Armco Electrician Dies After 6600 Volt Shock at Plant
Donald Forster 40 senior electrician at Armco Steel Midway Works died after touching live equipment carrying 6600 volts. He fell, struck a beam, and collapsed. rushed to Armco Hospital then Middletown Hospital where he died about ten minutes later. Survived by wife Luella, daughter Phyllis Jean 20 and son James R 1, plus four brothers and three sisters. Body taken to Riggs Funeral Home.
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Donald Forster
Midway Works
Armeo Steel Ac
Forster
Arivco
Armco
Middletown
Arco
Middletown High School
Deince
Sweedy's Foods
S. Broad Street
Luella
Phyllis Jean
James R
Norman
Miami
Fla
Carl
Pittsburgh
Harold and
Robert
A. A. van Pelt
Aspinwall
A. Wombold
William McCabe
Puerto Rico
Riggs Funeral Home
Intruders steal $11 from Mrs Said’s apartment
Intruders removed a window screen and took $11 from the hiding place of Mrs Delores Said at 1700 Columbia Ave yesterday. Police answered at 10:20 PM and found the apartment ransacked with nothing else missing. A separate break-in at the R T Sant home at 4201 Manchester Rd yielded nothing.
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Delores
Columbia Ave
R.T. Sant
Manchester Rd
Woman Bitten by Large Yellow Cat Reported
Police brief says Ruby Scheil ing of 120 Pa'k Street told officers she was bitten Wednesday by a large yellow cat. She was treated by a doctor.
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Ruby Scheil
Pa'k St
Man Exposes Himself To Women On Central Avenue
Police were told a young man exposed himself to two women in the 2000 block of Central Avenue last night.
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Central Avenue
Van Gorden Barn Burns To Ground
A barn on Ben O Van Gorden’s farm at 5550 Princeton Rd in Hamilton burned late yesterday. Fire fed by stored hay leveled the barn with 2500 to 3000 bales lost along with a wheat drill and a corn planter. No livestock died. cattle were saved by Mrs. Morris Van Gorden and neighbors as firemen battled the blaze. Cause undetermined at response time.
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Hamilton
Ben O "van Gorden
Princeton Rd
Butler County Commissioners
Liberty
Fairfield
Morris van Gorden
Eugene Burger
van Gorden
Liremen
Second Baptist Plans Week of Fellowship Services
The Second Baptist Church announces Fellowship Week starting Sunday with Rev. I. P. Broaddus of Antioch Baptist Church Muncie Ind leading the 4 30 p m service. Altar and Futurian Guilds host day and weekday services feature ministers from several Baptist churches. Final service Sunday Aug 17 at 1 30 p m with Rev S Hodges of Pilgrim Baptist Church Hamilton.
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Second Baptist Church
I. P. Broaddus
Antioch Baptist Church
Muncie
Ind
Altar Guild
Futurian Guild
Joseph Pate
New Era Baptist Church
A. L. C¢ilin
New Prospect Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Sunshine Circle
James Allen
New Howe
Clyde Depew Cited For Speeding On Germantown Road
Clyde E Depew 18 of 517 Canal Street was cited for speeding on Germantown Road and released on $50 bond to appear in Municipal Court August 14.
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Clyde E. Depew
Canal St
Germantown Road
Two Minor Middletown Auto Crashes Reported
Police logged two damage incidents on Thursday. Mrs. Rose Windsor was sideswiped on Yankee Road at Lelfferson Road while another vehicle struck her car and fled. Roy E Holson’s sedan was hit by a truck on N Broad Street near Central, causing minor vehicle damage.
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Middletown
Rose Windsor
Carolina Ave
Yankee Road
Lelfferson
N. Broad Street
Central
Roy E. Holson
Erie Ave
Robert E. Serry
Fleming Rd
Berry
Holson
First Woman Joins Butler County Jury Board
Mrs. H. H. Lawrence of Middletown becomes the first woman named as jury commissioner in Butler County. Judges Boll Framer and Black announced her appointment along with A. J. Brainwart of Hamilton, who will jointly help select juries for the Common Pleas Court through the year. Mrs. Lawrence is wife of Woh. Lawrence, Middletown High School administrator.
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Butler County
Middletown
H.H. Lawrence
Woh. Lawrence
Middletown High School
Civil Service Exams Open in Columbus Area
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for accountant and auditor positions with salaries from 5985 to 7030 dollars annually in the Columbus Ohio region. Applications accepted until further notice with a preliminary deadline of August 25 1958 for yearly consideration.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Columbus
Ohio
Commission
Leora A. Price
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Columbus General Depot
U.S. Civil Service
U.S. Post Office
Cincinnati
Servicemen News Highlights Byrd and New Navy Recruits
Pvt. Sherley D. Byrd, wife Sheila, and parents live in Franklin Rt. 1, Byrd assigned to 24th Infantry Division 34th Armor in Germany. Byrd entered October 1957, trained at Fort Knox and arrived in Europe in June. Also notes Ronald L. Anderson and Lawrence Fugate completing recall training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes. Bluejackets graduated July 26 and return home on leave before fleet or shore duties.
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Sherley
D. Byrd
Sheila
Grover, Byrd
Todd. Rd
Franklin Rt. 1
24Th Infantry Division
34Th Armor
Germany
Byrd
Headquarters and Service Company
Army
Ft. Knox
Europe
Jane
Lemon Monroe High School
Ronald L. Anderson
Florence M. Anderson
Morrow
Lawrence
Fugate
Ralph B. Fugate
South Lebanon
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Speeding Charge Against Cincinnati Driver
A Cincinnati service station employee was arrested at 7 30 a m for speeding on North Main Street. Stanley Smith faces a charge of driving a pickup at 60 mph in a 35 mph zone and is held on a 15 bond.
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Mister Franklin
Cincinnati
N. Main Street
Stanley Smith
Franklin
Motorist Sought Who Struck Girl Then Left Scene
An unidentified driver struck 12 year old Claudina Rae Frisch on a bicycle near Trenton yesterday afternoon and drove her home. She suffered head cuts and bruises and could only vaguely describe the car. Patrols seek the motorist for questioning after two witnesses failed to get a license plate.
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Trenton
State Highway Patrol
Claudina Rae Frisch
Raymond Frisch
Trenton Rt. 1
Miltonville
Van Cliburn Triumphs in Hollywood Bowl Shows
AP reports Van Cliburn dazzled Hollywood with two consecutive Hollywood Bowl concerts drawing 38 000 attendees and earning 10000 per performance. Critics praised his Tchaikovsky concerto and lauded his Rachmaninoff, while Cliburn warned against becoming a flash personality and outlined plans to rest and plan his future touring mainly in the Soviet Union and parts of Europe.
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Hollywood
van Cliburn
Soviet Union
Texas
Hollywood Bowl
Van
Cliburn
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninoff
Albert Goldberg
The
Los Angeles Times
Painist
California
Siberia
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Tragic Cisterna Drowning Claimed TwoYearOld at Gran’s Home
In Georgetown Ohio Glenda Kay Kinder two drowned after falling into a cistern at her grandmother's Ripley residence. Grandmother Lloyd Kinder Sr. reported she saw the child fall but could not reach her in time.
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Tot
Georgetown
Ohio
Glenda Kay Kinder
Ripley
Lloyd Kinder Sr
Glenda Kay
Butler County suits seek large judgments over 1957 crashes
Donald Butler of Cincinnati sues Dennis Mannin and Kroger Co. in Butler County Common Pleas Court for 55 285 for injuries from a July 12 1957 rear end collision on U S 127 in Fairfield. Monnin and Kroger Co. trucks cited as causing the crash. Earl D Stahlheber of Hamilton sues Dan Murphy for 79 007 17 after a January 10 motorcycle collision at New London and Ross Hanover Roads. He claims fractures and loss of use of his left arm and hand.
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Donald Butler
Cincinnati
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Dennis Mannin
Houston
Ohio
Rt. 1
Kroger Co
Hamilton
U.S. 127
Fairfield
Monnin
Bucher
Earl D. Stahlheber
Heaton ‘St
Dan Murphy
Davis Rd
New London
Ross- Hanover
Judge Seeks $50 703.35 from Trailer Court Operator
Mrs. Marjorie McCaleb sues Homer McFadden of Miami Trailer Court Venice in Common Pleas Court seeking 50 703.35 for injuries from an October incident when she says the defendant’s agent struck her and knocked her down in a laundry room. She cites back and spine injuries and medical costs. Divorce suits listed include Lucent Combs vs Harlan Combs and Norma McCord vs Wesley McCord.
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Marjorie McCaleb
Venice
Common Pleas Court
Homer McFadden
S. 4Th St
Hamilton
Miami
McCaleb
Signatures Reviewed In Ohio Right To Work Petition Drive
Butler County officials said first week checks on Ohioans for Right to Work petitions show many invalid signatures. Cleveland saw about 30 percent invalid in early checks while Hamilton County reported 3 percent. If statewide trends hold, 464,000 of 1,000 plus signatures could drop to about 325,000, with 354,000 needed for a constitutional amendment ballot.
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Butler County Board of Elections Today
Ohio
Cleveland
Hamilton County
Ohioans
Right To Work, Inc
Secretary of State
Truck Lost On Freeway In LA Dramatic Interstate Disappearance
Roy Wheeler of St. Louis reports most possessions vanished on the Los Angeles freeway system after a move with friend William Flowers. Flowers, the truck, and furniture disappeared during a multi level interchange, sparking a police search and motel-direction alert for any spotted vehicle.
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Los Angeles
Roy Wheelers
St. Louis
William Flowers
Flowers
Ben
Kiwanis View Of Birds Of Ohio Shown At Club
Herbert Austing of Standard Oil Cincinnati presented a film titled Beautiful Birds of Ohio at the Kiwanis Club noon meeting held at the Manchester Hotel. The movie depicted Ohio birds in nests feeding young and defending them against predators.
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Herbert Austing
Standard Oil
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kiwanis Club
Manchester Hotel
Nature Boy prowler report spurs city complaints
A 12 year old babysitter saw a nude prowler peering through a window at the McConaughy home on Princeton Avenue opposite City Manager Thompson. Police could not locate the suspect. This marks the sixth or seventh similar report since January. A second prowler call came from 1316 Baltimore Street at 10:45 p m.
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Rose Lawn
Janet Wendi
Garden Ave
City Heart
Robert McConaughy
Princeton Ave
McConaughys
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Fellowship meetings spotlight Hamilton and Columbus events
The Rev. J. J. Jordan and the Israel Baptist Church men’s choir in Hamilton will lead Sunday services at 7:00 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church. The Rev. Willie Bankston and his Friendship Baptist Church choir and congregation will be guests at Phillips Chapel CM& Church Sunday at 3 p.m. This closes the fellowship series before the pastor attends the annual conference in Columbus.
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J. J. Jordan
The
Israel Baptist Church
Hamilton
Friendship Baptist Church
Willie Bankston
Phillips Chapel
Columbus
Jaywalkers Face Fine Across City
New York pedestrians now face a $2 fine as the Police Department steps up an educational campaign after weeks of outreach. The program aims to reduce jaywalking and improve traffic safety citywide.
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Webster's New Collegiate
New York
U.S. Funds Save Spires at Oxford Reach Million Dollar Mark
London AP reports a fundraising push to save Oxford University's spires has topped the minimum goal of 4.9 million dollars with a million dollars from the Ford Foundation leading the largest single donation. Lord Bridges, chair of the building appeal, confirmed the milestone.
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London
Oxford
America
Lord Bridges
Ford Foundation
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Second Baptist Plans Services
Dea
Merriam-Webster
Merriam
Main
Mrs. Lawrence
Wong Boss
San Francisco
Peter Cavanaugh
Doreen Wong
Coast Guard League
Butler County Courts
Lucent Combs
Harlan Combs
Norma McCord
Wesley McCord
Pisgah
Kiwanis
Dinette
McConaughy
Sam Moore
Ptl
Robert Trimble
Baltimore St
Colored News
U.S
Save Spires
Manchester Avenue
Middletown, Ohio
Harold’s Outlet Store
Freeman
Central Ave
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