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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1959
Page
22
A robbers' kiss on waitress Adela Picard led to a quick police chase. Melvin Bergschneider saw the license number as the pair drove off. Fourteen minutes later Billie Joe Simon and Raiford Lee Malone were arrested in Arcadia with the loot in the car. They were booked on robbery suspicion.
A five year old boy in Portland Oregon was stopped when he pulled a false alarm on Friday. Firefighters found him at the alarm box with his finger in the mechanism attempting the prank.
In a tragedy near Asbury Park nine miles off the Jersey coast Morro Castle burned in the early hours of September 8 1934. The Ward Line passenger ship with 134 lives lost marks a grim sea disaster. A quarter century later memories and investigations linger.
Mr and Mrs William Campbell of 17th Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Janet Lee to Toby C Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Tebbie Bennett of Baltimore Street. Miss Campbell and Mr Bennett both graduated from Middletown High School and plan to marry October 24 at New Hope Baptist Church.
In Northampton Massachusetts a motorist forced to drive up an embankment to avoid a collision overtook the speeding driver after a three mile chase. William F Francasio Jr 18 was fined 40 dollars in District Court for speeding and road law violations. Police Chief Ernest Jay of Belchertown was the other involved motorist.
Middletown police chief Joseph Blackmore warns students and drivers to follow traffic laws for bicycles before schools reopen on September 8 and 10. He notes 6,000 to 8,000 bikes in town and requires bike licenses, lighting and braking checks, single-file riding, and school zone vigilance by drivers.
Police report complaints about wrong lane turns at 1st Avenue and S Main Street. Lt James Combs clarifies turning from two way to one way streets, emphasizing center lane left turns and right lane right turns, discussed by the Middletown Safety Council Traffic Committee.
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