7 Mere Highway Opens With Partial Traffic, Speed 35
The new Ohio Route 73 superhighway opened today with four lanes from Middletown to the New York Central overpass and two north lanes from the hm to Franklin. The speed limit was set at 35 mph within city limits to aid safety, with work remaining on berms medians and seeding. Remaining two lanes to be finished between Mabelle Drive Verity Parkway and north of the south Main Street Franklin. Parking on the pavement or median within city limits is prohibited.
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Ohio Rt. 73
Ohio Department of Highways
Middletown
New York Central
Franklin
Don Cisle
Mabelle Drive
Verity Parkway
Rt. 73
Main Street
Chief Blackmore
Butler- Warren County
Serviceman Semuel Beker Noted in Local News
Sp 30 news item mentions Semuel Beker, son of Mrs Marie Beker, with a brief update about his status or location. The short notice appears to come from a servicemen tidbit section, referencing a personal note and a recent activity or sighting connected to his service.
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Semuel
Beker
Marie B
Dees
Police Briefs Report Multiple Local Arrests and Incidents
State patrolmen arrested Ellis Taulbee for driving while intoxicated. Russell Adkins faced an embezzlement warrant alleging theft of 243 dollars last June. A 5 year old boy was bitten by a cat on Elwood Street and treated by a doctor. A girl reported a man in his 30s exposed himself on Young Street. Baby stroller theft valued at 20 dollars was reported on Cooper Alley. Taylor Dunn was arrested on an assault and battery warrant. Samuel Garner was arrested on an assault and battery charge. Hub caps were stolen from John Dillon’s car on N Main Street. Charles Harper was arrested on intoxication and menace and threat charges against his wife.
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Young Street
Two Middletown Women Charged After Wrecks
Two Middletown women faced Municipal Court after separate city auto mishaps. Lucy Brewer, 296 Garfield St., cited for assured clear distance violation after her westbound car at 1809 Fairmount Ave. struck a parked auto owned by Freeland Barnett, 1812 Fairmount Ave., and pushed it onto the sidewalk. Catherine Lengyel, 119 oe Rd., cited after backing from 2305 Tytus Ave. driveway crossed Catalpa Drive into a Gas & Electric Co. vehicle. Police say the 5:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. crashes caused minimal injuries and involved parked cars.
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Middletown
Lucy Brewer
Garfield St
Fairmount Avenue
Freeland Barnett
Fairmount Ave
Catherine Lengyel
Oe Rd
Tytus Ave
Catalpa Drive
An Gas & Eelctric Co
At The Movies Showings Across Paramount Strand Reitles And COLONIAL
The schedule lists Paramount with Eddy Duchin Story at 1 15 4 00 6 45 and 9 30 p.m. Strand shows Alexander the Great Uranium Boom and Star of India with listed times. Colonial presents Stranger at My Door Zanzabuku My Tiger Red Sundown and Harder They Fall and Second Greatest Sex across Thursday and Friday screenings.
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Eddy Duchin
Reitley
Star of India
Government Seeks Engineers For Naval Ordnance Plant
The United States Civil Service Commission announced an examination for the position of engineer at the Louisville Kentucky Naval Ordnance Plant Middletown Post Office district. Salary up to 7570 dollars a year. Applications accepted until further notice.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Naval Ordnance Plant
Louisville, Ky
Middletown
Registration Rush Planned with Extended County Election Hours
Bitter County Board of Elections will stay open late on several September evenings to aid late registrants for the November 6 general election. Middletown and Hamilton offices will have 9 p.m. closing times on specified dates, with registrations due by 9 p.m. September 26. Temporary district offices will be set up in townships and Fairfield City, with dates and locations announced later.
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Bitter County
Gray
Fairfield City
Monroe Town Hall
Lemon Township
Trenton City
Madison Township
Snyder shifts to county post in Butler County race
Ross H. Snyder executive vice president of First National Bank and former Middletown School Board president enters the race for Butler County Board of County Commissioners. He will run with Martin A. Lingler Jr. to replace Charles Jones who withdraws to run for state legislature. James R. Sexton remains in the race for the two seats with Snyder and Lingler. Colegrove plans to withdraw, citing business reasons, as part of the ongoing county political reshuffling.
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Butler County
Ross H. Snyder
The
First National Bank
Middletown School Board
Board of Commissioners
Snyder
Charles 4. Jones
Main St
Hamilton
Martin A. Lingler, Jr
Linden Ave
Middletown
Jones
Champion Paper
Ohio State
Uni
Cincinnati
Ohio National Guard
Camp Breckenridge
136Th Field Artillery Battalion
James R. Sexton
Colegrove
Board of Elections
Middletown Hospital Births Rise in July Report
Births at Middletown Hospital climbed to 189 against June, but fell 31 short of July 1955’s 220. Of the 189, 101 were boys and 88 were girls, with 124 Middletown births including 75 male. County totals show 80 male births and 61 female, with Warren 15 boys and 20 girls, Montgomery four boys five girls, Preble two boys one girl, and a girl born to a Lee County Kentucky resident.
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Middletown Hospital
Middletown
West
Excello
Trenton
Butler County
Warren
Montgomery
Preble
Lee County
Saturday Bath Day Shows Middletown Water Use Patterns
Long read on Middletown water work history reveals pumpage trends from 1924 to 1955. Records show 1953 sewer charges reduced lawn use while 1955 saw 65 percent of water pumped by local power. Summer heat and rainfall plus rising meters affect daily demand. Officials note spikes during hot days and TV viewing hours, with fire alarms and station readiness guiding pumping.
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C. H. Morningstar
City Water
Gardner Workers To Receive One Percent Pay Rise
Gardner Board and Carton Co announces a one per cent wage increase for all employees in August, adding to a prior forty four percent raise for hourly staff. The raise, about two cents an hour for hourly workers at Lockland and Middletown divisions, lifts annual cost to roughly one hundred thousand dollars. The cost of living increase follows the company’s plan started in 1950, tied to a city-wide index. Director Colin Gardner stated Middletown subsidiary Manchester Mapes is wholly owned by Gardner.
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Morningstar
Gardner Board and Carton Co
Colin Gardner
Lockland
Middletown
Gardner
Garda
Ae Niet Tebe Ployes Tanchester Mapes
July Building Permits See Sharp City Dip
July building starts in the city totaled 454,974 dollars with 73 permits issued. This follows four months averaging over a million dollars monthly and leaves yearly valuation at 5,432,375 dollars versus 6,609,699 in the first seven months of 1955. Largest permit went to Ranch Inn Inc for a 35,000 dollar single story on Clinton Street. Officials anticipate more industrial and commercial permits later in summer and early fall.
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Ludewig
Ranch Inn, Inc
Clinton Street
Liquor Chief Gets New Ride in State Agency Change
William J. Lee was named assistant director of the state element of liquor control in Columbus. He had been chief of the permit division and succeeds Judge Alan E. Schwarzwalder. An attorney, Lee joined the department in 1951 and will be replaced as permit chief by Abraham L. Greenspun.
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Columbus
Ohio
William J. Lee
Ele ‘Ment
Lee
Alan E. Schwarzwalder
Abraham L. Greenspun
Ground-Breaking For Union Hall Set In Hamilton
Ground breaking ceremonies for a new $125,000 union hall will be held at 3 30 p m Sunday on Symmes Road opposite the Fisher Body Plant Local 233 VAW CIO will preside with Thomas Rose as mourced Yeversa chairman an Hamilton Fairfield and Butler county industry representatives and union officers invited to participate Rose said
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Union Bui
Hamilton
Symmes Road
Fisher Body
Vaw-Cio
Thomas Rose
Mourced Yeversa
An- Hamilton
Fairfield
Butler County
Rose
Ranfi's One-Stop Brand Store in Small Town
A one-floor town shop touts top brand names at lower prices. Shoppers are invited to visit, browse, and compare values, with a promise of best quality for less at Ranfi's.
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Ranfi's
Ohio jobless claims dip as weekends numbers fall
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports 7,573 new claimants for the week, down from 9,414 prior week. Continuing claims rise to 49,619 from 46,947, with totals reflecting a softer short term labor market.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Assault at Golden Elk Cafe Leaves Charlie Osborne Injured
Charlie Osborne, 24, of 2012 Baltimore Street, suffered lip cuts after being hit in the mouth by a beer bottle at the Golden Elk Cafe on Yankee Road last night. Police described his condition today as satisfactory at Middletown Hospital.
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Charlies Osborne
Baltmore St
Golden Elk Cafe
Yankee Rd
Middletown
Osborne
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Ellis Taulbee
Omaha St
Russell Adkins
Janes Rd
Ayoy Artell Fores
Adkins
Elwood St
George Bowman
Flossie Harris
Cooper Alley
Taylor Dunn
Auburn
Samuel Garner
Sth Ave
John C. Dillon
Wildweed Rd
N. Main Street
Monay
Charles Harper
Ferrer St
Cecilia Harper
Piqua
Earl Lehman
Calumet Ave
Germantown Road
At the Movies
Paramount
Middletown Board of Elections
Middletown Federal Savings & Loan
Philer County
City
BY Jody Terney
Middletonians
Frank M. Ladewig
Liquor Chief
America
Rogers
Central Ave
Lton Ak
Bulova
Rie
Elgin
Ake
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