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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1955
Page
14
Rep. Holt recounts being held for over an hour in a Moscow suburb as a Soviet lieutenant cocked a pistol at his head. He described an embassy car, denied photo permission, and a crowd gathering before a colonel allowed them to leave after passport checks.
Middletown Hospital records 185 births in August tied to prior year. Mothers from Middletown and West Middleton contributed 120 births, with 63 girls and 57 boys. Franklin reported Warren County leading with 16 boys and 16 girls. Trenton produced six births: Somerville two, and Excello, Hamilton and Oxford one each. Outside Butler County distribution shows Warren 20 boys 24 girls, Montgomery five boys two girls, Preble two boys one girl.
Mrs G O Michael is in Middletown Hospital with a broken leg from a fall at her home. Reports of visits and trips include Mr and Mrs Gerald Wilhoit guests in Miami Fla and Mr and Mrs Floyd Ballard.
Edmund Kleczinski, 38, of 2013 Grand Ave., was fined 50 dollars and costs for assault and battery in a brief Municipal Court session. Judge J T Lamb suspended a 30 day jail term on good behavior and staying away from the complainant. Another intoxication case was disposed of and a second assault and battery hearing was continued.
The Cincinnati Conference of the National Assn. of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers will convene at the Cincinnati Club at 6 30 tonight. L Alfred Obenshain of the FBI Cincinnati office will give the address on bank robberies.
Louis Davis, 72, of 1341 Central Ave., was taken to Middletown Hospital about 8 a.m. after falling on Tytus Avenue and injuring his left hip while walking on the sidewalk. Attendants reported he was admitted with a hip fracture.
Gov. Lausche appoints four new members to Ohio Soil Conservation Committee expanding to seven. Arthur Easton, William H. Stauffer, Harmon Wright, and Herbert Eagan join existing members A. W. Marion A. L. Sorenson and Dean L. Rummel. Terms run to Aug. 5, 1957. Easton and Stauffer noted for leadership and nationally known speaking on conservation.
Franklin special report describes the Joy Class of the Congregational Christian Church organizing a rummage sale for September 17 starting at 9 a.m. at Miami Valley Motors. Donations can be arranged by calling co chairwomen Gene Moore Flavia Phillabaum or Aaron A Doty. The Pollyanna Class of First Baptist meets Friday after services with Lola Lackens Bernice Phillips Charlotte Voller Mamie Clay on the committee and Nina Flinspach giving devotions Corrine Daniels leading the program.
Charles Carpenter leaves September 27 for Columbus to start his third year of chemical engineering at Ohio State University. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Carpenter of Shaker Road. The Helsinger reunion will be Sunday at the Amanda Athletic Club in Excelle with a basket dinner at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tullis and Mr. and Mrs. John Brown oversee. About 80 are expected to attend.
Five men are ordered to report for induction and eight for pre induction physical exams on Wednesday September 14. Inductees include James Baker from Pleasant Plain, Orville Hedric from Franklin, Richard Vallee from Pleasant Plain, Charles Myers from Lebanon, and Ervin Pringle from Morrow. Physical examinees are Ronald Gleis and Ronald Evans from Morrow, Earl Spicer and John Hatfield from Franklin, Harold Singer and Morris Phillips from Lebanon, and Elbert Abrams and Sammie Smith from Franklin.
An 8 year old boy, Phillip Elliott, was injured when his bicycle was struck by a car on Camden College Corner Road in Eaton. Deputy Sheriff John Stover identified him as son of Mr and Mrs W R Elliott. Olaf Rader, 26, of Camden Route 2, said the boy rode onto the road. Rader was not held.
In Municipal Court yesterday morning two Mindietown residents were admitted to trusteeship. Edwin Howard of 1716 Philadelphia Ave. listed $435.77 in debt to seven creditors, while Bury Jones of 217 Lylburn Rd. owed $464.49 to eight creditors.
The nine member Ohio Wildlife Council will meet Friday to review candidates for chief of the wildlife division in the Department of Natural Resources. Director W. W. Marion plans to appoint the successor to Dr. Charles A. Dambach and seeks a unanimous council recommendation. The post pays a base salary of 7,200 dollars.
A car collided broadside with a big truck about 12 miles west of Tiffin killing three occupants including Sam W. Hassoon 67 of Royal Oak Mich Maggie Monk from South Park Ky and an unidentified woman believed to be Hassoons wife The crash happened at the U S 224 and Ohio 587 junction near the Hancock County line The truck driver Thomas E Mutton 33 of New Philadelphia Ohio was uninjured but shocked
A schedule of meetings for Wednesday and Thursday includes National Guard Company D 107th Armored Cavalry 7 30 p m at the Blythe Williams American Legion Post 231 Knights of Columbus and more. Thursday events feature Kiwanis Lions Club Toastmasters Communications Workers of America and various fraternal orders with times ranging from noon to 8 30 p m at multiple venues.
The aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard rejoined the fleet in San Francisco after a 30 month refit at a cost of 64 million dollars. Thousands of spectators and navy officials attended the re commissioning ceremony for the 11 year old ship, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, as it prepares to join the Pacific Fleet after a shake down cruise.
Charles L. Lail, 60, was killed when his tractor overturned on a Brown County road about two miles north of Higginsport. He was pinned under the machine.
Detectives report three break-ins at Gardner plant and Mrs Walters home. An otoscope and accessories valued at 80 dollars were taken from the nurse’s office at Gardner Board and Carton Co along with cigars and chewing tobacco from the plant cafeteria. Entry was via removed glass in an office window and a damaged walk‑in ice box door. A 10‑month‑old male cocker spaniel worth 50 dollars was stolen from Mrs Charles Walters’s apartment at 403 Curtis St after entry through an east door and ransacking the upstairs. Detectives Frazier and Gray investigated.
Patrolman Dick Lions of the State Highway Patrol spoke at the Butler Warren Small Loan Assn meeting at the Golden Lamb Lebanon. He cited Labor Day weekend fatalities in the two counties and nationwide and described safety measures under development. He noted that every child born now has higher odds of an auto accident death than a combined pneumonia tuberculosis and flu risk. A district public relations meeting was planned for mid November with Wilson Trelevin of Hamilton in charge.
Charles Deaton age 13 rode into a fire escape yesterday and suffered a lacerated knee and thigh. He received 10 sutures at Middletown Hospital. Deaton resides with his half brother Lester Elrod at 117 Baltimore Street.
Six youngsters held a benefit party at the John Zuelhke home 1114 Wilmore Dr with refreshments and games. They raised 9.15 for the local polio fund and turned the donation in at police headquarters to Chairman John Fitzgerald. Participants included Eddie Byrne Kenny Davis Linda Campbell Sally Best and Jennie Boxwell.
The Dayton Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants held its annual organizational meeting at the Inland Activity Center in Dayton. Attending team captains from the Middletown area included William G. Shaw of Bay Company, Raymond Bay Company, and Rodney H. Michael of Crystal Tissue Co. A dinner followed a board meeting to discuss plans and activities for the coming year.
Milford Ind papers report the Prohibition party selects Dr. Enoch A. Holtwick 74 of Greenville Ill professor emeritus of history at Greenfield College for president and Brig. Gen. Herbert C. Holdridge ret 63 of Sherman Oaks Calif for vice president chosen by 152 delegates after a three day convention.
The Colored News Fellowship will hold services tomorrow night at the Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe with a Dayton minister and his congregation as guests. Mrs. Willie Kilgore leads the event and the Merriotts Club meeting has been postponed to next Wednesday at 8 30 p.m. at 832 9th Ave the home of Mrs Juanita Jiles.
Police learned S40 was taken from a pinball machine and a jukebox at Parkway Cafe 910 Yankee Rd early this week. The missing amount was previously listed as undetermined. Fifteen sacks of cobolid used for ball bearings were destroyed in a Coolidge Corp warehouse on Elmo Place after a door was forced open.
In Santa Monica, actress Mrs. Broderick Crawford sues her husband actor Broderick Crawford for separate maintenance claiming years of conduct made their marriage incompatible. They married 15 years ago. restraining order blocks disposal of assets or removal of their children Kim and Kelly from California. He must appear Sept 16 to show cause why $2000 monthly support should not be paid pending trial. Her filing cites his annual earnings at $175,000.
Peace Justice Whit Boyd ruled that 39 year old physician Dr. J. S. Kirkpatrick, OSU graduate and internal medicine specialist, shot himself to death in Fort Worth Texas. He is survived by a wife two sons his mother Mrs Ida McMeekin Worthington Ohio a brother and three sisters.
Edward Keck president of Craftsman Type Co Dayton presented a program at Civitan Club luncheon showing colored slides on the evolution of printing type. Guests included Bruce Peters and Win Arnold of Armco Steel Corp. Peter Rudokas, program chairman, introduced the speaker.
The Atomic Energy Commission opened its Salton Sea testing base to newsmen. Located 37 miles northwest of Brawley, the 3.5 million dollar facility uses aircraft from Kirtland Base to drop dummy bombs over a water target, with ground instruments measuring fall and impact. About 100 people are employed at the 81 square mile site.
Rev. Maurice Hardman, confined to an iron lung nightly and a wheelchair by day, resumes brief church services in Winnipeg. He has regained some movement through therapy, can shave, type with two fingers, and turn pages, and hopes to rejoin the ministry though full charge may take years.
Hamilton aims to build a 50000 dollar two story annex to the county jail to house mental patients awaiting commitment. The plan includes juvenile and mental patient quarters with security windows, funded by sale of county houses on Hudson Avenue.
Traffic safety specialists say a head on collision with another car can be less lethal than hitting a tree or bridge abutment at the same speed. Ford sponsored a two day national safety forum demonstrated that two cars absorb impact energy by meshing as they collide.
Deputies hunted four assailants described as Negroes in a 1947 Buick after they broke into two cars early today. Vernon R. Williams, 35, and James C. Novak, 19, were beaten and dumped into a gravel pit. Williams suffered cuts and Novak a possible broken nose and shock. both were soaked and hospitalized with injuries.
Hamilton Ohio special report: John D Millett president of Miami University urged Hamilton Lions Club to back an Ohio educational bond issue. The plan would authorize up to 150 million dollars for university buildings and mental health and welfare institutions from 1956 to 1964 and funded by a one cent per pack cigarette tax. The six state universities would receive half the funds and Millett cited recent undergraduate enrollment as justification for capital needs.
Washington sources say defense spending may be trimmed by about a billion dollars as part of a broad economy drive to reduce the deficit forecast for the coming year. No specific amount for the Defense Department is set, but the Air Force is expected to bear the largest share of any cuts.
Mrs Jo Ann Day of 1408 Forrest Ave reported a spare tire and wheel worth 25 dollars stolen from her car sometime Sunday. Gilbert Lafayette, 29, of 918 Midway St and Edmund Kleczinski, 38, of 2013 Grand Ave were arrested at their homes last night on assault and battery warrants.
Police arrested Harold Svarda aged 18 at 1305 Yankee Road on a Juvenile Court warrant charging he contributed to the delinquency of a 14 year old girl.
Polio cases in 100 Midwestern states in the first two thirds of this year fell 7 percent from 1954 levels. Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa Dakota and Nebraska were surveyed for Aug 21 to Aug 27. Wisconsin led the region with 924 of 3,427 cases, explaining the smaller regional decline than the national 17 percent drop.
Honolulu reports Episcopal Bishop Horace W B Donegan of New York urged removing United States of America references from prayer books sent abroad. He cited rising nationalism abroad and said recent Far East visits show foreign peoples fear a bone nationalism in the United States.
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