Miami Valley fruit crops hit hard by cold weather
The region suffers extensive damage to peach and cherry crops with apples also affected as a cold spell, snow and freezing temperatures linger. Estimates in Hamilton and surrounding counties run high with losses around half a million dollars in some areas and additional risk to strawberries.
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Miami Valley
Ans N Artain
Milion
Robert W. Matson
Hamilton- Lebanon
Monroe
Matson
E. F. Harpring
Route 25
Blue Ball
Harpring
Harprings
Carl R. Bibbee
Hamilton County
Middletown
Lonnie Gibson
Miami Conservancy
Double-Parkers Jaywalkers Ticketed In South Broad Drive
Police issued 53 traffic fines on South Broad Street for double parking and jaywalking near Central and First Avenues. Officers handed 37 double-parking tickets at $2 each and 16 jaywalking tickets at $1 each, with some offenders facing court. A driver later contested a $2 ticket, prompting a confrontation at the Traffic Bureau.
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South Broad St
Central Ave
First Ave
Bandits Rob Maud Man Of $12,000
In Hamilton Ohio an elderly couple and their son were beaten and robbed of more than $12,000 by two men who fled in the son’s car. Howard Laws 79 Margaret Laws 77 and Claude Laws 38 were bound with cord after the pair entered under pretenses of buying a dog. They were treated at Mercy Hospital and released.
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Hamilton
Howard Laws
Margaret
Claude
Here
Maud-Hughes
Adrian Peters
Ralph Kearney
Laws
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton Youth Killed By Policeman's Bullet
A 14 year old Hamilton youth, Thomas R. Smith, was shot in the back and killed by Richmond Police Sergeant Paul Cornelison after fleeing a stolen light truck during an attempted break in. A second 14 year old, Carl Muncie, was captured. Services for Smith are set for Wednesday at Colligan Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Hamilton
Richmond
Thomas R. Smith
Tom J. Smith
Walnut St
Paul Cornelison
East Main St
Fifth
Young Smith
Carl Muncie
North Eleventh St
Lewis Doren
Reid Memorial Hospital
Cornelison
Smith
U. S. 40
Muncie
Roosevelt
Colligan Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Roland
Michael
Thomas C. Smith
John Gillum
Blood donor drive targets May quotas in Middletown area
Red Cross and local sponsors launch a May blood drive after a tight-April effort. May 6 and 7 visits must meet a 280 unit goal, with reservations urged through L. P. Smith at Sears or the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Retail Merchants Association
Middletown
Lemon
Madison Townships
L. P. Smith
Manchester
Smith
Sears
Sick Leave Ruling Sparks City Employee Debate
Middletown officials and workers react to Attorney General ONeill ruling that a full time public employee earns 1 1 2 days of sick leave per month without pay deduction and may use it for leisure. The policy could upgrade vacation time to 18 weeks after six years, prompting reviews.
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Elsa Simpson Journal
Middletown
C. William
O'Neill
Orient
H. W. Starick
Starick
O’neill
Weekend Storm Wrecks Patchwork of Auto Accidents
Snow and ice over the weekend caused a string of auto incidents across the city late Saturday and Sunday. No injuries were reported though property damage mounted, with individual crashes at Charles Street and Columbia Avenue, Grand Avenue, Highland and Grand, Clark Street, and Baltimore Street among others. Authorities cited frost, failing to yield, and missed stop signs as contributing factors.
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Charles St
Columbia Ave
Charles William Chamberlain
Wayne Ave
Stanley O. Cassidy
Sheridan Ave
Chamberlain
Car Crash Near Excelio Injures Rodney Powers Jr
A car reportedly driven by Robert E. Anderson struck the rear of Rodney Powers Jr., 17, of Excelio, causing $15 damage on Tytus Ave at 5:50 p.m. yesterday, police were told.
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Baltimore St
Woodlawn Ave
James Blanton
Fernwood St
Arthur Craft
Curtis St
Blanton
Sturday
Leeburn Miller
Germantown
Curtis Campbell
Ohio Ave
Homer Q. Faugher
South Main St
Campbell
Price
First Ave
Breadbell
Broad
Miller
Flaugher Auto
Robert S. Godfrey
Bovers
Clinton St
Verity Pkvy
Goldie
Robert E. Anderson
Rodney Powers, Jr
Excelio
Tytus Ave
Educator To Launch Founders Day Activity At Armco
Armco Colored Association members gather at the Armco Colored Center at 8 p.m. Tuesday for Founder's Day observance. Dr. Charles H. Wesley, president of Central State College, will speak, with Frizell Myers presenting the good deed gift and Frank Lattimer introducing retired Armco veterans. Weather did not deter last minute outdoor preparations for Wednesday ceremonies across Armco plants.
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Armco Colored Association
Armco Colored Center
Armco
George M. Verity
Charles H. Wesley
Central State College
Wilberforce
Wesley
Harvard
Yale
London
Howard University
Howard
College of Liberal Arts
United States
National Council of the Ymca
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
National Education Association
Association For the Study of Negro
Armco Association
Frizell Myers
Frank Lattimer
At The Movies Paramount Listings
Paramount presents I Confess with showings at 1 15, 3 20, 5 25, 7 35 and 9 40 p.m. Strand features Hold That Ghost at 1 15, 3 20, 5 45, 7 55 and 10 10 p.m. Also three Stooge comedies at 2 35, 4 55, 7 20 and 9 15 p.m.
Dutch St Nicholas Day Gift of Chocolate Initials
A Dutch custom on St Nicholas Day December 5 assigns each family member a chocolate initial gift. Children receive initials in pastry and chocolate, marking the festive practice observed in households.
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Custon
St. Nicholas
Ohio ruling allows sick leave during off duty
The attorney general’s ruling grants public school teachers and other public employees in Ohio the right to accumulate sick leave time while off duty for illness. Prosecuting Attorney Hugh I. Troth of Ashland County commented on the interpretation amid AP’s partial report of the decision.
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Hugh I. Troth
Ashland County
Ohio
Associated Press
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Campbell County
S. A. Porter
Erle Hanson
Norris Music House
Harold Burgess
Warren Rd
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Grand Ave
Burgess
George Brewer
Winton St
C. Alfred West
Orchard St
Highland St
John P. Erb
James Giles
Jackson Lane
Clark St
Giles
Erb
Armeco
Charles Wesley
Oliver Smith
The
Doellmann’s
John Dobrozsi, Jr
East End
Dial
At the Movies
Paramount
Ross the
N. Main St
Eugene Purdy
Extermitas
Dohn’s
Tytus
First National Bank
National Bank OF Middletown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Armco East
Sutphin Park Place
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