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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1962
Page
9
The paper notes that Wednesday's comic strips with ongoing stories appear on the left and should be read after scanning favorites on Page 19, as tomorrow is a publishing holiday for The Journal.
In Toledo area Lucas County authorities led by prosecutor Harry Friberg closed many fireworks stands and padlocked Banner Fireworks Co. A pending action targets Miller Fireworks Novelty Co. The crackdown pushed some peddlers into Michigan. Monroe County deputies arrested three men for illegal sales and seized about $2,000 in fireworks.
Total U.S. school enrollment for 1961-62 exceeded 1960 by 1,800,000 students. Kindergarten and elementary enrollment grew by 44 percent, signaling substantial growth across early education levels.
A dense listing of crossword clues and partial solutions from a 1962 King Features Syndicate puzzle. It includes horizontal and vertical entries such as President, effigies, silk fabric, tropical fruit, decay, and various others with numerous misspellings and garbled OCR data. The note also mentions solution times and the publication context.
In London eggs return as a political weapon with 20 arrests after 2000 protesters pelt fascist National Socialist movement leaders in Trafalgar Square. Labor MP Michael Foot spoke against German troops training in Britain, while eggs featured in a rally opposing apartheid in South Africa. Emanuel Shinwell, a veteran Labor minister, welcomed the egg’s political comeback noting its dull era relief.
In Norman Oklahoma a city election saw light turnout. Commission candidate Ray Barnard reported that one precinct gave him all votes, recording the only vote cast in that location.
Mrs Mar tha Seibert aged 106 credits long life to eating bread. She says she has always eaten a lot of bread and never refused pieces, claiming it is the secret of life and longevity.
Today is July 3 1962 the 184th day of the year with 1818 days remaining. Notable events include the 1844 US China treaty allowing trade and residence in certain ports George Washington taking command in 1775 Gettysburg Civil War 1863 Idaho statehood 1890 Sevastopol fall 1942 Truman ponies for Sioux 1945. Birthday notes to John Mason Brown and Dorothy Kilgallen. Thought for today quoting Moliere.
YOUNGSTOWN OHio AP Funeral services will be held Friday in Struthers for Mrs. Ethel Hull Miller Duff 73 a novelist who died of cancer Saturday in Salem Central Clinic She native of Hartford Township in Trumbull County and had lived in nearby Poland for 21 years Her novel White Saddle about a pony was considered a children's classic.
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