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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1962

Page

2

Lassie Survives 37 Days Trapped in Michigan Pit

IRON RIVER Mich AP Lassie lived 37 days trapped 100 feet underground in a cavern after a landslide. Workmen tried to rescue her with a basket baited with dog food and clothing, but she would not enter until later found by owner Edward Moakler. The dog survived on rainwater and was pulled home once spotted in the pit cage. An automobile uses up 89 percent more gasoline at 65 mph than at 25 mph.

Iron River Mich Lassie RT PE Edward Moakler Constant Moakler

Sidney farmer killed by lightning in field near town

SIDNEY Ohio AP a 74 year old Shelby County farmer John Bon Borent was struck and killed by lightning Wednesday afternoon in a field 12 miles north of Sidney on a farm record unclear due to damaged text.

Sidney Ohio John Bon Borent Shelby County Here

Deaths And Funerals Joseph Blair Eaton

Joseph F Blair 78 retired Armco Steel foreman died Wednesday at his home 201 Richmond Pike Services 2 p m Saturday at Girton Schmidt Funeral Home Eaton formerly Middletown born Ireland 1884 survived by wife Olive son Edwin Hud son Norman Thomas six grandchildren four brothers James Maryland and Ireland burial Mound Hill Cemetery Friends May call after 2 p m Friday Burial Friday at Oswald Memorial Home 2 30 p m with Lebanon Cemetery burial also noted

Joseph FE. Blair Eaton Girton - Schmidt Joseph FE. Blair Middletown Armco Steel Corp Blair Richmond Pike Armco Eaton North Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Olive Edwin Hudson Ohio Norma Thomas Homer, Mich James North Ireland Eaton Masonic Lodge Presbyterian Church Friends Mound Hill Cemetery The First Baptist Cedar City

Funeral services for Mrs Virginia Metcalf set for Saturday

Mrs Virginia Mae Metcalf 31 of 3 Roberts St West Carrollton will have services at 10 am Saturday at the McCoy Funeral Home with Rev Herschel Caudill presiding Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery Friends may visit the funeral home Friday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm She died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton from injuries in an auto crash A Middletown native

Virginia Mae Metcalf Roberts St West Carrollton McCoyieffier Herschel Caudill Woodside Ceme Tery

Myron Kersey Dies While Picking Strawberries at Home

Myron Kersey 49 died of a heart attack yesterday while picking strawberries in the garden at his home 225 Mound Street. He had worked for NCR in Dayton for 16 years. A World War II veteran he was a member of the IOOF Lodge.

Lebanon Myron Kersey Mound St NCR Dayton IOOF

Baltimore prank leaves man shocked by teen hook incident

Herman H. Diers Sr recalls a prank by teenagers that involved a hook and an electrical jolt. The incident nearly dislodged his false teeth and prompted his quip “Shocking” when asked how he enjoyed the hook.

Baltimore Herman H. Diers Diers

Downtown Signs Change Sparks Confusion In Colorado Springs

City street workers planned to replace litter bin labels from Litter to twash in downtown. A worker reported seeing a woman mailing a letter at a nearby bow marked Litter, prompting curiosity about the odd wording.

Colorado Springs Cala

Noted physicist Hart Snyder dies after heart illness

Hart land Snyder, 49, a leading nuclear physicist, died Tuesday after a brief heart illness. On leave from Brookhaven Laboratory to work at the University of California, he was born in Salt Lake City and had ties to Clinton, New York. Edith Root Grant, 83, daughter of Elihu Root, died Wednesday after a long illness. She was married to Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Jr. and was born in New York City.

Berkeley Calif Hartland Snyder Brookhaven Laboratory Long Island N.Y University of California Salt Lake City Clinton Edith Root Grant Elihu Root

Beating Case Referred To Juvenile Court

A Roosevelt Junior High School youth accused of severely beating Richard Kenny 14 after school last Friday was referred to juvenile court yesterday, per juvenile officer Ptl Russell Dwyer. Kenny, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Kenny, was admitted to Middletown Hospital with a punctured kidney after being kicked in the side. several Roosevelt pupils witnessed the incident.

Roosevelt Richard Kenny Ptl Russell Dwyer Kenny Sidney Kenny Flemming Road Middletown Hospital

Sam Buru Wins Beulah Park Feature at Six Furlongs

Sam Buru ran six furlongs in 1 1 4 to win Beulah Park's featured race on Wednesday. He paid $39. Pats Folly finished second paying $5.20 and Cochee paid $3.20 for show.

Columbus Ohio Samburu Beulah Park Pats Folly Cochee

Space Shot Uses Radio Guidance To Guide Atlas

The article explains a GE developed radio command guidance system for the Atlas booster. A tracking radar, transponders, velocity system, and computer determine real time corrections just after launch. The system ends when the booster reaches proper velocity and is released to travel toward orbit. Brussels sprouts were introduced into the United States about Ian

Cape Canaveral Fla Atlantic Atlas General Electric United States

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