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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
10
A dense clutter of crossword hints listed with numbers and partial terms. Clues cover topics from animals and plants to objects, languages, and occupations, including several long pairs like average solution time and various undefined entries from 1A onward.
CHICAGO Judge Harrington lays groundwork for legal action to enforce solitary confinement for two women convicts, Blanche Dunkel and Evelyn Smith, on the anniversary of the 1936 murder for which they were sentenced to 180 years. The case recalls a grisly plot to murder Lang, dismember his body, and vanish.
In Waukesha Wisconsin Richard Poppie is named the first man in Waukesha County to become a father on Father's Day. His son weighed six pounds nine ounces at birth.
Sears, Roe Buck & Co. set a ninth straight ad spend record at $36,831,400 in 1954, up 1.3 percent from 1953, across 1,002 newspapers nationwide. The total advertising budget reached $45,839,500, with radio and other media sharing a $9,008,100 allocation as Sears posted a near record year for retail and mail order sales at $965,408,814 and added five stores to reach 699 outlets.
Meetings are listed for Monday and Tuesday across several organizations. American Legion Post 218 executive committee meets at 8 p.m. Monday. Rotary Club at noon Tuesday. Civitan and Sertoma at noon and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Manchester Hotel. South Middletown and North Middletown Fire Associations meet at 7 p.m. in local venues. Mayfield Fire Dept at 7:30 p.m. Sheffield Street Fire House. American Citizens Club at 7:30 p.m. 30 Broad St. Battery A 180 AAA Battalion at 7:45 p.m. Armory. Unity Council D. of A at 8 p.m. IOOF Hall. Middletown Grocers and Meat Dealers Assn at 8 p.m.. FOE at 8 p.m. hall.
The U S submarine Pickerell arrived at Yokosuka today to begin its third tour of duty in the Far East with the U S 7th Fleet.
A plaque commemorating 36 years in the general insurance field is presented to D W Snider and Son by Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. The firm, founded in 1919 by the late D W Snider, has been led since 1947 by William T. Snider. Based in Pickwick Building, the agency has moved from the LeBee Building and the First National Building and is active in local business and insurance groups.
Those whose eyes perform a lot of close work in school or business are more prone to nearsightedness than individuals with less exacting visual tasks. The statement notes a correlation between sustained near vision and myopia risk.
George Mathias of New Philadelphia was installed as president of the Ohio State Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles during the group s 52nd convention in Cincinnati. Other officers include Jett Gardner of Sidney as vice president and Robert Ridge as trustee.
Seattle police report a grisly double murder and a suicide on Father's Day. Charles Reimers, 30, returns home to find two sons aged 5 and 1 slain, and his wife 29, eight months pregnant, fatally wounded. The sheriff classed it as a death by self harm and double slaying. Reimers, an airline employee, said he visited a tavern then found the scene and left home to stay with friends.
Cincinnati sociologist Arthur E. Hinman of the University of Cincinnati says sons tend to follow their fathers a half century later as well. He calls this "occupational inheritance" and notes limited job mobility due to lack of ambition and other factors.
A 10 day old girl in Englewood New Jersey received blood after parents Jehovah’s Witnesses blocked transfusion on religious grounds. Bergen County prosecutors sought court intervention. emergency hearing ordered immediate transfusion to give the infant a chance to live.
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