City Commission Approves Light Upgrades and Budget Cuts
A brief session approved added lighting on Florence Ave streets and near the South school yard. The board reviewed the annual city report for 1948, noted a $41,000 per month cost, and plans to cut to $36,000 for eight months. Mayfield subdivision bus service will run hourly weekdays and Saturdays, with Sunday hours extended. Francis Carmody opposed two engineering and test bills.
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Florence Ave
Board of Education
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Ortman-Stewart Bus Company
Mayfield
Lee Ortman
Walter Beatty
Grand Ave
Middletown High School
Middletown
Akron educator G Fawcett accepts Columbus superintendent post
Novice G Fawcett of Akron says he would take the Columbus public schools superintendent job if released by Akron. The Columbus board offered a five year contract at 11000 dollars for the first year and 500 dollars annually for each of the remaining years.
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Columbus
G. Fawcett
Akron
Columbus Public Schools
Columbus School Board
Fawcett
Motive Sought In Slaying Of Girl In Church
Roanoke Virginia AP police seek motive in the slaying of Dana Marie Weaver a popular 16 year old high school senior at Jefferson High. Lee Scott 16 has admitted being at Christ Episcopal Church where she was found dead inside the kitchen. Dana was buried at Evergreen Cemetery near Raleigh Court Methodist Church as hundreds attended the funeral and Jefferson High closed for the service.
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Roanoke, VA
Dana Marie Weaver
Lee Scott
Dana Marie
Rolling Evergreen
Raleigh Court Methodist Church
William P. Watkins
Jefferson High School
Dana
Christ Episcopal Church
False Teeth Put On With Comfort Powder FASTEETH
FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline powder, keeps dentures firmer for easier eating and speaking. It reduces plate odor without a gummy or pasty taste, and is available at drug stores.
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Castell Cut Rate
Nine-Year-Old Fires at Friends Wounding Boy in Memphis
In Memphis, a nine-year-old boy fired from a combination gun aimed at three companions in a bedroom as parents were away. Jimmie Lee Patton, eight, was wounded in the left ear. two other children, Hiner Patton, five, and Carroll Dolehite, four, were uninjured. The shooter, John Harold Newman, is held at a detention home pending investigation. no charges yet. A stray note about rare rain in upper Egypt appears at article end.
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Memphis, Tenn
John Harold Newman
Jimmy Cox
Roy McEllroy
Newman
John
J. B. Newman
Jimmie Lee Patton
Jimmie
Hiner
Carrole Dolehite
Truman and Clark at Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Columbus
U S Attorney General Tom C Clark predicted President Truman will bring permanent peace to the United States at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Columbus. About 1,000 Democrats paid $25 a plate to hear Clark praise Truman and his predecessors, laud anti subversive efforts, and stress planning and lessons from Jefferson and Jackson for the nation’s future.
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Columbus
Truman
United States
U. S
Tom C.clark
Clark
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
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James H. Davis
Police Department
Floyd G. Browne and Associates
Marion
H. C. Nutting Company
Cincinnati
Francis Carmody
Upper Egypt
Trans World Airline
New York
LaGuardia Field
TWA
Topeka
Kan
Williamsport
Allbuquerque
N. M
Dobrozsi
U.S
Longhorn
Rogers
Tures
Gruen
Parker, Shaeffer, Evere Sharp
Elgin
Bulow
Wan
Peartss Lous
Schick, Remington
Sunbeam
Clark States
America
Glagk
Son
First Ave
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