Seven Middletown Juveniles Tied to 17 Car Thefts
Detective Harold Gray disclosed that seven Middletown juveniles aged 14 to 16, including two arrested last night, admitted stealing 17 cars since February. All will appear with parents before juvenile authorities Monday evening. Cars were not broken into. ignition keys or unlocked ignitions were cited.
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Middletown
Franklin
Harold Gray
Gray
Chester Smith
Sherman Ave
Holy Trinity
Moore Street
Ralph Bowen
1St Ave
1St Avenue
Crawford Street
Priest attacked in rectory robbery in Hamilton
The Rev. Leo Metcko 42 assistant pastor of St Stephen Church was struck with a pipe and treated at Mercy Hospital after an attempted robbery at the rectory near midnight. He said two assailants attacked him from behind in the backyard while he carried money from the Fenmont Recreation Center. Detectives found a 20 inch pipe in the yard likely used in the assault.
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Hamilton
Leo Metcko
St. Stephen Church
Mercy Hospital
Father Metcko
Fenmont Recreation Center
N. Ard St
James Welsh
Phil Baker
John Loftus
Job Mishaps Injured Men
Two industrial accidents were reported at Middletown Hospital. John Stacy, 61, sliced his left fourth finger at Interstate Folding Box Co. and required stitches. John Montgomery, 31, at Interstate Maintenance and Engineering Co., suffered a lacerated left eye when a hatchet flew off its handle, also needing stitches. Earlier, 15-year-old Robert Draut Jr. injured his right ankle at Sunset Park and received a cast after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
John Stacy
Rufus St
Interstate Folding Box Co
John Montgomery
Florence St
Springfield
Interstate Maintenance and Engineering Co
Robert Draut Jr
Robert Draut Sr
Bellomonte Sr
Sunset Park
At The Movies Showings This Saturday
Paramount presents The Wizard of Oz at 1 20 4 45 and 8 05 p m Indian Fighter at 3 05 6 30 and 9 50 p m Strand shows Sudden Danger at 3 35 7 05 and 10 30 p m Rage at Dawn at 2 90 5 30 and 9 00 p m Colonial screens Benny Goodman Story at 1 15 3 19 5 30 7 40 and 9 50 p m Dixie Cruise In offers Two Guns and a Badge at 7 20 and 11 20 p m Tarzan s Hidden Jungle at 8 45 p m Strait Jackets at 10 00 p m
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Paramount
Benny Goodman
Tarzan
Driver Fined 350 In Franklin Court
Franklin Municipal Court jailed fines for several drivers. William Cooper 30 Fountain City Tenn was fined 59 dollars and costs and banned from driving for one year. Virgil Fox 18 S River St got 25 dollars. Eddie Baker 45 Franklin Rt 1 paid 25 dollars with 15 suspended for failure to register. Donald Higgieford 22 Dayton fined 25 dollars. Bond forfeitures: Fred Bray 35 109 Roberts Ave fined 15 for red light and William Neal 58 Dayton fined 10 for speeding.
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Franklin
William Cooper
Fountain City
Tenn
J. T. Riley
Coopers
Virgil Fox
S. River St
Eddie Baker
Franklin Rt 1
Donald Higgieford
Dayton
Fred L. Bray
Roberts Ave
William Neal
Juvenile Judge Orders Middletown Boy to Diagnostic Center
Judge Harry Walsh ordered a 14 year old Middletown area boy to the Juvenile Diagnostic Center in Columbus after he reportedly attended only two days of school this year. The truancy case was the only one disposed of during the Juvenile Court session.
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Harry Walsh Y
Middletown Area
Columbus
Windy Storm Causes Major Damage Across Butler County area
High winds and heavy rain struck Hamilton and surrounding towns with damage tallied near a quarter of a million dollars in Hamilton alone. Widespread outages forced police to warn drivers away from downtown as wires collapsed and roofs were torn from buildings. Damages extended to Middletown and Lebanon with farm and private properties affected along Rt 122 and surrounding streets.
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Hamilton
Miami Valley
Hamilton County
Dayton
Middletown
John Bippus
Lodge and Shipley Co
Lebanon
Presbyterian Church
Roy Parker
Cincinnati Avenue
Butler County
Pat's Market
Engle's Corner
Clinton Street
Rt. 122
Landis-Geeting Road
Gratis
John Adams
Kelly Adams
Rollie Terrill
Roy Barnhart
Landis Rr
Lewis Buckley
Ralph Earnhart
Obituary: Mrs Elizabeth Leap 81 of Middletown
Elizabeth Leap 81 of 1711 Germantown Rd Middletown died 4 20 p m at home She widow of Joseph Leap born in Alexandria Ky lived here 70 years Survived by sons Joseph and Howard daughter Helen Armbruster all of Middletown six grandchildren four great grandchildren brother Chris Weiner sister Mrs Henry Hess Mi amisburg Services 2 p m Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery Calling hours 2 to 7 and 9 p m tomorrow
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Elizabeth Leap
Germantown Rd
Henry Hess
Miamisburg
McCoy-Leffler
Woodside Cemetery
Mrs Minerva Glenn dies in Harveysburg services set
Mrs Minerva J. Glenn aged 56 dies at her Harveysburg home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Zion Baptist Church with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin. Friends may call at Stubbs Funeral Home today and at the church Monday morning. She is survived by her husband James, three sisters and two brothers.
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Waynesville
Minerva J. Glenn
Harveysburg
Zion Baptist Church
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Stubbs
Glenn
James
Obituary: Mark A Woodward dies at 3-year-old in Germantown
Mark Allen Woodward, 3 year old son of Kenneth and Mildred Fox Woodard of Miamisburg Rt. 1, died at 6 55 am yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after illness since birth. Survived by three brothers Ken Tim and Lynn at home and maternal grandparents Amos and Mrs Fox Germantown. Services 1 pm tomorrow at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev John Bench. cremation at Hillside Chapel Cincinnati. Memorials to Foundation for Retarded Children.
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Germantown
Mark Allen Woodard
Kenneth
Mildred Fox Woodard
Miamisburg
Rt. 1
Grandview Hospial
Dayton
Ken
Tim
Lynn
Amos Fox
John Arpp
John Bench
Hillside Chapel
Cincinnati
Foundation
Obituaries for Heflin and Sharp services listed
John T. Heflin aged 61 of 517 Millikin Street had a Requiem High Mass at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Peter Church. Hattie P. Sharp aged 58 of 1252 Park Avenue had services at 10 a.m. Monday at Klaus Funeral Home.
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John T
Jack) Heflin
Millikin St
St. Peter Church
Hattie P. Sharp
Park Ave
Klaus Funeral Home
Optimists View Film of Africa Flight at Noon Meeting
Members of the Middletown Optimist Club saw colored pictures titled Wings of Adventure yesterday at their noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel. The shots were taken from a small plane flying from the United States to Africa. Middletown Home Show chairman Bob Keays said plans for this year's show are under way now.
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Middletown Optimist Club
Manchester
United States
Africa
Middletown
Bob Keays
Hit-Skip Driver Knocks Woman Pedestrian Down
A 20 year old Middletown woman, Vivian Combs, was struck by a hit and run driver at Central Avenue and Canal Street at 7 45 p m yesterday. She sustained minor injuries to her left hip and arm but refused medical help. The driver fled toward 1st Avenue.
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Middletown
Central Avenue
Canal Street
Vivian Combs
N. Clinton Sr
Canal
1St Avenue
Mundt pushes indirect path to honest elections bill
Sen Mundt proposes an amendment requiring Senate and House candidates to file duplicates of state campaign reports with Congress to deter excess contributions. He notes southern opposition to primaries already blocks direct coverage and backs a bipartisan effort led by Johnson and Knowland. Johnson expects a bipartisan eight member committee to issue recommendations as Congress considers the elections bill.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowland
California
Sen. Hennings
D-Mo
Johnson
Congress
Polio Vaccine Topic at Evening Optimist Club
Dr. Jack Harris spoke on the Salk polio vaccine at the Evening Optimist Club meeting at the Colony. He noted no polio cases among vaccine recipients since July 1955 and outlined the vaccine’s history and immunity limits after three shots. The club will attend the district Optimist meeting in Dayton on March 1.
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Jack Harris
Armco Steel
Harris
Dayton
New Trial Sought for 47 Contempt Convictions in Columbus Protest
Local 746 of the International Union of Electrical Workers filed a motion for a new trial for 47 people convicted of contempt of court in the January 3 mass demonstration at the Columbus Westinghouse plant. Judge Dana Reynolds is expected to rule next week.
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Columbus
Ohio
International Union of Electrical Workers
Local births announce four new babies
Vital Statistics records four newborns from families in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Tom E. McGraw report a boy born yesterday at 909 Sorg Point. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keith welcome a girl yesterday from Tren ton Route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Schleiger announce a girl yesterday from West Middletown Route 2. Mr. and Mrs. Holt Hall report a girl today from Excello.
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Tom E. McGraw
Sorg Pt
Harry Keith
Trenton
Terry Schleiger
West Middletown
Holt Hall
Excello
Local Residents Named In Public Notices
Out of town and in town residents listed with addresses including Franklin St Shafer St Wilbraham Rd Burton Yankee Rd Carlisle Dayton Grandview Hospital Mary Etta St Heston Dr Baltimore St Bryant St and Franklin among others. Dismissals include Tip Hampton Arthur Lamb and others noted alongside names of spouses and relatives.
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Grace Mull
S. Main St
Earnest Igo
Wilbraham
Robert Hudson
Burton Rd
Ed Walters
Yankee Rd
Ray Sturgis
Carlisle
Dayton Grandview Hospital
Tip Hampton
Mary Etta
Arthur Lamb
Franklin
Joseph Minor
Heston
Sharon Osborne
Larry Osborne
Baltimore St
Leo Schinner
Bryant St
Police Briefs From Franklin and Surrounding Areas
Kelly Lawson reported two wheels stolen from his car on Clark Street. James Sharrett was arrested on Germantown Road for driving while intoxicated. Amos Grisby was jailed on warrants for destruction of property and disorderly conduct. Robert Storey was arrested on a larceny warrant at 10:35. Wallace Gullette was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated.
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Kelly Lawson
Lawn Ave
Clark Street
James Sharrett
Keister Road
Peasttown Heights
Germantown Road
Amos Grisby
Charles Sr
Robert Storey
17Th Ave
Franklin
Wallace Gullette
Wilbraham Dr
Brotherhood Week Emphasizes Likeness Over Differences
The piece argues men are social beings whose happiness depends on promoting harmony among people. It highlights how age wealth education race religion and origin shape individuals yet call for unity. It notes human nature inclines to do good and to care for personal well being while urging progress toward brotherly relations.
Class of 1936 Plans Reunion
A steering committee announced the first planning session for Middletown High School class of 1936s 20 year reunion. The meeting is at 2 p m today at the Manchester Ho with plans for a late May or early June event.
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Middletown High School
Manchester Ho
Radish Origins Narrowed From Old World to Orient
The radish is of unknown origin but arrived in America from the Old World. Its broadest use is concentrated in the Orient, where culinary traditions frequently feature the root.
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America
Orient
Car Hits Train. Two Hurt at Belt Line Crossing
Roy Burton of 1959 Howman Ave and Edith Eckler of 346 Dayton St were hospitalized in poor condition after a car driven by Burton struck a westbound Baltimore and Ohio switch locomotive at the Eaton Road belt line crossing. Burton suffered chest and head injuries. Eckler a fractured leg and head injuries. Engineer identified as C. H. Effier of Seven Mile.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore & Ohio
Belt Line
Eaton Road
Roy Burton
Howman Ave
Edith Eckler
Dayton St
Burton
Eaon Road
C. H. Effier
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Saint
Christian
Science
WPFB
E.C
Verity & Broad Union Sanitary, Inc
Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Ira Hammons
Elmer Davis
Mrs
Minerva Glenn
Mark A. Woodward
Homer Wilson
A. M. Wilson
Roscoe Evans
Christianaires
First Church of God
Trenton Nazarene Church
L. T. Wells
W. Central Avenue
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Angelo Laurino
Grand Ave
Elizabeth Brewer
Wil
By Jack Bell
B. L. Dawson & CO
John Btrockamp
Franklin St
Arthur Snyder
Shafer St
Dwight Meehan
Monroe
Perle Cummings
Franklin, Dayton Grandview Hospital
DR. D. M. Rollins
Dolores Holtz
MUS. M
Don Sellers
Southern Baptist Churches
First Baptist Church
Germantown, Ohio
Plum and Center St
C. C. Ingram
Teason
Annie Carter
Elk Creek Baptist Church
Elk Creek Rd
Kalffiesch Rd
Joe Hill
Calvary Baptist Church
Grand
Jackson Lane
Robert Mizell
Southern Baptist Convention
Enterprise Baptist Church
Seneca ST
Onedia
Clyde Perry
R. B. Potter
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
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