City Revises Plans For Financing Sewer Improvements
City commissioners will consider legislation to revise financing for the sewer improvement program. City manager Starick says the plan uses mortgage revenue and general obligation bonds, not just revenue bonds, with no proposed sewer charge increases. The $44 million revenue bonds and $2 million unvoted general obligation bonds will be paid from sewer charges. sale date is July 29 for revenue bonds, general obligation bonds later.
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Francis Carmody
Carmody
Bull's Run
Tytus Avenue
H. W. Starick
Starick
E. P. Liska
Braun and Bosworth
Toledo
Moody Investor Service
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Legal Bond Council
Braun - Bosworth
Postmaster Denies Talk He'll Resign
Hilbert H. Martin today denied reports that he planned to submit his resignation as Middletown postmaster. Martin, postmaster since 1945, said he has contemplated retirement in the reasonable future but has made no decision on a date. He joined the postal service in 1911 as a substitute rural carrier and was named postmaster in September 1945, succeeding Roy Newlin.
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Hilbert H. Martin
Middletown
Martin
Postal Service
Roy Newlin
Injured boy Buddy Shrout falls two stories
Luther Buddy Shrout, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Shrout of Reynolds Ave, was injured Monday when he fell from a second-story window through a screen and landed on the sidewalk. X-rays showed brain concussion and skull fracture, hospital attendants said.
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Middletown Hospital
Luther
Buddy"” Shrout
Elzie Shrout
Reynolds Ave
Financing Water System Charges Boost Bond Market Hopes
Early data show water use holds steady and anticipated charges align with estimates. Starick notes stronger bond market and potential favorable July 29 bid. Meetings with financial leaders, hearings last fall on assessment bonds, and Citizens Committee input shaped the financing plan as stricter disposal plant rules loom following a blast furnace waste permit story.
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Starick
Carmody
Citizen's Committee On Sewer
Starick Takes Office In Dayton Cites Middletown Opportunities
Herbert W. Starick sworn in as Dayton city manager amid plans to appoint an acting manager in Middletown. The outgoing Middletown city manager praised leadership, noting opportunities for Dayton, detailing past achievements and urging continued citizen involvement and fiscal prudence. A car stalled on Big Four tracks at Manchester Avenue and 8:25 p.m. was struck by a northbound diesel, demolishing the auto and causing $1,000 damage. four occupants escaped with minor injuries and no fatalities.
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Manchester Avenue
Big Four
Ruth Elizabeth Dressler
West Silver St
Lebanon
C. Helton
Sharonville
Evelyn Lucas
Tom Beedle
Liver Street
Beedle
Middletown Hospital
Herbert W. Starick
Middletown
Starick
Dayton
C. A. Boeke
Howard Kramer
Kramer
Traverse City
Mich
Ity
Manchester Hotel
N. J. Lawler
The
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Eagle Official Remains In Poor Condition In Hamilton
Cecil Butts fifty of 2303 Erie Avenue collapsed Sunday after ending a speech at the Hamilton Eagles Lodge Hall He is district vice president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton awaiting further medical updates.
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Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Cecil Butts
Erie Ave
Hamilton Eagles Lodge
Order of Eagles
Police Briefs On Alcohol Charge And Copper Wire Discovery
Robert H. McCuthcheon 39 of 1630 Home St Dayton was arrested at 4 30 a m at Tytus Ave near the city limits for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated A roll of copper wire was found concealed in weeds behind the 1700 block of Fleming Road officers said insulation had been burned on portions of the wiring The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company owner of the wire was not mentioned Vernon Martin 42 of Gratis was arrested at 7 28 p m yesterday at Verity Parkway and Clinton Street on a charge of operating a car while intoxicated.
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Robert H. McCuthcheon
Home St
Dayton
Tytus Avenue
Fleming Road
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Vernon Martin
Gratis
Verity Parkway
Clinton Street
City Workers Bid Farewell To Engineer Russell Stabler
City building workers hosted a farewell party for Russell Stabler assistant city engineer who is leaving to start his own business. He resigned weeks ago and plans to end his part time return after today. The party occurred in the office of Building Commissioner Orville Corson with a desk lamp and cocktail set gift.
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Russell Stabler
Stabler
Orville Corson
Middletonian Twirls Horseshoes To Victory
Ralph Lackey of Middletown defeated Paul Focht of Dayton in a 25-point horse shoe pitching exhibition for the Middletown Sports men's Club. Lackey is a multi year National Ohio champion 1946 to 1951 and Ohio Fair Open winner in 1949. Focht held the Ohio Fair Open titles in 1950 and 1952. Club officials said similar outdoor programs would be featured at future meetings.
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Ralph Lackey
Middletown
Paul Focht
Dayton
Middletown Sportsmen’s Club
Lackey
Focht
Local business group honors Starick at Crystal Tissue event
In a ceremony presented by E. E. Grant president of Crystal Tissue, Starick received an outboard motor as a gift and another gift for Mrs Starick. R. L. Siegel, Gardner Board and Carton Company official, acted as toastmaster, underscoring the theme that money buys improvements.
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Dayton
E. E. Grant
H. W. Starick
Starick
Hugh Wright
Industrial Council
N. J. Lawler
R. L. Siegel
Gardner Board
Mayfield and Dixie Heights Seek Annexation Aid
Mayfield and Dixie Heights residents petition for annexation help asking for maps and petitions as city officials prepare to consider the requests at the City Commission meeting. The move follows earlier actions by Avalon and Roselawn with Armco Steel seeking plant annexation.
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Mayfield
Dixie Heights
Avalon
Roselawn
City Commission
Heights
C. F. Myers
The
Improvement League
Middletown
Myers
Marion Scott
Brentwood St
Middletown Commission
Armco Steel Corporation
Pup Exhibit A in Court as Cruelty Charge Proved
In Municipal Court Judge Harold G. Dance fined Norman Gibbs 10 dollars and costs for cruelty to animals after admitting to discarding a puppy from a moving car. The dog known as Exhibit A was adopted by Patrolman Clarence Bailey whose children nickname him Scooter. The pup, about four to five weeks old, had a new license and rabies tag when brought to court. Officers said Gibbs tried to abandon the dog near Sherman School but Gibbs claimed he could not keep it. The judge ordered the pup confiscated to the Police Pension Fund and admonished that pet care is a responsibility.
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Harold G. Dance
Clarence Bailey
Scooter
Bailey
Jack Combs
Tillman Ellison
Wayne and
Sherman Avenue
Gibbs
Sherman School
Scare Dance
Police Pension Fund
Woodlawn Ave
Patricia Ann
Michael
Judge Alton H. Combs Hospitalized For Leg Surgery
Municipal Court Judge Alton H. Combs will undergo a leg operation at Middletown Hospital tomorrow. Harold G. Dance will serve as acting judge in his absence. Combs may be confined for two weeks after the surgery. His leg injury dates back to World War II service.
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Alton H. Combs
Municipal Court
Middletown Hospital
Harold G. Dance
Combs
Blackmore Warns Youngsters Who Deface Sidewalks
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore warned that defacing newly installed sidewalks could lead to juvenile court for offenders and financial penalties for parents. Public Service Director C. A. Boeke cited numerous complaints as Clark Street sections were replaced after vandals gouged holes and damaged wet cement. Officers are instructed to monitor areas after workmen leave and to pick up offenders.
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Joseph Blackmore
Tony
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Clark Street
Chief Blackmore
Four Middletown Men To Arrive With 1828 Korea Vets
Four soldiers from Middletown are due in San Francisco today aboard the army transport Gen. A. W. Brewster along with 1,828 Korean veterans. The returning men are Cpl. Ray H. Gray Lebanon Route 2 Se William R. Jordan 1945 Tuely Rd Hamilton 1st Lt. Donald E. Kenney Briggsdale Franklin and Sgt. Gerald E. Rhoda Elmore Route 1 Franklin.
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Middletown
San Francisco
A. W. Brewster
Ray H. Gray
Lebanon
William R. Jordan
Tuely Rd
Hamilton
Donald E. Kenney
Briggsdale
Franklin
Gerald E. Rhoda
Elmore
Gunshot Victim Listed In Fair Condition
A 50 year old Fairmount Avenue woman wounded below the heart by a self inflicted bullet was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. She had been ill for about 11 years and told attendants she was tired of living as the gun a .32 caliber revolver was found beside her bed by Detective Paul Fouts.
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Fairmount Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Paul Fouts
Tent collapses on crowd injuring many in Frankfurt
A strong gust toppled a large canvas tent at a Frankfurt event injuring about fifty people with roughly two thousand spectators present. Emergency crews tended to the hurt as authorities investigated the incident and crowd control was maintained.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Four Middletonians Treated After Separate Mishaps
Middleton residents were treated at Middletown Hospital yesterday after four separate incidents. Raymond Bay Company employee Truman Rhodes, 26, injured a left hand laceration when a scraper slipped, treated at 2:30 p.m. James Reed, 23, from Middletown Trailer Park, sprained his left wrist lifting steel at Warren Steel Corporation plant, treated at 3 p.m. Jimmy Adams, 13, son of O. P. Adams, 1015 Jackson St., received emergency care at 3:35 p.m. after a puncture wound to his left arm from a spade fork at home. Nellie Frodge, 49, of 2405 Manchester Ave., fractured her right wrist falling on steps at McAlpin Company where she works. treated at 12:10 p.m.
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Jimmy Adams
O. P. Adams
Jackson St
Nellie Frodge
Manchester Ave
McAlpin Company
At The Movies Weekly Showings
Movie listings for Wednesday and Thursday show Battle Circus Jeopardy Mighty Joe Young Isle of Dead and Strand screenings including Luxury Girls Caribbean with times across the day. The schedule lists repeats at 1:30 4:20 7:15 10:00 p.m. and similar slots for other titles.
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Marion Gard
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Bill Howell
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Howe MotOr CO
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Gladell Heights
Norman Gibbs
Blackmore
American Building & Loan
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