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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1961
Page
6
Middletown Band Associates board of trustees will meet at 8 tomorrow night at 512 S Main St home of president Harry Davies to plan Christmas projects and activities.
A person who pretends to agree with another man’s argument to later show its ridicule is practicing Socratic irony. This device involves feigning assent to expose flaws and provoke critical thinking.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson plans a Texas tour for Bashir Ahmad a 44 year old camel cart driver who arrived with the Pakistan flag at the LBJ Ranch. The visit includes a Pedernales Electric Cooperative stop a neon barbecue Six Flags Over Texas and a Dallas State Fair ceremony then a Washington trip. American business men funded the People to People program linking the journey.
A postcard by Peace Corps volunteer Margery Michelmore sparked a student protest at Ibadan University College in Nigeria. About 1,000 students demanded the corps unit be expelled over her remarks on squalor and primitive living conditions. Michelmore apologized and offered to resign. Shriver said no action was taken yet, and she may quit voluntarily.
Cooperstown New York AP report says 16 year old Charles E Warner admitted fatally shooting his former chums Philip Lindroth and Howard Lindstadt both 17 after a long standing feud. Warner fled to a Big Moose Lake Adirondack cabin and was wounded by police during capture. Police recovered a pistol two rifles and a loaded shotgun with hundreds of rounds in the wrecked car.
The Middletown Aero-Modellers club votes to hold its first annual awards meeting on Sunday December 3. Seven special annual awards are approved, led by the Flyer of the Year for top points. The event welcomes new members, features model airplane displays, and a club activities film.
Lorain County man Alan Sebert, 30, of Avon Lake died Sunday in University Hospital after police say he tried to rob the State Theater opposite Ohio State University law school and was shot twice by theater manager Dominic Suriano, 25, on Saturday night.
Hamilton County deputies report a looted safe likely taken from Perfection Heating Corp. in Cincinnati was located Saturday by two residents, Richard and Ray McConnell of 99 Vine Street near Route 126. Papers and an envelope with $10 were nearby.
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