Taxi Firms Seek Regional Fare Hikes in Middletown
Four taxi operators in Middletown meet with City Law Director Fred J. Schatzmann to push a three zone fare plan. They propose Area 1 at 50 cents, Area 2 at 60 cents, Area 3 at 75 cents, arguing 75 percent of calls come from Area 1 and a regional system would ease public burden while City Commission weighs a flat rate increase amid losses.
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Law
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Schatzmann
City Commission
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East Side Farms
Commission
Myers Bros
YMCA Membership Drive Ends in Middletown
More than 1,110 members joined the Middletown YMCA as the current drive closed. General chairman Dale Constiner said final totals were not in yet, with four to five industrial teams still reporting and a projected goal of 1,250. Open House events are scheduled nightly for new members.
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Dale Constiner
Eral
Constiner
Drive
Armco East Side
Armco General
City
Industrial
Weekend Movie Listings At The Paramount Strand Colonial
Paramount shows Holiday Af fair with Mitchum Leigh at 1 40 3 40 5 40 7 40 9 45 p m. They Live By Night with Granger O'Donnell at 1 15 4 15 7 15 10 15 p m. Dangerous Profession with Raft Raines at 2 45 5 45 8 45 p m. Strand offers You Cant Cheat an Honest Man with Bergen at 2 25 5 05 7 45 10 20 p m Hillbilly Deacon with Burns Carson at 1 15 3 40 6 20 9 p m Friday War of Wildcats with Wayne Scott at 1 15 4 40 8 20 p m Dakota with Wayne Ralston at 12 55 6 35 10 15 p m Colonial presents Man on the Eiffel Tower at 1 45 3 50 5 45 7 40 9 40 p m Friday Glass Menagerie at 1 15 3 20 5 25 7 30 9 35 p m
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Robert Mitchum
Janet Leigh
Farley Granger
Cathy O’donnell
George Raft
Ella Raines
Edgar Bergen
Deacon
Bob Burns
Jack Carson
War of Wildcats
John Wayne
Martha Scott
Dakota
Vera Ralston
Moose Lodge Names Manager and Halloween Dance
Bernard Cain was appointed club manager of the Loyal Order of the Moose at a special officers meeting last evening. Ray Black was named to the entertainment committee. A masked Halloween dance for prospective members is planned for Saturday. The 50-50 dance begins at 7 30 p m with Lillian Dennis orchestra providing music.
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Bernard Cain
Loyal Order of the Moose
Ray Black
Lillian Dennis
First Wounded Area GI Returns To U S From Korea
Pfc. Franklin P. Back of Germantown Route 1 is believed to be the first wounded local veteran of the Korean War to return to the United States. At 19, Back recalls two months of ferocious fighting near Pohang as a forward observer. A burst from a burp gun wounded him, costing hearing in his right ear. left ear slightly damaged. He was treated in Japan and Osaka before returning home aboard a hospital ship. He plans to settle in Germantown after discharge.
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Germantown
United States
Young
Korea
Back
Army
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Franklin Back
Pohang
Beck
Baek
Kyushu
Japan
Osaka
Pfc
State To Call 5 614 Men To Service In November
State Selective Service headquarters issued its largest induction call since Korea to 5,614 men aged 21 to 26 with Middletown receiving 60. The November plan includes 24 men on Nov 3 and 36 on Nov 21 for local boards plus a pre induction physicals target of 8,000 Ohioans, bringing total physicals to 51,000. Colonel Goble cautions no one under 21 on April 1 may be drafted, with Ohio’s actual inductions near 3,000 from a September call of 2,850 and October calls around 2,860, while November’s overcall aims to ensure the 3,940 actual inductions are met.
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Middletown
Col
C. W. Goble
Ohio
Goble
Second Dentist To Be Ordered To Active Duty
Dr. Ted Martin Middletown's sole orthodontist is the second dental reservist called to active duty. He will report to Great Lakes Illinois on January 6 for refresher training and his Castell Building practice will be carried on by Dr. Stanley Kessel of Cincinnati during his service. Dr. Martin, Northwestern University graduate with a dentistry master's, has practiced in Middletown since January. Dr. Kessel, a Ohio State University School of Dentistry graduate, joins to continue the practice. The city’s first dentist called, Dr. John Markrader, leaves Monday for Camp Chaffee Arkansas for duty with the 402nd ASU unit.
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Ted Martin
Middletown
Martin
Naval Reserve
Great Lakes
Ill
Castell Building
Stanley Kessel
Cincinnati
Northwestern University
Kessel
Ohio State University
Columbus
John Markrader
Camp Chaffee, Ark
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ASU
Vital Statistics from Germantown and Franklin Areas
A hospital and birth related note lists numerous named individuals from Germantown Franklin and surrounding areas. Entries include patients in surgery medical and hospital statuses and mention families such as Dav is Osley Boothe Cone Owens and several others with addresses Route 1 Franklin and related streets.
Church Auction Aims to Expand Sunday School Quarters
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church launches a fund drive for expansion of the Sunday School quarters. An auction sale will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Blue Ball School with items such as furniture dishes clocks lamps farm tools and a few antiques. Proceeds go to the church building fund.
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Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Blue Ball School
Brooklyn Firm Buys Trenton Industrial Property
Magned Products Company of Brooklyn, a major magnesium products maker, was named purchaser of a Trenton industrial complex comprising a 2000 square foot one floor factory two warehouses and an office building. Schaible Company of Cincinnati arranged the sale. No plans for use of the Trenton site were disclosed.
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Magned Products Company
Brooklyn
Trenton
Schaible Company
Cincinnati
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