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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1956
Page
2
Three youths were arrested at the Silver Bar on Pennyroyal Road Franklin after stealing $18 and a fifth of whisky from Dick Ashburn's Cafe. Foster faces unarmed robbery charges Friday. Suspects Dean Myers 18 Randol Lee Brewer 19 and a 17 year old Franklin boy held in Warren County Jail and to be arraigned.
A tractor trailer and a locomotive collided at Baltimore and Ohio's Woodlawn crossing. Damage was 2000 to the Hess Transportation Co. truck and 500 to the locomotive with no injuries reported. Conductor was R E Lancaster and engineer Ed Ottaway.
Franklin police report a Marine on furlough, Chester Patrick, 25 Pennyroyal Road, was arrested for reckless operation after his southbound car crossed the center line on Main near Clay, struck a northbound car driven by Homer Sewell Mills, then hit a tractor trailer. Damages total about 3200 dollars. Patrick was treated at Middletown before arrest. A second mishap on the 2nd Street bridge involved Paul Kinzer and Elgahey Roberts, causing 75 dollars damage.
Fast relief promised for piles with Peterson's Ointment. The ad claims cooling, soothing action, relief from itching, and a 40 year track record. Available at druggists with 50 cents for box or 75 cents for applicator tube. money back guarantee.
Firefighters battled two small blazes yesterday totaling 65 dollars in damage. A cigarette caused a day bed fire at 802 Crawford Street, affecting 35 dollars of Maxine Reynard’s contents. A separate 30 dollar car fire occurred at First Avenue and Curtis Street. An additional hot engine incident at Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. was reported at 11 59 a.m.
Gus Christy owner of Christy’s Grocery Mayfield was assaulted with a pipe by a 16 or 17 year old youth who pretended there was someone else in the store. Christy received four stitches for a head wound and was released from Middletown Hospital. The assailant fled on a bicycle after brandishing a knife and demanding money. nothing was taken. Police description notes a tall thin youth in a blue denim jacket jeans and cap.
City Commission to hear tabulated bids for a Sunset Pool bath house and a new north side parking lot on the City Building lot. Acting manager Thompson reports the Park Board recommends accepting $73,000 for the bathhouse. Also on the agenda are subdivision plat reports and a county council request to sponsor Leonard Bros. Circus on the Smith Farm.
A 1956 model auto stolen from Herman Fares at 1515 First Ave was found by police in the rear of 44 Crawford St at 6 09 PM The car had 60 miles since purchase and bore license 5237MR at recovery The previous plate 415MW was turned in by a citizen The auto valued at 2800 dollars Also recovered was another stolen car found at 1st Avenue and Crimes Street at 12 40 AM from 322 Charles St police said
Paramount shows Wizard of Oz at 1 20 4 45 and 8 05 p m Indian Fighter at 3 05 6 30 and 9 50 p m Strand presents Girl in the Red Velvet Swing at 2 50 6 20 and 9 40 p m Kiss of Fire at 1 15 4 45 and 8 15 p m Colonial screens City Across the River at 3 20 6 40 and 10 p m It's a Wonderful Life at 1 30 4 50 and 8 10 p m Dixie Cruise In offers Life at Stake at 9 05 p m Springfield Rifle at 7 97 and 10 35 p m
William Crawford of Wrenn Paper Co. urges practicing brotherhood in everyday tasks, focusing on courteous driving. He says small acts like yielding and pausing for parking create contagious goodwill that spreads to others and becomes a habit.
An open to the public Brotherhood service closes Brotherhood Week activities led by the Council of Churches Bnai B rith and NAACP. Master of ceremonies is H R Cromwell with speakers Abida Sutana Lilia Gonzales Yuriko Kadowaki Masuo Hyashi all from Miami University or Western College for Women. Local choirs and Hi Y groups join the program in Middletown at McKinley Junior High School auditorium at 7 30 p m. Program chairs and regional leaders are named. The note on forests ends with a non sequitur about U S National Forests parity with Texas.
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