Area Cooperation Vital for Middletown Industry
A six member Urban Land Institute panel urged stronger inter community cooperation and full use of the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce to inspire an area wide industrial development program. They noted assets include a sound economy, proximity to Cincinnati and Dayton, good labor relations, available land, and adequate local services though downtown character and high wage areas pose challenges. The panel favored annexation to extend utilities and police fire protection and urged plans for Madison Township areas. They highlighted Aeronca and local industries as growth cores and suggested potential in printing electronics and metal products.
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Middletown
Urban Land Institute
Washington, D
Middletown Area
Cincinnati
Dayton
Urban Land Institute panel discusses Garfield renewal sites
The Urban Land Institute panel yesterday reported on many subjects including Garfield urban renewal area industrial sites and a proposed regional jet airport. More articles on these subjects will follow.
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Urban Land _ Institute
Garfield
Curbside Justice Shocks Dayton Readers
Dayton readers report an old fashioned curbside justice incident described by AP with terse eyewitness details. The report notes a spontaneous street confrontation ending without formal court action and hints at community tensions in the aftermath.
72 Injured Flivver Sentenced To Junk Hen Diks Trike Collide
George T. Evans faced Judge Maurice Russell after declaring maintenance on his auto muffler. The judge mocked Evans tail lights with red nail polish and a dented tire, then sentenced him to dispose of the car in two weeks. In separate incidents on Interstate 75 two state workers were injured when their truck was hit by an empty auto carrier. Edward Callaway and John Copas were hospitalized for injuries. A third crash on Ohio 122 involved William Hopkins cited for signaling failure. Carl Saylor’s car crashed into a guard rail on Ohio 12% and he was cited for not driving on the right.
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Dayton
George T. Evans
Maurice Russell
Russell
George
Evans
Dayton Safety Building
State Highway Department
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Edward Lee Callaway
Cincinnati
John Copas
Wells W. Orther
Collins
Ohio
Orther
Mason Life Squad
William Hopkins
Home St
Trenton
Ohio 122
Carl Saylor
Weidner Road
Franklin
Saylor
$300 Fine Ordered In Drug Case
A Trenton woman, Janet Lee Scholl, 306 Glenn Court, was fined $300 suspended for three hundred dollars and costs after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining drugs from Middletown store. Police say she used false prescriptions to obtain dextedrine by phone then picked them up. Judge Lamb suspended the fine on condition she not reappear and see a physician. Also charged, Kerry Hartharger, 25, of Knoxville Town, held for Butler County grand jury on armed robbery. bond set at $2500 for allegedly holding up Roberta Cunningham at Lee's Cafe last September.
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Trenton
Middletown
Janet Lee Scholl
Glenn Court
McGee's Market
J. T. Lamb
Hartharger
Roberta Osborne Cunningham
Lee
Girard Avenue
Deaths And Funerals Private Rites Monday or Vance Cribbs
Vance FE Cribbs 79 of 3010 Louise Court died after a heart attack while presiding at a Hamilton Metropolitan Housing Authority meeting. Private funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr William Messmer and Rev Clifford Stearns officiating. Burial at Woodside Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Flowers optional. Call 2 to 5 p.m. before services.
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Vance FE. Cribbs
Louise Court
McCoy-Leffler
William Messmer
Ohin- Miami
Ross Hill
BE. H. McCandlish
Millard Schrote
Howard Price
James Carberry
Cal Grier
Mr. Cribbs
Board of Commissioners
Hamilton
Phony Twenty Dollar Bill Scare Near Middletown
A misinformed delivery driver sparked a brief counterfeit bill scare at Alpers Supermarket in Middletown Shopping Plaza. Store staff noted a twenty lacking the words The White House and oversized reverse printing, but a numismatist deemed it satisfactory after further checks with a bank. Police traced the spread to the driver who allegedly handed out the note.
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Middletown
Alpers
White House
First National Bank
Stamp And Cash Taken In Break In At Flatter Station
Stamps and an undetermined amount of cash were taken last night from the Flatter Service Station at Broad Street and Tytus Avenue. Thieves broke a side window, tore the pay telephone from the wall, and dismantled it to reach the loot. Trading stamps valued at about 100 dollars in premiums were stolen. Four hubcaps from Bob Pur Due’s car at 309 McKinley Street were also taken between Wednesday night and Thursday morning from the rear of the high school administration building. Mrs. Ross Snyder reported that someone entered her home at 121 Euclid Street between 3:30 and 5 p m yesterday, taking 46 dollars from her son’s dresser drawer. It appeared the thief rummaged through other drawers but took nothing else.
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Broad Street
Tytus Avenue
Gayle Flatter
Flatter
Bob Purdue
McKinley St
Ross Snyder
Euclid St
Richard Cunningham 77 dies in Middletown Hospital
Richard Cunningham 77 of Middletown died at 9 45 a m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a three week stay. He was a deacon at Second Baptist Church and retired in 1950 from Armen Steel Corp. Born in Talladega Alabama he lived in Middletown 45 years. Surviving his wife Kelly two daughters Sarah Frames Chicago and Louise Bowyer Cleveland a brother Woodie Wickliffe and two sisters Alice Burt Anderson Indiana and Willie Cobb Talladega. Services 2 p m Tuesday at Second Baptist Church Rev Iran Hans officiating burial Woodside Cemetery arrangements Green Funeral Home Hamilton.
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Richard Cunningham
Curtis St
Middletown Hospital
Kelly
Sarah Frames
Chicago
Louise Bowyer
Cleveland
Woodie
Wickliffe
Alice Burt
Anderson, Ind
Willie Cobb
Talladega
Ala
Second Baptist Church
Iran Hans
Woodside Cemetery
Mrs Mihalik Dies After Long Stint In Middletown Hospital
Mrs Anna Mihalik of 18 Euclid Street, Middletown, died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a six month illness. She was born in Duquesne, Pa, and served 30 years as a church organist in Pennsylvania before moving to Middletown four years ago. She belonged to the Catholic Daughters of America and the Christian Mothers' Club. Her husband Michael died in 1935. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Nicholas Cost of Middletown and three brothers Rev John Oberlander of St John’s, Robert Oberlander of Dayton, and Walter Oberlander of Burbank, Calif. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 7:30 p.m. Monday at St John’s Church, with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Aliquippa, Pa. Friends may call at Schramm Funeral Home tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Rosary will be recited tomorrow at 3:15 p.m.
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Anna Margaret Mihalik
Euclid St
Middletown Hospital
Mihalik
Duquesne
Pennsylvania
Middletown
Catholi Daughters of America
Christian Mothers’ Club
Michael
Nicholas Cost
John Oberlander
St John's Church
Robert Oberlander
Dayton
Walter Oberlander
Burbank
Calif
St. John's Church
Mt. Olivet
Aliquippa
Schramm
Obituary Notices for Car Chiles and Bryan Sheldon
Car Chiles of 8256 Laurel Ave dies with services set for 2 pm Monday. Bryan Sheldon, 63, of 392 Fast Ave, also to be laid to rest at 2 pm Monday, with arrangements by Campbell and Webb.
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Chiles
Laurel Ave
Webb
Bryan Sheldon
Campbell
Two Small Fires Reported on Friday Morning
Friday the 13th saw two fire calls with no damage. At 1:23 am John Barker reported a chimney fire from a gas heater at 330 N Broad St, owned by Edna Long. A second call involved crossed power lines on property at 2708 Central Ave owned by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co.
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John Barker
Broad St
Edna Long
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Central Ave
Crashes for City Report Three Accidents Cited
Yesterday three crashes in the city produced estimated damages around 700 dollars. Virginia George, 15 Bellomonte St, cited for failing to stop at Shafer Street and Manchester Avenue. damage to her car about 200 dollars and to Bige Marshall’s 150 dollars. Benjamin Sawyer cited for failing to yield after pulling onto Baltimore Street, hitting Leonard Squires. damages about 190 dollars. Amando Ritchie suffered 75 dollars damage after rear end collision with milk truck driven by Richard Cox. Cox cited for following too closely. Edna Schwall complained of neck pains after rear end collision with Thomas Blevins on Central Avenue near Curtis Street. Delano Wells reported 50 dollars damage on Tytus Avenue near Elwood Street. Additional collision at Central Avenue and Main Street involved Terry Theil and Mrs. Robert Seaton with 25 dollars damage. Two more accidents with no injuries occurred at Broad and Yankee and at Verity and Yankee.
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Virginia George
Bellomonte St
Shafer Street
Manchester Avenue
Manchester
Bige Marshall
Highland St
Shafer
George
Marshall
Benjamin Sawyer
Rial S .Done Highway
Baltimore Street
Nellar Street
Tytus Avenue
Amando Ritchie
Franklin Trenton Road
Richard Cox
Germantown
Delano Wells
Elwood
Elwood Street
At & P
Central Avenue
Main Street
Terry N. Theil
Dubois Road
Franklin
Robert Seaton
Hamilton
Broad and
Yankee Road
P.m
Verity and
Yankee
Workshop Idea Figures To Grow Conference Marks Tenth Anniversary
The tenth anniversary conference of national leaders of the Community Resources Workshop movement closed at Manchester Motor Inn with optimism for growth. About 40 workshop directors gathered for two days of discussion on methods, history traced to 1951 when Armco Steel's inquiry spurred summer workshops for teachers. Recognition included plaques for Hugh W Wright and Dr Ayars, with Wright hailed as the father of America's first Community Resources Workshop.
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Manchester Motor Inn
Te Crw
Middletown
American Iron and Steel Institute
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Miami University
Middletown Industrial Council
the University
Board of Education
Hugh W Wright
Armen
Albert Avars
New York
Hill & Knowlton
Joseph Woodruff
Middletown Board of Education
Wright
Ayars
Ralph Purdy
America
Drivers Miss Sign Violations Prompt City Police Check
Motorists on Neibar Street at the Shafer Stevens intersection ignore overhead arrows mandating a left turn for southbound drivers. Police Sgt. Larry White reported a crackdown in yesterday’s check, citing several motorists for traffic violations.
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Neibar Street
Shafer-Stevens
Larry White
Broggh
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