City drains sewage into Great Miami River under suspended permit
City officials could not confirm ongoing discharges as Middletown’s sewage discharge permit expired yesterday. Acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson outlined delays in bidding for a new treatment plant and asked the state to extend the permit. health officials had not replied.
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Great Miami River
Charles W. Thompson
Art Carney
Middletown
Ohio Department of Health
Health Department
Thompson
Hig
Common Pleas
Mille: Thompson Co
Detroit
9Th Avenue
Central-2nd Avenue
Sutphin-Grang
Bulls-Run
Michigan Avenue
Bulls Run
Afternoon City Commission Meeting Time Change
The weekly City Commission meeting originally set for 7 45 p m will be held at 2 p m tomorrow. Commissioners approved the afternoon time at their previous meeting.
Rt 4 Relocation Hearing Set for Sept 1
A public hearing on relocating part of Ohio Rt 4 south of Middletown is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. September 1 in the Civic Association building. J. S. Paxton, engineer for Division 5 of the State Highway Department, will preside. The department will present plans near the Rt 747 and Rt 63 intersections.
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Ohio Rt. 4
Middletown
Civic Association
J. S. Paxton
Division
State Highway Department
Hoxie Schools Stand Against Segregation Move
Hoxie Arkansas school board rejected a segregation petition and kept integration in effect amid protests. About 1,000 students attend the white schools with 25 black pupils admitted at term start.
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Hoxie
Ark
Herbert Brewer
Leslie Howell
City Hall
Hurricane Hunters Test New Weather Plane Over Diane
Navy hurricane researchers flew the Constellation from Jacksonville Naval Air Station for an all night flight over Hurricane Diane. The lab aircraft with advanced radar and $1 million worth of gear targeted data on tropical storms while other planes conducted low level penetrations.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Hurricane Hunters
Weather Laboratory
Constellation
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Big Constellation
Ranft's Home Furnishings Promises Quality for Less
The store proclaims affordable, fine home furnishings with a plain store image. Shoppers are invited to visit and see for themselves that prices are lower than competitors while emphasizing value over flash.
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Ranft
At The Movies Showings This Week
Theaters list current film runs with showtimes across Paramount Strand Colonial and Dixie venues. Featured titles include Mr Roberts Violent Men Singing in the Corn Daddy Long Legs Double Jeopardy Country Girl Cattle Queen of Montana Roman Holiday Valley of the Sun and more with afternoon and late evening screenings.
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Montana
Dixie Cruise
Salary talks by city men resume August 25
The city administration and a bargaining committee for city employees will resume discussions Aug. 25, reported acting City Manager Charles W. Thompson. Talks paused after a July 7 meeting when committee members refused to bargain further. Thompson hopes for a recommendation to the City Commission by Aug. 31 if an agreement is reached. The committee includes one member from each city division.
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Charles W. Thompson
Howard H. Kramer
Thompson
Armadillo Lost Prompting Neighborly Calls in Cleveland
A Cleveland Plain Dealer classified ad reads armadillo lost placed by 12 year old John Scott. The boy says the nocturnal burrowing mammal from Florida resembles a watermelon with a nose and fed it bananas oatmeal pears and worms. The missing animal drew several inquiries from readers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
John Scott
John
South
Tropical
America
Florida
Two Charged In Symonds Death
A deaf and dumb witness identified Ong Ah Too and Suppiah Subramaniam as mob members in the slaying of Gene Symonds, 29, Southeast Asia manager for United Press, during a bus strike demonstration in Singapore last May 12. Both men were ordered to stand trial at the next Assames Court session.
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Singapore
Ong Ah Too
Suppiah Subramaniam
Gene Symonds
Southeast Asia
United Press
Symonds
Lim Yen Lin
Suppiah
Ong
Assizes Court
Lost Couple On Honeymoon Detected At Sea
Coast Guard spotted Walter A. McGuffin and his bride of three weeks aboard a sloop off Lake Erie. A search had begun after they failed to return from a Bermuda trip. McGuffin laughed and said they were not missing but on an extended wedding trip, as Tupelo moved on.
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Detroit
Coast Guard
Walter A. McGuffin
Lake Erie
Bermuda
George E. Cote
Tupelo
McGuffin
the Tupelo
Red Air Force Units Shifted To Foochow Base
Formosa dispatch says Chinese Communist air force units moved to the remodeled Foochow air base about 120 miles northwest of Formosa. The defense ministry offered no confirmation. The Taiao News Agency reports the field can support all types of aircraft and features underground fuel depots and hangars.
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Taipei
Formosa
Foochow
Defense Ministry
Taiao
Japs Choose Red China
London reports Red China says about 6000 Japanese civilians live in China and all wish to stay there permanently or for the time being.
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London
Red China
China
Scouters Plan Meeting Of Mound Builders Council
An executive meeting of the Mound Builders Area Boy Scout Council is scheduled for 7 30 p m Thursday in the Civic Association library with council president George Harvey presiding.
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Mound Builders Area Boy Scout Council
Civic Association Library
George Harvey
Franklin Operating Levy Appears To Be Dead Issue
Franklin Ohio delayed levy dies after City Solicitor Lloyd Ritz admits deadline error. Councilman Roy Fitzgerald questioned the mix up and a Sept 15 submission date. the correct date Aug 10 was in an updated code, leading to the levy being dropped. Morrow faced a similar misinterpretation despite approved measures.
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Franklin Operating Levy
Jim Mills Franklin
Lloyd E. Ritz
Ritz
Roy Fitzgerald
Council
Fitzgerald
Ohio
Ted Brown
Franklin
Morrow
Kentuckian arrested in Middletown on kidnapping charges
Walter W. Carr of Morehead Kentucky, 36, was arrested by Middletown police on a Massachusetts kidnapping warrant. He faces two counts for abducting his two sons and daughter, and a Marshfield assault charge may lead to extradition. Carr was taken into custody while visiting relatives with his seven year old daughter in tow. Carr posted a 5000 dollar property bond pending Municipal Court arraignment.
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Middletown
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Walter W. Carr
Morehead
Carr
Masschusetts
Marshfield
Mass
Boston
Joseph H. Whelen
Butler County Grand Jury Indicts 46 Defendants on 53 Counts
A May term grand jury returned 53 indictments against 46 defendants. Charges include rape, manslaughter, theft, burglary tools, narcotics, and various assault counts. Several cases were continued or ignored, with arraignments set for Friday before Judge Boll.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Gaard
Jack Callahan
Middletown
John E. Stokes
Warren C. Pence
Anthony Likiarthis
Courtney Moore
Willie Sims
Stanley Cain
Stanley Jones
Sidney Scaratow
Merle E. Ellen
Paul Hoskins
Denver Abner
Fred, T. Wallan
Clyde N. Huffman
Daniel Kane
Gladys Harper
William Thomas Kane
Robert Helton
William Cornele
William Flagg
Matthew Thompson
Butler County
Christine Tapp
Lemon Township
Charles Williams
Madison Township
Beulah Mahendra
Grand Larceny
Eugene Angel
Amos Gross
Charles Edwards
Dale Hughes
John E. May
Airman First Class James F. Hopper Returns Home on 26 Day Furlough
Airman James F. Hopper 23 son of Mrs Hobart Hopper Sr. of 2916 Wilbraham Road arrived home for a 26 day furlough after four years in the Air Force. He reenlisted for six years after serving three and one half years in Weisbaden Germany with the 100th Supply Squadron. He will depart Sept. 11 for Sampson Air Force Base New York. Hopper is a Lemon Monroe High School graduate who entered service in July 1951 and has also been stationed at Lackland AFB Wichita and Ft. Warren Wyoming.
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James F. Hopper
Hobart Hopper
Wilbraham Road
Hopper
Air Force
Weisbaden
Germany
Sampson Air Force Base
N.Y
Lemon- Monroe High School
U.S.-China Talks Recess With No Progress on Americans
In Geneva the seventh U.S.-China negotiation session ended after nearly two hours with no sign of progress on the 41 Americans detained by Peiping. Leaders Johnson and Wan Pingnan said civilians repatriation would be discussed again Thursday behind closed doors.
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Geneva
U.S
Peiping
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Wana Ping-nan
Red China
Poland
Carlson to Head Golden Age Meet
Tor Carlson director of Middleton parks and recreation will head tomorrow afternoon's Golden Age Club meeting. He will direct games and show films for club members as part of his recreation week program. The meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Civic Association.
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Tor Carlson
Middletown Parks and Recreation
Carlson
Civic Association
DWI Charges Filed After Auto Rams Train
A Middletown driver identified as Gordon Pieratt, 43, was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car rammed a coal car pulled by a New York Central switch engine on Grand Avenue. Pieratt, who faced a sprained left ankle, caused about $200 in vehicle damage.
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Middletown
Grand Avenue
New York Central
Gordon Pieratt
Crawford St
Pieratt
Car in traffic lane causes damage on Central Ave crash
A car stalled in the lane in front of 4624 Central Ave. received $125 in damage after a second vehicle driven by a 16 year old collided with it yesterday.
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Central Ave
Flowers for Rogers in Alaska Flight Crash Memorial
In Fairbanks Alaska yesterday marks the 20th anniversary of humorist Will Rogers and Wiley Post death. A transport plane dipped low over the crash site monuments and released a wreath of flowers.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Flag lowered as Chinese protests mark opening of YMCA conference
In Paris the flag of Communist China was hauled down from the Paris Sports Palace as the 22nd Universal Conference of the YMCA opened. Nationalist Chinese delegates protested and threatened to quit, though Peiping delegates are not present for the meeting.
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Paris
China
Universal Conference of the Young Men's
Christian Assn
Peiping
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Hamilton
Charles Martin
Spencer
Packard
McCoy-Leffler
Leffler
Filson
Lee Duff
Winton St
Lloyd F. Buchanan
Franklin Rt. 1
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Jefferson Road
Duff
William Walker
Euclid St
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Vance E. Cribbs
Rogers
Pilson
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