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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1950

Page

5

Colleges For Elderly Proposed By Educator

An elderly education plan dominates a national Conference on Aging. Dr Henry S Curtis proposed parallel colleges for oldsters run by major universities with deans and campuses. Clubhouses would mix hotel hospital and settlement functions for 500 to 1000 seniors. Curtis favors reconditioning abandoned grade schools for adult education as pilot sites. President Truman urged extending work life and studying elder participation in community life.

Vern Haugland Henry S. Curtis Ann Arbor Mich Curtis University of Truman

Youth 16 Drowns Off Lakeside Yacht Club

William E Viol, 16, drowned in Lake Erie after becoming exhausted while swimming a 100 yard stretch at the Lakeside Yacht Club. A companion tried unsuccessfully to rescue him.

Cleveland William E. Viol Lake Erie Lakeside Yacht Club

Civil Service Seeks Ruling on GIs Jobs Return

Columbus AP State Civil Service Commission seeks legal guidance on applying the World War II law that guarantees the return of public jobs to service members after discharge. Chairman Carl W. Smith asked Attorney General Herbert Duffy for a ruling to assure public employees they will regain employment, or else seek leave provisions and possible legislative amendments.

Columbus State Civil Service Commission Carl W. Smith Herbert Duffy Smith

Bliss Seeks Unity In Ohio GOP Campaigns

State Chairman Ray C Bliss urged Ohio Republican candidates to unite their campaigns under the new office-type ballot. He warned that each candidate would run essentially on their own amid reports Lausche’s administration is running in the red. Don Ebright claimed June revenue boosts masked a large year-end deficit.

Columbus Ray C. Bliss Republican Party Ohio

Auditor Refuses Pay Boosts For Canton Workers

Canton AP The city auditor T Frank Snyder refuses to release the 10 cent hourly wage boost granted to 212 service department workers after a five day walkout until he has legal authority. He says paying now could invite a taxpayer suit if the strike is later ruled illegal. The nonstriking workers will receive their increases in today’s checks. The strikers, members of the Public Workers Union, called their walkout a mass resignation to sidestep state law prohibiting public worker strikes.

Canton T. Frank Snyder Service Department Independent Public Workers Union Snyder

Fighter Pilot Reveals Fall of Pohang Airstrip

A U S fighter pilot recounts the loss of the Pohang airstrip near Korea, describing dug foxholes, improvised defenses, and the evacuation as Reds push in. He recalls meals, a makeshift Cleveland Municipal Airport sign, refugees, napalm, sniper fire, and the sense of returning home eventually.

Pohang Airstrip Relman Morin Blue Bay Golden Gate Waters San Francisco Cleveland Municipal Airport Cleveland First Cavalry Cav Pohang

Air Guardsmen Hold Maneuvers at Lockbourne Base

Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky Air National Guard units conduct two week summer maneuvers on Press Day at Lockbourne Air Force Base. They simulate enemy interception over Lancaster and aerial target practice over Lake Huron. The 165th Fighter Squadron of Kentucky won the gold trophy for proficiency.

Columbus Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Air National Guard Lancaster Lake Huron Lockbourne Air Force Base Tomorow Frank J. Lausche Okey L. Patterson Charles R. Fox E. H. Zintel Cleveland Lockbourne Earl S. Hoag U. S. Air Force Reserves Albert W. Clements, Jr Louisville

Oilmen Testify On Interim Oil Legislation

Petroleum industry spokesmen told Congress that any interim oil operations legislation should validate existing leases with state authorities. Testifiers included Rex G. Baker of Humble Oil and Refining, Walter S. Hallyan of Plymouth Oil, and Clayton Orn of Ohio Oil. Prospects appeared dim for passage of the O Mahoney resolution before the Senate Interior Committee.

Washington Congress Senate Interior Committee Rex G. Baker Humble Oil and Refining Company Walter S. Hallyanan Plymouth Oil Company Clayton Orn Ohio Oil Company Houston Tex O’mahoney D-Wye

Voice of Broadway and Society Notes in Paris Kremlin Talk

A gossipful column notes lines outside a Broadway club four nights a week and box office chatter. Paris reports Kremlin chatter about a hidden atomic bomb in Moscow and quick assembly by U S spies if Russia attacks. Van Johnson browses plaid jackets in Southampton while fans gape. the Ivans Goffs knit tiny garments. Gene Cavallero brings lace fans to favored diners at the Colony. A NY police medical check finds 37 of 19,000 officers with flat feet.

Paris Gab Kremlin Moscow Russia U. S Stalin van Johnson Southampton Ivan Goffs Hollywood Natalie Draper Gene Cavallero New York City

Miller to Lead Dayton Civil Defense Unit

Maj. Gen Lester T. Miller retired will direct Dayton and Montgomery County Civil Defense. He accepted the unpaid post yesterday after serving as head of the Air Force supply division from 1939 to 1946 and being stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

Civil Defense Dayton Lester T. Miller Dayton Montgomery County Miller Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Boy, 3, Killed by Car Near Stone Creek in Tuscarawas

A three year old, Gregory A. Miller, was struck and killed by an auto yesterday while crossing Route 21 near his home in Stone Creek, Tuscarawas County. The incident was reported from Dover via AP.

DOVER Gregory A. Miller Stone Creek Tuscarawas County

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