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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1966
Page
40
Hosteling turns the world into a backyard with low cost stays in 33 countries. American Youth Hostels promotes dorms beds and shared facilities for 4 to 94, with memberships $3 to $6 and family passes $7, headquartered in New York City.
James H. Meredith told about 250 people at a Freedom Fund dinner that successful Black individuals lose touch with their roots and neglect their communities He urged unity saying Negroes must help those still in poverty while noting National NAACP head Roy Wilkins had ordered a cancellation of his appearance in Columbus, which the local NAACP ignored.
The Commerce Department projects housing starts will bottom this year and begin to rise in the second half of 1967 as credit conditions ease. It forecasts 1 225 million units by year end and 1 050 1 150 million units for next year, the lowest since 1946.
The State Department says Vladmir Kazan-Komarek appears well and untreated after a Prague jail visit by a consular official. Kazan-Komarek was arrested Oct 31 on espionage charges after a Soviet airliner stopped in Prague. Legal counsel arrangements are being made, CTK says he confessed to spying for Czechoslovakia.
Hollywood widow Yolanda Lewis sues the John Birch Society and radiotelevision commentator Dan Smoot in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging undue influence on the will of Dallas Bedard Lewis owner of Doctor Ross Dog Food Co who died at 62 last April. The December will left Smoot and the society $1 million each and Pennerdine College Los Angeles $1 million, a bequest rejected by the college due to a condition for Smoot to receive an honorary degree.
James A. Gentile of Armico re SP has been elected a member of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. He resides at 120 Harri el at so.
Commerce Department moves to publish interim auto safety standards for 1968 models by January 31. Dr. William Haddon, head of the National Highway Safety Agency, says the first draft will be finished next week to allow industry and public review before the rules take effect in January. He plans to discuss details in Detroit during his Tuesday speech.
The federal highway program faces a 17.5 percent cut or about $700 million as part of broader nonmilitary spending reductions tied to Viet Nam costs. States will receive around $3.3 billion, with the aim to curb inflation without harming essential programs.
The National Right-to-Work Committee plans campaigns in California New York Illinois Pennsylvania New Mexico Montana Idaho Missouri Delaware and Massachusetts to ban union shop contracts. The move follows losses for organized labor in state legislatures and Congress and signals a major battle over Taft Hartley Act provisions.
The Peace Corps in its fifth year trains volunteers in real settings from urban slums to Indian reservations and Florida Keys camps as it expands overseas. Brent Ashabranner notes that field training replaces lectures to reflect work in underdeveloped areas. By year end 53 countries include Micronesia and Paraguay will begin training next.
In Austin the President announces plans to cut federal programs by more than 3 billion dollars next year. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen and House Leader Ford express cautious approval noting potential impact on inflation and government spending.
Madrid sources report a national government drive to mobilize voters for the December 14 referendum on Franco’s new organic laws. The plan includes a possible liberalized monarchy, expanded elective posts, and a religion freedom program. The campaign uses letters, posters, and state media, with a national holiday likely to boost turnout.
Ohio soldiers from Richland Licking and Montgomery counties listed as killed in Vietnam on the Defense Department casualty list. Specialists Norman C. Farris Ray E. Johnson and Lester E. Unger Jr. are identified with their family locations in Mansfield Alexandria Centerville and related addresses.
Navy Lt Cmdr Wynn Foster, a Viet Nam veteran who flew 235 combat missions, visited Jerome Arizona for a Wynn Foster day. Mayor Tony Lozano presented a copper city key to the homecoming pilot who lost his right arm in combat. Foster and his wife with three children spent Thanksgiving with his mother in Jerome, a once booming copper town now quiet.
Wickes Corp reports sales of 214 148 646 for the first three quarters of 1966 and net income of 6 920 942 for the 39 week period. The board declares a 25 cent quarterly dividend payable December 9 to shareholders of record November 15. company HQ is in Saginaw Michigan and operates a retail outlet in Monroe.
Funeral notices list Andrew A. Andy 61 of 315 N Grimes St died at Middletown Hospital Friday November 26 at 906 am. Wife Mae Anderson. Services at Joseph R Baker & Sons with memorials Lincoln Lodge 3 F and AM. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Also Ida Barr 70 of Elk Creek Road died at Middletown Hospital November 24. Services and interment at Butler Memorial Park Cemetery. Guy Thomas 76 of 624 Cataipea Avenue died in Rest Home Hamilton Ohio. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Service details and times provided by Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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