City Purchasing Boss Leaving For New Post
Harlan D. Heisel resigns as city purchasing director effective May 15 to become comptroller with a highway construction firm in Moline Illinois Heisel titled the post created last year joined Clark Heldman in 1955 and is 24 City Manager Thompson will advertise locally seek qualified applicants via Miami University and City Managers Newsletter applications to City Building.
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Harlan D. Heisel
Barnitz Sr
Charles W. Thompson
Heisel
City Commission
Hessel
Moline
All
Florida Southern University
Clark & Heldman
Middletown
Thompson
Miami University
City Managers Newsletter
Third Civic Report Due Tomorrow
A third report from area chairman of the Civic Association's youth building fund campaign will be made tomorrow at noon at the Manchester Hotel. W. W. Sebald will preside as division chairmen hear area reports. Last week's totals showed 6,367 dollars, 5,879 dollars more in memberships and 488 new memberships. The drive aims to fund a long range expansion and facilities for Civic Association agencies and ends May 15. At least half of last week's area solicitation reports were incomplete.
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Civic Association
Youth Building Fund
Manchester
W. W. Sebald
William Verity
E. J. Sebald
Erle Hanson
Boy Runs Into Auto and Is Injured in Middletown
David Simpson seven, son of Charles Simpson, 2713 Burbank Avenue, suffered leg abrasions after reportedly running into a moving car near Burbank Avenue and Highland Street last night. Police arrived at Middletown Hospital emergency room at 6 18 p m and learned the boy ran into the street as Mrs Mabel Byrd, 1828 Winton Street, made a left turn onto Burbank Avenue.
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David Simpson
Charles Simpson
Burbank Ave
Burbank Avenue
Highland Street
Middletown Hospital
Mabel Byrd
Winton St
Japs Watch Eclipse Over Tokyo Smog Clears View
The sun over Japan showed a partial eclipse lasting about nine minutes. Tokyo residents observed without smoked glasses as smog reduced glare making viewing easier.
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Tokyo
Japan
Death of Middletown gridder Joe Newland in Michigan
Joe Henry Newland 27 of 1104 Baltimore St. Middletown, guard for the Middletown High School team ten years ago, died yesterday at Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids Michigan after seven months of failing health. He helped the 1947 Middletown team go eight wins one loss one tie and earned AP All Ohio honorable mention and the school’s first efficiency trophy. Survived by wife Patricia Ann four children and four brothers. Masonic services Wednesday night and funeral Thursday at New Era Baptist Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Joe Henry Newland
Baltimore St
Middietown
Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids
Mid
Wie
Newland
Mr. Newland
Associated Press
Glenn Ellison
Ohio
Eddie Forkner
Curt Jones
Wesley
Babe) Calhoun
Bobby Hawkins
Phil Morrow
Gary County
Kentucky
Middletown
Middletown High
Armco Steel Corp
New Era Baptist Church
Triedstone Lodge 83
F&am
Prince Hall
Prince Hall Chapter 44
Royal Arch Masons
Patricia Ann
Kirkland
Marvin
Delphia
Mertha
Samuel Newland
William Newland
Carl Newland
Yuma
Turnpike Plaza Opens War On Pigs
The Ohio Turnpike at Tiffin River Plaza near West Unity Williams County says about 600 pigs are kept within smelling distance of the plaza. State officials plan to sue owner J Russell McKarns in Bryan next week to move the pens. McKarns defends the pigs as a tourist attraction and education for travelers, noting his 160 acre farm was cut in two by the pike and there is nowhere else to keep them.
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Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike
Tiffin River Plaza
West Unity
Williams County
Pike
Bryan
J. Russell McKarns
McKarns
Vaccine supply runs out forcing Dayton clinics to close
Dayton polio inoculation clinics halted after federal vaccine stock exhausted. The last federally supplied doses ran out April 13, and though the Polio Foundation had supplied vaccine for free adults, that supply is now finished, officials said.
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Dayton
Ohio
Polio Foundation
Death of Ralph B Bassett in Dayton after long illness
Ralph B Bassett aged 63 a Middle town native and longtime Dayton resident died at 8 25 am yesterday at Brown Hospital Veterans Administration Center after a long illness Surviving relatives include an aunt Mrs Catherine Marshall of Lebanon and a cousin Mrs Carl Ridinger of Lebanon
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Ralph B. Bassett
Middletown
Dayton
Brown Hospital
Veterans’ Administration Center
Catherine Marshall
Lebanon
Carl Ridinger
Mrs Minnie Stevens 67 Dies In Middletown
Mrs Minnie May Stevens 67 of 822 10th Ave Middletown died at home early today. Born in Middletown she spent her life here and worked at Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Assn retiring five years ago. Widow of Herbert Stevens she belonged to St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church. Survived by daughter Ruth Greathouse. Services Thursday 2 pm at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev H H Jung officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 2-5 pm and 7-9 pm.
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Minnie May Stevens
10Th Ave
Middletown
Middletown Federal Savings& Loan Assn
Herbert Stevens
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ruth Greathouse
McCoy-Leffler
H. H Jung
Woodside Cemetery
Dayton Services for Dora Zellers to be held tomorrow
Funeral services for Dora J. Zellers 89 of 62 Malden Ave Dayton will be conducted by Rev Harold Baum at 2 20 p m tomorrow at St Peter s Lutheran Church in New Lebanon Burial will be in Bear Creek Cemetery She is survived by her brother John Avery Middletown and Vernon Zellers of Muncie Ind three sons Henry Brookville Walter Trotwood and Vernon Dayton two sisters Mrs Ida Winkler Dayton and Mrs Amanda Shumaker West Manchester Ohio 18 grandchildren 43 great grandchildren 1 great great grandchild She died yesterday after a brief illness Friends may call today 3 5 and 7 9 p m at R L Ulmer Son Funeral Home and tomorrow noon until time of services at the church
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Dayton
Dora J. Zellers
Malden Ave
Harold Baum
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
New Lebanon
Zellers
John Avery
Middletown
Vernon
Muncie
Ind
Henry
Brookville
Walter
Trotwood
Ida Winkler
Amanda Shumaker
West Manchester
Ohio
Gratis
R. L. Ulimer & Son
Bear Creek Cemetery
Bendix-Westinghouse Executive Kimball Jr. Dies
Dexter S. Kimball Jr., 50, vice president of Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co. in Elyria Ohio, Cornell trustee and former industrial engineering professor at Cornell, born in Ithaca New York, died.
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Cleveland
Dexter S. Kimball Jr
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Elyria
Ohio
Cornell University
Cornell, Vegre
Ithaca, N. Y
Cop Praised By Parents For High Speed Chase
In Columbus Ohio patrolman George West was praised by the youth's mother for chasing 17 year old Michael for about 12 miles at high speed. Michael admitted reaching 110 mph near Ohio 23 and 752. Parents will revoke his driver's license and car keys as he faces a Juvenile Court hearing on the speeding charge.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lucille Hussey
George West
Michael
Ohio 23
South Bloomfield
Plane Burns at Friendship Airport Injures Crew
A DC7 airliner with six crew aboard burst into flames at Friendship International Airport during taxi for departure to Idlewild. Three crewmen were inside when the fire started. all six escaped. Pilot E D Morris sprained an ankle leaping clear. Two crewmen remained in University Hospital with broken ankles and feet.
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Baltimore
Friendship International
Pan American World Airways
New York
Idlewild
E. D. Morris
Company Pol
University Hospital
Francis Harrington
John Troka
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Central Ave
Boy
Westinghouse
Melampy
Joe Newland
Middie Gridder
Michigan
Joe H. Newland
Turnpike Plaza
Ralph Bassett
Minnie Stevens
Mrs
Dora Zellers
Catherine White Daniels
Martin Ave
Webb Funeral Home
Jewell H. Brown
Linda la
St. Veronica Church
James M. Lakes
Hamilton-Eaton Rd
Toron Pater Avenue Church
NASH
Nash Ambassador
American Motors
All the Family
ABC Network
Wilmer Motors
Manchester Ave
Cop
Ross’ Cotton Shop
Ross’ Shoe Dept
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