City panels fix four cent error in large 1954 budget
City Commission yesterday conceded City Manager Howard H. Kramer spotted two minor errors in the near 212 million dollar appropriation ordinance for 1954. The Police Relief and Pension Fund and Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund were each off by two cents, prompting an amendment to accept stenographic errors totaling four cents.
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City Commission
Howard H. Kramer
Kramer
Police Relief and Pension Fund
Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund
Ross A. Hill
Grand Jury To Get Case Of Man Held In Car Theft
A man named Harry Long 45 of 1310 Michigan Ave faces auto theft charges after a car driven by him at Bill's Auto Sales 100 Crawford St Feb 15 struck three parked cars in Cincinnati police report. Bound over to Butler County Grand Jury with $1500 bond. Long, an ex convict, has a long police record and was paroled recently from a 1950 Ohio Penitentiary sentence. Also in court Robert Bondage 49 Dayton was fined 200 and costs for driving while intoxicated and jailed three days with driving ban for a year. Seldon Mullins 26 Pershing Ave paid 25 and costs for careless driving after earlier fines related to fleeing an accident. William Nunley 33 Crawford St forfeited 25 bonds for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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Harry Long
Michigan Ave
Butler County Grand Jury
J. T. Lamb
Long
Bill
Crawford St
Cincinnati
Bill Cohen
Robert F. Bondage
Dayton
Ohio 4
Todhunter Road
Seldon Mullins
Pershing Ave
William Nunley
Early Start Planned for Chann eel of Commerce One Committee
The Industrial Development committee of the Chamber of Commerce convenes at noon led by Hugh Wright. The exploratory session includes two free railroads serving Middletown and Cincinnati Gas and Electric. The panel aims to gather data on railroad and utility services to attract new industries and possibly publish a prospect booklet.
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Channel of Commerce
Hugh Wright
Middlewna
Cincinnati Gas & Lertrice Co
Wright
Middletown
Police Briefs From Yesterday report
Police answered a call to 2620 Fleming Rd where Jack Leslie, 10, was bitten on the right leg by a dog and the animal was ordered tied for 15 days. Carl Bowles reported a BB pellet shot through his car door in N Verity Parkway causing $8 in damage. Jerry Johnson reported theft of front and cultivators valued at $25 left near the West Middletown bridge. Cletus Hornback said someone stole a generator light and tail light valued at $6.95 from his son’s bicycle left by the house.
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Fleming Rd
Jack Leslie
Carl Bowles
Woodlawn Ave
N. Verity Parkway
Jerry Johnson
N. Main St
West Middletown Bridge
Cletus Hornback
Shafer St
City approves 1954 appropriations record high
City Commission sets 1954 budget at 2,468,878 for operations a gain of 500,773 over 1952. A new sanitary sewer revenue fund of 493,306 funds bond retirement, while general fund totals edge up to 1,124,565. Fire division trimmed to 256,100 amid added services, with numerous fund adjustments and a plan to regulate trash burning.
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Division of Fire
City Commission
Planning Commission
Civil Service Commission
Board of Health
Department of Parks
Thieves Take S137 In Safe At Holland Fur Nace Co
Deputies report a break in at Holland Fur nace Co located at 3310 Tytus Ave. Thieves forced a rear door, opened a safe with tools, and took about 137 dollars. Office ransacked. safe damage estimated at 500 dollars.
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Holland Furnace Co
Tytus Ave
School Board to Review 1954 Budget and Speeches
The Board of Education will consider operations funding for the coming year and review last year's total expenditures around 1.88 million dollars. Speakers for commencement and baccalaureate will be chosen, and sympathy will be offered to the Seidner family as Earl Seidner, superintendent, died March 13, 1954. Hugh Butler will preside as acting superintendent in his first session.
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Board of Education
Earrle R. Seidner
Hugh Butler
Rail Shipping Study Planned
Cleveland The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a 215000 member union, says it has commissioned a study to determine what happened to railroad shipping in the past 25 years and what may happen in the future. President W P Kennedy notes about 700000 workers have been washed out of the industry in 30 years, some due to technology, some from railroads’ shrinking role in transportation. The union seeks to know the future outlook and possible remedies.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
W. P. Kennedy
Magsaysay’s Calamity Dance Seized as National Calamity
In Manila President Ramon Magsaysay urged declaring the new mambo craze Calamity a national calamity. He joked it stirs government workers, citing an engineer who travels for mambo lessons and returns exhausted, unable to work.
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Manila
Ramon Magsaysay
Mitchell Promises Ohio Labor Study
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell pledges an immediate unemployment study in Canton Ohio following a call by Rep Bow about Canton being denied surplus Group 4 designation. The designation would grant Canton firms bidding preference for certain government contracts.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Canton
Ohio
Rep
Bow
Mitchell
Streetcars OK for Other Fellow
Detroit report on a convention where 300 transit delegates from the American Transit Association express support for buses and streetcars for public use but privately admit they do not ride themselves. They call for an intensive selling campaign to boost patronage.
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Detroit
American Transit Assn
Visitors Day Crowds Support Social Security Upgrade
A capacity crowd at the Golden Age Club Visitors Day at the Civic Association backed President Eisenhower's Social Security law improvements. The club approved purchasing tables for meetings and enjoyed a social hour with movies shown by Richard Hofferbert.
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of the Golden Age Club
The
Civic Association
Eisenhower
Richard Hofferbert
Jap Tuna Buy Halt In San Pedro Over Radiation Guard
The Van Camp Sea Food Co will stop purchasing Japanese tuna until assurances are received that it is radiation free. This follows concerns over contamination and public health. Companies and officials may be assessing acceptable safety standards and sourcing policies.
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San Pedro
Calif
van Camp Sea Food Co
Operetta Adds Extra Performance At Roosevelt Junior High
The advance sale prompts Roosevelt Junior High to add a second show of Gypsy Baron. The operetta, directed by Miss Valda Wilkerson, will run Friday at 8 p.m. in addition to tonight’s curtain.
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Roosevelt Junior High
Valda Wilkerson
Driver Cited After Child Struck By Car
A motorist Richard E. Moren 22 of 1712 Oberon Drive was cited in Municipal Court after a girl Frances Greer 6 was struck on Columbia Avenue and Broad Street. Officers say Moren left to yield to oncoming traffic and a left turn put the child in front of his car. The girl was treated at Middletown Hospital for abrasions and contusions. Police report the incident occurred at 10 30 a.m. and the girl was taken to the hospital by police. Damage of 75 to Doris O Connor 20 of Miami sburg Route 3 occurs when her car was hit by Robert Barrett 19 of 115 Manhattan Street at 1st Avenue and Canal Street.
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Columbia Avenue
Broad Street
Richard E. Moren
Oberon Dr
Frances Greer
Charles Greer
Columbia Ave
Middletown Hospital
Moren
Doris O'Connor
Miamisburg Rt. 3
Robert Barrett
Manhattan St
1St Avenue
Canal Street
O'Connor
Barrett
Man Wanted Here Nabbed By Recruiters
Jack Baird of Middleton was indicted by the Butler County grand jury on burglary and larceny charges. He attempted to enlist in the armed forces at Omaha Nebraska but was rejected. Baird, cited with Paul Carter and Malcolm Doty in burglaries here, failed to appear in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Deputies planned to return him to Butler County while another deputy would pick up three juveniles in Texas.
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Middletonian
Butler County Grand Jury
Omaha
Neb
Jack Baird
Butler County
Baird
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Paul Carter
Malcolm Doty
Loren Gustin
William Cook
Texas
New Capavigraph Measures Heart Blood Output
A novel instrument called the capavigraph gauges how much blood healthy and sick hearts eject by tracking variations in blood distribution. It relies on changes in the electrical capacitance of body parts as distribution shifts, enabling assessment of cardiac output.
114 Register New As Primary Books Close
Middletown voters had a quiet close to registration for the May 4 primaries. Only 70 new city registrations, plus 22 each from Madison Township and Lemon Township, were recorded as the rolls closed. Combined with address changes, the total new and transferred registrations remained low, with under a crowd at the Middletown Federal Savings building.
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Middletown
Madison Township
Lemon Township
City
Tax Deadline On Trailers Is April 1
County Auditor R H Smith warns the April 1 deadline for the $18 annual house trailer tax in Ohio. Nonpayment carries a $50 fine. trailers will be checked after the deadline. Tax stamps available at the county auditor in Hamilton or Middletown City Building. present trailer title and 1953 tax certificate when applying.
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R. H. Smith
Ohio
Smith
Court House
Hamilton
Auditor
Middletown
At The Movies Thursday and Friday Showings
Paramount shows Ficht ter Attack at 1 30 4 20 7 15 10 10 p m Riot in Cell Block 11 at 3 00 5 50 8 45 p m Strand presents Follow the Fleet at 1 15 4 45 8 15 p m San garee at 3 05 6 35 10 05 p m Friday All American at 1 15 4 10 7 10 10 16 p m and Back to Gods Country at 2 55 5 55 8 50 p m
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Paramount
Strand
Sangaree
All American
Sears Income Up Seven Million in 1953
Sears, Roebuck & Co. reports 1953 net income of 117,882,302 dollars, or 4.87 dollars a share on 24,210,454 shares, up from 110,236,211 dollars (4.56 a share) in 1952. The firm, a nationwide merchandising company with a local branch, posted record sales of 2,981,925,186 dollars. Gen Robert E. Wood, retiring board chairman, and Theodore V. Houser, chairman-elect, announced the results.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Sears
Robert E. Wood
Theodore V. Houser
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Sylvania
Philgo
Vradelis
Broad St
Henry Teasley
Garfield St. T
Commission
Francis Carmody
C. B. Stiles
Teasley
Middletown Real Estate Board
Carmody
Real Estate Board
Stiles
David Armbruster
Grand Ave
City Planning Commission
Armbruster
Board of Zoning Appeals
Fred Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Barkeley Electric Manufacturing Co
Charles Street
Columbia and
Fleming Road
Floyd G. Browne
Earle R. Leidner
Robert McVey
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Gardner Boari & Carton Co
Board of Control
Middletown Safety Council
Clea
Matic
Ohio Labor Study
Reeves Jewelers
Neeves
Central Ave
Jewelers
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