City Commission Debates New Building Code Readings
In a brief session three of five commissioners attended as first readings were held for a proposed city building code. The agenda was delayed due to lack of a full quorum, with four votes needed for emergency ordinances. The package references national and state codes to boost fire safety and wall protection.
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The
Building Officers of America
Code of the Building Officers of America
National Board of Fire
Charles Ison
Thompson
Francis Carmody
William W. Denham
Charles B. Stiles J
Miami River
Police Briefs and City Meeting Notes Highlight Local Issues
Police reports list disorderly conduct arrests for Norma Jean Ingram and Irene Wilkins, plus a paternity warrant for George Miles and a reported check loss. State Highway Patrol recovers a car stolen from Charles Sommier. A boulevard project of 2 1/2 miles is planned with total cost not to exceed 115000, and six school crossing guards are named for Maple Park School. City actions include codification payments, a street sweeper purchase, a pavement final estimate disputed by the manager, and road cost sharing proposals on Bresell Boulevard. Next week’s meeting time moved to 2 p.m. Wednesday with two commissioners excused. Civic flags and Ohio Municipal League attendance also noted.
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Thompson
Verity Parkway
Eldora Drive
Maple Park School
Pearl Sickle
Manchester Ave
Ruth Havens
Winona Dr
Margaret Commodore
N. Broad St
Betty Perry
Elgin Co
A. Waldner
Gladys Drive
Florence
Denham
6Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
Bresell
Manchester Road
Countryside Subdivision
Robert Nelson
Martig B. Miller
Arthur Sanderson
Armco Steel Corp
Armco Park
Ohio Municipal League
Columbus
The
Civic Association
Cops Firemen Replay May Exile Officials Chaos at City Hall
City officials clash during a reform meeting as Chairman Carmody boasted about umpiring a mass event. Umpires were to be the commissioners with Charles Thompson tallying scores, amid departures by Ellison and out-of-town commissioners Miller and Sanderson. Weather risk looms as rain threatens the 8 p.m. match.
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Sioners
Carmody
Charles
Thompson
Martin B. Miller
Arthur Sanderson
Tilmon Ellison
Ellison
Charles B. Stiles
William W. Denham
Stiles
Mrs Branch Resigns Butler School Board
Mrs Mary Jo Branch resigns from the Butler County Board of Education to become school librarian at Talawanda High School. Ray C Wilson announces the move. Board accepts with members Wilson Myers Gluhm and Clawson present.
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Mary Jo Branch
Butler County Board of Education
Ray C. Wilson
Branch
Talawanda High School
Miami University
Ohio University
Wilson
Ernest Myers
Charles Gluhm
J. F. Clawson
Family Service Worker Resigns at Bureau
Miss Helen Davis announces the resignation of Mrs. Wilbur A. Hannah Nancy Adams as secretary receptionist of the Family Service Bureau. Hannah, a Lemon Monroe High School graduate, lives at 2010 Spencer Lane and has worked there since August 16. She will be replaced next week by Mrs. Eileen Dunaway of Yankee Road.
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Helen Davis
Family Service Bureau
Wilbur A. Hannah
Nancy Adams
Bureau
Hannah
Spencer Ln
Lemon-Monroe High School
Eileen Dunaway
Yankee Road
Cro-Maynards Painted With Colors 30,000 Years Ago
Early humans known as Cro-Maynards used color in their cave drawings with notable skill about 30,000 years ago, revealing advanced artistic technique and symbolic expression in Paleolithic art.
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Cro-Maynards
House Mover Fires Back At Accuser
Middletown house mover B. L. Metzear, 45, filed grand larceny charges against complainant Hester, 1710 Sheridan Ave. He alleges Hester obtained $1,050 by false pretenses and was released on $4,000 bond. Hearing set for Friday at 9:30 a.m. before Judge J. T. Lamb. Metzear claims Hester intended to cheat and defraud. Prior warrant tied to missing $200 in tools and papers. case continued to Sept. 5.
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B. L. Metzear
Middletown
Hester
Sheridan Ave
Metzcar
Winton St
Champion Plans New Equipment for Carolina Mill
Champion Paper announces a new 220 inch Fourdrinier machine for its Carolina Division in Canton North Carolina to be installed in a new plant building and operating by 1959. The line will run up to 2000 feet per minute and boost pulp output by 150 tons daily to 1100 tons, with paper and pulp tonnage rising to 1050 tons.
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Carolina
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Hamilton
Reuben B. Robertson
Canton
N. C
Robertson
Champion
Ohio
Texas
Loss $710 In City's 4 Wrecks
A Trenton man was cited for following too closely after a two car collision caused 575 dollars damage. Robert Bluhm, 22, 106 Burke St., struck Joseph Delaney, 44, 2 Kensington St., who slowed for traffic on Main Street. Delaney had a stiff neck but no immediate medical aid. Bluhm's car sustained 450 dollars damage. A separate hit and run damaged Earl Bennett's car 35 dollars. June Gilmore, Hetzler Road, West Middletown, hit John Schmidt, 53, 412 Franklin St., causing 25 dollars damage. Price Gibson’s car, 28, Oxford State Rd., had 75 dollars damage at Yankee Road and Garfield Street when R B Williams rear ended him. Williams, 21, 3210 Navaho St., claimed Gibson had already stopped.
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Trenton
Robert William Bluhm
Burke St
Middletown
Joseph J. Delaney
Kensington St
Delaney
Main Street
Bluhm
1St Avenue
June L. Gilmore
Hetzler
West Middletown
Rt. 1
John J F. Schmidt
Franklin St
Schmidt
Price Gibson
Oxford State Rd
Yankee Road
Garfield Street
Gibson
Garfield
Yankee
R. B. Williams
Navaho St
Williams
Middletown Youth Wins OTA Scholarship for 4 Years
A Middletown boy, Robert L. Jones, is among three Ohioans to receive a four year Ohio Trucking Assn scholarship. He will study motor transportation management at Tri-State College in Angola Indiana, starting Sept 22, with $500 yearly support based on need and merit. Jones, a 1955 Middletown High School graduate, was recommended by the Miami Valley chapter and interviewed before OTA board members.
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Middletown
Ohio Trucking Assn
Robert L. Jones
Manchester Rd
Tri-State College
Angola
Ind
Tri- State
Jones
First National Bank
Middletown High School
Miami Valley
Ohio Trucking Assa
OTA Board
Servicemen News Of Aviation Training And Honors
James A. Gordon Jr. of Oxford completed a three week aviation course at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi receiving flights in the TV-2 jet trainer and P5M flying boat with navigation survival and engineering training. A3c Jackie McClanahan of Exeter began aircraft and engine mechanic training at Sheppard AFB Texas after joining the service last year and graduating Middletown High School in 1952. Thomas James Flavin son of Charles and (Mrs.) Flavin of 7 Curtis St will be honored as honorman of Company 277 23d Battalion 2nd Regiment at Bainbridge Md a Middletown 1955 graduate who entered service last year.
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James A. Gordon Jr
James A. Gordon
Oxford
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
Jackie McClanahan
Maud E. McClanahan
Excello
Sheppard Afb
Texas
McClanahan
Aeronca
Middletown High School
Thomas James Flavin
Charles Flavin
Curtis St
23D Battalion
2Nd Regiment
Bainbridge, Md
Middletown
Flavin
Lumber Pile Falls Breaks Boy's Leg in Franklin
Nine year old Charles Mays Jr. was near the Anderson Lumber Co. in Franklin when a lumber pile toppled, breaking his right leg. He is the son of Charles Mays of 117 East 5th Street and was treated at Middletown Hospital's emergency ward and released.
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Charles Mays
Young Mays
E. 5Th St
Franklin
Anderson Lumber Co
Middletown Hospital
Short circuit blamed for apartment fire at Luther Reedy home
A possible short circuit in an air conditioner caused $25 damage to the interior of the Luther Reedy residence at 1504 Brown Street. Companies 1 and 3 and the ladder unit responded to the one story home at 7:03 p.m. yesterday.
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Luther Reedy
Brown St
At The Movies and Local Theaters Weekly Schedule
The Paramount prints Seven Men From Now Satellite in the Sky at 2:45 5:45 and 8:45 p.m. Killer Is Loose Sixth Day of June Day of Fury Santia go at Strand. Colonial shows I Am a Fugitive San Quentin Girl on the Run Naughty New Orleans. Dixie Cruise In Dallas Distant Drums Thursday and Friday showings with multiple times.
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Santiago
San Quentin
Dallas
Albuquerque shoe shiner flees after licensed demand
Kenneth Manderville, 11, of Albuquerque, tried to earn money by shining shoes in a busy downtown area. He was told the activity required a license and began walking home. A man in a car, claiming to be a police officer, then stopped him and took 25 cents from his pocket.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Kenneth Manderville
Couldn't Get Farm Vote Lebanon Walkaway Shows No Interest In Politics
In Lebanon a prisoner known as Joe Smith rejects farming and politics. He dislikes agriculture especially milking cows and walked off Lebanon Prison Farm last May, extending his sentence by two years. The burglar with a $4,000 robbery conviction says he prefers fingerprints work and plans to read about Ulysses and Homer while in confinement.
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Lebanon
Joe Seniee
Joe O. Smith
Chicago
Joe
Bleing
Honor Farm
San Francisco
Ulysses
Homer
Naval Reserve School Enrolls Officers for 1956-57
Naval Reserve Officers School opens enrollment for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Reserve officers through mid September. The 1956-57 term begins September 10 with classes Mondays and Tuesdays 8 to 10 p.m. at the Cincinnati Naval Reserve Training Center. Registration available weekdays with the school registrar. Courses include engineering, navigation, seamanship, operations, military justice, public information, communications, command orientation, staff organization, and international relations and security. A military justice class will be held at the NROS Extension in Hamilton.
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Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard Reserve
Naval Reserve Officers School
Cmdr
T. A. Bittenbender
Cincinnati Naval Reserve Training Center
Albert Avenue
Victory Parkway
NROS
Go Security
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Hamilton
Avery Adams Named Head of J&L Steel
Avery C Adams was elected president of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp by the board. The 59 year old with 37 years in steel will replace C L Austin who becomes vice chairman and chairs the new J&L Finance Committee. Allison Maxwell Jr will move to Adams post at Pittsburgh Steel Co with the transfer effective immediately.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Avery C. Adams
Adams
Pittsburgh Steel Co
C. L. Austin
Austin
J&l
Pittsburgh Steel
Allison R. Maxwell Jr
Carson City Named for Frontiersman Kit Carson
Carson City carries the name of Christopher Kit Carson, a famed frontiersman. The attribution highlights the historical link between the city and the explorer known for his roles in early American westward expansion.
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Carson City
Christopher Kit Carson
Frontiersman
Murray Under Knife at Middletown Hospital
Charles R. Murray Armco vice president of personal and public relations underwent successful surgery at Middletown Hospital for a minor abdominal condition. He is reported in good condition following the operation.
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Charles R. Murray
Armco
Middletown Hospital
Murray
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Port Chester
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Bales
Central Ave
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Streitman’s
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