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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1953
Page
5
Tickets for the May 22 lawnfete at Central School are on sale. Mrs. Robert Newlin chairs the planning committee and announces an event featuring entertainment, food varieties and novelties. Tickets are sold by Mrs. C. C. Whitehead.
Iron from Ringwood mines in New Jersey was used to cast cannons for the siege of Vicksburg. The report notes the strategic value of locally sourced artillery and the industrial ties between Ringwood and Confederate operations.
Betty T. a 9 year old fears sleeping alone in her room. Dr George W Crane outlines conditioning methods to ease darkness anxiety: explain nocturnal safety, play night games, use comforting companions, and gradually shift Betty to her own room with firm guidance. He cites parental calm and belated acquisition of night-time routine.
Saigon premier Nguyen Van Tam protested to the French over Indochinese piaster devaluation. France cut the piaster from 17 to 10 francs to curb a currency racket, prompting Tam to warn of continued internal difficulties and a temporary market spike in prices. He said he fired an official complaint to the French resident minister.
Ohio University named David H. Watson of 514 Crawford St Athens to its scholastic honors list for the top 10 percent of freshmen. Butler County students Thalias S. Halen of Hamilton Route 4 and Mildred N. Shell of 1935 Grand Blvd Hamilton also made the list, while Marcia M. Becker Eaton Virginia D. Fogg and Miss Halen were elected to the Kappa Delta Pi educational honorary.
Senator Morse says he would welcome Interior Secretary McKay as an opponent when he seeks re-election in 1956. On NBC Morse criticizes the Eisenhower power policy, calls McKay's Hell's Canyon project sidetrack dangerous to public interests, and urges a debate to contrast philosophies of public welfare versus business priorities.
A 66 year old Sunbury man John Clifford Beard faces two counts of shooting to wound in Dayton Municipal Court. Beard allegedly fired at four youths returning from a fishing trip wounding Edward Hendrickson 17 and Richard Hendrickson 13 after a dispute on the west side of Sunbury. Bond set at $1,000 on each count. Witnesses say the shot from a 12 gauge shotgun was in response to rocks thrown at his home. Victims David Moor 17 and John Moor 13 were present. all families reside on Eby Road.
Forty-eight mine pickets were jailed in two facilities 40 miles apart after being charged with the murder of 29 year old nonstriking miner Charles Frame. Prosecutors said the group was charged because none admitted firing the fatal shots. 25 were sent to Kanawha County Jail, the rest to Clay County Jail, where they had been held since the raid. Frame was killed during a gunfire incident at about 4 am while he and other nonstrikers patrolled the area. three others were wounded.
A burglar pried open a basement window grating at Pleasant Cafe at 2273 Pleasant Ave over the weekend and stole \$1,045 in cash and \$448.90 in checks from behind the bar. A glass door was damaged by a cutter. Police investigated four other thefts the same weekend, including cash from petty banks, four ornamental clocks, and other money.
Malik arrives in London to begin his post as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Britain. He will present credentials and start formal duties amid ongoing Cold War tensions between the two nations.
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