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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1956
Page
6
Weather report from C. E. Morningstar at the Water Works Station shows Middletown’s 1955 rainfall total reached 40.49 inches, up from 37.08 in 1954 with a yearly average temperature near 54 degrees. January was unusually cold and July was the hottest month, while December stayed cold until late in the period.
Confusing ad claims a non acidic powder can improve denture fit and odor control. It urges readers to buy at drug counters for less embarrassment from plate slippage.
Navy recruits from Kentucky and southern Indiana will be sworn in January 17 by Rear Adm. Ingolf N. Kiland in Louisville. The flag officer will administer the oath, colors will be presented by the company sweetheart chosen from recruit photos, and the group will stay together through boat training with group leave afterward.
Premier Edgar Faure urged a constitutional change to extend cabinet longevity amid a fragmented post election Parliament in Paris. The vote widened gaps between Communists and Poujadists, squeezing moderates Mendes France and allies who must navigate a divided majority after January 19.
Robert A. Manchester of Canfield and Elliott E. Meyers of Ironton named president and vice president of Ohio’s new state board of education. Manchester won on the eighth ballot for the 19th District, with eight others drawing two to six year terms by lot. The board will meet regularly at 7 30 p.m. on the second Monday each month.
Governor Averell Harriman told New York lawmakers he seeks broad social welfare benefits a substantial state income tax cut and higher pay for state workers and teachers in his annual message opening the 1956 legislative session He predicted record state revenues alongside rising expenditures and left specifics on tax relief and education funding to his budget due February 1.
William F. Johnson of Armco Middletown Works will describe Armco’s method for introducing new employes to their work and to the company. He will address the Ohio Hospital Association general assembly on Induction of the New Employe during a two day institute on supervision at the Deshler Hilton Hotel.
Sergeant Edwin Benveniste was released as Air Force investigators continued probing the shooting death of his close friend Master Sergeant Walker Burtnett in the Biggs Air Force Base housing area. Burtnett, formerly of Alliance Ohio, was shot once in the back of the head with a .22 caliber pistol as authorities say he may have been a prowler.
B P Allen, YMCA physical department director, announced a 7 to 8 p m family swim session. The monthly program is open to YMCA members and their immediate families.
In Norton Washington a fire engine responding to a house fire on U S 58 triggered a chain of crashes. Paul Carroll swerved, his pickup skidded 15 feet over a bank and struck a car. Five vehicles were damaged and the house burned down.
Henry Matthews 18 of Detroit Negro admitted raping and strangling Joanne Pushis 17 after an antiaircraft unit party in Calumet Park on Aug 6. He drank heavily at the Battery A mess hall and was sentenced by Judge Thomas Kluczynski to 199 years, with no parole until about 66 years.
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