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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1963
Page
20
A reader asks if investing in drug stocks should continue as his son enters college. The advisor cautions against letting sentiment drive stock choices and warns against overconcentration in any single sector.
State Auditor reports 1962 total property valuation in Ohio at 29.3 billion across real estate public utilities and tangible personal property up 2.7 percent. Butler 609.3 million Warren 135.1 million Preble 77.3 million Montgomery 1.58 billion. Details include tax valuations and county expenditures in Lemon Township Butler County.
In Cleveland 33 year old Paul J Wolff Jr a former commercial loan manager and treasurer for the Greater Cleveland Federation of Lutheran Churches was arrested after church officials reported missing funds. He allegedly converted 2740 in church donations to his own use with officials stating 88000 missing. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for today.
Fifteen students from McKinley Junior High entered the Ohio Highway Safety slogan contest for the 1963 auto license plates. Entries must be under 100 words and mailed by April 15 to the Ohio Department of Highway Safety. Director Warren C. Nelson praised the students and urged continued focus on accident prevention.
Dayton area delegates from 23 governments set May 25 as the target date to create a proposal for a regional planning commission. Charles Harbottle of Miami Jacobs College was named chairman. The nine county area includes Montgomery Clinton Darke Greene Preble Warren with Butler Clark and Miami to be included later. Resolutions of intent exist for Montgomery and others. several municipalities have adopted them.
Charles Dearth, 18, Hudson Street, reported unknown person cut the top of his auto while parked in a vacant lot at Park Street and Second Avenue yesterday. Edna Wells, 1914 Winona Drive, said an outside mirror was broken from her car in the No 1 city parking lot yesterday morning. Raymond Sorrell, 1623 First Avenue, turned over a transistor radio and brown loafers found in Middletown cemetery to police yesterday.
A 27 year old woman, Miss Ethel Louise Page of Crestline, was killed when her car left Ohio 61 about a mile and a half south of Norwalk, struck a utility pole and rolled over several times. She was alone in the vehicle.
Norwalk Ohio AP reports James Smith secretary treasurer of Home Savings and Loan Co. and former city councilman died Wednesday night his funeral services set for Sunday in Norwalk.
Sterling silver valued at 80 dollars was taken in a break in at 311 Curtis Street. Patricia Lolli reported the burglary to police yesterday. Officers suspect juveniles carried out the crime. Detectives noted earlier thefts from Central and Taft elementary schools where offices were ransacked.
Felix Lee Early a retired railroad man walked 72 miles to mark his 72nd birthday. He averaged about 32 miles per hour of movement with a 45 minute longest rest stop and ate six soft drinks a roast beef sandwich and ice cream. Early notes he walks seven to 15 miles daily in any weather and has traveled through 32 states and six foreign countries following his doctor’s advice to stay active. He plans to keep walking until he dies.
South Viet Nam authorities report 47 Communist guerrillas slain in Tay Ninh on Thursday and say a Viet Cong arms factory was captured earlier in the week. American officials announce two more U.S. casualties, raising injuries in four days to eight.
In Bihar state Gaya district, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims rush temples and mosques seeking survival as smallpox deaths exceed 300 in 242 months. The AP notes the outbreak affecting residents and travelers alike.
Prices for eggs and poultry at farms and packing plants across Ohio and southern Indiana are listed. Several grades and sizes of eggs are shown with per dozen ranges, while poultry fryers and hens are priced by quality and size. Also noted are potato price ranges and regional delivery to major Ohio cities.
In Butler County Ohio Dolores Hall seeks a divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty from Hubert Hall Case No 7656 with an answer due by May 11 1963 The notices also list Walter Leroy Davidson Jr and Jacqueline Davison in related petitions and city bids for boiler and uniforms with bidding deadlines April 16 1963 at Middletown City Building.
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