City Manager Seeks Definite Pay Formula for City Workers
City Manager Charles W. Thompson urged the City Commission to adopt a definite salary and wage formula for employees. He said current adjustments are guesswork and proposed reviewing the formula annually with local industries to keep wages aligned with comparable jobs. He noted budget constraints prevent immediate raises but may allow cutbacks to balance the budget.
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Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Kremlin purge targets Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich
Soviet Central Committee fired Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich along with Shepilov in a June 29 decision. Pravda warned party ranks to heed Leninist lines and the 20th Congress decisions while Moscow framed the purge as defending Stalinist era policies.
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Shapirov
Molotov
Malenkov
Kaganovian
Moscow
Communist Party
Mailenkov
Kaganovich
Khrushchev
Stalin
Soviet Union
Party
Malenkey
Shepilov
Pravda
Andrei Gromyko
Central Committee
West
Kremlin
Police
Lavrenny Beria
Moloitov
Tito
Yugoslavia
Beria
Lenin
Armco Park to Close for Picnic Colorful Association Outing
Armco Park will close to the public on Saturday for the Armco Colored Association annual picnic. The 260 acre park, owned by Armco Steel Corp, has hosted Middletonians for 36 years. Only area residents may use the park, and no reservations are needed. Open daily otherwise 8 a.m. to dark through the season, except July 6 and July 27.
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Armco
Armco Steel Corp
F. D. Danford
Danford
Middletown
Monroe
Trenton
Franklin
Germantown
Gratis
Carlisle
Armco Park
Safety Holds Through Fourth of July Weekend in Middletown
Area reports a calm start to the holiday with no traffic incidents posted to State Patrol Post 9 or the Butler County Sheriff’s Department during the first hours of the weekend beginning at 6 p.m. The peaceful start indicates limited public safety issues as residents celebrate.
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Middletown
State Patrol Post 9
Butler County Sheriff's Department
United States Farmhouse Age Averages Top Half Century
The report notes that the typical American farm home exceeds 50 years in age, indicating a long-standing, aging rural housing stock. It highlights potential needs for modernization and infrastructure updates across farming communities.
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United States
Plans For 8 Classroom Oneida Addition Okayed
The Board of Education approved preliminary revised plans for a 190656 dollar eight classroom addition to Oneida School. McClorey and McClorey will prepare drawings with bids expected by August 1, adding a library conference room storage restrooms and related work.
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Board of Education
Oneida
Cincinnati
McClorey
MecClorey
Thomas McClorey
A. M. Kinney Associates
Amanda
Wildwood
Taft
Reunion hoped between General Ridgway and Middletown bodyguard
Delman Whitt, Middletown police officer and former Ridgway bodyguard, hopes to meet Gen Matthew Ridgway at the 82nd Airborne Division convention in Cincinnati. Whitt served as guard in Sicily and France, survived three wartime dangers, and was a POW for nine months in Europe.
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Cincinnati
82Nd Airborne Division
Sheraitom-Gibson Hotel
Matthew B. Ridgway
Delman Whitt
Middletown
Whitt
Ridgiway
Ridgway
Iting
Sicily
Italy
France
Chicago
Europe
Smoking Habit Is Absurd Says Russian Doctor
A Moscow radio broadcast quoted an unidentified Russian doctor calling smoking an absurd survivial of the past. He said the socialist system promotes a healthy new man and prolongs life, urging listeners to resist the habit with will power.
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London
Moscow
Cincinnatians Burned In Blast At National Distillers Plant
A blast at the National Distillers Products and Chemical Co. research lab in Carthage injures four people. Leo H. Broening of Ludlow Ky suffers burns over about half his body after being hurled 60 feet. Carl Coch Dr. Stewartl Schott director of research and Wolfgang Wheeler also wounded. Fire officials estimate property damage near $25 000. The blaze started during burning of a low boiling point liquid.
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Cincinnati
National Distillers Products & Chemical Co
Carthage
Leo H. Broening
Ludlow
Carl Coch
Stewart l Schott
Wolfgang Wheeler
Vernon Armstrong
Philanthropist Mary A Pirtle Dies in Cleveland Hospital
Mrs Mary Agatha Pirtle a Cleveland philanthropist and world traveler died Wednesday at Lakeside Hospital after a long illness She was the widow of Clairborne Pirtle former president of the Electric Controller and Manufacturing Company who died in 1926.
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Cleveland
Mary Agatha Pirtle
Lakeside Hospital
Clairborne Pirtle
The
Electric Controller & Mfg. Co
Crushed Under Auto in Carville Fatality
In Carville Ohio Okey Briggs 28 died Tuesday when a bumper jack slipped on loose dirt and the car fell trapping him while he was under the vehicle changing a spring.
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Carville
Ohio
Okey Briggs
Briggs
Picket Lines Spring Up At Two Middletown Firms
Two picket lines formed yesterday at Carr's Moving & Storage Co and B D Morgan & Co on a Sorg Paper Co warehouse project. The Carr's line includes Truck Drivers Union AFL CIO members alleging unfair labor practices under Taft Hartley and seeking an NLRB election. Seven Carr's employees reportedly affiliated with the union, then were allegedly laid off as others were hired. Morgan Construction pickets were from Laborers and Hod Carriers Local 534 seeking bargaining rights with the firm.
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Middletown
Carr’s Moving &Storage Co
Columbia Ave
B. D. Morgan & Co
Sorg Paper Co
Carr
Moving & Storage
Focal 936
Truck Drivers Union
Afl-Cio
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Carr Company
Lester Hudson
Hudson
Fred Carr
NLRB
Morgan Construction
Sorg
Laborers & Hod Carriers Local 534
Police Briefs on Disorderly Conduct Arrests
Police yesterday arrested Rufus Mack and Robert Reed on disorderly conduct charges after responding to a call at 1506 which involved a home on Fairfield Avenue. The report links broader themes of social change and governance in the Soviet context to local incidents.
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Union
Mao Tre-tung
Fairfield Ave
Lottie Habig
Cincinnati
Thesday
U.S.S.R
Rufus Mack
Baltimore St
Robert Reed
Garfield St
Eight Charges Brought in Series of Break-ins
Two men face five and three burglary charges each in a Middletown case tied to six local break-ins. Campbell, Blair and a third suspect are to be arraigned in Municipal Court Monday. Items seized include a revolver tires cash cigarettes whisky and thieves tools.
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Middletown Area
Donald S. Campbell
Maple St
Franklin
Denvis Blair
Farmers
Campbell
Butler County
Point Drive-In
Tytus Ave
Fred Bolton
Parker
Poasttown
Raymond Parker
Morton Hawkins
N. Verity Parkway
Irene Lawson
Robert English
Blair
Bolton
English
Sports Bowl
S. Main St
Sheridan Avenue
Woman and boy treated after falls in Middletown area
A 76-year-old woman Mrs. Walter Wallace of 413 Clark St. and 11-year-old Phillip Newman were admitted to Middletown Hospital after separate falls. Mrs. Wallace sustained a possible right hip injury from a fall in Woodside Cemetery and was transported by Schramm's ambulance. Phillip Newman suffered a compound fracture of the left wrist after leaping from a tree at his home and was brought in by his parents.
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Middletown Hospital
Walter Wallace
Clark St
Woodside Cemetery
The Drum Said to Be Oldest Percussion Instrument
The drum is believed to be the oldest musical percussion instrument. Experts note its enduring role across cultures and eras as a foundational rhythm tool and cultural symbol.
Driver Cited After Crash in Middletown
A Middletown woman, Like Collins of 809 18th Ave., was cited in Municipal Court for failure to yield after a two car collision on Grand Avenue at S Sutphin Street and The Alameda at 5:25 p.m. The other crash on S Main Street and 1st Avenue at 1:25 p.m. involved Loretta Johnson and Verda Knox with damage totaling $10.
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Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Sutphin Street
New York Central
Central
Manchester Avenue
Bulls Run
Charles Street
Sutphin
Main Street
S. Sulphin West
Commission
Francis Carmody
Thompson
Middletown
Collins
18Th Ave
Grand Avenue
S. Sutphin Street
Alameda
George Hall
Highland St
Loretta Johnson
Cranewood Dr
Trenton
Verda Knox
Sheffield St
S. Main Street
1St Avenue
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William W. Denham
Woodsdale Road
Dix Road
Ralph Miller
Horace Hunter
Wilbraham Rd
Middletown Safety Council
Dale Converse
Manchester Road
Miami Conservancy District
Bermuda
C.O.D
Doe
Reeves
Jewelers
OMEGA
HAMILTON -ELGIN @GRUEN
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Imagic
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