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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1958
Page
2
Middletown city leaders approved an emergency appropriation of 1 303 848 to cover three months of operations. General fund allotment totals 541 650 to pay wages while awaiting Butler County budget decisions. The measure follows a delay in finance department readiness and aims to secure payroll and municipal services.
City commissioners view Middletown's new All-America flag received from the National Municipal League. The flag bears All America City in white on blue. Armco Steel's Charles Hook helped secure the award. officials tease a new flagpole as Jene goes on display in the CG&E Building window ahead of formal ceremonies.
Eva McQueen 20 of Franklin and her mother Lettie McQueen were treated at Henry County Hospital New Castle after a crash on snow covered U S 40 near Dublin Indiana. Leona Rhule 18 of Oxford remained unconscious at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis with head injuries.
City commissioners appointed over two dozen members to city boards and commissions and installed a new member. Virgil T. Clark was named city commissioner, with Warren Printz and others listed for various three, five, and one year terms across boards including Planning, Building Standards, Electrical, Heating, Zoning, Fire, Technical Examiners, Plumbers, Health, Library Trustees, Pension Funds, Police Relief, Civil Service, Boxing and Wrestling. Several appointments were postponed.
Frank King 55 of 2101 Yankee Rd. remained in satisfactory condition today at Middletown Hospital after a Tuesday night collision at Girard Avenue and S Verity Parkway. He sustained a fractured left hip forehead cuts and a skull fracture.
Ohio Route 122 area west of the Miami River Bridge in Middletown plans improvements as the Planning Commission denies a petition by Austin Smith and others to rezone Verity Parkway parcels between Germantown Road and Winona Drive from residential to business use.
A Carlisle home owned by David Baker suffered smoke and burn damage when a fire started at 7 49 p m in the Twin Valley area. Gerald Hawkins alerted the Franklin Township Fire Department, three youths moved a burning chair outdoors, and firefighters avoided using water.
Giltrow named president and Sherman Steele elected vice president of the Armco Employees Association. Steele is a repairman in Hot Strip maintenance and both men have served as association directors since 1957. Other officers include Mark Walke and Alma Evans with retiring president Harry Hall moving to director.
A fire wrecked an apartment building in Gratis early Wednesday leaving two families homeless including 14 persons. The blaze discovered around 3 30 a m by a returning hunter caused furniture losses while residents escaped unharmed. Fire Chief Herman Hollenbaugh was briefly overcome but not seriously injured. Burglary reports at Hellers Oil Co. and Sinclair Service Station coincided with the incident, though losses were not yet known.
A Hamilton woman was victimized by a baby sitting club scam. A man offered services for his son and asked if she belonged to the club, then took $3 to drop off downtown and never returned. The man, his son, and the money vanished.
Athens Ohio early today a cafeteria on the Ohio University campus burned. Firemen estimated losses between 50 000 and 100 000 with no injuries. The single story frame building was the last wartime temporary structure on campus. The fire began near a refrigeration unit and was discovered at 530 a m according to Athens Fire Chief Charles W Dalton.
Louisville police caught 35 year old Francis S Beck after a break in at a store. Beck concealed himself under a car for several minutes before slipping and grabbing, leading to his capture. He was charged with storehouse breaking.
Henry A. Masana, 36, longtime Hamilton police detective and later sergeant, resigns to become assistant prosecutor in Robert L. Marrs office effective Feb 1. A Xavier and Salmon P. Chase Law School graduate, Masana was admitted to the bar last summer and will focus on investigative work. He is married with two children.
Firemen were summoned to 714 Elsmere Street to tackle a blaze in a furnace blower at the J. D. Trent residence. The overheated bearing triggered the fire but caused no damage.
Thomas Brunner and William Johnson were captured in Dayton nine hours after robbing a Waynesville service station. A wrecked car, a stolen auto, and a woman’s reaction prompted the stakeout leading to the arrests by Warren County Sheriff’s deputies, Dayton police, and State Patrol.
Polio fundraising gains are expected this weekend with two major efforts. Middletown Booster Club and Hamilton's Famous 100 Club will staff baskets at the Middletown-Hamilton game in Cincinnati Gardens tomorrow night. Middletown Y-Teens will hand out blue crutches Saturday to encourage contributions. A polio booth at Broad Street and Central Avenue operates tomorrow Saturday and Monday with groups like the American Legion Auxiliary, Optimists, and Sertoma assisting on different days.
Armco Steel Corp. is awarded a management excellence certificate by the American Institute of Management for 1958. The institute bases the award on a ten point study of leading managements in the United States and Canada, with Armco previously earning Forbes top honors last month.
Frank Weaver aged 59 faced a second degree murder charge after his daughter Cora Lee Weaver Drury died in Middletown Hospital from a Saturday night shooting at their home. He had been bound to a grand jury on a shooting with intent to kill charge and later pleaded guilty before a transfer to county jail. The victim, a native of Middletown, survived by her parents, Talana Lee, four brothers and one sister. Arrangements are pending at Bailey Funeral Home.
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