Slap Prompted Editor Clash in Portsmouth Times
Jerome A. Distel, a former lot machine operator, said he struck Portsmouth Times editor John G. Green after a dispute over coverage of his father and Distel’s own gambling past. Green filed assault and battery charges. Distel faced related counts as witnesses described the confrontation at a local bowling alley. Brush-Moore Newspapers pledged staff protection.
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Galeese and others named appointed deputy registrars
Thomas A. Galeese was reappointed deputy registrar of motor vehicles for Middletown by R. E. Foley of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Additional Butler County appointees include Clyde A. Grevey Hamilton William Howe Butler County Auto Club R. H. Smith county auditor George W. Miller Monroe and Harry Coy Oxford. Preble County selections list Margaret Horrigan Camden Harry G. Johnson Eaton Charles Lock Lewisburg and Dale E. B. Unger West Alexandria. Warren County deputies include Eulalia Gaynor Franklin Helen Eakins Harveysburg Marjorie Israel Lebanon Helen Girton Mason Della Ford Morrow and Betty Cook Waynesville Clifford Kelly Germantown.
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South Second St
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Butler County Auto Club
Market St
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George W. Miller
Monroe
Harry Coy
Oxford
Preble County
Margaret Horrigan
North Main St
Camden
Harry G. Johnson
East Main St
Eaton
Charles Lock
Lewisburg
Dale E. B. Unger
West Alexandria
Warren County
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Franklin
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Harveysburg
Marjorie Israel
Lebanon
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Mason
Della Ford
Morrow
Betty Cook
Waynesville
Clifford Kelly
East Market St
Germantown
Indiana Hit By Flu Bug
The Indiana State Board of Health reports the heaviest influenza outbreak in years with 291 cases so far this year, 184 in the past week. Officials caution many colds and flu-like infections go unreported, suggesting the wave may be worse than the figures indicate. Dr. James W. Jackson notes the five-year average at this time is 115 cases.
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Price Boosts and Style Changes Redefine Auto Prices
AP Automotive Editor notes that cosmetic and mechanical improvements accompany higher sticker prices as makers raise costs to offset Korea era expenses. Since 1949, prices rose by 50 to 200 dollars, with some models 150 to 500 dollars above two years earlier. Despite rising costs and tighter credit, total registrations near 50 million, up six million from 1949, showing demand persists as industry leaders foresee continued sales pressure and potential credit relaxation.
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Korea
TV Station Freeze May End March 15
MUNCIE Ind The three year freeze on new television station permits may not be lifted until March 15 says Way Coy chairman of the Federal Communications Commission He made the forecast in speeches before the Muncie Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Wayne Rotary Club Coy said the new timetable would permit the FCC to start May 15 or June 15.
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Federal Communications Commission
Young mallard ducks learn to swim early
Report notes young mallard ducklings can swim about a third of a mile soon after leaving the nest, signaling early aquatic development for the species.
Champion Paper Employees Give $850 For Polio Drive
The Champion Paper and Fibre Company employees donated 850 to Charles J. Reuthe, polio chapter chairman, marking the largest single gift. The contribution boosts the Hamilton area drive total to over 12,000 as divisions tally further donations, while Middletown trails behind. Reuthe noted the gift followed a prior talk he gave to the group weeks earlier.
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Butler County
Charles J. Reuthe
Champion
Champion Paper and Fibre Company
Reuthe
Hamilton
Middletown
Air Force Moves Training Center to Covington Ky
The Air Force will establish a training center at the Greater Cincinnati Airport in Covington Kentucky, replacing the reserve center at Clinton County Airport in Wilmington Ohio. Congress funds amounting to 2.1 million dollars were authorized for the transfer with work to begin soon.
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Covington
Washington
Greater Cincinnati
Clinton County
Wilmington
Ohio
Congress
Pledge Timing Revealed By Reuthe Report
The time a pledge was given remained unspecified until yesterday, according to Reuthe's report.
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Cincinnati Pastor Hans Heupt Dies at 83 in Mt Washington
The ev. Hans Heupt, a widely known pastor, scholar and writer, died at his home in Cincinnati's Mt Washington district Tuesday at the age of 83.
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Hans Heupt
Mt. Washington
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