Snow and wind lash Middletown as Old Man Winter returns
Severe weather rips through Middletown with 30-foot ice on Lake Erie and heavy snows driven by west winds from central Indiana. Cleveland fog closed Hopkins Airport while Columbus saw 44 mph gusts. Dozens of minor accidents reported as utilities, traffic signals, and a Sears window were damaged. Temperatures to rise into the 50s by Monday.
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Indiana
Lake Erie
Ohio 2
Port Clinton
Cleveland Hopkins
Columbus
U.S. 40
Alton
Ohio 665
Big Darby Creek
Junior High Musicians Earn High Honors in Contested Event
Local junior high students from Aman da Roosevelt and Lemon Monroe earned top ratings at the District 12 solo and ensemble contest in Cincinnati hosted by the Ohio Music Education Association. Leaders included Charles Brenner C Robert Myers Stephen Clarke and others from Columbus Troy and Dayton. Monroe ensembles and soloists secured superior and excellent ratings across saxophone clarinet flute brass and trumpet groups and individuals under band director Paul Morrow. Roosevelt and Amanda entries also earned superior and excellent ratings with vocal and string performances led by Valerie Wilkerson and William Stiehl respectively.
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Amanda, Roosevelt
Lemon-Monroe
Cincinnati
Ohio Music Education Association
Charles Brenner
C. Robert Myers
Stephen Clarke
Columbus
Charlies R. West
Troy
Frederick R. Walker
Dayton
Monroe
Plane crash reported at Houston International Airport
Houston police say a passenger plane crashed at Houston's International Airport on Saturday night. Officials did not know the severity of the crash or how many passengers were aboard.
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Houston, Tex
Houston Police Department
Houston
FOP Plans Annual Policemen Ball for April Eight
Middletown Lodge 36 of the Fraternal Order of Police sponsors the Policemen's Ball at the Manchester Hotel on Saturday night April 8. Proceeds go to youth welfare programs, per Ralph Trimble, fund raising chair. Committee members include Louis Janka Coy Hall Byron Johnson Robert Trimble Andrew Stephens Wilford Palmer and Melvin Barker.
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Middletown
Order of Police
Manchester Hotel
FOP
Ralph Trimble
Lodge
Louis Janka
Coy Hall
Byron Johnson
Robert Trimble
Andrew Stephens
Wilford Palmer
Melvin Barker
Youngstown Sheet Denies European Plant Plans
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. says it will not join a European consortium to build a new plant in Belgium. President A S Grossbrenner cited a continuing interest in foreign steel developments but no participation in this or similar projects at this time.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Belgium
A.S. Grossbrenner
Store Issued C-2 Permit Fornshell Market Oxford State Rd
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control issued a C-2 permit allowing carry out sale of high proof beer and wine to Mabel Fornshell doing business as Homan's Market at 401 Oxford State Road. A D-1 permit transfer from Le Sourdsville Lake Inc to a different corporation with the same name is being processed.
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Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Mabel Fornshell
Homan's Market
Oxford State Road
le Sourdsville Lake, Inc
Deaths And Funerals Former Germantown Leader George A Jones
George A Jones 78 a former Germantown village councilman and council president died Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a month as a patient. He lived at 1703 Dayton Pike and was longtime Germantown Montgomory County resident, former Germantown Implement Co. owner and International Harvester dealer 1928 1952. He held director posts at First National Bank of Germantown and Farmers and Citizens Bank before consolidation. Jones presided as village council president in 1952 when the municipal building was erected and was past worshipful master of Germantown F and AM Lodge 257. Survivors include sisters Mayme Joy and Jennie Daub of Miamisburg and brothers Robert of Miamisburg and John of Lebanon. He lived on Dayton Pike 55 years with Miss Oma Brixner and Mrs. Rosa Dechant. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at John A Arpp Funeral Home with Rev. Wilber Williams officiating. Masonic services 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Visitations after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial in Germantown Cemetery.
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George A Jones
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Jones
Dayton Pike
German Township
Montgomery County
Germantown Implement Co
International Harvester Co
First National Bank of
The
Farmers
Citizens Bank of Germanitown
First National Bank
Jones
Mayme Joy
Jennie Daub
Miamisburg
Robert
John
Lebanon
Oma Brixner
Rosa Dechant
John A. Arpp
Wilber Williams
Gerimantown Cemetery
Lausche Says He'll Be Candidate In 62
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports from Columbus that U S Senator Frank J Lausche said he will run in 1962 adding he has no inclination to seek the governorship The former Ohio governor and record vote getter defeated George Bender in 1956 and this statement aims to deter other Democrats from pursuing the Senate seat in 1962 with Ohio voting on a full slate of state executives that year
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Cleveland
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Columbus
U.S
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
George Bender
the Plain Dealer
Senate
Blaze at Main Street chimney causes minor fire
A chimney fire at 202 S. Main St. yesterday caused by burning soot did no damage. Firefighters assisted Donald Walton of 216 Curtis St. after a dog bite to the right ear and treated him at the scene. Another incident at 1301 Garfield St. sent Robert Smith to Middletown Hospital with a back injury from a fall at the Rainbow Inn.
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S. Main St
Donald Walton
Curtis St
Robert Smith
Garfield St
Rainbow Inn
Garfield
Lifeguard 17 Rescues 7-Year-Old At YMCA Pool
Young lifeguard Thomas Yates, 17, saved Clarence Jordan from drowning at the West Federal Street YMCA pool in Youngstown. He saw the boy float among about 30 youths, jumped in, pulled him out, called for help, and started artificial respiration. Firemen arrived with a respirator as the boy regained consciousness.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Clarence Jordan
West Federal Street
Y.M.C.A
Thomas Yates
Yates
Theft reports and arrests in Horsham and area
Police brief details reported thefts including keys a light blue suit a topcoat a suitcase and gasoline from a truck. Arrestees named Hattie Mae Smith Wallace Henry William J Brewer and J D Johnson for intoxication auto parts non‑support and assault. Vandalism included four rocks at Clinton Street and a windshield hole on Yankee Road.
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Marion Alexander
Horsham
Mark Boyd
Manchester Ave
Steve Sanders
August
McAlpin Co
Middletown
Arthur Allen
Raymond Drive
Hattie Mae Smith
Hudson Ave
Wallace Henry
Catalpa Drive
William J. Brewer
South Ave
Kentucky
J. D. Johnson
Baltimore St
City raises bicycle licenses to 5.30 each
Beginning Wednesday the city will require bicycle licenses at 5.30 dollars each, up from 25 cents. Police Chief Joseph Blackmore says all bikes must be licensed, with one license per owner and nontransferable. Licenses sold only at four fire stations 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. with ownership proof.
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Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
FDA Seizes Cure All Water Sale Claim Defiance OH
The FDA seized 93 gallons of bottled Atlantic Ocean water in Defiance Ohio offered at 375 per gallon with claims it treated gray hair cancer and other illnesses. Medical authorities say sea water provides no health benefits and promoters touted it as fountain of youth and cure for arthritis cancer diabetes MS Parkinson's and leukemia along with other conditions.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Atlantic Ocean
Defiance
Ohio
FDA
Haworth Named to Atomic Energy Commission Seat
President Kennedy selected Dr. Le land J. Haworth, director of Brookhaven National Laboratory, to join the five member Atomic Energy Commission. Haworth, a Republican from Flint, Mich., now lives in Port Jefferson, N.Y. He holds degrees from Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin and has worked in nuclear and high energy physics. He formerly led the American Nuclear Society. The post pays $22,000 yearly.
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American Nuclear Society
New York Times
Governor urges cities to handle air pollution control
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle says local governments should regulate air pollution, not the state, in a letter to Gordon Rawlinson of a Cleveland neighborhood service association objecting to the Republic Steel oxidation process. Rawlinson counters that pollution knows no municipal borders and warns against shifting health hazards between cities.
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Cleveland
Michael V. DiSalle
Gordon Rawlinson
Seivie
Republic Steel Corp
Rawlinson
DiSalle
Rawlson
Accident On 4 Injures 2 Motorists
A retired Middletown police officer and a Dayton man were slightly injured in a two car crash on Ohio 4, 60 feet south of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge in Peastown at 4 30 p m yesterday. Herbert C Fawley, 52, suffered a neck injury and shock. Royce B Farley, 30, received cuts of the left hand and left knee. Farley was charged with an assured clear distance violation. Both cars were towed from the scene and the injured were treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital.
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Middletown
Dayton
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Peasttown
Herbert C. Fawley
First Ave
Royce B. Farley
Farley
Farley Auto
Two Drivers Cited By Police After City Accidents
Two motorists faced Municipal Court after city traffic incidents. Florence Dunlap of 3300 Barbara Drive was cited for failure to report an accident after her car struck a parked vehicle owned by Orville Agnew on Stevens Avenue. Damage estimated at 325 dollars. Ted Martin of Trenton Route 1 was cited for failure to yield after his car collided with Darnell Cole’s at Grand Avenue and Gideon Road, damage about 235 dollars. Eugene E Graham, 44, of Elman Drive ran over a manhole in Regent Drive, with damage undetermined. Another accident involved a Chapple Leasing Co. car at Central Avenue and Harrison Street driven by Lawrence Hensley, damage 350 dollars.
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Yankee Road
Garfield Street
Rt. 4
Middletown
Hamilton
Butler County
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Rt. 73
First Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
Sears, Roebuck & Wep
S. Main St
Florence Dunlap
Barbara
Orville Agnew
Alameda
Stevens Avenue
Ted Martin
Trenton Rt. 1
Darnell D. Cole
Main St
South
Lebanon
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Eugene E Graham
Elman’ Drive
Regent Drive
Chapple Leasing Co
N. Main St
Lawrence Hensley
Franklin Rt. 1
Central Avenue
Harrison Street
Youth Said Still Critical in Interstate 75 Crash
Clarence Wilson a 14 year old resident of 1324 Fairmount Ave lay in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after a two car crash on Interstate 75 a mile below the Ohio 122 interchange Thursday night. police investigated the collision.
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Middletown Hospital
Clarence Wilson
Fairmount Ave
Ohio 122
Traffic Expert Jack Hutter to Speak at Rotary Club
Jack Hutter senior partner of Barton-Ashman Associates Chicago will address the Tuesday noon Rotary Club meeting at the Manchester Hotel. He will discuss traffic engineering and community problems and he also serves as an instructor at Northwestern University.
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Jack Hutter
Barton-Ashman Associates
Chicago
Rotary Club
Manchester Hotel
Hutter
Northwestern University
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