Driver Cleared in Pedestrian Death Here
Police say no charges will be filed against the off duty special deputy sheriff who struck Madge Berry 34 in a Verity Parkway crosswalk at 3 25 a m. The victim, picked up moments before near Crispie Creme Coffee Shop, was pronounced dead at Middletown Hospital. Witness said she appeared to tumble from the moving car. Another man, Dave Woolum 26, agreed to a lie detector test. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Riggs Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery.
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Madge Berry
First Ave
Verity Parkway
LaFayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Eugene Couch
Central Ave
Woolum
Berry
Obituary for Elmer J. Maffett, 85, Celina area resident
Elmer J. Maffett, 85, father of Templyn Maffett of Middletown, died Saturday at 10 a.m. at Gib bons Hospital in Celina, Ohio. He is survived by another son, Everett, of Marion, Indiana, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services are being arranged by the Vale & Stem Funeral Home in Celina.
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Elmer J. Maffett
Templyn Maffett
Middletown
Gibbons Hospital
Celina
Ohio
Everett
Marion
Ind
Vale & Stem Funeral Home
Obituary for Sue Imlay Morrow of Camden
Mrs. Sue Imlay Morrow 67 of 3132 Camden College Corner Road died Saturday morning at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a stroke at home. Survived by husband Clayton two stepsons William Morrow Camden and Jack Morrow Hamilton sister Mrs. Dorothy Wright Palm Springs Calif. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. Eaton Funeral Home Franklin burial Springboro Cemetery visitation Tuesday 12 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Camden
Sue Imlay Morrow
Camden College Corner Road
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Clayton
William Morrow
Jack Morrow
Dorothy Wright
Palm Springs
Calif
Eaton Funeral Home
Franklin
Springboro
Attempted Kidnap Plot Against De Gaulle Revealed in Court
Lt Col Bastien-Thiry testified the group aimed to abduct De Gaulle rather than kill him. He described four additional plots and two other attacks that failed due to last minute hitches, noting plans dated June 5 1962 during a wedding near Orleans. The disclosure adds to a string of attacks since 1961 tied to the president.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Jean-Marie Bastien- Thiry
de Gaulle
Bastien- Thiry
France
Bastien-Thiry
Orleans
Audio Visual Aides Topic At Creekview
Creekview School PTO meets at 6 30 p m Tuesday to demo audio visual aids used in Middletown schools including a tape recorder a record player a micro projection unit and a film strip. Plans for the annual school bazaar in early April and the formation of a Creekview Cub Scout pack will be set.
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Middletown
Creekview
Creekview Pto
Rockefeller Attacks And Defends Self
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller assailed the Kennedy administration as failing to meet campaign promises on the economy and civil rights while defending a New York GOP revolt against his plan to raise motor vehicle fees. He spoke at a Newark news conference before meeting New Jersey Republicans and noted no commitments about a presidential bid.
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Robert T. Gray
Newark
N.J
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Republican Organization of New Jersey
150 Students End Civilian Defense Test
In Middletown New York a group of 150 volunteers mostly students spent 15 hours in a high school basement shelter as part of a civil defense drill named Operation Groundhog. The test highlighted sleep deprivation and limited rations with girls objecting to cosmetics bans while boys and girls slept in separate wings on blankets and concrete.
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Middletown
N.Y
New York
Middletown High School
Satirical jab on corruption in trade by Juvenal
The Roman lawyer and satirist Juvenal, living circa A D 60 to 140, criticized Rome’s lax stance on commerce with a biting line. Think not that any distinction can be drawn between perfume and leather, for the smell of gain is good from any source.
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Juvenal
First National Bank Uses Tabloid Annual Report
The Second National Bank of Middletown presents its annual report in a newspaper tabloid via the Middletown Journal. Calvin Verity says the format reaches more depositors and stockholders, personalizes staff, and widens distribution beyond private mailings. Edward Barker notes it moves beyond dry figures to speak directly to the public. Charles Palmer explains the format broadens awareness and potential customers, with nationwide banking interest growing.
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First National Bank
Middletown Journal
National Bank
Calvin Verity
First National
Middletown
Butler County
Edward Barker
Verity
Charles Palmer
Palmer
Cleveland Orchestra Opens 14 Concert Tour Dates
The Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell begins a 14 concert eastern tour with Carnegie Hall performances in New York on February 4 11 and 18. The run includes cities in Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Orchestra
New York City
Carnegie Hall
George Szell
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Japan’s Architecture Draws on Chinese Prototypes
The assertion that Japanese architecture mirrors Chinese origins reflects a view of cultural exchange. It notes that Japan absorbed Chinese design influences through trade and religion, shaping periods like Asuka and Nara while evolving distinct styles in later eras.
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Japan
China
Six Injured In Three City Traffic Crashes
Three accidents left six people hurt in Middletown yesterday. A two car collision at Grand Avenue and Wicorf Street at 3 p.m. involved Martha Mynhier and her daughter Debra, along with William McCuller and passenger Rosetta McCuller, all taken to Middletown Hospital with minor injuries while officers noted questions over traffic signals and curb damage. No charges were filed as witnesses backed the Mynhier account.
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Jerry Dinardo
Florence Sr
Middletown
Grand Avenue
Wicorf Street
Martha Mynhier
Manchester Road
Debra Mynhier
Mynhier
William McCuller
Pine St
McC
Middletown Hospital
Collision at Germantown Road injures two. Holdenbaugh cited
In an afternoon crash at Germantown Road and Carmody Boulevard, Clarence B. Tungate 27 and a passenger in his car suffered abdominal pain and possible head injuries respectively. Tungate’s southbound vehicle collided with a stop-sign turning car driven by William Holdenbaugh 64, who was cited for failure to yield. Both cars totaled. Later on Veri ty Parkway, Earl R. Leese 72 lost control on snow, hit a light pole, with $250 damage and refused medical aid.
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Germantown Road
Carmody Boulevard
Clarence B. Tungate
Selden Ave
Robert Lewelyn
Peasttown
Tungate
William Holdenbaugh
Earl R. Leese
Rt. 1
Middletown
Verity Parkway
Catalpa Drive
Leese
Three Negro Churches To Be Rebuilt
In Dawson Georgia clergy will break ground Sunday on three Negro churches burned during last summer’s racial troubles in southwest Georgia. About 74000 dollars has been raised via fund drives from Georgia to New York and elsewhere as contracts are let. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders will participate. Jackie Robinson, unable to travel due to knee surgery, helped raise much of the funds before hospital admission in Mount Vernon New York.
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Dawson
Georgia
New York
Albany
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Jackie Robinson
Robinson
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Police Briefs Report Theft and Vandalism Incidents
A missing adding machine was taken from B D Morgan Construction at 211 Doty Street on Saturday morning. A tire and wheel vanished from a car on Germantown Road Saturday. James Wilson of Park Street Franklin was treated for an eye cut after a fight at Surfside Inn. Bradley Gibson of Linden Avenue reported tire and jack theft from his car at home yesterday.
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B. D. Morgan Construction Company
Doty St
Germantown Road
James Wilson
Park St
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Surfside Inn
Bradley Gibson
Linden Ave
Local theft report from A and M motors
Frank Lenthwaite reported a hub cap stolen from his car and Robert McCoy age 20 claimed a valve stem ripped from the vehicle. Incident occurred near noon Saturday at A and M Motors.
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Frank Lenthwaite
Charles Sr
Robert McCoy
Emma Valve
A & M Motors
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Eversharp
Frisch's
Riggs Funeral Home
John Carter
Woodside Cemetery
Russell J. Pressler
Hill Ave
S. Main St
Episcopal Church of Ascension
McCoy- Leffler
Mrs
Sue Morrow
Robert Quiriconi
Vradelis
Tappan
Broad St
Douglas Barrett
Capt
John Fitzgerale
Ludlow
Red
Cole Jr
Weith
Dank
Middletown Area
Burley C
U.S
Union Sam Middletown’s Finest Cleaners & Launderers
82Nd Avenue
Central Avenue
West Central Avenue
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Strand Theater
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