150 More Parking Lots to Open in Middletown Next Month
Middletown will add two new city parking lots bringing total metered spaces to about 460, City Manager Charles W. Thompson said. The Broad Verity lot at N Broad Street and N Very Parkway should be ready in about three weeks with 46 stalls, while the Vail and Manchester Avenues site with 100 spaces is due in six weeks after structures were removed. Thompson said the Broad Verity lot will be laid out like the Verity Central lot with hourly voters and mixed short and all day parking planned for Manchester Vail. Current lots provide space for 310 vehicles.
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Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Sroad_ Verily
Ola Fire Station
N. Broad Street
N. Very Parkway
Vail
Manchester Avenues
Manchester Vail
Thompson
Orchard Street
Manchester Road
S. Main Street
Lafayette Avenue
Verity Parkway
City delays vote on police permit overhaul and approves road work
City commissioners postponed action on an ordinance to revamp the police permit system. They unanimously awarded the 1 35 resurfacing contract to Walter L Follmer Co. for 50350, with the engineer's estimate at 58000. Other actions included curb and gutter repairs, door replacements at City Building, and appointments to the Fire Division.
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Virgil T. Clark
Walter L. Follmer Co
Hamilton
Armrel Paving Co
Roger H. Cowden Co. Inc
West Carrollton
Charles W. Thompson
Martin L. Bauer Construction Co
Clark
County Tax Office
Thompson
Motorist Sought After Child Struck At Home Step
Police seek driver who struck 8 year old Ina Sue Howard near 2013 Wayne Ave. The motorist left after aiding the girl who had a knee injury. she was treated and released from Middletown Hospital. A separate juvenile case involved a 16 year old causing a two car crash on S Main St with $150 damage.
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Theodore Thompson
Ina Sue Howard
Dexter Howard
Wayne Ave
Middletown Hospital
S. Main Street
10Th Ave
Robert Weaver
3Rd St
Trenton
Police Briefs Reported Thefts And Suspected Gas Vehicle Heist
A police brief lists stolen items from Franklin and Middletown area suspects. Items include two hubcaps from Woodrow Smith of 501 Sunnybrook Dr and a purse with a $27.52 check from Beth Eggleston of 3110 Keays Ave. A bicycle belonging to John Hilton Jr and a license tag 226217 from Wilburn Whitt were also taken. Two Middletown men aged 20 and 32 were arrested in connection with gas theft from K H Gregory Construction Co. vehicles on Lafayette Avenue and are in custody for investigation.
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Thef
Woodrow Smith
Sunnybrook Dr
Franklin
Armco
Beth Eggleston
Keays Ave
John Hilton Jr
S. Sutphin St
Wilburn Whitt
Ptl. Ofimas Rich
Middletown Area
K.H Gregory Construction Co
Lafayette Avenue
Son Robert Baker Missing After Detroit Visit
Pearl Baker of Butter Street Germantown says her son Robert 26 left for Detroit Michigan to visit a brother and she has not heard from him. he is six feet tall and weighs 150 to 169 pounds.
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Pearl Baker
Butter Street
Germantown
Robert
Detroit
Mich
Floor Lamp Tragedy Sees Woman Electrocuted at Home
Akron area report says 33 year old Mrs John Hippert of Cuyahoga Falls was electrocuted when she lifted a floor lamp while watering the back lawn. She was found on the back porch cement floor gripping the lamp in one hand and the hose in the other.
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Akron, Ohio
John Hippert
Cuyahoga Falls
Pilot Lands Without Power Near Hamilton County
Cleveland pilot Lloyd Baker aged 49 landed a two seat plane with engine trouble in a field near U S 27 and Springdale Road causing minor damage. The 1939 model craft belonged to King Bee Leasing Co and repairs were limited to propeller and landing gear. Baker has over 1200 hours of flight time and is a professional pilot.
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Cleveland
U.S. 27
Springdale Road
Hamilton County
King Bee Leasing Co
Lloyd Baker
Baker Reid
Bakers
Frank Gusman Co
Strongville
Ohio
Senate panel approves seven percent Social Security rise
The Senate Finance Committee approves a seven percent increase in Social Security benefits for about 12 million recipients and votes to raise payroll taxes. The panel also reduces public assistance boosts to states by 39 million dollars annually and moves the effective date to January 1 1959.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
House
Jay
Welfare
Arthur S.flemming
Senate
Lebanon Becomes Key Fuel Corridor for Socony Mobil Oil
Socony Mobil Oil announces a 16 million gallon Beaumont Texas pipeline terminal near Red Lion, Ohio. The facility will store Mobilgas Mobilgas Special and Mobilheat oil and feed southwestern Ohio customers via the Litt le Big Inch pipeline with dedication ceremonies led by Miss U S A 1998 and Miss Ohio Peggy Putnam in Ohio.
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Lebanon
Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Ohio
E. M. Thomas
Cincinnati
Thomas
Socony Mobil
Red Lion
Petroleaum
Mobil
Beaumont
Tex
Mobilgas
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Euly Me Lowell
Shreveport
Peggy Putnam
Wooster
Atlantic City
Butler County validates 9106 signs for anti union measure
Petitions with 10279 Butler County signatures moved to Columbus as 9106 valid and 1173 invalid. Most invalid due to non registration or name changes. Hamilton County reports 35921 valid and 1662 invalid. statewide 354,210 valid signatures needed for November vote.
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Butler
Columbus
Butler County Election Board
Hamilton County Election Board
Local Hospital Patient And Weekend Visiting News
Trenton Robert Page remains a patient at Middletown Hospital for an eye infection. weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Lightner and Mr and Mrs Charles Lightner and family from Charleston West Virginia. Sunday and Monday visitors were Mrs William Anderson of Lewisburg and Tuesday guests were Mrs Escol Smith and daughter Cathy of Hamilton.
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Robert Page
Middletown Hospital
Robert Selby
Harry Lightner
Charles Lightner
Charleston
W. Va
William Anderson
Lewisburg
Escol Smith
Cathy
Hamilton
Governor ONeill to Speak in Middletown Briefly
Governor C William ONeill will fly from Columbus to Middletown to speak at Germantown for a short visit. He is due to land about 515 PM and depart after two to three hours for the return flight to Columbus.
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C. William O'Neill
Middletown
Columbus
Germantown
Mortgages Rise in Warren County July Totals Soar
In Warren County during July, total real estate and chattel mortgages on file reached 3,033,550.87, up about 300,000 from June. Real estate mortgages totaled 2,538,212.66 with 671 chattel mortgages at 495,338.21. total recordings were 630, including deeds and miscellaneous filings.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Pearl Graham
Graham
Camden Driver Fined In Eaton Court For Assured Distance
Camden man Everett K. Phares was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Eaton Municipal Judge John P. Burke for violation of the assured clear distance law. State Patrolman H. L. Heinrichs filed the charges. Three men charged with DUI also received fines and suspended jail terms with weekend appeals.
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EATON
Camden
John P. Burke
Everett K. Phares
H. L. Heinrichs
Carl E. Adams
Richmond
Ind
Lincoln Adair
Ermine R. Ray
Lewisburg
Adams
Preble
Burke
Adair
Ray
Former Stark Ceramics Exec Enos A Stewart Dies
Enos A. Stewart 88, former president and general manager of Stark Ceramics Inc., died at home Wednesday. He also founded and led Sark Brick Co. in Canton Ohio.
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Canton, Ohio
Enos A. Stewart
Stark Ceramics, Inc
Sark Brick Co
Poole Killed in Cleveland Car Crash
George L Poole 33 a Buffalo New York salesman died in Cleveland when his car collided with a two other vehicles Wednesday. The Mackinac Bridge is described as the world s longest single suspension span rising 552 feet above Straits of Mackinac linking Mackinaw City to the north. Ignace on the north.
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A. C. Neff
Middletown
Arlington Knolls
Yellow Cab Co
Inland Container Corp
Bee Spencer
Edward Warders
New York Central System
North Middletown
Whittier Street
Cleveland (Ap
George L. Poole
Buffalo, N. Y
Mackinac
Straits of Mackinac
Mackinaw City
Ignace
Labor Bill Stalled In Committee In House Fight Ahead
Washington AP The House Labor Committee refused to consider a bill to curb unions delaying action for a floor vote Monday Some Republicans backed bringing up a Senate bill by Kennedy and Ives requiring union finances public disclosure and labor secretary subpoena power The bill would limit local union trusteeships to 18 months require secret ballot elections for officers with term limits four years for national officers three for locals and faces a partisan split vote later in the week
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
John F. Kenneay
D-Mass
Irving Ives
John J. Rhodes
Ranz
Carroll D Kearns
R-Ia
Republican Committee
Graham Barden
D-Nc
Ftr
Kearns
House
Secretary of Labor
Dny
Man Declines Test After Wallet Theft
A Mid dletonian missed a payroll check and $55 in cash in a wallet theft at the Ohio Bus Station. James Patrick claimed to have found the billfold and later recovered a $141 payroll check, but station officials disputed his account. Patrick did not appear for a lie detector test as his attorney later said.
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Ohio
James Patrick
Fairmount Ave
McGraw Construction Co
The
Journal
Patrick
Dave's Discount House Moves to New Main Street Location
Dave's Discount House announces a move from 55 S Main St to 49 S Main St the former Western Auto Store site. Lease negotiations were completed with Commercial Realty Co of Middletown. Alfred H. Landers, the store manager, says extensive remodeling is planned and all new merchandise will be displayed at the larger location.
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Dave's Discount House
S. Main St
Western Auto Store
Commercial Realty Co
Middletown
Alfred H. Landers
Stroke Fatal for Ohio Woman at Niagara Falls Hospital
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Worthington 81 of Pleasant City Ohio died Wednesday in a Niagara Falls hospital after suffering a stroke a week earlier.
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Niagara Falls, Ont
Elizabeth Ann Worthington
Pleasant City
Ohio
Niagara Falls
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