Commission Votes Short Meeting Amid City Business
City commissioners met in a brisk three-session brief with Vice Chairman Dr. R. A. Hill leading. They approved a name change for East Way Boulevard to Breie Boulevard and set water tap costs to reflect actual expenses, while approving sewer and street project payments and addressing police, traffic, and employee pay negotiations.
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R. A. Hill
Municipal Court Room
St Way Boulevard
Breie! Boulevard
Charles W Thompson
East Way Boule
Levy And Shopping Center Topics Tonight At Franklin
Franklin residents hear two issues in one night as a three mill operating levy goes to a vote this fall and a public hearing on a $500000 shopping center near U S 25 is held. The City Council special session starts at 5 30 p m to forward the levy to the Warren County Board of Elections before August 10. At 8 p m the planning commission will host a hearing on rezoning the site from residential to business for the new shopping facility led by Ed Mayer.
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Franklin
Warren County Board of Elections
U.S. 25
Ed Mayer
4Th St
John Shotwell
Larne van Arsdale
Milton Anderson
Joe McCabe
Attorney Seeks Damages Over Bar Association Charges
Youngstown Ohio attorney Clinton J Wall sues three Mahoning County Bar Association investigating committee members for 900000 dollars alleging malice in charging him and permitting publication of misconduct accusations. Defendants Paul Stevens Raleigh Swanner and Robert Murphy declined comment.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning
Paul Stevens
Raleigh P. Swanner
Robert Murphy
Tot Swallows Turpentine Reported OK
A 15 month old baby Michael Smith of 405 Young St. was admitted to Middletown Hospital after swallowing turpentine at 7 20 p m and listed in good condition today. Other incidents included a 19 month old Donald Lambert who ate cockroach paste and a 73 year old Bertha Augspurger with injuries from a fall.
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Middletown Hospital
Michael Smith
Betty Smith
Young St
Donald Lambert
Donald J. Lambert
Fleming Rd
Train Hits Stalled Car on Armco Tracks in Excello
Middletown woman Violet Pope, 38, escaped with minor injuries after her stalled car was hit by a B&O train on Ohio 4 at Excello crossing. Four children were unhurt. Pope stopped for a crossing, a second auto moved around, and the train struck the car at 6:45 p.m. Engineer H L Robinson, 55, of Hamilton, reported the incident. damage to the train was light.
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Middletown
Chidren
Armco
Ohio
Excello
Violet Pope
Oxford State Rd
Middletown Hospital
B&o Steel
H.L. Robinson
Hamilton
Y Girls Camp Registration Deadline Nears
Mrs. Della Mary DeJerus announces the YMCA Girls Camp deadline next Thursday for the Aug. 14 24 session at Camp Hook. Fees are 22 for members 24 for non members. Girls eight years old or older may sign up in the Y lobby 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and 9 am to noon Saturday.
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YMCA
Della Mary DeJerus
Camp Hook
Man Injured After Fall Entering City Jail
Harvey Colwell Sr., 38, suffered a forehead cut and a fractured left wrist when he fell yesterday on steps to the city jail after an intoxication arrest in the 1200 block of Central Avenue. He was treated at Middletown Hospital. Colwell jerked away from officers guiding him to jail and was arrested by Detective Roy Crout and Acting Detective Louis Janka as they found him trying to enter a closed store.
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Central Avenue
Harvey Colwell Sr
Middletown
Colwell
Roy Crout
Louis Janka
Fire department aids resident at 63 S Main St
An emergency unit responded to 63 S Main St at 6 25 a m to assist Rebecca Turner 57 of the same address. Turner was taken to Middletown Hospital by McCoy Leffler ambulance. The text also notes linguistic terms for mink used by different cultures.
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S. Main St
Rebecca Turner
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Middletown Safety Council Plans School Poster Contest
The Middletown Safety Council fire prevention division approved a September poster contest to spark interest in safety. James Schreiber led the session with a report from Capt. Howard Gall showing 162 fire runs in the first six weeks of 1955 versus 195 in 1954, with grass fires dropping from 62 to 28 aided by fewer lots and more rain.
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Middletown Safety Council
James Schreiber
Howard Gall
Fire Prevention Bureau
Gall
Police Briefs: Several arrests and thefts reported
Police yesterday arrested Frank Thieneman on an assault and battery warrant at his home on 6th Avenue. Officers responded to a report of a man pulling a screen from a back door on Hill Avenue but could not locate him. Haywood Aldridge said his wife Marie and two children are missing from their Sycamore Street home. Three men from Hamilton were jailed at LeSourdsville Lake for disorderly conduct. Russell Day reported a mower worth 92.50 stolen from his garage after 10 p.m. Tuesday. Colonel Smith was arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge in the 700 block of Baltimore Street.
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Frank Thieneman
6Th Ave
Haywood Aldridge
Sycamore St
Marie
William Helton
Vernon Riest
Ralph Jones
Hamilton
LeSourdsville Lake
Russell
Harrison St
Colonel Smith
Young St
Baltimore Street
Theft of bicycles reported by three residents
Pat Johnson of 1333 Woodlawn Ave Earnest Darnold of 423 McKinley St and Douglas Cox of 515 Moore St report bicycle thefts yesterday in the neighborhood.
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Pat Johnson
Woodlawn
Earnest Darnold
McKinely St
Douglas Cox
Moore St
Welding Co Family Picnic Set At LeSourdsville Lake
The United Welding Co annual family picnic is planned for this Saturday at LeSourdsville Lake. Activities include a baseball game, horseshoe eliminations and contests with prizes awarded throughout the day.
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United Welding Co
LeSourdsville Lake
Greaseless T-4-L Fungicide Ad At Cascade Stores
An old ad touts a fast acting antifungal product T-4-L promising relief from athlete's foot in one hour. It claims the lotion removes outer skin to expose buried fungi and kills on contact. Availability advertised at Castall Cut Rate and drug stores.
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Castell
Middletonian Is Arrested After Wreck
Paul Richardson of 1719 Columbia Ave Middletown charged with reckless operation after a two car crash near Germantown Dam on Creek Road. He was in a car with Fay Richardson and Pat Spivey. Lester Davidson and Jim Smiley were in the other vehicle. Deputy Harlan Grooms said Richardson lost control at high speed, both cars damaged, no injuries.
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Middletown
Paul Richardson
1719 Columbia Ave
Germantown Dam
Richardson
Montgomery County
Snapshot Contest In Progress at Middleton Sportsmen Club
Outdoor sports themed entries are being judged in the Middleton Town Sportsmen's Club snapshot contest. Members must submit up to two photos to the club office by Sept. 9, with judging by Dave Bohlander, former AP photographer, and first and second place trophies awarded at the October meeting.
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Middletown Sportsmen
Dave Bohlander
Associated Press
Two Middletonians Leave For Induction
Two Middletown volunteers departed Local Board No. 10 for military induction at Ft. Thomas. Thomas Edward Toth of 2112 Yankee Road and John Mount Wiley of 605 South Main Street both graduated from college in June 1955, Toth from the University of Dayton and Wiley from Miami University in Oxford.
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Middletown
Local Board No. 10
Ft. Thomas
Thomas Edward Toth
Yankee Rd
John Mount Wiley
S. Main St
Tothe
University of Dayton
Wiley
Miami University
Oxford
Reichelderfer and Montgomery enter Middletown school board race
Two more Middletonians, Don E. Reichelderfer and Paul C. Montgomery, filed petitions to run for the board of education alongside Joseph Woodruff and Charles Reuthe. Reichelderfer, an Armco Steel Corp. controller, joins a slate of candidates amid district population and inflation concerns. Nominating petitions also include Lemon Township officials and a Trenton mayoral hopeful. filing ends next Wednesday.
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Board of Education
Don E. Reichelderfer
Manchester Rd
Paul C. Montgomery
Spencer
Reichelderfer
Montgomery
Joseph Woodruff
Charles Reuthe
Armco Steel Corp
Tee
Middletown
Lemon-Monroe
Citizens Committee
Lemon Township
Trenton
Cecil W. Ach Sr
Oho Ave
William C. Miller
Manchester Ave
Township Board of Trustees
Clifford H. Stewart
Monroe
Otis Cole
Sheffield St
Constable
Lammie Bailey
S. Main St
Justice of the Peace
Board of Election Office
New Met Director Named James J. Rorimer
James J. Rorimer, 50, named new director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by board president Roland L. Redmond. He succeeds Francis Henry Taylor who retired last June. Rorimer is a Cleveland native and Harvard graduate who has been active in art circles since college days.
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New York
James J. Rorimer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rorimer
Roland L. Redmond
Metropolitan Board
Francis Henry Taylor
Cleveland
Metropolitan Museum
Harvard
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount presents Lady and the Tramp and Creature With the Atom Brain and It Came From Beneath the Sea with multiple nightly showtimes. Strand offers Wicked Woman and The Raid with varied lists. Colonial screens Son of Sinbad Rage at Dawn and a Jeanne Duras feature with Mommy in order. Dixie Cruise In features Everything I Have Is Yours and Jeonardy plus Friday nights Five Guns West and Gang Busters.
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Paramount
Socorro
Robert and
CosteHo
Dixie Cruise
Jeonardy
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Foley Construction Co
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AFL
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C.B. Stiles
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Sion
Harold W. Whitesell
Shaddock’s Market
Germantown Rd
No. 4 Fire Company
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Sutphin Street
E. Central Avenue
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Superior Avenue
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Ator
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Broad ST
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St. Trenton
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Ann Trenwith
West Union
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