Weekend area crashes injure three Middletonians
Three Middleton residents sustained minor injuries in weekend crashes in Butler County. Guy Cottle and Vernon Keith, both 19 or 21, were hurt when Fee’s car struck them near Beanpot Cafe on Canal Road. Darrell Stutz suffered a cut lip in a separate rear-end collision on S Main Street. A Dayton man, David Watson, was treated for head and chest injuries after a wreck on Rt 48 near Lebanon. No injuries but $675 damage in Middletown incidents. several pedestrians and drivers cited or noted for minor damage.
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Middletonians
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Guy W. Cottle
Vernon Keith
Elwood St
Donald Ray Fee
Hamilton
Cottle
Canal Road
Allison Avenue
Fee
Keith
Mercy Hospital
Darrell J. Stutz
Grand Ave
Lois Staton
Oxford State Rd
S. Main Street
Buena Avenue
Warren County
Dayton
David T. Watson
Miami Valley Hospital
Lebanon
Rt. 48
Middletown
Richard Newman
Raymond
Easter Seal Campaign Near Goal in Middletown Drive
With a week left in the 19 percent Easter Seal drive, Middletown has raised 4667 of a 5000 goal. Door to door receipts totaled 3064, Butler County gifts reach 1603, and final totals will include canister collections and Lily Parade receipts. Area chairman Sam Noblet urged residents to mail contributions this week.
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Middletown
Butler County Society
Rainbow Girls
Sam Noblet
Poisoned meat nearly kills dog in neighborhood incident
Mrs. Richard M. Wilson reports a pound of poisoned meat tossed into her yard. Her dog ate most of it, was rushed to a veterinarian, and remains critically ill but is believed to be recovering. She said the dog does not roam and knows of no motive, urging other owners to watch their pets.
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Richard M. Wilson
Nelson Rd
Hurricane seen by Tiros nears Australia coast
Australian weather officials say they long knew of the hurricane spotted by Tiros I and praise the U S satellite for its report. The Melbourne Weather Bureau places the eye about 1,000 miles east of Brisbane on Sunday with the storm moving southeastward and no damage reported yet.
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Melbourne
Australia
Tiros
Melbourne Weather Bureau
Brisbane
Washington
Police Briefs Report Hubcap Thefts And Vandals
Police logged thefts of two hubcaps from Glen Wilson and four hubcaps from David Allen. Tom Osust reported vandalism to his car over the weekend. Raymon Gillespie, 55, was arrested on intoxication and contributing to juvenile delinquency after officers found him in a car with his 11 year old son at Pearl Avenue and Taylor Street.
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Glen Wilson
Fairmount Ave
David Allen
S. Main St
Tom Osust
Yankee Rd
Raymon
Gillespie
Taylor Ave
Gllespie
Pearl Avenue
Taylor Street
Theft Reported at Amanda Home and Restaurant Break-In
The Butler County sheriff's deputies investigated a theft of 508 dollars from John Huffman of 3012 Judy Drive Amanda after intruders forced a night latch to a desk drawer. A separate break-in at Pasquale's Restaurant at Main and F Streets yielded 100 dollars through a restroom window.
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Hamilton
John Huffman
Judy Dr
Amanda
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Huffman
Main
F Streets
Quake Strikes Izmir and Aegean Towns in Turkey
A strong earthquake rocked Izmir and several Aegean towns early today. There were no immediate reports of casualties as residents fled in their night clothes after the tremor just after midnight.
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Izmik
Turkey
Aegean
Teacher Pay Plan On Agenda At Board Meeting
The Board of Education will review a deferred payment plan for teachers to be paid during the summer from the 9 month school year. A discussion of vocational teacher salary ranges in the high school is also on the agenda. Supt. Howard Cromwell plans to submit names of speakers for the Middletown High School ceremonies and a summer repairs program for school buildings.
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Board of Education
Howard Cromwell
Cromwell
Middletown High
Ohio TAPPI To Inspect MU Facilities
Ohio TAPPI will hold its spring meeting at Miami University Center in Oxford Tuesday. The event includes a tour of MU’s new pulp and paper instruction facilities. Howard Whitaker, Mead Paper Co. chair, will give the principal address. he is newly elected president of the American Paper and Pulp Assn. The MU program, now in year three, marks Ohio’s first pulp-paper curriculum with backing from about 20 Miami Valley firms.
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Oxford
Ohio
TAPPI
Pulp and Paper Industry of
Miami University Center
Miami
Howard Whitaker
Mead Paper Co
Dayton
Chillicothe
American Paper and Pulp Assn
Ohio Tappi
Miami Valley
Eisenhowers Bound For Dixie Vacation
President Eisenhower heads to Augusta Georgia for a working golfing vacation at the National Golf Club. Mrs Eisenhower joins him for a spring trip after the Masters. The couple plans a week to ten days stay at the club cottage.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dixie
Augusta
Club
Area Pupils Win Superior Honors in Miami Science Day
Southwest Ohio district honors go to 173 exhibits with four Lemon-Monroe High School students and one Middletown pupil achieving superior ratings. Franklin Eaton Germontown and Lebanon district students earned top marks. Sixty superior exhibitors will advance to the April 22 state competition at Antioch College.
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Miami
Miami University
Lemon-Monroe High School
Middletown High School
Larry Doebier
Tom Brock
Lemon-Monroe
Jack Thomas
Charles Heck
Ted M. Richardson
Ohio
Antioch College
Ohio Academy of ‘Science
Five Year Old Girl Nearly Strangled By Rope Trick
In Lebanon a five-year-old girl tied a clothes line around her neck and attached it to a slide. As she rode down the slide the rope tightened, choking her until her sister and father freed her. She was taken to Middletown Hospital for oxygen and released home.
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Lebanon
Cedar Lane
Gerry Lynn Little
Roger Little
Gerry
Virginia
Middletown Hospital
Kentucky Vets Rally Against Chandler at Lexington Protest
Edward Hacker, head of the National Out-Of-State Kentucky Veterans Organization, accuses Happy Chandler of turning a veterans protest in Lexington into a political rally. The group seeks to extend the bonus to Kentucky veterans now living outside the state and plans a petition to Governor Bert Combs for a special legislative session to change the law.
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Hamilton
Edward Hacker
Kentucky Veterans Organization
Kentucky
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Lexington
Hacker
Chandler
Bert Combs
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Happy Chandler
Frankfort
Spe
Combs
County Hikes Jail Charges in Butler County
Butler County jail charges for prisoners sentenced by Middletown Municipal Court were raised from 1.50 to 2.00 dollars. City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced the county commission advised the change in a letter received today.
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Middletown
Butler County
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Butler County Commission
Trenton Board Names Murphy Principal of Trenton High
The Trenton Board of Education names James Murphy principal of Trenton High School effective Aug 1. Murphy, a native of Irenton, holds a master’s from Eastern State Teachers College and will replace Charles Teckman who will start a doctorate program and teach at Ohio State University. The board also names Harry Bell principal of Trenton Elementary, while Arthur Tolly steps to full time superintendent duties. Bell, Portland Conn native and Illinois master’s holder, will teach biology in high school and advise the science club.
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Trenton
Trenton Board of Education
James Murphy
Trenton High School
Murphy
Charles Teckman
Sepember
Ohio State University
Irenton
Eastern State Teachers College
Richmond
Harry Bell
Arthur Tolly
Bell
Portland
Warren County boat ban sparks state opinion debate
Prosecutor says Ohio has written opinion backing county authority to ban boating on the Little Miami River at Foster. Judge doubts scope of ruling. Foster boating club member Charles Sams, 22, faces a county court appearance as twelve boats violate a commission ban. The commission then allowed small craft with motors under six horsepower, though current boats exceed that.
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Charles Ben Sams
Morrow Boater
Warren County
Little Miami
Foster
Lebanon
Fred Jones
Ohio
Mark McElroy
Little Miami River
Robert Ray
Morrow
Miami Prep Riders
Ray
Richard Saterthwaite
Commission
Cleveland Liquor Crackdown Nabs 23
Cleveland state liquor enforcement agent John L. Kocevar reported 23 arrests over the weekend aiming to curb sales to minors and clean up complaints. Fourteen arrests were for sale to minors, two for Sunday sales, and seven for bootleg sales.
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Cleveland (Ap
John L. Kocevar
Cleveland
Boaters Challenge River Use Ruling Over Boating Ban
The Boaters protested to the commission about a resolution passed without notification. Judge Ray represented boaters who lost boating rights after Foster residents secured a temporary restraining order in common pleas court. Residents seek the boating ban claiming motor boats are a nuisance and threaten erosion of the riverbank and two school-bus routes.
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Jones
Ray
Common Pleas Court
Foster Area
Com
Commission
Foster
Franklin Fire Destroys Six Acres In Rural Blaze
Franklin firemen aided by Miamisburg units battled a brush fire that scorched six acres on the Joe Smith farm at 1715 Wood Rd. The flames extended into Pennyroya Hill and the Victor Johnson Farm but caused no reported buildings damage as crews fought a difficult, truck inaccessible area. Assistant Chief Howard Harville said the out of control blaze was eventually extinguished.
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Franklin
Miamisburg
Howard Harville
Joe Smith
Wood Rd
Pennyroya Hill
Victor Johnson
Harvilla
Burglars Net Cash From Arlington Avenue Break-Ins
Two weekend burglaries on Arlington Avenue netted $543 in cash and items including $515 from chest drawers and $27.50 from a purse. Police report thefts occurred between 5 30 and 10 30 p m yesterday with entries via torn screens and a kicked door. Detectives Barrett Walton and Barnes investigated at multiple Arlington addresses.
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Arlington Avenue
Earl Roebuck
Arlington Ave
Douglas Barrett
Dorothy Secrist
Jack Street
Donald McCormick
Barrett
Robert Walton
Jack Barnes
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Berry
Canal Street
Esther McGraw
Howard Ave
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Millikin Road
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Robert Taylor
John H. Philips
Thomas G. Easton
Alan Timberlake
Franklin High School
David Bontrager
James Phillabaum
Darrel Weiner
Ger
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Roger Miller
Donnal Ulrich
Lanier High School
David Werk
Margaret Leuzinger
Lebanon High School
Lemon - Monroe
Judy Cronkrite
Marilyn Lean
Linda Gabbard
Sherry Duhamel
Janet
Breytsprank
Donna Mize
Ed Combs
David Stubbs
Mike Melampy
Mike Jackson
Sue McKinney
Sharon Diver
Rieck Williams
Don Cox
Bob Braun
Judy Fabing
Jeanne Shackelford
Bruce Cottom
Helen Toler
Judy Cole
Paul Ruark
Kern Cate
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
S. River Street
P.m
Sunrise
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
S. Broad Street
Central Avenue
Dawn Service
D. W. Snider and Son Insurance
South Main Dial
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Miami Street
Luan
Holy Communion
Spers
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