City Defers Decision On Taking On Hot-Mix Jobs
City Commission resumes next week consideration of a proposal to acquire paving equipment and perform hot mix street resurfacing rather than using private contractors. City Manager Thompson noted legal questions are minimal and discussed funding and operator costs. The board also approved surveys for water mains, appointed Kenneth Young as sanitation superintendent, and authorized several sewer and street projects with interim staffing changes.
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City Commission
William W. Denham
Charles W. Thompson
Public Service
Ohio
Leity
Ellison
Thompson
CB. Stiles
Middletown Planning Commission
Shafer Street
Stevens Avenue
Garrod, Killian & Garrod
Cincinnati
Kenneth E. Young
Carol Avenue
Young
John W. McGuire
Melvin Ashcraft
Aberdeen Dr
Board of Plumbing Examiners
Ashcraft
Joseph Luibel
Middletown Youth Held As Escapee
A Middletown boy Donald Ray Lovely and Robert Lee McDonald of Springfield, both 15, escaped from the Boys Industrial School Lancaster Tuesday. They robbed a Springfield grocery of 107.40 dollars before being spotted by Mr and Mrs Eugene Lynch. police arrested them as a taxi arrived.
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Middletown
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Clark County
Donald Ray Lovely
Robert Lee McDonald
Springfield
Eugene Lynch
Lynch
Woman Aided After Fire Department Emergency Run
The Fire Department aided Vivian King, 26, of 101 Park St., during a run to 120 S Sutphin St at 7 4 p m. City firemen responded to a false alarm at 4th Ave and S Main St at 10 13 am yesterday.
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Vivian King
Park St
S. Sutphin St
4Th Avenue
S. Main Street
Nothing Like Having Heat in a Building
Reporter John Fleming heard fire sirens and called the No 1 fire station. A blaze was in The Journal basement below the newsroom. There was no damage, just a smoking boiler and steam-filled basement.
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John Fleming
No. 1
Fleming
John
Journal
Seven Deaths In Warren County In As Many Days
Warren County records a seventh death in as many days as Walter White, 68, a tenant farmer, shot at his employer Albert Schuhold, then killed himself with a pistol. Sheriff deputies found White dead at his home after the self-inflicted wound.
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Walter White
Foster Rt. 1
Alchar
Mason
Ralph Young
Warren County
Richard Satterthwaite
White
Albert Schuhold
Cincinnati
Schuhold
Sheriff Satterthwaite
Hamilton City Council Deadlocks Over Manager Post
Special report from Hamilton notes the city council failed to appoint a new city manager. Councilman Herbert Mick sought E Hjalmar Persson, but the motion lacked a second. The council plans a follow up screening session while a citizen committee may be formed to review candidates.
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Hamilton
Herbert Mick
E. Hjalmar Persson
Mick
Persson
Edward Beckett
Jackson Bosch
Howard F
Hack) Wilson
Jack Blumenthal
Citizens ‘Committee
Tests Ordered For Wire Cutter Tests Ordered For Wire Cutter
A 17 year old Middletown boy confessed to 25 prowling incidents including wire cutting and attempts to enter south end homes. Judge David Black deferred ruling pending examination by the juvenile court. Detectives said the youth admitted multiple break ins stealing purses totaling 335 dollars plus jewelry an auto and a mink stole.
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Middletown
South End
David Black
Butler County Common Pleas Court
6Th Avenue
Jaycees Meet District Ten Units in Miamisburg
Middletown Jaycees join district meeting at the Moose Lodge Miamisburg hosted by Miamisburg Germantown and West Carrollton Jaycees State officers led by Clarence L Blasier attend Topics include state elections and conventions and the blue chip program Registration runs 2 to 5 p m Social dinner 5 to 7 15 p m Business session 7 30 to 9 p m Representatives from Franklin Lebanon Dayton Xenia Yellow Springs and Washington Court House also attend
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Middletown
Franklin
Lebanon
Dayton
Xenia
Yellow Springs
Washington Court House
JA Company Elects Pirexy
Bob Curtis was re elected president of the JAvelins Junior Achievement company announced today. The firm sponsored by Harding Jones Paper Co returns Jeanne Lindsey treasurer Nancy Davis sales manager and Don Tipell production manager Jim Adams vice president and Gloria Dennis is new personnel manager.
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Bob Curtis
Javelins
Harding-Jones Paper Co
Jeanne Lindsey
Nancy Davis
Don Tipell
Jim Adams
Gloria Dennis
Pilgrim Shells Marked Medieval Pilgrims
In medieval times pilgrims wore a scale shell on their hats to signal they had crossed the sea to the Holy Land. The symbol earned the name pilgrim shells for travelers undertaking that journey.
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Holy Land
Leaders For Prom Jubilee Are Named
Betsy Little and Mrs. Carl Burgess announce chairmen for the 1957 Prom Jubilee committees at the first organizational meeting. Ted Abernathy named junior parent chairman. Fred Sander as junior student chairman. Adult and student leaders listed across publicity, telephone, finance, entertainment, identification, traffic, mailing and decorations. Persons wanting to help asked to contact Burgess or Abernathy.
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Carl Burgess
Land Betsy Little
Ted Abernathy
Fred Sander
Kent Little
Thomas Sander
T. O. McDonald
Win Arnold
Robert Millan
Don Carey
James Rairdon
James Finley
J. R. Line
Helen Weinberger
John Akerman
Delbert Mann
Joe Black
Bill Brown
Russ Galloway
Shirley McDonald
Lynne Lawson
Jinnie Beattie
Judy Burgess
Judy Abernathy
Peg Brooks
Claire Crowley
Burgess
Abernathy
Wilson Assembly Salutes Scouts
In observance of national Boy Scout Week Wilson School held a special assembly program on scouting for students this morning. Russell Efker scout executive of Mound Builders Area Council spoke to the students and showed a film Happy Game and Fair on cub scouting. Members of cub packs and Boy Scout troops from the school also participated.
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Wilson School
Russell Efker
Mound Builders Area Council
Snails Survive Long Periods Dormant and Revive
Some snails can appear dead for years without food and later revive. They resume eating as if no time had passed. This remarkable dormancy shows extreme resilience in certain snail species.
Two Teens Held for Grand Jury in Farm Parts Theft
James Kelly and James Centers, both youths from West Middletown, were bound to the Butler County grand jury on grand larceny charges for stealing farm machinery parts valued between 1000 and 1100 dollars from an occupied farm on Franklin Trenton Road. They pleaded guilty to the charges filed by farmer Hubert Moyer. a 15 year old from West Middletown faces juvenile authorities.
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Albert Bolling
James Kelly
West Middletown Rt
James Ceters
Yankee Rd
Wee
Butler County
Madison Township
Hubert Moyer
Thomas Road
Moyer
Kelly
Centers
John Moyer
Franklin Trenton
Baltimore , Ohio
Ler Moyer
Cubs Scouts Plan Open House At Amanda School
Cub Pack 9 and Boy Scout Troop 9 announce a joint open house Friday at 6 30 p m at Amanda School. Cubmaster Charles Bales and Scoutmaster Kenneth Mann host. both groups are sponsored by Crystal Tissue Co.
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Amanda School
Charles Bales
Kenneth Mann
The
Crystal Tissue Co
Lady Faints As Jury Says She's Guilty
In Hamilton a Harmstern woman Lillie Wills 29 was found guilty of selling liquor without a permit in Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Fred B. Cramer will set sentence later Wills fainted twice while awaiting the verdict and was treated for hysteria She and her husband Thomas were charged after a state liquor agent said he bought liquor at a private club Fraternal Order of Orioles on Ohio 4 with a membership card and a so called locker system.
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Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Lillie Wills
N. St. St
Lemon Township
Lammie Bailey
Ohio 4
Order of Orioles
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Martin B. Miller
Middletown Paving Products Inc
Armrel Paving, Co. Inc
Haddad Construction Co
Wildwood
Charles McCurdy
Bulls Run
K. H. Gregory
L. A. Waldner
Wildwood Subhvision
Kunz Avenue
Arlington Knolls
First N
the Middletown
Furniture Dealers Assn
Rmanx
Employer
Council
Jaycee
Miamisburg
JA Company
Pirexy
Wilson Assembly
Moyer Farm
Mayfield
Dennis
Ben
Onice
Cammy
Kanmak-Wyandotte
England
France
Italy
Holland
Wilds
Central Ave
Sam Bartel
Walter Bratcher
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