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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1960
Page
3
John A. Head, 51, a longtime Akron city councilman, filed nominating petitions to run for Congress in the 14th District. The incumbent Democrat is William H. Ayres, in his fifth term.
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Charl ton Myers a 49 year old Marion attorney was elected president and Wayne Shaffer a Bryan attorney was elected vice president of the Ohio Board of Education. The 10 member board sworn in by Chief Justice Carl Weygandt includes William T. Moore Francis Spicer Josephine Walker and others. Governor DiSalle forecast school enrollment rising from 1.9 million to about 3.1 to 3.2 million by 1970.
The American National Red Cross is a nationwide voluntary organization founded in 1881 by Clara Barton.
A U S District Court decree ordered voting rights returned to 1,377 Black registrants purged from Washington Parish rolls. Judge J Skelly Wright enjoined the White Citizens Council and registrar Curtis M Thomas from discriminating by race in voter challenges and ordered detailed compliance reports within 10 days. The Civil Rights Division said the ruling forbids applying different rules by race and will be used in Louisiana and other states to curb discrimination.
Washington AP report states Attorney General William P. Rogers appeals a Macon Georgia federal judge ruling that parts of the 1957 Civil Rights Act are unconstitutional. Rogers argues the suit targets state registrars, not private individuals, urging Supreme Court review.
Gen. Thomas D. White told a National Press Club audience that the United States is much stronger than the Soviet Union in military power and may have a slight edge in missiles. He praised U S morale and economic strength and cited the Strategic Air Command’s ability to destroy an aggressor’s war making capacity, noting uncertainty about missile-edge accuracy.
William J. Weil of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen warned that railroads face labor trouble if they offer a package for workers smaller than the steelworkers recently won. He cited wage and featherbedding disputes and questioned high executive pay while rail labor shrank.
Miami University students may enter the third annual Mary Eleanor Brandon Lincoln essay contest announced by Dr. Harris G. Warren history department chair. Deadline is April 15 and the contest is open to undergraduates except master’s degree holders.
Ilona Sasse, 37, plans to plead innocent in Berkeley California to battery linked to dog leash whipping of her 17 year old daughter Ursula Wecel. She is free on 1050 bail after a charge of child beating was reduced.
Former Senator George H Bender announces he will seek election as an Ohio delegate at large to the Republican National Convention. He says the party should offer voters a choice beyond a hand picked slate and notes Nixon as his preferred presidential choice. Bender blames party opposition for the exclusion after accepting an anti rackets role with the Teamsters.
An Akron man, David Morris, died Monday when his car crashed into a tree on Ohio 3 about 40 miles east of Akron in Washington Court House, Ohio.
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