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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1952
Page
3
An old style drug store notice touts Ostrex Tor Tablets as a tonic for fatigue and low energy due to iron deficiency. It targets men feeling worn at any age and promises peppiness today with a 50 cent introductory size and 43 cent price at Gallaher Drug in Middletown.
New York 70,000 CIO electrical workers may strike after May 14 as wage talks with General Electric break down. Union president James B. Carey announced the halt in negotiations based on a wage reopening clause of the contract running to Sept 15 and said 30 days notice to the Federal Mediation Service expires May 14.
In the Scottish Highlands a 10,000 acre cattle ranch run by Joseph William Hobbs aims to transform barren land into beef production. Hobbs mixes Connemara and Aberdeen Angus stock, avoids branding, and uses tattooing for identification while adopting Wild West ranching ideas with a Scottish twist. Cowboy-in-chief Charles Palmer wears a kilt, and Parliament bans roping as cruel.
The Methodist General Conference enters its final session after deciding the Federation for Social Action should drop Methodist from its title and vacate the Methodist Building. Debate also covered a no smoking pledge for ministers candidates and a measure to abstain from liquor on official church boards. The federation clusters politics and faced accusations of anti Marshall Plan stances while soliciting funds for defense of convicted Communist leaders.
City pools three in number will start repairs this week under Park Department crews and the Pressure Concrete Company of Chicago. Deteriorated concrete will be removed and replaced, with rehabilitation of Sunset Yankee Rd and Douglas pools. Contract awarded to Chicago firm at 42 thousand six hundred sixty eight dollars and seventy five cents, with a 60 day schedule aiming for June openings.
Middletown's driver examination station will close May 12 and move to Hamilton at 323 Erie Blvd. on that date. Two examiners will staff the new office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday. Corporal O J Simmons of the State Highway Patrol cites better service for Butler Countians amid slight Middletonian inconvenience.
ISTANBUL Prime Minister Adnan Menderes has introduced a bill to curb press criticism of the government and ministers. The measure would punish adverse coverage with one to six years in jail, and is likely to pass given the Democratic party’s 411 of 487 seats.
Bridgeport, Ohio. Two brothers Charles Kilgore and William Kilgore were not charged after lie detector tests in the death of 53 year old Blanche Ambuehl. They admitted drinking with the woman the night before her body was found with a broken neck.
A study notes about two birds per acre on average across the United States, reflecting regional density variation. The finding highlights broad distribution patterns and implies implications for habitat management and conservation efforts nationwide.
Larry McComas junior, five, of Kings Mills, fell from a tractor and was run over by the back wheel while riding with his father on the family farm. He sustained arm shoulder and chest injuries and was treated at Young Clinic in Lebanon before being moved to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in satisfactory condition. The accident occurred at 3 p.m. Monday on the Me omg farm near Kings Mills.
A German team of paper technicians arrives in Middletown at 1 p.m. for a four day stay visiting Sorg Paper Company and Gardner Board and Carton Company. The group meets CIO Paperworkers official Howard Schwenker at 2:30 p.m. at the Manchester Hotel. Sessions include plant tours of Sorg divisions and visits to Black Clawson in Hamilton and Gardner Board.
Gov Earl Warren of California urged GOP unity in Medford as he opened his Oregon presidential primary campaign. He said he would not attack any of the six Republican candidates seeking Oregon's 18 convention votes on May 16 and urged the party to rally behind the eventual standard bearer for the November election.
Legal hostilities in the Franchot Tone Barbara Payton marital dispute were postponed for a week. Lawyers for Tone and Payton said a possible agreement on temporary alimony of 1500 dollars monthly could lead Tone to drop his adultery claim against Barbara Payton. The report also notes the ostrich as the largest living flightless bird, weighing 150 to 300 pounds.
City Commission of Middletown Butler County Ohio passes Resolution No 4083 April 2 1952 to improve Lylburn Road from Central Avenue to Lot 9914 with sanitary sewers house services and an outlet sewer. Lands abutting Lylburn Road assessed for costs in ten annual installments with interest bonds issued in anticipation of collection. Owners of Lot 9910 Lot 9907 and Lot 9020 named in notice.
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