City Employees Seek 3 Percent Pay Hike and Blue Cross Premium Share
City Manager Charles W. Thompson asks the city to approve a three percent across the board raise for city employees. He also recommends the city cover 75 percent of hospitalization under Blue Cross Blue Shield, an increase from the previous level. The plan would raise annual salary outlay by $48,095 from a budget of $1,603,185. Thompson notes no local cost of living pact exists. The commission also weighs selling its Loribard Tract portion and reviews financing for sanitation services.
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Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Loribard
Stevens Avenue
Division of Sanitation
10 Cent Hike Seen On Garbage Collection Proposal
City Manager Charles W. Thompson urged a 10 cent weekly rise in garbage charges and moving division liability to the general fund. He proposed licensing rubbish collectors and higher landfill fees, with the aim of keeping city pickups going for three to four more years.
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City Commission
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
General Fundiig
Bis
Bing Crosby Returns in Say One For Me as Priest
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby ends a two year screen absence by portraying a Roman Catholic priest in Say One For Me with Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner. He notes the church setting at St Malachy in New York allows early Mass and club scenes. Msgr Devlin serves as technical adviser while Crosby recalls past publicity gags from Bells of St Marys.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Frank Tashlin
Debbie Reynolds
Robert Wagner
Bing
St. Malachy
47Th Street
Broadway
New
Msgr
John Devlin
Crosby Priest
St. Mary's
Ingrid
Father Devlin
Past Leaders Meet At YMCA Alumni Reunion Slated
Former Hi-Y and YMCA gym leaders attend an alumni reunion Friday at 7 p.m. at the YMCA. A high school ping-pong tournament runs from 1 to 5 p.m. and a basketball tourney at 9 a.m. A gym period for high school and college is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Y campers reunions are set next week for boys at 7 p.m. Monday and girls at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Hi-Y
YMCA
Typographical Error At Kirkville College Paper
The Northeast Missouri State College newspaper blamed a proof reader for a restaurant advertisement that misspelled a greeting as our fiends and customers. The error appeared in a Christmas ad published by the campus paper in Kirksville Missouri.
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Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State College
Five McFarland brothers come home for Christmas
David Gregory Randy Robert and Ronald McFarland are back at their grandmother Betty Leach’s three room Middletown apartment after two years in the Church of God Home Sevierville Tennessee. Their father died in an auto accident and their grandfather in a logging accident. The family’s Christmas saw help from Clayton Avenue Church of God members and others to bring the boys home though plans for the return to Tennessee on January 4 remain uncertain. David 6 is due for leg surgery to straighten his gait. He has a hip shaft removed from a bone infection and a shorter right leg. A built up shoe helps balance. After the operation David faces 12 weeks in a cast and perhaps another procedure. The boys will enjoy a few days of vacation and likely a Christmas gift before returning.
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David
Gregory
Randy
Robert
Ronald
McFarland Brothers
Betty Leach
Morgan St
Leach
Mary McFarland
Church of God
Sevierville
Tenn
McFarland
Rt. 4
LeSourdsville
Frankie
Greg
Journal
Asher
Man Charged In Service Station Burglaries
Two burglary warrants were served on James Reffitt, 18, in Middletown. He is charged in a break in at Bunnell's Service Station on Tytus Avenue and a weekend burglary at Gulf Oil Station on Verity Parkway, with $77.97 total stolen. Reffitt admitted involvement. another suspect fled the Bun nel's scene as Ray Bunnell fired shots to deter them.
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Middletown
James Reffitt
Central Ave
Reffitt
Bunnell’s
Tytus Ave
Gulf Oil Station
N. Verity Pkwy
Tytus Avenue
Bunnell’s Station
Ray Bunnell
Bunnell
Thieves Stay Busy Across Several Local Theft Incidents
Police report multiple thefts including two typewriters from Office Outfitters at 12 N Main St a tool box tools and a tire from Arthur Casss car at 1609 Vail Ave hubcaps from Frank Joys auto at 2823 Plymouth Ave and two sets of outside Christmas tree lights from Mildred Sandlins home at 1506 Woodlawn Ave.
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Office Outfitters
N. Main St
Arthur Cass
Vail Ave
Frank Joy
Plymouth Ave
Mildred Sandlin
Woodlawn Ave
Red Cross Closes Office for Two Days
Middleten Red Cross chapter executive Mrs Ja Hammons announced the office will be closed tomorrow and Friday. Emergency calls will still be answered by on duty personnel.
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Ja Hammons
Middleten Red Cross
Red Cross
Monroe Annexation Follows Water Line to Gas Storage Site
Vonroeves annexation talk surrounds Monroe and Texas Eastern Transmission property on Todhunter Road. County approves extending a water line from Monroe to the new underground storage facility at its expense, with purchase of water by the company and a plan for line transfer to county after three years if annexation does not occur. State water policy and Middletown’s refusal to extend water beyond city limits are noted, with county officials urging policy review to avoid urban encroachment by independent districts.
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Monroe
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Todhunter Road
Butler County
Middletown
Martin B. Miller
Franklin Major Completes T-33 Jet Qualification
Major Edwin B. Lackens of Franklin, director at England AFB La, finished the T-33 jet qualification at Randolph AFB Texas. The 3510th Flying Training Wing program includes about 40 hours of jet time and 80 hours of classwork. A command pilot with 400 flight hours, Lackens began service as a cadet in 1942 and flew 35 combat missions in World War II European Theater flying B 24s. He resides at 213 Locust St Franklin.
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Franklin
Edwin B. Lackens
England Air Force Base
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Randolph
Maj
Lackens
Locust St
Dragonfly Feet Enable Perching On Limbs
A dragonfly can use its feet for perching on a limb, but its legs are useless for walking. The text explains how the insect’s legs function mainly for grasping and stability rather than locomotion.
Mushroom caves trap 16 farmers after Belgium collapse
In Belgium near Zichen Zussen Bolder a rock slide in a nine acre tunnel maze left at least three dead and 16 mushroom farmers trapped underground. Rescue teams faced slim chances as workers persisted through the clay and rock to reach the underground mushroom beds.
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Zichem Zussen Bolder
Belgium
No Journal Tomorrow Christmas Day Note
The Journal will not publish on Christmas Day as is custom. Normal publication resumes Friday with no advance deadlines. Wishing readers a merry Christmas and a safe holiday so all may join again after the break.
Army's Mail Appeal Total Is Corrected
The Salvation Army's mail appeal total is corrected from 1957 figures of 4626.51 to 5279.53. This year's mail appeal totals 5477.72, making it 198 ahead of last year, per treasurer Russell Weatherwax Jr.
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Salvation Army
Jounal
Journal
Russell Weatherwax Jr
Salvation Army Christmas Fund
Police seizeware stolen from salesman in Cleveland
Harvey Boston, a Warren Uniform Co salesman from Columbus, reported two large sample cases stolen from his car in Cleveland on Tuesday night. The cases held 20 shoulder holsters, 50 black jacks, nine pairs of handcuffs, 10 police caps, 10 police jackets with insignia, four blouses, 36 shirts, three overcoats, 10 trousers, and five raincoats.
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Cleveland
Harvey Boston
Boston
Warren Uniform Co
Columbus
Jail Gets Perfect Menu For Christmas Dinner
Prisoners in Middletown's city jail will dine on a Christmas dinner with turkey and trimmings tomorrow. Police Chief Joseph Blackmore said the Clock Restaurant at 1731 Titus Ave offered to furnish the meal. The final headcount depends on how many arrestees post bond by tomorrow morning.
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Middletown
Joseph Blackmore
Tytus Ave
Junta Keeps New Oil Tax in Venezuela
Venezuela's lame duck junta rejected Creole Petroleum Corp president Harold W. Haight's appeal over a new 10 percent income tax. The tax, decreed last Saturday, is retroactive to January and raises government oil profit share from 50 to 60 percent.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Julio Diez
Harold W. Haight
Creole Petroleum Corp
Burglary suspects nabbed after roadblock pursuit
Two 21 year old men William Abney and James Clemmons were arrested for auto theft and burglary after abandoning two 17 year old girls at the Gross Lumber Co burglary scene in Carlisle. The youths were detained and later held for trial in Lebanon. the girls are in juvenile custody.
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Carlisle
Sharonville
Gross Lumber Co
Dick Satterthwaite
Lonnie Fryman
William E. Abney
Abney Inc
James Clemmons
Cedar St
Franklin
Middletown
Fresh Start Child Burns Santa Deliveries
Jeffrey Martin six in Bakersfield California cleared last year’s Santa deliveries by piling toys on a bed and burning them. The incident shows a child disposing of holiday gifts this week.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Jeffrey Martin
Santa Claus
Jeff
Burned Trucker Dies in Ohio Collision
Conneaut Ohio AP reports truck driver Fred Haile 37 of Toronto died Tuesday after his vehicle burst into flames following a Monday sideswipe on Ohio 7 near Andover. He was trapped in the burning cab after the collision.
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Conneaut, Ohio
Ohio
Andover
Fred Haile
Toronto
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