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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1961
Page
6
The Coast Guard plans to replace aging lightships with fixed towers at key U S sites including near Cape Cod Canal. Towers reduce operating costs and improve safety with landing, foghorns and radio beacons while offshore oil rigs in the Gulf prompt modernization.
Washington sources say amid a Senate Banking Committee hearing a fierce dispute has emerged over Robert C. Weaver's nomination as head of the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. Builders warn enforced integration could ruin the housing industry while Weaver backs open occupancy and nondiscrimination. Weaver, NAACP leader and NYC housing board vice chairman, faces questions on federal power to push integrated housing.
Phi Delta Kappa announces January 16 meeting at the Miami University Center in Oxford. A panel discussion will feature Neale Bogner Jack Neill Harold Wright Robert Truck and Ralph Purdy as moderator with questions from members. Members include school leaders from Butler Montgomery Preble Dark Warren and Hamilton counties and Miami University School of Education faculty adviser Dr. James Pelley. All members urged to attend to finalize plans for the March initiation.
The second largest northeastern Ohio gas well was brought in on the Weiko Warpula farm in Monroe Two. James Drilling Corp drilled the well and recorded a natural flow of 7.75 million cubic feet per day.
Greta Thyssen, 28, files for divorce from actor Ronald Starr, 27, in Los Angeles. She says Starr embarrassed her by insisting on separate restaurant tables and refused to leave home to seek work, claiming no fault in her supporting him. The couple married in New York City on January 8, 1959.
Lee Wildermuth assistant office manager for Armco Steel iCorp will headline the Butler County Chapter NOMA management night at the Manchester Hotel He will discuss Managements Responsibilities Wildermuth is a charter member and president of Butler County NOMA and serves on the Carlisle Board of Education He has received the Merit Award Key for his work and ongoing service to the chapter
House Republicans from Ohio Indiana Michigan and Illinois pick Rep Marguerite Church All as spokesman for the area on the policy committee They re elect Reps Frances Bolton and Clare Hoffman as other policy committee members The committee handles party positions on policy matters.
The American Farm Bureau Federation at its Denver convention urged less role for the secretary of agriculture in shaping farm policy. Freeman, as Kennedy’s pick for secretary, is expected to carry out Congress-approved laws. The group favors the president outline first then Congress draft, with Freeman continuing to defend farm programs. Women’s suffrage is noted as a historical milestone.
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