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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1959
Page
4
Simon R. Sickle grows an Ecuador seed corn at 2014 Woodlawn Ave that soars to 14 feet tall, dwarfing nearby six foot ears. He says no special care used and plans to plant and fertilize next year to see what happens.
Night classes begin at Middletown High School with registration from 10 am to 4 pm daily and 7 to 9 pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Programs include night high courses in various subjects, non credit courses for immigrants and adults, and trade and industrial classes for workers.
Wiley Thomas Perry 45 of Atlanta Indiana died in Dayton Ohio September 2 after a brain injury from a head blow. County coroner Dr Robert Zipf said Perry was found Aug 18 north of Dayton naked and unconscious claiming three men beat him. He earlier faced intoxication charges, was jailed, then collapsed and died on arrival at a Dayton hospital.
Oberlin College will have a new president on January 1 as Robert K. Carr, a Dartmouth College professor and author known for civil liberties work, succeeds William E. Stevenson who serves as Oberlin president since 1946 and will pursue public service and other interests in retirement.
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore links 1958 uptick in Middletown property crimes to recession and juvenile activity. Burglaries rose from 131 in 1957 to 194 in 1958 while grand larcenies fell. auto thefts and petit larceny also increased as total crimes climbed 174 to 1,147. Violent offenses declined slightly with 5 aggravated assaults and 2 forcible rapes.
Governor David L. Lawrence of Pennsylvania denies joining Southern Democrats in a bid to unseat Paul M. Butler as chairman of the National Democratic Committee. Butler claims the school segregation issue is involved, but Lawrence says it is ridiculous to suggest he shares segregationist views.
The State Department and the Russian embassy will refer to the Soviet Premier's wife as Mrs Khrushcheva during her U S visit with the feminine ending added in Russian usage.
Wisconsin inventor introduces a Vacumatic device that improves mileage by jet ing and vacu mating on super charge principle. Auto, truck, and tractor installations are claimed simple, with the Vacumatic Carburetor Co of Wauwatosa offering free details to interested readers who write or send a card.
Soviet agency Tass reports breeders in Tadzhikistan crossed local tubers with South American varieties to create potatoes capable of two harvests per year. The development was announced by Finklay through AP.
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