Five Streets to Get Curbs Sidewalks Gutters Upgrade
City commissioners approved preliminary estimates for curb and gutter work on four streets and part of a fifth at an estimated 37807 dollars, most billed to property owners. Work includes 45650 square feet of sidewalk costing 27390 dollars with T-35 surfacing. Box score shows land acquisition for East Central Ave needs 42 of 50 owners committed. Myers Bros seek 60- day taxi franchise open period after reorganizing. two women apply for a taxi license. An emergency ordinance covers Eastover subdivision improvements on McGee Ave.
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Central Ave
Charles, Crawford
Broad S
First Ave
H. W. Starick
East Central Ave
Starick
Ohio
James Myers
Myers Bros. Company
Fred Schatzmann
Myers
Schatzmann
Ohio Municipal League
Columbus
Moter’s Club
Dental Health Bpee
Ed Spencer
Para Department
Police Department
Fred Long
Charles St
Eastover
McGee Ave
Sebald Verity Reelected To CG&E Board
W. W. Sebald Armco president and Calvin W. Verity First National Bank president were reelected to the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company board. J. Reed Hartman, local figure, was elected director. Walter C. Beckford, CGE president, also became chairman of the board.
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W. W. Sebald
Armco
Calvin W. Verity
First National Bank
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
J. Reed Hartman
Walter C. Beckford
Break-In At Liberty Township School Nearby Safe Loss
Deputy Sheriff reports a break-in at Liberty Township School on Princeton Pike with an estimated loss between four hundred and five hundred dollars. The safe was hammered open and money from cafeteria collections and weekly supply funds appears stolen. A check on the exact amount is underway. the school had prior entry reported.
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Liberty Township
Princeton Pike
Dick Schultheiss
Schultheiss
Reuthe and Rekers Named Delegates to FOPA State
Charles Reuthe and Herman Rekers were elected as delegates to the state conference in Columbus on July 28. The Middletown Fraternal Order of Police Associates dinner meeting drew 24 FOPA and 122 members plus state leaders. The next meeting May 26 will feature a steak fry at the pistol range.
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Charles Reuthe
Herman Rekers
Middletown
Ohio
Dayton
Armco Receives $31,000 Army Contract
Armco Steel Corporation was awarded a $31,000 contract from the U S Army in the week ended April 2, announced by William S Singley regional director of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division, Department of Labor Cleveland. The notice notes only that the contract is for steel.
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Armco Steel Corporation
U. S. Army
William S. Singley
Department of Labor
Cleveland
Steel
Man Bound To Jury On Lebanon Charge
Lawrence Hopkins, 20, of Georgetown, admitted breaking and entering in arraignment before Mayor William Fraser. Held to the grand jury under 2500 dollars bond after being arrested by Officer Perry Osborne for breaking into King Motor Sales and attempting to steal several cars. Hopkins is reported AWOL from Camp Hood Texas.
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Lebanon
Lawrence Hopkins
Georgetown
William Fraser
Hopkins
Perry Osborne
King Motor
Camp Hood
Texas
At The Movies Showings This Thursday and Friday
Paramount presents Great est Show on Earth at 1 15, 4 00, 6 49 and 9 25 p m Colonial shows African Queen at 1 15, 3 10, 5 10, 7 05 and 10 45 p m Sneak Preview at 8 50 p m Friday Viva Zapata at 1 25, 3 30, 5 30, 7 35 and 9 40 p m Dixie Cruise-In screens Johnny Holiday at 8 13 and 11 08 p m Rex King of Wild Horses at 9 45 p m
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Paramount
Colonial
Dixie Cruise
Johnny Holiday
Rex
King of Wild Horses
Air Force Major to Address Middletown Hi Y Clubs
Maj Allan C Forbes of the Gen tile Air Force Depot will speak at a joint session of Middletown High Hi Y clubs at 7 15 tonight at the YMCA. The veteran of about 40 years will show slide illustrations during his talk. The Hi Y council meets after the regular session to decide whether a Friday night junior and senior high school record dance should proceed at the Y during a vocal music program at the school.
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Allan C. Forbes
Gentile Air Force Depot
Middletown High
YMCA
Major Forbes
Hi-Y Council
1214 Pints Of Blood Donated More Today
The Red Cross bloodmobile visit drew 124 Middleton residents, delivering 114 pints over the quota. Rev. John I. Parr, blood program chairman, reported brisk business as donors arrived after learning of the mobile unit’s presence.
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Red Cross
John I. Parr
Bloodmobile
Bells and the Tian era chronology questioned
A terse note states there is little evidence suggesting bells existed before the Tian era. The remark hints at gaps in early metalwork history and challenges a linear timeline for musical instrument development.
Barkley Gives No Announcement On Presidential Bid
Vice President Barkley spoke last night stressing he had no announcement about running for the Democratic presidential nomination. He joked that if his health were any better, he’d need a psychiatrist, and he voiced support for seizing steel companies though calling it regrettable. The event drew many dignitaries including Ohio figures, Hamilton candidates, and a large souvenir glass tumblers giveaway by Sheriff Walke.
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Barkley
Truman
Ohio
Kefauver
Robert J Bulkley
al Horstman
Dayton
Youth Held In Shooting Transferred
A 15-year-old youth held in the shooting of fruit stand operator Robert Anders was transferred to Butler County jail for further investigation. Anders, 41, of 2401 Browning St., is at Miami Valley Hospital with a severe head wound from shattered glass after an attempted hold up at My Market Drive-In on Route 73 Monday night.
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Butler County
J. F. Seibold, Jr
Robert Anders
Browning St
Miami Valley Hospital
Ayton
Anders
My Market Drive-In
Route 73
Rainy Days and Muddy Dogs Forecast
The forecast calls for damp today tonight and tomorrow with light rain amounts. Friday may bring a few showers and slightly warmer weather after a 55 degree high today. Yesterday reached 70 at 1 a.m. and 48 at 4 p.m. Rain from 8 a.m. yesterday to 8 a.m. today totaled just under an inch.
Child Hit By Car Injured Slightly in Accidents
Police reported several minor accidents with one 8 year old, Sharon Ann Shafer of 2304 Sherman Ave, suffering a head burn and blood vessel rupture after stepping into the path of Richard Lampley Jr. at 3 50 pm. She was taken to Middletown Hospital. Other crashes on Tytus Ave and Charles St caused minor damage.
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Sharon Ann Shafer
Sherman Ave
Richard Lampley, Jr
Young St
Middletown
Lampley
Tytus Ave
Charles St
Arthur Wellinghoff
Wildwood Rd
William T. Callahan
Whittier St
Callahan
John Haddix
Vandervee St
Kenneth Yoke
Clark St
Local crashes report three-vehicle collision and pedestrian near misses
John Lingo 21 of Louisville reportedly ran a stop sign and hit Lawrence A. Osborne at Germantown Rd and Verity Pkwy at 5 42 p m. Damage 275 dollars. A pedestrian was struck near Central Ave and Main St at 7 30 p m but appeared uninjured after a doctor check. Howard Sears Jr 18 of Wilbraham Rd rear ended Orval Cassidy 51 of Harlan St at Charles St at 10 16 p m causing 375 dollars damage.
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Verity Pkwy
Manchester Ave
Eugene Heller
Grand Ave
Heller
Horace W. Hunter
Wilbraham Rd
John Lingo
Louisville
Germantown Rd
Verity Pkvy
Lawrence A. Osborne
Lafayette Ave
Central Ave
Main St
William Ross
West Middletown
Howard Sears, Jr
Orval Cassidy
Harlan St
Charles St
Stove Fire at Yankee Rd Residence Causes No Damage
Firemen responded to 1301 Yankee Rd to Edna Waller's two story frame home for an overheated stove caused by a faulty valve. The valve was shut off and the stove cooled with no damage reported.
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Yankee Rd
Edna Waller
Blitz House To Be Readied For Paint Blitz
Preparation of a house at 607 Highview Road will be paint blitzed Friday night starting at 5 p.m. Jaycees co chairmen Bob Nerenberg and Paul Deger urged Junior Chamber members to report ready to scrape and sand. Painting begins at 10 a.m. Saturday by AFL Local 643 with brushes supplied by Middletown merchants. Other campaign projects run from Monday to May 10.
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Highview Road
Bob Nerenberg
Paul Deger
Jaycees
AFL
Middletown
Bond-Sheehan Low On Water Line Bids
The Bond and Sheehan Construction Company of Cincinnati was the low bidder for a five mile water mains installation in the Blue Ball area of Butler County. Their bid was 85,352, the lowest of 11 bids. Middletown will supply the water.
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Bond and Sheehan Construction Company
Cincinnati
Blue Ball
Butler County
Middletown
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