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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1963
Page
3
William Joseph Fox, 23, of 25 Howman Ave., a five year village volunteer firefighter and council candidate, is held on arson charges after admitting to starting 16 area fires since March 15. No injuries, but damage may reach $100,000. livestock lost in one barn blaze. Fox was arrested near Speedway Inn after attempts to set curtains with gasoline.
Oberlin Ohio AP political analyst Samuel Lubell told Oberlin College students that Republicans can win the civil rights issue in 1964. He warned Catholic neighborhoods face conflict over integrating a Negro next door and said the South offers the greatest opportunity for a southern bid, hinging on Catholic voters and shifting loyalties.
A Pennsylvania truck driver, George H. Sparks, 46, of New Castle, died when his tractor-trailer lost control on rain slickened Ohio 14, hitting a tree three miles southeast of Ravenna. Howard Householder, 24, of Alliance, swerved to avoid the crash and collided with an oncoming car driven by Joseph D. Miller, 71, of Atwater. Householder and Miller escaped injury.
Dayton Ohio AP The Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council issued a statement favoring passage of state Issue No 1 the 250 million bond for education and conservation. The Ohio AFL-CIO opposed the issue which would be paid by extending a penny per pack cigarette tax.
Geneva Roach 42 of Canton dies from headon crash that killed two others. She passed away Thursday at Mercy Hospital.
Associated Press reports October 1963 drought relief in Ohio with measurable rainfall. Toledo 0.43 in, Cleveland 0.33 in, Dayton 0.17 in, Chesapeake 0.01 in. overall drought persists. Forecasts expect more showers as cold front crosses state. Fire danger eased on Wayne National Forest fringe. Lancaster reports rain may prevent rekindling. Columbus and Cincinnati set October records for dryness and warmth despite slight totals.
Severe wildfires ripped through Southeastern Kentucky near Harlan, scorching up to 6000 acres as prisoners from the state prison camp aided firefighting efforts. Across Tennessee, four Cumberland Mountain blazes covered about 8000 acres while winds fanned danger. Snow and rain soon cooled conditions in the East and Midwest.
Officials in College Corner facing a 18 day water supply warn drought may force emergency action. They seek Governor Rhodes to declare the town of 500 as an emergency area and plan to lay 9,000 feet of pipe bringing water from the Nike missile base near Oxford, tapping supply from Army depots in Marion or Jeffersonville. The base and Onsford reportedly approve the tap. The project mirrors last week’s Lake Grant pipe line. 144 volunteer workers are ready to lay pipe in four 12 hour days.
A male seal refrains from eating from spring through August during the mating season, surviving on stored energy and fasting for several months before resuming feeding.
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