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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1960
Page
15
U.S. stocks show activity with major names including Westinghouse Electric, White Motors, Woolworth Corp, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Zenith Radio and other industry firms. Market movement noted amid fluctuating prices and trading volumes across sectors.
An Atlanta infant Reginald Wayne Bunt, age 7 months, died after strangling on bead strands while in a canvas swing. His father found him slumped forward with neck resting on beads after leaving him briefly in the swing. Police and doctors described the death as accidental, noting the baby appeared to have dozed and pressed against the bead strand.
Dayton resident Burns Wombie, 28, died from gunshot wounds received at his home. Deputies recovered a .22 caliber rifle on the front lawn. His wife Ary Wombie is detained by Montgomery County authorities pending investigation.
In Antioch California Artificial respiration revived two brothers after a sand bank collapse buried three siblings during a picnic. Michael 14 and Robert 12 were pulled free while Gary 8 died at the hospital. Father Robert McCurdy searched frantically as passers-by helped dig.
A compact stock and business notice lists Middletown Securities and Manchester Hotel with associated firms Aeronca Pid Aeronca Prior Pid Crystal Tissue Sore Paper C Sorg Paper Co Pf Lou Blower and contact GA 2 4571. It references New York Stock Exchange members and a local business phone listing.
AP dispatch summarizes USDA market activity in Cincinnati with cattle and calf figures, steers and heifers trading unevenly from steady to strong while many prices drift lower. Hog prices show mixed demand, sheep and lambs mostly steady with high grades firm, and feeder lambs quoted around 12 to 14 dollars.
Prices paid at farm after candling and grading include eggs by size. jumbo 27-34 cents, large 26-32, medium 21-27, small 15-20, B large 18-25, undergrades 13-18. Poultry fryers 17-19, hens heavy 15-19, light 8-12. Potatoes 3.50-6.50.
A compact listing of meetings and gatherings for Monday and Tuesday across Monroe, Manchester, Mayfield, and surrounding areas. Groups include veterans, fire departments, fraternal organizations, service clubs, and support groups with listed times and venues such as Armory VFW Post 6405, Monroe Fire House, Manchester Hotel, Civic Association, and local schools.
The Arab League broadened its boycott to nine American firms and stars Jeff Chandler and Danny Kaye for pro Israel ties. Twelve European and Asian businesses were added to the blacklist blocking operations or film distribution in Arab nations.
A huge balloon soared 25 miles above the earth Sunday to probe the stratosphere for cosmic ray data and radioed the results to scientists on the ground. Air Force teams in Bemidji Minnesota evaluated the information to assess hazards for manned spaceflight. Telemetry tracked the balloon drifting over Minnesota North Dakota and Montana at altitudes up to 133000 feet.
Two men were found dead in rivers around Cincinnati. One body was in the Ohio River at Covington across from Cincinnati, bearing a bankbook tied to Clarence E. Bell of Indianapolis, about 65, in the river 12 to 24 hours. The second body, badly decomposed, lay in the Great Miami River at Hooven.
Youngstown Police Chief Frank Watters seeks a detailed jail report on all known alcoholics to curb petty crimes. He cites repeated arrests, fines, and quick release. If reform seems unlikely, the city will pursue convictions under the habitual offender law.
James Singleton told police he was attacked with a hatchet after refusing a five cent protection offer from a stranger on a Saturday night in Little Rock Arkansas. He suffered a knot on his head and cuts on his arm and shoulder but was not seriously hurt.
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