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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1955

Page

2

Parked car crashes spike in city with several hit and runs

Three mobile crashes hit parked cars in a city over the weekend injuring no one. Goldie Painter 4 1713 Highland St faced DUI charges after her car struck a parked auto on Grang Ave damaging both cars. Other incidents occurred on Canal Street Central Avenue and Crawford Street with varying damage figures and several drivers cited for traffic violations.

Goldie Painter Highland St John Brown Yankee Rd Grang Ave Aiver Painter Canal Street Central Avenue Crawford St Cecil Butts Erie Ave Butts Ishmael Denniston Wilbraham Rd Crawford Street

Walkout by McGraw Workers Stops Armco East Works

Members of the Laborers and Hod Carriers Union AFL voted to strike at noon on the Armco East Works project in Marion Davidson reporting. The 11 am meeting rejected the latest McGraw Construction Co offer and said non union workers could fill vacated positions. other AFL unions on site not notified of a strike.

Laborers & Hod Carriers Union AFL Armco East Works Marion Davidson McGraw Construction Co Davidson Uen Armco Armee

Park Board Set To Hear Six Month Financial Report

Middletown Park Board will review a six month financial report tonight. Director Tom Carlson will present attendance data for playgrounds and the swimming pool. Plans include road resurfacing estimates and the Doty Park residential building project for a recreational headquarters with J. chairman providing information.

Middletown Park Board Tom Carlson Parks and Recreation Sark MéAdow

Sportsmen's Club To Meet Tomorrow Evening

An outdoor meeting and program are planned for Sportsmen's Club members at their monthly session tomorrow night. Program chairman Bill Lovelace will show a sports film. Refreshments will be served afterward.

Sportsmen's Club Bill Lovelace

Gardner Plans Miami Exhibit

Gardner Board and Carton Co will join 13 Ohio firms to exhibit at the 1955 International Soft Drink Industry Exposition in Miami Florida November 14 to 17. The event runs with the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages convention and the National Association of the Soft Drink Industry. It is billed as Miami’s largest industrial exposition with exhibitors from 185 American and numerous foreign companies.

Gardner Board & Carton Co Ohio Miami Fla National Assn Bottier

Arraignments Set In Middletown Rape Case

Two Middletown youths remain jailed on 10 000 bond for Municipal Court arraignment today on charges they raped a 15 year old Hamilton girl at Smith Farm Friday. Suspects are Robert A Helton 22 and William Carmelo 21. Heaton also faces motor vehicle registration charges. Deputies seek two men in an 18 year old Middletown area victim beating and rape Friday night in West Middletown.

Middletown Hamilton Smith Farm Robert A. Helton Finley St William Carmelo Woodlawn Ave Heton Middletown Area West Middletown

Russian Church Remains Strong Despite Propaganda

Four Dutch church leaders visiting the Soviet Union report that church life has flourished despite Communist anti religious propaganda. They say the state continues anti religious campaigns but also uses other means since 1954, noting an increasingly ecclesiastical life. The four were invited by the Moscow patriarch and traveled with the Ecumenical Council of Churches.

Soestdijk Netherlands Soviet Union Russia Consider& i Ecumenical Council of Churches Orthodox Church Moscow P. Jans E. Emmen J. de Graaf F. Huizinga

Servicemen News Highlights Local Men in Korea and Japan

Eugene A to Kemplin returns home July 8 after a 12 month stay in Korea with the 58th Motor Vehicle Squad. He will depart on a 30 day leave before returning to Sewart Air Force Base in Tennessee. Pvt John L Fischesser serves with the 40th Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade in Japan after arriving overseas last February. He previously was at Ft Knox and is a Clarksville High School alumnus who joined the Army in September 1954.

Eugene Kemplin Whit Kemplin 2609 N. Verity Pkwy Korea Sewart Air Force Base Nashville Tenn John L. Fischesser Leo Fischesser Morrow 40Th Japan Pvt Fischesser 162D Aaa Ft. Knox Clarksville High School Army

Relief Sewer Bids To Open Tomorrow

Bids for the Arlington Superior sections of the 9th Avenue relief sewer will be opened tomorrow. C A Beeeke director of public service announced the project is slated to start next month and officials expect construction to begin soon.

Arlington-Superior 9Th Avenue C. A. Beeeke Public Service Beeke

Girl Burned In Home Stove Explosion

Mrs. William Engle, 17, of 1830 Woodlawn Ave, treated at Middletown Hospital last night for first degree burns to her face, right hand, and thumb after a gas stove exploded in her home. She was treated at 7 p.m. and discharged.

Middletown Hospital William Engle Woodlawn Ave Engle

Rainfall totals lead months and years figures in Middletown

Middletown recorded 8.05 inches of rain so far this month, far surpassing last year and 1953 figures. For the first six months, 1955 totals reach 20.14 inches, ahead of 1954’s 16.22 inches and 1953’s 17.49 inches, per Clarence Morningstar, chief water works engineer.

Middletown City Water Works Clarence Morningstar

Four Injured in Weekend Roadway Incidents Across County

State patrol investigated three weekend crashes injuring four people. John Dyer, 36, of Hamilton, suffered arm fractures and facial cuts when his car left Elk Creek Road south of Trenton and hit a tree. he was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Two drivers on U S 27 near Oxford, Dunlap Portwood 43 and Andrew Kirkhart 47, sustained minor injuries after a sideswipe collision. Portwood was charged for driving left of center. In Fairfield a two car crash on Ohio 4 injured Anna Carter, 59, of Sharonville. J C Carter 56 was driving and John Ehret 27 from Cincinnati was cited for failure to maintain stopping distance.

John Dyer Walnut St Hamilton Middletown Hospital Elk Creek Road Trenton Dyer Oxford U. S. 27 Dunlap Portwood Oxford Rt. 1 Andrew Kirkhart Brownsville Ind Rt. 1 Portwood Kirkhart Ohio 4 Fairfield Mercy Hospital Hamton Anna Carter J Cc. Carter Box 307 Sharonville John Ehret Cincinnati Ehret

Park Movies Begin Tonight at Sunset Park

A revival of park movies starts tonight at 8 15 at Sunset Park. Tomorrow the showing moves to Gardner Park and then to Douglas the next night as part of a weekly three night park program. The schedule includes a film on Ohio a U S scenic spot and two cartoons.

Sunset Park Gardner Park Douglas Ohio United States Steve Geckeler

Calvary Church Announces Planned Trustee and Board Meetings

The Rev. Oliver S. Hall of Calvary Methodist Church announced a Trustees meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. An official church board meeting follows at 8 p.m.

Oliver S. Hall Calvary Methodist Chuch

Police Briefs Report DUI Arrests and Non Support Warrant

State patrolmen arrested Tom Siimon 43 Hamilton and John Parsons 42 Trenton Rt 1 for driving while intoxicated. Homer Wells 28 617 Malvern St was arrested in the 1900 block of Manchester Avenue on a non support warrant late Saturday.

Tom Siimon Hamilton John Parsons Trenton Rt. 1 Homer Wells Malvern St Manchester Avenue

Civitan To Hear Convention Report At Noon Meeting

Civitan Club members will hear a report on the national convention held in Asheville North Carolina. Dr W R Henry a delegate to the convention will present the briefing at the Manchester Hotel noon meeting tomorrow.

Civitan Club Asheville N. C Manchester W. R. Henry

Lausche Lets Large Ohio School Subsidy Bill Become Law

Gov. Lausche will allow a roughly 283 million dollar two year school subsidy measure to become law without his signature while also signing a separate unemployment compensation bill. He vetoed three motions on real estate value standards, clerks control of two Statehouse lots, and pension fund investments, bringing his total vetoes to 20.

Columbus Ohio Frank J. Lausche Lausche State Board of Tax Appeals Senate House State Teachers Retirement Board Ohio School Survey Commission General Assembly

School Board To Hear Report On Facilities

The Board of Education will receive a statistical report on the school system’s rooms and facilities from the Citizen’s Committee to Study School Building Use at tonight’s regular meeting at 7 30 PM at Middletown High School. Also on the agenda are teacher appointments for fall and action on a landscaping and grading bill from B D Morgan Co. for Lemon Monroe High Oneida Monroe Elementary and Spring Hill schools.

Board of Education Middletown High School B.D. Morgan Co Lemon-Monroe Monroe Oneida Spring Hill

New Traffic Light Uses Car Counting to Ration Green

General Electric announced a traffic light prototype that automatically counts approaching cars and ration the green time to move traffic efficiently. The electronic controller counts vehicles on secondary roads and sets the green interval to clear the queue, part of GE’s new line addressing intersection congestion on main highways.

Lynn, Mas Geneva Electric Co General Electric

Buses Roll As Buffalo Strike Ends

Commuters boarded Niagara Frontier Transit System buses as 1650 workers returned to work after a 10 day strike. Pay increases set drivers at $2.00 and mechanics at $2.17 to $2.18 per hour, plus full employer hospital and surgical insurance starting Feb 1 1956.

Buffalo N. Y Niagara Frontier Transit System AFL Amalgamated Assn

Police hunt sword loaded with poison in Los Angeles

Police search for Ted G. Keep, 31, a movie sound technician who says a 13 foot Malayan sword with a crescent blade and poison capable of causing blindness paralysis or death within 48 hours was taken Friday night. Keep kept the weapon as a World War II souvenir.

Los Angeles Someorr

Movie Schedule At The Local Theaters

Paramount screens The Marauders and The Prodigal at 1 20 4 50 8 20 p m and The Prodigal at 2 40 6 10 9 45 p m Strand shows Spy chasers Egg and I at listed times Colonial offers Gang Busters Five Guns West with multiple showings Dixie Cruise In presents Drumbeat Fast Company Come Back Little Sheba Not Wanted with evening showings across Monday and Tuesday

Paramount Marauders Colonial Dixie Cruise Fast Company

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