Brooklyn Bridge Turns 70 Amid Rumors and Realities
The Brooklyn Bridge marks 70 with a defense against old rumors about a confidence game. Estimates show replacement cost around 75 million today, far from profitable as tolls ended long ago. The span, opened in 1883, was the world’s longest, now ranked ninth among suspension bridges, yet admired for its design. Traffic capacity will double after current reconstruction, though financial gain remains unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Pett
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
City Department of Public Works
Police Department
District Attorney's Office
J. Frank Johnson
Division of Bridges
East River
Fourth Ward
Brodie
Brooklyn
George Washington Bridge
Lincoln Tunnel
Estate of Walter B Johnson appoints administrator
Case No 27198 in Middletown Ohio appoints Ethel Johnson as Administratrix of the estate of Walter Brose Johnson deceased late of Middletown Butler County Ohio. Dated March 20 1953. Harold G Dance Attorney. May 9 16 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brack Collier
Perry Clarke
Middletown
Ohio
Butler County
Harry F. Walsh
C. H. Taylor
Walter Brose Johnson
Walter B. Johnson
Ethel Johnson
Harold G. Dance
WISHING WELL NUMERICAL FORTUNE PUZZLE
A daily puzzle asks players to count letters in their first name, adjust by four or three, yielding a key number. Start at the rectangle’s upper left, read letters under checked figures left to right, and obtain the daily message.
Business Men Watch Bermuda Talks For War Or Peace Clues
In the Bermuda conference loom critical bets for business. Giants like the Kremlin and Korea crisis shape plans and profits, with Western Europe pressures and possible inflation swings. Industries such as motors and machine tools face readiness to pivot between war and peace outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bermda
United States
Bermuda
Eminent domain for gas firms sparks homeowner fears
The speaker warns that gas companies could condemn land to build large pumping stations and drill near homes, forcing leases that ban mineral extraction. He laments court costs and loss of property rights, while noting no new laws will cut workmen compensation or unemployment insurance in the state legislature.
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House
Senate
Estridge suit over bridge damage and estate filings in Butler County
Charles and Helen Estridge sue Deputy Sheriff Andrew Guenther for 5000 damages claiming negligence after a May 21 1951 truck strike on a farm bridge. Probate filings show estates in Hamilton for Alma Schiesman Mark Thomson and Thomas Warwick. Separate maintenance action in Common Pleas seeks support and exposes a long-married couple with five children.
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Charles and
Helen Estridge
Bunnymeade Rd
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Andrew Guenther
Venice
Guenther
Okeana-Drewsburg
Morgan Township
Anna Maus
Hamilton
Common Pleas
Nick Mays
Walnut St
Neighborhood Disputes Named in Public Notice
Winton St against Roy Thomas Byrd 211 McKinley St neglect. Betty Wells 111 Webster I St against Stanley Leigh ton Wells same address neglect cruelty. Doris Lindamood 24 West Vine St Oxford against Donald.
Rogers Divorce Suits Filed in Middletown Court
Dorothy Marie Rogers of 1512 Eaton Ave files against William James Rogers of Middletown Route 1 for neglect. Mary Suzanne Byrd listed as a minor on court records, address 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Marie Rogers
Eaton Ave
William James Rogers
Middletown
Mary Suzanne Byrd
Waifs Return Home After 900 Mile Quest for Uncle
Two Mexican orphans Porfirio Perez Villalobos 13 and Ricardo 10 traveled from Arandas Mexico toward Marana Arizona seeking missing uncle Jose Maria Zaragosa. They were escorted to Nogales and turned over to Mexican authorities after community aid from Marana, offers of adoption, and gifts of clothing and money.
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Tucson
Ariz.p
Porfirio Perez-Villalobos
Ricardo
Nogales
Mexico
Arizona
Marana
Arandes
Guadalajara
Jose Maria Zaragosa
Sheriff's Office
Phoenix
Neglect Proceedings Across Several Family Cases
The records show Eliza E. Back at 1518 Lawn Ave opposing Jolly J. Back of Lee City Kentucky in neglect matters. Bertha Morris of Hamilton sues William D. Morris in neglect. Mary Imhoff a minor of Hamilton sues Hubert Imhoff in neglect.
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Lindamood
Eliza E. Back
Lawn Ave
Jolly J. Back
Lee City
Bertha Morris
Hamilton
William D. Morris
Mary Imhoff
Hubert Imhoff
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Steve Brodie
Moose Entertainment
Moose Club
Ben Hockman
His
Moose
Kiddieland
Heian
Tonigas
A. B. C. Middletown Window Cleaning Co
Frank Welsh
Howard Ave
Frank E. Sowards
Gerald Miller
Franklin Baptist Church
Rev
Burbank ST
Greenridge Nursery
H. Marshall
William J. Miller
King Features, Inc
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
Kremlin
Korea
Britain
China
Butler County Courts
Alma Schiesman
Charles H. Schliesman
Mark Thomson
Grace A. Thomson
Thomas M. Warwick
Julia Warwick
First Church of God
Crawford Street
Dr. R
Caudill
Christ's Church
Christ
WPFB
R. C. Caudill
Anderson College
U.S
Arandel
Marks
Firestone
Shige
Fiesthose
America
Sale Pri
Nanse Exchange
Ts Recoppoadie
Parkway
Verity Parkway
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