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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1957

Page

9

Porchlight Canvass Friday Tops Mental Health Drive

Local volunteers launch a porchlight house to house canvass to raise funds for the Lower Miami Valley Guidance Center in Hamilton. Drive co chairs Mrs Nichols Cornella and Mrs Donald Spears note that over half the center’s patients are Middleton residents and hope to raise $5 000.

Lower Miami Valley Hamilton Ohio Nicholas Cornella Donald Spears Robert Guthman Alex Slamka Merrie Mothers’ Circle Mothers’ Study League Harold Sherron Beth Sholom Sisterhood Council Fred Cramer Cristonians Episolon Women’s Auxiliary Butler County Medical Society Civitan Club Sertoma Club

Union Boss Out On Bail To Appeal Tax Conviction

Michael Bowers once led Local 824 of the International Longshoremen's Association and was freed from Leavenworth prison to appeal his income tax evasion conviction. At 55, he had been jailed for evading 43 331 in corporate taxes tied to Allied Stevedoring Corp and was fined 10 000 with a five year sentence.

New York Michael Mickey) Bowers Pistol International Longshoremen’s Assn Leavenworth Kan Bowers New U.S. District Court Allied Stevedoring Corp

Man Demands Jail Time Over Speeding, Pays Fine Later

Donald Fahrenbocker of Springfield insists on jail after speeding stop. The truck driver told officers he would not pay fines and asked to be jailed. He spent about three hours in custody until his wife post a $33.10 fine.

Springfield, II Donald Fahrenbocker Springfield Fahrenbocker Justice of the Aet Fahrenbacker

Ohio State Gets Six Million Loan for Dorms

The federal government announced a six million dollar loan to Ohio State University to fund three new dormitories and a dining hall. The university will contribute one million dollars and borrow six million more, according to aides of Senator Bricker. White lines to designate traffic lanes were introduced in Boston in 1919.

OSU Washington Ohio State University Ohio State Sen. Bricker Boston

Tranquilizers Spark Debate Among Doctors At Michigan Symposium

Detroit coverage notes a Henry Ford Hospital symposium where Dr. Keith Killam Dr. Phillip Bradley and Dr. James Miller debated tranquilizers. They discussed potency risks lifelong use self-medication dangers and a University of Michigan study finding no loss of reflexes or alertness at double the normal dose.

Detroit Keith F. Killam Los Angeles Phillip B. Bradley Birmingham England James G. Miller University of Michigan Killam Bradly Henry Ford Hospital United States Mental Health Research Institute University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry

Prof's Tornado Tales Tell Of Twister Ride

North Texas State College English professor Dr. Howard C. Key recounts tornado folklore. He describes Col Porter of Cisco in 1893 who rode a twister with a piano playing Nearer My God to Thee, landing in a pecan tree unhurt then lists other legendary events from tornados across Kansas and Texas.

Denton Tex Howard C. Key William “Porter Cisco Imusic Dr. Key God Northern Pacific Texas Kansas

Retired Ohio Firemen Found Shot In Head

Forest E. Badger a 67 year old former Ohio fireman living in St. Petersburg Florida was found shot in the head at his home Friday night. Deputy Willie Brass said Badger appeared despondent over declining health and that his wife returned home to find him wounded.

ST. Petersburg Fla Tiffin Ohio Willie Brass Forest E. Badger Badger

Elvis Presley Sacred Songs Album Hits Middletown Shops

Elvis Presley releases a new RCA Victor album featuring Peace in the Valley It’s No Secret What God Can Do I Believe and Take My Hand Precious Lord available at Rogers Melody Mart 1038 Central Ave Middletown priced at 1.29 dollars.

Elvis Presley RCA Victor Middletown Rogers Melody Mart Central Ave

Windy nap theft costs Cleveland mother 275 dollars

Mrs. Margaret Anderson borrowed 275 dollars to cover bills as husband Chester was unemployed. She napped, left the cash on a living room table, and woke to find it missing after her children stuffed the money through a hole in the front door screen and wind carried it away.

Cleveland Margaret Anderson Chester

Massillon Man Killed in Ashland County Crash

Cecil Floyd Hayes 32 from Massillon died when his car veered off Ohio 30 on a sharp curve near Jeromesville and struck a utility pole. Authorities say fatigue or sleep may have caused the crash.

Ashland Ohio Massillon Ohio 30 Jeromesville Ohio Highway Patrol Cecil Floyd Hayes

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National Mental Health Optimists Fund Lions Legion Post Delta Chi Sigma Sorority George Lepisto Eugene Dennis Charles Adkins A. J. Bishop Richard Stahley Lanford Craft Oscar Day Mary Jane Stamper Olivia Jackson William Russello Margaret Elieff Harlan Bishop Elinor Conway Murial Truss W. F. Guthman Martin Rush Robert Easterling John Hanzlik Virgil Meeken Ronald Smith Ted Reeder Phil Cohen Robert Cohen I. A. Casper Richard Grund Stanley Weinstein Tony Agronin Ward James Keister Charles Thiel Kenneth Dimyer Alvin” Chambers Paul Sisson Ernest Angst Gale Beatty Henry Chamberlain Thomas Dehart Ernest Gottmann van Grear Richard Green William Hobbs Clayton Hursh Richard Keller Robert Lange Philip Lytle Michael Mitsoff Dean Prushing Ben Root Jr Ray Root Charles Stamp Fred Ziegler Mental Health Fund Journal Weith By Tom Dygaard Bradley Dr. Killam Central Highview Bunting Group Axminister Rollaway Pe Modern Lamp Group Sylmer Ron
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