Residen's Protest Over South Main Sports Car Strip Halted
A Middletown meeting halted plans for a 1 1/2 mile timing strip between South Main Street and the Miami River. Residents cited safety concerns and property value fears while officials and Randall of the Middletown Pace Makers Club discussed relocation options and future site possibilities. The club seeks a safe, speed testing area with an electric timer and vehicle checks.
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South Main St
Randall
Middletown
Pace Makers Club
South Main
Miami River
Joseph Blackmore
Paul E. Wilson
Middletown Safety Council
The
Civic Association
H. W. Starick
Miami Conservancy
Dayton
Pace Makers
Starick
Blackmore
James Combs
Sports Car Club
Atco Ave
Commission Agenda Sets Routine City Business for Tonight
City commissioners list a routine docket including a request from Ortman-Stewart Transportation for route amendment and two old buses replacement. Bids suggested for Arlington Knolls and Eastover improvements. Consideration of Humane Association Miami Valley dog control funding. Emergency legislation to contract Squire Sanders for mortgage revenue bond work. Two street improvement ordinances set for third reading.
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Ortman - Stewart Transportation Company
Arlington Knolls
Eastover
Humane Association of the
Miami Valley
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Lausche Plays April Fools At City Building Prank
Governor Lausche sparked a lighthearted prank day as calls to the Health Department and Woodside Cemetery circulated. Police Clerk Bob Quinn joked about tied shoes, while a court clerk faced a Tucson misdial that revealed a mistaken business number.
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Frank Lausche
Health Department
Woodside Cemetery
Bob Quinn
Tucson
Ariz
Hilda Withrow's radio script airs on Dr Christian show
Hilda Withrow, formerly of Middleton, now a New York copy writer, will have another story aired tonight on the Dr. Christian program at 8:30 on WKRC and WHIO. The tale is titled The Bell for River's End.
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Hilda Withrow
New York
WKRC
WHIO
River’s End
County to microfilm records with new plan
Butler County Commissioners have bought a microfilm machine to cover all offices. Art Reiff says the device will stay in the commissioner's office and be loaned out on request. The plan aims to cut costs by handling filming in house and reduce storage space, with three day film development and elimination of typing.
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Butler County
Art Reiff
Noard
Reiff
Stolen Car Recovered In Prebie County After Report
Police recovered a stolen auto in Prebie County found in running condition at the same location as another car taken from 1314 First Ave. The owner is Robert Knorr. Sheriff Floyd Spitler identified the abandoned vehicle. Juvenile authorities investigated a report involving two 13-year-old girls who claimed a woman offered 50 cents to return an article. a check showed no one by that name.
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Prebie County
Floyd Spitler
Robert Knorr
First Ave
Marine veteran arrives in San Francisco aboard Breckinridge
Marine Corporal Wendell Profitt of 311 Baltimore Street joined 627 other Korea veterans aboard the transport Gen. J. C. Breckinridge arriving in San Francisco. The AP reported the 628 veterans total were welcomed after the voyage.
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Cpl
Wendell Profitt
Baltimore St
Korea
San Francisco
J. C. Breckinridge
Associated Press
At The Movies listings and showtimes
Paramount and Strand theaters present a midweek schedule with Meet Me at the Fair Lawless Breed Peter Pan Havana Rose Cattie Town Without Warning The Maverick showing across Wednesday and Thursday. Showtimes include early afternoon and late evening slots.
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Havana
Cattie Town
Achievers Tour 13 Industrial Plants On Achiever Day
Tiddle town Junior Achievers toured 13 industrial plants on Achiever's Day. Firms visited include American Coating Mills Teen-Age Crafters Armco General Offices and Fabricating Foto crafters Thrifty Novelty Armco East Side Elkcrafts Crystal Tissue Priscilla Crafters Gardner Board and Carton Gardnerettes Garden Enterprises Inland Container Bead erettes Raymond Bag Company Novelty Kings Shartle Brothers Shartle Teens United Welding Tex I Craft Clayton Lambert Crystalettes Journal Junior Enterprises Aeronca Manufacturing Wood Jacs Sorg Paper Jolly-Teens. Each touring group carried seven officers from each company.
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American Coating Mills
Armco
Foto
Armco East Side
Elkcrafters
Crystal Tissue Company
Priscilla Crafters
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Gardnerettes
Gardner Enterprises
Inland Container
Beader Ettes
Raymond Bag Company
Novelty Kings
Shartle Brothers
Shartle Teens
United Welding
Tex Icraft
Clayton & Lambert
Crystalettes
Journal
Junior Enterprises
Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation
Wood-Jacs
Sorg Paper Company
Jolly-Teens
Woman Suffered Shoulder Fracture In Taxi Crash
A taxi passenger Miss Martha Swinehart suffered a shoulder fracture when a rear end collision with an auto driven by Raymond Sons occurred at Tytus Ave and Elwood St. in daylight yesterday. Police said minor vehicle damage overall and listed seven yesterday accidents with various damages and injuries.
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Martha Swinehart
Midway St
Virginia Johnson
Germantown Rd
Raymond Sons
Illinois St
Swinehart
Tytus Ave
Elwood St
Sons’ Auto
Crawford St
Linden Ave
William H. Terry
Dayton
Lord Slifer
Jefferson
Tom Snyder
Princeton St
Martin Rush
North Verity Pkvy
James Perry
Hughes St
Baltimore St
First Ave
William Burton
Garfield St
Accident at Verity Parkway damages car driven by Harold Combs
An accident at Verity Parkway and Lafayette Avenue caused $75 damage to a car driven by Harold N. Combs a 20 year old resident of 823 Sixth Street.
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Verity Pkwy
Lafayette Ave
Harold N. Combs
Ave backs from drive scrape Wolfe car side
A private drive incident left a vehicle owned by Dennis Wolfe of 109 Gideon Road scraped and damaged, with most harm confined to the Wolfe auto.
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Dennis Wolfe
Gideon Rd
Wolfe
Seaman Hawkins Aboard Yorktown Receives AppendiX Surgery
Seaman Apprent ice Hawkins of Middletown describes the first surgical operation aboard the USS Yorktown since recommissioning in December. A two week stomach cramp led to an appendectomy halting flight operations during underway drills. Hawkins says he is fine and expects to return to duty within a week after the March 24 procedure aboard the Fighting Lady.
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Chandler
Hawkins, Jr
Seaman Hawkins
Chandler Hawkins
Curtis St
Yorktown
Navy
Apprentce Hawkins
Hawkins
Bonnie Burton
Moore St
Temperature May Slump Temps Set to Fall After Warm Day
A weather report notes a daytime high of 66 degrees followed by a forecasted drop to around 40 tonight. Readings earlier reached 60 by mid-morning with 58 at 1:30 p.m. and a low of 43 at 7 a.m. Rain totaled 0.60 inches yesterday and 0.50 inches before 8 a.m. today. March rainfall registered 2.37 inches per Lonnie Gibson of the Miami Conservancy.
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Lonnie Gibson
Miami Conservancy
Germantown Pilot Dies in Georgia Plane Crash
Lt. Col. Roger E. Kindig 33 and Major William L. Deck were killed when a training AT-6 crashed near Gainesville Georgia mientras attempting landing after engine trouble. Both served as assistant professors of air science at the University of Georgia Athens and were part of the Air ROTC unit.
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Roger E. Kindig
Miriam Kindig
Germantown
Gainesville
Air Force
William L. Deck
University of Georgia
Athens
Associated Press
Kindig
University
Alice
Dog Rabies Vaccination Ordinance Enforced
The Health Department enforces annual rabies vaccinations for dogs with January February or March shots. Health commissioner Dr. L C Neer notes violators from the past three months may face prosecution and lists of vaccinated dogs will be checked against 2700 license holders.
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Health Department
L. C. Neer
Neer
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