Masked Thugs Resemble Pair Who Robbed Morrow Institution
Two armed men resembled gunmen who robbed Morrow First National Bank last Friday and later held up Reed's Tavern in West Chester. Deputy Grabel reported $5,261 stolen from the bank and $169.39 from the tavern. Witnesses noted brown trousers and sport jackets, dark bandanas, and .38 pistols. Heights and weights matched Morrow bandits. car fled toward Cincinnati with Kentucky plates.
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West Chester
Morrow First National Bank
Elmer Grabel
Reed
William Reed
Jake Doughman
West Chester Rt. 1
Doughman
Grabel
Morrow
Hamilton
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Driver Hurt Critically As Car Overturns
Samuel Fields of New Miami was in critical condition at Hamilton Mercy Hospital after his car overturned off Ohio 4 four miles north of Hamilton. Police said he was driving at a high rate of speed, the car moving 300 feet off the highway, striking a cement culvert and flipping over. He was thrown from the vehicle. In a separate incident, Kenneth D. Hall of West Middletown fell asleep, losing control on U.S. 25 north of Ohio 122. Hall was treated and released at Middletown Hospital. his passenger Susan Young of Grand Ave was also treated and released with scrapes and bruises.
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Samuel Fields
Roselea St
New Miami
Hamilton's Mercy Hospital
Ohio 4
Hamilton
U.S. 25
Ohio 122
Kenneth D. Hall
West Middletown
Hall
Middletown Hospital
Susan Young
Grand Ave
Middletown Dog Training Club Opens April Class
The Middletown Dog Training Club starts a new obedience class on Tuesday April 13 at the American Legion home on Main Street. Enrollments are via club president Hugh Cook at 227 Wilbraham Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
American Legion
Main Street
Hugh Cook
Wilbraham Rd
Finger Injury at Interstate Folding Box Co
John Rose 23 of West Middletown Rt 2 treated at Mid dletown Hospital for a finger cut sustained last night while press operator at Interstate Folding Box Co where he is employed. He was released from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rose
West Middletown Rt. 2
Middletown Hospital
Intrstate Folding Box Co
Worker Injures Back at Mill in Middletown
36 year old Mrey. 1932 Wilbraham was admitted to Middletown Hospital for a possible back injury after he hurt his back while lifting steel bars at Shartle Brothers Machine Co.
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Mrey
Wilbraham
Middletown Hospital
Shartle Brothers Machine Co
Man Like Hand Civitan Talk Links Digits to Virtues
George Hill told the Manchester Civitan Club that human beings resemble hands with five digits symbolizing work service faith love and humility. District Lt. Gov Ernst Asman of Urbana and Earl Conklin attended from the Urbana and local clubs. New Middletown members Rob ert Radabaugh and Gienn Venatta were inducted yesterday.
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George Hill
Civitan Club
Manchester
Ernst Asman
Urbana
Earl Conklin
Urbana Civitan Club
Middletown Club
Robert Radabaugh
Gienn Venatta
Widow Inherits Property From Famous Editor Jack Lait
In Los Angeles the will of Jacquin Lait known as Jack Lait editor of the New York Mirror, died April 1 at 72, leaves property to his widow. The estate value is not estimated but believed substantial. the will was filed for probate yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Jacquin L
Jack Lait
The
New York Mirror
Lait
One Way Traffic Sparks City Commission Action
City Commission will consider an emergency ordinance to designate portions of Main Street First Avenue and Manchester Avenue as one way streets though no ordinance authorizing the system had been adopted. Police have issued ten citations and one juvenile conviction for wrong way driving on First Avenue.
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Middletown
Main Street
1St Ave
Nue
Manchester Avenue
Trton
1St Avenue
Harry Walsh
Howard H. Kramer
Betwen Central
First Avenues
Sutphin Street
Manchester
Central
City Commission
Park Drive
Earle Leidner
Kramer
F. G. Browne
Fuee
alphin-Grand Relief
L. A. Waldner Construction Co
Walton & Voorheis Co
Gas Leak Nearly Kills Middletown Couple
Phillip Stone, 31, revived from near collapse after gas fumes filled their home at 506 Young St. He and his wife were rescued by emergency squads, treated with inhalator therapy, and later released from Middletown Hospital. Fire Inspector Capt. Howard Gall said fumes may have come from a gas refrigerator and that investigators would check for the leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Phillip Stone
Oung St
Stone
Middletown Hospital
Howard Gall
Train Car Crash Rocks Hillsboro Ohio Suspected Spur Line
Mrs Hazel Ames aged 53 of Rt 5 Hillsboro sustained critical injuries when her husband Harvey Ames 58 escaped serious harm as their car collided with a steam locomotive on a rarely used Baltimore and Ohio spur along US 50 near Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Hazel, Ames
Rt. 5
Baltimore & Ohio
US. 50
Harvey Ames
Judge Wins Crises as Lose Speed Race
Hamilton police arrested Jack Farmer 13 of New Miami and James Proctor 20 of Middletown after a late night speed race. They faced three day sentences for speeding and reckless driving and were jailed in the county facility. Farmer allegedly drove 79 mph in a 25 mph zone. Proctor 75 mph in the same zone. Judge Frank Wesser imposed exactly 93 cents in fines.
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Hamilton
Jack Farmer
New Miami
James Proctor
Florence St
Middletown
Farmer
Proctor
N. 3Rd Street
Frank Wesser
Wessel
Missing Kentucky man sought by police in local case
Mrs. Harvey Mitchell of 1506 Columbia Ave reports her husband missing since last night after he went to park the car during supper preparation. He left with money, described as 25 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, wearing khaki pants and a green fur-collared jacket. Origin listed as Winchester, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Mitchell
Columbia Ave
John Fitzgerald
Winchester
Speakers Bureau Formed for Middletown Prom Jubilee
Nancy Berkey and Ben McIn tire were named to head Middletown High School 1954 Prom Jubilee speakers bureau by the steering committee at the Civic Association. Advised by Dorothy Mann Knight Good man and Paul Wilson, the group will contact civic clubs about the prom and raise funds for an expected 2500 cost. The bureau will coordinate events including a dance at the Manchester Hotel a Paramount Theater movie breakfast and Ray Anthony orchestra dancing at LeSourdsville Lake. The telephone group will solicit parents and contributions. next committee meeting is Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Civic Association.
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Nancy Berkey
Ben McIintire
Middletown High School
Civic Association
Mayor Justice
MHS
Manchester Hotel
Paramount Theater
Ray Anthony
LeSourdsville Lake
Dorothy Mann
Knight Goodman
Paul Wilson
Joe Sickles
Kenneth Blount Wins Hurwitz Speech Award
Kenneth Blount won first in Middletown High School Hurwitz oratorical contest with the speech Hunting for a Horseshoe. Nancy Berkey placed second with Comesmunism the Gospel of Good News. Both speeches focused on world peace.
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Kenneth Blount
Hurwitz Speech
Middletown High School
Nancy
William Long
Gardner, A
Toastmasters’ Club
John Akerman
School Board To Determine Bids Monday
Franklin special. The Anthony Wayne School project adds a new wing. Bids opened Monday night. fourteen firms bid. Project cost eyed at 10000 to 15000 dollars. Deadline for filing was 4 1 Wednesday. Board previously awarded a steam craft cooker contract to G E Mayer Co of Cincinnati for the cafeteria.
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Franklin
Anthony Wayne Scavci
J. Forrest Burns
G. E Mayer Co
Cincinnati
Anthony Wayne School
Vitamin Pill Burglaries Reported at Denver Drug Store
Denver police reported a burglary at Dorr Drug, where 43 bottles of vitamin pills were stolen. No suspects or motives given, and no injuries reported.
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Denver
Dorr Drugstore
At The Movies Paramount Listings Wednesday and Thursday
Saskatchewan shows at 1:15 4:05 7:00 and 9:50 p.m. Highwa Dragnet screens at 2:50 5:45 and 8:35 p.m. Joe Louis Story airs 1:15 4:10 7:10 and 10:05 p.m. Flight to Tangier plays 2:45 5:40 and 8:35 p.m.
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Saskatchewan
Highwa Dragnet
Tangier
Ohio State hosts four day Institute for Education by RT
About 800 broadcasters educators listeners and viewers are expected to attend OSU's four day Institute for Education by Radio Television opening today in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Four Day Institute For Education
Tragic Bus Crash Kills 13 Hikers Near Pusan
A truck carrying 13 young hikers plunged off a cliff twenty miles north of Pusan port. Police report the impact killed all 13 aboard and injured twenty others in the Seoul area.
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Seoul
Pusan
Ex-Superintendent Kepler Dies at 81 in Akron
Raymond E. Kepler, 81, former superintendent of Peoples Hospital in Akron, died yesterday. He retired in 1932 after a long tenure guiding the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Raymond E. Kepler
Peoples Hospital
Coach's Mom Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Carmel a Peppe, 36, of Columbus, mother of Ohio State University swimming coach Michael Peppe, died at her Columbus home yesterday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Carmela Peppe
Columbus
Ohio
State University
Michael
Mike) Peppe
Clay Plant Closes TIFFIN Ohio Factory
American Clay Farming Corp shut down its Tiffin plant yesterday for lack of business. The closure cost about 100 workers who were laid off since the year's start. The firm continues to run its Tyler Texas plant at full capacity.
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Tiffin, Ohio
American Clay Farming Corp
American Clay
Tyler, Tex
Boy Dies In Agony After Poison Drink
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 13 year old Burdett Watts died in agony after drinking a concoction he mixed with his chemistry set. An autopsy is planned.
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Tulsa
Okla
Unchained Bike Crash Hurts Middletown Youth
A Middletown youth, Jimmy Philabaum, 13, sustained scalp lacerations when his westbound bicycle with a chain off struck the right rear fender of a northbound car driven by Marvin L. Pitsch, 34, at 110 Bellomont Street. He was treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital. Later, a separate collision at Central Avenue and Verity Parkway involved Billie Page 21, PauLine Tischer, and another vehicle, with damage estimated at 85 dollars.
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Middletown
Bellomont St
Middletown Hospital
Jimmy Phillabaum
Charles Philabaum
Shafer St
Marvin L. Pitsch
Sunset Drive
Billie Page
Crawford St
Pauline Tischer
Logan Ave
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Page
Car Crash Near Germantown Road and Tytus Avenue
Officers say Jack Poff 18 Lebanon Route 1 drove south and struck a stopped auto driven by Louis Speres 32 YMCA at 12 55 a m today at Germantown Road and Tytus Avenue. Poff said he failed to see the other car stop after stopping for a traffic signal. Total damage estimated at ia.
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Jack Poff
Lebanon Ro
Louis R. Speres
YMCA
Germantown Road
Tytus Avenue
Poff
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U. S
Karen Albrecht
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Tex
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Ill
Rosemary Meyers
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Karen
White House
Eisenhower
Paramount
B. L. Dawson & Co
Clark St
OSU
Creamery
HAM
Puffin Biscuits
Roe
Froven
Dillman’s
DIAL
Young Street
Coach
Herschel Bergman
New York City
U.S
Minsk
Russia
Fenton
Verity
Carload
Vradelis
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Wards
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