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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1964
Page
2
Vatican officials deny plans to cut the 458 year old Swiss guard as modernization of the church is discussed. Pope Paul VI notes ceremonial roles may change reflecting the papacy's spiritual focus while guards historically defend the pope, dating from 1506.
The Michelangelo Pieta will be insured for at least $10 million and packed in three crates for its 4000 mile journey from Rome to the New York World’s Fair. Two wooden crates precede a steel final case to absorb shocks on the statue’s first trip outside the Vatican since 1499.
Fourth quarterly distributions of 1963 liquor permit fees totalled 59 810 for Butler County with Middletown receiving 11 700. Statewide receipts reached 2 626 529 90 while Warren County got 9 968 20 and Preble County 3 700. Cumulative 1963 permit fees amounted to 10 235 723, up 952 046 38 from the prior year due to December 1962 figures being included.
A 1-year-old sailor, John V. Cheetham, killed his mother Ign 41 and two younger brothers Douglas 10 and Andrew 6 with a claw hammer in Highland Park New Jersey. He told a magistrate I am guilty after arraignment. The slayings followed an argument over money. Cheetham, a third class petty officer, had just returned home on leave from the Salisbury Sound in San Diego after being separated from his ship.
Firemen responded to two small fires. At 3 a.m. an overheated coffee pot caused a fire in the State Highway Department garage office at 3701 Tytus Ave with $125 total damage. At 10:08 a.m. a stove grease fire at Bar 28 on S Broad St caused no loss.
North Korea said it will return the body of a South Korean pilot whose F86D Sabre Jet was shot down about 30 miles northwest of Seoul in Red territory last Tuesday. The incident marks a rare postwar exchange involving a fallen combatant.
Orchids flourish across tropical regions with diversity comparable to daisies and milkweeds in the United States, highlighting their widespread presence and variety beyond cultivated settings.
Rites set for Saturday high mass at Holy Trinity Church for Clarence T. Abell 52 of 4415 Nelson Road an Armco employee since 1936 and activities adviser for the Armco Association. Burial at Woodside Cemetery with viewing at Schramm Funeral Home tomorrow 2 to 9 pm and Rosary 7 30 pm. Memorial contributions to heart fund. Survived by wife Louise two sons Thomas and Michael daughter Linda and six grandchildren.
Infant girl Infant Kuper daughter of Ward J. and 3119 Roosevelt Ave died at Middletown Hospital after premature birth. Twin brother Samuel Ray mond survived. Grandparents Isidore Merkley Louis F. Kuper and others. Graveside services set for 11 30 a m tomorrow at Wods side Cemetery.
Nine month old twin Lesley Leis of Franklin died in Middletown Hospital at 3 15 a m shortly after admission. Survived by twin brother Wesley, parents Mr and Mrs Bernard Leis, and grandparents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Leis Cresley Road Franklin and Mr and Mrs Herbert Baker Middletown Rt 4. Services set for Saturday 2 pm Eaton Funeral Home with visitation 6 to 8 pm tomorrow. Burial in Miami Valley Memorial Gardens.
Albert Winner 53 of 133 S Main St Camden died yesterday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton where he had been a patient one day. Born Fre - donia New York he lived in Camden since 1958. Survived only by wife Betty. Services 2:30 p.m. Saturday at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home burial Fairmount Cemetery IOOF service 8 p.m. tomorrow 7 to 9 p.m. at funeral home.
Philip A. Hart aged 72 of 228 North East Street will have service at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Klaus-Weigel Funeral Home. Local residents are invited to attend the ceremony and pay respects.
Don Richards aged 70 a London stage actor from 1909 died Monday in Hollywood. Prof Andreas Finocchiaro Aprile 95 longtime Sicily independence advocate died in Palermo. Jack Diamond 54 Universal Studios publicity director since 1955 died Wednesday in Hollywood of a heart attack.
A New York Central passenger train from Cleveland to Cincinnati struck a truck at an Edison crossing. The truck driver Wallace Gene Carr was killed. A train crew member and a passenger suffered head cuts. The diesel engine derailed its front wheels and stopped beyond the crossing. A wallet at the scene aided tentative ID. The train was traveling about seven miles west of Mount Gilead under blinker lights.
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown a Republican candidate for U S senator said John Glenn entering the Ohio race would not change the outcome He favored Stephen M Young for the Democratic nomination in May and said he could defeat Glenn in November Brown suggested Taft Jr might withdraw and Bolton seek reelection in the 11th District to help the GOP
Police Briefs report James Reed, 19, of 362 Wayne Madison Road Trenton, arrested on Rt 4 for driving while intoxicated. Reed was also charged by detectives with forgery for passing checks totaling 224 at Mc Alpins and John Ross stores. Reed was released from Mansfield Reformatory yesterday.
A 57 year old woman from 1117 Bal was assisted by emergency squad after a 3 52 a m call. She complained of chest pains and shortness of breath and was transported to Middletown Hospital by Tri County ambulance in good condition.
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