Car Sales Remain High in Butler County November
Sales of new cars in Butler County stayed strong in November with 650 units, only six fewer than October. Chevrolet led with 181 units, Ford second at 127, followed by Oldsmobile 66, Pontiac 65, Buick 45, and Mercury 38. Chevrolet also topped truck sales with 15 of 43.
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Butler County
Chevrolet
Joseph T Kiep
Ford
Corvair
Falcons
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Dodge
Studebaker
Imperial
Renault
Triumph
Lincoln
Fiat
Peugeot
Austin Healey
Jaguar
International
GMC
Hendrickson
Snowfall Slows Traffic Causing Multiple Accidents
Winter weather disrupted local driving with six crashes, four blamed on light snow. Damages totaled 1850 dollars with vehicles driven by Wilma Lickliter, Mary Ellen Thomas, Gloria Welter, and others. Notable incidents include a Main Street collision at 7 06 p m and a 2 10 a m tree impact on Sutphin Street.
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Mary Ellen Thomas
Hood Ave
Wilma Jean
Lickliter
Eastline Drive
Main Street
Fourth Avenue
Gloria Jean Welter
S. Main St
Thomas Auto
Welter
Salvation Army Kiddie Theater Opens at Paramount
Doors open at 9 30 tomorrow morning for the Salvation Army kiddie theater party at the Paramount. Canned goods count as admission. The show begins at 10 a m with Nikki Wild Dog of the North and two Disney cartoons. Food collected funds Christmas dinner baskets for area families.
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Paramount Theater
Salvation Army
Nikki Wild Dog of the
Middletown Plans First Civil Defense Alert Jan 22
Middletown will test its revived civil defense program on Tuesday January 22 between 8 a.m. and noon. Police and fire departments will coordinate warnings via sirens moving vehicles and industrial whistles while schools lead shelter drills. Citizens are urged to clear streets and cooperate during the mock attack alert.
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Middletown
Knight Goodman
Goodman
Cincinnati
Wilmington
Red Cross Honors Middletown Chapter Founders
Two men who founded Middletown Red Cross were honored at the 45th annual meeting. Charles Hook and Colin Gardner led the unit since 1917, raising $190,900 in its first 30 years and serving through the 1913 flood. Donald Malcom lauded their long service and noted the chapter's rapid growth and numerous fund campaigns.
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Middletown
Charles Hook
Colin Gardner
Donald Malcom
Hook
Gardner
Ames
Malcom
Jaycees Name Sebald Award Committee for 1963
Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce appoints Ken Shafer of Armco International as general chairman of its 1963 W. Sebald Self-Reliance Award committee. Other members include Dick Knox Ron Trowbridge Walter Weber and Jerry Lapham. Applications open to seniors at Middletown Fenwick or Lemon Monroe high schools with prizes for both boys and girls and $400 top prize.
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Middletown
Fenwick
Lemon - Monroe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Officer Really Gets Bird In Bold Chase On Tytus Avenue
City police responded to a frightened housewife on Tytus Avenue reporting a big bird had flown inside her home. Officers chased the bird around the apartment and wore it down. The buzzard described creature turned out to be a black and blue pigeon.
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Tytus Avenue
Jerry Lucas to Speak at Ohio State Commencement
Jerry Lucas, three time All America basketball great, will give the student response at Ohio State University autumn quarter commencement next Friday at 9 30 a m in St John s Arena Columbus when 630 students will receive degrees Cleveland s former Mayor Anthony J Celebrezze now U S Secretary of HEW will be the commencement speaker
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Jerry Lucas
Ohio State University
St. John’s Arena
Columbus
Cleveland
Anthony J. Celebrezze
U. S. Secretary of Health, Education ,and Welfare
Armco Project Open to Public at Armco Park
An open house will showcase Armco Park's 28 unit garden complex with new steel components. Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Park Lane project sits at Armco Park end of Wildwood Road. Two apartments are fully decorated with interiors by Rathman Troup and appliances from Cohn's and Streifthau's.
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Lane Apartments
Armco
Armco Park
Wildwood Road
Rathman Troup, Cohn’s
Streifthau’s
Father Fined In Boy's Escape Case
In Warren County Juvenile Court Fred Ward Jr. was fined five hundred dollars and sentenced to six months in jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after his son, a Franklin youth 15, escaped from custody at Middletown Hospital while jailed for probation violations and a hit and run. The boy, strapped and handcuffed, disappeared two days later and remains at large. Ward Sr. is also wanted in Butler County on similar charges of aiding and abetting the escape.
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Lebanon
Franklin
Middletown
Warren County
Fred Ward Jr
Fred Sr
Forrest Ave
Montgomery County
Warren
Young Ward
Butler County
Trenton Defers Decision On Federal Sewer Grant
Long council session debated two main topics jumps and sewers and delaying final decision on applying for a federal Accelerated Public Works Bill grant for a sanitary sewer project. Council to reconvene at next regular meeting to decide while overseeing sump reliability and park recreation plans.
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Trenton
Lavonis Little
Council
Trenton Plains
Middletown Development Corp
Jack Thomas
Board of Public Affairs
Trenton Jaycee
Robert Ramsdell Jr
Ramsdell
Jaycees
Ihe
Stray Bullet Kills Miner in Beaver Falls Mine
Ohio bulldozer operator John J. Oliver, 36, of New Waterford, was killed at a Beaver Falls area strip mine when a hunter's stray bullet struck him as he walked up a slope. Oliver worked for Ralph Veon Coal and Clay Mining Co. of Darlington. Police theorize a hunting incident caused the fatality.
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Beaver Falls
Ohio
John J. Oliver
New Waterford
Ralph Veon Coal and Clay Mining Co
Darlington
Goodyear Wins 1.8 Million KC135 Tank Contract
Akron based Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Aviation Products Division says it received a 1.8 million dollar contract to supply fuel tanks for the Boeing KC135. The award came from Boeing Co Transport Division in Renton Washington.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Aviation Products
Boeing Co
Renton
Wash
Ohio polio cases slump to lowest since records began
Ohio reports sixteen substantiated polio cases this year, far below national totals. All cases involve paralysis with two in each of Ashtabula, Mahoning, Portage, Seneca, Logan, Clark, Greene and Hamilton counties. State Health Department notes past years' higher totals and compares to national figures.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
State Health Department
Ashtabula
Mahoning
Portage
Seneca
Logan
Clark
Greene
Hamilton
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Sutphin Street
Woodlawn Avenue
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Jon L. Moon
Grand Ave
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Sante Fe Road
Richard Robbins
Fairfield Ave
Dorothy Bechtel
Gladys Drive
Central Avenue
New York Central Crossing
Bechtel
Bill K. Parnell
N. Marshall Road
Marlin G. Parks
Tytus Ave
Parks
Henry Walker
Lind St
Geraldine Willoughby
Oxford State Road
Yankee Road
Walker
Trowbridge
Shafer
Lapham
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Weber
Erate
Red Cross
James F. Mulligan
Mulligan
George Denny
James Emerson
L. F. Reinartz
William A. Harrison
David Driscoll
McKnight Kinne
Dave Regan
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Robert Millan
Ames Gardner
Richard A. Wilmer
Robert McDade
Dale Constiner
Edward Cohn
William F. Johnston
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John Bauer
Howard Cromswell
McDade
Millan
Martindale
Kinne
Joseph Ballard
Regan
Mummert
Elmer Schiebert
Butler County Budget Commission
Don Bogan
Discount Depot
Charles ST
Manchester Ave
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