Lootings Reported in Local Area Over Weekend
Sheriff's deputies investigated four break ins and vandalism of a Nativity scene. Brosee B. Jones reported $50 damage to a yard Nativity statue. Paul Blevins said $358 in items stolen from his Franklin Trenton Road home, including a jack hammer and tools. Robert Lange cited $192 stolen, featuring a gold cameo ring and watches. Mrs. Lee Baird reported thefts totaling unknown value from Yankee Road home, with a broken kitchen door. Edward Deaton found three youths in his Yankee Road home. back door pried but nothing taken.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Brosee B. Jones
Waneta St
Paul Blevins
Franklin-Trenton Road
Robert Lange
Arcadia Drive
Clifton Hyde
Lee Baird
Yankee Road
Hyde
Edward Deaton
Deaton
City Accidents Persist After Snow Clears
Eight wrecks were investigated as city streets dried from snow with property damage around 30,000 dollars. A one car crash on Boylston Street injured two youths, Thomas Lanson 17 and David Trout 17, treated at Middletown Hospital. Don Cassidy 25, followed too closely in a three car crash at Central Avenue and Grimes Street, and Earl Swain 37 lost control on a slick Lefferson Road embankment near Armco Steel yard. Morton Combs 27 and Charles Andreotta 57 collided at Yankee Road and Curtis Street. Three minor accidents were also reported yesterday.
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Vven
Boylston Street
Holly Avenue
Thomas Lanson
Sutphin Sr
David Trout
Lorg Place
Middletown Hospital
Donald Cassidy
Coflee Road
Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Cassidy
Carmen Sizemore
Central Ave
Michael Greenfield
First Ave
Earl E. Swain
Lefferson Road
Armco Steel Corp
Morton Combs
Taylor Ave
Charles Andreotta
Armco Drainage Unit Becomes Metal Products Division
Armco Drainage & Metal Products Inc will become the Metal Products Division of Armco on January 1. Logan T. Johnston, Armco president, called the move a major step in streamlining the corporate structure and keeping the organization modern. W. U. Robertson will lead the new division as vice president and general manager, with offices and headquarters remaining unchanged. The reorganization, begun last June, reduced ten division headquarters into three major areas and seven sales regions to boost efficiency, cut overhead, and improve customer service across construction, industrial, commercial, and agricultural markets.
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Armco Drainage & Metal Products, Inc
Armco
Logan T. Johnston
Johnston
W. VU. Robertson
Robertson
United States
Annexation Talks Ahead in Two Middletown Areas
Residents east of the city plan two meetings on annexation to Middletown. Tonight at 8 at the East Plains Tussle Heights YMCA end for East Plains and Tussle Heights residents. Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Blue Ball Presbyterian Church for Warren County residents east of I 75 and south of Manchester Road. Presentations cover charges, futility and tax impacts with Q A after. A Clifton Farms session south of Grand Avenue and east of Jackson Lane drew about 53 attendees last week.
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Middletown
YMCA
East Plains
Tussle Heights
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Warren County
Butler County
Interstate 75
Manchester Road
Clifton Farms
Grand Avenue
Jackson Lane
Columbia Opens To Traffic On City Extension
Columbia Avenue extension from Middletown Hydraulic Canal to Carmody Boulevard opened at noon today easing downtown congestion. City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced a three month project costing 80,800 for the roadbed and 35,000 for the canal bridge, with guardrail work remaining.
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Columbia Avenue
Middletown
Carmody Boulevard
Charles W. Thompson
Trenton Youths Involved In Fire Station Fight
Trenton Police report an 18 year old and a 17 year old were involved in a brawl at a service station lot in Trenton. Ralph Dennis, 18, was hospitalized with head and facial injuries after being struck and held on the cement. Both youths were charged with disorderly conduct and the investigation continues with possible further charges. Dennis claimed responsibility for the fight, which reportedly began after a high school event.
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Trenton
Hobart Adams
Middletown Hospital
Adams
Ralph Dennis
Sycamore Road
David Adams
Elk Creek Road
Miltonville
Dennis
Madison High School
Mitonville
Three Treated For Injuries At Middletown Home
Three persons were treated at Middletown Hospital over the weekend for cuts and fractures from home accidents. Margaret Orvath, 62, 1848 Yankee Road, received five stitches for hand cuts after a thumb injury from venetian blinds. Arthur Knapp, 63, 300 Shafer St., fractured his right wrist when he slipped at home. Carl F. Minch, 57, 4072 S. Dixie Highway, Franklin, got nine stitches for hand and eyelid cuts after slipping and falling against a car at home.
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Middletown Hospital
Margaret Orvath
Yankee Road
Arthur Knapp
Shafer St
Carl F. Minch
S. Dixie Highway
Franklin
Missing monkey found too late in Cincinnati owner tale
A tiny monkey escaped from Bill Farris of Cincinnati over three months ago and was found dead in a Manchester Motor Inn tree. The chain around its neck likely snagged a branch, strangling Bonita Conchita, who had been bought in Los Angeles a week before the escape during a hotel sales meeting. A $50 reward had been offered in The Journal.
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Cincinnati
Manchester Motor Inn
Bonita Conchita
Bill Farris
Bonita
Los Angeles
Salvation Army Kettle and Mail Donations Down in SA Report
Brig. Alex Bunton said kettle and mail donations for the Salvation Army Christmas program are below last year's receipts. Mail gifts total 1404.23 versus 1599 last year. kettles 1495.67 versus 1609.26 in 1960, leaving overall receipts 308.36 short. Forrest Sears, the top bell ringer, returns after illness to at least steady the day’s totals. Sunday School events and the Citadel toy shop hours are listed for families, with the toy shop open Wednesday and Thursday and a Saturday toy party at the American Legion noon.
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Alex Bunton
Army
Forrestler Sears
Sears
Salvation Army
Brig. Bunton
Rolling Mill Park
Miltonville
Arp
Citadel
the Citadel
The
American Legion
S. Main St
Youngsters Stage Mock Board Meeting At School
A 7:30 pm board meeting will be taken over by high school youths and foreign language teachers. Seven youths act as board members with two others as superintendent and clerk treasurer. Teachers explain the need for foreign language laboratories now common in Ohio high schools as part of Youth in Government observances.
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Board of Education
Ohio
King Saud Facing Second Operation
King Saud of Saudi Arabia, after a seemingly successful cataract operation on his left eye, now faces a similar procedure on his right eye. The news from Boston, attributed to AP, notes the monarch’s series of eye surgeries and the ongoing medical plan.
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Boston
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Ottawa crash kills Van Wert couple
A husband and wife from Van Wert, Floyd Crow, 3, and Germaine Crow, 48, died when their car swerved off U S 224 four miles west of Ottawa and struck a bridge. The crash was reported by AP in Ottawa Ohio.
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Ottawa, Ohio
van Wert
U.S. 224
Here
Floyd Crow
Germaine
Firemen Aid Three Amid Breathing Trouble
Three people were helped by the Fire Department emergency squad yesterday and admitted to Middletown Hospital. Lou Ellen Back, 64, of 727 Yankee Road, and Sylvia Oligee, 51, of 1515 Smith Ave., were listed in fair condition today. Auttie Gibson, age not listed, of 1302 Reynolds Ave., was reported in good condition this morning. Shirley Turks, 14, of 207 Curtis St., fainted at home Saturday and was aided by the squad. she was not hospitalized.
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Fire Department
Middletown Hospital
Lou Ellen Back
Yankee Road
Sylvia Oligee
Smith Ave
Manchester Avenue
Auttie Gibson
Reynolds Ave
Shirley Turks
Curtis St
Car fire on McCurry and Garfield area damages Palmer vehicle
Firefighters responded to an early alarm at McCurry Avenue and Garfield Street where Kenneth Palmer's 1956 model car caught fire under the hood. The blaze, blamed on a flooded carburetor, caused 125 dollars in damage. Firemen yesterday checked a grease fire at the Ervin McIntosh home and were sent to a false alarm at Hudson Avenue and Garfield Street.
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McCurry Avenue
Garfield Street
Kenneth Palmer
Elk Creek ‘Road
Ervin McIntosh
Jewell Ave
Hudson Avenue
Civitans Hear Regional Manager On Insurance Role
R. W. Kohankie regional manager of the General Adjustment Bureau Service at Cincinnati speaks on his firm's role in the insurance business at the Civitan Club noon meeting tomorrow. The gathering is at the Manchester Motor Inn.
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R. W. Kohankie
General Adjustment Bureau Service
Cincinnati
Civitan Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Busy Week Ahead At MU OXFORD
MU schedules a crowded weekend before Christmas recess with final performances of Oedipus, King of Thebes at Fisher Hall 8 p.m. and Red Cap Revue in Benton Auditorium, plus a Sunday concert by the Oxford String Quartet with Charles T. Smith and Harold Roberts at 8 p.m. in Benton. Over twenty social events including dinners dances and open houses are listed on the university calendar.
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Oxford
Miami University
Fisher Hall
Benton Auditorium
Oxford String Quartet
Charles T. Smith
Harold Roberts
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L. M. Canterbury
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia Motor Vehicles Department
Canterbury
Seldon Smallwood
Gideon Road
Road
Smallwood
Grand
James W. Orndorf
Township Road
Ad&mp
Miami
Nancy Roberts
Willoughby
Sigma Kappa
Mike Julian
Highland Park, Ill
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Columbia
Civitans
William T. Snider
South Main St
Earl J. Hicks
Baker
Jos
Dohn’s
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