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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1955
Page
2
Floodwaters washed away the temporary bridge on Ohio Route 4 over the Miami River near Germantown. Roy Hillyer of Visintine & Co. said the loss sets back bridge work by at least two weeks and allows pier salvage efforts. further rain risks more delays.
Richard Holder, a 28 year old firefighter, filed an appeal today with the Middletown Civil Service Commission against a suspension without pay issued by Acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson. The action pauses until the criminal case outcome. Holder is charged with first degree murder in the alleged accidental shooting of his wife Eloise, 21, and is jailed without bond. A preliminary hearing is set for 1:30 p m Monday in Municipal Court.
Deputies and Middletown police received numerous complaints about hunters firing near homes and barns in the county. Officers on Wildwood Road found shots not as close as feared and a separate Smith Farm call yielded no shooter located.
Hamilton special report says Thema Isaacs 41 of 629 Millville Ave was beaten and robbed by two men he met at the Grand Hotel. Isaacs, hospitalized in fair condition at Ft Hamilton Hospital, told deputies the pair stole his watch and about $60 after offering a ride home. They dumped him on a county road near Overpeck. a taxi was summoned to the hospital.
Middletown Shrine Club will view slides and movies of Disneyland and the west at its first meeting of the season. Homer Leffler will present the colored slides. The dinner meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the Colony Restaurant.
A truck driver was injured when his northbound semi overturned after failing to negotiate a curve on U. S. 42 two miles south of Lebanon. Eugene Moorehead of Louisville suffered facial lacerations and scalp injuries and was taken to Cincinnati General Hospital. The truck sustained extensive damage.
A Carlisle two story brick house on Railroad Avenue saw $1500 in damage after a late night fire started by faulty wiring near a basement water heater. Firefighters battled heavy smoke for nearly two hours, forcing crews to wear masks. The home, occupied by ten ants, is owned by Richard Vanderveer.
Civil defense officials examine the potential of building blocks made from rice hulls as a material for atomic war shelters. The study explores fire resistance, insulation, and structural viability.
Three men were shot by buckshot while hunting near Washington Court House and Coles Road in Butler County. George Heinkel, 19, Jack Pergram, 15, and Gilbert Lee Theodore, 16, were treated for wounds to the leg and extremities. Theodore was struck when a rabbit crossed a hill as another group fired. A fourth hunter, William Stokley, 25, sprained his right ankle in a spill. All were released after treatment.
A 23 year old woman, Mrs William Childers of 604 Catalpa Drive, was admitted to Middletown Hospital in satisfactory condition after a one car mishap on Catalpa Drive near N Verity Parkway. Police say she lost control, ran up on the curb, and was thrown from the vehicle.
The final plat for Skinner’s Terrace Addition No 3, a 54 lot subdivision with 48 lots for sale, part of Middle town Ranch Homes Inc. Springfield development plans, was approved by Middletown Planning Commission after the developer agreed to prepay for street improvements, curbs gutters sidewalks water and storm sewers. City commissioners will also review boulevard lighting legislation for Milton Road in today’s session.
Louis A. Rossi the Municipal Court's chief probation officer attends sessions on work houses and jails at the Ohio Welfare Conference in Columbus today and tomorrow. Highlights include lunch by M. C. Kob lentz on Ohio's Corrections System and Roy Casey leading a discussion on inmate work programs at the Deshler Hilton Hotel with J. F. Seibold Jr. also present.
Middletown High School seniors performed a coming class play titled The Late Christopher Bean during today’s assembly. Senior class president Jack Taylor announced proceeds will help pay for senior caps and gowns next spring. Tickets, half covered by school activity passes, are on sale at the high school with seats reserved Monday. the play runs Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
Henry Waldron of 1608 Philadelphia Ave was placed in trusteeship in Municipal Court yesterday after listing debts totaling $865.07 to nine creditors.
Mary Sue Pelfrey a 19 year old was listed in fair condition at Ft Hamil ton Hospital after a shotgun fell from a closet and discharged injuring her left hand. The incident occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Campbell 2002 Wiredom Road. Deputy A N Peters reported the accident.
The formation of a Graduate Achievers organization will be discussed at 7 p.m. tomorrow by local graduate members. Gee Howard and Pat Viel lead the session at the JA office in the Civic Association.
Paramount screens Trial at 1 15 3 15 5 20 7 25 9 30 p m Wednesday and Thursday Long John Silver at 1 15 4 45 8 20 Lady Godiva of Coventry at 3 00 6 35 10 00 p m Colonial shows The Tall Men at 1 49 4 26 7 03 9 40 p m Wednesday and Thursday Dixie Cruise In presents Thunder Bay at 7 20 9 40 p m Wednesday
Armco Steel Corp president W. W. Sebald told Rotary Club luncheon listeners at the Manchester Hotel that Middletown's 1955 payroll is expected near 50 million dollars, up 136 percent from 1939 era figures. He cited Middletown employment of 7,400 of Armco's 34,500 total and predicted capacity growth to 2.4 million tons by 1958 while signaling a new local manufacturing project. He noted steel industry profits lag pricing and discussed international competition and new ore sources in Labrador and Minnesota.
Hamilton police report a truck stop attendant, Wayne D. Acuff, 21, of 5726 Dixie Highway, was robbed at gunpoint of 168 dollars at Clark's Truck Stop on Route 4. The assailant forced him into a washroom and escaped after ordering all cash from the register. The robber is described as about 23 to 24 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall with brown hair.
Franklin police report Jim Hatfield 24 of Wilson Drive arrested on reckless operation after his car rear ended John Herman Jr. 32 of Dayton on S River Street at 6 40 p m. Damage to both cars estimated at 220 dollars. Theft of office supplies reported by Franklin Sand and Gravel Co on N Cha utauqua Road. Two adding machines and a typewriter taken last night.
Dr. Jack Harris will discuss the effectiveness of the Salk polio vaccine at tomorrow nights Jefferson PTA meeting. Afterward the group may visit classrooms of Mrs. Virginia Seamon and Mrs. Margaret Day, with refreshments served.
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