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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1964
Page
2
In Cleveland four women stopped two thieves who had stolen groceries. The women blocked an escape by car, fought off the pair for over an hour, and found groceries, car mats, and blankets in an abandoned vehicle. Police arrived later as bystanders watched.
The Associated Press reports four humans received primate kidneys since last October. Surgeries at Tulane Charity Hospital in New Orleans and Colorado General and VA hospitals in Denver saved these patients who had no other survival options. A 40-year-old man and a 4-year-old boy received baboon kidneys, with one chimpanzee kidney going to a female patient. Kidney function remained present at death in at least one case, and another patient’s condition was described as satisfactory after a baboon kidney transplant.
A College Night program in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church will host Broaddus College Philippi West Virginia presenting a new film for prospective students and families. Ed Schrock and Patricia Patton are highlighted in interviews related to the college and its programs.
An American fighter plane carrying two U.S. Air Force officers crashed during a test flight about 15 miles east of Saigon. The officers, a major and a captain, were not identified. The crash raises U.S. deaths in Vietnam to 166, with 92 killed in combat against the Viet Cong.
Funeral services are set for Otto L. Kirkpatrick, 4, father of a Washington newsman and AP teletype operator. He died Saturday in Milan, Indiana and is survived by a daughter and five sons including Richard B. Kirkpatrick, chief of AP Cincinnati bureau, and George Kirkpatrick, AP operator in Memphis.
Firemen treated Mae Mockabee, 45, of 620 Baltimore St, after she reportedly fainted at the Baltimore and Fairmount Avenue intersection. The emergency squad responded at 4:47 p.m. and assisted the woman at Middleton Hospital.
Irwin L. Taylor of 314 Yankee Toad, a steel worker, filed for bankruptcy in U S District Court Cincinnati yesterday showing debts of 2550 and assets of 230. The filing highlights individual insolvency amid local economic strain.
Jack Polish age 60 of Campbell died from injuries after being struck by a car in Campbell Monday night, the incident occurring in the Youngstown suburb.
Lebanon resident Nick Christos 64 of 119 N Mechanic St died at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington after six years of illness. Born in Greece he retired from a Lebanon restaurant. survived by brother Theo York. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Butler County deaths include Charles W Johnson 42 Oxford. Marshall Smith. Harrison W Burckey 74 formerly of Millville Oxford Road with services planned tomorrow.
Washington AP reports Anna Kelton Wiley eight year old suffrage activist widow of Dr Harvey W Wiley dies Monday in Washington. In Raymond Alta AP notes T George Wood seven and a half percent former general manager of Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd and noted church member born in England. New Haven AP lists Joan Dewan Danes three and a half percent widow of Yale Art and Architecture Dean Gibson Andrew Danes died Monday of pneumonia born in Toronto and raised in Beverly Hills California.
Amarillo in Texas Rus sell McLarry, an Arlington State College student free on $2,500 bond, has asked to explain the utterance threatening President Kennedy to a federal grand jury. If the jury consents, McLarry will appear Wednesday.
Edward G. Robinson Jr. paid a $156 fine after pleading guilty to drunken driving stemming from an August arrest in Hollywood. He was to stand trial but pleaded guilty and posted the fine on December 3. A separate wildlife note reports a duck hawk observed flying at 165 to 180 miles per hour.
Three persons were injured in a two car crash yesterday at 5 08 p m at Michigan Avenue and Young Street. Vesta Downs 41 and Henry G McGee Jr 27 were treated at Middletown Hospital with injuries. Downs car was a total loss and McGee car hit a street sign and wall. Mrs Downs cited for failure to yield.
An area woman reported an assault attempt last night. She entered a residence, was attacked and thrown to the floor, then dragged to another room before the assailant fled through the back door after she screamed.
On this date events include the question mark endurance flight in 1929 led by Maj Carl Spatz and Capt Lin Baarer landing in Los Angeles after 151 hours. Washington's 1789 election. the first Confederate flag unfurled in 1861. 1927 NY London radio telephone. 1938 Kennedy appointed ambassador to England. 1955 Marian Anderson at the Met. 1959 Eisenhower State of the Union. 1965 Cuban regime recognition by US Britain and others.
A preliminary trial date of February 18 was set for three men charged in the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. by U.S. District Judge William Heavy in Los Angeles. One defendant, Amsler, was granted a psychiatric examination after his lawyer argued mental incompetence at the time of the Dec. 8 abduction from a Stateline motel. Sinatra Jr., 19, was released three days after the kidnapping after his father paid a $240,000 ransom.
The Men's Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown will meet at the Firemen's Clubhouse on Carmody Boulevard tomorrow at o'clock to hear George Nichles speak on evergreen rhododendrons and azaleas. Nichles, formerly of Philadelphia, is now a member of the Horticultural Club of Cincinnati. Dues for the coming year are payable at this meeting.
The Rev. Cris Neely, dean of the school, said new registrations will be accepted next week. Classes began Monday at 7 p.m. at First Methodist Church.
A ten member panel of scientists will present a long awaited health study on smoking. The report will not recommend actions but will underpin a second study on possible federal tobacco regulation and trade.
New Brand Lists Tar Content reports American Tobacco claims an analysis shows tar and nicotine content disclosure should be made easily available by manufacturers.
Ray Nicholas was elected president of Local 336 of the firefighters union. Trustees named were Fred Berns and John S. McCue, with Virlin Whitt as inner guard and Paul Curtis as enter me. A wage negotiations report preceded the election.
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