Salt Shortage Hits Middletown Streets
Middletown faces a rock salt shortage as city and state crews cope with heavy snow. City Manager Howard H. Kramer reports six tons used today with nine carloads for the winter, while fears grow over future deliveries. J. L. Glass of Middletown Ice and Coal Co offers 35 tons, though in 100 pound bags, and calcium chloride is kept for special uses. State Division 8 engineer J. S. Paxton notes a widespread salt shortage with slow deliveries across eight counties.
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ED Edmiston
Middletown
Howard H. Kramer
Middletown Ice & Coal Co
J. L. Glass
Kramer
Ice and Coal Company
State Highway Department
J. S. Paxton
MHS Band To Share In Concert
The Middle town High School Band of 75 members will perform half of the school's first band and orchestra concert of the year tomorrow at 8 o'clock. The orchestra opens the program with first chair leaders named for each section and selections including His Honor March Pavanne and pieces from Tschaikowsky HMS Pinafore and First Suite in E Flat.
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MHS
Middletown High School
Pavanne
Tschaikowsky
Mili
Gremlin Air
Janice James
Becky Koeppel
Leslie Live
Jack McLaughlin
Deanna Lambert
Fred Tyson
Tom Wiley
Bert Sheard
Warrants Serve After Middleton Disturbance
Three warrants charging disorderly conduct and three for assault and battery were served on Middleton residents John O Neill and Eaith O Neill late Saturday. O Neill, 30, was detained on charges including cursing Zeola O Neill and Grace Steele and allegedly striking Zeola O Neill. Eaith O Neill, 27, was arrested on counts of striking Grace Steele and Zeola O Neill and a warrant for cursing Zeola O Neill. The pair were taken into custody at Garfield Street and Jacoby Avenue.
Train Hits Church Bus In Ardmore Collision
The Texas Chief train struck a church bus carrying about 20 teenagers on a downtown Ardmore crossing. Only the driver Hoyt A. Crough, 52, was hospitalized with undetermined injuries. the teens received cuts and bruises.
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Ardmore
Okla
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas Chief
Hoyt A. Crough
Pride's Ship At Sea Heads To Classified Destination
U S Navy press officers said Adm. Alfred M Pride and the flagship heavy cruiser Helena left Keelung yesterday for a classified destination. The cruiser arrived yesterday with the final group of ships from the Tachens area.
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Taipei
Formosa
U. S. Navy
Adm
Alfred M Pride
Helena
Keelung
Tachens
Soviet and Chinese leaders extend mutual aid pact greetings
London Moscow radio broadcast an exchange of greetings between Soviet and Red Chinese leaders marking the fifth anniversary of the 30 year mutual aid pact signed Feb. 15, 1950. The Soviet telegram praised a reliable defense of peace and international security. Red Chinese leaders condemned aggressive circles in the United States.
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London
Moscow
Kiementi Y. Voroshilov
Supreme Soviet
Nikola, Bulgarin
Vu. M. Moloteyv
United States
Intrusion Charged By Communists Over Yalu Reach
Four Allied jets and one propeller plane were accused by the Communists of intruding over North Korea near the Yalu River mouth Friday. An Allied spokesman denied knowledge of an intrusion and said the U.N. Command would investigate. The claim was raised at a Joint Korean Military Armistice Commission meeting.
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Munsan
Korea
North Korea
Yalu River
Red China
U.N
Joint Korean Military Armistice Commission
Builders To Meet At Butler County Home Builders Session
Builders To Meet The Pease Woodwork Co sponsors the general meeting of the Home Builders Assn of Butler County tomorrow at 6 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce Room Anthony Wayne Hotel Hamilton Refreshments a buffet supper and a color movie on lumber are scheduled
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The
Pease Woodwork Co
Home Builders Assn
Butler County
Chamber of Commerce
Anthony Wayne Hotel
Hamilton
Bethesda Temple visitors assist services at jail
Seven visitors from Bethesda Temple Dayton aided services held yesterday by Mrs. De Perkins at the Butler County Jail.
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Bethesda Temple
Dayton
de Perkins
Butler County
Middletown Debate Team Ties for Top in Contest
Middletown High School debate A team avenged a previous defeat by tying for first place at a Delaware tournament. The squad led by Shelby Velte Tom Kemp Don Keffer and Jack Taylor edged Louisville Ohio with five wins and one loss.
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Middletown High School
Delaware Willis High School
Delaware
Saurday
Shelby Velte
Tom Kemp
Don Keffer
Jack Taylor
Lousville
Ohio
Middletown
Susan George
Peggy Brooks
Carencay Coker
Dick Wendt
Bob Hudson
Charge Against Woman Dismissed in Butler County
Mrs. Lizzie Depew 65 of Franklin faced charges of malicious destruction of property and larceny stemming from alleged dismantling of a summer cottage owned by Buford Duff of Middletown on State Rt. 73. A Common Pleas ruling found her not guilty and dismissed the indictment, citing absence of owner knowledge and highway department authorization.
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Lizzie Depew
N. River St
Franklin
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Depew
Butler County Grand Jury
Buford Duff
Middletown
State Rt
Not So Safe Salt Lake City Water Dept Safe
William Spence of the Water Department stored papers in an air tight safe in his office. A painter swung the heavy door shut trapping him inside for about twenty minutes. The secretary failed to recall the combination and a former employee could not be reached. The combination was eventually found and the safe opened. Spence described the heat inside.
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Salt Lake City
Water Department
William Spence
Spence
U S Army Shifts Training Sites for Nationalist Chinese Officers
The U S Army announces a program to train Nationalist Chinese officers at Far Eastern installations instead of sending them to the United States. The move is described as an economy measure.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Far Eastern
United States
School Board To Discuss Sewage Plans In Monroe Village
Representatives of the Monroe Village Council will meet with Middletown Board of Education tonight to discuss the Monroe sewer problem and its possible solutions. The board seeks clarity on the school system's position in planning for new sewage disposal facilities in the village. The Lemon Monroe High School and Monroe Elementary School are part of the Middletown system and located in the village. Additional agenda items include an athletic funds audit, a Lincoln School furnace change, hiring a part time janitor for the remodeled Lincoln fieldhouse, and the resignation and replacement of a maintenance employee.
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Monroe Village
Middletown Board of Education
Monroe
Joseph Woodruff
Lemon - Monroe High School
Middletown
Lincoln School
Lincoln Fieldhouse
Car jumps curb in Franklin crash injures driver
A driver identified as Paul Young, 22, was charged with reckless operation after his car jumped a curb on S Main Street near 7th Street, struck a tree, and hit a state signpost. He was treated for facial lacerations at Middletown Hospital. A separate Sunday crash caused $45 damage between two other cars on Lebanon Road.
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Franklin
Paul Young
Shaker Road
S. Main Street
7Th Street
Young
Middletown
Jerry Dee Brickley
Lebanon
Oil Drum Falls On Leg Of Man
A steel oil drum fell across the right leg of Frederick Hatcher a 27 year old Signal Corps employee from Dayton. He was treated for bruises at Middletown Hospital and dismissed. A 12 year old Nora Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Luther Smith of Union Road Franklin Rt 1 was treated for a scalp laceration after slipping on ice near her home.
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Middletown Hospital
Frederick Hatcher
Sycamore St
Hatcher
Signal Corps
Dayton
Nora Smith
Luther Smith
Union Road
Franklin Rt. 1
Bond Issues Go Big State Bureau Reports
The Educational Research Bureau of Ohio State University says 248 of 286 school bond issues approved last year. Bond proposals were submitted by 270 districts totaling 127 million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Educational Research Bureau of
Ohio State University
Spare tendons used to repair hand injuries
Dr J W Littler of Roosevelt Hospital describes tendon grafts from accessory tendons and spare forearm tendons used to repair finger and hand injuries. Mechanization raises injury numbers while grafts aim to prevent disability and preserve function.
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Frank Carey Washington
J. W. Littler
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
International College of Surgeons
Littler
President Eisenhower Returns to White House with Cold
President Eisenhower resumed duties at the White House after a brief illness from a slight cold. He had contracted the illness during a quail hunting trip on the Georgia estate of Secretary Humphrey, who also accompanies the administration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Georgia
Runaway Boy Crashes Car Near Van Wert
A 15 year old Middletown area youth ran away from home and abandoned a truck near Van Wert. He allegedly stole a car, crashed it against a bridge to flee pursuing police, and sustained only minor injuries. He was treated at a hospital and placed in juvenile custody.
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Middletown
van Wert
J. F. Seibold
Michigan
Fires Cause $1235 In Middletown Homes
Firemen report two fires last night causing $125 in damage across Middletown. A.M. Johnson home at 2217 Arlington Ave. suffered $100 damage from an overhead fireplace igniting lumber. Sidney Johnson home at 1906 Fleming Rd. saw $25 damage from a television short. Herbert Ferguson home at 422 Moore St. had smoke but no damage. Firemen from Companies 2 and 3 also responded.
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Middletown
A. M. Johnson
Arlington Ave
Sidney Johnson
Fleming Rd
Herbert Ferguson
Moore St
Park Board Meeting Tonight in Middletown
The Middletown Park Board convenes at 7 pm in Tom Carlson's park office. Officers for 1955 will be chosen and a regular business session will follow. Discussion will include purchasing new playground equipment.
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Middletown Park Board
Tom Carlson
Parks and Recreation
Extra Jets Pull Back From Formosa Bases
The three squadrons of U S Air Force F86 Sabre Jets that flew in for the Tachen evacuation will begin withdrawing tomorrow to Okinawa and Luzon. One squadron will remain at the Formosa base, with the rest pulled from the 5th Air Force.
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Taipe
Formosa
Okinawa
Luzon
Air Force
5Th Air Force
14 Die As Stand Falls At Yucatan Bullfight
Fourteen people died and about 165 were injured when a grand stand collapsed during a bullfight in Hunucma Yucatan yesterday. Mexican officials investigated the accident and provided numbers for casualties and injuries.
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Yucatan
Mexico City
Hunucma
Driver Faces Two Charges After Police Witness Mishap
Middleton man David L. Mitchell aged 39 was arrested after officers seen his car strike a parked auto on Cherry Street and Lafayette Avenue and left the scene. He faces driving while under the influence and fleeing the scene charges.
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Middletonian
Cherry Street
Lafayette Avenue
David L. Mitchell
Garfield St
Don Wallace
Robert Walton
Mitchell
Hershell McGraw
Lafayette Ave
Baltimore Street
Patrol Reports Main Roads Clear
State patrols say four auto mishaps of the fend er bender class occurred early today on slippery Middletown highways. No serious injuries reported up to 10 a.m. Secondary roads remain very slippery while main highways are cleared by mid morning. Two minor accidents were reported yesterday.
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Middletown
15 Acre Trenton Annexation Sought by Petition
Butler county commissioners accept a petition to annex 15,889 acres to the village of Trenton. A public hearing is set for April 19. The Madison Township area adjoins Trenton to the south and east. Walter Bender, Middletown attorney, represents the petitioners.
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Butler County
Trenton
Madison Township
Walter Bender
Middletown
Fellowship church discusses Brotherhood Week meeting plans
Members of the interracial and interdenominational Fellowship Church met yesterday at Bethel AME Church to discuss Brotherhood Week and urged attendance at the city-wide Brotherhood meeting on February 27. The next gathering is set for March 13 at 3 p.m. at 1019 Columbia Ave.
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Fellowship Church
Bethel Ame
Bethel Church
Columbia Ave
Rescue Aids 2 Year Old Found Choking in Grey Street
Fire department emergency unit aided Joe Polley, age 2, of 1303 Garfield St. after he was found choking at 1305 Garfield St. at 7 04 p m yesterday. The child was transported to Middletown Hospital by the emergency squad.
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Fire Department
Joe Polley
Garfield St
Middlestown Hospital
At The Movies Showings For Paramount and Stram
Paramount screens Silver Chalice at 1 15 4 00 6 50 and 9 30. Stram presents Tennessee Champ at 1 15 4 45 and 8 15, Mogambo at 2 40 6 10 and 9 30.
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Paramount
Stram
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Walter R. Farquis
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Priscilla Johnson
U.S
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Ohio House of Representatives
Young Bob
Cincinnati
Park Board
1St Ave
Paul Judd
Jack Barnes
Ernie Jackson
Central Ave
Burton
1St Avenue
George
H. Cyphers
Ohio Oil Co
Evelyn Keasling
Auburn St
Herman H. Lawrence
Wildwood Rd
Brotherhood
Sanitone
Charles St. Ph
Erle Hanson
May-Stern’s
Chartreuse
Hassock
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