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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1962
Page
9
An editorial stresses parenting teamwork for school success noting 85 percent of top students credit their parents. It contrasts a mother who enforces routines with a father who fosters long term inquiry, urging balanced support and mutual cooperation to keep children on track.
A Nickel Plate freight derailment sent 12 cars off the tracks along Ohio 212. No injuries were reported. A burning chemical tank car triggered fumes prompting evacuations for two nearby families. Firefighters used foam to keep flames from a volatile cargo and prevent an explosion. A railroad official cited broken rail or axle as the derailment cause.
Confederate troops sang an ironic tune about goober peas meaning peanuts, reflecting wartime morale and social humor amid Civil War life.
Democratic leaders press for final action this week on two Kennedy era bills. Pension welfare fund rules and a jobless retraining plan move through both chambers with conferees to resolve minor differences. The retraining measure faces parallel Senate four year and House two year terms. The House also debates a 5.46 billion dollar fiscal 1963 funding bill for Post Office and Treasury, and a 25 million education TV aid program. The Senate has a 51 million retraining bill and eyes a GOP tax overhaul bill later. A UN bonds purchase bill is expected next week. A Preparedness subcommittee hearings resume on training and indoctrination, potentially featuring former Major General Edwin A Walker.
Cleveland AP report says a Sunday rally urged clergy from all faiths to back Willie Mae Mallory a 34 year old Negro woman fighting extradition to North Carolina on a kidnapping charge. About 300 people attended protesting her jailing at Cuyahoga County Jail. her habeas corpus petition was denied and bond reduced but extradition stayed pending appeal.
Repair crews cleared tracks blocked for over two hours by a derailment of a 76 car New York Central freight train in Gainesville Ohio. Five cars wrecked and one knocked down a Baltimore and Ohio car on a transfer track. No injuries reported.
A dense list of meetings and club events across towns. Highlights include MONDAY VEW Post 6405 at 7 30 p m at 1232 Garfield and Armory, American Legion Post 218 executive committee at Legion Home, Rotary Club at noon, Sertoma Club in Manchester, Battery AH74A Gun Bn at 7 p m Armory, Mayfield Fire Dept at 7 30 p m Sheffield Street Fire House, and several PTOs and veterans groups with varied times and locations.
Washington AP reports how Ohio lawmakers voted on the 263 million manpower program. Democrats for Ashley Cook Feighan Hays Kirwan Moeller Vanik. Republicans for Ayres Betts Bolton Bow Brown Clancy Devine Harsha Latta McCulloch Minshall Moorehead Mosher Schenck. Republicans against Ashbrook. Scherer not voting.
Blustery weather and heavy snow plagued the Midwest with drifts on six Iowa highways. Temperatures plunged from Canada as 15 below fell in Dickinson and -7 in Bismarck. Sleet and rain spread from North Carolina to Georgia and Florida with coastal rain from San Francisco to Seattle.
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