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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1957

Page

2

Non-Compliance Triggers New Aeronca Employees Group

A newly formed Aeronca Employes Committee, led by Alton H. Combs, accuses Aeronca Independent Union leaders of selling out to CIO and vows to oppose UAW representation. After a 230-member meeting supported non compliance with Taft-Hartley rules, the group plans pre election strategy and urges employees to vote no in the NLRB election scheduled for August 1.

Aeronca Independent Union United Auto Workers, Afl-Cio Aeronca NLRB National Labor Relations Board U. S. Department of Labor AIU UAW

Parade Run Delayed By Rain In Hopkinsville

Rotarians staged a parade under rain with two hands and a drill team seeking cover. Music from another high school led the march as part of an event that included crossing railroad tracks and a train delay. Two frightened horses reared and broke their harness causing further delay before spectators called it the most interesting parade ever seen.

Hopkinsville

Dishonest Drivers? Dimes Left for Stranded Motorists

Livingston township police hand out dimes at roadside phone booths for stranded motorists but funds run low. Officers leave the coins with a note asking callers to return the money. It has proven an 85 percent loss so far.

Livingston N. J

Middletown and Miamisburg plants vote against compliance

Rex Potter reports that at Middletown and Miamisburg plants members voted 162 to 20 by hand against compliance with the Taft-Hartley Law. A night meeting showed many refused to vote while less than 40 backed the motion for compliance. The union will notify the NLRB regional office in Cincinnati of the action as a two thirds vote of confidence.

Middletown Miamisburg Rex Potter Agee NLRB Cincinnati Don DeFrates

Dispute cancels Ten Commandments at Strand Theater

A union management disagreement led to the cancellation of Cecil B. DeMille’s four hour film The Ten Commandments at the Strand Theater planned to open next Thursday. Northio Theaters Corp and Local 282 sought extra projectionists, boosting costs and prompting the halt.

Cecil B. DeMille Strand Theater James Rairdon Northio Theaters Corp International Alliance of Theatrical

Scouts From Here Leave Valley Forge

Valley Forge Pa July 16 Scouts from Middletown and Carlisle helped build a campfire as Ken Moore Bill Mason and George McDaniels prepared for the talent show. Thunderbirds from Wright Patterson Field Dayton performed an aerial show at speeds up to 7530 mph while Philadephia Naval Base visits were planned.

Neal Deunk Scribe Valley Forge Ken Moore Bill Mason Middletown George McDaniels Carlisle Thunderbirds Wright-Patterson Field Dayton Air Force

Lack Of Rain Helps Fishing Projects Here

Ohio wildlife officials report improved state fishing conditions due to a week without rain. Outlooks for regions vary from clear and normal to good, with several lakes listed as favorable and streams described as fair to good overall.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Division of Wildlife Lake St. Marys Oxford Lake East Harbor Cental Delaware Hoover Reservoir Buckeye Lake Rocky Fork Lake Jackson Lake Grant Kiser Hesterman Stonelick Cowan Sinclair Loramie

Two VFW and Cooties Groups Visit Dayton VA Hospital

The 511 Cooties and the Butterette Club visited Dayton VA Hospital to entertain patients with games and prizes. Cooties travelers included John Sparks Jr., Bob Tewell, Kash Kissick, Louis Warmoth, and Steve Toms, while the Cootiettes were represented by Mrs. Rhoda Warmoth, Mrs. Wilma Lowe, Mrs. Edith Fryman, Mrs. Almeda Troutman, Mrs. Helen Neal, Mrs. Dorothy Loop, and Mrs. Joyce Warmoth.

Pup VFW Butterette Club Dayton VA John Sparks Jr Bob Tewell Kash Kissick Louis Warmoth Steve Toms Rhoda Warmoth Wilma Lowe Edith Fryman Almeda Troutman Helen Neal Dorothy Loop Joyce Warmoth

Driver Cited Into Court After 81 200 Accident

Two cars collided at Taylor Avenue and Finley Street yesterday causing about $1,200 damage and resulting in one driver cited into Municipal Court. Police charged Robert Allen 28 with failure to yield after his east bound car hit Allan Alexander 19 northbound at 3 35 p m. Francis Wesley 23 was cited for assured clear distance after his southbound car hit the rear of Donald Philpot causing Philpot to strike Raymond Monce 36. Wesley was injured but refused treatment. Other city traffic mishaps followed with various drivers and minor damages at S Main Lafayette Alameda Circle Central and other streets.

Taylor Avenue Finley Street Robert Allen Glenn Ave Allan Alexander Ellen Dr Ter Donald Philpot Raymond Monce Middletown Rt. 1 Yankee Road Lafayette Avenue Wesley Louise Gardner Jesse Reid Clara Dr Trenton S. Main Street David Todd New York City Robert Conner Moorman Alameda Circle Central Avenue Opie McClain

Seven Die as Riviera Express DeraIls Near Avignon

A Riviera to Paris express derailed near Bellene la Croisiere, Avignon, after switching to a side track. Eleven killed and many injured, with four dead at the scene and seven more dying in hospitals. Many passengers were foreign tourists. identities of victims and injured were not released.

Avignon France Riviera Rhone Valley Bellene-la Croisiere

Gridiron Giants Start Preparing For Collegians

The New York Giants open training at St Michael’s College in Winooski Vermont with 56 candidates in shorts and sweat clothes. Coach Jim Lee Howell notes a veteran core and aims to fill a defence gap after Roosevelt Grier’s service departure, with Charley Too good among leading candidates.

Winooski New York Giants St. Michael's College Jim Lee Howell Giants Roosevelt Grier New York Howell Charley Toogood Nebraska Los Angeles Rams

Saturday Races At Ciney Track In Cincinnati

Cincinnati Race Bowl hosts a single race night with two features including a 50 lap championship. Consolidated Racing Association drivers clash with Northern Kentucky in a 50 lap classic stock car event plus a 25 lap feature and multiple heats totaling over 100 laps. Promoter Tom Cushman adds a Cincinnati championship bubble gum contest for kids 11 and under.

Cincinnati

Thompson Appointed Middletown Hit-Skip Investigator

Lt. James Combs of the Traffic Bureau announces Ptl. Theodore Thompson as the new hit-skip accident investigator effective yesterday. Thompson replaces Ptl. Arnold Ferguson who now focuses on school patrol and other duties, with Combs noting the rise in cases demands full-time attention. He adds about 95 percent of hit-skip cases are cleared up under current efforts.

Theodore Thompson Middletown James Combs Thompson Arnold Ferguson Lt. Combs

Polio Carnival Nets $15.60 For Disease Fight

The year’s first polio carnival at the home of Richard and Bill Le Roy on Short Street raised 15.60 to aid the polio fight. Capt. John Fitzgerald, Butler County Polio Committee co chair, said the event was supported by Sue and Don Dennis, Nancy Ellen Halderman, Steve Oakley, Tom Willis, and John and Janice Carter of Elkhart Indiana.

Richard Bill le Roy Short Street John Fitzgerald Butler County

Gospel events and club meeting in Dayton area

The Rev J E Caldwell of Dayton leads Sunday services at Tried Stone Baptist Church at 3 30 p m with Rev Herbert Hart as pastor. Cleveland gospel singer Mrs Lascille Lawson Grant performs at Phillips Chapel CME at 4 p m Sunday. The Rosebud Club gathers at 8 30 p m today at Loretta Lewis’s home 420 N Broad St.

J. E. Caldwell Dayton Tried Stone Baptist Church Herbert Hart Lascille Lawson Grant Cleveland Phillips Chapel CME Rosebud Club Loretta Lewis N. Broad St

Balloon Deserts YOKOSUKA China Flight Off Course

A U S Navy weather balloon released from Iwakuni air station carrying 675 pounds of scientific gear shifted course today and moved toward Communist China.

Yokosuka Japan Iwakuni Air Station China

Missing 16 year old Anna Sue Reffitt reported last night

Mrs Dallas Reffitt of 406 Gideon Road told police her daughter Anna Sue, 16, has been missing since 4 30 p m yesterday. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall, 110 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. At last sight she wore pale blue Bermuda shorts and a blue and white blouse.

Dallas Reffitt Gideon Rd Anna Sue

Thefts Reported To City Police Yesterday

The city police log lists thefts including three chairs from Mrs Britt Kendrick 1405 S Main St a power mower from Harold Rice 512 Mth Ave a bicycle from Jimmy Morgan 3715 Vannest Ave and four hubcaps from Gordon Kyle Middletown Rt 1 while parked in the Armco lot

Britt Kendrick S. Main St Harold Rice Mth Ave Jimmy Morgan Vannest Ave Gordon Kyle Middletown Rt. 1 Armco

Middletown Officials In Hospital For Kidney Ailment Upgrades

Homer D. Leffler of 2307 Arlington Ave and Joseph Woodruff of 3437 Central Ave, both Middletown Board of Education president, are listed as good in hospital. Leffler, partner in McCoy Leffler Funeral Home, was admitted yesterday for a kidney ailment and expected to be released today. Woodruff fell ill on a Armco Steel trip to Kansas City and was flown back to Middletown for tests and observation. In later years George Beau Brummel grew careless about clothes and personal appearance.

Middletown Hospital Homer D. Leffler Arlington Ave Joseph Woodruff Central Ave Middletown Armco

Slow-Down Asked In Sprinkling Of Lawns

City water officials report heavy lawn sprinkling with Kensington storage tank drying between 8 and 8 30 p m prompting Manager Charles W Thompson to urge even numbered houses water on even days and odd numbered houses on odd days due to hot weather and separate metering increasing lawn water use. 94 million gallons pumped yesterday.

Kensington Thompson

Opportunity Honks But Once And Opportunity Honks But Once

Lyle Dixon faced traffic through his Wichita parking lot as street repairs closed access to his ice cream stand. To deter the bumper to bumper flow he began charging a 10 cent toll. Drivers protested but police ruled they were trespassing.

Wichita Kan Lyle Dixon Dixon

Golf Green Spruced Up

President Eisenhower will be reminded of his adopted state every time he plays golf at the Gettysburg Country Club. Colorado blue spruce trees are being planted on the club grounds, gathered for the project by Charles L. Terrell, extension forester at Colorado A&M College.

Fort Collins Colo Eisenhower Colorado Gettysburg

Hazards Of Flying Kites At Vancouver Airport

Vancouver tower operators warn fair weather could bring kite hazards to airplanes. One controller warned that a kite fouled in a jet would create an awful mess and disruption for aircraft operations.

Vancouver Vancouver International Airport

Hit Skip Crash Injures Boy 9

An unidentified car plowed into the rear of a vehicle on Rt 4 and fled. It struck Elsworth Nieman, 48, Cincinnati, a mile of Hamilton. Nieman's son Roger, 9, suffered minor head cuts and was taken to a Hamilton physician. State patrol investigation pending.

Rt 4 Elsworth Nieman Cincinnati Hamilton Nieman Roger State Patrol

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