Oberlin Choir Selected for Soviet Union Tour
Oberlin College in Ohio selects its 75 voice choir for a March April cultural mission to the Soviet Union and satellite nations. The 33 concert tour will visit 12 cities while funded by the state department cultural presents program. Choir director Robert Fountain, noted for his work at Mount Union and Ohio State, picked members from 250 applicants.
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Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College
Soviet Union
Finney Chapel
State Department
Ussr
Oberlin
Robert Fountain
Mount Union College
Ohio State University
Negro woman jailed after Cincinnati school boycott
In Cincinnati, the only arrest from Tuesday's school boycott case was Mrs. Augustine Turner, 38, convicted of assault and battery and two counts of disorderly conduct. Municipal Judge Clarence Dening sentenced her to 10 days in jail and fined her $100. White witness Mrs. Margaret Andrews testified Turner pushed her during school drop off as parents of two crossing guards pressed the charges. The boycott, led by CORE and civil rights groups over de facto segregation, saw about 18,000 pupils stay home.
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Cincinnati
Augustine Turner
Clarence Dening
Margaret Andrews
Turner
Congress of Racial Equality
Daytonian Dies in Two Car Crash
Mrs Ethel Miller aged 4 of Dayton died in Good Samaritan Hospital from injuries from a Friday two car crash in northern Montgomery County.
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Daytonian
Dayton, Ohic (Ap
Ethel Miller
Dayton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Montgomery County
Roosevelt Students Dominate Greenhills Music Contest
Twelve Roosevelt Junior High entrants earned top honors at the Greenhills junior high music contest with four individuals winning superior ratings. Norman Nichols, Donna Worman, Greg Tutt, and Susan McIntosh each earned superior scores in vocal and instrumental categories while a mixed double quartet featuring Nichols and seven others claimed top recognition. Several students also earned excellent and good ratings across vocal, instrumental, and quartet performances.
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Roosevelt
Greenhills
Norman Nichols
Donna Worman
Greg Tutt
Susan McIntosh
Nichols
Mark Danner
David Little
John Burdsall
Ida Ferguson
Dena Morris
Cheryl McQuinn
Debbie Reeder
Burdsall
Kris McLaughlin
Shari Combs
Doug Gailey
Carolyn Davidson
Jani Lazarow
Paul West
Alan Spears
David Vick
Becky Duff
The
Boys
Gale Wagner
Butler County Heart Association Expands Regional Tie
Ralph H. Leyrer, elected president, announces Butler County Heart Association joins the Heart Association of Southwestern Ohio. The six counties now are Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren. The move aligns with policies to form multi county chapters for efficiency and better services. Local HQ stays at 110 N Third St Hamilton. Southwestern Ohio HQ is Circin Mall 2535 Gilbert Ave. A Heart Fund campaign will launch this month.
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Adams, Brown
Butler
Clermont
Hamilton
Warren
American Heart Association
Whio State Heart Association
Ohio
Butler County Heart Association
N. Third St
Southwestern Ohio Heart Association
Circin- Mall
Gibert Ave
Butler County
Girl Hurt Slightly In 2 Car Crash
Wilma Rose, 12, of Germantown Road complained of a left shoulder injury after a two car crash on Sutphin Street at North Avenue at 12 30 p m yesterday. Clarence C Rose, 59, of Germantown Road, drove a car struck by Patricia Aon Shearer, 17, of Eaton Ave. Shearer was cited for failure to yield at a stop sign. Damages were $500 to Shearer’s vehicle and $300 to the Rose auto.
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Wilma Rose
Germantown Road
Sutphin Street
North Avenue
Clarence C. Rose
Patricia Aon Shearer
Eaton Ave
Miss Shearer
Shearer Auto
Rose
Accident on Vermont Street Involves Shields and Johnson
An accident yesterday on Vermont Street at 6 20 p m involved drivers James O Shields of 1215 Grove St and Richard Johnson Jr of 1011 14th Ave. Neither driver was cited and each car sustained 150 dollars in damage police officials stated.
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James 0. Shields
Grove St
Richard Johnson Jr
14Th Ave
Vermont Street
Flat tire tampering spree hits Dayton car
In Dayton, Ohio, an overnight intrusion into a West A street garage left Joseph Side’s car with the rear seat removed and the trunk unhinged. The thief accessed the open trunk and stole a spare tire and four bumper jacks, indicating a deliberate break-in to fix a flat.
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Dayton, Ohio
Wright
Joseph
Dayton
GM employment in Ohio plants tops seventy thousand in 1953
General Motors Corp reported that GM employment in its Ohio plants totaled about 71,000 persons in 1953 with payrolls around 551.9 million dollars.
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Detroit
Mich
General Motors Corp
Ohio
Obedience Dog Trials Here Today
Ninety dogs will be tested at the National Guard Armory on Main Street as the Middletown Dog Training Club holds its annual obedience trials. The show runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in its twelfth season with entries from Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana. Primary breeds include Poodles, German Shepherds and Golden Retrievers. Show officials include trial secretary Mrs. P. C. Hamlin and special awards tabulator Mrs. C. C. Houdeshell. Judges are Mrs. Margaret Houdeshell and Albert Neargarden of Dayton.
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National Guard Armory
Main Street
Middletown
C. C. Houdeshell
Dayton
Joe Morris
Hamilton
Margaret Houdeshell
Albert Neargarden
U S Grants Asylum To Red Defector
Washington reports that Yuri I Nossenko the Soviet secret police defector has been granted political asylum in the United States. The State Department announced he is now in Washington with secrecy about his exact location. Russia demanded interviews and protested the U S handling of the case while not threatening to leave the Geneva disarmament talks.
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Washington
U.S
Yuri I. Nossenko
State Department
Nosenko
Geneva
America
Richard I
Phillips
Emassy
Andrei A. Gromyko
Foy D. Kohler
Moscow
Gromyko
United States
Venue Change Denied In Cincinnati Murder Trial
Elmer Glen Miller 47 denied change of venue in the first degree murder case over the robbery slaying of 76 year old Mrs Emma Austing. Miller trial set to begin Tuesday in common pleas court. Co-defendants Lester Swiger 28 and Curtis Bellamy 20 already sentenced to the electric chair. Austing died May 20.
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Cincinnati
Elmer Glen Miller
Emma Austing
Common Pleas Court
Lester E. Swiger
Curtis Bellamy
Ernest E. Oswald Dies at 74 in Lebanon Funeral Home Operator
Ernest E. Oswald 74 retired operator of the Oswald Memorial Home died at his Lebanon residence after a year of illness. He leaves wife Elsie two daughters Betty Johnson and Rosemary Bohl a son Jack Oswald 12 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 pm at the memorial home with Rev J T McHendry. burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. His brother Lee Richardson of Korea Ky survives with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Graveside rites occur Wednesday at Back Cemetery in Korea Ky.
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Lebanon
Ernest E. Oswald
Oswald
Mulberry St
Elsie
Betty Johnson
Rosemary Bohl
Urbana
Jack Oswald
Elks and Eagles Lodges
Memorial Home
J. T. McHendry
Lebanon Cemetery
Scranton
Lee Richardson
Korea
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Henry Howard
Mrs Martha Back dies at 79 in Middletown Hospital
Martha Back 79 of 709 Elwood St died at Middletown Hospital at 7 05 p m Saturday after a three day stay. A Middletown resident for 30 years she was formerly of Menifee County Kentucky widow of John Back Surviving are son Stanley of Middletown and three sisters Emma Lou Back of Middletown Mary Jane Dennis of West Liberty Kentucky and Icy Manns
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Martha Back
Elwood St
Middletown Hospital
Back
Middletown
Menifee County
John Back
Stanley
Emma Lou Back
Mary Jane Dennis
West Liberty
Icy Manns
Sit-Ins Close Gegner's Shop in Yellow Springs
In Yellow Springs Ohio barber Lewis Gegner closed his shop after 10 sit-in demonstrators eight Negroes and two whites entered. Donald Lyles 20 of Dayton filed charges claiming violation of Ohio public accommodations law by refusing to cut his hair. Roland Smith also a Negro filed similar charges saying he was refused service two weeks earlier. Gegner has prior convictions for refusing to cut Negroes hair and his attorney said an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court is pending.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Lewis Gegner
Donald Lyles
Dayton
Gegner
Roland Smith
Lyles
Smith
Ohio Supreme Court
Educator Becker Retires After 39 Years of Perfect Attendance
Dayton Ohio AP reports Adam Becker, executive head of Jefferson Township Schools in Montgomery County, is retiring after a 39 year career with a perfect attendance record never missing a day due to illness. He began with the district at its inception and has overseen its growth.
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Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery County
Adam Becker
Jefferson Township
Waterbury Repub sports editor William Derwin dies at 62
William J. Derwin, 62, Waterbury Republican sports editor, died Saturday after suffering a stroke on February 4 while covering a high school basketball game in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Waterbury, Conn
William J. Derwin
The
Waterbury Republican
John Dunigan, Middletown native, dies in Tampa
John Dunigan, 59, former Middletown resident and Armco Steel employee, died Saturday in Tampa after 18 years there. Survived by wife Mary, son John E. Dunigan of Tampa, daughter Donna King of St. Louis, and sister Effie Lewis of Middletown. Funeral arrangements are complete in Tampa. Family requests no flowers.
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John Dunigan
Middletown
Tampa
Fla
Armco Steel Corp
Dunigan
Mary
John £. Dunigan
Donna King
St. Louis
Effie Lewis
Infant Debra Kay Johnson Dies After Surgery
Infant Debra Kay Johnson two months daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson died at 9 15 p m Saturday at Children's Hospital Cincinnati after heart surgery Tuesday Survived by three brothers Robert Charles Eugene a sister Jo Anne and grandparents Louis Johnson Berea Ky and Mr and Mrs Cletus Mays Greenbush Road Arrangements incomplete at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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Debra Kay Johnson
Paul Johnson
Locust St
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Robert
Charles
Eugene
Jo Anne
Louis Johnson
Berea
Cletus Mays
Greenbush Road
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Widow Rachel Whipkey 71 of Middletown Dies at Middletown Hospital
Mrs. Rachel Victoria Whipkey 71 longtime Middletown resident died at 3 45 PM Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a week as a patient She was formerly of Brackston West Virginia widow of Albert Whipkey She lived with daughter Evelyn Kelley at 5260 Messiman Road West Middletown Survived by another daughter Hettie Buchanan a stepdaughter Rose Adams five stepsons and four sisters and four grandchildren with two great grandchildren Burial at Woodside Cemetery Funeral services Tuesday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home conducted by Reverends Henry Howard and Carmel Mathis Friends may call at the funeral home Monday 3 5 and 7 9 PM Moriay.
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Rachel Victoria Whipkey
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Brackston
W. Va
Albert Whipkey
Evelyn Kelley
Messiman Road
West Middletown
Hettie Buchanan
Rose Adams
Baltimore
Freshmen Affected as Miami U Reports Semester Drop
Oxford campus records show 418 students dropped for scholarship or related reasons at semester end, including 155 freshmen and 111 freshmen among upperclassmen. Of 8,610 enrolled, 176 had withdrawn, 58 were freshmen, and 167 received degrees, yielding a 4.99 percent casualty rate for second semester admissions.
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Oxford
Miami University
Max B. Rosselot
Rosselot
Reas
Miami
Reserved Auto Tags On Sale
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles will take reservations for reserved license plate numbers starting tomorrow. Owners must bring title certificate and registration to 1836 Central Ave. The office operates 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. daily and until noon Saturday. Registration costs 10.35. New 1964 tags go on sale March 1 and 1963 tags expire March 31 at midnight.
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The
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Bureau
Central Ave
Kathryn Agee
Youths Arrested For Delinquency At Albers Market
Two youths aged 17 and 14 were arrested on delinquency charges after allegedly shoplifting at Albers Market on Clinton Street. A tire valued at 24 was slashed on a car owned by James Ford of 10 14th Ave. Ruth Lykins of 1509 Woodlawn Ave reported a blonde woman 19 or 20 stole her purse containing seven dollars in change from her grocery cart outside her home. An overcoat worth 25 belonging to Tom Buchett of Hampton Place was stolen from a locker at Middletown High School.
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Albers Market
Clinton Street
James Ford
14Th Ave
Ruth Lykins
Woodlawn Ave
Lykins
Tom Buchett
Hampton Place
Middletown High School
Butler County Road Index Details 1964 Edition
The 1964 Butler County Road Street and Subdivision Index lists all county roads streets subdivisions fire departments and statistical data. It covers 469 square miles and a 1960 population of 199076 with towns Hamilton Middletown and others. Free copies are available by mail from county engineer Jesse H Pochard's office with no charge.
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Abberdeen Drive
Young Street
Middletown
Butler County
Jesse H. Pochard
Hamilton
Pochard
Ancient Europeans used mistletoe to treat ulcers
Reports indicate that ancient European cultures valued mistletoe not as a kiss charm but as a medicinal remedy for ulcers, reflecting beliefs in plant-based healing across early societies.
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Butler Heart Association
Ralph H. Leyrer
Heart Association of
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Dodds
Tet Catesayers
Sundeys
South Broad ST
Perkinen
Shep Mondey
Pegcy Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona License Bureau
Arizona State Prison
Florence
Funeral Home
Mrs. Martha Back
Gegner’s
Sports Editor
DIFS
Mrs
Rachel Whipkey
Jacone
Glass Shop
Miami U
Ber
Butler Index
Alert
New London Road
Yankee Road
Abney Acres
York No. 1
Melampy
Union Senitory
James R. Chaney
Winona
Park
2Nd Avenue
Centre Avenue
West Centre Avenue
Grand Ave
Gideon
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