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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1957
Page
2
Middletown Ohio prepares for a tentative quarter of one percent city income tax. The ordinance would tax residents and non residents with net profits and corporate income from work or services in the city. A director of taxation and a three member board of tax appeals would administer and hear appeals.
The city estimates a quarter percent tax would raise about 363 000 dollars annually and a three tenths of one percent rate about 435 000 dollars. After prior votes against a real estate levy the Commission weighs emergency action to adopt an income tax to cover a deficit.
James Gilbert, 16, of Franklin Trenton Road, was treated at Middletown Hospital for a shotgun wound to his right hand after a gun discharged when it fell and struck cement. He said he was hunting with William Ernst, 16, of 300 Young Street, when the incident occurred on the north side of the Miami River near the county park on Route 73. Gilbert was discharged after treatment.
Cheviot ends nearly four year no fatality record after Louis Traut 91 dies from injuries from a Dec. 19 auto collision. Gary Pica 17 faces Juvenile Court for failing to yield to a pedestrian. Police Chief Elmer Zoller notes the last Cheviot traffic death was Jan. 12, 1954.
Jones & Laughlin Steel in Cleveland pared the work week for its 2,000-employee sheet steel plant to between three and four days per week. A company spokesman confirmed the layoff in an official Friday statement.
David Paul Ingram 29 of 605 Garfield St. waived examination in Cincinnati and pleaded guilty to federal bank burglary after a Park Place Branch break in Middletown. He faced $10,000 bond and is in Hamilton County jail awaiting federal action. Police noted prior burglaries at Balson & West, Mose Cohen's Auto Parts, and other Thursday night incidents.
Dayton newspapers accuse the International Mailers Union Local 137 of featherbedding as a nine day strike by mailers halts publication. Dayton Newspapers Inc. cites union work jurisdiction demands as raising production costs while the union argues it seeks to preserve longstanding contract practices in a merged operation.
Billboards on outside streets roads and plazas are banned in Denmark. Such signs are permitted only on premises of a business.
The Defense Department announced construction of a Nike Hercules installation near Cincinnati with four batteries and about 412 personnel. The effort includes sites in Ohio Kentucky and Indiana with possible locations near Lebanon and Oxford, and total funding of 22 million dollars for five sites nationwide.
Butler County Prosecutor Robert Marrs told the Board of Health an officially appointed health commissioner is needed to sign warrants and certify bills for payment. No commissioner has served since Dr H A Moore of Oxford resigned months ago. Any appointee must be a physician. He also said the board cannot regulate rural plumbing licenses and all work must pass inspection, proposing sketches filings and fees to offset license revenue loss.
A 52 year old laborer reportedly slashed both arms in separate suicide attempts. He was found in a ditch along U S 25 near Oxford State Road by a Waynesville resident about 10 p.m. Friday and was taken to Middlesetown Hospital for observation. He had already been treated earlier Friday morning for a left arm wound and still wore a bandage.
Police arrested John D. Burks, 44, of 1702 Garfield St for discharging firearms in the city on Main Street yesterday afternoon. Robert E. Gregory, 38, of 1607 Vermont St was taken into custody on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
Jane Cass 28 of 112 N Broad St Vivian Thorsburg 21 of 116 Charles St Janet McCarty 23 of 4342 Grand Ave and H C Hall 8 of 1918 Hill Ave were cited for disorderly conduct. Hall was bitten on the leg by a dog yesterday afternoon.
Hubcaps were reported stolen from Dick Bursk at 2004 Logan Ave and from William Tucker Jr at 1705 Columbia Ave. The incidents were logged as separate theft reports.
In Nevada, fishing for catfish is legal any time, while fishing for other fish is illegal two hours after sunset. The rule applies statewide without additional species restrictions.
Police arrested Middletown man Dale McHenry at 3121 Rufus St for fleeing the scene after his car sideswiped a parked vehicle on Yankee Road. The damaged car belonged to Ora Lee Knapp 23 of West Middletown Rt 1 with $115 total damage. A separate two car collision on Charles Street near the railroad crossing injured none and caused $4 in damage to Robert Swain’s vehicle.
The Oakland Presbyterian Church at 530 Garfield St was broken into yesterday. Police report entry via broken north and west windows with blood on frame. Rocks on two cabinets broken and two candles taken, but later found on a window edge.
Nine winners and 24 honorable mentions were chosen by judges for outdoor lighting in the Town and Country Garden Club and CG&E contest. First prize in general lighting went to Mrs Ed ward Wenzel at 1819 Dix Rd. second to W F Schneider 17 Kenwood Dr. third to L A Waldoo 105 Forest Glen Dr. First in doorway decorations went to Richard Webster 1605 Brentwood St. second to Harold J Anness 136 Kensington St. third to Sue Ellen Nicklas 112 Orchard St. Window decorations first prize to Dave Heckard 3100 Shadow Hill. second to Dr Ted Bensler 606 Ross St. third to Donald Hensler 121 Arnold St.}
Mrs. Arthur Grollmus, 55, Verona, in poor condition at Mercy Hospital after a car driven by her daughter, Esther Cook, 25, Venice, left the road on Jacksonburg Road near Ohio 73. Susan Cook, 12, treated for bruises. Judy, 7 months, unharmed. Grollmus suffered leg and possible skull injuries. Also injured in separate incidents: George Pierson, 45, Utrecht? treated for head lacerations after his car overturned on Jefferson Road. Raymond Cain, Sr., 62, Hamilton, escaped injury when his car hit a culvert and mailbox on Eaton Road.
Firemen answered three calls last night two emergencies. Units from 1 and 2 plus the emergency squad and ladder truck responded to Sorg Paper mill 901 Manchester Ave overheated bearing in a finishing machine caused a flare up with no damage. Emergency squad assisted John Peterson 42 of 502 S Main St and Louis Franklin 71 of 1306 Fairmont Ave breathing difficulties treated with inhalator.
Dr Richard A Niple aged 47 staff physician at Portsmouth Onis Dee Hospital died Friday in University Hospital Columbus funeral services planned Monday at Devo Funeral Home Columbus Ohio.
Ten men were fined for gambling after a raid by Butler County deputies at 1429 Oxford State Rd. Nine were charged with gambling and one with running a gambling place. A 16 year old Kentucky boy was held for juvenile authorities. Officers found 22.75 on a table.
Dayton man Lloyd Miller 37 of 1206 Franklin Street was convicted on counts of cutting with intent to kill in a brawl at the Grand Hotel bar. Judge Fred B. Cramer fined him $200 and costs and suspended a 90 day jail term. Miller had been acquitted of murder in the same incident.
Underground diggings at Inter national Nickel mines in Ontario total 410 miles, exceeding the distance from New York City to Toronto.
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