Holiday Traffic Toll Rises With 57 Fatalities
Weekend wreck toll on area highways outside Middletown leaves two dead, one from Hamilton and one from Franklin, along with 21 injuries. William Earl Ratliff, 26, of Hamilton, dies from internal injuries after a one car crash on Tylersville Road Christmas Eve. Harlan Hensley, 30, of Franklin, killed when his car was struck by a freight train at Ohio 123 crossing. Ratliff’s death raises Butler County’s 1953 toll to 57. Hensley’s brother Murphy Hensley, 27, is hospitalized in good condition with head and knee injuries. Arthritis of the piece notes World War II veteran Ratliff and local family. Police log shows 16 accidents Thursday and Friday causing 19 injuries. 17-year-old Troy Higgins Jr. of Reading sustains facial injuries after a crash on Ohio 4 near West Chester Road and is cited to juvenile court.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Franklin
Butler County
William Earl Ratliff
Elm St
Tylersville
Harlan Hensley
E. 4Th St
Carlisle
Baltimore & Ohio
Ohio
Murphy Hensley
Tibball St
Middletown Hospital
Missionary Baptist Church
Audra Mary
Frank. O. Ratliff
Alva
Troy Higgins, Jr
Reading
West Chester Road
Higgins
Accidents lead to court actions for two motorists
Three weekend accidents prompted patrol investigations and court appearances. Mary M. Ratliff, 24, escaped injury after her car left Hamilton Trenton Road and overturned. Walter Osborne, 38, was fined 20 dollars for following too closely after a two car crash on Ohio 73 near Middletown. Hisse Truitt, 79, was fined five dollars and costs for failing to yield on Ohio 4 south of Middletown following a driveway entry into a southbound car driven by Robert Nelson.
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Mary M. Ratliff
Illinois St
Hamilton - Trenton
Saturda
Walter Osborne
Wildwood Rd
Squire J. E. Jackson
Ohio 73
Middletown
Northeast Corporation
Osborne
Clarence Tusing
Tytus Ave
Hisse Truitt
Hamilton Man Injured in Weekend Auto Accidents
Butler County sheriff's deputies said Elbert Bryant a 28 year old of 1016 Summer St sustained minor cuts and bruises after his new car veered off Ohio 732 at Brookville Road jumped a ditch knocked down 30 feet of fence and stopped 100 feet into a field He refused hospital care telling the officer he would see a doctor in Hamilton Deputy Grabel noted Bryant's statement and that additional details were incomplete from the scene.
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Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Hamilton
Elbert Bryant
Summer St
Ohio
Brookville Road
Elmer Grabel
Bryant
Grabel
Franklin Man Dies Four Weeks After Train Crash
Ed ward Wilson aged 44 died at Memorial Hospital South Bend four weeks after a crash when his car was struck by a train near South Bend. Survived by his mother Clara Wilson brother Clarence son Richard and several siblings. Funeral arrangements by Anglesby Funeral Home with burial back in Franklin.
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Franklin
Edward Wilson
Memorial Hospital
South Bend
Ind
Clara M. Wilson
S. Main St
Wilson
Clarence
Richard
Mason
Dave
Claypool
Melvin
Naomi Padilla
Capitan, N. N
Blanche Jeffery
Albion
Bremen
Boy Who Fled Home Is Found
A youth who fled the Butler County Children's Home at Hamilton was found back at the Middletown home of his father. Police arrested him on Taylor Avenue after a Hamilton radio alert. Detective Roy Crout located the boy and escorted him to headquarters. Superintendent S. C. Plasterer arrived after 6 p.m. to take custody.
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Butler County
Hamilton
Middletown
Taylor Avenue
Roy Crout
S. C. Plasterer
Window Vandalism: Two Shops Report Smashes
Vandals shattered two expensive windows last night using a pellet gun and a brick. Rothman’s Upholstering Shop at 8 Moore St lost a $150 pane after Christmas closure. A $100 window at a grocery at 1500 Lafayette Ave was smashed during a break in. police suspect juvenile vandalism with no missing items reported.
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Rothman
Moore St
Lafayette Ave
Odd, Unduplicated Dates Foresee Gap This Century
The text notes three future dates with all odd unduplicated digits 1957 1973 and 1975. It states such dates will recur once after a gap of 1182 years. The remark frames a rare numeric pattern across the calendar.
Hamilton man loses control on Mason Road
A station wagon driven east on Mason Road by John Leibforth 29 of Hamilton ran into a ditch struck a utility pole and tore down 75 feet of fence on Ike Hayes property and ripped a mailbox on Earnest Moreland property near Liberty Fairfield Road Saturday night. Deputy Sheriff A N Peters said the steering wheel locked. Passengers Delbert Forman Carter Morgan and Almo Mainous all of Hamilton were aboard.
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Mason Road
John Leibforth
Mark Ave
Hamilton
Ike Hayes
Earnest Moreland
Liberty - Fairfield Road
A. N. Peters
Delbert Forman
Hueston Ave
Carter Morgan
Azel Ave
Almo Mainous
N. E St
Victims of area Christmas weekend wrecks receive mixed statuses
One of three accident victims remains unchanged at Middletown Hospital while two others are discharged. Lois DeBolt 36 of LeSourdsville is still improved after being trapped in a water-filled car in the lake. Police rescued her after a half hour struggle. Willie Ross 21 of York Street and Charles Rose 40 of Franklin were released with scalp lacerations and bruises from separate crashes. Albert Walters 232 Curtis Street is not the Middletown recruiting sergeant listed in an accident roundup.
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Middletown Hospital
Lois DeBolt
LeSourdsville
DeBolt
Willie Ross
York St
Franklin
Charles V. Rose
E. 5Th St
Ohio
Albert Walters
Curtis St
Middletown
Three Car Crashes Reported In Middletown Post Christmas Homecoming
Three minor traffic incidents were logged Sunday in Middletown. A major collision on Titus Avenue involved Charles Stacy and Eugene Freiberg after an unidentified vehicle stopped abruptly, causing $375 in damage. A hit-and-run damaged Charles Byrd’s parked car on Titus Avenue, and a green car sideswiped Charles Smith’s vehicle on Baltimore Street with $25 damage.
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Middletown
Wilford Palmer
Cecil Short
Charles Stacy
Moore St
Eugene Freiberg
West Middletown
Stacy's
Freiberg
Stacy
Charles A. Byrd
Tytus Ave
Marvin Amburgey
Byrd
Charles F. Smith
Highland St
Baltimore St
Clown King Of Laughs Stull Rules
Albert Fratellini, at 70 Europe’s oldest clown, has spent 65 years in circuses with brothers and later nephew Max and sons Luigi and Nino. After a stroke, he regained mobility and still performs nightly at Cirque d Hiver, hidden behind his grotesque disguise as crowds call him the Lazarus of the circus.
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Albert Fratellini
Europe
Paris
NEA
Albert
Paul
Francois
Max
Luigi
Nino
London
Cirque d’ Hiver
Lazarus
Circus
Fratellini Clown Drinks Confidence From Baby Skin
Albert Fratellini, in a small, untidy dressing room he calls a clown’s room, grins at the idea that makeup harms complexion. He jokes he has the skin of a baby and takes pride in it.
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Albert Fratellini
Double Rites Wednesday For Two Killed In Crash
Funeral services for Mr and Mrs William Leon Blanton formerly of Middletown and killed in a Christmas Eve train car crash in Miles Texas are set for 2 PM Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. The Rev H H Jung will lead with Rev Luther Turner assisting. Burial is in Woodside Cemetery. The couple worked in Texas City for two years. their father in law William Davis also died in the wreck.
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William Leon Blanton
Middletown Area
Miles
Tex
H. H. Jung
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Texas City
William Davis
Chet Thomas
Middletown
Blanton
Ford Motor Co
Dewey Blanton
Camden Rt. 1
David
Camden
Harold
Marie McRoberts
Sarah Johnson
Pauline Doolin
Wallace Sheley
1820
Oberon Dr
Wallace Jr
Peasttown
William E
Richard E
Navy
Jaycees Extend Deadline On Home Lighting Contest
The Junior Chamber of Commerce contest officials extended the deadline to 5 p.m. tomorrow for entries in the Christmas home lighting and decoration contest. Five judges will inspect exterior displays in the Middletown area starting at 7 p.m. Entries require a call to the Middletown Chamber of Commerce office at 24551 during business hours. Prizes of 25, 15 and 10 dollars go to the top three displays based on originality lighting imagination and appearance.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee Youth Welfare Committee
Middletown
Fratellini Clown Dynasty Still Shines Across Stages
The Fratellini family created iconic grotesque makeup and baggy costumes that made them famous between the World Wars. Albert recalls earning 15 francs per show and buying houses outside Paris. They headlined Folies Bergere and Casino de Paris while clowns at heart, and now 57 members strong with a notable troupe of Craddock Brothers nephews.
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Fratellini Brothers
Fratellinis
Albert
Paris
Casino de Paris
Comedie Francaise
Fratellini Dynasty
Craddock Brothers
Hamilton Harness Raceway Incorporation Filed in Ohio
Hamilton Harness Raceway Inc filed articles of incorporation with the Ohio secretary of state. The firm plans to issue 250 shares of common stock at $40 par value. Incorporators are Ed H. Snethkamp William E. Snethkamp and Kenneth Shaffer with attorney Jack Bosch.
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Columbus
Ohio
Secretary of State
Hamilton Harness Raceway, Inc
Ed H
William E. Snethkamp
Kenneth Shaffer
Jack Bosch
Rentschler Bldg
Hamilton
Oil furnace explosion causes smoke at Mayfield home
A furnace explosion on Jefferson Road at Banford Haney’s residence produced heavy smoke but no fire damage. Mayfield firefighters responded to an 11:05 p.m. call and found the blaze out upon arrival.
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Banford Haney
Jefferson Road
Mayfield
Wounded fugitive hunted after hospital escape
Jay Pergram a 25 year old fugitive wounded in the leg escaped from Hamilton Mercy Hospital after a police shooting at the Grand Hotel. Officers describe Pergram as six feet tall brown hair brown eyes 180 pounds wearing blue jeans and driving a 1936 or 1937 Packard with Illinois plates sought by area police on several assault charges.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Jay Pergram
Illinois
George McNally
Pergram
Blowtorch thaw in 1953 era US Russia relations
In 1953 a thaw in US Russian ties is described as Ike uses a blowtorch on Cold War frost. Dulles signals cautious openness while Stalin and Malenkov hint at peace, Churchill nudges toward talks, and a Dec 8 atomic-energy proposal raises hopes for a peaceful path. The piece notes July ministers talks and a possible 1954 timeline.
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Washington
Ictory
Eisenhower
Russia
New York Times
Stalin
Truman
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
U. N
Malenkov
Winston Churchill
United States
Britain
France
Tohy
Oteysklaeeceta
Schenck to Seek Re election to Congress in Ohio Third District
Dayton Republican congressman Paul F. Schenck announced his bid for re election to the U S House from Ohio's Third District entering the May Republican primary in Butler and Montgomery counties. Speaker Joseph Martin urged voters to re elect Schenck noting his service. Schenck, first elected in 1951, has chaired a House Administration subcommittee and serves on several committees. He runs a district service office in Dayton and has deep local roots in Miamisburg and Dayton with two sons in the family business and Coast Guard service.
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Paul F. Schenck
Dayton
Ohio
Schenck
Butler
Montgomery
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Paul Schenck
Congress
Edward Breen
Tom Talbot
Talbot
Committee
House
Joint
Senate Committee
Miamisburg
N. Main St
At The Movies Show Schedules
Paramount theater lists Here Comes the Girls and Nebraska showings Monday and Tuesday with multiple matinee and evening times. Strand theater runs Jamaica Run Just for You Moon Son The Fake on both days with several daily showings.
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Paramount
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