Bell Seeks 75 Cent Monthly Hike For Most Home Phones
Ohio Bell asks the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to raise rates across 175 exchanges, aiming to boost annual gross revenues by about 16 percent and add roughly $22 million. Middletown and Trenton would see a $0.75 monthly bump on most home lines, with rural lines up $1.00. business and residential listings in directories would rise as well. President Eide says cost of doing business remains high and earnings stay under six percent.
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Ohio Bell Telehone Company
Middletown
Se Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio Bell
Randolph Bide
Cleveland
Eide
Trenton
Ohio
Explorer Scouts To Tour Hamilton Naval Quarters
Explorer advisors, committee men, senior crew leaders and commissioners of the Mound Builder's Area Boy Scouts will visit the U S Naval Reserve Training Center in Hamilton on June 30. Paul Parker executive director of Boy Scouts said the tour will include installation facilities such as aerial and radar shops and the bridge. The visit aims to help leaders arrange similar trips for their units. The group meets in the council office at 1 pm and travels by its own transport.
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Mound Builder’s
Boy Scouts
U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Hamilton
Paul Parker
Parker
Ohio Bell seeks rate hike amid rising costs and wages
Ohio Bell cites a 46 percent rise in furnishing service costs and 29 percent revenue growth, blaming a $32 million wage increase and $16 million operating-cost boost since 1939 for declining income. The company notes only one rate increase in 25 years, a 9 percent gross revenue rise in 1949. local exchange serves 13,261 Middletown customers across 17,436 telephones with 88 000 local and 3200 long distance daily calls. 82 percent of area families now have telephones.
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Commission
Eide
Ohio Bell
Hugh Harvey
Middleton Bell
Middletown
Exchange
Avon Lake teen killed in Lorain crash with dump truck
A collision in Lorain involving a dump truck and a passenger car claimed the life of 15 year old George Balmert from Avon Lake who was riding in the truck at the time of the accident yesterday.
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Lorain, CO
George Balmert
Avon Lake
Beck Resigns Civil Defense Director Post in Middletown
W F Beck retired Armco executive resigns as Middletown Civil Defense director citing ill health effective June 30. City Commission accepts resignation with regret. Carmody and Goetz praise his leadership and personal funding of the program. Beck headed a 34 member group and urged continued emergency protection work.
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W. J. Beck
City’s Civil Defense
Armco Steel Corporation
Middletown
Francis Carmody
Harold Goetz
Beck
Rabawan
Carmody
Golden Gate Quartet Sings Here Tonight
The Golden Gate Quartet appears tonight at 8 p.m. at McKinley Junior High School in New York, bringing Negro spirituals to the stage. Sponsored by Rev. S. C. Richards and the Ever-Ready Club, tickets from local merchants and Dr. Richards cost $1.20 for adults. The group, known for Dry Bones and Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho, began in a Norfolk high school and rose to fame with Eli Oberstein’s help.
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New York
Golden Gate Quartet
Singers of
McKinley Junior High School
State Department
Library of Congress
Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Garfield St
J &F
First Ave
Verity Pkvy
Castell Drug
North Main
Eva Kate Morris
Ninth Ave
Dr. Richards
Minnesota Ave
Golden Gate Quartetto
Norfolk
Eli Oberstein
Joshua Fit de
Jericho
Pipeline Finance Plan for 84-Inch Line in Cleveland
East Ohio Gas proposes selling 8 million dollars of common stock to parent Consolidated Gas Company of New York to fund an 84 inch pipeline from Petersburg Ohio. The 26 inch diameter line would be the largest in the system and serve 82 towns and cities, pending Ohio Public Utilities Commission approval.
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Plan Pipeline
Cleveland
Petersburg
East Ohio Gas Company
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
East Ohio
Lebanon Youth Killed in Route 42 Crash
Curtis Stapleton 19 from Lebanon Route 3 was killed in a head on collision with a semi on U S Route 42 a mile north of Plain City Union County. He worked for Ohio Central Telephone Company and was en route to Mt Vernon to pick up a switchboard. James Simmons of Fort Worth Texas drove the semi and suffered cuts. Funeral arrangements at Ferguson Funeral Home Plain City then Lebanon for burial. He was son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Stapleton and left several siblings. He had graduated from Morrow High School and recently joined the telephone company.
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Lebanon
Plain City
Union County
Curtis Stapleton
Lebanon Route 3
Ohio Central Telephone Company
Stapleton
Mt. Vernon
James Simmons
Fort Worth
Texas
Simmons
Ferguson Funeral Home
Raymond Stapleton
Telephone Company
Young Stapleton
Morrow High School
Snow for Floridians brightens Christmas party
The Little River Commerce Association ordered a carload of real snow from Hazard Kentucky to celebrate next Christmas in Miami. Executive secretary D. D. Smith said the snow will be mined from the mountains and shipped for children to enjoy real snowballs at a city Christmas party.
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Miami, Fla
Little River Commerce Association
D. D. Smith
Hazard
Paramount and Hollywood Story Showtimes This Friday
Paramount presents Katie Did It at 1 30 4 30 7 20 10 10 p m and Hollywood Story at 3 00 6 00 8 30 p m Friday New Mexico at 2 15 4 30 7 00 9 20 p m and Home Town Story at 1 15 3 30 5 55 8 20 10 30 p m
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Paramount
Katie
Hollywood Story
New Mexico
Strand and Bowery Show Times This Weekend
Thursday showings include Come Out Fighting at 2 20, 4 40, 7 00 and 9 15 p m and Bowery Blitzkrieg at 1 15, 3 30, 5 50, 8 10 and 10 30 p m Friday bills Tyrant Of The Sea at 2 15, 4 55, 7 40 and 10 20 p m and Gunmen Of Abilene at 1 15, 3 45, 6 30 and 9 10 p m.
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Bowery Blitzkrieg
Tyrant of the Sea
Abilene
Beck Keeps Advisory Role in Local Civilian Defense
W. J. Beck will remain with the local Civilian Defense program in an advisory capacity after resigning due to ill health. Paul E. Wilson, acting director, cited Beck’s major contributions to the program set up last year and praised his organizational work. The group will review Beck’s successor as funds remain scarce, with a $2,000 state and federal match possible for local fundraising.
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W. J. Beck
Civilian Defense
Paul E. Wilson
Wilson
Beck
William E
Warner
Ohio Civilian Defense
Dr. Warner
Pointment
Russell Weatherwax
Colonial Show Times and Rerun Schedule
Thursday screenings include Rawhide at 1 55 p.m. 4 00 p.m. 6 05 p.m. 8 10 p.m. 10 19 p.m. Friday shows On The Riviera at 1 15 p.m. 3 28 p.m. 5 41 p.m. 7 45 p.m. 10 10 p.m.
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Rawhide
Riviera
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Yankee Rd
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Eldorado Subdivision
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