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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1960
Page
8
In Tecumseh Ontario a mother explains hiding her three children for 11 years to avoid stigma after moving from Detroit. Doctors describe Gordon 14 Glenda 13 and Constance 15 as normal but short. authorities consider possible action.
In Columbus, national DAV commander Bill Fribley warned that society forgets disabled veterans as time passes. He urged a four point program on hospitalization medical care employment and compensation, noting ongoing need for support and future convention plans in Seattle. About 300 leaders attended.
In Bangkok college scene students smoke opium via drinking straws. Police report capsule smoking uses opium flakes burned in tinfoil and drawn through ordinary straws, marking a new narcotics trend in the city.
In Taipei 29 children have died from encephalitis since July and authorities report 89 cases overall. The outbreak prompts concern as officials monitor the spread and respond with health measures.
In Hong Kong a Chinese woman has been unconscious for nearly three years in a government hospital. Doctors attribute the coma to cerebral anoxemia from a past operation and say the condition could persist for years or possibly end in recovery.
Dauphin County court declares Pennsylvania's 1959 movie censorship code unconstitutional as vague and inoperable. Judge Walter R. Sohn upholds challenges by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., William Goldman Theaters Inc., and the Pennsylvania Association of Amusement Industries. State plans an appeal.
The moderate Democrats hold a two bloc victory in South Korea's freeselection with about equal seats for Chang and Yoon factions. They secure a two thirds majority in the House, raise inflation fight, and propose economic reforms including a third of the 600,000 man army as a step to stabilize the economy.
Five year old Richard Mohr, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Mohr of Shreve, was killed Saturday when the bicycle he rode was struck by an automobile on Ohio 226 about two blocks from his home.
Mary Quickle 32 admits shooting Jack Quickle 35 in their Hilltop home after a quarrel. Detectives found him dead beside the bed. She initially said amnesia then stated I must have shot him. She had worked at Timken Roller Bearing Co and her alibi involved bar visits with coworkers. She is held for homicide investigation.
A rockslide on Mt Blanc in Chamonix France killed a woman, raising the year’s climber death toll in the French Alps to five.
Osbaldwick England AP report says Rev Anthony Barnard of Osbaldwick Anglican Church warns he will refuse Christian burial to motorists killed while drunk careless or showing off. He says such deaths are moral responsibility and do not deserve a Christian ticket to heaven.
In Toronto at St Agnes Church couples queued for marriage on Saturdays. Rev Christopher Difiore, a Boston-born priest, married up to ten couples per Saturday and performed about 300 marriages last year. Most grooms were Italian immigrant workers who had sent for fiances after about two years in Canada.
Police held five men on charges they plotted to maim to collect insurance. George Bryson masterminded the scheme taking out $3,000 in accident coverage plus unemployment. James Bryson James Rogers Walter Rogers and Thomas Tate aided the plot. Tate paid a $300 bad check as his share.
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