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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1960

Page

2

Patrolman Fired Amid Insubordination Claims At Middletown

City Manager Charles W. Thompson and Police Chief Joseph Blackmore support the dismissal of Patrolman Coy Hall after a dispute over duty. Hall, eight years on the force, plans to challenge the action with his counsel. Hall says he was told to report to work while sick with a doctor’s note later.

Charles W. Thompson Joseph Blackmore Ptl. Coy Hall Force Hall Middletown Ihief Blackmore Thompson Journal

Trenton Council Adopts Agenda System and hires temporary solicitor

Trenton village council voted to set up an agenda system to cut meeting time with clerk Donald Bogan to prepare agendas two days before meetings. They also hired Louis Wynn as temporary solicitor amid bid concerns for a new cruiser and ambulance station wagon. A new city building committee was formed with Philip Staiey as chair.

Trenton Donald Bogan Coun Cilman Charles Kramer Howe Motor Co Middletown Chevrolet B.d Hobart Adams Hamilton Ken Philips Lincoln Mercury Fred Randolph Louis Wynn Herbert Kelhoffer Harry Stretcher Philip Staiey Hershel Lovely Kenneth Worstler Worstler

Indicted In Warren Jury Report

Warren County grand jurors filed a report with Judge Warren C. Young showing 24 indictments and two ignored cases. Sixty witnesses were examined. arraignment is set for Monday. Jury foreman James R. Vale led the panel.

Lebanon Warren County Common Pleas Warren C. Young William Lawrence Clark Lloyd Edward Coffey Charles Bailey James Luther King Jerry Saylor Rolf Trouthwein Milton Detlaff Tomie Armwine Ned Norris Charles W. Sears James R. Vale Morrow

Mother and three children killed in Ohio crash

In Bowling Green Ohio a two car collision on a county road killed Mrs Betty Allen 27 and her three children Cheryl 9 Susan 3 and Don 1 all from Merrill. Four others were injured and hospitalized including driver Ida May Norris 26 and two young children in fair condition. The other driver George Couch 28 from Bloomdale was uninjured.

Bowling Green Ohio Here Betty Allen Cheryl Susan Don Merrill Wood County Memorial Hospital Ida May Norris Portage

Butler County Fair Dates Announced by Agriculture Director

Agriculture Director Robert H. Terhune released county fair dates. Butler County Fair runs August 21 to 25, Warren County August 1 to 6, Preble August 9 to 13, Montgomery September 3 to 7, and Hamilton September 15 to 18. First fair is Welston July 20, and Lancaster hosts the final fair on October 12. Ohio State Fair runs August 26 to September 2.

Guests Robbed At Racquet Club in Palm Springs

Investigators have no clues after burglaries at the Racquet Club Friday night. William Rose of New York reports his wife’s diamond and pearl jewelry totaling about 40 thousand dollars taken, including necklaces bracelets and pins. Walter Marks of Beverly Hills says his wife’s diamond and pearl bracelet and other jewelry valued around five thousand dollars were stolen.

Palm Springs Calif William Rose New York Walter Marks Beverly Hills

Four Hurt In 12 City Accidents

Four persons treated at Middletown Hospital from twelve city accidents yesterday. The report lists multiple collisions on Highland Street, Tytus Avenue, and adjacent streets, naming drivers such as Jon Fugate and Malcom Brenner, with damages ranging from 65 to 2000 dollars and several citations for failing to yield or safe driving.

Middletown Hospital Highland Street Goldman Avenue Jon Fugate Sheffield Pl Malcom Brenner Carolina St Brenner Fugate Audrey Crebs Park St Robert Archery Illinois Ave Melva Seeger West Middletown Fairmount Avenue Baltimore St

No Union Choice On Tap At Crystal Tissue Plant

An NLRB election on February 9 at Crystal Tissue Co will decide whether 200 employees gain Papermakers representation or opt for no union. The vote follows a December petition by United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union, AFL CIO, amid a history of prior defeats in 1951 1955 and 1958 and repeated attempts to win bargaining rights at Excell o plant.

National Labor Relations Board Crystal Tissue Co NLRB United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union Afl-Cio Russell Smith Cincinnati William Taylor Robert J. McDade Joseph Herr Barry J. Levey Crystal Tissue UPP Cello Plant

Fire at Armco Drege and Metal Products minor damage

Middletown firefighters responded after 10 p.m. to a blaze at the Armco Drege and Metal Products building 801 Young St. The fire, in a tar tank, was caused by hot carbon and caused light damage. Armco employees remained in charge after extinguishment. GAS FURNACE fumes mistaken for smoke at Bailey Funeral Home. no fire found. Another false alarm reported at Manchester and Doty Street.

Middletown Armco Drege and Metal Products Young St Armco Bailey Funeral Home Manchester Doty Street

U S Allows Soviet Planes to Refuel at South Pole

Auckland dispatch reports So viet planes may land at the South Pole with U S permission to refuel for seismic measurements. Rear Adm. David Tyree confirmed the Soviets requested access during a pole expedition that visited December 26 to 30.

Auckland New Zealand South Pole Christ Church U.S David Tyree Pole

Bender Quits As Teamster Crime Prober

Former U S Senator George H Bender of Cleveland resigns as chair of the Teamsters anti racketeering commission. The Plain Dealer says he declined to confirm his departure and Hoffa was out of town. Bender had led an investigation into corruption within the union since August 1958.

Cleveland U.S George H. Bender Teamsters Union Cleveland Plain Dealer Washington Bender James H. Hoffa Hoffa

Air Force rescues nine at Arctic station with more to go

FAIRBANKS Alaska AP the Air Force continued an orderly long planned evacuation of Station Charley a floating Arctic Ocean station. Two men were removed from the ice floe Thursday and seven more were airlifted Friday night by ski equipped C130 planes from Sewart Air Force Base Tennessee.

Fairbanks Alaska Air Force Charley Arctic Ocean Sewart Air Force Base Tenn

Woman Killed in Downtown Youngstown Car Crash

Mrs. Mary L. Boucherle, 65, of Youngstown, died when her car collided with another vehicle at a downtown intersection. The crash occurred today in Youngstown, Ohio, as investigators began processing the scene.

Youngstown, Ohio Mary L. Boucherle Youngstown

Collision Fatality in Akron Auto Crash

Akron police report Merrill Cook age 61 died Friday night in a two vehicle collision at the intersection of West Ex change and Elmdale Streets.[]

Akron, Ohio Merrill Cook West Exchange Elmdale

Deaths And Funerals Eric O Tankersley 80

Eric O Tankersley 80 died at home after three years of ill health. A longtime resident of Middletown he was a self employed interior decorator and painter and a Crawford Street Church of God member. Survived by wife Bessie two sons William L Clyde L two daughters Opal Fred Whitman and Gilbert Hubbard a sister Ruth Hamilton nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Arrangements by Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.

Eric O. Tankersley Moore St Middletown Tennessee Opal Oral Bessie William L Clyde L Fred Whitman Gilbert Hubbard Dayton Ruth Hamilton Los Angeles Dren Joseph R. Baker & Sons

Actress Sullaven Bequeaths Temporal Bones to Doctor

New York AP reports actress Margaret Sullaven left her temporal bones to Dr Julius Lempert for scientific study after her long battle with deafness. Lempert received both bones two days after her Jan 1 death in New Haven CT. He calls the donation scientifically valuable, noting it may show two stages of hearing loss and represents a historic sample from a fenestration operation.

New York Margaret Sullaven Julius Lempert New Haven Conn

Money recovered after bank heist in Hamilton

FBI agents found $500 more of the $1,751 seized from Pleas Turner after he robbed the First National Bank in Hamilton. Turner, 40, was wounded by Patrolman Richard Bowman at a roadblock and remains in a Cincinnati hospital. Bank auditor noted $2,250 missing.

Hamilton Ohio FBI Turner First National Bank Richard Bowman Hamilton County Cincinnati Yurners Ed Mason Cincinnat

Car Stolen From Findlay Street Recovered by Patrol

Police report a 1953 four door sedan stolen Thursday from Marvin Goff 3200 Findley St was recovered last night at Wilbraham and German Town Roads by the state patrol. The vehicle was taken from Ninth Avenue and Yankee Road. Police also investigated a dog bite at Middletown Hospital involving Charles D Perkins two and a half years old of 911 Columbia Ave. The dog owner was James Current of 919 Beach St.

Marvin Goff Findley St Wilbraham Germantown State Patrol Ninth Avenue Yankee Road Middletown Hospital Charles D. Perkins Columbia Ave James Current Beach St

Theft Report at 812 Auburn St Involves Vehicle Wheel

Robert Peters reports a theft from his car trunk at 812 Auburn Street, with a wheel and white wall tire taken. The incident is under police notice and awaits investigation.

Robert Peters Auburn St

R S Gelman To Address Miami Grads

Robert S Oelman Dayton president of National Cash Register Co will deliver Miami University's midyear commencement January 31 at 2 pm in Benton Auditorium Miami Millett said Oelmans civic work includes education and community service He is former national president of Dartmouth College Alumni Association and a trustee at University of Dayton He joined NCR in 1933 rising to president in 1957 and has held various industry and civic posts including Ohio Bell Koppers Winters Bank Dayton Community Chest and United Community Funds Councils of America.

Oxford Dayton National Cash Register Co Miami University Benton Audiorium Miami John D. Millett Oelman Dartmouth College Alumni Assn University of Dayon NCR University of Vienna Office Equipment Manufacturers Institute National Assn. of Manufacturers Ohio Bell Telephone Co Koppers Co., Inc Winters National Bank & Trust Co The Dayton Community Chest Ass United Community Funds Councils of America

Mrs Evelyn Liggins Dies in Lebanon at 42

Mrs Evelyn Liggins 42 of 319 Pleasant St Lebanon died at 8 21 am yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after moving to Leb anon five years ago from Dayton Her husband Elvin survives Services set for 1 30 pm Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home with Rev J H Gaines officiating Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery Friends may call Monday afternoon and evening

Lebanon Evelyn Marié Liggins Pleasant St Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Elvin Oswald Funeral Home J. H. Gaines Lebanon Cemetery

Obituary of Edwin Ozias Ozias Eaton Services Tomorrow

Edwin Ozias Eaton 89 former Preble County juvenile court officer died yesterday in a local rest home. Services at 2 p m tomorrow at Barnes Funeral Home with burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery. He lived at 27 W High St after leaving a Preble County farm. Survived by wife Leona a son Wesley of Pittsburgh three daughters Lillian Brubaker Eaton Kathryn Eby and Isabelle Place two brothers and a sister.

Eaton Edwin Ozias Preble County Barnes Funeral Sugar Grove Ozias High St Leona Wesley Pittsburgh Lillian Brubaker Kathryn Eby Trotwood Isabelle Place Lido Isle Calif

Obituaries Hit Ohio: Clark Beltz Abrams Notables

Mrs. Carmaleda Clark aged 40 of 1635 Bender Ave. has a 2 p.m. service at Webb Funeral Home. Otto W. Beltz, 74 of 1981 Fair Grove Ave. has a Monday service in Jefferson Ohio. Sandra Faye Abrams, eight year old daughter of Luther and unnamed mother of 1859 Milton St. has a service today at Brown Dawson Funeral Home.

Carmaleda Clark Bender Ave Webb Funeral Home Otto W. Beltz Fairgrove Ave Jefferson, Ohio Sandra Faye Abrams Luther Abrams Milton St Brown-Dawson Funeral Home

Notable deaths across several states reported by AP

Ernest M. Flinn aged 66 served as district director of internal revenue for eastern Missouri since 1955 and died of a heart attack. Carel R. Reed, 75, former school superintendent in Akron Bridgeport Minneapolis, died Friday. Arthur D. Gardiner, 47 founder of Gardiner Maine died Friday. Frederick Borders, 62 known for British TV calculating act died Thursday.

ST. Louis Ernest M. Flinn Internal Revenue Missouri Orleans Mass Carerol R. Reed Akron Ohio Bridgeport Maine London Frederick Borders

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