Federal aid eyed for Dick's Creek flood problems
Butler County officials met in Hamilton to explore federal flood control aid tied to a Dick's Creek soil conservation district. A preliminary survey would assess damage and costs with the federal government paying engineering and construction, local agencies covering easements and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
Dick's Creek
Couriey Thompson
Tody
Thompson
Francis Carmody
City Commission
Manchester Road
T. C. Kenard
Soil Conservation Service
Kenard
Louisville
Monroe Urges Extreme Water Conservation During Emergency
Monroe Mayor Gordon Reed issued a plea for residents to use water very sparingly for 32 hours as heavy rains flood Miller Creek. The village pumping motor failed, forcing a switch to an auxiliary unit that burned out, leaving the standpipe only half full and pressure unreliable. Firefighters hauled water from Blue Ball and Muddietown to meet demand while repairs and water-hauling facilities are sought.
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Monroe
Gordon Reed
Reed
Miller Creek
Hamilton
Monroe v
Blue Ball
Charles Thompson
Muddietown
Nine Die In Ohio Road Toll In Nine Hours
Nine people perished in five Ohio crashes within nine hours on Friday with three crashes causing multiple deaths. A triple fatality near Ashland involved a Mount Clemens Michigan family at the U S routes 224 and 250 intersection. Killed were Louis Alexander and two daughters Lois and Georgia. mother Dorothy Alexander was critically injured.
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Ashland
U. S
Mount Clemens
Mich
Cers
Louis G. Alexander
Lois
Georgia
Dorothy Alexander
Ansland Samaritan Hospital
Nancy
William Francis
Thomas
Brookville
James McPride
Joan
Shelby
Ohio
Richland County
McBrides
Cynthia
Howard D. Underhill
Ruth
Louise
Shelby Hospital
Ben Braden
Carey
Ray Moreheart
Findlay
Richard Dennison
Rt. 2
Michael
Highway Patrol
Braden
Dennison
Levi L. Yost
Akron
Harold L. Elliot
U. S. 224
Lodi
William Bachte
Barberton
Break-Ins Net Thieves $40 In City
City detectives report three break-ins at two gas stations and an auto agency netted the thieves about $40 in cash. Foster Lickliter service station on Central Ave lost 15.20 dollars from a window entry. Highley Bros. Service Station on Sutphin St. was entered through a window with no losses recorded. Heber Jones Inc. on Verity Pkwy saw 27 dollars taken from a cigarette machine after a window entry. Investigating were Detectives Crout Barrett and Fouts Poling and Captain Fitzgerald.
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Foster Lickliter
Central Ave
Dets
Roy Crout
Douglas Barrett
John Fitzgerald
Highley Bros
S. Sutphin St
Crout and Barrett
Heber Jones Inc
N. Verity Pkvy
Paul iFouts
Ed Poling
Steel Price Hearings Set by Senate Subcommittee
A Senate anti-trust subcommittee called on President Eisenhower to press industry and labor leaders to maintain price and wage stability after major steel producers boosted prices by about 1.25 a ton. The panel voted to convene brief hearings possibly next week to probe potential anti-trust violations.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Goldfine Firm Faces SEC Action In Court
The SEC will pursue court action against East Boston Co. for failing to file its 1957 annual financial report by the deadline. East Boston, tied to various Goldfine properties, has repeatedly missed filing requirements over eight years. The agency may seek contempt or refer the case to prosecutors, with potential penalties up to two years in prison and $10,000 fines.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
East Boston Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
East Boston
Goldfine
ISEC
House
Boston
Sherman Adams
SEC
Aken
Adams
Eisenhower
White House
Commission
Federal District Court
Justice Department
Dag Hammarskjold Prepares for UN Middle East Meeting
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold rushed arrangements for a possible U.N. Security Council session on the Middle East amid hopes Khrushchev might attend. Delegates doubted he could finalize talks by Eisenhower's target date of August 12 as the council eyed a summit within the council.
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United Nations. N.Y
Dag Hammariskjold
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Khrushchev
Hammarskjed
Eisenhower
Council
U.S
Custers Soldiers Buried at Last in Montana Cemetery
Three cavalrymen from Custer's command who died in the Little Bighorn battle have been buried at Custer Battlefield National Cemetery. Their remains were uncovered recently by an archaeological team at the site where Custer and his men were killed eighty two years ago.
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Billings
Mont
Custer
the Little Big Horn
Custer Pattlefield National Cemetery
Hungarian Refugee Langyel Honors 32 Givers at SJSU Graduation
Hungarian refugee Alfonz Langyel 37 who fled communist prison in 1956 cites gratitude to 32 individuals in his San Jose State College graduation invitation. The note lists those who aided his new life and faith.
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San Jose
Calif
Alfonz Langyel
San Jose State College
Langyel
Thirteenth Time Trips Trenton Driver In Crash Series
Fred Dennis 26 of Trenton was in two auto crashes and fled the scene before arrest on charges of driving while intoxicated and fleeing an accident. The 1950 car sideswiped vehicles owned by David Reece Jr. and Coy Brown on Lafayette Avenue, causing $750 in damage. Dennis then rear ended Roscoe Sloan and another crash caused injuries to Sloan’s wife Edna. Dennis had prior suspensions and no license.
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Fred Dennis
Potter St
Trenton
Polce
Dennis
Jefferson
Yankee Road
Middletown
David
Reece Jr
Well Rd
Coy Brown
Dixie Hwy
Lafayette Avenue
Robert Walton
Reece
Knase
Armco
Pa. Judd
Butler County Sheriff's S Office
James Davis
Davis
Roscoe Sloan
Mohawk
Sloan
Edna Sloan
Mid‘qatetown Hospital
Heavy Rains Strike Germany and Austria Killing Nine
Violent summer storms ripped across Germany and Austria Friday night leaving at least nine dead and scores hurt. Three lakeside resorts near Klagenfurt reported five deaths with victims including three Austrians, a German and a Briton. In Germany a roadside inn collapsed during 70 mph winds at Toepen, killing two, and two men died from electrocution by falling high tension wires in Bavaria and the Palatinate.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Austria
Klagenfurt
Toepen
Bavaria
Palatinate
Snakes Flee Cairo Fire Scare
Firemen faced flames in an east Cairo slum as a blaze swept through a canvas and sackcloth depot. Snakes fled the burning depots and thousands fled into the streets while 22 firemen were injured. Fifteen snakes were killed and eight people were aided to hospital.
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Cairo
Middletonian Is Sentenced for Burglary in Mansfield Reformatory
Shelby Keller twenty of 2218 Queen Avenue was sentenced to an indeterminate term in Mansfield Reformatory by Judge Fred B. Cramer in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Keller was indicted for burglary for breaking into soft drink machines outside Pat's Super Market Eagles Corner in March. Officers said Keller had prior theft and burglary convictions in 1953 and was arrested for intoxication disorderly conduct and resisting arrest while under indictment.
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Shelby Keller
Queen Ave
Mansfield Reformatory
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Keller
Pat's Super Market
Eagles Corner
Crash Injures Hamilton Woman
Nora Kathryn Strong, 37, of 532 Ludlow St., Tramilton, was injured in a morning crash on Oxford State Road about a mile west of U S 25. She suffered chest and head injuries and was admitted to Middletown Hospital at 8 35 AM. State patrol said the eastbound driver lost control on wet pavement and struck a bridge. she was alone in the automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Kathryn Strong
Ludlow St
Tramilton
Oxford State Road
U. S. 25
400 Frigidaire Recall At Dayton Plant
About 400 Frigidaire Division General Motors plant workers in Dayton will be recalled immediately due to rising sales. Herman F. Lehman Frigidaire’s general manager stated the recall was prompted by increased demand and sales.
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Frigidaire
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Frigidaire Division
General Motors Corp
Immed
Iately
Herman F. Lehman
Frigidaire’s
Rev. Swanger to be Installed as Salem Pastor in Wooster
The Rev. Eugene Swanger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swanger of 310 Monroe Street, is scheduled to be installed as pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Wooster. The ceremony, officiated by Rev. Kenneth Priebe, marks Salem’s first full-time pastor in 130 years. Swanger, a 1954 Capital University graduate, previously interned in Sterling, Illinois, and held campus leadership roles at Capital University.
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Eugene Swanger
Robert Swanger
Monroe St
Salem Lutheran Church
Wooster
Kenneth Priebe
Ohio
American Lutheran Church
Swanger
Salem
Bethlehem Lutineran
Paul D. Bergdall
Capital University
Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary
Columbus
Mr. Swanger
Middletown High School
Capital
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio State University
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Sterling
Ill
The
Chimes
Alumni Bulletin
Jobless Pay Claims Drop Amid Summer Plant Restarts
Renewed activity by plants closed for summer vacations reduced unemployment claims to the second lowest of the year. For the week ended July 19 the number of people on jobless benefits fell 72 100 to 2 555 300, with new claims down 32 500 to 318 700 for the week ended July 26.
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Washington
Labor Department
Reil
Charges Filed In Dayton Death
Dayton handyman Washington Hayes aged 48 is bound over to the Montgomery County grand jury on a $5,000 bond for first degree murder in the July 2 fatal shooting of bootlegger Austin Winton aged 61. Winton died five days after the quarrel over whisky price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Washington Hayes
Hayes
Memigomery County Grand Jury
Austin Winton
Winton
Layton
Buy At Home Rule Explored By Chamber On School Bids
Chamber hears Woodruff explain state law requires sealed bids for building projects of six thousand dollars or more and bans local labor mandates. He notes lowest responsible bid wins but distinguishes general purchases from construction bids and urges seeking best price, locally when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Woodruff
Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Woodruff
Ohio
Board of Education
Ruff
ONeill Names Committee To Study Rain Hit Crops
Gov. ONeill orders a state wide crop damage survey led by Dr. James R. Hay to assess rains impact across Ohio. The report could push for federal disaster designation and low interest loans. Crop damage spans wheat corn oats soybeans sugar beets barley tobacco and tomatoes with fear of fall income losses.
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O’neill
Columbus. Ohio
Ohio
James R. Hay
C. William O'Neill
O'Neill
Eisenhower
O Neill
David T. Hermann
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Douglas R. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Wilbur B. Wood
Agriculture Extension Service
Ohio State University
Russell C. Handy
U. S. Crop Reporting Service
Howard Goddard
State Farmers’ Home Administration
Granite City Steel announces price rise on flat rolled steel
Granite City Steel Co. announces an average increase of 428 per net ton on most flat rolled steel products. The rise, announced Friday, aligns with similar hikes from other producers this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City, Ill
Granite City Steel Co
Two Fire Department Aids by Emergency Squad
The fire department's emergency squad made two runs yesterday. At 2 55 p m firefighters aided Dwight Thornsbury, 25, 2011 Oneka Ave., who was having trouble breathing, but he was not hospitalized. At 8 05 p m they aided Dennis Pennington, 609 Elsmere St., in a run to that address.
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1St Avenue
S. Clinton Street
Dwight Thornsbury
Oneka Ave
Dennis Pennington
Elsmere St
Theft Reported of Items Valued at 76 Dollars
Thelma Lindsey of 1517 Hood Avenue told sheriff's deputies that phonograph records water glasses and other items valued at 76 dollars were taken from the attic of her home. Attic door was forced according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Lindsey
Hood Ave
Property damage claim over fencing cut at John Paullin home
John Paullin of West Middletown reports to deputies that someone cut fencing on his property causing about $100 in damage. He states he will pursue the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paullin
West Middletown
Ht. 1
Denuties
Police Briefs: Raleigh Payne Arrested on Forgery Charge
Detectives arrested Raleigh Payne aged 29 of 711 Pinta Ave on a forgery charge. Authorities say the alleged crime involved a reneck for 28.75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Payne
Pinta Ave
Theft of 16 gauge shogun at 1020 Columbia Ave reported
Robert Woodward of 1020 Columbia Ave reports a home theft yesterday. A 16 gauge shogun valued at 150 dollars was taken from his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woodward
Columbia Ave
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