Traffic Light Petitioned for Two Way Street Use
City Commission to hear a 30-signature petition requesting restoration of two way traffic on Main Street between Manchester and 1st avenues with restricted parking 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. The one way system began in February 1954. A second petition from Aeronca and Sharle Street residents seeks immediate street lighting.
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City Commission
Main Street
Manchester
1St Avenues
Aeronca
Sharle Streets
Wildwood
Camden Man Held on Shooting Charges
Elbert Hale Jr. of Camden faces charges of shooting with intent to wound after allegedly firing at William Back 30, of Eaton, in an alley near Hale’s home during a dispute over Hale’s wife Thelma. Back was treated and Hale is jailed in Preble County.
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Eaton
Elbert Hale Jr
Camden
Preble County
Floyd Spitler
Hale
Willam Back
Back
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Ind
Spitler
Thelma
Richmond Hospital
Mishaps Reported in 24 Hours Police Log
Two minor property damage incidents were reported. Joseph T. Fisher, 40, of 2132 Winston St., said his southbound 1600 block Yankee Road car was rear ended at 7 15 p.m. by a Lazaron vehicle whose driver blamed a foot slip. Estimated Fisher damage $75. Harold L. Gaines, 29, and Robert Taylor, 24, were in a separate $5 collision at 7 N Main St. at 5 40 p.m.
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Joseph T. Fisher
Winton St
Yankee Road
Steve Lazaron
Main St
Lazaron
Fisher Auto
Harold L. Gainey
S. Main St
Roberty Taylor
Pine St
Local Business Leaders Hospitalized and Recovering
Ross H. Snyder of 2100 Linden Ave vice president of First National Bank was admitted to Miami Valley Hospital Dayton for an eye ailment. J N Inwood of 310 Shafer St Middletown president of Office Outfitters Inc recuperates at home after a stroke. James Lynch proprietor of the Star News on S Broad Street is improved at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack last week.
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Ross H. Snyder
Linden Ave
First National Bank
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Middletown
J. N. Inwood
Shafer St
Office Outfitters. Inc
James Lynch
Star News
S. Broad Street
Middletown Hospital
Missing 17 Year-Old Evtenie Fishbaugh Reported
Police report a 17 year old girl Evtenie Fishbaugh left home on Saturday night after leaving a note about running away. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall, 120 pounds, with red hair blue eyes and was last seen wearing a light blue coat with four other teenagers believed to accompany her.
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Virtue Wills
Dubois Road
Evtenie Fishbaugh
Weekly Lent Services at Amanda Church
Meditation, prayer and communion services will be held during Lent each Wednesday beginning tonight at 6 30 at Amanda Mthocle Tec. There will be services at 6 30, 7 and 7 30 p m with the Rev William E Ballinger pastor presiding
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Amanda Mthocle
Tec
William E. Ballinger
Police Briefs Include Theft and Injury Reports
Roy Flannery of Franklin Route 2 reported a weekend theft of two fender skirts from his cat Mrs Henry Kennington of Fleming Road said her son was bitten on the left leg by a dog yesterday. Police arrested Boyd W Hackney at the City Building on a charge of driving while suspended. his prior DUI conviction carried a one year suspension last August in Dayton Municipal Court.
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Roy Flannery
Franklin Rt. 2
Henry Kennington
Fleming Rd
Boyd W. Hackney
Young St
Dayton
Man Slaughter Charge Contested in Middletown Pedestrian Death
A preliminary hearing for Kelse Henry Nickell 51 of 208 Burton Rd on second degree manslaughter and failure to yield in the traffic death of George Caywood 53 of 1104 Girard Ave was continued to March 9 Nickell’s arraignment was held before Municipal Judge J T Lamb with a $5000 bond. Caywood died at Middletown Hospital from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage after being struck on Verity Parkway near Central Avenue at 6 50 am. Bond was posted by Mary Louise Fried of Trenton. Caywood was the first traffic victim in Middletown this year and Butler County’s third.
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Kelse Henry Nickell
Burton Rd
Nickell
J. T. Lamb
Theodore Thompson
George Caywood
Girard Ave
Middletown Hospital
Caywood
Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Mary Louise Fried
Trenton
Mr. Caywood
Middletown
Butler County
Lent Season Observances Begin Lent Services Citywide
Ash Wednesday services mark the start of Lent with Roman Catholic and some Protestant congregations distributing ashes. Attendance was strong at early services including a 7 a.m. Communion for nearly 100 men at First Methodist. Lent ends noon Holy Saturday April 9.
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First Methodist
Driver’s Jail Term Suspended for DUI Arrest
Willie Clements, 39, of 1333 Grove Street, was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 93 days in Butler County Jail with 90 days suspended after a DUI arrest on the Trenton Franklin Road. A Hamilton woman arrested with him received 25 dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Willie Clements
Grove St
Butler County
Squire Albert Bolling
Clements
Hamilton
Trenton-Franklin
Wilbur McCray
Yield Way Wilson Proposes Stricter Pedestrian Right of Way
Middletown Safety Council Director Paul Wilson urged for stricter enforcement of pedestrians right of way at crosswalks after the citys first 1955 pedestrian fatality Georges Caywood 53. He said walk lights protect pedestrians but motorists must remain cautious especially in early morning hours and follow a wait and yield motto.
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Middletown Safety Council
Paul Wilson
George Caywood
Wilson
Air Force Seeks Observer Cadets
The Air Force aims to recruit fully qualified observer aviation cadets by month’s end. Local recruiter T. Sgt. Marvin Hedrick said men aged 19 to 20 14 who qualify will start training within four months. Cadets receive a year’s training, a second lieutenant commission, and a three year active service tour paying over $5 000 annually.
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Air Force
Marvin Hedrick
Fire Department Aids 72 Year Old At Forrest Ave Home
Emergency unit responded at 6 09 p m yesterday to help Robert Patterson 72 at his Forrest Avenue residence He received oxygen after reportedly suffering sharp chest pains.
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Robert Patterson
Forrest Ave
Patterson
At The Movies: Paramount And Strand Listings
Paramount shows Leagues Under the Sea at 1 45 4 10 6 30 9 00 p m Wednesday. Ten Men Wanted and Port of Hell at 1 15 4 10 7 00 and 10 p m. Apache War Smoke and Above and Beyond at Strand. Also a note on Druids and children's rhymes in a separate line.
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Hell
CIO Calls Strike At Rubber Plant Akron
Picket lines sparked a midnight strike at B. F. Goodrich Co. Akron plants affecting about 9,000 workers. Local 5 of the United Rubber Workers CIO seeks a plant wide seniority basis and a supplemental contract covering 25 working condition factors. Wages not yet negotiated.
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Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich Co
United Rubber Workers
CIO
Mrs Flora Brate in satisfactory condition after accident
Condition of Mrs Flora Brate 63 of 615 Crawford St who suffered a left leg fracture when hit by a car at Crawford Street and Grand Avenue early yesterday was listed as satisfactory by Middletown Hospital officials today.
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Flora Brate
Crawford St
Crawford Street
Grand Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Passenger Cordie Ledford Killed in Dayton Crash
In Dayton Ohio a car truck collision yesterday killed Cordie Ledford 18 of Fairfield as a passenger. The youth was identified as the victim in the fatal accident. Authorities reported the incident and are investigating the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Cordie Ledford
Fairborn
Plans Outlined for Mass Polio Vaccination Program
Local officials consider mass polio vaccination for all first and second graders contingent on final test results. Dr. Ralph E. Dwork says if the Salk vaccine proves effective, distribution could start immediately with free vaccination for nine million people and paid options for others.
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Ralph E. Dwork
State Health Department
Dr. Dwork
Associated Press
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
United States
Blumberg-Ohen Plans Move To Calumet Avenue
Middletown scrap firm Blumberg & Cohen Inc plans relocation from 1215 Girard Ave to a Calumet Avenue tract east of Walnut Street after a city issued building permit for a $50,000 reinforced concrete warehouse on the new site. The Girard property will be sold. the new land offers over twice the current site’s area with a spur track and greater storage.
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Blumberg & Cohen Inc
Middletown
Girard Ave
Calumet Avenue
Walnut Street
Lawrence Blumberg
Girard
Frank Ludewize
City Block
New York Central Railroad
Don Broughton
Girard Avenue
Verity Parkway
Nixon Heads for Panama on Caribbean goodwill tour
Vice President Richard Nixon heads for Panama after a midnight appeal to Costa Rican President Figueres to ease tensions with Nicaragua's Somoza. Nixon voiced optimism that Figueres would back a pledge to end the dispute, while Costa Rica seeks stability after quelling a revolution. Dentists and doctors in the United States report net incomes of 7820 and 13432 dollars respectively.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Richard M. Nixon
Panama
Jose Figueres
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
Somoza
Figueres
United States
Twentieth Century Fund
Regular Cleaning Preserves Rugs and Furnishings with Blue Lustre
Learn how regular cleaning with Blue Lustre protects wall to wall carpeting Oriental rugs and upholstery. The foam cleans without sogging or leaving residue, brushing in to lift dirt and brighten fabrics.
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Tilmon Ellison
Skinner Terrace
Howard H. Kramer
Board of Zoning Appeals
Board of Electrical Examiners
Curtis Street
Orchard Street
Business Leaders
Loder Treatment
Amanda
Ahaa
Aumual
Dean
Washington
W. Townsend Rapiee
Rapiee
Pentagon
American Legion
Zemo
At the Movies
Paramount
Booth
Og Aia Siuysaeey
Badr Rae
Tyvek
Rs. Brate
Gin
Middletown Board of Health
Montgomery County
Blumberg
Ohen
Nixon
Ees
Pele
MFO. CO
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Singer Sewing Center
Central Ave
Trenton Coal & Coke
Potter Street
George Clayton
Talk OF
National Guard Armory
SO. Main ST
The
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