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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1955

Page

5

Streamlined Program Set To Clear Assembly Bills

Ohio lawmakers map a streamlined program to speed up the 101st General Assembly. Senate Mechem and House Speaker Clough divide bills for hearings and press to clear major measures by June, including school subsidies, election laws, port authorities, and unemployment changes.

Columbus Ohio General Assembly Senate C. Stanley Mechem Athens Roger Cloug Logan House Cloud and Mecham 101St General Assembly

Carmody to Shear Years of Underpass Opening Ceremony

Francis Carmody, chair of Middletown City Commission, will use the old scissors to officially open the Shafer-Ne bar underpass Sunday afternoon. Don ald G. Driscoll, chairman of the Program Committee, and two Middletown high school youths, David Higham and Joseph Mulligan, will observe. The event follows a Progress Program funding civic projects including fire and police protection, traffic lights, streets, parks, and Wildwood Crossing improvements. The 2:30 ceremony includes a parade at 2 p.m. from Kenwood Drive and Central Avenue with Driscoll as MC and Mrs. E. J. Sebald as a speaker.

Francis Carmody Middletown Carmody Donald G. Driscoll David Higham Joseph Mulligan Driscoll Ran Wildwood Crossing Fenwick High Schools Kenwood Drive Central Avenue

Acid Leak Forces Evacuation of Downtown Building

Fourteen gallons of acid spilled from a downtown building on the sixth floor after a hand truck toppled in an elevator. The fumes sickened six workers who could not return to work immediately. twenty people were affected as the incident prompted a building-wide evacuation in Cleveland.

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Matusow admits compiling false blacklist of actors

In 1952 Harvey Matusow testified as an ex Communist and said he created a false blacklist of radio and TV actors for Lennen & Newell who paid him 150 dollars. He named many without proof of communism, saying the list cost people jobs. The agency said the list was not used for hiring and many names went to a dead file. He also spoke of a NYC Board of Education screening project paid 250 dollars. He apologized to several Senators, but some rejected or doubted the apologies. A separate church notice requests court approval to borrow 40 000 dollars for a Middletown church and school construction.

House William L. Manahan Defiance State Ohio Manahan New York Harvey Matusow Matusow Lennen &Newell Lennen & Newell Thomas Butcher Lennon & Newell Edward J. Dimock New York City Herbert Lehman Hubert Humphrey Minnesota Mike Mansfield Montana Washington Lehman Humphrey Mansfield First Church of the Nazarene Middletown Court of Common Pleas Butler County County of Butler State of Ohio State of Central Ave Edgewood St Superior Ave Sutphin Street Oglesby-Barnitz Bank & Trust Company Common Pleas Court P. Louis Union Trust Company F. Tegeler St Louis Missouri Dempsey-Tegeler & Company FIRST Church OF the Nazarene Mary Orth John Clark Harvey Woodson Charles Wills Porter M. Brewer Robert Duff Wilmer, Wilmer & Wilmer

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Art Parks Higham E. J. Sebald Zenith Lewis Drugs, Inc Shell Oil Middletown Ice & Coal Co Curtis ST American Legion Hall SO. Main ST Art Albaugh Henry Clays Bond Kentucky Bourbon the Old Crow Distillery Company Frankfort, Kentucky Raes Marshall Smith Windhendorn, Mass John Oglander Church Isle of Wight George Simm Alexandra Nebi Santo Domingo Dominican Republic America Matuso Mikiiv Wee
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