New Ohio Bell Rates Approved By PACO
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. must raise rates as the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ruled. In Middletown, single line service up 60 cents monthly, two and four party lines up 30 cents, rural party line up 30 cents. Business lines up 10.75 and 7.10 dollars, with changes to calls and installations. The commission said the hikes total about 8.03 percent after adjustments, with statewide impact of about 16.75 million annually before taxes.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Public
Cyclist Injured After Dog Intervenes On Street
Trentown police report William Coonch 34 of 405 Third Street rode a motorcycle on Third Street when a dog crossed. Coonch collided with the dog and sustained facial and head abrasions and a badly cut leg. The dog suffered a broken neck and was sent to the dog pound. Motorcycle headlight damaged. rider received medical care.
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Trenton
William Coonch
3Rd St
3Rd Street
Coonch
Hobart Adams
Woodshed Fire Blamed on Two Young Children
A 5-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl playing with matches started a small woodshed fire owned by Rex Layne on the Franklin Middletown Pike. The blaze at 11:50 a.m. caused no damage as it began and ended in a scrap wood pile. The children’s mother said they would return to the woodshed soon.
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Franklin
Rex Layne
Franklin-Middletown Pike
Asst
Howard Harville
Harville
Woman Cited After 2 Car Crash At City Intersection
Police cited Zella Newark for a red light violation after a two car collision at Manchester Avenue and Charles Street. No injuries were reported. Newark said the light turned red and she could not stop in time. Everett Hall’s taxi suffered $150 in damage. The accident occurred at 8:15 a.m.
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Manchester Avenue
Charles Street
Zella Newark
Central Ave
Everett Hall
Yankee Rd
Newkirk
General Telephone seeks rate hike in Ohio
General Telephone Co. filed late Monday with the Utilities Commission seeking a rate increase to bring in 263 005 dollars more per month. The move follows a one year contract with the Communications Workers of America for 1 500 employees in 70 counties offering wage increases up to 13 cents per hour. The Marion based company would raise charges across all exchanges including local service and installation or moving equipment.
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Columbus, Ohio
General Telephone Co
The
Utilities Commission
Communications Workers of America
Marion
Butler Board Pushes Rabies Vaccination Bill in Ohio
Butler County Board of Health urged the Ohio Legislature to require compulsory dog vaccination before license issuance. The board discussed rabies control, the county’s inoculation rule, and funding for rabies testing costs from the dog and warden fund. The 1959 health budget was set at 116,750 with salaries 75,730. operating 33,000. equipment 8,000.
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Butler County Board of Health
Ohio
Columbus
Dog and Wennel Fund
Arthur Graft Sr
Health Board
Alexander Witkow
County Budget Commission
Health Department
Shafer Schenck
Jhhairman
John Corso
Walter
Special gadgets for aged housing redesign study
A Cornell study group urges elderly housing fixtures and outlets at waist height to reduce dizziness related accidents. The year long findings will be tested by technicians from the State Housing Division.
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New York
Cornell University
Youth Planning New Year Watch Party at First Christian Church
The Youth Department CYF of the First Christian Church plans a New Year watching program at 11 15 p m in the church sanctuary with Chi Rho Choir, Judy Kay Whitt on organ and Trent Bobbitt on violin. CYF meets Harold Jackson on Moore Road before the event. A separate car incident on Gillen Crow Ave involved a parked vehicle owned by Robert Dunn and an auto driven by Leslie Hunter with $10 damage.
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First Christian Church
CYF
Chi Rho
Judy Kay Whitt
Trent Bobbitt
Harold Jackson
Moore Road
Church Pharmacy
Tytus
Avenue
Charles Street
Robert Dunn
Erie Ave
Leslie Hunter
Elwood St
Marriage custom of the Mandhao described
The Mandhao practice in India is described as a dowry transfer where a man gives money to his chosen partner. If the woman accepts the transfer, the pair are considered married.
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India
Middleton High School annex plans approved by Board
The Board of Education cleared the way for final drawings of the Middleton High School annex and signed the vocational annex design by A M Kinney Associates. Burchard said drawings would be ready in about days and bids could begin any time. Administrative salary scales were approved with raises of 2.8 to 5.9 percent.
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Board of Education
Middletonn High School
Charles Burchard
A. M. Kinney Associates
Salt Water Converter Plant Okayed by Government
Carrier Corp of Syracuse N Y was awarded a 150000 contract to build a pilot plant that will freeze salt water to produce 15009 gallons of fresh water daily. The project aims to test direct freez e conversion for potential full scale use.
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Washington
Carrier Corp
Syracuse
N.Y
Fred G. Randahl
Syra‘cause
Student Seeks Sleigh Power in Local Ad
In St Johns Michigan 18 year old Tom Pouch a Michigan State University student places an ad in the weekly paper seeking a girl with a horse to pull his sleigh. He notes he has the sleigh but no horse and hopes for a match through the community notice.
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ST. Johns, Mich
Tom Pouch
Michigan Istate University
Fire damages Mason Motel. losses placed at six thousand five hundred
A blaze at the McNeeley Motel in Mason damaged an automobile and the building for over three hours. Fire chief James Knott estimated losses between 6500 and 10000 dollars with cause undetermined. The state fire marshal will be called as smoke and wall spread hindered efforts.
Franklin Council Considers 0.5% Income Tax Ordinance
Franklin City Council votes 3 to 1 to ask City Solicitor Lloyd Ritz to draft a half percent income tax ordinance for three readings beginning Feb 2 1959. A referendum option could force the measure onto the November ballot or a special election with a 50 percent plus one threshold for passage. The council discusses a model from St Bernard and notes exemptions for fixed incomes, cites budget concerns, and votes to bid for new police cars and renew six taxi licenses.
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Council
City of
St. Bernard
Paul Smith
Herbert Daniels
John Heintz
Police Briefs Note Thefts And Assault Warrants
Thefts reported include two hubcaps from George Theiss 3106 Ohio Ave Christmas lights from Car Marshall home 95 Ellen Dr two purses from Dorothy Melampy Franklin Rt 1 and a red sweater cigarettes and papers from Gertrude French West Middletown Rt 1 last night. John Shepard 39 1302 Eaton Ave was arrested on an assault and battery warrant. Three men tried to enter Mrs Carma Hutson 325 Charles St early today a rock was thrown through her window and she was cursed.
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George Theiss
Ohio Ave
Ellen Dr
Dorothy Melampy
Franklin Rt. 1
Gertrude French
West Middletown
John Shepard
Eaton Ave
Carma Hutson
Charles St
Youths Bound Over To Grand Jury In Franklin Theft Case
Two 21 year old Hollywood residents William E Abney and James Clemmons were bound over to the grand jury after waiving preliminary hearings in Franklin municipal court. They face burglary charges for the Gross Lumber Co break in on December 23 and a later car theft. Bond set at 5000 each. A Carlisle marshal arrested two accompanying youth, but the men escaped, later found in a stolen car at Sharonville. Additional cases resulted in fines or bond forfeitures for reckless driving noise speeding and other offenses.
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Franklin
Hollywood
Gross Lumber Co
J. T. Riley
William E. Abney
Abney Sn
James Clemmons
Cedar St
Carlisle
Lonnie Fryman
Ritle
Sharonville
Family Night at YMCA Planned for Saturday
The YMCA hosts a Family Night session for Y members and families on Saturday. The pool hours run 7 to 3 50 p.m. The gym 6 30 to 7 30 p.m. features play gymnastics trampoline basketball and games led by Don Hardesty from the physical department.
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YMCA
Don Hardesty
Miami Sesquicentennial 1959 Preview Dominates 1958 Headlines
Miami University in 1958 focused on preparing for the 1959 Sesquicentennial marked by symposia and international discussions. Major events included the publication of The Miami Years 1809 1959, chapel fundraising, student drives, and plans for six major operations across main and five off campus centers. Enrollment reached 6078 on campus with 3677 in off campus programs in Dayton Middletown Norwood Hamilton and Piqua.
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Oxford
Miami University
Miami
Ohio General Assembly
John Ball
Mami
Walter Havighurst
Dayton
Middletown
Norwood
Hamilton
Piqua
Burns Fatal To Man In Errant Erie Crash
Marion Kinnett 25 of Swifton died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton from second and third degree burns after a crash on Route 741 near Mason. State patrolmen said he ignored a stop sign on Mason Bethany Road and pulled into Route 741 where a car driven by Dorsey Childers struck him, the fuel tank ruptured, and his car caught fire. Kinnett died at 2 p.m. after being transported by the Mason life squad. A second accident on Route 122 near Red Lion injured one man and demolished his car when it struck a hog truck in fog. Charles Amburgey 55 of Franklin Route 1 was treated at Middletown Hospital for lip lacerations.
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Marion Kinnett
Swifton
Cincinnati
Rt. 741
Mason
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Kinnett
Mason-Bethany
Dorsey Childers
Covington
Mason Life Squad
Rt. 122
Red Lion
Charles Amburgey
Franklin Rt. 1
Amburger Wag
Middletown Hospital
Rt. 12
Rt. 123
Alaska to become 49th state this week
Washington reports Alaska will be proclaimed the 49th state and a new flag design announced by week’s end. President Eisenhower to issue the proclamation this week with a flag redesign to honor the admission, and a screening committee has tallied nearly 2,000 flag-change suggestions.
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Washington
Alaska
Map Starts Blaze in Ed ward Gibbons Home
Firefighters from Company 2 responded to a blaze at 11 14 p m caused by a leaning map near the furnace in the Ed ward Gibbons residence at 307 Lylburn Rd The fire did 35 damage with 20 to the structure and 15 to the contents.
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Edward Gibbons
Lylburn Rd
Company 2
Ciney Men Sentenced For TV Theft
In Middletown Ohio two Cincinnati men Frank Brown and Albert Larison Jr were sentenced to indeterminate terms in the Ohio Penitentiary for breaking and entering a Trader s Mart on Central Avenue. They admitted guilt after initially pleading innocent. The theft yielded three televisions valued at 620 dollars and all items were recovered within minutes of arrest. James Salyers received probation for five years.
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Hamilton
Trader's Mart
Central Ave
Middletown
Cincinnati
Ohio
P.P. Boll
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Frank Brown
Vine St
Albert Lariso Jr
Evendale
Larison
West Middletown Rt. 2
Woman Dies Of Wound In Hamilton City
Mrs Irma F Utrecht, 41, of 6460 Osage Dr, died at Mercy Hospital from a self inflicted bullet wound. Deputies found her near the Butler County Home after 5 p.m. Monday. a .38 caliber pistol dropped from her lap as they moved her. Survived by husband William, a railroad detective. Body sent to Klaus Funeral Home.
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Hamilton
Irma F. Utrecht
Osage Dr
Mercy Hospital
Butler County
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Pendleton
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Carol Devore
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ECS
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Saplty Vout
Hattingen
Germany
Howard Cromwell
Joseph Woodruff
Middleown
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Roosevelt
Okared
Franklin Council
By Bill Vale
Charles Moore
Moore
Earl Barnhart
Paul Gaynor
Gaynor
Grand Jury
Gene Shearer
Estes Dr
Donald Boles
N. Main St
Edwar Quillen
Pennyroyal Road
Larry Nichols
E. 2Nd St
Leonard Brummitt
Estel Janeway
Franklin Rt
Gardner Gibson
Rene Popper
Jackson McCarty
Tibball
Verlin Murray
Middletown Rt
Edward Norman
Jane Alspaugh
Evra Baker
Oxford Corporation
Benjamin Harrison
U. S
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School of Business Administration
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