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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1961
Page
13
In Liege Belgium the last strikers opposing the austerity program returned to work today. Socialist leaders of the walkout said they would pursue continued resistance through other means against the plan which includes higher taxes and cuts to some unemployment benefits.
A list of crossword solutions includes entries for hold back pain fat не at no time and organ of vision for the clue set. The puzzle mentions derive terms for ascend and other numbered hints in today’s grid.
Two people were treated for cuts at Middletown Hospital after falls on ice. Noah Powers, 42, of 2008 Breiel Drive, received two stitches on his chin from a slip on Wall Street Saturday. Gregory Lawson, 9, son of Mrs. Helen Lawson of 309 Renee Drive, had five stitches on his chin after a fall at home yesterday. Ethiopians regard Emperor Halle Selassie as a direct descendant of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
Cleveland AP reports Steel magazine forecasts this year will likely show steel exports exceeding imports by about 600000 tons barring a work stoppage. Last year exports near 3.2 million tons vs imports around 3.35 million. 1999 saw imports surpass exports by 2.7 million tons.
Police report William Oliver, 29, arrested at the Rebel Inn on intoxication and carrying a concealed weapon. Randall Kline says four wheel rim covers and outside mirror stolen from his car on Garfield Street. A candy machine display glass broken at M and M Laundry with candy bars taken. Curtis Nickell reports two beagle hounds stolen. Gulf station vending machines tampered with over the weekend, one broken with change stolen.
Police report a loss of 20 cartons of assorted cigarettes from Grant's Market at Woodlawn Avenue and Garfield Street. A change in an open cash drawer was overlooked, investigators said.
In Baltimore a Civil War centennial observance saw only eight participants braving 18 degree wind chill to honor Confederate Generals Lee and Jackson. The ceremony proceeded before a small press presence as uniformed figures stamped in the snow then moved to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument for a second brief commemoration. Edward Turner, chairman of the Civil War Centennial Committee, lamented that his plan had gone awry.
New York markets show scattered gains and losses across several sectors as 1100 AM quotes list Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, Phillips Petroleum, Standard Oil and Radio Corp among active names. Agricultural notes from Cincinnati report cattle and hog movements with steady to modest shifts in price and demand across weights and grades.
In a compact listing from Middletown securities firms Aeronea Pid and Crystal Tissue Co are noted alongside First National Bank, Serge Paver Co and Sorg Paser Co. Pid. Lou Blower appears in the snippet with G Ww.
Fragmentary livestock market notes show price ranges for hogs from 160 to 300 pounds, sows and boars listed with weight categories, lambs and common medium stock terms, plus scattered figures like 15.25 to 15.75 and 16.00 to 17.00.
Dayton Cincinnati AP reports egg prices paid at farms after candling and grading. Jumbo 41 cents, large 33 38, medium 35, small 24 28 cents per dozen. B large 25 32, under grades 14 20. Potatoes 3.00 to 5.90 per hundredweight.
In Palo Alto California AP Rev Leonard Rhoads a Baptist minister who admitted burning down his church declined the congregation s offer to hold Sunday service and stayed in seclusion at home A substitute preacher Rev Robert Rochelle led services and invoked for God s blessing on this church s pastor Deacon Claude Palmer said the pulpit is still his if he feels like it after helping raise 5250 to bail him out last Friday
Wil m Henry Branson former world president of the Seventh Day Adventist Church is dead at 73 in Glendale California He led the church from 192 to 1954 after a stroke last November He was born near Fairfield Illinois began evangelistic work in 1908 spent years as a missionary in Africa and China retired in 1954 and lived in Arlington California since 1959.
Ventura authorities probe a gas plant explosion and fire at the Pacific Light and Gas Co compression plant that endangered nearby oil fields. The Saturday blaze caused about $100,000 in damage and left six firefighters injured.
A cluster of short notices lists lost and found pets across the area including a brown and white female puppy near Hill Street, a black cocker in Park Place or Upper Srpee, a large black purse with contents to Blanci Halsey Dutt, and a red cocker spaniel Rex with Union Road tags. Also included are memorial notices for Marvin Paul Davis and Elmer Everett Fisele, with funeral arrangements and interment details.
A long OCR fragment lists deceased individuals including James Walter LeRoy Hoppy 51 of 2423 South Ave and Donald Gene King, a three year old, with funeral home arrangements by McCoy Leffler and Joseph R Baker & Sons. Others include Anna McCainw 89, Laura Mull, Elizabeth Ritter, Mary Prert, Carl Sohn, Pearl Moore Thomas and more. Interments, rosaries, and times span Woodside Cemetery Holy Trinity Church Calvary and Garden Manor Rest Home in Middletown. Funeral homes Schramm Wiggs Baker & Sons coordinate services and dates vary.
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