Ohio Bell seeks rate hike for Ohio residential and business lines
Ohio Bell asks the Ohio Public Utilities Commission for higher rates across 178 communities. The proposed rise would add up to 10 cents to a month for most residential services and up to a dollar for some Middletown area lines, with business rates increasing similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Middletown
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Bell
John A. Greene
Greene
Ohio Bell
Car Rams Train In New York Central Crash
A sedan driven by J T Ray of 1604 Woodlawn Ave jumped Sherman Avenue bank and struck a New York Central Express Extra train, tearing the engine from its mount and killing momentum 75 feet along the tracks. Ray escaped with bruises and facial cuts, possibly rib injuries, as officers questioned railroad crew. Investigators noted the car leaped the bank and cleared three to four rails before smashing the left rear fender of a parked car. Additional crashes occurred later with minor injuries and modest damage.
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J. T. Ray
Woodlawn Ave
Sherman Avenue
New York Central
Bud
Ray
Middletown
John Fitzgerald
Joseph Albert
Paul Judd
Theodore Thompson
Clarence Bailey
Daniel Pelfrey
Edward G. Brickenhorst
Sharonville
Francis W. Flavin
Delaware
James Combs
Mitchell Ramsey
Woman Hurt In Fall At Home In Middletown
Mrs. Anna Lambert aged 74 of 1949 Central Ave suffered a left arm fracture in a fall down basement steps at her home last night. She was treated as an emergency case at 9 50 p.m. and listed in good condition at Middletown Hospital today.
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Anna Lambert
Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
Dental Unit Holds Christmas Exchange
Members of the Keely Dental Society of Butler County met in Hamilton at Mrs. Charlotte Smith home for a Christmas gift exchange. Ann Arkill led the affair and plan for next month’s meeting in Middletown at the offices of Dr. W. B. Ligett and Dr. R. E. Ligett.
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Keely Dental Society
Butler County
Hamilton
Charlotte Smith
Middletown
W. B. Ligett
R. E. Ligett
Ann Arkill
Vandals break window of West Elkton convertible
Police report last night vandals pushed in the back window of a convertible owned by Monta Perry of West Elkton parked in front of 311 Harlan St. no suspects were found. Ross Kramer Taft School principal says about eight windows shot out over three nights with some hit by .22-caliber bullets. William Myers, 19, was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Bay City Michigan at 022 Baltimore St. no charge details available.
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Monta Perry
West Elkton
Harlan St
Ross Kramer
Taft School
William Myers
Baltimore St
Bay City
Mich
Thomas Harry Shephard
West Middletown Rt. 2
Shephard
Frank Filoso
Franklin Rt. 1
Middletown
Filoso
Middletown Judge Backs Probation Office Initiative
Acting Judge J T Lamb pledged to create a Middletown probation office to guide sentencing after Samuel Reese 19 pleaded guilty in a car theft case. Reese from 1920 Winton Ave with an unnamed youth aided in stealing $20 draftsman tools from Jack Blevins's car on a Wednesday night.
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J. T. Lamb
Middletown
Samuel Reese
Winton Ave
Paul Fouts
Reese
Jack Blevins
S. Sutphin St
Fouts
Lamb
Alton Combe
Young Reese
Frozen Man Improves in Middleown Hospital
A 30-year-old Detroit man, Joseph F. Vaughn, found in a culvert beside U.S. 25 after exposure to cold, shows regained consciousness and is in therapy at Middleown Hospital. No surgery yet. Vaughn, a Ford Motor Co. employee, was en route from Nashville to Detroit to testify in a court matter when he was stranded by snow and slept in a culvert.
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Detroit
Middleown
Monroe
Sherif Richard Schultheiss
Nashville
Tenn
Vaughn
Ford Motor Co
Snow
Michigan
Knoxville
Rt. 8
Schultheiss
George Vaughn
Aid Program Approved By County Group
Monroe reports a county aid program with Butler County home economics group hosting a Christmas meeting. The group voted to buy a TB bond donate to Mental Hygiene Association and continue the Christmas dinner at Longview Hospital. A committee was named to meet with Longview League and a craft food luncheon set for Elk Creek Grange Hall in March. The next county meeting will be with Mrs. Forest Valentine in January.
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Monroe
Butler County Home Economics Group
Monroe Grange Home Economics Committee
Mental Giene Association
Longview Hospital
Forest Valentine
Emerson Unsicker
Ruth Muskoff
Richard Walters
Hubert Arthur
Longview League
Elk Creek Grange Hall
Daniel C. Campbell
Two Groups To Distribute CD Booklets
Middletown area groups prepare to distribute the Federal Civil Defense Administration booklet Home Protection Exercises. Monroe Lions Club will start in Monroe next week, while Senior Girl Scout Troop 133 under Mrs. William Stallsmith will circulate in Middletown with other troops assisting in a city wide program. The booklet outlines a family action program for civil defense. Only about twenty of Bermuda's three hundred islands are inhabited.
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Middletown
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Paul E. Wilson
Monroe Lions Club
Wilson
Monroe
William Stallsmith
Safety Council
Ohio Civil Defense Organization
Six Dogs Die in Sherman Avenue Garage Fire
Six dogs including a field trial champion perished when flames tore through two garages at 1824 and 1826 Sherman Ave in Middletown. Damages reached 1300 dollars, with 700 to the building and 450 to garage contents, plus 150 to a neighboring garage. Firemen fought the blaze for about an hour after discovery at 1 24 p.m. Sparks from rubbish in an incinerator started the fire.
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Sherman Avenue
Middletown
Gilbert Short
Sherman Ave
Dellmar Reynolds
Sherman
Shermar Ave
Charles Hansel
Short
Hansel
Chester Smith
Firfemen
At The Movies Showings Friday and Saturday
Paramount screens Thunder over the Plains at 1 15 4 10 7 15 and 10 15 p m High Treason at 2 30 5 40 and 8 40. Strand presents Marshal's Daughter at 1 30 4 24 7 15 and 10 10 Flame of Calcutta at 2 55 5 50 and 8 45. Saturday Flame of Calcutta at 2 15 5 35 and 9 00 Marshal's Daughter at 3 40 7 00 and 10 25.
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Plains
Calcutta
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Hugo Harvey
Ha Middletown
Charles Brunson
Glenn Ave
Joseph E. Young
Lima Rt. 5
Brunson
Donald Wallace
de Short
Columbia Avenue
Clinton Street
William T. Lewis
Burton Rd
Morris D. Small
Wrenn St
Lawrence White
Lewis
Columbia
Small
Herbert Barr
Verity Pkvy
Gerald F. Schneider
Kenwood St
Vail Alley
Clark Street
Schneider
Maxwell House Coffee
Merrit
Wieners
Dillman’s
Young ST
DIAL
Bermuda
Vannest St
Wilson Street
Charlie Hurst
Dick Hurst
N. Main ST
al “Skeeter” Jones
Charles Sebastian
George Egelston
Gordon Sims
Catalpa Dr
Booth
Orlon
Cardigans
Vena
Paramount
Freeman‘s
MT A Hee
Eaponaon
Mass America
OF Time
Ovices Bac. Fed. Ten
Tricot
Jersey
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