Local Youth Killed in Auto Crash Near Army Station
Huston Bales 19, Middletown High School graduate and Army private, died in a truck collision near Fairfax Virginia on Saturday while en route from Fort Belvoir to visit Washington. Fellow Middletown youth Vernon Agee sustained a brain concussion and is hospitalized at Fort Belvoir. Bales, who worked with his father at Bales Grocery, is survived by his parents, a brother and a sister. funeral arrangements are by Baker Funeral Home.
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Osa Agee
Lopane Ave
Agee
Army Hospital
Washington, D. C
S. Broad St
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Willis T
Mary Lee Keebler
Oxford
Baker Funeral Home
Local Woman Injured In Accident Near Georgetown
Georgetown area saw a Middletown woman injured when her car overturned on Ohio 123 near the Brown Clinton county line. Thelma Akers 22 suffered chin cuts and shoulder and rib injuries. her baby was uninjured. Police noted six accidents since Saturday with no other injuries. Other crashes involved Redkey Clifton Powers Walsh Waites Abner Kidwell Ray and Anderson, with damages ranging from 25 to 400 dollars and one license-violation citation.
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Middletown
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Virgil
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Brown-Clinton County
Miamisburg Man Killed in Highway Crash
Dayton AP report says Percy Frymyer 47 of Miamisburg was returning a fuel oil tank key when his car collided with the New York Central Ohio State Limited. Frymyer was critically injured and his companion Elmer Stebbins 48 was killed.
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Percy Frymyer
Malmisburg
New York Central
Ohio State Limited
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Frymyer
Elmer Stebbins
Two Hurt in Camp Fight at West Middletown
Two men were treated at Middletown Hospital after an altercation at the B and O labor camp in West Middletown. James M. Lee Tuggle, 42, had a cut lip and Charles Lindsley Laney sustained a facial cut. Deputies Schultheiss and Pell and a railroad detective took two others into custody for further investigation. Cases set before Squire Lammie Bailey.
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B. and O
West Middletown
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Charles Lindsley Laney
Emanuel
Richard Schultheiss
Paul Pell
Squire Lammie Bailey
Six Year Old Girl To Star In Students Drama
Marcia Ulrich six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Ulrich of 110 Baltimore St will portray the heroine in the Christmas play by the Middle High School chapter of the National Thespian Honorary Dramatic Society tomorrow the Dayton Knights Templars. Ulrich plays Baby Melissa with Virginia Hill as her mother. Other children include Jim Frisby and Patricia Bieller with Bob Duhn leading the emigrant group and Trudy Sickle as Pa daughter. The cast lists many students and staff including Timmons Daly Lockard Powell and Ference Powell.
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William Ulrich
Baltimore St
National Thespian Honorary Dramatic Society
Dayton
Knights Templars
A . Arcia
California
Miss Ulrich
Melissa
Virginia Hill
Jim Frisby
Patricia Bieller
Bob Duhn
Trudy Sickle
Bill
Police Add Traffic Cops For Pre Christmas Week
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore announced extra manpower to handle downtown traffic during the pre Christmas week. He said the aim is to ensure pedestrian safety and speed traffic as shoppers use extended store hours, with additional patrolmen reassigned to traffic duty to manage expected heavy congestion.
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Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
Annual Legion Christmas Kiddie Party Draws Crowd
About 300 children and numerous parents filled the American Legion home on South Main Street for the annual Christmas party. Co chairs Marguerite Rose and Mary Delp reported tap dancing, a dog act, orchestra music, and Santa Claus. Each child received a candy box and this year attendance included one toy per child for the Tide of Toys campaign.
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S. Main St
Marguerite Rose
Mary Delp
Santa Claus
Charity Ball Reservations Extended To December 21
Charity ball table reservations have been extended through Thursday December 21. Reservations cost 1.50 per person and can be secured by calling Mrs. Robert Raine at 2-0795 or Mrs. J D Sawyer at 2-9282. Tickets available at Gillen Crow Drug Store John Ross Store Manchester Hotel cigar stand Greathouses Filsons.
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J. D. Sawyer
Gillen-Crow Drug
John Ross
Manchester Hotel
Greathouses
Filson’s
Cold Weather Lingers With Near Zero Temperatures
The weatherman predicts mostly fair but cold conditions tonight with a low between zero and eight above. Increasing cloudiness and continued cold are noted with a chance of snow and a look toward Christmas near a week away. Recent readings show 21 at 3:30 p.m. yesterday, six at 6 a.m. Sunday, and two to fourteen degrees through this morning.
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Armco
Railroad Strike Over Ends as Postal Mail Surges
Middletown postmaster Hilbert H. Martin says mail deliveries will continue through Sunday at two to three daily deliveries if needed. 58 extra workers were hired to handle holiday loads after a brief embargo from the railroad strike paralyzed much of the nation, with recovery efforts aimed to catch up by week’s end.
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Middletown
Martin
Chicago
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Post Office Department
Video of Santa's Visit Expanded on WHIO-TV
Nineteen minutes of Santa Claus attendance in Middletown will be televised on WHIO-TV starting at 1:55 p.m. on December 23, expanded from the previous 15 minute slot. The films were shot by Armco photographer Ray Miles.
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Santa Claus
Middletown
Whio-Tv
Dayton
Armco
Ray Miles
Movie listings at Paramount and Colonial theaters
Paramount shows Kansas Raiders at 1:25 3:25 5:25 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. You Can Beat the Atom Bomb at 2:50 7 and 9:05 p.m. Colonial presents The Milkman at 1:45 3:45 5:50 7:40 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday Convicted at 2:40 5:40 and 8:40 p.m. Cargo to Capetown at 1:15 4:15 7:15 and 10:15 p.m.
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Kansas Raiders
Colonial
Milkman
Capetown
Wounded Soldier Now In Kentucky Calls Mother Home
Private First Class Clarence McAfee aged 18 recuperating at Camp Campbell Army hospital Kentucky after being wounded in Korea on November 27 with the 25th Division. His mother Mrs. Harlan D. Helsel of 616 The Alameda says he called home Saturday hoping to be home for Christmas. He was flown from Korea to Fairfield Ohio then to Camp Campbell.
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Army
Camp Campbell
Harlan D. Helsel
Alameda
Helsel
McAfee
Korea
25Th Division
Hessel
Fairfield
Piper Laurie Trains in Rope Escape for Prince Role
Hollywood starlet Piper Laurie learned knot untangling with her teeth from a magician named Senor Mystico for her contortionist role in The Prince Who Was A Thief. The AP notes her education in escape artistry as part of life in the Hollywood department.
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Hollywood
Piper Laurie
Senor Mystico
Rank changes in Hollywood pace with film roles
In Operation Pacific John Wayne directs Jack Pennick as a chief boatswain. Earlier in The Fighting Kentuckians Pennick played a cavalry captain giving orders to Private John Wayne.
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Hollywood
John Wayne
Jack Pennick
Pennick
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