Toledo Man Wins District Roadeo Top Honor With Near-Perfect Score
Harold F. Wepler of Standard Oil Ohio scored 376 of 400 to win in the tractor semi single axle class at the LeSourdsville Lake district roadeo finals. The Toledo driver earned a spot in the state finals joining 45 others from across Ohio.
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Toledo
LeSourdsville Lake
Harold F. Wepler
Standard Oil Co. O
Ohio
Wepler
Area Amusement Park
Columbus
Miami
Arthur D. Dudley
George F. Alger Co
Cincinnati
Robert Husted
Standard Oil Co
Donald G. Hoopes
Canton
Sohio
Virgil W. Chambers
Norwalk
Frank Luettke
W. B. Goodpaster
Suburban Motor Freight
Dayton
Kenneth W. Boyd
Russell Taylor
Richard Tuttle
Roadway Express
Manchester
Yard blaze at 2015 Sherman Ave starts from burning trash
A grass fire in the backyard of Mrs. Leslie Keeler at 2015 Sherman Ave. prompted Company 2 firefighters to respond at 3:20 p.m. yesterday. The blaze caused no damage.
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Leslie Keeler
Sherman Ave
Company 2
Mercury distance from Sun
The article states Mercury orbits about 36 million miles from the Sun, compared with Earth's roughly 93 million miles. This highlights Mercury as the closest planet to the Sun with a notably shorter perihelion distance.
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Mercury
Earth
Fines Total Ninety Dollars Levied In Area Courts
Traffic violations cost three motorists ninety dollars and costs when they appeared Friday in area courts after arrests by state patrolmen. An additional motorist forfeited bond before an area judge.
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Thomas Linn
Monroe
Fred W. James
Chattanooga
Tenn
Randy Blackburn
Detroit
Dallas Davis
Joseph Leach
Sharonville
Fred Brandenburg
Miamisburg
Rex Weaver
Accident Victims Reported Better
John E. Hillman 39 of 507 Highview Road improved from seriously burned to good after a chemical explosion at Allied Chemical & Dye Corp in Middletown. Hillman suffered extensive burns. Also seriously injured is Harry Fritz 28 of Loveland from a midget racer crash at Lebanon Raceway.
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John E. Hillman
Highview Rd
General Chemical Division
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Richmond St
Middletown
Hillman
Harry Fritz
Loveland
Lebanon Raceway
Four Middletown Men Enlist in Marines
Four Middletown youths left Cincinnati airport for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego to begin nine weeks of recruit training. Walter Turner Sylvester Curtis Richard Jr. Howard Wayman Watson and Ferman Booker Watson, all Middletown High School graduates, will then proceed to Camp Pendleton for advanced training.
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Middletown
Greater Cincinnati
Marine Corps
San Diego
Walter Turner
Leonard T. Turner
Ninth Ave
Sylvester Curtis Richard Jr
Sylvester C. Richard Sr
Minnesota St
Howard Wayman Watson
Ferman Booker Watson
Howard W. Watson Sr
17Th Ave
Ohio
MCRD
Police Briefs Report Disruptions and Thefts Across City
Police arrested four men ages 23 to 31 at Clinton Street and Reynolds Avenue for disorderly conduct. A typewriter was stolen from Paul Crane's car in the Sorg Paper Co. lot Sunday night. Glen Conley reported tire theft from his car in the Inland Container Corp. lot, likely Thursday. Stanley Kicak, 58, was arrested at Broad Street and Central Avenue on vagrancy charges.
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Jack Puckett
Malvern St
Albert Lackey
Columbia Ave
James M. DeBord
Central Ave
William Day
Cleveland St
Clinton Street
Reynolds Avenue
Paul Crane
Lebanon
Sorg Paper Co
Glen Conley
North Leibee St
Inland Container Corp
Stanley Kicak
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Driver Cited After Two Car Crash Near Franklin
Alvin Lindsay 63 of 1517 Hood Ave was cited for following too closely after a collision on U S 25 75 feet south of the Franklin city line at 4 45 p m A southbound auto driven by Miller Lee Vaughn 33 of Mimiamsburg stopped to make a left turn and was rear ended by Lindsay’s vehicle Eugene Sims 24 of 1509 Garfield St had a disorderly conduct warrant and his case was dismissed by Judge Alton H Combs yesterday morning
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Alvin Lindsay
Hood Ave
U.S. 25
Franklin City
Lindsay
Miller Lee Vaughn
Miamisburg
Eugene Sims
Garfield Sr
Alton H. Combs
Two Hamilton wives shot in separate incidents
In Hamilton a man, George Loman, 27, confessed firing seven times at his estranged wife Opal Loman, 27, wounding her in the hip. Police say another man, Jimmy Fox, 27, shot at Juanita Fields Fox, injuring her hip, finger, and wrist. Both couples face divorce actions. Loman jailed for shooting with intent to kill.
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Hamilton
George Loman
Opal Loman
Loman Saing
Bolt Weppen
Jimmy Fox
Heriff
A. N. Peters
Fox
Juanita Fields Fox
Loman
Lomans
Middletown Man Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Route 73 Crash
Willie Walton 44 of 1704 Garfield St is held on manslaughter charges after a 12 45 p m crash on Route 73 near Wilmington that killed Lawrence Sullivan 52 a state highway mowing operator. Sullivan died from skull fracture and internal injuries after Walton's empty truck struck the mower and threw Sullivan 65 feet into the south lane.
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Middletown
Wilmington
Willie Walton
Garfield St
Lawrence Sullivan
State Highway Department
Sullivan
Warren-Clinton County
Walton
Former Druggist Earhart Dies at 86 in Lebanon Home
E Clifford Earhart 86 longtime Franklin pharmacist died Friday morning at Champion Rest Home Lebanon under care since August 11. Survived by daughter Lucille Franklin and brother Will Earhart Portland Oregon. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday Anglesby Funeral Home with burial Woodhill Cemetery Corwin.
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Franklin
E. Clifford Earhart
Champion Rest Home
Lebanon
Shawan Drug
Mr. Earhart
East Fifth St
Mother Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Lucille
Will Earhart
Portland
Ore
Anglesby
John W. Edwards
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral Services For Suzanne Gillam Held Today
Funeral services for 78 year old Suzanne Gillam were set for 2:30 PM today at Harveysburg Methodist Church with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin. She died Thursday and is survived by son James Dayton and one grandson.
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Suzanne Gillam
Harveysburg Methodist Church
Miami
Corwin
Gillam
James
Dayton
Lebanon Man Brannan Dies After Illness
Guy Brannan 62 retired farmer of Lebanon died Saturday at 3 30 a.m. at Grand View Hospital Dayton after a lengthy illness. Survived by brother Orlando Brannan of Xenia. Service 2 p.m. Monday at Oswald Fu near Home with burial in Mi.
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Lebanon
Guy Brannan
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Orlando Brannan
Xenia
Oswald Fu
William Ec ton 79 dies after illness in Harveysburg
William Ec ton age 79 dies at home in Harveysburg after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Alzora son Maynard of Dayton and three grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Zion Baptist Church with burial in Friends Cemetery Springfield. Calling hours at Stubbs Funeral Home.
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Waynesvile
William Ecton
Harveysburg
Alzora
Maynard
Dayton
Zion Baptist Church
Friends Cemetery
Springfield
Stubbs
Obituary Notes: Hamilton-Douglas Hayes and Jesse O. McVey
Hamilton-Douglas Hayes 43 of 303 Dick Ave vice president in charge of investments for Ohio Casualty Insurance died at 6 am Friday at Ohio State University. He joined the company in 1946 after time with Woodruff-Hayes Bond Investment in Chicago and served as a director of First National Bank. Surviving wife Helen three daughters twins a son and four sisters. A memorial service is set for 2:30 pm Monday at the Presbyterian Church. Jesse O. McVey 53 of Oxford Route 2 dies Thursday at Veterans Hospital Dayton. funeral 2 pm Sunday at Inman Funeral Home Somerville, he was WWI veteran and former B&O Railroad car repairman.
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Hamilton
Douglas Hayes
Dick Ave
Ohio Casualty Insurance Company
Ohio State University
Columbus
Hayes
Insurance
Woodruff - Hayes Bond Investment Company
Chicago
First National Bank
Helen
Katherine
Gretchen
Linda
Gordon
The
Presbyterian Church
Jesse O. McVey
Oxford
Inman Funeral Home
Somerville
Mr. McVey
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Butler County Team Second in Livestock Judging at Ohio State Fair
Butler County finished second in the general livestock judging contest as the Ohio State Fair opened in Columbus. Crawford County won the event. Don Meyers of Butler County took the top individual prize in livestock judging.
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Butler County
Fairgrounds
Columbus
Crawford County
Don Meyers
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