Nine Hurt in Busy Middletown Hospital Weekend
Nine persons received medical attention at Middletown Hospital after accidents and injuries over the weekend. Injuries ranged from fractures and lacerations to stitches, including Diana Miller 8 fracturing both bones in a forearm Leona Gillespie 35 with a torn thumb ligament Hugh Yeary 12 concussed and stitched after a bicycle fall Marion Satterfield 54 amputated fingertip changing blades Tommy Richards 12 lacerated hand with 12 stitches Donald Boyd 6 foot laceration five stitches Leonard Perry 45 finger cut and six stitches Joy Plumbo 32 leg wound five stitches Rodney Barker 4 finger cut while cleaning fish six stitches.
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Middletown Hospital
Diana Miller
Virgil Miller
Franklin
Trenton
Leona Gillespie
Armco Park
Hugh Yeary
James Yeary
S. Main St
Tommy Richards
Foster Richards
Donald Boyd
Bill Boyd
Smith Ave
Sanday
Leonard Perry
Joy Plumbo
Burton Road
Rodney Barker
Red Bud Drive
Gun Seller Gets Sentence in Slaying Case
Cincinnati Police Court Judge Clarence Denning sentenced Robert L. Dukes to a maximum six month workhouse term plus a $100 fine for selling a gun to Houston Nelson, 18, who was involved in the holdup slaying of Mrs. Bernice Wilson. Nelson later received a life term after Gov. DiSalle commuted his murder sentence.
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Cincinnati
Clarence Denning
Robert L. Dukes
Houston Nelson
Nelson
Michael DiSalle
Bernice Wilson
Dukes
Ohio Penitentiary
Wilson
Franklin Records 3rd Fire Death As Blaze Hero Dies
Claude Horn, Franklin’s heroic grandfather who rescued his daughter-in-law and two grandchildren from a bungalow fire, died at Middletown Hospital after serious burns. Mrs Horn and children were recovering. Horn’s death marks Franklin’s third fire death this year. Funeral arrangements are listed with Riggs Funeral Home.
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Franklin
Claude Horn
Middletown Hospital
Horn
Shirley Horn
Robin
Sheila
Coyle Vote Machine Goes Into Production in Lima
The Coyle voting machine is in production at Leanox Machine Tool Builders in Lima. Inventor Martin A. Coyle announced machines will be ready for November elections and that company stock is now open to public subscription.
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Hamilton
Coyle
Leanox Machine Tool Builders
Lima
Martin A. Coyle
Coyle Voting Machine Co
George V. Taylor
Dolph Maslar
Miami Beach
Fla
Gordon Augspurger
Arthur Reiff
Butler County Board of Commissioners
Jesse Pochard
Butler County
Pepper cargo nets profit from Magellan voyage voyage
A fragment notes that a cargo of pepper loaded in the East Indies more than covered the expenses of Ferdinand Magellan's initial around the world voyage.
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East Indies
Ferdinand Magellan
Training, Cash Offered Educated Moms Sought For New Teacher Pool
Miami University plans a two year co op program to turn liberal arts educated mothers into teachers. A Ford Foundation grant funds the pilot with stipends and teacher in intern pairing. Applicants apply through Cincinnati and Dayton school offices.
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Oxford
Miami University
Cincinnati
Dayton
Miami
Ford Foundation
L. Warren Nelson
School of Education
Nelson
City Cited By Safety Council for Traffic Safety Progress
Middletown received special recognition from the National Safety Council for its 1959 general report on traffic safety showing a five per cent improvement over 1958. City Manager Charles W. Thompson accepted the award, noting prior NSC recognition for outstanding merit in the school traffic safety program last year.
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Middletown
National Safety Council
Charles W. Thompson
The
Dealer's plates stolen from car outside lounge
Police report states license plates were stolen from a Howe Motor Co. car parked outside the Satellite Cocktail Lounge in Franklin. Don ald Bollin of 101 Shafer St. told police of the theft.
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Howe Motor Co
Franklin
Donald Bollin
Shafer St
Bicycle theft report in Sunset Park
A bicycle owned by Daniel Neal of 1706 Highland Street was reported stolen from Sunset Park.
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Daniel Neal
Highland St
Sunset Park
West Chester Youth Killed In Bicycle Crash
A 14 year old West Chester boy, Robert F Simone, was killed when struck by a car on Cox Road near Tylersville Road. Kenneth Turpin, state trooper, said the youth rode south with a companion. driver Roland E Hickman swerved to avoid him but hit the boy, who died later at Mercy Hospital. The crash increased Butler County's 1960 traffic deaths to 23. Requiem High Mass planned at St John Church West Chester.
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West Chester
Mason
Mercy Hospital
Robert F
Bobby) Simone
Alman Simone
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Kenneth ‘Turpin
Cox Road
Tylersville Road
Roland E. Hickman
Cincinnati
Simone
Hickman
Turpin
West Chesel
Bill Mobley
West Chese
Rt 1
Bu Jst
Schmidt-Dhonau
Reading
St. John Church
Funerial
Miami To Hold 3-Week Class On Racial Equality
In Miami Florida a three week CORE program begins with twenty five college students forming a class led by CORE executive James Robinson. The course covers theory and ends with direct action to confront barriers against Negroes.
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Miami
Fla
Congress of Racial Equality
James Robinson
Lightning Strikes Twin Ends of Farrell Barn in Pa
A bolt of lightning hit the south end of John Farrell’s barn Sunday night in Sonestown Pennsylvania. Neighbors joined a bucket brigade to fight the fire. About 30 minutes later a second bolt struck the north end, destroying the barn.
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Sonestown
John Farrell
Farrell
Blackhawk Twirlers Win Fourth National Baton Title
The Miller's Blackhawk Drum and Baton Crops of Dayton won the national baton twirling contest for the fourth straight year in Elkhart Indiana. Five Middletonians performed with the 40 member group Corky and Kathy O Friel Judy Hall Pete Raine and John Palmer. Corky was runner up to Miss Baton Twirler of 1960 and Bonnie Welsh of Lebanon was named grand national champion baton twirler. The United States Twirling Association sponsored the event.
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Blackhawk
Dayton
Elkhart
Ind
Charles Palmer
Shafer St
Corky
Bonnie Welsh
Lebanon
Blackhawk Group
United States
Bike Rider Injured In Accident In Middletown
A 13 year old Elman Drive youth, Tom Perry, was treated at Middletown Hospital for leg cuts and arm and thigh abrasions after a 4 45 p m collision with a 17 year old girl on Goldman Avenue. The girl Mary A 17 of Kensington Street said she saw the bike in her lane and braked. Perry said he was in the left lane but had stopped beside a parked car. Damage to the car driven by Mary A was about 40 dollars. The boy was sent home after treatment. A second report involved Alma Hoover whose parked car on Logan Avenue Crawford Street was struck by an unidentified car that fled the scene.
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Elman Drive
Tom Perry
Robert Perry
Middletown Hospital
Goldman Avenue
Mary A
Kensington St
Perry Youngster
Goode
Franklin Car Ransacked Over Weekend Loss Estimated at 50
An auto at 602 E Second St owned by Car Thiss was ransacked over the weekend and stolen items included a 12 volt battery generator fan belt and radiator cap. Thiss noted all but the battery were bought with the car. Two other cars also reported missing items, a flashlight from Mrs Berger and a level with tools from William King.
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Franklin
E. Second St
Thiss
R. C. Berger
W. Fifth St
William King
E. Fifth
Civitan International Leader To Speak At Area Dinner
Paul B. Wever president of Civitan International will address the annual Civitan clubs dinner at LeSourdsville Lake at 6 30 p m tomorrow Approximately 200 Civitans from Middletown Hamilton Fairfield Cincinnati Northern Hills Mason and Lewisburg will attend Robert W Carter Ohio district lieutenant governor will MC with Jerry Shnat of Mason as meeting chair The Evansville Indiana leader has served as judge advocate treasurer and headed the constitution and by laws committee in 1957 58 Wever is active in Boy Scouts and has been Indiana prosecuting attorney named Outstanding Civitan by Evansville mayor this year.
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Paul B. Wever
Civitan International
LeSourdsville Lake
Civitans
Middletown
Hamilton
Fairfield
Cincinnati
Northern Hills
Mason
Lewisburg
Robert W. Carter
Ohio
Jerry Shnat
International
Evansville
Ind
Wever
Boy Scouts
National Council
Indiana
Civitan
Local Driver In Crash Injures Hamilton Girl
Hamilton woman Kathy McNamara, 3, was injured in a collision on Erie Highway north of Dayton Street. Her mother Mrs. Virginia McNamara, 27, was driving the car. Mrs. Clara Mae McKeever of Middletown drove the other vehicle. The child suffered possible rib injuries at the scene.
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Kathy McNamara
Layhigh Road
Virginia McNamara
Clara Mae McKeever
Manchester Road
Middletown
Erie Highway
Dayton Street
County Tax Bills Show Growth in Butler County
County Auditor Ray Tilton reports real estate taxes and special assessments in Butler County rose 15.5 percent over five years due to rapid subdivision. In 1959 the office mailed 90,744 bills, up from 69,870 in 1954, with Middletown alone issuing 13,722 general and 3,398 special assessment bills.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Ray Tilton
Middletown
Tilton
Billfold Theft At Le Sourdsville Lake
Mrs Betty McLaughlin reported a purse theft as her billfold containing cash went missing from a bench at Le Sourdsville Lake on Saturday. The billfold was found later in the men's wash room without the cash.
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Betty McLaughlin
Erie Avenue
le Sourdsville Lake
Sheriff's Deputies
Ohio Man To Head Jewish Veterans
T. L. Feuer who heads the Mahoning County Welfare Board at Youngstown Ohio was elected Sunday as national commander of the Jewish War Veterans in Miami Beach Florida.
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Miami Beach. Fla
T. L. Feuer
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Ohio
Jewish War Veterans
City and Warren County discuss extending Middletown water
City Manager Charles W. Thompson will meet Warren County Board of Commissioners to discuss a contract to supply Middletown city water to a large area in Warren County. The reach depends on petitions from property owners and may cover the area between Interstate 74 and the Warren Butler line south of Manchester Road. The city offers Warren County the same terms as Butler County, with tiered rates starting at 4.50 per 1000 cubic feet outside city limits, down to 2.00 per 1000 cubic feet for higher usage.
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Charles W. Thompson
Warren County Board of Commissioners
Middletown City
Warren County
Setitis
Thompson
Warren-Butler
Manchester Road
Waren County
Butler County
Wth
Dan Rothe
Public Utilities
Franklin Township
Lebanon
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