Commission To Consider New Police and Fire Officers
City Commission plans emergency ordinances to create an assistant fire chief and a police captain, expanding management ranks. Additional measures include clarifying secretary posts for city officials and heads, plus final readings on second hand auto and junk dealer regulation. A traffic light study for Central Avenue and Garfield Street will be reviewed tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Fire
Division of Police
City Commission
Parks and Recreation
Howard H. Kramer
Central Avenue
Garfield Street
Autos Hit Skids As Rain Pelts Area
About 10 minor auto mishaps occurred on slippery highways in Butler Warren County this morning up to 10 45 a.m., state patrolmen at Post 9 south of Middletown said. Most accidents happened in Butler County as ice and snow slicked roads while a couple of tieups were reported in Warren County. Traffic at Ohio 73 and 48 near Springboro was stalled on a steep hill most of the morning. A few fender benders occurred last night before freezing rain slicked the area around midnight. Highways in the Middletown vicinity remained slick by mid morning.
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Butler-Warren County
Post 9
Middletown
Butler County
Warren Couty
Ohio 73
Springboro
Two Auto Mishaps Reported On Wet Streets
Two minor traffic accidents occurred on wet city streets yesterday. Kelley Morris and Darrell Hatton collided at Central Avenue and Grimes Street at 7:15 p.m. damage eighty dollars. Johnnie Carpenter and Ray Janikowski collided at Verity Parkway and Yankee Road at 7:33 p.m. damage sixty five dollars.
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Kelly Morris
Glencoe Ave
Darrell Hatton
Leibee St
Central Avenue
Grimes Street
Johnnie Carpenter
Shartz Road
Franklin
S. Verity Parkway
Ray Janikowski
Yankee Rd
Carpenter
Deputies Report Restaurant Looted Monday Night
Deputies report an undetermined amount of cash and merchandise stolen in a break in at Cy's Place 3127 Yankee Rd Monday night. The entry occurred from the nearby Lovely Furniture Store at 3125 Yankee Rd through an open window. The restaurant was ransacked and Hazel's Beauty Shop at 2009 Waneta St was also broken into but nothing was reported missing.
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Cy's Place
Yankee Rd
Frank South
James Greenfield
Waneta St
Hi Y Plans South Africa Slides At Tomorrow Meeting
Henry E. Miller, Hi Y adviser, will present color slides of his South Africa trip at the joint Hi Y meeting. All Hi Y members gather at the YMCA at 7 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Miller
South Africa
YMCA
Middletown Woman Improves After Rat Poison Ingestion
A 36 year old Middletown woman who swallowed rat poison at home Monday night shows improvement in Middletown Hospital. She progressed from fair to satisfactory condition this morning.
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Middletown
Peterson's Ointment touted for quick pile relief
An advertisement claims over a million dollars yearly is spent on pile remedies and promotes Peterson's Ointment as a fast soothing solution. It guarantees relief from itching within minutes with a 45¢ box or 75¢ tube, or money back.
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Peterson
Adv
Boulevard To Salute G. W. Breiel
A new boulevard will be named for G. W. Breiel to honor his 25 years on the Middletown Planning Commission. The project runs from Route 73 north of the city to Oxford State Road with a 100 foot right of way and two lanes divided by a parkway.
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Rt. 73
Oxford State Road
G. W. Breiel
Breiel
Middletown
New York Central
East Way
East City
Jackson Lane
Manchester Hotel
Planning Commission
Middletown Real Estate Board
Hig
A. C. Neff
City Commission
John E. Burdsall
Crystal Tissue Co
Breie
Carmody
Warren G. Printz
R. A. Nunlist
Zoning Board of Appeals
William 8S. Helton
Thomas Baird Sr
Real Estate Board
J. D. Sawyer
Ladislas Segoe
Harold Goetz
Earl Grant
Holy Trinity PTA Hears Outline of Sebald Award
Charles Hattery and Fred Howard of the Junior Chamber of Commerce presented the W. W. Sebald Self-Reliance Award at Holy Trinity PTA. The event featured slides and a definition of the award as recognizing effort over scholarship. A Valentine themed social followed with hostess guidance and help from fifth grade mothers. The next meeting is set for 7 p.m. March 1 at Starr Floral Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Pta Hears Outline of Sebald Award
Charles Hattery
Fred Howard
William Angel
Ray Kelly
Robert Krebs
Woodrow Doudt
Clarence Williams
New Military Housing Plan Signed by Capehart Proposes 300000 Units
Senator Capehart proposes a program to supply 300000 additional military housing units in three years. Private firms would build the units, the government would take title and rent them, financing a 3 billion cost over 32 years with mortgage loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Trucker Killed in Pittsburgh Brick-Laden Trailer Crash
A brick-laden tractor-trailer overturned yesterday on the Penn-Lincoln Parkway west of Pittsburgh, killing driver Clarence Perry, 52, of Cadiz, Ohio, as the vehicle plunged down an embankment.
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Pittsburgh
Clarence Perry
Cadiz
Ohio
Here
Flinchum receives life term for murder
Hugh L. Flinchum 41 of 2945 Wilbraham Rd is sentenced to life in the Ohio Penitentiary for the Oct 10 slaying of his wife Mabel 38. Parole eligibility after 10 years is noted. The trial before Judge P P Boli found him guilty of second degree murder.
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Flinchum
Hugh L. Flinchum
Wilbraham Rd
Herbert Walsh
P. P. Boli
Ohio
Columbus
Boli
Mabel
Alton Combs
Blount Sentenced Five Years for GI Extortion Case
Federal Judge Lawrence E. Walsh gave George Washington Blount a five year prison term after his conviction for extorting $4,000 from Joseph P. Schalet, father of a soldier. Blount, 33, of Middletown, formerly a sergeant, claimed innocence and faced charges based on calls from Camp Stoneman to demand the money.
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George Washington Blount
Middletown
Lysburn Road
Lawrence E. Walsh
New York City
Manhattan
Korea
Blount
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburg
Calif
Joseph P. Schalet
Long Beach
N. Y
Schalet
Japan
Victor
Kirk to Head One Section of Crusade for Freedom
Dwight Kirk, manager of Paramount and Strand theatres, named retail chairman for the Crusade for Freedom by Don Altstaetter. Robert White and Mac Tobias were named vice chairmen of the retail division. The Crusade supports Radio Free Europe and contrasts its private citizen operation with the government run Voice of America.
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Dwight Kirk
Paramount
Strand
Crusade For Freedom
Don Altstaetter
Crusade
Kirk
Alstaetter
Robert White
Roy A. White Paint Co
MacTobias
Tobias Studios
Radio Free Europe
West Germany
Portugal
Voice of America
Altsta
Civitan Club hears South Africa trip by Armico engineer
Henry Miller told of a four month stay in the Union of South Africa during yesterday's Civitan Club noon meeting. He showed color slides of Johannesburg gold mines and other sites while the luncheon gathered at the Manchester Hotel.
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Union of South Africa
Civitan Club
Henry Miller
Armico
Johannesburg
South Africa
Manchester Hotel
At The Movies Listings for Paramount and Strand
Paramount shows French Line at 2 45 6 20 9 30 p m Bam boo Prison at 1 30 5 00 8 20 p m Athena at 1 15 4 10 7 05 10 00 p m Masterson of Kansas at 2 50 5 40 8 40 p m Strand presents Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at 1 15 5 15 9 20 p m Womens Face at 3 20 7 25 p m
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Bamboo
Athena
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Service awards and long Army career noted in World War II record
Blount received the French Croix de Guerre four campaign Stars and an invasion arrowhead for service in France Italy and Germany. He served nearly a decade in the Army, was married with three children, and faced up to five years in prison and a $20000 fine for the offense.
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Blount
France
Italy
Germany
Rain Dampens Attendance at JA Open House
Heavy rain reduced last night's Junior Achievement Open House crowd to 65, reports Director M. G. McCall. Monday's opening night drew about 100 spectators at the JA Center. Despite lower turnout, JA companies reported sales up from the prior evening and one customer bought from nearly all 14 companies, planning to return tonight for more. The director urged parents and others to attend the final open house from 7:30 to 9. The Crystalettes will show products at the Youth Opportunity House on Curtis Street and Forrest Avenue.
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M. G. McCall
JA Center
McCa
JA Diector
Crystalettes
Curtis Street
Forrest Avenue
Police arrest Clarence Ward on warrant failure
Police early today arrested Clarence Ward aged 23 of 1605 Garfield Street at Broad Street and Central Avenue for failure to provide a warrant.
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Clarence Ward
Garfield St
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Stove explosion injures Mrs. John Tramel at home
Mrs. John Tramel, 30, of 707 Lafayette Ave, suffered first-degree burns to face and left arm when her stove oven exploded yesterday. She was taken to Middletown Hospital at 5:35 p.m. for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tramel
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Two GS Committees To Meet Tomorrow
Two Girl Scout committees will meet in the Girl Scout office tomorrow. Mrs. Edward Brown's public relations group convenes at 10 a.m. and Mrs. D. M. Collette's training committee at 1 p.m.
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Girl Scout
Edward Brown
D. M. Collette
Stroller thieves jailed after price tags found
Detectives stopped two men pushing baby strollers in Louisville, finding price tags on the carts. Marion McGregor aged 42 and Thomas Southern aged 49 were jailed on vagrancy charges after failing to explain where they obtained the strollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Marion McGregor
Thomas Southern
Classroom Association Reviews Policy On Sick Leave In Middletown
Middletown Classroom Teachers Association Executive Board discussed sick leave policy salary the organization constitution and a recent survey. Over 50 representatives from 18 schools attended at Middletown High School with attorney Ben Kitchen and Superintendent John Blackford consulting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Theft spree hits Rossi Grocery and more
Police report multiple thefts yesterday and today including Rossi Grocery at 1461 Garfield St where about $6 in nickels and dimes plus a half dollar were stolen from a cash register. Entry involved prying a rear door board and breaking an inner lock. Also thefts from a Chili Parlor polio box and repeated gallonage from Garfield Street and Penfield Avenue trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossi
Garfield St
Robert Trimble
Angelo Rossi
Truck Stolen From 63 South Main Street
Sol Finkelman reported to police that his 1941 model truck with license 4 P 1853 was taken from the rear of 63 South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Finkelman
S. Main St
Auto Accessory Thefts Reported In City
Two theft reports were filed yesterday. Golden Hatfield of 2217 Hill Ave. said a hubcap was stolen from his car parked on Hill Ave. Johnnie Birchfield of 2010 Linden Ave. reported two fender skirts stolen from his car parked in front of 1305 Reynolds Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Hatfield
Hill Ave
Johnnie Birchfield
Linden Ave
Reynolds Ave
Attempted Break-In at Ronto's Service Station
Police learned someone attempted to break into the soft drink machine at Ronto's Service Station Crawford Street and Woodlawn Avenue Monday night Entry was not gained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronto’s
Crawford Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Brawl Victims Still Are Fair
Victims of a Sunday shooting and brawl remain in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Della Mae Meadows 3, of Franklin Route 2 suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh. Robert Berkley 48 of Franklin Route 2 has a possible skull fracture and lacerated left ear. William Helton 45, allegedly grabbed the shotgun and struck Berkley during the struggle. Warren County authorities planned to file charges of shooting with intent to kill against Berkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Della Mae Meadows
Franklin Rt. 2
Robert Berkley
William Helton
Berkley
Warren County
School Board To Consider Land Purchase
The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 7 30 tonight to consider buying three properties joining the present high school site. The Ulich Mulligan and Davies properties front on Baltimore Street and were taken under advisement at the last regular meeting announced Joseph Woodruff board president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Joseph Woodruff
Ulich, Mulligan and Davies
Baltimore Street
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