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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1961

Page

2

Berlin Border Traffic Remains Heavily Traveled

Report describes ongoing cross border movement through Berlin despite the Wall. At Friedrichstrasse checkpoint traffic peaks in early afternoon with 500 to 600 cars daily, including many foreigners. West German visitors and East Berlin commuters use distant crossings with limited but regular traffic, aided by a trade pact and special passes for essential workers.

Berlin Friedrichstrasse Peter Reidel Vienna East Berlin U.S Pfe Barry Woodwill Pittsburgh Checkpoint Charlie Woodwill East West Berlin

Episcopalians Seek Study of National Council of Churches

Detroit AP report notes the Episcopal House of Deputies approves a study of National Council operations and sends it to the House of Bishops. The assembly backs reunion talks with United Presbyterians Methodists United Church of Christ and Polish National Catholic Church while preserving council statements on social issues. The council includes 33 Protestant Orthodox and non Roman Catholic denominations with about 2 million members.

Detroit National Council of Churches Episcopal House of Deputies House of Bishops Congress America House of Deputies United Presbyterians Methodists United Church of Christ National Council Episcopal Church Council Interdenominational Cooperation

Deaths and Funerals for Mullins Boy and Jones

Services for seven year old Robert Mullins will be at Riggs Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. Thursday with burial in Westside Cemetery after he died from injuries from a hit and run incident in Peachtown Heights. The driver was absolved of blame perState patrol findings. Elmer U Jones 62 died of a heart attack at his Lebanon home on Main Street. He worked 16 years at Frigidaire Dayton and is survived by his wife Flora five daughters two sons a brother and one grandchild. Services are at Oswald Memorial Home at 2 p.m. tomorrow with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin.

Robert Bobby' Mullins Seldon Mullins Oneka Ave Riggs Funeral Hobart Byrd Woodside Cemetery Mullins Middletown Hospital Peasttown Heights Kiester Road Lebanon Elmer U. Jones E. Main Frigidaire Dayton Flora Minnie Campbell Betty Hopkins Shirley Hodges Sharon Peggy Charles Marines Fairrfax James Jones Leroy Waynesville

Services set for Mrs Josephine Egelston

Mrs Josephine Egelston 84 of 15 N Sutphin Street will receive funeral rites at 10 a m Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Russell Galloway officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 p m at the funeral home Mrs Egelston died yesterday at Sunny Breeze Rest Home Hamilton

Josephine Egelston N. Sutphin St McCoy-Leffler Russell Galloway Buria Woodside Cemetery Funersl Egelston Sunny Breeze Hamilton

Services Held for Mrs Kathryn Rhodus

Mrs Kathryn Rhodus 72 mother of Mrs Charles Palmer of West Middletown died Saturday at her home 3513 Old Oxford Road after five years of failing health. Services were held today at Marshall Smith Funeral Home with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery Eaton. Surviving are husband Melvin another daughter Mrs Walter Null of Oxford a son William of Oxford a brother and light grandchildren.

Oxford Kathryn Rhodus Charles Palmer West Middletown Marshall - Smith Mound Hill Cemetery Eaton Rhodus Old Oxford,Road Melvin Walter Null William

Hamilton Deaths: Pauline Huesman and Robert Umbaugh

Obituary notices report Pauline Huesman aged 92 of 963 Central Ave to have a Requiem High Mass at 9 30 a m tomorrow at St Josephs Church and Robert C Umbaugh aged 66 of 537 Central Ave with services today in Hawthorne.

Hamilton Pauline Huesman Central Ave St Joseph's Church Robert C. Umbaugh Hawthorne

Notable Deaths Across Nation Prompt Library of Losses

Floyd Reed Harrison 71 longtime Washington Post treasurer and director died after a stroke also served as Newsweek director. Countess Marguerite Cassini 79 Washington social figure of McKinley Roosevelt era died. Thomas P Madden 72 Notre Dame faculty member for 29 years died. Roderick Tower 68 New York oil broker son of former U S ambassador to Austria Russia Germany died. Alfred Haapanen president emeritus Soumi Lutheran Synod died aged ...

New York Floyd Reed Harrison Washington Post Publishing Co Newsweek Magazine Marguerite Cassini Washington McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Bucharest Count Cassini Russia United States Leg Cassini Igor Cassini Ashtabula Ohio Thomas P. Madden University of Notre Dame Locust Valley N.Y Roderick Tower U.S Austria Germany Houghton Mich Alfred Haapanen Soumi Lutheran Synod

Expectant Mother Killed in Columbus Car Crash

A two car collision on Hamilton Road in Columbus killed Barbara J. Stertzer, 21, an expectant mother and mother of two. She died at St. Anthony Hospital about 12 hours after the Monday morning crash.

Columbus, Ohio Barbara J. Stertzer Columbus Hamilton Road St. Anthony Hospital

No sure way to determine age of a hard shell turtle

The text notes there is no reliable method to determine the age of a hard shell turtle. It discusses challenges in aging such animals and implies uncertainty in precise age assessment.

Burglary Suspect Claims Alibi Buried in Coffin

Dayton police arrest a suburban Kettering burglary suspect after he allegedly broke into a store two weeks ago. He tells detectives he was buried in a coffin for 2% days at an Indiana fairground as part of a stunt, an alibi investigators doubt. He remains in custody for questioning on other area burglaries.

Dayton Kettering Indiana

Radio Moscow Criticizes Kennedy Disarmament Plan

Radio Moscow in a home service broadcast denounced Kennedy’s U N disarmament proposals as insufficient. It said the plan lacks abolition of arms and bases on others’ soil and dismisses wider independence struggles while highlighting only bans on fissionable material and space launch controls. It also criticized Kennedy’s emphasis on West Berlin in Germany.

London Radio Moscow Kennedy U.N. General Assembly U.S U.S.A Angola Africa Germany Berlin

Kennedy UN speech earns praise from both parties

President Kennedy received broad acclaim in Congress for his United Nations address. Senators Humphrey Mansfield Monroney Wiley Cooper praised it as powerful, statesmanlike, and candid, saying it reflected American will and revived prestige after Cuba and Laos issues.

Washington Kennedy Hubert Humphrey D-Minn United Nations U.S Cuba Laos Humphrey White House Senate Mike Mansfield Montana Mike Monroney D-Okla Alexander Wiley Wisconsin The United States

End Tests Appeal by Communist End Tests

The East-West International Atomic Energy Agency opened its fifth general conference in Vienna with a Communist appeal to end nuclear testing and pursue joint disarmament. Georgi Nadjakov, Bulgarian delegate, urged that powers avoid madness and warned some delegates resist reasonable solutions. Argentina's Rear Adm. Oscar Quihillal was elected conference president.

Vienna Austria International Atomic Energy Agency Georgi Nadjakov Bulgaria Nadjekov Argentina Oscar A. Quihillal United Nations

Gen Eichelberger Dies Pacific War Leader at 75

General Robert L. Eichelberger, 75, former commander of the U S 8th Army in the Pacific and West Point superintendent, died in Asheville N C after surgery. He led 52 amphibious landings in the Philippines, commanded occupation forces in Japan, and held key staff roles under MacArthur and Craig.

Asheville N.C Robert L. Eicheberger Pacific U.S. Military Academy West Point N.Y Eichelberger Philippines Japan U.S. Army Douglas MacArthur Malin Craig the &Th Army Australia Tokyo Philippine Islands Siberia Urbana Ohio

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