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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1955
Page
10
After robbing a Sixth Avenue bar in New York City a burly gunman forced a stalled taxi with two women inside. A bullet punctured chase through Times Square ended when he was shot dead by police. A passerby was wounded in the chin by a stray slug.
USDA salable hogs and cattle market figures show moderate activity and steady to weak undertones. Hogs ranged 16.10 to 16.35 for various weights with sows 12.00 to 15.00. cattle crowd opened slow with yearling steers 12.00 to 17.00 and bulls 12.50 to 13.50. Sheep and lamb offerings were slow but largely steady with spring lambs 17.00 to 19.00 and feeders 13.00 to 14.00.
Tokyo Juichi Oba, 43, dishonorably discharged from the Imperial Navy 11 years ago, joined a lonely hearts club last year. He proposed to 10 women and used the money to support his family while feigning work as first mate on an ocean liner. When arrested, he quipped that any handsome man could do it.
Autumn weekend saw 12 traffic deaths on Ohio roads from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. Three additional deaths occurred in miscellaneous accidents, one vehicle related. Absence of a multiple-fatality crash kept the toll lower than typical weekends.
Shirley McCloud seventeen and Ernest Harrington eighteen died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Harringtons car parked in front of Miss McClouds home. Coroner Leggett ruled the deaths accidental after findings of a running engine and closed car windows.
Ordinance 3140 fixes compensation for the Chief Probation Officer and Bailiff of Middletown Municipal Court with scales from Step A to Step E. It repeals conflicting ordinances and declares an emergency to ensure city operations and public safety. Effective October 1, 1955, per Francis Carmody, chair. Doris Kronborg certified.
A brief note lists Middletown Securities and LADD members associated with the New York Stock Exchange and Manchester Hotel with a contact phone 24571.
Albuquerque residents assess damage after a flash flood, the ninth of the year, inundating areas and forcing evacuations. Police report more than 20 houses collapsed and about 100 families evacuated at the flood’s peak with no casualties reported. Thunderstorms from the mountains sent waters through arroyos into the city.
Current egg receipts show large white 59-62 cents, large brown 58-62, medium white 48-51, medium brown 48-51, extras with minimum 6 per cent. Averages for delivered grades list large white 52-54, large brown 51-54, medium white 42-44, medium brown 42-43, checks 21-24, diries 23-25, small 25-30, B large 40-45, grade C 25-35. Poultry prices: fryers 23-24 cents per lb, heavy hens 19-21, light 15-56, old roosters 10-11. Butter wholesale 66, potatoes 2.35-4.25.
Notices list several obituaries and funeral arrangements including John Thomas Andre 42 of 1510 Woodlawn Ave Hamilton Ohio Mercy Hospital died September 23 interment at Woodside Cemetery services at Schramm Campbell Browns etc. William Richard Campbell 49 Columbus Ohio grave side Monday Rev Grunewald. Harry Ferdinand Lindquist 60 828 Yankee Rd arrangements by McCoy Leffler. Jones family New Era Baptist Church Jackson Mississippi interment. Kendrick Mary B Alder 4 of age Middletown star. Bertha Moore Middletown Hospital service details. Charles Emmett Stacey Baltimore Street killed Sept 22 railroad crossing Gano. Roy Clifford Brewer memorial text from Sept 26 1954.
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