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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1956

Page

5

Objections At Franklin Kroger Zoning Hearing

The Franklin planning and zoning commission heard both sides on a 6th and Anderson rezoning for a Kroger supermarket. Objections cited traffic hazards for students and violation of the zoning plan, while supporters noted the store would employ about 30 people with a $90 000 payroll and $350 000 investment. The commission will send its recommendation to the council’s planning and zoning committee for final action.

Jim Mills Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission 6Th Anderson Streets Jake Groninger Kroger Stores Wilbur Swink 6Th St 6Th Street Groninger Berger Arthur Shepherd Anderson St Piqua Xenia Kroger Floyd Gebhart William Kinney Sr 6Th and Anderson Gwendolyn Matthews Commission Planning and

Thief Hauls Off 42-Pound Piggy Bank Worth $500

In Colorado Springs a thief took a large piggy bank containing about 500 in dimes quarters and half dollars from the home of Mr and Mrs James Martin. The Martins report the bank weighed 42 pounds when they weighed it three days earlier.

Colorado Springs Colo James Martin Martin

Youths Indicted in Marion Bank Robbery Case

Three Marion youths Duane Charles Packer 26 Willard Lee Ciola 20 and Donald Francis Kimberling 23 were indicted on kidnaping conspiracy to kidnap and bank robbery charges for an attempted Jan 22 heist at National City Bank of Marion. Hostages Ralph C. Hurr Alma Hurr and Carolyn Susler. Mrs. Hurr died of a heart attack.

Marion Ohio Duane Charles Packer Willard Lee Ciola Donald Francis Kimberling National City Ralph C. Hurr Alma Hurr Carolyn Susler

No surgery needed for painful piles at home

Home remedy claim promises painless relief without surgery. It touts Triolyte as effective against swelling and pain, while systemically shrinking piles and healing. The message promotes modern suppositories or ointment available at druggists, claiming clothes won’t stain.

Druegists

No Defense Plea in Heiress Abortion Death Case

In Philadelphia a wealthy mother Mrs Gertrude Silver and Milton and Rosalie Schwartz pleaded no defense to abortion causing death charges linked to the death of 22 year old Doris Jean Ostreicher. The Schwartzes face extra perjury counts with trial set later.

Philadelphia Gertrude Silver Milton Rosalie Schwartz Schwartz Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher Mrs. Silver Herman Vincent A. Carroll Schwartzes Gir Ostreicher Milton Schwartz Rosalie

Tokyo Rose Faces Deportation Battle After Treason Conviction

Wayne Collins argues that even if citizenship is revoked Tokyo Rose remains a resident native and cannot be deported. Iva D AQuino, born in the United States, served parole before possible deportation. probation rules require monthly reporting and prohibition on leaving the district without permission.

San Francisco Tokyo Rose Wayne Collins Iva D’aquino United United States Federal Reformator Alcheson Wva Immigration Service Ben S. Meeker Chicago Probation Department Illinois Meeker D'Aquino Pearl Harbor

Three Die After Drink Spree in Canton Area

Canton coroner Eu gene B Mozes planned to analyze today a liquid drink allegedly consumed by three men before their deaths. Richard Penick 27 of Minerva, father of five. William Penick 31 of Rt 1 Paris Rich ard Penick’s brother. and William E Thompson 63, William Penick’s father in law, reportedly drank heavily in recent weeks with one suggesting they might have consumed tractor radiator fluid.

Canton Ohio Eugene B. Mozes Richard Penick Minerva William Penick Rt. 1 Paris Richard William E. Thompson William

Woman Slips and Cuts Hand on Glass Jar

Two people were injured in falls yesterday treated at Middletown Hospital. Mrs. Carl Elam, 31, required sixteen stitches for a gash on her right hand after she slipped on ice carrying a glass jar on Lylburn Road toward Wilmington Ohio. Carol Sue Landsdale, 10, daughter of Leslie Landsdale, fractured her left forearm at home and was dismissed after ER treatment.

Carl Elam Elam Lylburn Road Wilmington Ohio Carol Sue Landsdale Leslie Lansdale Middletown Pl

Prayer Vigil Call For Desegregation Across Churches

Dayton, Ohio reports the National Council of Churches plans a May 17 prayer vigil across denominations to seek divine intervention for social and economic justice after the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation. The council represents 14 Negro Protestant denominations and urges churchgoers to participate nationwide.

Dayton Ohio Supreme Court National Fraternal Council of Churches

Defense to rest in Troy first degree murder trial

In Troy Ohio the defense for Frankfort truck driver Edward A McMullen is set to rest today with three more witnesses expected to bolster his alibi that he was miles from the Dec 27 1954 robbery and slaying of Cleveland Chipley. McMullen 28 is charged with murder and robbery in the Troy store case.

Troy Ohio Frankfort Edward A. McMullen McMullen Cleveland Chipley Cecil G. Maddy Greenfield Hope Thompson Carolyn Mae McMullen Common Pleas Court Thompson Rainsboro Highland County Chipley

Funeral Plans for H. L. Mencken Held by Friends

Baltimore mourners gather at an unnamed funeral home for the author H. L. Mencken as plans call for a small private service without religion. The ashes will rest beside his wife’s, and his brain has been removed for Johns Hopkins pathology study. The death followed a severe cerebral hemorrhage and coronary occlusion.

Baltimore H. L. Mencken Mencken August Hamilton Owens Baltimore Sunpapers Harry Charles Mencken Pittsburgh Pathology Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Triplets Born To Divorced Mother Of 11 Children

Mrs. Huldah Vos of Ambridge became mother to triplet boys at Sewickley Valley Hospital weighing 5 7 5 1 5 14 pounds total 17 pounds The 39 year old grandmother has 11 boys and three girls with only three of the older children living at home Another child died 13 years ago Names chosen from hospital initials Stephen James Vernon Alex Harlon Bernardo

Pittsburgh Huldah Vos Ambridge Sewickley Valley Hospital Vos

Women's GOP Plans Washington Trip Finalized

Members and friends of The Women's Republican Club meet at Mrs. Clester Pieratt's home 222 Franklin St Wednesday at 6 30 for a covered dish luncheon. Mrs James Fath of Hamilton will coordinate final arrangements for the annual trip to Washington D C.

Women’s Republican Club Clester Pieratt Franklin St James Fath Hamilton Washington, D. C

Couple Kill Daughter Over Devil Spirit Confession

Police say a Korean couple aged 6 and his wife confessed to strangling their 3 year old daughter claiming the Devil's spirit dwelled in her. They are described as pious Christians with a decade of church attendance and have been charged with murder.

Seoul

Nehru backs voluntary merger to ease linguistic states

Prime Minister Nehru urged 27 Indian states to merge voluntarily to avoid redrawing state boundaries on language lines. He cited the Bombay language riots that killed 300 to 400 as a warning against linguistic state creation and praised merging moves by West Bengal and Bihar as a bold, though controversial, step.

New Delhi Nehru India Bombay West Bengal Bihar Tocal

Woman Divorces Hubby After Snakes In Cave Testimony

Judge dissolves 15 year marriage as Marion Ellsworth Woodmandsee, 32, testifies her husband, 33, forced her to live in a cave filled with snakes. She says snakes crawled over the baby and over the cupboard, shattering her nerves.

Denver Joseph E. Cook Marion Ellsworth Woodmandsee

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