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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1951

Page

5

Claudette Colbert Chooses Home Life Over Broadway Return

Claudette Colbert, star of Noel Coward’s Island Fling at Westport, says a wife’s place is at home with her husband Dr. Joel Pressman. She plans two weeks away then a return to California, with possible TV offers looming as she remains a freelancer.

Westport, Conn Noel Coward Los Angeles Claudette Colbert Westport Country Playhouse Joel Pressman Claudette Liliom Tyrone Power Broadway California Miss Colbert

Boy 14 Back Home And Again Chewin Tobacco

Jimmy Sloan, 14, returned to his grandfather in the Logan County mountains 70 miles from Huntington where he had vanished from Huntington Orthopedic Hospital last Thursday. He said he was homesick after his eight mile trek and rejoined his tobacco habit.

Huntington W. Va Jimmy Sloan Logan County Jimmy

Lausche Names College Trustee for Central State College

Gov. Lausche appoints M. C. Clarke of Cleveland to the Central State College board of trustees Wilberforce term to June 30, 1957. Appointment awaits Senate confirmation. legislature had previously not confirmed four Lausche nominees. The article also notes the university’s name change and a legal notice for divorce in Ohio.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche M. C. Clarke Cleveland Central State College Wilberforce Clarke State College of Industrial Arts State College Wilberforce University State Senate Senate Lausche State College of Education and Industrial Arts

Fortune-Telling Puzzle Game From 1961 Feature

A short, dated puzzle game explains a daily message using the letters in your first name. Start with the length of your name, adjust by subtracting four if six or more letters or adding three if fewer, then read letters in a grid from left to right to spell a fortune. Copyright 1961 by William J. Miller. Distributed by King Features.

William J. Miller King Features, Inc

Four miners drown in West Virginia mine accident

Four miners died when water flooded a coal passage in the Buffalo mine of the Laurel Creek Coal Company near Beckley West Virginia. The men were working in an abandoned tunnel believed to have been cut or blasted and filled with water.

Beckley W. Va Buffalo Laurel Creek Coal Company West Virginia

Four Men Dead in Tragic Incident Recounted

The fallen include James Flint about 40 and his brother Bobby about 27 along with Woodrow Redden 27 and Ted Vandall 50. Authorities reported the names and ages of the victims in the inquiry.

James Flint Bobby Woodrow Redden Ted Vandall

Three Enlist in Air Force from Middletown

Sgt. Luther Gregory a local Army and Air Force recruiter says three Middletown men have enlisted in the Air Force. The men are Richard Eugene Triss son of Mrs Helen Triss of 1335

Luther Gregory Army Air Force Middletown Richard Eugene Triss Helen Triss

Man Rescued After Slipping Into Lake Erie

Cleveland AP reports 56 year old James Hegler slipped on a mossy piling and fell into Lake Erie. Fisherman John Gydosh, 28, pulled him to shore with a long handled minnow net.

Cleveland James Hegler Lake Erie Hegler John Gydosh

Local men listed for military service from Fairmount and Webster

Fairmount Ave residents Richard Edward Coddington and Ellis Raymond Lansaw, both named as prior workers at Ohio Bell and Armco, are listed for enlistment. The two, sons of local families, join Company F 147th Infantry and will report to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

Fairmount Ave Richard Edward Coddington John W. Coddington Ellis Raymond Lansaw Raymond Lansaw Webster St. Triss Armco Coddington Ohio Bell Telephone Company Lanson 147Th Infantry Lackland Air Force Base Texas

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