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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1951
Page
10
A humorous piece rails at gendered driving jokes as women learning to drive cause bumper scars and dented fenders. It jokes that a wider driveway and safer garage would prevent scratches while celebrating a daughter's skill behind the wheel and easing parental nerves.
Knox County grand jurors returned no indictment after probing the death of Mrs. William R. Shira 73 found shot to death last November 7 The death was listed as a suicide but family members questioned it The same panel indicted George Gorring Akron for stabbing Summit County Deputy Sheriff R C Woodard with intent to kill and as an habitual criminal
The Air Force revealed a mobile 8000 pound flying printing press unit using a Harris offset press and complete equipment for field use. It can print charts maps and photos and deliver material within two hours of arrival. The device could also support psychological warfare by producing leaflets behind enemy lines. The portable press room doubles as a shipping container for the Harris press, created in four months by Harris-Seybold of Cleveland and Dayton.
Vital statistics report births: Mr and Mrs William Burke of 3303 Wildwood Dr welcomed a boy yesterday. Out of town includes Mr and Mrs Donald E Weaver of Los Angeles with a boy born May 1. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs C M Weaver of Santa Barbara and Ernest L Weaver of Middletown. Also Mr and Mrs W H Harper of Cincinnati welcomed a girl on May 7 with maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Herbert T Banks of 18th Ave and Randall L Harper of Cincinnati.
List of marriage licenses shows Clyde Roscoe Fortner 21 stenographer and Roselyn Barnhorn 20 of Hamilton. Arthur Robinson 23 truck driver and Thelma L Tewart 21 of Hamilton. John A Gibbs 25 plumbing and heating contractor Middletown and Elaine Louise Wehr 22 of Hamilton. John T Cummings 25 time checker and Marjorie H Boyle 22 inventory clerk of Hamilton. Robert B Roark 21 painter and Ruth Miller 19 of Hamilton. David L Raine 33 bank employee 115 Harrison St and Joan M Doring 24 bank teller of Middletown.
In The Hospital several patients listed by name and address, with statuses medical surgical. Dismissed entries include Frank Turner Garland Murray Mrs Paul H Long George Leis Robert Hudson and others. The report references Grand Ave Central David Feinstein High land St Middletown Route 1 and Mohawk St with multiple family connections.
Cleveland case: Michael Szczchowski, 43, pleaded guilty to operating a streetcar while intoxicated. Municipal Judge Charles A. Vanik fined him 200 dollars and gave a three month workhouse sentence after his car with 30 passengers sideswiped an automobile. No injuries were reported.
An ice truck struck and killed 19 month old Donald Mikelson yesterday in Springfield. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Everett Mikelson of Route 1.
Butler County Republican leader Martin A. Coyle will fly to Tulsa Oklahoma to join a Republican National Committee session on Friday and Saturday representing the Ohio League of Young Republicans clubs appointed by Cincinnati president John Lloyd Jr. He plans to return Sunday as a key decision on the 1952 convention site looms. Ray Bliss Akron state chairman will discuss voter registration efforts and Butler County listing system alongside other Ohio delegates Clarence Brown Katherine Kennedy Brown and David Ingalls. The note adds a line about FM radio origin in 1902 and its later use.
In Columbus area Marion voters approved a 2.9 million dollar bond for a new high school and upgrades to other city schools. Waldo approved 160 thousand for a school addition and a four mill operating levy. Newark backed 2.65 million for a school bond by a narrow margin, needing 60 percent.
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