Two accidents injure six in Butler County crashes
Three Middletonians and two Cincinnati residents were hurt when a northbound car ran a stop sign, crossed Hamilton-Trenton Road, struck a fence post and a pole, then overturned near Overpeck. Rosemary Thomas 18 and Corliss Rakestraw 21 suffered neck and head injuries. William Carter 21 the driver had minor head injuries. Both vehicles were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Carter
Baltimore St
Miss Thomas Was
Two Cincinnatians Injured in Stop Sign Crash Near Collinsville
Garlin Smith Jr. 19 and James Aitken 18 were admitted to Fort Hamilton Hospital with head injuries after Smiths car ran a stop sign and overturned in a field near Ohio 73 and Houston Road at 2 30 a m. Smith was cited for the violation. The car was heavily damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garlin Smith Jr
James Aitken
Fort Hamilton
Hamilton
Smith
Ohio 73
Houston Road
Collinsville
Crippled Man Struck By Car in Middletown
A 79 year old man with a fractured pelvis was struck by Opal Majors while crossing Verity Parkway at 7 45 pm. Majors, 19, was cited on a license violation for not wearing glasses during the left turn onto Verity Parkway. The injured man was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
John Jacobs
Main St
Jacobs
McCoy-Leffiter
Opal Majors
Jewell Ave
Pair Nabbed In Break In At Riley’s Grocery
Middletown youths Ernest Powell aged 22 from 2022 Waneta Street and a 15 year old girl were surprised by Deputy Ralph Kearney at 4 15 a m after breaking into Riley's Grocery at 3122 Nava ho Street. A small wrecking bar was used to force a window but nothing was taken. Powell on parole from Mansfield Reformatory faced breaking and entering charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Riley's
Navaho St
Ernest Powell
Waneta
Ralph Kearney
Dorsey Riley
Powell
Mansfield Reformatory
World rail mileage concentration in the United States
Thirty percent of the global railway mileage lies in the United States according to industry figures. The share underscores U.S. rail infrastructure scale and potential logistics impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Man Charged After Rear-Ending Parked Car on Highland Street
Charles Kling, 23, of 2208 Christo Ave., was charged with an assured clear distance violation after driving into the rear of a parked car owned by B. D. Morgan at 11:27 p.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Highland Street. Kling said a dropped cigarette and reaching under the seat caused him to pull the wheel. Damage estimated at $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kling
Christo Ave
B. D. Morgan
Bellomonte St
Highland Street
City wrecks add up to minor damage across weekend
Police log shows multiple late weekend crashes. Bernice Roberts and Bill Boyd collided at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway at 6 10 p m causing minor damage. A parked Ernest Ogg vehicle and a hit skip on Yankee Road at 11 25 p m caused 150 dollars in damage. Harold Patrick and Nellie Frodge cars collided on Wayne Avenue at 10 20 p m with 10 dollars damage. Homer Adams and Franklin Roberts struck at Doty Street and Central Avenue at 5 10 p m causing 75 dollars damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Roberts
Young St
Bill Boyd
Smith Ave
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Ernest Ogg
Hamilton
Harold Patrick
Lafayette Ave
Nellie Frodge
Jefferson Rd
Wayne Avenue
Homer Adams
North Ave
Franklin Roberts
Euclid St
Doty Street
Central Avenue
Hit-Skip Car Strikes 14-Year-Old Girl Near Hamilton
A 14 year-old girl walking from Stahlheber Baptist Church was struck on Stahlweber Road and left unconscious by a hit-skip vehicle. Nancy Walker, of 1823 Stahlheber Rd., was found by Gary Bower and taken to Ft. Hamilton hospital with head injuries and a fractured arm. Deputy Powell said she is in fair condition. The incident occurred around 7 45 p.m. and she was found about 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Stahlweber Road
Here
Nancy Walker
Delimar McWhorter
Stahlheber Rd
Gary Bower
Franklin St
James Powell
Stahlheber Baptist Church
McWhorter
Science Show Finals Group Is Appointed
Committee chairmen for the final five area contest of the second annual Science Awards Competition were announced. Public and parochial school students from Butler Warren Clinton and Fayette counties will compete for cash prizes and college scholarships April 13 at Lemon-Monroe High School. Howard Cromwell named chairman of the school liaison committee with other chairs listed for awards, host and hostesses, program, exhibit arrangements, meals, and judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Warren
Clinton
Fayette
Lemon- Monroe High School
Howard Cromwell
Rowan Crawford
L. J. Canady
Jody Terney
Richard Peters
Martha Wombold
Jim Elias
Paul Ruark
Dan Kruger
Don Maley
Glenn Selby
Ted Wood Ting
John Owen
William Barnes
Bed Smoker Blamed For Home Blaze
Elizabeth Puckett smelled smoke from the living room and alerted responders. Firefighters from Companies 2 3 and the emergency squad arrived at 1 37 a.m. Contained the fire to a bedroom with smoke and water damage upstairs. The two story home on S Sutphin Street suffered 1500 in building damage and 250 in contents plus 750 in other costs, totaling 1750. Owner is Mrs Herb Kuelenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Sutphin St
Robert Lukens
Elizbeth Puckett
Herb Kuelenberg
Meadow Avenue grass fire and Grove Street stove blaze
Firemen rushed to two incidents yesterday. A grass fire in the rear of the 1500 block Meadow Avenue caused no damage. A kitchen stove fire at 1317 19 Grove Street also did not cause damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Avenue
Grove St
Scout Meeting At Springboro
Scoutmaster Charles Logan calls a meeting of the Springboro Boy Scout committee at 7 30 p m tomorrow at Springboro Methodist Church inviting all interested. Russell Elker of the Mound Builders Council Middletown will attend. The Apache patrol will host a skating party Thursday night at the Chautauqua roller rink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Charles Logan
Boy Scout Organization
Logan
Springboro Methodist Church
Russell Elker
Mound Builders Council
Middletown
Chautauqua
Shift Of Home Residents Will Be Easy Mehl Says
Hamilton special reports Butler County Home residents on the third floor will be moved to other quarters after a state fire marshal order. Superintendent Paul J. Mehl says there is room for 52 residents and the relocation will occur within 60 days alongside required safety fixes and building inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehl
Hamilton
Butler County
Paul J. Mehl
Meir
Butler ‘County Board of Health
National Deere Ie County
Ben
van Gorden
Middletown Park Department Cuts School Recreation Program
The Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation will discontinue its school recreation program due to a reduced city budget. Director Tom Carlson said the program, led by Miss Joan Wilson, ran since last October with sessions at Maple Park Spring Hill and Wilson schools and involved more than 345 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Carlson
Planning At Aeronca Expands Research Efforts
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp. broadens planning and research activities under President John A. Lawler. A Planning Committee chaired by W. W. Ford will organize the expanding program with members including H. Badgett S. J. Kuderer G. Philip Stout and W. Whittle. The Baltimore based Industrial Research Laboratories Division integrated into the Aeronca Manufacturing Corp. Research Division to streamline development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
John A. Lawler
W. W. Ford
H. Badgett
S. J. Kuderer
G. Philip Stout
Baltimore
W. Whittle
Aeronca
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp. Research Division
Springboro Chief Becomes Deputy Sheriff Authority Expanded
Springboro police chief Robert Baker was appointed deputy sheriff with authority to answer calls outside Springboro limits. Mayor Fred Mayne announced the change, effective immediately, expanding local law enforcement reach beyond the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Lebanon
Robert Baker
Fred Mayne
Miami Center On Schedule For University Center Opening
Oxford special report states Miami University’s 2 million dollar University Center is progressing on schedule for a September opening. Plastering is nearly complete painting proceeds in places doors fittings installed in the office of publications and student activities area. Bowling alleys are under construction tile work advancing and the book store section nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
City Building hosts open house for new auditorium
City Manager Charles W. Thompson invites Middleton residents to an open house at the City Building Wednesday starting at 7 pm. City officials will guide tours through health public service public utilities and safety offices while police fire signals alarms and streets exhibit equipment in the eastern parking area. A public program will be announced tomorrow and a City Commission meeting is scheduled at 5 45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Thompson
Allout
Middletonians
Thompsonsa
Health, Public Service
Public Utilities and Safety
Miami Senior Rejects Big Scholarship
Robert Mann a Miami University senior rejected a Fulbright scholarship for a year's study in jurisprudence and political science at the University of Leeds England after accepting the New York University Law School Root-Tilden Scholarship worth 6900 for three years of law study Mann a Cleveland Heights senior was chosen by Miami's Fulbright committee but opted to pursue the Root-Tilden award which is limited to two students per federal judicial circuit each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
W. Marion Miller
Miami
New York University Law School
Root-Tilden
Robert Mann
Cleveland Heights
University of Leeds
England
Mann
Miami Choir Adds TV Date for Anniversary Tour
The Miami University Men's Glee Club will air a 30 minute program on WEWS Cleveland at 2 30 p m Thursday as part of its 12 concert Golden Anniversary tour. The group had already scheduled two Cleveland area performances. The frigate bird has been clocked at 250 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Cleveland
WEWS
Miami University
Man Shot Self in Middletown Father Of Nine
Willi White, 56, of 1735 Garfield St Middletown, listed as death by own action after a self inflicted bullet wound. He died from a heart wound after firing a .22 rifle in his back yard. Survived by wife Gladys and ten grandchildren. other relatives listed. Funeral arrangements pending at Bailey Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garret J. Boone
Butler ‘County
Middletown
Willi White
Garfield St
Boone
White
Gladys White
Officials Impressed During Hueston Woods Visit
Five Ohio legislators touring Hueston Woods State Park praised the scope and quality of work and urged priority funding. They noted a flooded 640 acre lake basin and possible dam gate closures to fill the stake. $1,466,000 was requested for further park improvements. Lt. Ed Bernard led the visit. 60 inmates from London Prison Farm served in the park’s honor camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Hueston Woods
Oxford Kiwanis Club
William Beckett
Charles Jones
James Sexton
Middletown
Frank W. Mills
Dayton
Joseph Pierson
West Elkton
Beckett
Sexton
Jonfes
W. W. Flickinger
Ed Bernard
London
Hamilton businessman Morris Taylor saved woods for park
Morris Taylor, a Hamilton businessman, preserved original woods for a park site. He purchased the property twenty years ago and later sold it to the state for park development, noting a major change ahead for the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Taylor
Hamilton
Taylor
Fenwick Junior Elected Treasurer in Ohio Junior Classical League
Fenwick High School junior Jean Catherine Herr was elected treasurer of the Ohio Junior Classical League at the JCL convention in Columbus. The Journal notes her collaboration with Larry Bobbit of Middletown High School in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Catherine Herr
Fenwick High Schodr
Junior Classical League
Ohio
JCL
Columbus
Larry Bobbit
Middletown High School
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Overpeck
Carter
Riverside
Kling
Thrifticheck
America
Federel Deposit Insurance Corporation
Main
Central Branch
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Arry LaTour
William R. Csellak
Miami Center
Virgil Partch
Cartoon
Courtes' Household Magazine
Joffe’s
Central
Manchester Machine Co
Bethel Ame
Villarica
Gladys
Willie
Elmer
Cincinnati
Clifford
Inkster, Mich
A. l¢ Ellis White
Philippine Islands
Richard White
Charleston
S. C
Hattie Reynolds
Detroit, Mich
Audrey Stabley
Zelma and
Armethia White
Archie
Artis White
Lee
Paul
Atlanta
Viola Hudson
Bailey Funeral Home
Hueston
Fenwick
Gough-Lamb
Sanitone
Eel Service
Charles
Bert
Walleyer
Werthers
Mrmom
Sele
Devine
Borkwynn
OMA Dd
Rockewen
Cottece
Een
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