Commission Votes Approval of a 3 Million Budget
The City Commission forwarded to Butler County officials a 3,049,309 dollar 1958 budget, a record appropriation reflecting added services. It approved a 1956 general fund budget of 1,339,357 with 1955 expenditures around 1,265,000, highlighting police and fire divisions and parks department funding.
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Commission
City Commission
Butler County
General Fund
Division of Police
Division of Fire
Charles W. Thompson
Department of Parks
Auto Strikes Boy Darting Into Street
A six year old Middletown boy received minor abrasions after being struck by a car in the 900 block of Crawford Street. Kenneth Haddix, 907 Crawford St., was treated at Middletown Hospital and released after X rays. Joe McGriff, 70, Bradford, Ohio, was cited for failure to yield right of way after a crash with Edith Bair on Grand Avenue and Wil cart Street. Total damage under 100 dollars.
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Middletown
Crawford Street
Kenneth Haddix
Crawford St
Middletown Hospital
Forrest’ Twin
Webster St
Joseph McGriff
Bradford
Ohio
Edith Bair
West Middletown
Halla Brown
Elwood St
Audie Cole
Young St
S. Verity Parkway
David Lickert
Judy Dr
Kelly Sorrell
Woodlawn Ave
Queen Avenue
David Holbrook
Yankee Rd
English Skidmore
Home Ave
Trenton
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Helen Hughes
Baltimore Street
Broad Street
Domanick Named Best Speaker At Toastmasters Meet
John Domanick was named best speaker at the Toastmasters Club after delivering an ice breaker speech. Four new members were inducted at the meeting, with Jack Seighef Earl Moore Dan Gephardt and Charles Doring among the co hosts. Robert McConaughy was toastmaster and Charles Garrett topic master Myron Beck presided.
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John Domanick
Toastmasters Club
Domanick
Jack Seighef
Earl Moore
Dan Gephardt
Charles Doring
Robert McConaughy
Charles Garrett
Myron Beck
Four Join Cub Pack 6 As New Members And Awards
Cub Pack 6 leaders announced new members William Barnett Robert Gordes Raymond Bauer and Thomas Gomin today. Six cubbers were honored at a recent pack meeting Eddie Timmer Danny Ingram Jimmy Hilton Larry Farmer Bobby Connelly and Larry Carpenter.
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William Barnett
Robert Gordes
Raymond Bauer
Thomas Gomin
Eddie Timmer
Danny Ingram
Jimmy Hilton
Larry Farmer
Bobby Connelly
Larry Carpenter
UAW Appeals NLRB Findings After Aeronca Vote
The UAW will appeal the Cincinnati regional NLRB director’s recommendation that objections to Aeronca Manufacturing Corp voting were not sufficient for a new election. In Middletown plants the company and the Aeronca Independent Union hold a contract through March 1958. The UAW alleged misconduct and misrepresentations affecting the vote, but the regional board found the objections not material or substantial.
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United Automobile Workers
Afl-Cio
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Aeronca
NLRB
Charles M. Ryan
Washington
UAW
George Wilkin
Dayton
Middletown
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Aecronca Independent
Independent Union
AIA
Achievers Schedule Make-Up Auditions for May Banquet
A make up session for junior Achievers who missed auditions is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday in the JA office. Try outs are for the Achievers annual banquet program in May. Musical talent spots remain open, said M G McCall executive director. Supervising the try outs will be Mrs A H Osborne and other Toastmistress Club members.
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M. G. McCall
A. H. Osborne
Toastmistress Club
South Koreans Free 96 Japanese Detained at Pusan Camp
A South Korean ship returned 96 Japanese nationals from a Pusan detention camp. Among them were 27 Japanese women divorced from Koreans, their 68 children, and one man. More than 300 Japanese fishermen remain detained at another Pusan camp in Korea's claimed territorial waters.
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Moji
Japan
Pusan
Korea
Man Beaten Robbed By New Friends On Franklin Road
William Lawson of 1503 Fleming Rd was lured from the Friendly Tavern by two men to a supposed relative’s party on Franklin Trenton Road. He was assaulted, robbed of a $72 watch gloves and his 1947 model car valued with a chest wound. The car was found a mile away. Detectives investigated after Lawson called from Homer Weikel’s home. Det Howerton responded.
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Franklin- Trenton
William Lawson
Fleming Rd
Lawson
Fleming Road
Charles Street
Homer Weikel
Franklin-Trenton
Ex-Con Tucker Faces New Bad Check Charge After Release
Charles Henry Tucker, 52, freed from the Ohio Penitentiary after eight days, finds costs of living high. He cashed a $10 bad check, bought a hat and sandwich leaving 68 cents, then ate a hearty meal before calling police and surrendering. He faces prosecution for the new bad check or parole violation in Columbus.
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Detroit
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Henry Tucker
Tucker
Columbus
Woman Loses In Custody Hearing Over Chaplin Jr Relation
In Los Angeles a custody hearing awarded Mrs Dolores Zeitlin visitation rights only with her 2 year old adopted son after she admitted a romance with Charles Chaplin Jr. The witness said the relationship ended last November despite earlier denial by her former husband Irving Zeitlin.
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Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin Jr
Dolores Zeitlin
Irving Zeitlin
Easter and revival services planned across Middletown area
Colored News reports multiple religious events this Sunday and next week. Holiness Tabernacle will host fellowship services at 2 PM with Rev J W Hughes and Rev Gertrude Jackson leading respective congregations. Bishop H K Kilgore in charge. Revival begins Monday at 7:30 PM at Church of God on 11th Avenue Lincoln Street led by Rev James Batie. Easter Op opera and Sunday School events scheduled at New Era and Second Baptist churches with local organizers named.
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Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe
J. W. Hughes
Oxford State Road Church of God
Gertrude Jackson
Franklin
H. K. Kilgore
James Batie
Dayton
Church of God
11Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
New Era Baptist Church
Norma Carter
Augusta Knox
The
Second Baptist Church
Deadline for 1955 Ohio license plates set tomorrow
Middle town police warn drivers of the upcoming deadline for 1955 Ohio auto license plates at midnight tomorrow with no extension due to Easter. Warning citations will be issued for expired tags parked Sunday. cars found with 1955 plates after midnight Saturday face traffic court. Beginning Monday, autos with expired tags parked on streets will be impounded with a $5 tow, 75 cent daily storage, and a $3 street parking ticket.
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Middletown Area
James Combs
Traffic Bureau
Middletown
Ohio
Franklin
Lt. Combs
Mrs. Carrie Thinnes Dies After Surgery in Middletown
Mrs. Carrie Thinnes 46 wife of Ed Thinnes operator of the Thinnes Cafe 112 Charles St Middletown died unexpectedly at 922 am today at Middletown Hospital She was admitted last Wednesday and died on the operating table during a thyroid tumor operation An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause She had lived in Middletown 25 years and was active in the Elks Ladies Socialites She is survived by her husband her parents four sisters and four brothers Funeral arrangements are pending at J R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Carrie Thinnes
Ed Thinnes
Thinnes Cafe
Charles St
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Thinnes
Ability In Determining Success-Millan Critiques Material Wealth
Robert Millan vice president of the Oglesby-Barnitz Bank addressed the Evening Optimist Club at the Colony Restaurant arguing that success should not be equated with material possessions. He urged more study of social science to better understand economics. The club formed a nominating committee with Estil Dietz John Wyatt and Eddie Read to select candidates for new officers.
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Robert Millan
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank
Optimist
Millan
Colony
Estil Dietz
John Wyatt
Eddie Read
Cox Praised In Schenck Speech
In Washington Rep Schenck hails James M Cox as a great American on the House floor praising the Dayton Daily News Journal Herald and other papers. Cox, who turns 86 tomorrow, heads Dayton and Springfield publications plus the Atlanta Journal and Constitution and Miami Daily News and owns several radio and TV stations.
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Washington
Rep. Schenck
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cox
Dayton Daily News
The
Journal Herald
Springfield Daily News
Sun
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Miami
Police Briefs Include Menace Warrants and Thefts
Roy Burkhardt 25 of 3201 Morgan St was arrested on a menace and threat warrant. Charles Boitz 32 of Greenville Pa was arrested on intoxication and resisting arrest charges. William Chasten of Tibball St reported a woman’s purse with two $25 savings bonds a billfold and keys stolen from his car on N Clinton St. William Edmonds owner of Middletown Beer Distributors 402 Clark St said thieves broke into a company truck on Vine St but nothing was taken.
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Roy Burkhardt
Morgan St
Charles Boitz
Greenville
William Chaste
Tibball St
Franklin
N. Clinton Street
William Edmonds
Middletown Beer Distributors
Clark St
Vine Street
Fliers Unhurt When Airplane Is Overturned
Two Kentuckians escaped injury when a crosswind overturned their 1946 Aecronca Champion at Hook Field after a landing from Bowman Field. Pilot Donald F. Schurch and passenger Bill L. Puckett, both of Louisville, were unhurt as about $600 in damage occurred to the private plane owned by the Kentucky Flying Service. The mishap occurred at 11:45 a.m. and was investigated by city police and state patrolmen.
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Hook Field
Donald F. Schurch
Bill L. Puckett
Louisville
Bowman Field
Kentucky Fiying Service
Butler County Divorces Filed In District Court
Martha Barker of Hamilton sues James Barker for neglect and cruelty. Elna Egelston of 117 Webster Street sues Stanley Egelston of Franklin Route 1 for neglect. Mattie Jones of Hamilton sues Elijah Jones for neglect. Myrtle Addison of Oxford sues William H. Addison of Crawfordsville for neglect. Rosalie Murnahan of Hamilton sues William Murnahan of New Miami for neglect. Timothy Short of 916 6th Avenue sues Gladys Short of Gryted for neglect. Judge P. P Leatha Pierce presiding over Hamilton cases from Clyde Pierce and Ethel Navicki of Hamilton sues Frank Navicki for neglect and cruelty, Judge Fred B. Cramer.
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Martha Barker
Hamilton
James Barker
Elna Egelston
Webster St
Stanley Egelston
Franklin Rt. 1
Mattie Jones
Elijah Jones
Myrtle Addison
Oxford
William H. Addison
Crawfordsville
Ind
Rosalie Murnahan
William Murnahan
New Miami
Timothy Short
6Th Ave
Gladys Short
Gry
Ted
P. P Leatha Pierce
Clyde Pierce
Ethel Navicki
Frank Navicki
Fred B. Cramer
Looks Like Thieves Missed A Good Bet
Columbia Trust Co completed its largest cash transaction in history begun last November during bank renovations. Daily money was moved from the vault to an old restaurant in a supermarket push cart and returned each night, with an official estimating four million dollars handled this way.
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Columbia, Par
Columbia Trust Co
New Rules On Liquor Licenses
Ohio moves to use a 1950 population ratio to allocate new hard liquor permits under emergency rules. The freeze limits issuance to the existing quota. Cities with growing populations get proportional extra permits for D-3 D-3A D-4 and D-5 classes with caps per 2,500 residents. Beer and wine permits follow the old rules per the Supreme Court ruling.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Board
Director of Liquor Control
Supreme Court
At The Movies Showings This Weekend
Paramount screens Battle Stations at 1 15 4 10 7 15 and 10 15 Joe MacBeth at 2 40 5 45 8 45 Strand presents The Last Frontier at 3 00 6 35 9 50 and Hell s Horizon at 1 30 5 00 8 30 Colonial features Carousell at 1 45 4 10 6 40 9 00 Dixie Cruise In offers Run for Cover at 7 20 10 50 and Conquest of Space at 9 20
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Joe MacBeth
Carousel
Dixie Cruise
Legless man shoots friend in duplex incident
Arch Cockrell, 48, of Middleton, was shot in both legs by a legless cohabitant, Arthur Hunter, 76, with a 12 gauge shotgun. Hunter claimed he fired to stop Cockrell from leaving for town. Cockrell called it accidental. Police confiscated the weapon and investigated with detectives Crout, Albert, and Lowe.
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Middletown Hospital
Arch Cockrell
Coopers Alley
Arthur Hunter
Cockrell
Hunter
Roy Crout
Joseph Albert
John Lowe
Radio wave underwater penetration by frequency
The distance radio waves travel under water depends on their frequency. Low frequency signals may penetrate salt water for several hundred feet while very high frequencies penetrate only a few inches.
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Sporting Goods
South Koreans
Colored News
Democratic Club of
Mattie Barnett
Garfield Street
Tom Galeese
Auto License Bureau
Central Ave
Galeese
Margaret Taulbee
Campton
Dorothy Fike
Garret
Clara Perkins
Kalamazoo
Mich
Stanley Moore
Excello
Manuel Moore
George and
Roscoe Moore
J. R. Baker & Sons
Schenck
Butler County Courts
Goodyear
Broad & Manchester
Elvia Magnuson
Wethersfield, Conn
Paramount
Middletown Journal
Lenary
Sas
Middletown Party Service
First Ave
Canal St
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