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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1958

Page

2

Girton to Head Lebanon Police After Middletown Post

Police Chief Dean Girton will leave Middletown Safety Council Aug 31 to become Lebanon police chief starting Sept 1 with a six month probation at 4600 annually and then 6000. He succeeds Chief William Fulberth who died Apr 27 and will lead a 10 officer force including two women.

Dean Girton Middletown Safety Council Lebanon Police Girton Jack Decker The Lebanon Council William H. Fulberth

City reports four traffic crashes totaling 200 dollars

Police note four city accidents yesterday with total damage of 200 dollars. Norvell Lovely and Leslie Tiunter collided at N Verity Parkway and Tytus Avenue, a parked James Maloney auto and a hit skip at Yankee Road and Taylor Avenue caused 75 dollars, a Moore Street crash involved Jerry Williams and an unidentified boy on a bicycle with little damage, and James Elliott and John Griffith collided on Wilbraham Road causing 25 dollars.

Norvell Lovely N. Sutphin St Leslie Tiunter Elwood St N. Verity Parkway Tytus Avenue James Maloney Campton Yankee Road Taylor Avenue Jerry Williams Moore St Moore Street Woodlawn Grand Avenues James Elliott Dayton John Griffith Manchester Rd Wilbraham Road

Exhaust Fan Blamed In Civic Association Fire Fire in Civic Association building caused smoke and roof damage

A short circuit in an exhaust fan led to a fire at the Civic Association building causing 350 to 400 dollars in building damage and 50 dollars to contents. Firemen from Companies 1 and 4 plus the ladder company responded at 4 48 p m. to Tytus Avenue and N Verity Parkway. The blaze originated from a skylight fan above the Junior Achievement office and also damaged the skylight tar paper roof and roof materials. The managing director said old display material would be hauled to the city dump. A$10 awning fire at Mc Lowell Farriers and a false alarm to Central and Broad were also noted. The emergency squad assisted Edith Elkins at 1708 York Avenue, taken to Midwestern Hospital.

Civic Association Ladder Company Junior Achievement Tom Venable The Broad St Company 4 Tytus Avenue N. Verity Parkway Steve McCue

49 Students At Miami Field Camp In Wyoming

Forty nine geology students from 17 states and 24 colleges attend Miami University's annual field camp in the Wind River Mountains Wyoming. Session runs July 27 to August 23 at Timber Line Ranch near Dubois. Staff includes Dr Karl E Limper Dr Wayne D Martin and James A Thoms from Miami.

Oxford Miami University Wind River Mountains Wyoming Timber Line Ranch Dubois Wyo Miami Karl E.limper Wayne D. Martin James A. Thoms

Russians Pre Spy Khrushchev Meeting Hints At U.N. Showdown

The Moscow cab driver predicts Khrushchev will prove them wrong when he meets the West at the United Nations Security Council in New York. Pravda attacks U S policy, accusing Eisenhower of turning terms and warns of a longer, sharper speech from Khrushchev.

Moscow Nikita Khrushchev New York Khrushchev U.N Security Council Communist Party Pravda United States Middle East Eisenhower Jtem United Nations

Police Briefs Arrests in Careless Driving and DUI Incidents

Police early today arrested Harley Baker 20 of Miamisburg and Shelby Jones 30 of Germantown at Germanown Road and N Verity Parkway on careless driving charges. James Lynch 32 of 104 S Canal Jor was taken in the 1300 block of Central Avenue on a DUI charge. Franklin Cassidy 24 of West Middletown Rt 2 was stopped in the 1300 block of Central Avenue facing intoxication and carrying a concealed weapon charges.

Harley Baker Miamisburg Shelby Jones Germantown Rt Germanown Road Verity Parkway James Lynch S. Canal Jor Central Avenue Franklin Cassidy West Middletown Rt. 2

Man Mangles Hand In Punch Press

A South Lebanon man, James Gam rel, 27, underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital for a severely mangled right hand. The workman was injured while operating a punch press at the Deer field Manufacturing Co. in Mason.

Hamilton South Lebanon James Gam‘rel Mercy Hospital Deerfeld Manufactring Co Mason

McGraw Official Injured In Lancaster Crane Accident

John M. Metz McGraw, 63, vice president of McGraw Construction Co., was critically injured in Lancaster when a crane boom cable failed during a plant inspection at Quaker State Metal Co. He suffered a crushed vertebra and underwent surgery at Lancaster General Hospital. His wife and Elliott Levey attended him. recovery could take at least nine weeks.

John M. (Metz) McGraw McGraw Construction Co Lancaster Quaker State Metal Co Lancaster General Hospital Waynesville Elliott Levey McGraw

Ex Jailer Gets 5 Year Probation

Hamilton special report states Louis Fritz 57 former Butler County jailer was placed on five years probation by Judge Fred B Cramer. Fritz must repay 3290 restitution plus 2300 within days and the balance in 50 monthly installments. He previously served as deputy over 150 years and was injured in duty.

Hamilton Louis Fritz Butler County Fred B. Cramer Common Pleas Court Fritz Cramer Whitaker Avenue New Miami

Armco Worker Hurt in Scaffold Fall

Edwin Smith a 48 year old Armco workman of 112 Charles Street fell about 10 feet from the No 2 Open Hearth cooling tower into a pit yesterday afternoon. He broke three ribs was treated by the Armco physician at the Middletown Works hospital and sent to the hospital for observation. reported in good condition.

Armco Edwin Smith Charles St Smith Middletown Works Hospital

Bull Destroyed After Truck Hits Wandering Bull

A Brahma bull wandered onto U S 25 one mile south of Monroe at 4 15 a m and was struck by a truck. The bull owned by Rodeo Stock Co 619 Waite St broke through a fence and stood in the road as Joseph A Solsman West Chester Rt 1 driver of the truck approached unable to stop. Solsman was uninjured and the truck suffered minor damage.

U.S. 25 Monroe Rodeo Stock Co Waite St Joseph A. Solsman West Chester Rt. 1 Solsman

Local Delegates Attend Armored Convention in New York

Cyprian Klamo of 500 15th Ave and John Poff of Mason represent the area as delegates to the 12th convention of the 3rd Armored Division Assn now underway at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Poff is president of the K-1-0 chapter, while Kiamo serves as general chairman of the 1960 national convention in Cincinnati and is vice president of the national association.

Cyprian Klamo 15Th Ave John Poff Mason 3Rd Armored D Vision Assn Waldorf-Astoria New York City Poff 3Rd Armored Division Assn Ano Kiamo Cincinnati Kiamo National Association

Rain Floods Germantown Force Evacuation

Severe rain drenched Germantown as Little Twin Creek rose to two feet in Mae Durr's home on Warren Street. Water covered Front porches and Water Street lawns while officials watched Center Street and Ohio Route 4 bridges for possible damage. No major structural harm was reported as the waters receded by evening.

Germantown Little Twin Creek Mae Durr E. Warren Street Water Street State Highway Department Center Street

Logan-Long Plant Hit By Strike

Franklin special report workers at the Logan-Long Co. plant walked out with pickets forming at 6 a.m. about 25 union members. About 140 employees stayed home as negotiations stalled over a two year contract with staged wage increases. Base pay ranges from 1.57 to 2.14 per hour.

Franklin Ts Caloosa

Sales Tax Help Available Soon

A sales tax division representative from Columbus will visit the county treasurer’s office at the City Building from July 28 through July 31. The agent, Max Wear, will assist vendors in preparing local returns from 8 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Returns are due by July 31 to all licensed vendors, with a penalty of one dollar per day for late filings.

Columbus Carl Wedekind Max Wear

Miami Manor Name Assigned for Oxford Married Student Housing

Miami University's new four building married student apartment project at Oxford will be called Miami Manor. The 108 unit complex will occupy four buildings named A B C and D and is set to open when fall term begins in September.

Miami Manor Oxford Miami University Miami Board of Trustees

Commission Sets Hearing On Braden Land Rezoning

The City Commission ordered a public hearing at 7 p m on Sept 3 for Braden land near Breiel Boulevard north of Central Avenue to rezone 55 acres for business use tied to Radio WPFB. Planning Commission had recommended against commercial zoning, citing conflicts with the master plan and market conditions.

Paul Faden WPFB Breiel Boulevard Central Avenue W. Bueno Middletown Planning Commission Braden New Middletown Middletown Market Thompson City Commission Martin B. Miller

Signal Fails in Dope Trap Draws Arrest

An undercover agent bought marijuana from a dealer and used a car brake light signal to signal police. A burned tail light foiled the chase, but Willie L. Harper, 32, was later nabbed leaving a tavern and charged with sale and possession of marijuana.

Ageat Willie L. Harper

Caltech scientist learns Russian for Moscow talk

Pasadena AP report says Dr. Henry L. Richter of Caltech, JPL supervisor, learned Russian in three weeks to deliver a 30 minute speech in Moscow. He prepared with dictionaries records and a tape recorder for the International Geophysical Year meeting next month. A Russian speaking JPL employee called his rehearsal ready.

Pasadena Calif Henry L. Richter California Institute of Technology Moscow Richter Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL

Small Boy Becomes 3rd Polio Victim In County

Two year old John Michael Jones of 316 Rufus Street, son of Mr and Mrs Stc hy Jones, diagnosed paralytic polio. He had one Salk vaccine shot six weeks prior and was treated at Middletown Hospital before transfer to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. Previously, Stanley Stander, seven months, West Middletown, and William Nabel, 29, Gordon Avenue Hamilton, were polio victims this year.

Girton State Highway Patrol Hamilton Middletown Safety Council John Michael Jones Stchy Jones Rufus St Butler County Butler County Department of Health Middetown Hospital Mercy Hospital Stanle, Stander Irwin Stander West Middletown

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