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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1951
Page
3
Mrs. Samantha O'Brien aged 65 of Dayton was killed when a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck her car stalled on a crossing north of Greenville.
Police found Lt. Herman G. Bath, 44, with a bullet wound to the temple and a service revolver nearby in his living room. A note reportedly indicating suicide was found. his wife Margaret heard nothing before discovering the body. The death followed a complaint by Betty Nace, 31, alleging Bath slapped her unconscious during a Sunday outing.
The National Safety Council reports 3,080 traffic fatalities in June 1951, an 18 percent rise from June 1950 and the largest monthly increase since 1946. For the first half of 1951, 16,320 people died, up 8 percent year over year, with projections suggesting a total near 37,800 if the trend continues, led by sharp rises in the Mountain and South Central regions.
Middletown Boosters Club launches a new membership drive offering dues of one dollar. The group, which funds school activities, has over 1000 members and will continue promotion this year. Last year they bought band uniforms, supported trips for the high school band, and funded students Geraldyne Baker and Rudy Pringle to California for a national speech contest. Chairman Berni J Slin lists contact directors Zelda Lane and others for joining and notes monthly meetings at the Civic Association with a forthcoming dutch-treat dinner event.
The event will be held at the LeSourdsville Lake dining hall at 7 30 p m Bill Doench is president of the group.
Arnold Sizelove aged 50 from Norwood Ohio drowned when a rowboat capsized at Lake Isabella. A companion swam to safety after futile attempts to rescue him.
A $765 000 municipal water expansion project was halted yesterday as Local 1216, AFL Hodcarriers of Manusfield, walked out. Superintendent O A Mc Farland cited wage scale disputes and non union labor as the cause of the strike. Western Ecuador is described as a hot but fertile coastal plain.
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