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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1953
Page
3
Dr. George W. Crane counsels Laura J. 29 on insomnia avoiding sleeping pills. He urges reading, Bible study, hot milk, reducing caffeine, prayer, and proper marital relations instead. He stresses insomnia is not fatal and suggests sending for sex bulletin to reduce reliance on tablets.
On October 12 1933 at the Cribbs home the Neighborhood Garden Club closed its year electing W H Spindler president. Donald Sharkey was named editor of The Exponent at the University of Dayton. Dillinger linked to a Lima jail escape and recent bank holdup cases tied to Dayton and Seven Mile.
Dallas report says manager Charles Gower rushed to a prowler disturbance while two men looted the cashier C. D. Hudson of over $300 at gunpoint and fled. Investigators describe the incident as a nighttime armed robbery.
First National Bank of Middletown and Arthur Ross Harvey of Middletown Ohio named executors for the Estate of Eliza Jane Harvey late of Middletown Butler County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Judge Harry F. Walsh issued September 28 1953. Elliott D Levey attorney. Oct 12 19 26.
Earl Ashelford 36, head of Ash Air Ways Inc., was killed at Springfield Municipal Airport during a public demonstration. He was showing improper flight techniques before about 500 spectators and failed to recover from a low altitude spin.
Firemen arrived within minutes and extinguished a fire in a tractor trailer on Coal Mountain. Truck driver James K. Morley breathed easier as the blaze was put out in about three minutes. The truck carried 25,000 pounds of black powder.
A Denver police return a missing suitcase and its $1115 to trucker Robert L. Whitney of Summerville Massachusetts. Whitney, 52, had bought the bag for $3 in a bar and did not know its contents before authorities detained a man for investigation.
Personnel at nearby Ft McPherson spotted a vacant civilian desk sign reading Out to lunch indefinitely a loyal Democrat. The notice suggests an extended absence with a political affiliation noted in a military area.
Senator Bricker and Secretary McKay will address about 1,000 attendees at an Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations banquet on the Ohio State University campus. The event caps all day sessions organized by the federation.
The 1953 Optimist edited by Richard Jones and Carolyn Cribbs at Middletown High School captured second place in the 901-1500 student division of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association yearbook contest. The award, announced at CSPA’s annual short course at Columbia University, honors the Optimist for its theme celebrating American life.
Six grass fires plus an awning blaze caused minor damage of 10 dollars at the Central Meat Market on Central Ave. Cigarette and match causes are cited. Fire units 1 2 and ladder responded at 12 43 a m to 1209 Central Ave and 1 The day included multiple grass fires in areas including 820 8th Ave 1309 Barnitz St Euclid Street and Grand Ave Manchester Ave Ellen Drive and Woodside Cemetery.
Bank burglars targeting the Custer National Bank in Arapaho Oklahoma were surprised by an alert cashier after dark. They fled leaving behind drills dynamite and caps as evidence of the failed heist.
In Worcester Massachusetts a jittery gunman first held up William R. Hooper 17 at a service station for 134 dollars. He returned the next night loitering with increasing boldness and stole another 200 dollars plus 3 dollars of Hooper’s money.
In Tulsa officers responded to calls about a body in the street. At the scene they discovered a dressmaker’s dummy dressed in a shirt and khaki trousers and awaited identification or claim to the item.
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