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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
2
City Commission weighs speeding weed clearance after heavy rainfall. Officials detailed steps to locate owners, obtain or enforce mowing, and bill owners if crews mow. Commissioner Denham proposes a city wide Middletown Weed Week to boost health and civic beauty.
City Manager Charles W. Thompson told Cit Commission a motor vehicle inspection lane is workable for Middletown after a detailed report on auto registrations and other cities with inspection lanes. Commissioners plan further study and may form a special committee, with action not expected for about two weeks.
Jackson man Jess Mattox a one armed flagpole painter with a right hand loss from a blasting accident will paint the three state Capitol Building flag next week in Lansing Michigan He recalls a dangerous Friday the 13th near the Capitol two years ago and notes July 13 does not fall on a Friday this year
F Chaney of West Middletown Rt 2 sues for 430 in damages from a Jan 13 collision on S Main Street Miamisburg. The plaintiff Blankenship claims Chaney driving south in a northbound wagon turned west into the southbound lane and struck his vehicle.
An 11-year-old girl was slightly injured after running into a westbound car at the intersection of alleys between Woodlawn and Grand avenues and Wilson and Moore streets. Betty Campbell of Paris Kentucky was treated and released from Middletown Hospital.
In Tucumcari New Mexico the U2 reconnaissance jet crashed 18 miles south and 14 miles west of town during a routine weather flight. Captain Alfred V. Chapin Jr. was found dead in the cockpit. Military authorities cordoned the site and kept spectators at five miles as investigators secured the area. This followed a similar crash 24 hours earlier near Amarillo, Texas, that killed Royal Air Force pilot Squadron Leader C H Walker.
Asheville Ohio incident leaves Clifford Leach age 16 dead when a bullet intended for a cat hits him while a car chase unfolds on a county road. Michael Shriver 18 drives, Keith Banbury 17 fires, Leach dies. coroner rules accidental death.
AMMAN Jordan Premier Samir Rifai reshuffled his cabinet last night bringing in five new ministers to raise the total to 12 The changes aim to improve administrative efficiency and reflect a government that has been led since May 14 after the Iraq Jordan federation formation One minister moved to a non cabinet post
Four boys and four girls across eight age brackets were named city champion checker players after the fourth annual parks and recreation tournament at the Legion Home. Eighty five youths, ages 5 to 17, competed with park winners advancing from earlier park trials. Winners earned season passes to a city pool. runners up received a single swim pass. Pete Amatulli Sherman Park pee wee wins. Lester Owens Maple Park midget. Fletcher Silas Michigan junior. Carolee Christy Lincoln pee wee. Susan Moore Wildwood midget. Linda Shaffer Barnitz junior. Eileen Riesz Goldman senior.
William Coffey, fined 2 percent by Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb Monday for driving while under the influence, lives at 615 Lincoln Street. Tuesday's Journal incorrectly stated Coffey’s address as 15 Yankee Road.
Ohio Department of Highways announced bids for repaving 9.4 miles of state routes. Burns-Conway Co. of Cincinnati won Butler County work at 98,710 for 3.8 miles of Ohio 129 and 6 miles of Ohio 73. Walter F. Hamilton won Preble County work at 63,008 for 0.54 miles of Ohio 725 and 0.46 miles of Ohio 726.
The junior senior summer bands perform Friday at 7 p m at Sunset Park dedicating the program to Golden Agers. The 90 piece junior band presents an elaborate show with narration by Keith Geckeler titled Crime Does Not Pay. The senior band features a trumpet set by David Taylor Robert Taylor Eddie Pieratt and Dick Cole under Harold Koerber.
The Middletown Democratic Club meets tonight at 8 o clock at 5 S. O. S. for a talk titled Corruption in Government. Speaker Greg Holbrock Democratic county chairman and former congressman, and Mrs. Bess Smucker are listed as participants.
The first of Middletown's new police cruisers enters service replacing a 1954 model with about 100000 miles. A second new cruiser is due today to replace a 1966 car with 103000 miles. The May purchase includes 13 Ford vehicles: three unmarked cars, six marked cruisers, three solo motorcycles, and one three wheel scooter for traffic control.
ERIE Pa AP A 24 year old Erie Pa water ballet teacher Mary Haley trains since October to become the first woman to swim 28 miles of Lake Erie starting at Presque Isle State Park Erie and aiming for Long Point Ont Dr Harry Briggs formerly of Cleveland swam Lake Erie last summer covering about 35 miles
Bobby Wallace of 3013 Finley Street told deputies yesterday that a bicycle valued at 25 dollars was stolen from in front of his home.
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