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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1953
Page
16
The Board tables for study Wilson PTO demand for a citizen committee to review textbooks and curricula while seeking support for Senate Bill 216 to unify Ohio school boards. It rejects full adoption of the request but welcomes citizen review.
Crawford County officials including the sheriff Elwood Jacobs and Bucyrus Mayor Frank P Sitler pledged to halt gambling within their jurisdictions after a grand jury ordered the cessation of gambling operations. No indictments were returned.
A pedestrian escaped injury in one of several city accidents yesterday and today. W B Hughes 116 Crawford St was knocked down by a car operated by Calvin Harp 36 of Trenton at Crawford Street and First Avenue at 10 p m he refused medical aid.
Cedric H. Belfrage, a British born editor of The National Guardian in New York, was arrested for deportation by immigration officers on a warrant citing Communist party activity. He testified before the Senate investigations committee and refused to confirm his Communist status. Senator McCarthy said Belfrage’s resident alien status would be re‑investigated.
Sherman School plans a Fun for the Family lawnfete from 5 to 10 p.m. today despite weather. Chairs Mr and Mrs John Hilton and Mr and Mrs Charles Hilton announce movies, novelties, games, TV for fight fans, food and surprises as part of the program.
Three women members of the CIO United Steelworkers Union were cleared of assault charges in a case arising from a strike at Timken Roller Bearing Co. near Canton. Judge Adolph Unger dismissed charges against Concetta G. Ceralo, while a municipal jury acquitted Leona Norman and Mildred Dexter. The claimant Mrs. Mary Sokolovich, not a Timken employee, alleged the attack as she ran to catch a bus near the plant.
Visitors at Wright Patterson Air Force Base open house Sunday will witness the first public demonstration of the thunder clap high compressibility dives. The event marks the aerial cavalcade tracing USAF planes from World War II to modern jets with an F 86 Sabrejet dive signaling the start. The two hour program includes an F 86 pilot description over the intercom, a sound wave explosive crack, 2000 airmen dress review, precision marching, and a display area with a dozen new USAF planes open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cameras allowed.
A Middletown youth among 12 motorists cited in area court after a two car crash on Ohio 73 near Trenton. Paul Henry, 20, was fined 15 dollars for an improper start. he and Dr. Philip Zollett, of Oxford Avenue, had slight injuries. Several others faced fines for speeding and related offenses across several townships and cities.
Senator Taft of Ohio said he is writing a new amendment to the Taft Hartley labor law and hopes to have it ready in about a week. Democratic senators complained of delay in convening the Senate Labor Committee to begin work on Taft Hartley act amendments.
A federal jury awarded Norman M. Littell 50 000 in compensatory damages and 1 in punitive damages in one of two 300 000 libel suits against columnist Drew Pearson. The other suit yielded no verdict, and was discharged. Pearson plans an appeal, citing newly obtained evidence not available at trial.
Harvey Hecker a 76 year old retired civil engineer starts back to Ohio after a 2120 mile river and Gulf voyage in a 16 foot boat Hecker began in Portsmouth Ohio last winter he cannot swim and has arthritis in one leg he plans a 2500 mile return with a stop to see President Eisenhower in Washington along the way
Niagara Falls City Manager outlines color scheme for the new city jail. Pastel shades including grays and greens will predominate, with floor tiles chosen to harmonize with wall colors, signaling a formal interior makeover rather than a motel travel folder.
Malcolm H. Clear was elected president of the Eaton Lions Club at a regular meeting held Tuesday evening at Mrs. Wagner's Colonial Kitchen. He will succeed Robert Miller as head of the Lions. Speaker Wilbur Bruner of Ohio State University, a swine specialist and former Preble county agricultural agent, addressed the election meeting. Other officers for 1953 54 include E. H. Steffen first vice president Robert W. Barnes second vice president Harry Hildebolt third vice president Andrew Coffman secretary Clifford Lincoln treasurer Tom Schumann tail twister George W. Wilkins lion tamer and directors John M. Kiracofe and Richard P. Coad.
In Cleveland probate court a final settlement assigns the $565,957 estate of Mrs. Hazel Gogan to her sister Mrs. Pearlin M. Heiser of Akron. Husband Joseph Gogan was acquitted of murder charges after prosecutors alleged he poisoned her. a $150,000 wrongful death suit will be resolved with a $20,000 payment by Gogan.
In Cleveland nine liquor permit holders from the Euclid E 79th St area voted to stay closed until 1 30 p m on Sundays out of respect for church goers.
Middleton police questioned two men in an old car with suspected Kentucky or Tennessee plates after they toured the city ahead of authorized trucks seeking scrap metal. The incident prompts Junior Chamber of Commerce to warn residents to ensure only Armco or city trucks collect curbside trash. An extra city truck has been added to handle heavy debris as weather and public response affect early collection. The scrap drive benefits youth welfare and a local electrician donated 1,400 pounds of material. No collections on Saturday or Sunday. curbside trash should be left until next week if missed today.
At Franklin High School the annual Court of Awards honored Brownie through Senior Girl Scouts with 490 pins and various awards for 108 members. Miss Yvonne Wellman presented First Class Badges and Curved Bar Pins. local leaders and consultants aided the ceremony. First Class honorees included Judy Bierman and 20 others. Curved Bar awards went to 22 girls from Troops 99 and 100.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer secured reluctant approval from the Bundesrat for the European Army Treaty. Germany becomes the first legislature to ratify the six nation pact forming a two million man Western defense force, passing by 23 to 15 under a compromise that backed minor sections and rejected objections to major provisions.
Two hundred workers at Rockwell Register Corp. Delta Tool plant struck Thursday amid talks with the UAW CIO. Company spokesman said the plant would meet all terms of the latest agreement except retroactive pay, estimated at 21 cents per hour per employee.
Ted S. Alexander today resigned as public relations director of the Democratic State Executive Committee in Columbus. He had led the party’s PR efforts in Ohio since January 1951 and previously served as assistant to Democratic Chairman Eugene H. Hanhart of Dover.
Germantown High School will stage the operetta Sunbonnet Girl in the auditorium Saturday evening. Leading roles are Mildred Floren Carol Zeck Duane Clark Carl Michael Janice Cleasy Verna Moore Bill McKinny Virginia Fleming Bob Apple Ervin Wood Walter Wright Lois Millenberger Shirley Bower Roberta Kindig Diane Anslinger. A thirty-five voice choir will provide background music.
In Ithaca New York two thousand ninety nine junior safety deputies swapped their badges for ice cream cones this week. In March the youngsters pledged to steer clear of swollen streams and the treat was supplied by local businesses as a reward.
Washington reports show the Eisenhower administration embracing a "check with Taft" policy to strengthen ties with Senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Taft disclosed prior consultation on military top command names but denied dictating appointments, while signaling support for an overall objectives review by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rep. Oliver Bolton told a House subcommittee that the lakefront belt from Painesville to Conneaut Ohio will be solidly industrial within twenty years. He sought $15,000 for Army Engineers to survey dredging a new channel in the Ashtabula harbor, linking two new docks to the main ship channel and labeling the region the nation’s second greatest chemical area.
Canton obit notes Harry Frease a friend of President McKinley. Frease died Thursday. he and wife Katherine visited McKinley the night before his assassination in Buffalo on Sept. 6, 1901. Frease came to Canton as a young lawyer from Warren.
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