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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1961
Page
24
A New York Metropo litan Motion Picture Club gala showcases amateur films with professional quality. Innovators used negative image dream sequences, dynamic lighting, multi angle shooting, and symbolic transitions like frost to sun to convey story shifts.
The van guard of 45 teen-agers with cooking talent arrived in Cincinnati for finals to crown the junior cook of the year. Finalists from 2 midwest and southern states compete for 5,000 dollars and a Europe trip. Ten finalists are from Ohio including Glenn Heyman, 15, of Metamora High School. The contest is sponsored by a supermarket chain and an appliance firm for ages 12 through 19 in states with stores.
Troy police arrest five youths on charges linked to a burglary spree across Miami Champaign and Darke counties. William Shetterly 19 James Perkins 18 Robert Daniels 18 Richard Idle 21 and a 17 year old are accused of burglaries at two rural Miami County schools one in Piqua and two in Troy plus gas station burglaries in Greenville Piqua Urbana and Pleasant Hill with loot under $50.
Police confirmed saboteurs destroyed a plant that made radio equipment for the West German armed forces. Officials say political motives likely drove the act in Munich.
University of Illinois education professor Harris Wilson warns one third of college freshmen are poorly prepared in English and remedial courses cost over ten million dollars yearly. He cites excessive teacher load and student reading habits as core issues, urging reforms in high schools and libraries, plus expanded English support nationally.
A reader asks about Andrew G. and Sunday school. Dr Crane urges early schooling, parental example, and gradual social acclimation with friendly teachers, cookies or stars, and teacher monitoring to ease children into moral habits and public education. He offers a “Test for a Good Teacher” booklet via the newspaper.
In China, young workers drafted for emergency farm labor are urged to rest but under ideological guidance. The China Youth magazine promotes a revolutionary rest involving reading Red novels, listening to stories from elders, watching revolutionary films, and singing revolutionary songs.
In Youngstown and Farrell Pennsylvania a Youngstown man shot two men in separate hours after midnight. Willie O'Brien age 34 is in serious condition at South Side Hospital while Albert Munday 41 is in poor condition at Sharon General Hospital. A 28 year old unidentified man from Youngstown is being questioned. police report indicate the suspect fled after the first shooting and then returned to Farrell for a second shooting. Great Bear lake is noted as the northernmost in a chain of Canadian lakes.
New York Post editor James Wechsler told ADA that the New Frontier reshaped the old alliance of Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans with compromise. He urged Kennedy to lead a bipartisan liberal coalition to move beyond the current deadlock and address the gap between 1960 hopes and 1961 reality.
University of Dallas president Robert Morris told the Cleveland City Club that 15 years of bipartisan isolationism has widened world slavery, accelerating tyranny in Cuba China and Africa and diminishing America's influence.
Congressman James Roosevelt clarified his position on Adolf Eichmann by stating he favors life imprisonment with no parole. The remark followed a Jersey City report that he supported parole, which his office later denied.
The National Labor Relations Board schedules a Mayfield Kentucky hearing on unfair labor practices against General Tire and Rubber Co. plant officials. AFL-CIO United Rubber Workers accuses leaders of interfering with union organization. A trial examiner will hear the case June 27 at the Grave County Courthouse.
Fire levels the general exhibit building at the Belmont County Fairgrounds in St Clairsville Ohio. Officials say arson was involved in a prior Aug 13 grandstand fire and both blazes caused about 15000 dollars in damage.
Budapest authorities limit homework for children ages 6 to 14. The Ministry of Education decrees 6 and 7 year olds may have up to 30 minutes, 8 and 9 year olds up to one hour, and 10 to 14 year olds up to two hours. Students should not repeat texts word for word except for poems.
Ohio reports a rising prison commitment total with 1,569 commitments year to date, up 3 percent from April last year. State Correction Commissioner Maury Koblentz urges creation of coordinated crime prevention agencies, stricter curfews, and joint research efforts to improve inmate programs. He plans to push for national convention proposals in Columbus this September.
In Delaware Ohio a Flint Michigan family suffered a single car crash on U S 23 seven miles north of the college town. Leona Newsome unknown age died from a broken neck and crushed chest Chester Newsome Jr 22 is in critical condition at Marion Hospital with multiple injuries their 2 year old daughter sustained head and face cuts but is not believed to be in serious condition. The crash happened at 510 am.
John P Manton aged 47 an attorney and former FBI agent is appointed Toledo safety director.
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams urged Americans to extend traditional hospitality to African visitors. He warned a single refused service could undo months of diplomatic effort and harm U.S. standing at the United Nations and in Africa.
Morris Pizer, president of United Furniture Workers, says President Kennedy’s famed rocking chair is non union made and that he told Kennedy in a letter three weeks ago with no reply. He notes union workmen in Gardner Massachusetts are producing rockers nearby.
North American Aviation raises total 43 000 non union workers including about 3 000 in Columbus. Salaried staff earning under 1280 monthly get 3 percent raises while 20 644 other non union employees receive seven cent hourly increases. Union workers had won seven cent hourly raises in previous contract talks. Plants in Los Angeles Neosho Missouri and McGregor Texas also receive the hike.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Brinker 71 pastor of Holy Rosary in St Marys Auglaize County was found under his automobile after a wreck on Ohio 66 in Shelby County. Acting coroner William Schroer ruled death a heart attack. He served Holy Rosary since 1941 and earlier pastorates included Hamilton Versailles La Rue and Piqua. Born in Cincinnati he had been visiting a sick priest in Russia before the incident.
More than 250 staff members at the University of Cape Town sign a declaration urging a multiracial gathering of leading South Africans to set policy principles and organize a national convention of all races.
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