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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1967
Page
12
The notice describes a daily fortune game titled Wishing Well. Players count letters in their first name, adjust the total to produce a key number, then scan a rectangle left to right to read a personalized message from the checked figures. This syndicate item credits King Features Syndicate, Inc. and notes world rights reserved.
Astrological reading notes strong emphasis on elder and superior dealings, with tomorrow offering good times for promoting ideas and clever displays. For birthdays, the year ahead looks very promising financially and career-wise, with April end as a peak period and cautions about June speculation.
On March 6 1967 the Alamo siege ended with Santa Anna’s forces breaching the walls and massacring the garrison including Travis Crockett and Bowie. Other notes recall Michelangelo and Browning births, Cologne fall to U.S. forces in 1945, and Khrushchev warning on nuclear tests. Westmoreland report adds praise for U.S. fighting men.
Four accidents were investigated by police since late Saturday night resulting in an estimated $625 damage. Willie J. Bomer 53 of 828 Ninth Ave caused one crash with a parked car owned by Willis E. Teasley 28 of 938 Eighth Ave at 9 05 p m Saturday and was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance. A parked car owned by Verneard Balwieg 55 of Dayton and a hit skip car in city parking lot No 3 at 1 40 a m yesterday caused $250 damage. Walter L. Moon 18 of 5148 Manchester Road and Damon Lawson 18 of 711 Orchard St in a parking lot at TyTus Avenue Verity Parkway at 1 40 a m today caused $250 damage.
Gene Ronto, 39, of 805 Eaton Ave, Middletown, was admitted to Middletown Hospital Saturday at 11 15 p m after a beating at the Moose Lodge 3010 S Main St. He has right shoulder injuries and the cause of the trouble remains unavailable.
Zoltan Kodaly, legendary Hungarian composer and folk music collector, died at age 84 in Budapest. He helped found modern Hungarian music alongside Bela Bartok, touring Hungary to record over 6,000 folk melodies that shaped his works and influenced Bartok. His US fame rests on the suite from the opera Harry Janos and the Psalmus Hungaricus.
A winter sports lodge for orphans in Bonneville France burned early today killing at least 14 boys. Six others were in critical condition from burns and injuries. Authorities said 6 to 10 more children were unaccounted for, with some possibly wandering in the woods or taken in by neighbors.
Joseph P. Kennedy, 78, father of a president and two senators, was reported resting comfortably after suffering a heart block Sunday in Palm Beach Florida. A family spokesman said he received oxygen twice after the episode.
Ohio University plans to hold classes as usual with supervisory staff maintaining services while Local 37 AFSCME AFL-CIO pickets threaten to halt the campus multimillion-dollar construction program. About 100 of the 1300 nonacademic staff attended a meeting that authorized the strike over recognition and dues checkoff plus a decent wage.
A man found inside Richie's Pawn Shop at 1:45 am is charged with burglary and intoxication. Harvey Lewis of 1209 Baltimore St. was identified after a tip to police during patrol. A separate burglary report notes a brick thrown through a garage window at Robert E. Brown home on 600 Stanley St.
The 18 story Fifth Third Union Trust Co. building in downtown Cincinnati has been sold to the Miller family of Dayton. The bank will lease back space as Fifth Third plans a new core redevelopment office. Built in 1900, the structure houses the bank’s main offices and the Miller family already owns several Cincinnati and Dayton properties.
Elmer Kidd of Hamilton waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty to second degree homicide in Butler County Common Pleas Court. The first degree murder charge for the Nov 26 slaying of Buford Wright was reduced to second degree. Represented by Hugh Holbrook and George Johnson, Kidd allegedly killed Wright in the Cottage Inn parking lot. Judge Fred C. Kramer presides.
Fire runs at 9 30 p m Saturday on Jefferson Road for Harry Dixon 77 taken to Middletown Hospital in fair condition. Earlier at 12 45 a m Deborah Deaton 4 taken to Middletown Hospital in satisfactory condition for breathing difficulty. At 6 55 a m lightning struck wiring at Curt Fox home causing extensive damage. At 6 15 p m a gas leak at Thomas Roberts home reported with no damage.
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