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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1959

Page

2

DWI Charged In Hit Run Crash

Police arrest Melvin Staton 57 Milford on DWI and fleeing the scene after a collision on 1600 block Yankee Road. Staton admitted driving. damage about 32 dollars. Car found on Pearl Street. Other incidents include a parking lot fire and several minor crashes with varying damages.

Yankee Road Melvin Staton Milford Yankee Rd Jack Crocker Lafayette Avenue George Hick Lin 6Th Ave Staton Pearl Street

Toledo Post Twirlers Win WEW Contest

The 65 member Marilynettes of Toledo Post 5536 won top honors in the Ohio VFW parade competition at the convention in Columbus. Other winners included Lake Erie Post Parma senior color guard and Brookpark Rangerettes junior color guard, with bands and rifle drill teams from several posts also placing. Honorary parade marshal was 89 year old Columbus veteran Alvin Roberts.

Columbus Ohio Marilynettes Toledo Ohio Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW Lake Erie Parma Brookpark Rangerettcs Berea Floyd Hughes Canton Col W. C Bulger Fostoria Independence Post Independence Eddy Post East Liverpool Maj John Fulton Cleveland Brookpark Rangerettes Norwalk Lake Erie Commodores Mount Vernon Rifles Alvin Roberts 238Th Army Reserve Band Lockbourne Afb National Guard Navy Reserve Ohio Vfw

Hawaiians Vote On Statehood In Primary Referendum

Hawaiians across Hilo to Honolulu cast ballots in a combined statehood referendum and primary selecting party nominees for Hawaii's first state election. Officials expected about 150000 of 174000 registered voters to vote as both parties avoided partisan significance before results.

Honolulu Hilo Aloha-Shirt Congress

Police arrest man on N Verity Parkway for DWI

Police report Rob ert Whisman, 28, of 3117 Andrew St., arrested yesterday on N Verity Parkway for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Thefts included two hubcaps from Richard Wenzel’s car, a snow tire and rim from Mrs. Lester Bunnell, and a dispenser and contents from Ohio Bus Lines Co.

Robert Whisman Andrew St N. Verity Parkway Richard Wenzel Christel Ave Lester Bunnell Superior Ave Ohio Bus Lines Co

Falls From Boat Believed Dead In Sandusky Bay

Mitchell Harris, 37, of Cleveland was believed drowned after falling from his outboard boat while dropping anchor near East Sandusky Bay Friday night. Coast Guard units from Cedar Point and Sandusky searched the area Saturday with Otto Alford reporting Harris missing.

Sandusky, Ohio Mitchell Harris East Sandusky Bay Coast

Injury at Barnitz Field Ends in Hospital Admission

Kenneth Lindsay twenty two of 222 S Broad St was injured while playing baseball at Barnitz Field last night. He sustained a compound fracture of the left lower leg after colliding with another player. Lindsay was admitted to Middletown Hospital at 7 40 p m.

Barnitz Field Kenneth Lindsay S. Broad St Middletown Hospital Lindsay

Teamsters Monitor Quits Post Amid Court Ruling

Godfrey P Schmidt the attorney who helped lead reform within the Teamsters Union resigned as a court appointed monitor. He cited a conflict of interest flagged by a federal appeals court which ordered Hoffa and the union to follow reforms urged by Schmidt and the other monitors. Schmidt accused union leadership of vendetta while denying any misconduct.

NEW York Godfrey P Schmidt Teamsters Union Schmidt Washington James R. Hoffa Court of Appeals Dist F. Dickinson Letts Hoffa

Baker 12th In Nation In Oratory

Claude Baker of Middletown High placed 14th in oratory and 12th in dramatic interpretation at the National Forensic League meet in Coral Gables Florida. He was eliminated in the fifth round of the national events and returned home by plane with awards presented at a Miami banquet. Miss Florence Powell accompanied him and remained for a few days as a guest at Pompano Beach.

Claude Baker Middletown High Coral Gables Fla Young Baker Ohio NFL University of Miami Florence Powell MHS Florida Richard Crow Middletown Pompano Beach

Four Clevelanders Injured in One-Car Crash Near Waynesville

Four Cleveland residents were taken to Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia after a one car crash on U S 42 a half mile north of Waynesville. Driver James N Hardly 22 suffered multiple abrasions while Ernest Henderson 5 had facial lacerations Ann Henderson 29 had a compound leg fracture and Savannah Brown 25 sustained lacerations. The car left the highway struck a culvert and was heavily damaged.

Cleveland Greene Memorial Hospital Xenia U.S. 42 Waynesville James N. Hardly Ernest Henderson Ann Henderson Savannah Brown

Named To State Post

John M. Steeves was named deputy assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs, succeeding J. Graham Parsons who moves to assist the secretary for the Far East on July 1 after the resignation of Walter R. Robertson. Steeves, 55, has served as African consul general in Hong Kong and Macao.

State Post Washington John M. Steeves Far Eastern J. Graham Parsons Parsons Far East Asst Walter R. Robertson Steeves Hong Kong Macao

Dayton Man Dies On Street From Heart Attack

Thomas Mull a 43 year old resident of 432 Hulbert Street Dayton collapsed with a heart attack on West Central Avenue near the river bridge and died en route to Middletown Hospital. Born in Middletown he was survived by his wife Gail. Funeral arrangements by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home are incomplete.

Thomas Mull Hulbert St Dayton W. Central Avenue Mull Middletown Hospital River Bridge Middletown Vern Mull Gail McCoy-Leffler

William J Hurt 79 Warren County farmer dies at home

William J Hurt 79 a retired Warren County farmer died Friday night at his S Main Street home after a long illness Funeral services are at 2 p m Monday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin He is survived by sisters Mrs Sarah Moore Solon Ohio and Mrs Mary Howland Dayton Friends may call at the Oswald Funeral Home Sunday afternoon and evening

Lebanon William J. Hurt Warren County Oswald Miami Cemetery Corwin Hurt S. Main Street Sarah Moore Solon Ohio Mary Howland Dayton

Order Tests In Death Of Stripteaser

St Louis AP report says autopsy found natural causes air bubbles in blood in Gloria Pascual 24 who was three months pregnant. Police hold Marvin Roth 29 a pharmacist on bond pending federal narcotics sentence in a University City apartment of a narcotics peddler. Further medical tests and abortion determination planned. No inquest for 7 to 10 days.

ST. Louis, Mo Raymond I. Harris St. Louis Gloria Pascual Harris University City Marvin Roth

Dayton Firm Aims to Mass Produce Backyard Bomb Shelters

A new Dayton company plans production within a month of a backyard air raid shelter built from a modified septic tank. The steel reinforced cement unit shelters a family of five under three feet of earth, with a hatch, ladder, two weeks of food, water, generator, and air systems. Named NORADS Inc led by Capt. Albert Bernardini, the project has a class A rating from the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.

Dayton, Ohio Dayton Stewart Sheldon Miami Valley Albert Bernardini Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Norads Inc Bernardini Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization

Fourth Salk polio shot urged for all previously vaccinated

Surgeon General Leroy Burney announced a Public Health Service backed recommendation for a fourth dose of the Salk polio vaccine for anyone who completed the basic three shots a year or more ago. The advisory committee noted no approval for live polio vaccines yet and Burney expected a statement on live vaccines soon.

Washington Sap Leroy E. Burney Public Health Service United States Burney

Girls State Opposed To Death Law

The Buckeye Girls State mock Legislature ends its run with a bill abolishing capital punishment. Gov Barbara Cadett Montmont signs the bill into law alongside a 28 million dollar appropriations measure. The nine day event for 858 high school girls closes Sunday after church services.

Columbus Ohio Buckeye Girls Barbara Cadett Mariemont Girls Nation Ohio American Legion Auxiliary Adj Janet Yagello Sebring Miss Cade Washington, D. C Toni Welsch Marysville Elizabeth Snow Toledo

Dayton Mother And Daughter Plan To Wed

In Covington Kentucky a Dayton Ohio mother Treva Wooden 38 and her daughter Lillian 16 went to the Kenton County clerk office and applied for marriage licenses. Wooden plans to wed Sylvester Parrish 38 and Lillian to wed Harvey Gibson 21 with a ceremony soon thereafter.

Covington, Ky Dayton Ohio Kenton County Treva Wooden Sylvester Parrish

Children blamed for kitchen fire at Sycamore Street

Firefighters reported a blaze at 1329 31 Sycamore St last night causing 200 damage in a double house occupied by Effie Wallace and others. The alarm rang at 6 18 p m after a 5 30 p m call to 1109 2nd Ave Emergency squad aided six year old Joseph Hicks who cut his left wrist pushing through a window and he was transported to Middletown Hospital by Riggs ambulance.

14Th Avenue Minnesota Street Josephine Love 8Th Ave Sim Hall Walnut St Hall Auto Sycamore St Effie Wallace 2Nd Ave Joseph Hicks Middletown Hospital Riggs Ambulance

Survivors Of Ship Safe In Singapore

Twenty five survivors from the 4 700 ton Greek ship Georgios M which founder Monday off the Andaman Islands arrived Saturday in the Japanese cargo ship Meiwa Maru.

Singapore Georgios M Andaman Islands

You Don't Buy Good Schools Conferees Say

OXFORD Ohio AP Good schools cannot be bought a Schools for the Future conference at Miami University heard Saturday Moral support is as vital as cash support a citizen panel concluded the two day event after talks by six experts and group discussions The panel warned government aid at the expense of local interest is costly and that schools may still be best for carrying out non intellectual distraction The Friday audience panel included Dr Fred Heinold James Newton Dr W A Hammond Harold Bush Floyd Ramseyer and James H Rodabaugh Bush argued that higher pay alone will not attract good teachers and that loving teaching is essential to quality instruction The finest teachers are not motivated by pay alone.

Oxford Ohio Miami University Fred Heinold Cincinnati School Board James Newton Hamilton Journal News W. A. Hammond Xenia Harold Bush Wyoming Floyd Ramseyer Bluffton College James H. Rodabaugh The Ohio Historical Assn Bush

Western Reserve Receives $20 Million Gift Split

Trustees of the Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund announce two gifts of 10 million dollars each to Western Reserve Universitys university hospital and its school of medicine. About seven million dollars goes to the endowment to raise faculty salaries, with the rest funding modernization and a new five story building near Lakeside Hospital aided by $1.3 million in federal matching funds.

Cleveland (Ap Leonard C. Hanna Jr Lakeside Hospital

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