Patrolman of Year Balloting Introduces Patrolwoman Candidate
The nine year old Patrolman of the Year award adds a woman for the first time with Ptl Jo Ann Staten entered as a candidate. Ballots end Jan 13 1962 mailed to Martin Thomas chair of the balloting committee. Voting is by mail with judging based on appearance attitude duty and courtesy plus the officer’s personnel record. banquet Jan 16 at Elks Temple.
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Ptl
Jo- Ann Staten
Martin Thomas
N. Verity Parkway
Thomas
The
Middletown Fraternal Order of
Police Associates Lodge
the Elks Temple
N. Main St
Iof
Hit Skipper Strikes Two Parked Autos in City Lot
A hit-skip driver struck two parked cars in the Diamond National Corp. lot on West Central Avenue yesterday morning causing 175 dollars in damage. The first car owned by J. B. May was driven by Glen Lewis and struck a tree, then hit Arthur Culbertson’s car. Culbertson’s vehicle suffered 125 dollars in damage, May’s car 50 dollars. Robert Craft received a citation for failure to yield after a separate 7:45 a.m. collision with Marvin McNurin on Tytus Avenue. McNurin’s car sustained 75 dollars damage. Craft’s 100 dollars. Police also investigated seven other yesterday incidents totaling 300 dollars in damages.
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Diamond National Corp
West Central Avenue
J. B. May
Kensington St
Glen Lewis
Germantown Road
Arthur Culbertson
Tytus Ave
Culbertson Auto
Robert C. Craft
Erie Ave
Marvin N. McNuriin
Jewell St
Tytus Avenue
Malvern Street
Bearings cause fire at Sorg Paper Co Mill No 3
An overheated bearing was cited as the cause of a blaze yesterday at Sorg Paper Co Mill No 3 on W Columbia Avenue. Firemen were called at 8:21 a.m. and estimated contents damage at $250.
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Sorg Paper Co
Columbia Avenue
Sidney Youth Killed in Auto Crash
Alfred Lester Hunt, 18, of Route 1 Sidney was killed when his car struck a bridge culvert and a tree and rolled onto its top Saturday in Sidney Ohio.
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Sidney, Ohio
Alfred Lester Hunt
Rt. 1, Sidney
Holiday Means More Closings On Monday And Tuesday
The Journal notes many city and county offices will be closed on Monday and New Year’s Day. City Building branch tax office closes both days. other departments open Monday, closed Tuesday. Unemployment and state employment offices also closed both days, reopen Wednesday at 8 am.
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P. F. Johnson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio State Employment Service
Middletown Public Library
Butler County
Warren County
Sheriff's Department
Deaths and funerals of region residents in fires
The sister of a Monroe man who died in a 1958 Lake Monroe fire perished in Massachusetts three days before Christmas. Mildred Sylvia Wells Morgan, 49, of Fair Haven, died December 22 when her home burned. the cause is unknown. Surviving husband Frank, father J S Morgan of New Orleans, and brothers Clyde Jim, Earl, and Arthur William. Funeral services were held December 26 in Fair Haven.
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Monroe
Massachusettes
Mildred Sylvia
Fair Haven
Mass
Wayne Morgan
Christina
Charles
Lake Monroe
Sylvia
Mildred Wells
West Middletown
Frank
J.S. Morgan
New Orleans
Clyde
Jim
Middletown
Earl
Germantown native Vernon Kiefer dies in Covington at 78
Vernon L. Kiefer, 78, of Covington Kentucky, formerly Germantown, died Friday in Covington. A retired 50 year employee of Western Union, he is survived by his wife Lora, a sister Edith Bell of Germantown, and a brother Paul of Venice Florida. Graveside services at Fairview Cemetery in Gratis Monday at 1 pm with Rev. Wilbur Williams officiating
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Germantown
Vernon L. Kiefer
Covington
Covngton
Western Union
Lora
Edith Bell
Paul
Venice
Fla
Fairview Cemetery
Ir. Gratis
Wilbur Williams
EUB Church
Sun Bathing Returns Amid Sicily Heat Wave
In Palermo Sicily residents flocked to sunny spots Saturday as a late year heat wave pushed temperatures to 68 degrees after a week of unusual snow. Cold northern winds shifted and breezes from Africa warmed the island.
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Palermo
Sicily
Africa
Another Kennedy Goes To Washington
John P. Kennedy the Charlotte attorney will lead the State Department’s division of Americans abroad in Washington directing lectures and consultations for prominent Americans overseas. He is not related to President Kennedy.
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Kennedy
Washington
Charlotte
N.C
John P. Kennedy
Congress
State Department
President Kennedy
Two Carriers Named Top Journal Red Bag Winners
Kenneth Tucker and John Law son named top Journal red bag carriers for 1942. Each carried monthly red bags to five months with no complaints or tardiness, receiving $10 awards from Dale Graham and Murray Jacobs. Tucker serves 120 customers around 6 4rd Avenue Park Street area. Lawson serves 122 customers around 14th and Centennial avenues.
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Kenneth Tucker
John Lawson
Top Journal
Dale Graham
Murray Jacobs
Tucker
Robert Tucker
Young St
4Rd Avenue
Park Street
Lawson
14Th
Centennial Avenues
Chandler Hawkins
Curtis St
Greasy Kid Stuff Trademark Approved in Ohio
Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown announced the registration of the trademark Greasy Kid Stuff for a hair and scalp product by S. P. Enterprises of Bellevue Nebraska. The slogan reads Dont use a dab or two use a whole lot.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
S. P. Enterprises
Bellevue
Neb
Brown
Billboard Firm Sells 12 Plants in $15 Million Deal
General Outdoor Advertising Co. Inc. announced the sale of 12 plants to a syndicate for 15 million dollars. The proceeds will fund the purchase of Stedman Brothers Ltd. common stock. The plants sold span Akron, Dayton, Youngstown, Asheville, Kingston, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Omaha, Jacksonville, Denver, Duluth, and Indianapolis.
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Chicago
General Outdoor Advertising Co., Inc
Billboard
Stedman Brothers, Ltd
Stedman
General Outdoor
Akron
Dayton
Youngstown
Ohio
Asheville
Kingston
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
N.C
Omaha
Neb
Jacksonville, Fla
Denver
Duluth, Minn
Indianapolis
Ann Arbor Line Purchase Okayed by I C C
Washington AP The Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad won ICC approval to acquire control of the Ann Arbor Railroad a 293 mile line from Toledo Ohio to Frankfurt Michigan for 3 million dollars purchasing 99.9 percent of Ann Arbor stock from Wabash Railroad All three firms are subsidiaries of Pennsylvania Railroad
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Washington
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ann Arbor
Toledo
Ohio
Frankfurt
Mich
Wabash Railroad
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio cabinet members cram for legislative questions
Ohio governors elect Rhodes faces a Senate panel grilling as new cabinet members prepare for tough questions on past present and future department actions. Division chiefs mentor newcomers to withstand committee inquiries and secure funding. Further appointments including Highway Safety Mental Hygiene and Adjutant General are anticipated next week.
Skybolt Missile Test Declared Successful Amid Debate
Washington AP reports the Air Force claims the sixth Skybolt test was successful and met all objectives though Defense Department officials question the impact claim. A final test report is due mid January, with uncertainty over the nose cone and range implications on a B52 launch.
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Washington
Skybolt
Air Force
Defense Department
Cape Canaveral
USAF
Pentagon
Columbus Bolt & Forging Co Sold to Colorado Corp
Denver AP reports Columbus Bolt & Forging Co of Columbus Ohio was bought by Colorado Oil and Gas Corporation of Denver a diversified subsidiary of Colorado Interstate Gas Company for more than 4.5 million dollars. W C Norman president of Colorado Oil and Gas called the deal an excellent addition to their industrial products manufacturing operations with Carlile Jr. continuing as Columbus division head and R F Cal vice president of manufacturing remaining in place.
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Denver
Columbus Bolt & Forging Co
Columbus
Ohio
Colorado Oil and Gas Corporation of
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Colorado Oil
Gus W. A. Carlile Jr
R. F. Cal
W. C. Norman
Colorado Oil and Gas
Today's Chuckle About Educated Women and Wives
A humorous quip noting that highly educated women make good wives due to strong vocabularies yet also reason they are terrible housekeepers. It plays on the stereotype with a tongue in cheek twist, implying intellect and domestic skill in tension.
Firemen Aid Woman In Fall Near Home
Anna Lee Wilson, 55, of 1319 Reynolds Ave, reported in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after injuring her hip in a fall on ice. Emergency squad treated her at 7:08 a.m. The alley where she fell was icy.
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Anna Lee Wilson
Reynolds Ave
Middletown Hospital
Together Again Nine Bentley Orphaned Siblings To Travel
Eight of nine Bentley siblings will reunite Monday for a 70 mile trip to the Church of God Orphanage in Kanopolis. Fostered since October after a Morganton mountain road crash killed their parents, the children seek a chance to stay together with Andrea Triplett and Rev. J. T. Turnage guiding the journey. Ten month old Terry Wayne remains with a foster home until age two when the siblings hope to join him.
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Senir
N. C
Bentley
Andrea Triplett
J. T. Turnage
Lenoir
Terry Wayne Bentley
Church of God
Kannapolis
Miss Triplett
Terry Wayne
Abner Avery Bentley
Carpenter
Morganton
Tripiet
Church of God Orphanage
Abner Jr
A. C
Bonnie
Jerry
Darlene
A. B
H. T
Danny Gene
Thief Steals Violin From Car. Milk Stolen From Porch
Police brief reports thefts including a violin valued at 75 from OTTIS FRANK of 616 Anderson St in Franklin while parked at Bargain Outlet on Charles Street yesterday. A horn ring worth 10 stolen from a car owned by Mrs. Lila Carr of 1101 Hudson St between December lay and December 26. Charles Spence of 1222 Fairmount Ave says five gallons of milk were stolen from his front porch early yesterday morning.
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Ottis Frank
Anderson St
Franklin
Charles Street
Lila Carr
Hudson St
Charles Spence
Fairmount Ave
Theft Reported Of Two Dummy Spotlights At Residence
DOUG HAMPTON of 2009 Wilbra ham Road reported the theft of two dummy spotlights valued at 20 dollars from his auto while it was parked at his residence Friday night.
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Doug Hampton
Wilbraham Road
East German idol sentenced for tunnel escapes to West
Berlin AP reports Harry Sidel, 24, former East German bicycle star, received a life term from East Germany's Supreme Court for aiding refugees to escape via tunnels under the Berlin Wall. He fled to West Berlin on Aug 13 1961 and later helped his wife and others flee.
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East Berlin
Rotraut
Seidel
East Germany
Florida citrus prices soar after damaging freeze
Prices for fresh Florida citrus for consumer shipment have nearly doubled following the December freeze. Florida Citrus Mutual executive vice president Robert W. Rutledge says wholesale prices on concentrate packs rose up to a dollar per dozen six ounce cans. Estimates of crop damage reach up to 50 percent of oranges and 30 percent of grapefruit.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Robert W. Rutledge
Florida Citrrus Mutual
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Cincinnati
NEW Years
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Dancing
Mike
Crawford
Vernon Kiefer
Ann Arbor Line
Nick
Jan. I
Cram
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James A. Rhodes
Colorado Corp
Union Sanitary
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Harrison
U.S
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Grand Ave
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