City Officials Float Tax Options For Budget Gap
City Commission Chairman Francis Carmody and City Manager Charles W. Thompson briefed Middle town Real Estate Board on the city’s budget troubles at the Manchester Hotel. They outlined potential financing paths including a 1% real estate tax levy, an income tax, or a payroll tax, with decisions pending a financial advisory committee’s recommendations.
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City Commission
Francis Carmody
Charles W. Thompson
Middletown Real Estate Board
Manchester Hotel
Carmody
Asi
Thompson
Commission To Consider Two Zoning Ordinances
The city commission will hear first readings on two zoning ordinances for annexed areas in North Middletown and Marshall Road. The Middletown Planning Commission recommendations face resistance from residents and property owners over residential zoning of existing businesses on Tytus Avenue Manchester Road Wilbraham Road and Verb y Parkway. In East End about 60 owners oppose zoning the southeast Marshall Road Central Avenue corner as neighborhood business with northeast corner properties already used for business or purchased for future business use.
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City Commission
North Middletown
Marshall Road
Middletown Planning Commission
Middletown
Planning Commission
Tytus Avenue
Manchester
Wilbraham Road
Verbey Parkway
Central Avenue
Real Estate Transfers list across multiple parcels and buyers
A dense list shows transfers of numerous parcels among individuals and firms. Notable parties include Mar mecca Developers Inc, First National, Middletown Federal, and Lincoln area buyers with parcels in Trenton Madison Mayfield Peasttown and other towns, with prices ranging from cents to thousands and several undivided shares noted.
Police Briefs Reported Stolen Bicycle and Damaged Lights
Police log notes Donald Brewer reported his bicycle stolen from the 1100 block of Baltimore Street. James Ritter said a hubcap was stolen from his car on Monday night. William Reese reported his 1957 model car stripped for its motor generator and carburetor, worth 100 dollars, parked on Belvidere Avenue. Vandals shattered a neon sign fronting McGee & Sons Super Market on Vannest Avenue, valued at 35 to 40 dollars. A red light at Woodlawn Avenue and Garfield Street was shot out and another at Crawford Street and Central Avenue broken, likely with a rock.
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Donald Brewer
Baltimore Street
James Ritter
Manchester Ave
William Reese
Yankee Rd
Belvidere Avenue
McGee & Sons
Vannest Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Garfield Street
Crawford Street
Central Avenue
Boy Loses Finger In Bicycle Mishap
Three year old Timmy Ely son of Manuel Ely of 2120 Brentwood Street lost part of his thumb yesterday in a bicycle accident at home. His thumb was caught in the wheel chain and amputated just below the nail. He received treatment and a skin graft at Middletown Hospital. Also treated yesterday was Paul Back fourteen son of Grant Back of 37 Potter Street Trenton. He fell at Camp Hook and sustained a gash in his left knee needing nine stitches for repair.
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Timmy Ely
Manuel Ely
Brentwood St
Timmy
Middletown Hospital
Paul Back
Grant Back
Potter St
Trenton
Camp Hook
Man and 2 Boys Held After Store Theft
A 23 year old Middletown man and two teenage boys are in city jail after a break in at Sargent's Grocery 3010 Finley St. thieves stole a large amount of cigarettes. Deputy arrests occurred on S Yankee Road at 525 AM and on Ottawa Street at 900 AM. The youths deny involvement and deputies continue the investigation.
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Middletown
Sargent’s Grocery
Finley St
S. Yankee Road
Ottawa Street
Cars Race Antelopes Landers Wyoming
In western Wyoming ranchers often drive at 55 to 60 mph in a humorous race with antelope. Antelope cruising speed is 35 to 40 mph and can sustain it for miles.
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Lander
Wyo
Wyoming
Volcanic ash may stay hot for a century
A historical observation notes volcanic ash can retain heat for around a hundred years, suggesting long lasting thermal activity and potential implications for nearby environments and archaeology.
Fireman Flisher Quits City Fire Department to Rejoin Navy
William R. Flisher of 222 Harrison Street resigns from the Middletown Division of Fire effective last Saturday. City Manager Charles W. Thompson, who also serves as public safety director, cites a fund shortage as the reason for an indefinite replacement. Flisher, appointed October 1, 1954, has returned to the Navy.
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William R. Flisher
Harrison Sr
Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Flisher
Navy
Pflimlin Quits as Mollet Asked to Form New Government
Paris France Pierre Pflimlin ended his bid to form a cabinet after Socialist opposition toppled his effort to resolve France s 18th postwar crisis President Rene Coty asked lame duck Premier Guy Mollet to form another government Mollet had resigned two weeks earlier after Parliament rejected his tax boosting program to cover Algerian rebellion costs and he refused to try again.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Rene Coty
Guy Mollet
Pflimlin
France
Mollet
New Proxy Elected By Sertoma Club
C. A. Sam Boeke city engineer was named president of the Sertoma Club at the weekly dinner meeting. Elected to serve with Boeke were Bill Werth first vice president James Merrick second vice president Wilbur McIntosh third vice president Turk Foster sergeant at arms Dillard Pierce Bob Green and Paul Hess directors. Inaugural dance June 29 at the Sportsmen's Club will install the new officers. Miss Beth Hammon described the Experiment in Living program and Finland trip with colored slides.
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C. A
Sam) Boeke
Sertoma Club
Service Club
Boeke
Bill Werth
James Merrick
Wilbur McIntosh
Turk” Foster
Dillard Pierce
Bob Green
Paul Hess
Tom Brown
Sportsmen's Club
Beth Hammon
E. H. Hammon
Armco Steel Co
Finland
Hammon
Ink Squirters Get Probation in School Vandalism
Two 12 year old Middletown youths who damaged Garfield School walls and oil paintings on May 12 were placed on probation by Judge David Black in Domestic Relations Court. A 13 year old involved was deferred for psychiatric evaluation. They admitted throwing ink after failing to find money and also confessed to entering Amanda School, taking pennies, and stealing $100 from a Middletown home. One boy was placed under parental supervision. another under a sister in Kentucky.
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Middletown
Garfield School
David Black
Amanda School
Kentucky
Hamilton Seeks Help For Bridge Widening
Hamilton and Butler County Commission request State Highway Department aid to fund widening of the Columbia Bridge. A June 13 meeting in Middletown with Division 8 officials is planned. Hamilton proposes a $500,000 bond issue for the city share, with the county’s prior $500,000 share no longer available. The County Commission may pursue a bond issue to cover its portion.
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Hamilton
Butler County Commission
State Highway Department
Columbia
Division 8
Highway Department
Middletown
County Commission
Middletown High Omits Student From Honor Roll
Middletown High School officials report a junior named Kay Clark was omitted from yesterday's final honor roll published in the Journal. The omission was noted by school authorities and the issue corrected in the record.
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Middletown High School
Kay Clark
Polio Case Reported in Butler County Child
Butler County’s first polio case for 1957 involves three and a half year old Karen Spurlock of 304 Progress Ave Hamilton. Charles Reuthe of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis said the case is mild and non parasitic and the child has not received anti polio shots. She is being treated at a Hamilton Hospital.
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Butler County
Hamilton
Charles Reuthe
National Foundation For
Karen Spurlock
Karl Spurlock
Progress Ave
Reuthe
Fenwick Nun Receives GE Purdue Mathematics Fellowship
Sister Marina O S F Fenwick High School science teacher is named a recipient of a GE Purdue University mathematics fellowship this summer. She will attend Purdue from June 24 to August 3 for a course focused on new developments in math for industry with field trips to GE plants in Fort Wayne and Shelbyville Indiana and Danville Illinois. The grant was selected by a Purdue mathematics staff committee and the course carries graduate credit.
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Marina
O.S.F
Fenwick
General Electric
Purdue University
Purdue
Fort Wayne
Shelbyville
Ind
Danville
Ill
Purdue Mathematics
1086 Attend Bible School At Middletown Centers
Attendance for the 1957 Vacation Bible School organized by the Middletown Council of Churches reached 1086, up 154 from Monday. About 127 staff helped as sessions run weekday through Friday June 14 at Armco Center and local churches and schools including Garfield, Jefferson, Wilson, First United Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, Church of the Ascension, Blue Ball, and First Christian.
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Middletown Council of Churches
Armco Center
Garfield School
Jefferson School
Wilson School
First United Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of the Ascension
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
Local men made trustees by city court
Two residents were accepted into trusteeship by Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb in yesterday's civil session. Charles White of 703 Lafayette Ave listed 336 dollars in debts to eight creditors, while William Wardlow of 301 Chester Sr. showed 1221.92 dollars owed to 14 creditors.
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J. T. Lamb
Charles White
Lafayette Ave
William Wardlow
Chester Sr
Hospital Expands To Welcome 300 Patients After Remodel
Middletown Hospital unveiled a 2.5 million dollar remodeling plan at a press preview. The project will raise capacity from 28 to more than 300 beds. Walter A. Mischley, administrator, cited heating costs surpassing 1917 investment and predicted 1957 revenue around 2.25 million with nearly 12 000 patient admissions.
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Middletown Hospital
Walter A. Mischley
Verity Hall
Mischley
Psychologist Outlines Child Test Methods at Civic Club
Lawrence Johnson Middletown City School District psychologist told the Civitan Club that faith in children and taking proper time are key to testing schoolchildren. He urged acceptance among students teachers and the public and noted that academic success does not guarantee later life achievement. The Civitan group planned Butler County Civitan Day for late July and lined up a business meeting and officer election for next week.
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Lawrence Johnson
Middletown City
Johnson
Civitan Club
Manchester Hotel
Butler County Civitan
At The Movies Paramount Strand Listings
Paramount: Hellcats of Navy on Wednesday and Thursday at 6 40 p m Abandon Ship at 8 Strand: Mutiny on the Bounty at 6 and 9 30 p m Night Runner at 8 10 p m.
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Paramount
Hellcats
Navy
Two Motorists Cited After Crashes In City
Two motorists were cited into Municipal Court after city auto crashes yesterday. Ival Cook age 44 of 620 Garfield St faced charges of no operator license and failure to yield after a two car collision at Michigan Ave and Young St causing 450 dollars in damage. Carolina Andres of 305 Baltimore St cited for red light violation following a collision with Joseph Plaska of Middletown Rt 3 at Curtis St and Girard Ave with 150 dollars damage. Glen Spencer 27 of 1205 Baltimore St suffered a head injury when his parked car was struck by a tractor trailer driven by Donald Quarton of Edwardsville Ill in Crawford St. damage 50 dollars. Other incidents included John Requarth 31 of 322 Elm St and Francis O'Flynn 33 of 118 Iglehart St in Curtis St with 50 dollars damage, and Ralph Lovejoy 55 of 2117 Hill Ave with 75 dollars damage to a parked pickup.
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Ival Cook
Garfield St
Michigan Avenue
Young Street
Cook
Manteen Baldwin
Grove St
Carolina Andres
Baltimore St
Joseph Plaska
Middletown
Glen Spencer
Donald Quarton
Edwardsville
Ill
Crawford Street
John Requarth
Elm St
Franklin
Francis O'Flynn
Iglehart St
Curtis Street
Car Crash Involving Albert Eggleton Cited In Report
A car crash report lists Albert Eggleton, 60, of 18 McKinley Street as the driver in a collision described in local police notes. No other details available.
Fighting Dogs Turn On Man
Merle McGaffeney of 1587 Stahlheber Road intervened in a dog fight on his lawn and was bitten. The two dogs then turned on him, injuring his left leg and arm. He received treatment at Fort Hamilton Hospital and was released.
Missing 17-year-old Barbara Parker reported by mother
Mrs. Rosie Parker told Deputy Sheriff Jesse Dennis that her daughter Barbara a 17 year old brown eyed blonde 5 foot 5 inches has been missing since Saturday from German town Rt 1.
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Rosie Parker
Germantown Rt. 1
Jesse Dennis
Barbara
Raccoon Noted For Two Living Old World Relatives
The raccoon stands out as one of the rare American mammals with two living relatives in the Old World. This fact highlights its unique evolutionary lineage and distant connections across continents.
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Floyd G. Browne & Associates
Marion
Robert Weaver
Marmecca Developers Inc
Don Townsend
Paul Pell
Sheriff
Cheviot Bidg
Tailored Homes Inc
James Combie
Herman Sanders
Louise Weinman
Don Bailey
William Housh
Baileys
Selma Cohen
Clarence Napier
Marcella Crow
Oglesby Barnitz
William Lovelace
Richard Coleman
Kenneth Eversole
Harold Pergram
Clinton Boyd
Stephen
S. A
Western Ohio
Ae Fenove
Ater Moore
Montgomery
Manchester Meadows Inc
Doris Sickle
Robert Staton
Lawrence Lane
Tressie Carter
Horton Carter
John Huntsbarger
Grover Buehl
Kathryn Jones
J. F. Carabin
Meadow Hills
Ivan Boggs
Norvil Denniston
Peasttown
Florence Stiles
Richard Rahmis
Seven Mile
J. M. McGraw
Brown
Madison
Orville Duff
Charles Farquer
Mayfield
John Bush
William Stevens
Midd. Fed
George Mettler
West Side
Liberty
James Stamper
Green Acres
Brown's Country Club
Willie Tuggle
Bedford Tuggle
Milford
First Nat
Paul Cherryholmes
Midd
Fed
Lawrence Shafer
Warren Johnson
Oglesby Barnitz Bank
Oscar Sandlin
F. O. Schoedinger
George Hancock
Robert Whitaker
Stanley Moore
Asthmanefrin
R.U
SHELL
Shell Furnace Oil
Middletown Ice & Coal
Curtis Dial
Riggs Funeral Home
Lic
N. Broad ST
Ink Squirters
Electric
B. L. Dawson & CO
Clark GA
Anne Middlemiss
Nadine Orr
Andj
James Elder
Hospital Board of Trustees
School of Nursing
O & B Savings
O & B Savings Account
O & B Bank
Oglesby-Boritz Bank and
TRU
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ohio
Main
Central Branch
Ralph Lovejoy
Hill Ave
Albert Egleston
McKinley St
Tobias
St. Main
Davey
Central Ave
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