Sin Has Changed Little Since A D 33 Minister Says
Reverend McKinley of the Church of the Brethren opened Holy Week services with a blunt comparison to biblical times. He warned that greed, violence, and other sins persist despite grand churches and leaders, but offered Christ’s Calvary as the solution and predicted a nation guided by God could lead the world. The Middletown Council of Churches will continue services with Rev. Louis Walter tomorrow at 12 05 p m, led by Harlan Jarvis.
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McKinley
Church of the Brethren
Pontius Pilate
Israel
Golgotha
Christ
Calvary Methodist Church
Coffman
Christ of Calvary
Middletown Council of Churches
Louis Walter
First Methodist Church
Harlan Jarvis
Council of Churches
William Giles
Breakfast Communion Service Set At First Presbyterian
Men of town gather for the second annual City-Wide Men's Communion at First Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 7 am. Sponsored by Middletown Council of Churches, the event draws about 400 last year. The Rev E H Hammon chairs the Inter-Church Activities Committee arranging the program with several clergy including Revs Schulz McCammon Walter Galloway Smith Nixon Prescott. Coffee and doughnuts follow in Fellowship Hall at 7 30 am. Harlan Jarvis presides over the Council of Churches.
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Retown
First Presbyterian Church
Middletown
Merged Trucker Groups Elect Local Man to Lead
Charles Dumford of Middletown announced the merger of two Ohio trucking groups to form the Contract Carrier Conference of the Ohio Trucking Association. Dumford was elected the first president and the new group vows to oppose Governor Lausche’s proposed ten mile tax on trucking. The merger aims for unified action and better service while resisting higher rates and tax administration costs.
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Ohio
Frank Lausche
Charles Dumford
Middletown
Contract Carrier Conference of Trucking Association
Ohio Contract Carrier Association, Inc
Ohio Trucking Association
Dumford
Lausche
Hadley to Speak to Sertoma Club in Manchester Hotel
Harry Hadley production manager of Gardner Board and Carton Company Middletown plant will address the Sertoma Club at 6 30 p m tomorrow in the Oval Room of the Manchester Hotel.
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Harry Hadley
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Middletown
Sertoma Club
Manchester
Mild Wet Weather Brings Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Weather forecasters expect mild wet conditions with a rise to about 50 today and 60 tomorrow. Tonight's low around 40 with a reported high of 46 yesterday. Showers possible tonight and tomorrow as temperatures shift from 29 to 48 earlier in the day.
CGE&E Pay Boost Affects Workers Here
About 35 to 40 workers at Cincinnati Gas & Electric Middletown northern division gain pay increases from 8 to 20 cents an hour starting April 1 under a one year contract with Local 1347 AFL Electric Workers. Similar boosts apply to 1500 1600 employees in northern Kentucky units. Negotiations with the Independent Utilities Union continue for gas department staff.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Northern Division
Middletown
AFL
George J. Kuehnle, Jr
Kuehnle
Union Light, Heat & Power Company
Kentucky
Independent Utilities Union
Personal Tax Deadline Heads to Final Filing Day
Final day to file no tax returns is tomorrow with penalties after. Filing assistance is available on the City Building second floor in the jury room with Mrs. Webster Griest. Trailer permits for 1953 are issued. trailer owners have until April 10 to obtain permits costing 18 dollars. The pine tree resin noted is a surface wound healing substance, not the tree itself.
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Webster Griest
Police study three alcohol testing devices for possible purchase
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore outlined tests of three breath alcohol devices for arrests. Alcometer demonstrations show a colored readout. Drunkometer and Intoximeter are discussed with costs and training needs. Breathing tests aid evidence but vary with individuals and conditions.
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Elsa Simpson
Joseph Blackmore
Jief Blackmore
Alcometer
Burnett Sentenced 30 Days for Resisting Arrest
Harry Burnett 39 of 1215 Grove St was sentenced to 30 days and a suspended $500 fine for resisting arrest by Patrolman Shirley Withrow for a February 1 incident. Costs must be paid. Judge Fred B. Cramer suspended the fine if Burnett reimburses $350 to the officer within 30 days. Two charges remain, including DUI in a mobile while intoxicated. another assault with intent to kill is likely dropped.
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Harry Burnett
Grove St
Shirley Withrow
Fred B. Cramer
Burnett
Withrow
Cramer
Germantown GI Returns Home from Far East
Pte William R. Dennis of Germantown Route 1 arrived back in the United States today from the Far East aboard the Navy transport Gen. 4. B. Freeman.
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William R. Dennis
Germantown
United States
Far East
Navy
4. B. Freeman
Homeless Cats Given Homes After City Call-In
Two orphan kittens saved by the police drew dozens of offers from readers over the weekend. Mrs. Mae Henderson of 1200 Girard St. adopted the pair, saying the kittens will keep her company while her husband works, and may later befriend her goldfish. Police noted the flood of calls and kept a mental list of interested responders for future strays.
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Journal
Mae Henderson
Girard St
Stolen Car Found Abandoned on Route 73
State patrol reported a stolen car abandoned along Route 73 last night. The vehicle, taken yesterday morning in Hamilton County, was found beside the road with two teenage boys seen departing from it.
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Hamilton County
Police Briefs From Taft School to Missing Child
Police report 20 school windows broken at Taft over the weekend and a garage theft of two basketball nets from a backboard. W. H. Spindler reported the nets stolen in the last two weeks. Myrtle Burton says her son David, 10, is missing since Saturday noon, 4 feet tall and 60 pounds in red jacket gray sweater blue jeans and tan cap. Eugene Jackson, 31, treated at Middletown Hospital after a beer glass injury. 15 stitches side and six on hand. no charges pressed. Luther Paige reports 10 gallons of gasoline stolen from his truck on Main Street.
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Alcometer
Blackmore
Hamilton
Dayton
Springfield
Urbana
W. H. Spindler
Ardmore Dr
Myrtle Burton
Moore St
David
Eugene Jackson
Pine St
Middletown Hospital
Luther Paige
North Main St
Main St
Red Cross Drive Nears Goal With $22,025 Collected
Campaign officials report $22,025.02 raised since March 1, with seven of 13 solicited groups meeting quotas. If Middletown industrial pledges are added, the total reaches about $32,000 or 96 percent of the $33,414 goal. Additional groups remain to be contacted and solicitations continue.
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Red Cross
Tr. F. Ott
J. W. Deininger
Middletown
Olt
Barkeley Electric
Ldge Corporation
Manchester Machine
McGraw Construction
Shattle Brothers Machine
Deininger
South Main St
Girl Falls From Car and Burns Reported In Middletown
A five year old Middletown girl Deborah Jackson received a lacerated scalp and facial abrasions after falling from a moving car on Route 4 near Middletown. A two year old Franklin Route 2 boy Wayne Walter was admitted with first degree chest and back burns from falling into hot water at home.
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Middletown
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Deborah Jackson
Samuel Jackson
Young St
Route 4
Diane
Wayne Walter
James Walter
Franklin Route 2
Manslaughter Hearing Ends in Butler County Case
Final arguments concluded in the trial of Everett Banks, 39, of 2102 Waneta Street, charged with second degree manslaughter after a January 16 crash on South Yankee Road that killed 17 year old Charles Sponsel and injured four classmates. Judge Fred B. Cramer presides without a jury as no verdict was announced by 11 a.m. Banks pleads innocent.
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Everett Banks
Waneta St
Butler County
Too Many Hands Spoil The Shrubs
A car driven by Willie D. Triplett, 26, of 834th Ave, ran over a curb and into Hugh Thompson’s yard at 801 South Main St, causing about 50 dollars damage to shrubs. Police said the husband was driving and the wife grabbed the wheel.
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Willie D. Triplett
Hugh Thompson
South Main St
At The Movies Showings For Paramount and Strand
Paramount shows Meet Me at the Fair and Lawless Breed with multiple evening times across Monday and Tuesday. Strand presents San Antone White Lightning Havana Rose and Cattle Town on successive night slots.
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Paramount
San Antone
Havana
Corpl Bradley Johnson Wounded in Korea
Corporal Bradley T. Johnson a 19 year old Franklin High School alumnus was wounded in Korea on March 15 while on a combat mission. He suffered flesh wounds to both thighs and minor facial and hand injuries and is hospitalized in Japan. He is the brother of Mrs. Ollie Pearce and Mrs. Maggie Kirby and the son of the late mother. He enlisted in 1951 and served with the 2nd Reconnaissance Company of the 2nd Infantry Division on the western front.
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Bradley T. Johnson
Ollie Pearce
Rufus St
Korea
Defense Department
Corporal Johnson
Japan
Robert Marshall
Burton Rd
Johnson
Franklin High School
Army
Fort Knox
Fort Meade
Camp Pickett
Far East Command
Seattle
Pearce
Maggie Kirby
Franklin
GOC Men Win Wings As Two Earn Civil Defense Wings
Ground Observers Corps members William Garvin and J. P. Hogan earned their wings after completing 25 hours of duty. Unit commander John Dobrozsi notes the corps is signing up many new volunteers to aid civil defense efforts.
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Ground Observers Corps
John Dobrozsi
William Garvin
Three Break-Ins Net Intruders Minor Loot
Police report three weekend break-ins with cash, alcohol, and gum stolen from local businesses. Walburg Food Market and Cheese House at 1212 Enoch Dr. lost $33.36 from a cash drawer after pried back door access. Chatterdine Cafe at 418 Baltimore St. was entered by a forced slide bolt. whiskey and chewing gum disappeared. Cohen's Auto Parts on First Ave. was entered via rear window, but office was ransacked with no loot found.
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Walburg
Enoch Dr
Chatterdine Cafe
Baltimore St
Cohen's Auto Parts
First Ave
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Jay's City Service
Columbia Ave
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Central Ave
MIAMI
John D. Millett
Columbia University
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Ernest H. Hahne
Millett
Indianapolis
Taft School
Red Cross Drive
Armco Steel
General Office
Armco Drainage
Jack Cox
Sorg Paper
Crystal Tissue
Gardner Board
Fairbanks Fiber Box
Harding-Jones
Interstate
Wrenn
Ken Rupp
Raymond Bag Company
Paper Group
Emarks
East End
Ed Hopple
Ralph Barbour
Ernie Myers
Howard Martin
J. Wylie Mitchell
Madison Township
Gene Blair
Monroe
J. L. Cast
LeSourdsville - Excello
North Middletown
Glen Tullis
C. W. Denny, Jr
Armco
Charles
ST. Erle Hanson
Cpl
Bradley Johnson
GOC
Bank Credit
First National
National Bank OF Middletown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sutphin Park Place
Armco East
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