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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1962
Page
4
In Malaya a 12 year old deaf mute girl watches an American square dance while a leper boy makes a gleeful softball catch. Both are among 2,590 patients aided by Peace Corps workers in Sungei Buloh.
Two Peace Corps nurses Sadie Stout and Mary Janziti from Arkansas and California volunteer at Sungei Buloh leprosarium near Kuala Lumpur. They teach dances and softball to patients, including 250 children, while aiding in clinics and ward care alongside Malayan staff. The nurses praise patients’ resilience as superintendent Dr Browani notes uncertainty about future staffing.
First Lady Mrs. John F. Kennedy received a citation from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts for her genuine concern for the fine arts and American artistic inheritance. Dr. James B. Hester presented the award at NYU in New York with an informal reception to follow. Mrs. Kennedy, staying at the Hotel Carlyle, plans to return to Washington today or Friday.
French parachutist Gil Delamare crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover in 9 minutes while suspended from a 30 foot kite towed by a motor boat. He boarded a escort boat and returned to Calais in heavy fog taking 1 hour. A second parachutist Jean-Claude Dubois also used a kite and boat crossing from Dover to Calais in 74 minutes.
Ohio State University students voted two to one to pull out of the National Students Association in the largest campus ballot on record. The tally was 4,589 for withdrawal and 2,607 against with 881 ballots marked insufficient information after seven months of debate. NSA had held its national convention on the OSU campus earlier this year. Opponents say NSA focuses on political issues rather than student government.
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon told a New York audience that racial and religious discrimination harms the economy as well as society. He spoke at a dinner by the Joint Defense Appeal of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League and received their Human Rights Award for contributions to the nation’s welfare.
A concise aphorism notes that speaking for others' good is influence while others speaking for your good is interference. The line contrasts social dynamics and intent in communication.
Newark Ohio police reported Mrs. George Akin 66 suffocated today in a house fire at her home. Firefighters found the victim after containment of the blaze and identified her by name.
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