Police Vote To Organize Independent Union In Middletown
Middletown police officers voted 20 to 2 to form an independent union to bargain with the city government after an FOP meeting rejected affiliation with AFL-CIO locals. Patrolman Theodore Thompson led the drive, saying the new group would control negotiations and avoid outside dues.
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Middletown
Firefighters Club OO
Carmody Boulevard
Fraternal
Order of Police
FOP
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employes
Afl-Cio
Theodore Thompson
Division of Police
FL Cio
Thompson
al Bilik
Bilik
International Union
Creers
Aeronca Reports Over Ten Percent Gain in Six Months 1957
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp reports first half 1957 sales of 10 754 415 up from 10 129 267 in 1956. Net earnings after tax rise to 338 057 from 304 378 with earnings per share 55 cents vs 47 cents. Current unfilled orders reach 40 500 000 up from 38 500 000.
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Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
John A. Lawler
Lawler
Army Fort Rucker
Fake corpse prank ends with police warning
A body-like dummy was placed beside a road near Grand Avenue by three youths aged 14 16 and 18. Residents alerted police when the teens jumped from a car and fled. an officer issued a stern lecture and removed the prop.
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Grand Avenue
Barkelew Outing Set For Saturday
Employees and families of Barkelew Electric Mfg Co plan a Saturday summer outing at LeSourdsville Lake. Activities include a Reporters vs Cor respondents baseball game and Headliners vs Deadliners horseshoe match, with prizes, games in the shelter, special tickets for reduced park admissions, and a buffet chicken and ham dinner.
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Barkelew Electric Mig. Co
LeSourdsville Lake
Saturn
Barkcrew
Police Briefs Report Thefts And Incidents
Charles Vaughn, 24, of 290 Queen Ave., arrested on intoxication and carrying a concealed weapon with a blackjack reportedly found in his shirt pocket. A bicycle owned by Linde Lewellyn, 3119 Tytus Ave., reported stolen Monday night. Rodney McCormick, 6, of 110 Red Bud Dr., bitten by a dog yesterday. Stanley McQuinn, 14815 Fleming Rd., reports four hub caps stolen from his car. A generator, voltage regulator and battery stolen from a car, value $60, reported by Robert Parshall, 21 Waite St. A soft drink machine at Party Service, 1123 let Ave., broken into yesterday morning. there was no in the comm box nearby.
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Charles Vaughn
Queen Ave
Robert Parshall
Waite St
Central Parking Ban Eyed Again by City Commission
City Commission discussed a proposed north side parking ban on Central Avenue to ease eastbound traffic from downtown. City Manager Thompson will study and report on the plan after a resident urged faster traffic flow, citing past opposition and a temporary ban during sewer work.
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Central Avenue
City Commission
Charles W. Thompson
P. F. Johnson
Elmo Pl
Manchester Avenue
Sutphin
Main Street
Johnson
Middletown
Ohio State Employment Service
Bulls Run
youths hurt near somerville in multivehicle crashes
At 8:45 p m two crashes near Somerville sent youths to Mercy Hospital Kenneth J Schneider sixteen and James Fornshell seventeen were injured in the first wreck on post 127 two miles south of Somerville A Fairborn man suffered possible back injury and a sprained wrist when his car overturned on Harveysburg Road one and a half miles north of town Arthur McConnaughbey failed to make a curve and went off the road into a ditch. In a second single vehicle crash on Ri 129 two miles north of Ri 747 a driver sustained a head injury when his car struck guard rails after bouncing.
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Mercy Hospital
Kenneth J. Schneider
James Fornshell
Asenger Schneider
Fornshell
Ee Eee
Fairborn
Harveysburg Road
Arthur McConnaughbey
Peddlers in Custody After Belted Goods Recovered
Two Cincinnati peddlers were stopped after being located by Officer Delmas Birch near Michigan Avenue and Crout. Local girls assisted in recovering belts of material and the peddlers were escorted away.
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Cincinnati
Delmas Birch
Michigan Avenue
Crout
Atomic Test Postponement Sets Tentative Timeline
At the Atomic Test Site in Nevada the shot known as Shada, delayed 17 times, is now tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow. If the tent fires as planned, scientists may detonate a second device named Franklin at the Altomec Energy Commission facility.
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Nev
Altomec Energy Commission
Sie
Franklin
Deaths Of 2 Men Blamed On Falls In Cincinnati
Two men died Tuesday night after falls in separate incidents. George Latarte, 62, of New Richland, suffered a broken back in a fall from a scaffold at a New Richmead construction site and died at Good Samaritan Hospital. Henry Bravchsickh, 65, of Cincinnati, died after a fall suffered Sunday, with authorities attributing the deaths to the falls.
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Cincinnati
George Latarte
New Rich
Tragic Drowning of Shelby Youth After Picnic
Obie Jack Allen Conley a 14 year old Little League player from Shelby drowned Wednesday night in a small farm lake seven miles east of Shelby. Six teammates swam after a picnic but failed to notice he was missing until dark. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Conley of Shelby.
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Shelby
Jack Allen Conley
Nnone
John Conley
Aeronca Recognizes New Employee Bargaining Group
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp acknowledges Aeronca Employes Committee Inc as exclusive bargaining agent for maintenance and production workers after a payroll verification shows majority representation in three Middletown plants. The UAW was defeated 622 to 545 in August and is not recognized.
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Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Aeronca
Alton H. Combs
Middletown
Independent Union Group
Combs
Middletown Area
John A. Lawler
Aeronca Employes Committee, Inc
Lawler
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
Aeronca Independent Union
UAW
NLRB
AIU
National Labor Relations Board
ATU
Ail
Robert Aggee
UAW- Clo
George Wilkin
Short Strike Ends At Akron
Akron Ohio workers at General Motors Euclid division plant site halt work over union dispute. Picket line formed by Teamsters Local 48 but walked off after Thomas Arconti refused to cross. Agreement later set Akron Local to control all teamster jobs and oversee hiring for the plant through the Akron local.
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Akron
Ohio
General Motors Corps
Euclid
Hudson
Teamsters Union Local 48
Thomas Arconti
Huber, Hunt and Nichols
Indianapolis
Ne Play
Arconti
Akron Jocal
Ant
Truman Cars In Minor Collision In Kansas City
Former president Truman was involved in a minor fender bender with a woman driver in downtown Kansas City. Officer issued a ticket to Miss Willie Mac Dunn, 48, for failure to yield right of way after her car edged into the Truman vehicle, causing only slight damage and no charges against Truman.
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Kansas City
Truman
Willie Mac Dunn
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