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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1956
Page
2
Mrs. Elmer Wilson reports a two story chimney on West side of 1009 Columbia Ave loosened and collapsed at 5 a m. Bricks tumbled from the pillar as rumblings from sewer work on Main Street were heard. A contractor had reassured her the chimney would hold.
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp increased its board from nine to ten and elected S. J. Kuderer to fill the new seat. Re-elected for three years were E. S. Myers, Raymond Dadisman, and Louis T. Kenney. Lawler reported 1955 net sales of 19.8 million and profits of 745 thousand, with funds reinvested. Plant expansion at Germantown Road progresses toward completion by early summer.
Members of the boys and girls leaders clubs at the YMCA will stage a 7:15 tonight dress rehearsal for the Southwestern Ohio meet in Dayton on Saturday. The public exhibition features calisthenics gymnastics athletic contests volleyball and swimming. Sarah O Neil and Bob Laundy lead the groups with about 12 members from each club ready to compete in district contests.
The Appeals Review Board will consider requests for cancer muscular dystrophy and mental health drives in a 4 PM session at the Civic Association building. Representatives include Robert Driscoll for the American Cancer Society Allen T Roudebush for the Butler County Mental Hygiene Association and Veda McCray for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The groups did not file requests at the January first meeting and will present applications in tomorrow's session.
A burglary at the Gratis Drive-In restaurant Sunday night or Monday morning netted a quantity of loot and about 100 dollars in cash Deputy Sheriff John Stover reported two pinball machines and a record player were damaged Also taken were a case of soft drinks two boxes of cigars and canned foods The entrance was pried open The business is owned by Troy Mays of Middletown
A Middletown man Curtis Big June Williams 31 faces two counts of illegal narcotics for sale and possession after a Feb 11 raid on his 18th Avenue home. Co-defendants Haroela Walker, James Skinner, and Charles Byrd from Dayton also face charges with trial dates set for Williams, Walker to come tomorrow.
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore announced updated paint trim for Middletown cruisers. Three new police cruisers will arrive with white tops and black bodies, and a donated station wagon from Miami Valley Post 3809 VFW will join as cruiser and ambulance after safety gear is installed. The three older cruisers will also be repainted to the white top black body scheme.
Loretta Mullins a 20 year old of 1027 High St was hospitalized at Mercy Hospital Hamilton with a lacerated right arm chest and right knee injuries after the car she drove slid off wet Ohio 4 five miles north of Hamilton. Passenger Robert Bowling 35 of 1506 Pleasant Ave Hamilton received a forehead bump and a cut right knee. State patrolmen said the southbound vehicle lost control on wet pavement struck an embankment at 4 20 p m causing extensive damage to the auto.
Lake Okeechobee has fallen to 11.86 feet and continues to drop. W Turner Wallis, executive director of the Central and South Florida Flood Control District, warned the level could surpass the 1932 record when the lake was drained for dike construction. Prolonged dry weather is hampering irrigation and harming spring crops across thousands of acres.
Bruce Diehl of Hamilton was appointed by the three member Butler County Park Board as part time director of the county park system. The announcement came at a dinner meeting in the Manchester Hotel with advisory committee members present. The board outlined a three point program including creekside park development budget setting and long range plans while reviewing a survey of 35 potential park sites. Diehl said his focus would include determining acquisition costs and addressing labor cost concerns as the board seeks to build a county wide park system.
Heavy rains in Middletown flooded city streets and outlying roads with 85 inches of rainfall at the water works station. A second shower added six tenths of an inch, bringing two storm total to 19 inches. East End streets and basements flooded, several roads under water, and a two hour power outage occurred along Oxford State Road due to a damaged conductor. One traffic mishap caused about 900 dollars in damage to two autos. brakes failed in the Nelbar Street underpass after driving through water.
Two city crashes left no injuries. Pete Sciannamblie, 29, was cited for failure to yield after a 300 dollar wreck on 2020 Central Ave at 4 07 p m. Elam swerved to avoid collision and hit a parked car. Silas Howard, 37, was cited for no operator's license after a 35 dollar collision at Charles Street and Columbia Avenue. Additional crashes on wet streets involved Austin Risner and Danny Morman at Aberdeen Drive and Central Avenue and Carl Rossfeld and a pedestrian at S Verity Park Way and 1st Avenue, with minor injuries reported for the pedestrian.
Middletown woman Queenie Lathrope reported two Negro women approached at Central Avenue and Verity Parkway claiming to have found money. They asked for $22 to show good faith and said she should meet a tall white man to collect funds. Victim chased them after paying but they fled. descriptions: one in a gray coat, light skin. the other in a black hat, middle aged. Report filed 12:30 p.m.
Mrs I W Craft of 2004 Elmo PI reported a theft from her home Sunday night as her daughter's tricycle disappeared. A W Carnigan a Crispen Truck Lines dispatcher said Illinois license plates were stolen from a Sorg Paper Co. truck yesterday, valued at 600 dollars.
Hamilton Ohio special report: Water Pollution Control Board declines to ease treatment requirements for sewage dumped into the Great Miami River. Extension of the city’s permit to discharge untreated sewage until September 15 is granted while a plan to fund sewer and treatment works via bonds is required. Charles F. Schwalm, city manager, relayed the decision. Dr Ralph E. Dwork, board chair, notes renewal hinges on timely bond-financed sewer improvements.
Paramount schedules The Conqueror at 1:25 3:30 5:35 7:40 9:45 p.m. Lieutant Wore Skirts Fury at Gunsight Pass and Paris Follies of 1956 play across Tuesday and Wednesday. Carousel and other titles run at Colonial. Dixie Cruise In lists Quest for the Lost City Underwater showings.
MIAMI, Fila. Jack Finkelstein used his head to foil a holdup at his liquor store. A masked man entered seeking whisky, struck him, then fled in a car. Finkelstein declined medical aid for a scalp cut.
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