alexandria, fell to a 13th century earthquake destroying the famed beacon. The event marks a pivotal collapse of ancient maritime guidance once central to navigation and city life.

Pharos Alexandria

Deaths And Funerals Kenneth F Deininger 4

Kenneth F Deininger 4 of 2117 Hudson Ave Norwood brother of J W Deininger of Middle Pigg died about 530 am Monday at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati after a brief illness He was office Manager of the Ziffrin Truck Lines Cincinnati Surviving besides his brother are his wife Charlotta and two sons Funeral services will be held at 130 pm Wednesday at Vorhis Funeral Home 5501 Montgomery Road Norwood Burial will be in Mt Crab Cemetery p m Thursday at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with the Rev Clifford C Stearns officiating Burial will be in Woodside Center Friends may call tomorrow 2 to 3 and 1 to 6 pm The child died Sunday at Middletown Hospital

Kenneth F. Deininger Hudson Ave Norwood J. W. Deininger Pigg Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati Denige Decor Ziffrin Truck I Lines Wie Charlotta McCoy. Leffler Funeral Home Clifford C. Stearns Woodside Center Middletown

Funeral services set for 15 month old Timothy Fultz

Services for 15 month old Timothy Fultz of Middletown will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Reverends Eugene Wallace and Glenn La Velle presiding. Burial is planned in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. He died of pneumonia yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Survivors include his parents Stanley and … and siblings and grandparents in Somerville and Middletown.

Timothy Fultz Stanley Fuite Riverview Ave McCoy . Leffler Eugene Wallace Glenn LaVelle Woodside Cemetery Middletown Hospital Stanley Jay Robert Peck Somerville Alex Fultz Middletown Kimberly Ann

Charles W Hollon rites at Laurel Creek Baptist Church

Services for 8 percent Charles W Hollon of 611 Oxford State Road will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Laurel Creek Baptist Church in Trent Kentucky with Rev Lamp Osborn officiating. Burial follows in Trent Cemetery. Friends may call Riggs Funeral Home today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Hollon died yesterday at Middletown Hospital.

Charles W. Hollon Oxford State Road Laurel Creek Baptist Church Trent Lamp Osborn Trent Cemetery Riggs Funeral Hollon Middletown Hospital

Infant Mays Services Held for Donald Mays Daughter

Services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Mays index at a Gideon Road location and proceeded with customary rites. The brief notice notes family involvement and a local church community.

Donald Mays Gideon Road

Mrs Addie Creech Rites Held in Camden Burial at Fairmont Cemetery

Services for Mrs Addie Creech formerly of Camden were set for 2 pm tomorrow at the RC Nein Son Funeral Home with burial in Fairmont Cemetery. She died Sunday at Valley View Rest Home Hamilton after living with daughter Minnie Langevin in Hamilton. Surviving are daughter Langevin a son Clayton Eaton Rt 2 three sisters and two brothers with four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Camden Addie Creech RC. Nein & Son Fairmont Cemetery May Eall Creech Valley View Hamilton Minnie Langevin Weller Ave Cincinati Louis Langevin Layton Eaton Ollie Johnson Kalispell Mont Cartie Winhok

Service for Mrs. Margaret Evans at Otterbein Home Chapel

Margaret Evans 72 of the Otterbein Home will be saluted with a service at 10 am tomorrow in the Otterbein Home Chapel. Rev Ira C Clark will officiate. Burial follows. Friends may call at Johnson & Son Funeral Home this afternoon and evening. Mrs Evans died yesterday at the Otterbein Home. No immediate survivors listed.

Lebanon Margaret E. Evans Otterbein Otterbein Home Ira C. Clark Johnson & Son Funeral Agrnee

Eva Evans 73 Dies. Services Set at Cubbs Funeral Home

Mrs Eva D Evans 73 died yesterday at her home in Corwin She leaves three grandchildren and four great grandchildren The service is at 2 pm tomorrow at Cubbs Funeral Home with burial in Miami Cemetery

Waynesville Eva D.evans Corwin Ubbs Miami Cemetery

Obscure obituary notes list several scheduled services

Paul Mortique aged 45 of 1511 Hamilton Richmond Road has services at 5 am Thursday with Klaus Weigel. Frank Houser aged 72 of 1350 Old Ox ford Road has services at 1 am Thursday with Wood. Robert E. Mitchell aged 6 from London Kentucky formerly Hamilton has services today. Mrs Lulu Belie Moore aged 33 of 315 Dayton Street has services in Urbana.

Paul Mortique Ham‘ton - Richmond Road Klaus-Weigel Frank Houser Oxford Road Wood Robert E. Mitchell London Hamiton Proescuei Lulu Belie Moore Dayton St Urbana

Obituary notices for Leffler and Nelson

In Miami Charles D. Leffler 63 a retired admiral civic leader and Miami pioneer died after collapsing at the Orange Bowl. In Ann Arbor J Raleigh Nelson 37 founder of the University of Michigan International Center and longtime faculty member died after a yearlong illness.

Miami Fla Charles D. Leffler Ann Arbor Mich J. Raleigh Nelson University of Michigan U. of M

Interviews Set For Local Area

Middletown families will be part of an annual survey of consumers with a carefully chosen sample of American adults. Many interviewed last year will be included. An introductory letter will precede interviews. responses are confidential. Interviewers are Estella Shaefer of Trenton and Catharine Breeze of Hamilton.

Middletown Nance Estella Shaefer West Place Trenton Catharine Breeze Cereal Ave Hamilton

Staggering Duck Nabbed After New Year Chase

A Woodstock New Year morning scene ended with police capturing a drunken duck after a chaotic chase. Officers Don Liston and Tom Vernie chased the waddling bird as it dodged across icy streets and a snow bank before it sought shelter in a garage. They speculated the tame duck had some New Year eggnog.

Woodstock Don Liston Tom Vernie Liston Vernie

Miami University faces biggest year for housing and enrollment

Miami University braces for 1961 with a record enrollment projection of about 7,500 on campus and over 11,000 total across five centers. New housing, including Culler Hall and Women’s Hall No 8, will free space for upgrades and tearing down older buildings. The plan also envisions expansion in Dayton and Butler County pending the 1961 state assembly decision on higher education.

Oxford Miami University Miami Culler Upham Irvin Irvin Hall Anderson, Stanton Hepburn Hall East Pines Reid South Anderson New Stanton General Assembly Finance James Maloon Dayton Butler County Fairfield Upham Hall Millett Ohio

Ragtime Era series on Miami TV hosted by Max Morath

Miami University television begins a 12 part series The Ragtime Era airing Wednesdays at 830 pm on Channel 14. Max Morath hosts blending music history and entertainment with a view of late 19th century ragtime trends. KRMA TV Denver prepared the NE T Center production for national PBS network. The Mauve Decade opens the series explaining ragtime characteristics and era context.

Oxford Miami University Television Max Morath Morath Leonard Bernstein Krma-Tv Denver National Educational Television and Radio Center NET National Educational Television Network

Indonesians Buy Arms From Russians Amid Dutch Threat

In Moscow Premier Khrushchev met Gen Abdul Haris Nasution and Indonesian officials as Jakarta seeks heavy weapons due to Dutch forces in western New Guinea. Indonesians complain Western nations will only offer small arms until 1955. Cardiff Named Welsh Capital by Home Secretary Gwilym Lloyd-Georg.

Moscow Khrushchev Abdul Haris Nasution New Guinea Wales Gwilym Lloyd - Georg David Lloyd - George Cardiff

Ohio sees deadly New Year weekend traffic and fires

The Associated Press tally shows at least 12 highway deaths in a 78 hour New Year period in Ohio, with three fatal fires totaling 13 lives. Victims include eight children in Columbus, a mother and three sons in a Cleveland suburb, and several other casualties across the state. Accidents near Bryan and Warren Montgomery counties added more fatalities, while a long no fatality stretch preceded a late weekend count.

Ohio Ohio Department of Highway Safety Columbus Cleveland Associated Press Bryan Warren Montgomery County

Crash victims named in two-incident report

Arthur Stroush, 29, Rt. 2 Edger ton, and Patricia A Bucks, 19, Fort Wayne Ind, were injured in a single car crash at Edgerton four miles west of Bryan. Roy Brater, 66, Middletown, was struck by a vehicle on Citio 126 near Venice in Butler County.

Arthur Stroush Rt. 2 Edgerton Patricia A. Bucks Fort Wayne Ind Bryan Roy Brater Middletown Venice Butler County

Kennedy Win Tops Argentina Interest

In Buenos Aires President elect John F Kennedy was named Argentina foreign man of the year by the Argentine Institute of Public Opinion. His victory over Vice President Richard M Nixon was chosen as the story of the year, reflecting Kennedy’s high profile among Brazilian and Argentine publics.

Buenos Aires John F. Kennedy Argentina Richard M. Nixon Argentine Institute of Public Opinion

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