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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1956
Page
2
The Middletown City Commission unanimously approved an emergency ordinance raising fines to a maximum $500 and setting a six month jail term for disorderly conduct offenses. The move targets so called rough characters and follows a recommendation from Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb.
Fourteen year-old Corbett Spencer of 2004 Mohawk St. nearly died when food lodged in his windpipe and could not be removed by suction. Two Middle Towne physicians intervened and Corbett recovered to a satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital with his father by his side, though pneumonia remains a risk.
Middletown Hospital set a 24 hour birth record with twenty infants born in the maternity ward ten boys and ten girls. Twin girls arrived at 5 48 a m and a boy girl pair at 8 26 p m to families on Main Street.
George Martin changed his pleas to three grand jury indictments in Common Pleas Court. Judge John Kiracofe set sentencing for 1 am Saturday after attorney Charles Shank requested deferral. Five other cases against Martin remain pending. Martin returned to the county jail with his lawyer and a sister.
Middletown woman Lila Angel, 56, sustained a painful left wrist and left knee abrasions in an auto crash on Ohio 73 west of Springboro. She was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. No other details were available.
Robert Lehman, defeated Democratic candidate for Warren County sheriff, sues over the November election claiming ballots were counted improperly and the tally invalid. Lehman seeks a recount though his request was filed late. Sheriff Richard Satterthwaite and county officials await legal action and summons.
Harriman says Austria asks the International Red Cross to meet emergency needs for more than 83 000 Hungarian refugees. It will take three to six months to relocate most. Donations go to the Middletown Chapter marked for Hunarian Relief and will be sent to national HQ.
Four Middletown traffic incidents reported to police yesterday and today caused $600 in damage. The heaviest hit involved Willard Horne and Harry Stamper after Stamper ran a stop sign at Girard Avenue and Vanderveer Street at 1 15 a.m. Damage to the Horne car was about $300. Other accidents included Robert Parker rear ending a stopped car driven by William Groves, with damage around $175, and a chain reaction at Verity Park Way. Two city incidents added $60 and minor damage in an alley between Central and Manchester avenues.
Thomas W. Baird Sr. was re elected president of the Middletown Real Estate Board at its annual meeting. Harold Sherron was re elected secretary treasurer, Joseph Lewis was named vice president, and Harry A. Finkelman joined the board of directors. The gathering took place at the Manchester Hotel noon.
Middletown police chief Joseph Blackmore reminds motorists that the 200 block of S Main Street is now a 90 minute parking zone. The rule took effect last Friday with a new traffic light at 2nd Avenue and S Main Street, as Yan Kee Road also became one way south from Main to Broad Street.
Arthur Reiff gains and loses ground as a county recount reveals discrepancies. Reiff trails Snyder by 82 votes but narrows first. Middletown Precinct 4N shows all candidates under official counts. Large shifts include a 55 vote drop for Snyder and a 3 vote drop for Reiff in that precinct. Twenty six precincts remain to recount.
Police announce temporary bus reroutes in Lakeside Wildwood and Harlan Park routes due to Bulls Run relief sewer work on Broad Street. Buses load on Central Avenue in front of John Ross store to ease Central Avenue congestion for about three weeks.
A $50 reward was offered today for information about five by six foot canal gates missing from near the hydraulic canal behind the state highway garage. The gates were being built by B D Morgan Construction to reinforce water level control gates on the hydraulic.
Roy Tussey of Collinsville filed a $10,000 lawsuit in Hamilton against William and Marilyn Lintner for injuries allegedly caused by their dog biting his son Jeffrey, age 3, last March. The complaint lists the defendants’ address at 2675 Oxford Middletown Road.
Two cars reported stolen in Middletown were recovered later the same day. Det. Ed Poling found a 1951 model stolen from the Crystal Tissue Co. lot, while another vehicle owned by Lennie Crum of West Elkton was recovered near Amanda.
The Pastor's Old Society of the Church of God on 11th Avenue near Lincoln Street will host a 7 30 p.m. program tomorrow featuring the Sumners Singers of Hamilton the Years Brothers Trio and the church gospel chorus. Rev Roy Vincent and his Immanuel Tabernacle Church of Cincinnati will attend Sunday services at 3 30 p.m. at the Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe with Rev Willie B Kilgore in charge.
The Fenwick Welfare Assn entertained by a glee club show during an open house preceding the monthly meeting. Parents visited classrooms and spoke with teachers after a brief business session.
Dayton businessman and real estate developer Arthur Beerman has purchased The Home Store, a 77 year old downtown department store, from a northern Ohio group led by Thomas J. Dolan of Toledo for about 24.1 million dollars. Beerman said leases on property housing the store total more than five million dollars.
Middletown firemen responded to 199 Euclid Street yesterday at 2 47 PM to a report of smoke in a combination washer and dryer. Firemen and the emergency squad found smoke but no fire.
A claim states eastern Medi terranean populations total 170 million. The sentence lacks sourcing and context. no named entities beyond a regional description.
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