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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1954
Page
5
The town weighs St Swithin's Day forecasts with an old rhyme predicting forty days of rain if wet on July 15 and forty days of dry if fair. The piece recalls Swithin's historic role, cites World Book Encyclopedia pages, notes this year’s rainfall lag behind 1953, and ends by calling weather predictions meaningless.
Paul J. Ditmyer Jr. of Hamilton and a University of Cincinnati medical student earned a two month fellowship from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced by Butler County March of Dimes head Charles J. Reuthe. The program funds 400 per student and aims to expose medical students to public health and preventive medicine during their summer break.
Butler County grain elevators report higher quantity but lower quality for the wheat crop. Yields range from six to four bushels per acre with moisture as low as ten percent in some leads. Prices exceed last year with sales around $1.80 per bushel. Farmers are said to be satisfied with yields and prices.
The touring Community Resources Workshop of Miami University visits Cincinnati Gas & Electric in Cincinnati today. The group includes Middletown and Lemon Township teachers studying how to bring industry and education together.
In Butler County Ohio, Cermelia Fenrman residence 23139 Jira Bt Astoria is served on the ground of gross neglect of duty. James W. Ferman petitions for a diverse in Common Pleas Court case No. tied. response due by August 1 19h or petition granted. Also The Church at Mayfield seeks to encumber first mortgage on Lot 170 in Mayfield subdivision with hearing set for July 24 1964. JOSEPH TRIEP Clerk. Thames MH Stubbs Attorney. June 3 3 July 7 14.
Puzzle fills a crossword style grid with clues from across and down. It lists musical terms, body parts, animals, and common words, pairing numbers with hints like Someb ody Stole Wedding, The Old Stream, Great Lake, and Knight's title. Answers interlock to reveal a themed phrase or names.
A compact enumeration of the clues with numbers and words mapping to puzzle answers. It lists items like Formerly 26 Tries 27 Motherhood and Air prefix 28 Upon 44 Fasteners, Beetles 46 Entry via 31 Wish ledger 33 Rose, Algonquian 38 Analyzes Indian 40 Flying toys 41 Snow vehicles 50 Brazilian coin.
Sasolburg near Johannesburg hosts the world's largest oil from coal plant. A $100 million facility run by Sasol will begin operations this year, employing about 3,000 workers including German engineers and Americans. The plant will consume 5,300 tons of coal daily and yield diesel fuel, fuel oil, alcohols, tar, solvents, fertilizers, and LPG, among other products.
An American helicopter pilot involved in flood rescue in Bavaria asks a man if he was helped earlier. The man confirms, saying he rode in a helicopter and later returned by row boat. The exchange highlights improvised response to the flood emergency in EDING Germany.
Lowell N Creech 18, National Guard, son of Mr and Mrs Neilson Creech of 317 N River St Franklin, on three month basic at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas. Ernest Hipsher, wife Betty at Germantown Rt 1, moved from 11th Infantry to 2nd Division in Korea, truck driver in 33rd Regiment, Army since April 1952, basic at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky. First Lt John Hoover, son of Mrs Lloyd Sink and the late Lloyd Hoover of 2500 Elmo Pl, arrived Tacoma Washington from Korea after separation, ROTC and Ohio State Pharmacy degree, promoted to first lieutenant, served with 6th Army Medical Corps, awarded Meritorious Service with ribbon pendant for period Oct 20 1953 to last April 15.
In Virginia Democrats chose Ernest Robertson and John C. Webb to challenge Republican incumbents in the 6th and 10th districts. Robertson, a Roanoke County salesman, defeated Powell Glass Jr. and Dr. J. Carl Poindexter, while Fairfax attorney Webb led a field including Dean Brundage. Results show Robertson 5982 to 4699, Poindexter 934. Webb 4606, Brundage 3741, White 1247, Knight 715. Robertson to face Richard Poff. Webb to face Joel Broyhill. Democrats also eye contests against Wampler and Briley in other districts.
The Eddy County Safety Council has recommended jail sentences of two to twenty days as punishment for speeding. A spokesman notes a $15 fine may be meaningless to some but hurts others. he argues a two hour sentence would penalize rich and poor equally. The article also mentions a claim about Indians of New Mexico having no written language and myths passed orally.
A relative of a Gacy victim urges new investigation and accountability as details emerge about the case. Officials face renewed pressure to address decades-old abuses and potential additional charges.
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