Manchester Inn Fire Damage Contained by Quick Action
Last night a blaze at the Manchester Motor Inn in Manchester was limited to a stock room in the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce offices. Jennifer Jones heard crackling and alerted staff while Robert Barnard, Louis Golphin, and Ralph Johnson helped fight the smoke with hotel manager Paul Galeese praising all for preventing greater damage. The main loss was wiring.
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Manchester Motor Inn
Middletown Area
Louis Golphin
Ralph Johnson
Paul Galeese
Otel
Chamber Offers Help In City Rate Study
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce offered to assist the city commission in studying a proposed rate increase by Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. Chamber president William Verity said the chamber can cooperate as the investigation proceeds. CG&E official William K. Robinson voiced willingness to support any impartial study by the city.
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Middletown Area
William Verity
Chamber
Commission
William Denham
Robert Hayes
Donham
William K. Robinson
Cg&e
Police Briefs Report Car Keys Stolen and Missing Girl
Police received a report that James Mitchell left his car running on Garfield Street and Calumet Avenue and returned to find the keys stolen. Wilson Turner reported a hubcap theft at Armco parking lot on Wicorf Street. Eddie Hooks said his daughter Anna, 16, has been missing from home since Sunday.
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Garfield Street
Calumet Avenue
James Mitchell
10Th Ave
Tet Cigarettes
Wilson Turner
Germantown
Armco
Wicorf Street
Eddie Hooks
18Th Ave
Anna
Fire damages chamber stockroom halts operations
In the Chamber stockroom smoke damaged text books reference books and supplies. The iChamber set up temporary offices in the Promenade Room of a hotel and at Greene and Ladd. Barnard arriving for a talk with the National Association of Secretaries saw smoke and with Golphin and Johnson grabbed a fire extinguisher and fought the blaze for about 15 minutes. Golphin left due to thick smoke. Barnard struggled to see others in the room.
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Chamber i
iChamber
Greene & Ladd
Barnard
National Association of Secretaries
Chamber
Golphin
Johnson
Fire damages building. short circuit cited
About 35 women heard a talk while flames broke out. Firemen from Companies 1 and 2 with the ladder unit and emergency squad under Platoon Commander Charles Ingram answered the 7 17 p m alarm. Building damage was about 1000 dollars with 3000 dollars in contents burned. The blaze was caused by a short circuit in wiring. Firemen remained on scene for 20 minutes.
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Charles Ingram
Elusive Prisoner Still At Large In Hamilton
Bal lard Gayhart 40 of Somerville remains at large after escaping Butler County sheriff's deputies at Hughes Memorial Hospital during a routine physical. He faces robbery and wound charges from December crimes in Middletown and Middle Town, with a prior escape and a grand jury referral by Judge J. T. Lamb. Deputies describe a hallway flight and escape through a hospital window.
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Hamilton
Ballard Gayhart
Somerville
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Hughes Memorial Hospital
Gayhart
Middletown
J. T. Lamb
Morlatt’s
Donald Wells
Contract Awarded For $290000 Project in Middletown
The Post Office Department awarded a $290000 contract to Jalyn Co., Inc. for a new Middletown post office on Verity Parkway north of Columbia Avenue. The one story brick and glass building will cover about 18 948 square feet with 270 feet of frontage, and is expected to be ready in roughly 240 days. It will be leased for 20 years with options totaling up to 50 years. The move consolidates operations from the 1917 building at Main and Manchester avenues.
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Verity Parkway
Columbia Avenue
Middletown
P. Lorillard
N. Verity Parkway
Post Office Department
Washington Today
Jalyn Co., Inc
James A. Curry Sr
Curry Ford, Inc
Barry Levey
Consolidated Trucking, Inc
C&d
Guyler Buick
Lorillard
Central Avenue
Charles and
Grimes Streets
Middletown Area
Broad Street
Curry
N. Main Street
Manchester Avenue
Morton Taylor
Parcel
Charles Street
Plang
Middletown Post Office
Council
Trustees
Trenton Resident Group Opposes Market Zone Change
Fifteen residents with 67 signatures spoke at a public hearing opposing a proposed 6,300 square foot IGA supermarket on a 1.75 acre parcel at 604 W. State St owned by Carl Goebel. The site, currently residential, would require rezoning to commercial, provoking concerns of spot zoning, traffic, and impact on nearby homes and park. The council postponed a decision, with next meeting aimed at ruling on the zoning change.
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Trenton
Trenton Council
Carl Goebel
State St
Lloyd Miller
Middletown Realtor
Council
IGA
Pat” Patterson
Engle
I Corner
Joe Wetzel
Weitzel
Wetzel
William J. Saunders Jr
Cranewood Drive
Cranewood
Saunders
Ohio Bar District 1 Meeting in Manchester Inn
More than 200 lawyers judges and guests gather for the Ohio Bar Association District 1 meeting hosted by the Butler County Bar Association. Sessions begin at 9 30 am with a noon luncheon by Oliver Schroeder Jr. of Cleveland and topics on products liability and law medicine.
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Ohio Bar Association
Manchester Motor Inn
Butler County Bar Associatio
Butler
Clermont
Clinton
Hamilton
Warren
Oliver Schoeder Jr
Cleveland
Schroeder
Law
Western Reserve University
Stanley E. Jr
Cincinnati
E. Hjalmar Persson
Butler County
Harper
Jack A. Casper
Harvard University
Ohio
Federal
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Military Appeals
U. S. Citizens Committee
NATO
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Ohio Workmen's Compensation Council
Cleveland Ordnance District of the
War Department
Fire destroys trailer in Franklin. $3,000 damage
A Franklin fire gutted a house trailer of Harold Brown at 762 Dayton Oxford Road last night. Occupied by Joe Smith, the trailer was unoccupied when firefighters arrived at 11:20 p m. A neighbor reported the alarm. the trailer was a total loss per firemen.
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Franklin
Harold Brown
Joe Smith
Dayton - Oxford Road
Tiie
Oil prices rise in Indonesia hike fuels taxi fares
In Jakarta, the Indonesian government doubled local petroleum product prices, lifting gasoline to 38 cents per gallon. Taxis quickly followed, doubling their hourly rates to four dollars.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Man Sentenced in Child Support Case by Butler County Judge
A Middletown man Charles Willoughby, 45, 204 Clark Sr., was sentenced to one year in the Cincinnati Work House after pleading guilty to non support of seven children. Judge David Black stated the court would not tolerate lack of responsibility for child support. Johnnie Tucker, 20, 412 Curtis St., received a suspended one year workhouse term and three years probation for non support of one minor child. A non support charge against Raymond Williams, 27, Excello, was dismissed for failure to prosecute.
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Middletown
Butler County
David Black
Charles Willoughby
Clark Sr
Black
Raymond Williams
Excello
JA Trade Fair Extended One Day
Junior Achievers honored the Crystalites firm and announced a third day for the JA Trade Fair closing night. Trade Fair extended to Saturday 10 am to 6 pm at the shopping center due to weather. About 350 attended last night with Crystalites taking first place for wood waste baskets and planters.
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Crystalites
Bill Wiley
L Cutcheon
John Carmody
Wanda Conley
Harold Radenheimer Sr
Ray Rogers
Bob Ballard
Priscilla Crafters
Business
Professional Women's ‘Club
Busy Bee Cees
Black Clawson Co
Jeff Gilbrith
Fred Yoder
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By Frank Morgan
Jack Thomas
Eellnngs
Ernest Moore
Brelsford Ave
Charles Maertz
Miller
Richard Freeman
Harry Stretcher
Oliver Schroeder
Vince Sisson
The
Middletown Bar Association
Fred B. Cramer
Ohio Legal Certer
John C. Johnston Jr
Wooster
Ohio State Bar
Tom Greene Plumbing Co
Jackson Plumbing
Benefit School Patrol
Crystal Tissue Co
Judy Me
Crystalite Booth
Ballard
Miss McCutcheon
Carmody
Danner
Mac Brennen
O'Brien
Oerten
Woon
CaTex Paint
Brennen Paint
Central Ave
Joffe’s
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