Middletown Commissions Studies Rent Decontrol
Middletown City Commission continues study of housing and rent controls with no decision yet. Chairman Francis Carmody says a vote by all commissioners will decide if controls extend or expire, while officials review data from 50 to 60 towns and a Real Estate Board portfolio. Various members caution for more information before any action.
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Ken Yarber
City Commission
Middletown
Francis Carmody
Commission
Carmody
Middletown Real Estate Board
United States
Harold W. Goetz
Charles Stiles
Stiles
Ross A. Hill
Hill
Lloyd Miller
City Commissioners to Meet in Evening Session
Routine items on the agenda include bond measures for alley improvements between Antennial and Garden Aves and an emergency reading. A Park Board report on Goldman Park baseball diamond complaints will be reviewed. Estimates for Eldorado subdivision and for Euc lid Sherman and Eaton Srs. work will be presented by B. D. Morgan and L. A. Waldner.
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City Commission
Antennial
Garden Aves
Park Board
Goldman Park
Eldorado Subdivision
Euclid
Sherman and Eaton Srs
B. D. Morgan
L. A. Waldner
Auto Crash at Ross Intersection Injures No One
Eugene Godfrey 22 and John Strunks 38 collide at State Routes 126 and 128 Ross Ohio. Strunks stopped at a sign. Godfrey rear ended. Minor damage to both vehicles. Another crash on Route 4 Dixie Highway at Symmes Road involves Belve Gabbard 24 rear ending Sarah James 22. No injuries reported to James party.
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Eugene Godfrey
South Center St
John Trunks
Oxford
Ross, O
Andy Guenther
Godfrey
Zoners Deny Permit To Yule Tree Seller
The zoning board denied Henry Bohne of Grand Ave a permit to sell Christmas trees from a tent after neighbors protested about lighting and electrical disruption last year. Orville Wright of Hampton Pl was approved to finish construction where a foundation was already laid before city incorporation. Neighbors supported the permit grant.
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Voning Board of Appeals
Henry Bohne
Grand Ave
Orville Wright
Hampton Pl
Local Driver's Auto Damaged in Millville Collision
Lowell Richard son, 20, of 2646 Noble Ave Hamilton, struck the rear of James McWilliams, 31, of 1218 Lind St Millville on U S 27. Deputy Sheriff Andy Guenthner said Richardson was northbound on Route 27, braked, and hit McWilliams who had stopped for a traffic light. No injuries reported. McWilliams rear damaged.
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Lowell Richardson
Noble Ave
Hamilton
James McWilliams
Lind St
U. S. 27
Millville
Andy Guenther
Richardson
McWilliams
At The Movies Paramount Showings Wednesday and Thursday
The Paramount lists showings for Lovely To Look At at 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. ArRAND presents Steel Town at 1:30 4:45 and 8:40 p.m. Maru Maru plays at 3:00 6:20 and 9:35 p.m.
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Paramount
Middletown Public Schools Open With Higher Enrollment
On the first day 6,296 students enrolled in Middletown schools, up 252 from a year ago. Kindergarten enrollment rose by 81 to 597, with 9 am counts. All but Jefferson Taft and Sherman schools gained, Superintendent Wade E. Miller announced.
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Middletown
Wade E. Miller
Miller
Jefferson
Taft
Sherman
Wildwood
Lincoln School
Veterans Village
South Highlands
Wilson
Middletown High
Edison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Central
Lincoln
Garfield
Washington
Sherman Garfield
Urugay
Spain
Be Ready For City Wide Fire Prevention Day Inspections
Inspector Howard Gall of the Fire Prevention Bureau urged mercantile and industrial managers in Middletown to prepare for about 75 professional fire inspectors arriving on September 18. He advised cleaning accumulations of papers and dirt, storing oily waste properly, keeping aisles clear, ensuring safe fire escapes, checking for combustible proximity to heat sources, inspecting wiring, posting smoking rules, and reviewing firefighting equipment. He warned managers to pre inspect to prevent fires and to avoid inviting trouble when inspectors arrive.
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Middletown
Howard Gall
Fire Prevention Bureau Today
Gall
Mercantile
Ohio Fire Prevention Association
Gale
Damage Minor In Two Fires
Two fire alarms kept Station One busy yesterday afternoon with minor blazes. A short circuit in a radio phonograph started a fire at 12 18 p.m in Mrs. Thomas De Pew’s home at 802 Auburn Street. The residence owned by James Ristanee of 214 Charles Street was spared further damage. An oil spill on a hot manifold caused a small fire in a 1947 model truck driven by Russel Fisher at 1 40 p.m near 404 North Verity Parkway. The truck, owned by Neals Dairy Farms of Patterson Boulevard Dayton, received no engine damage after firefighters cleared the scene.
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Thomas de Pew
Auburn St
James Ristanee
Charles St
Russel Fisher
North Verity Pkwy
Neals Dairy Farms
Patterson Blvd
Dayton
GOP Auditor Nominee Blasts Ferguson In Ohio Speech
James A. Rhodes, Republican nominee for state auditor, accused opponent Joseph T. Ferguson of wasteful spending. He cited hotel charges of 12.36 dollars per night for ten nights and 10 dinners in Atlantic City and Boca Raton, plus delays in submitting bills. Rhodes, mayor of Columbus, highlighted conventions funded by the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association in 1947 and criticized late expense vouchers.
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James A. Rhodes
Joseph T. Ferguson
GOR
Ohio
Rhodes
Ferguson
GOP
Atlantic City
N. J
Boca Raton
Fla
Columbus
Florida
New Jersey
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Driver Injured When Truck Skids Off Road Hits Tree
Morris D. Hopkins, 53, of Oxford Route 2, lost control of a dump truck on wet Route 4 north of the Hamilton County line at 8 am and hit a tree, suffering a concussion and head injuries. He was taken to Mercy Hospital Hamilton.
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State Patrol
Morris D. Hopkins
Oxford
Hamilton County
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
U.S
Monroe
Shaker
Manchester
Warren County
Warren Road
Morrow
Robert Tudor
Cincinnati
Yellow Line Violations Lead to Local Fines Across Cities
Officials in Monroe Hamilton Dayton and Cincinnati fined drivers for yellow line violations and speeding. Names include Robert H Christie Lester Coleman Harold Cartwright Corbie Cochran Sylas D Vance Edward Tielhot with fines ranging from 10 to 15 dollars plus costs issued by Mayor Linn Squire Bailes and Squire Jackson in various towns.
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Thomas Linn
Monroe
Robert H. Christie
Dayton
Mayor Linn
Lester Coleman
Hamilton
Squire Lammie Bailey
Middletown
Harold Cartwright
Squire Bailes
Corbie Cochran
Linn
Sylas D. Vance
South Lebanon
Squire J. E. Jackson
Edward Tielhot
Cincinnati
Korean Veteran Calls Relatives In City
Airman 2nd Class Henry T Bohne, stationed at Okinawa, phoned his parents and wife from Okinawa to say he and fellow airmen are cleaning debris after a recent typhoon. A Middletown High School 1950 graduate, he enlisted July 17, 1950, trained at Lackland and Caltech, and arrived in Okinawa in March.
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Henry Bohne
Barbara Miley Bohne
Grand Ave
Okinawa
Henry T Bohne
Hermanne
Bohne
Middletown High School
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
California Institute of Technology
First Methodist Youth Fellowship Meet Set at Armco Park
The First Methodist Church Youth Fellowship schedules its first fall gathering Sunday at 6 p.m. in Armco Park. The event includes a wiener roast before introducing new counselors and a special under meats vesper service to follow.
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Bert Sheard
First Methodist Church
Armco Park
Torpedo Explosion Kills Four at Kure Dockyard
Four people died and six were injured when a World War II Japanese Navy torpedo exploded at a Kure dockyard. Four others are missing after a worker began cutting the torpedo for scrap, Kyodo News Agency reported.
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Tokyo
Kure
Kyodo
Cleveland Pupils to Receive Dog Tags
Cleveland officials approve voluntary school dog tags for children noting name address next of kin and optional religion to aid identification and safety.
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Cleveland
Board of Education
Putnam Blames Inflation On Fear
Roger L. Putnam, administrator of the Economic Stabilization Agency, told the CIO International Oil Workers Union Convention that fear drove inflation more than anything else. He cited scare buying after Korea’s start and noted price controls have limited cost of living increases to about a quarter of a percent per month in the 18 months since.
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Philadelphia
Roger L. Putnam
Economic Stabilization Agency
CIO International Oil Workers Union
Putnam
New Hurricane Still Far At Sea
The second hurricane of the season lashed the Atlantic about 725 miles east of Nassau in the Bahamas. Winds were estimated at 115 mph and expected to rise. No major change in direction or forward speed was anticipated, with movement about 12 mph.
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Fla
Atlantic
Nassau
Bahamas
Nabbed For Speeding On Route 4 Near Hamilton
Richard Fuller, 18, of 718 Tenth Ave., was arrested at 11 p.m. Sunday on Route 4 near Hamilton for driving at 85 mph. Deputy Grabel reported pursuing the driver from Reirgart Rd. to the Hamilton city limits near the fair grounds.
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Richard Fuller
Tenth Ave
Hamilton
Merit Elmer Grabel
Reirgart Rd
Weather shift brings cooler air to Middletown area
Middletown residents felt a chill as an incoming mass of cool air and rain drove temps from 72 high to a noon low of 62, with 0.27 inches of rain measured between 8:30 yesterday and 9:30 this morning. Forecasters expect tonight near 46 degrees and a warmer tomorrow than today.
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Middletown
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