Middletown Adopts Uniform Fire Drill Plan for Schools
Middletown schools will implement a citywide uniform fire drill procedure for the first time in about a century. Homer Davis and Amanda School officials led a committee with W Steve Geckeler Robert Voorhis Homer Weikel and George Crout to design posters detailing exits orderly evacuation and closed doors to prevent drafts. Posters will be distributed to parochial and public schools with shows of large type on showcard board and posted at student eye level in primary grades.
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Middletown
Homer Davis
Amanda
Middletown Safety Council
W. Steve Geckeler
Geckeler
Robert Voorhis
Homer Weikel
George Crout
Separation of Twins Studied at University Hospitals
Cleveland AP reports a medical study at University Hospitals to explore separating Siamese twins born to a Sandusky couple. The joined twin girls, full term and facing each other, were listed in satisfactory condition Monday night and in need of emergency surgery. one weighed 10.2 pounds combined.
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Cleveland
Sandusky
Robert de Fayette
Churches See Hope For Merger In Historic Talks
Washington AP four major Protestant denominations representing nearly 20 million members held talks to determine concrete steps for reunion. Leaders from Methodist, Episcopal, United Presbyterian and United Church of Christ reported a climate favorable to union though significant theological and practical differences remain. Experts foresee a long process, likely a decade or more, requiring broad lay support and cross-church alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
United Presbyterian Church
United Church of Christ
Union
Episcopal
Robert F. Gibson Jr
Richmond
John P. Dillen
Dillenberger
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
Two Franklin Residents Aided After Heart Attacks
Franklin life squad made two runs yesterday. At 2 30 p m they aided George Jones 71 at 762 S Main St and he was taken to Middletown Hospital by Anglesby ambulance. Herschel Vance 39 of 320 Janet Ave was treated at 8 22 p m and taken to Middletown Hospital. Fire department put out a grass fire on Beachler Road at 6 05 p m. the property is rented by Clyde Beckett.
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Franklin
Franklin Life Squad
S. Main St
George Jones
Middletown Hospital
Anglesby
Herschel Vance
Janet Ave
Beachler Road
Clyde Beckett
Zone Change Sought by Deardorffs Near Rt 122
Springboro zoning board heard a request to rezone part of the Deardorff farm on Route 122 for industrial use, opposite Texas Eastern Co. The board will advertise the proposal for 30 days and then hold a public hearing.
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Springboro
Clearcreek
Raymond Deardorff
Rt. 122
Texas Eastern Co
Spaniards Found In Deep Cavern Near Madrid
Four holiday workers from Spain's Nuclear Energy Board were rescued after being lost for over 33 hours in a deep cave about 45 miles north of Madrid. Civil guards and mountain experts located the four chemists who entered on Sunday and could not find their exit.
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Madrid
Spanish Nuclear Energy Board
Bloomington Mayor To Get Postal Job
Washington AP reports Bloomington mayor Thomas L. Lemon of Bloomington Indiana will be appointed deputy director of the Cincinnati region Post Office Department. The appointment takes effect May 1 and carries a salary of 16 535 dollars per year as announced by Senator Vance Hartke.
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Washington
Thomas L. Lemon
Bloomington
Ind
Cincinnati
Post Office Department
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Kennedy Enjoys Senators Win in Rain Soaked Opening Day
President Kennedy watched the Washington Senators defeat the Detroit Tigers 4 1 on opening day. He threw out the first ball, dodged a soaking rain shower, and lingered to chat with umpires and officials while plans in Washington adjusted around Southeast Asia talks with Laotian Ambassador Tiao Khampan.
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Washington
Kennedy
Washington Senators
Detroit Tigers
White House
Southeast Asia
Tiao Khampan
Marty Kutyna
Senators
Middletown juveniles arrested in auto accessory theft
Police arrested three Middletown juveniles yesterday in connection with a Sunday auto accessory theft. All three are referred to juvenile court. Wendall C. Helton of 5446 Oxford Middletown Road reported his car damaged on Woodlawn Avenue with an outside mirror broken, a side window shattered, and a tachometer stolen.
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Middletown
Wendall C. Helton
Oxford - Middletown Road
Woodlawn Avenue
Helton
Stolen Purse and Pickpocket Reported in Local Incidents
Mrs. Cannin reported a purse theft from behind a counter yesterday afternoon with about $4 cash and papers missing, value $20. Mrs. Courtie Hays said a pickpocket dragged $62 from her pocketbook downtown last night. John Warren reported a bicycle stolen early last night. Eugene Pollard said rear auto glass was broken last night, damage about $20.
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Courtie Hays
Glenn Ave
John Warren
Glen Lane
Eugene Pollard
Orchard St
Norman Korn Reports Window Breakage at Central School Cafe
Norman Korn the principal at Central School reports two large plate glass windows broken in the school cafeteria over the weekend with damage estimated at 150 dollars.
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Norman Korn
Central School
Extra Chuckle Exchange Sparks Quiet Banter
A humorous exchange unfolds with a quip about kissing and greeting. The joke hinges on a playful misunderstanding as one character responds with a courteous, evasive greeting inviting further lighthearted banter.
Hamilton Man Is Bound Over
HAMILTON L. D. Maddox, 39, Hamilton, was held to the grand jury on a second degree murder charge under a $10,000 bond by Acting Judge James Dolan in Municipal Court. Maddox pleaded innocent after being charged with the March 25 fatal shooting of Clyde Jefferies, 47, Hamilton, following a dispute at Maddox’s home. The defendant allegedly returned with a shotgun and fired, striking Jefferies in the left side of the head.
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Hamilton
L. D. Maddox
James Dolan
Maddox
Clyde Jefferies
Jefferies
Innkeeper Opposes Tightening Hotel Expense Rules
Arthur J. Packard, president of Packard Hotel Co., told the Senate Finance Committee that a 3 percent investment tax credit for utilities should stand, while opposing proposed limits on deductible business expenses. He warned such restrictions would depress hotel profits and impose unfair tax burdens, noting his firm runs hotels in Mount Vernon, Wooster, Piqua, Findlay, Elyria, and Springfield.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur J. Packard
Packard Hotel Co
American Hotel Association
Packard
Packard Company
Wooster
Piqua
Findlay
Elyria
Springfield
Judge Cramer to address FOP dinner at range
Judge Fred B. Cramer of Butler County Common Pleas will address the Fraternal Order of Police after a dinner Wednesday at 8 p.m. The event, at the Police Pistol Range, begins with a 6:45 p.m. meal. Patrolman Ralph Trimble, FOP president, said Maddox planned to score only a single point.
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Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Order of Police
Maddox
Ptlm
Ralph
Trimble
FOP
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