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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1961

Page

13

Car Crash on N Ver ey Parkway Injures Two

Two men were admitted to Middletown Hospital after a car forced into a guardrail on N Ver ey Parkway. Worley Martin aged 64 suffered a fractured pelvis and facial cuts. Donald Stamper 22 had possible head injuries. Both were listed in fair and good condition respectively and transported by Riggs ambulance.

Middletown Hospital N. Verey Parkway Worley Martin Jewell Ave Donald Stamper Ben Harrison Sr Riggs Stamper

Tax On Inheritance By Church Is Upheld

AKRON Ohio AP The Ninth District Court of Appeals upholds a Wayne County Probate Court ruling that the pensions board of the United Presbyterian Church must pay inheritance tax on a 76000 dollar bequest and related costs.

Akron Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals Wayne County Pensions Board of the United Presbyterian Church

Middletown Port Airport seen as job boom by realty chief

Keays tells Realtors port near Middletown could create 5 000 to 10 000 jobs and boost area business. At the 44th annual banquet in Manchester Hotel he echoed Tom Baird Jr. that 1961 will be strong as industry revives, and urged a bold drive for regional industrial development. Special honors went to Baird, Joseph Lewis, and Tom firing president of the eman 3 division for service.

Middletown Bob Keays Middletown Real Estate Board Keays Manchester Hotel Tom Baird Jr Baird Joseph Lewis Tom Eman 3 Fd Steiner Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards Lewis Ohio U. S

War fears loom as real estate board picks officers

Glenn Ellison, Middletown High football coach, warned a nuclear war could kill one in ten in the U S and leave survivors living like Daniel Boone. Al E Reinman Jr of Youngstown, president of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards, installed new officers. New names included Howard W Thrasher, Herbert Boren, NitaPortsmouth, and Tom Baird Sr among others.

Egit U.S Daniel Boone Glenn Ellison Middletown al E. Reinman Jr Youngstown Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards Keays Howard W. Thrasher Herbert $. Boren Nita Portsmouth Tom Baird Sr Lloyd Miller J. D. Sawyer Jack Falkner Emmett Sherron Falkner Florence Lee A. R. Maupe Wonanes l George Rs

Patterson Visits Base Airport Talks Aimed At Agenda

Patterson visits base airport talks in Lebanon to firm up a 10 county regional airport meeting agenda. Dayton Cincinnati and other city representatives will explore Clinton County Air Force Base in Wilmington as a regional port option. A $5,000 preliminary feasibility study is underway with area officials to review findings.

Lebanon Dayton Cincinnati Middletown Hamilton Modesman Clinton County Air Force Base Wiligton Ohio Strategic Air Command Wilmington Air Force Bates Harcum R. William Patterson William K. Robinson Agenda Committee Charles W. Thompson Clinton Robinson Thompson

Seven People Treated For Injuries At Local Hospital

Seven individuals were treated at Duddletown Hospital yesterday. Names include Lucy Stacey 46 who fractured her right wrist. Charles Johnson 13 with a fractured left hand. Franklin with a hand injury at Carlisle School. Charles Creech 6 with a fractured right elbow. J C Mason 15 who needed ten stitches on his right knee. Barbara Hatton 4 with a fractured left collarbone from a home slide. Elihu Wages 48 with a fractured right ankle at the Highway Department. A 14 year old sustained ear lacerations, facial injuries, and a swollen area after a fight at 14th Avenue and Verity Parkway, receiving six stitches.

Duddletown Hospital Lucy Stacey Catalpa St Charles Johnson Charlie Johnson Dayton-Oxford Road Franklin Carlisle School Charles Creech Charles E. Creech Baltimore St J. C. Mason Andrew Mason Oxford State Road Barbara Hatton Thomas A. Hatton Kristine Lane Elihu Wages Camden Rt. 8 Highway Department 14Th Avenue Verity Parkway

Dayton University Receives $30,000 Science Grant

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Dayton a $30,000 grant to advance understanding of the structural properties of liquids. The funding supports research to expand knowledge in liquid structure and related theories.

Dayton, Ohio National Science Foundation University of Dayton

Public Housing Gets Commission Approval for Use If Needed

City commissioners in a special session authorized a formal public housing application for low income relocatees in the urban renewal area with a proviso it would be used only if absolutely necessary. A Real Estate Book report noted a 97 unit deficiency among 282 non white relocating families, with housing shortages most acute in the lowest income group. A public hearing on the urban renewal project is set for next month as officials aim for some development before year end. The 52 acre area lies between Avenue Yankee Road south Calumet Avenue north and the regional rail lines.

Federal Au Heries Avenue Calumet Avenue New York Central B&o

Racycle Found After Public Hunt In Middletown

J A Alspaugh of Orlando claims he bought a Racycle Pacemaker years ago at Clark Sporting Goods in Middletown. Camden woman Mrs Clarence Smith says her husband owned one, and police urge contact. Alspaugh says he rode one from Darton to St Louis to the 1904 World’s Fair, noting Racycles were once made locally.

J. A. Alspaugh Orlando Fia Clarence Smith S. Liberty St Camden Clark Sporting Goods Middletown Alspaugh Smiths Darton St. Louis

Grant Store Burns Out At Miamisburg

Fire gutted the W. T. Grant store at the Plaza Shopping Center in Miamisburg early today. Damage estimates run into the hundreds of thousands as investigators search the smoldering ruins. Patrolman Tom Guffey and James Stanley found the fire around 3 30 am. walls remained standing after the blaze damaged three roof sections. The building, owned by Dibzig and Friedman of Kettering, was the last completed in a center housing about a dozen shops opened last August. Minor damage touched a nearby beauty shop and a dry cleaning shop.

Miamisburg W. T. Grant New Plaza E. Central Ave Ptl Tom Guffey James Stanley Dibzig and Friedman Kettering Dibzig Grant

Police Briefs Detain Suspects On Warrants And Thefts

Detectives arrested Leon Wells 33 of 2406 St Sutphin Sr on two warrants charging issuing $50 checks with insufficient funds. Mario Donisi filed both charges. William T. Moore 36 of 830 Eighth Ave was arrested on warrants for failure to report and pay city income tax. Pleas Miller 27 of 2906 Finley Sr was arrested on a warrant for abandonment of a pregnant woman. Four hubcaps from Florence Frisby’s car on Trenton Rt. 1, a bicycle from Melvin Larson 212 Monroe St, and a jock and gas from a car in an unlocked garage at 417 Crawford St were reported stolen.

Las Night Leon Wells St. Sutphin Sr Mario Donisi William T. Moore Eighth Ave Pleas Miller Finley Sr Florence Frisby Trenton Rt. 1 Melvin Larson Monroe St Crawford St

Survivors of Amagiri crew draft Kennedy cable

Seventeen Japanese survivors of the Amagiri, the destroyer that rammed Kennedy's torpedo boat in the Solomons, gather in Tokyo to draft a cable congratulating John F. Kennedy on his January 20 inauguration. Kennedy received a severe back injury but swam to safety. The former Amagiri skipper Kohei Hanami, now 51 and a farmer, says Kennedy's election drew attention to the incident and survivors formed a club.

Tokyo John F. Kennedy U.S Kennedy Solomons Kohei Hanami

Seven Mile Boosters Organize Donkey Basketball Night

Seven Mile High School hosts two donkey basketball games tomorrow night to raise funds for the Seven Mile Athletic Boosters Association. Boosters face Kiwanis Club while faculty clash with senior boys at 8 p.m. Admission is 73 cents for adults and 30 cents for students.

Seven Mile Seven Mile High School Seven Mile Athletic Boosters Association Seven Mile Kiwanis Club

City Dads Press Left Il Alone Public Hearing On Zoning

A North Middletown zoning hearing drew no residents as reporters and officials attended. The planning commission had set 7:30 pm after clearing other business, and its R-1 zoning recommendation for a 1.5 square mile tract from Spring Hill School toward the city limits was likely to be approved next meeting. The area is mostly farmland, including the Manchester Meadows subdivision.

North Middletown Planning Commission Spring Hill School Manchester Meadows

City considers industrial zoning amid emergency finance measures

An east west street rectangle includes Sycamore Walnut York Michigan Garfield Hudson Baltimore and Heffner. A surveying firm urges industrial zoning. Chairman Denham led an afternoon session to pass emergency legislation as commissioners had other commitments. The bill accelerates appropriations to match the budget. Appointments included Erle Hansen and Harry Hadley to the planning commission and Dr. William Patton to the board of health. Other hires and contracts followed, including a mix asphalt contract to Middletown Paving and a police and fire department supply to Smith Bennett Inc of Boston.

Sycamore Walnut York Michigan Garfield Hudson Baltimore Heffner William Denham Erle Hansen Harry Hadley Planning Commission William Patton Board of Health Roger Dick Chesney Eleanor Lee Law Tilman Ellison Middletown Paving Products Smith-Bennett Inc Boston Fire Department

Refugees Topic Of Talk Here By College President

President James M Read of Wilmington College an expert on world refugees will address the Middletown Chapter of the Cincinnati Council on World Affairs January 17 at 8 pm. The meeting at Roosevelt Junior High School will cover The United Nations and Refugees. Open to all interested with no admission fee.

James M. Read Wilmington College Middletown Cincinnati ‘Council On World Affairs Roosevelt Junior High School United Nations Read CWA

Jury Indicts Hamilton Man In Tax Evasion Case

Dayton report states George C. Ritzi of Ritzi Body Shop Hamilton and partner were indicted by a U S grand jury on three counts of income tax evasion. The trio allegedly underreported net income for 1955 to 1957 totaling 29,777 and taxes due of 5,915 while owed taxes totaled 17,581 on 63,564 in reported earnings.

Dayton George C. Ritel Hamilton Ritzi U. S

Floyd Barrett Reported Missing From Logan Avenue

Floyd Barrett aged 50 of 1929 Logan Avenue was reported missing yesterday after vanishing since 6 p.m. Monday. He stands about six feet tall and weighs around 165 pounds.

Floyd Barrett Logan Ave

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