Middletown Announces Satisfactory Traffic Signal Tests
Middletown officials report new downtown traffic signals and one way street system testing as completely satisfactory. City Manager Kramer says systems ready for service at 2 30 p m Sunday, with ceremony at City Building attended by Wagner Smith contractors, engineer Roy Fielding, Crouse Hinds reps, Progress Committee chair Donald Driscoll and city leaders.
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Middletown
Howard H. Kramer
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Wagner Smith Co
Roy Fielding
George Howle
Cincinnati
Crouse- Hinds Co
Donald G. Driscoll
Middletown Progress Com
New Sorg Warehouse Gains 100000 Permit
Sorg Paper Co receives a 100000 permit from city building commissioner Orville Carson for a single story tilt up concrete warehouse at the Smith Mill site. Donald G. Driscoll states the 196 by 127 feet facility will hold about 25000 square feet of stock and converted paper products. Construction by B D Morgan Co began Feb 1 and aims for completion early this summer.
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Sorg Paper Co
Orville Carson
Donald G. Driscoll
Sorg
Driscoll
B. D. Morgan Co
Middletown
Smith Mill
Carson
Officers Bring Barton Back From California
A Butler County deputy sheriff and two Middletown officers returned from Los Angeles with George Franklin Barton 35 formerly of Crawford Street wanted for shooting Clark Tingley last summer. Barton indicted by the Butler County Grand Jury for shooting with intent to kill is held in Hamilton for a grand jury hearing after extradition.
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Butler County
Middletown
Los Angeles
Calif
George Franklin Barton
Crawford St
Barton
Grand Jury
Clark Tingley
Sons’ Grill
E. Central Avenue
Ralph Bauer
Louis Janka
Mark Duerr
Hamiton
Bauer
Cali
Fornia
Hamilton
William Schulz
Ohio
Tingley
FBI
Three Doctors Speak To Dental Society In Hamilton
Three Cincinnati doctors spoke to the Keely Dental Society at the Anthony Wayne Hotel in Hamilton on X ray techniques. Present were Dr Ed Ball, Ball Jr and Dr Don.
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Dental
Cincinnati
Keely Dental Society
Anthony Wayne Hotel
Hamilton
Ed Ball
Ball Jr
Don
At The Movies Showings This Weekend
Paramount presents Sword and the Rose at 1 15 4 05 7 00 and 9 50 p m Dumbo at 2 55 5 50 and 8 40 p m Strand shows Golden Idol at 1 15 4 22 7 23 and 10 22 p m City of Bad Men at 2 50 5 56 and 9 02 p m City of Bad Men repeats Saturday at 2 01 5 35 and 8 51 p m Golden Idol at 3 33 7 07 and 10 23 p m.
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Paramount
Safe Toy Display Stays On Exhibit
A safe toy exhibit from yesterday's home safety conference remains on display this week. Safety Council Director Wilson announced the display, donated by Cincinnati's Children's Hospital. Dr. Mabel Gardner directed the event for the Business and Professional Women's Club, with Girl Scout Troop 94 and Boy Scout Troop 11 winning prizes.
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Civic Association
Safety Council
Wilson
Children's Hospital of
Cincinnati
Mabel Gardner
Business and Professional Women's Club
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Carl J. Shields
Dayton
Girl Scout
Boy Scout Troop 11
County to Receive $271,552 for Poor Relief Fund
Butler County will receive 271 552 dollars from the state for the poor relief fund. Auditor James Rhodes said the funds, from public utilities excise taxes, are in addition to 8 percent millions appropriated by the legislature for relief through the welfare department.
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Butler County
James Rhodes
Welfare Department
Groundbreaking Set Wednesday for Shafer Neibar Underpass Start
City Manager Howard H. Kramer announced a 10 a.m. Wednesday groundbreaking to mark construction of the Shafer Neibar underpass. The ceremony at the north end of Shafer Street will be attended by city officials, New York Central Railroad representatives, Middletown Progress Committee, McGraw Construction Co., and Voight Ivers Seaman consulting engineers.
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Shafer - Neibar
Howard H. Kramer
Shafer Street
New York Central Railroad System
Middletown
Both Drivers In Crash Draw Fines Jail
In Middletown Municipal Court acting Judge I A Casper fined Robert Trent and Lewis King 200 dollars each plus costs. They received three days in jail and six months driving privileges revoked except for work. The 6:42 pm collision at Fleming Road and N Grimes Street caused 275 and 375 dollars in damage respectively.
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Middletown
I. A. Casper
Robert Trent
Brentwood St
Lewis C. King
Baltimore St
Fleming Road
N. Grimes Street
Casper
Trent
King
Grimes Street
Youth’s Case Is Continued Against Paul Carter
Paul Carter an 18 year old of 1707 Sheridan Ave faced charges of malicious destruction of property. The case was continued to next Friday in Municipal Court with Carter released on a 1000 dollar cash bond. He was arrested yesterday at Lemon Monroe High School on a warrant and is awaiting Butler County grand jury action on eight burglary and larceny counts. The youth allegedly caused 100.48 dollars in damage by throwing rocks at Principal W E Davis’s auto, breaking two headlights a tail light two windshields and a rear window.
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Paul Carter
Sheridan Ave
Carter
Lemon-Monroe Hy School
Butler County Grand Jury
W. E. Davis
Army enlistment of Gene E Blankenship to three-year term
M Sergeant Al Walters reports Gene E Blankenship of German Town Route 1 has enlisted in the Army for three years. He will be sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for assignment.
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Gene E. Blankenship
Germantown Rt. 1
al Walters
Blankenship
Ft. Knox, Ky
Middletown man injured when car hits boxcar in St Bernard
A 37 year old Middletown man Howard Ellis suffered fractures internal injuries and multiple cuts after his car crashed into a Baltimore and Ohio boxcar at Vine Street and Railroad Avenue in St Bernard. He was removed after an hour from the wreck and was hospitalized in Cincinnati. Police say Ellis was speeding as warning and traffic lights were operating.
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Middletown
Baltimore & Ohio
Vine Street
Railroad Avenue
St. Bernard
Howard Ellis
Yankees Rd
Cincinnati
Good Samaritan
Herbert Kalkbrem
Franklin Mother Told Soldier-Son Is Dead
Mrs. Ella Kaylor of Franklin was notified by the Defense Department that her son, Sgt. Robert J. Bunnell, is presumed dead after earlier reports of him among U S POWs. Bunnell served since 1940, with World War II and Korea assignments, and was listed as missing in January 1951. Sister Mrs. Hart and brother Edmond Bunnell are named relatives.
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Defense Department
Ella Kaylor
River St
Franklin
Robert J. Bunnell
Kaylor
Sgt
Bunnell
Valley
Sgt. Bunnell
Ing
Pentagon
21St Infantry
Japan
Korea
Robert J. Hart
Park Ave
Edmond Bunnell
Jefferson Rd
Middletown
Bun
County Medical Board awards second $1,000 to school aid
Butler County Medical Society announces a second $1,000 grant to the American Medical Education Foundation. Dr. J. A. Carter notes the need to support 79 accredited medical schools nationwide amid rising training costs. Executive members from Middletown and Hamilton urge continued funding to sustain medical education and public health advances.
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County Medical Group
American Medical Education Foundation
J. A. Carter
Butler County Medical Society
Carter
Bankers View on Life Insurance Needs at Middletown Luncheon
Melvin Kelso of Oglesby Barnitz Bank outlined life insurance requirements for large and small states during the Middletown Association of Life Underwriters noon luncheon. He cited cash clean up and cash emergency funds, noting inadequate reserves risk investment liquidation and lowered survivor living standards. Glenn Lane moderated. ward Jones chaired. Next meeting set for March 18 at the Manchester Hotel.
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Melvin Kelso
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank
Middletown Assn
Glenn Lane
Ward Jones
Manchester
New Trial Sought in Robinette Case Postponed Hearing
Dennis M. Robinette, 55, Darrtown tavern operator, saw a municipal court hearing postponed a week as his lawyer filed a motion for a new trial in his Butler County Common Pleas conviction. Judge illness and a missing witness prompted delay. hearing now set for Feb 26 at 9:30 a.m. Robinette is already serving a six month sentence with an additional 50 days suspended by juvenile court for contributing to delinquency, tied to a 1952 case.
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Dennis M. Robinette
Darrtown
Butler County
Robinette
P. P. Boli
Arthur C. Hopkins
Cincinnati
Hopkins
Denny’s Place
Boli
Fred B. Cramer
Cramer
Coyle backs Saxbe endorsement from Butler County
Butler County Republican leaders endorsed Champaign lawyer William Saxbe for the U S Senate. Chairman Martin Coyle cited Saxbe's intelligence and progressive representation. The county's executive committee had initially recommended no voter guidance, but the central committee voted to back Saxbe, noting his leadership as Ohio House speaker. Saxbe and Coyle, OSU classmates, spoke on tax policy during the meeting.
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William Saxbe
Ohio
U. S. Senate
Martin Coyle
Butler County
Republican Executive Committee
Coyle
GOP
Central Committee
Champaign County
Saxbe
Ohio House
George Bender
Cleveland
State
Republican Committee
County Central Committee
GOP Executive Committee
U.S. Senate
Frank Lausche
Bob Taft
Bill
Thief Steals Golf Clubs From Verity Clubhouse
A break-in at the Verity Golf Club on 2nd Avenue netted James Waxweiler a set of golf clubs valued at 200 dollars. Detectives report intruders pried a east side window, cut a screen, opened an inner window, and took 11 irons, four woods, a red and green plaid nylon bag, and eight balls. Lockers may have been opened but it was unclear if items were taken. Police received the call at 1 45 p m yesterday.
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Verity Golf Club
2Nd Avenue
James Waxweiler
Princeton Ave
Cage Fans Best Be Cagy Drivers
Extra state pi per patrol cars will be added to roads between this city and Cincinnati Garden to ease traffic during the Hamilton Middletown basketball game. Cpl. Dean Girton announced the measure and said the same service will be on Hamilton Cincinnati roads. He urged people to allow plenty of time and drive safely.
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Cincinnati Garden
Hamilton-Middletown
Dean Girton
Hamilton-Cincinnati
Cpl
Girton
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