Four Teens Arrested in Warren County Arson Spree
Four youths from Lebanon Red Lion and Ville have confessed to setting three major Warren County fires including the October haystack blaze at Waynesville and a January unoccupied house fire. They admitted larceny vandalism shoplifting and other thefts across the Middletown Warren County area. Authorities anticipate more arrests as the investigation continues and say charges will include arson larceny and property destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Edmiston
Lebanon
Warren
Richard Satterthwaite
Questioing
Ray Davis
Cincinnati
Satterthwaite
Ville
Red Lion
Waynesville “Haystack
Resin Meloy
Rt. 123
Conover Estate
Middletown
Warren County
Davis
Anon
Williiam Sawyer
Waynesville
Youngs
Former Miami Professor Pens Praised New Novel The Innocents
Madison P. Jones Jr., former Miami University English instructor who taught in 1953 54, authored The Innocents. The Sewanee Review fellowship funded the writing, and Jones, aged 32, now teaches English at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Madison P. Jones Jr
Miami University
Jones
Miami
Sewanee Review
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Car Hits Train Engine and Parked Vehicle Collisions Lead to Citations
A local man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his car struck a yard engine on Wa ller Street near the 1st Avenue tracks, with about 200 damage to the vehicle. Police cited Elgin Marshall for no operator's license after his car hit a stopped truck, causing 275 in damage. Pearl Felts was charged for no operator's license after colliding with a station wagon. A sleet storm accident on 1st Avenue and Baltimore Street involved Catherine Stevens and Sterling Peck, causing 150 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Board, & Carton Co
Waller Street
1St Avenue
Paul FE. Hudson
1St Ave
Llight
Carl Shanfon
Hudson
Elgin Marshall
N. Main St
Marion Augspurger
Trenton
Central Avenue
Baltimore Street
Pearl Felts
Brel! Or
William Edmunds
Hamilton
Clinton Street
Columbia Avenue
Catherine Stevens
Christel Ave
Sterling Peck
Arlington Ave
Tax Help Available in Middletown March Filing Period
Mrs. W. W. Griest from the county auditor's office will be in the Middletown City Building March to assist in filing state general and classified tax forms. Office hours are 6:90 am to 4 pm daily and 6:30 am to noon Saturdays. Deadline is March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Griest
County Auditor's Office
Middletown
Ghent
Wrong Address Noted in Court Case for Ward
Police and court records reveal the address of Robert Ward as Franklin Route 2 when he was arrested on a sodomy charge last September. Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Scramer ordered pre sentence observation at Lima State Hospital for under 60 days. Mrs. Matthew Wells of 401 Baltimore St says Ward never lived there.
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Robert Ward
Franklin Rt
Common Pleas
Fred B. Scramer
Ward
Lima State Hospital
Matthew Wells
Baltimore St
Hamilton
Journal
Middletown Area Crash Victims Report Improved Condition
Michael Hydler, 49, of Excello, was listed as slightly improved after a crash on Ohio 747 south of Princeton. He suffers a crushed chest and multiple injuries. James Eads, 18, of Middletown, was discharged after a separate crash on S Main Street with a leg injury and head bump.
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Middletown Area
Middletown Hospital
Michael Hydler
Ben Harrison
Excello
Ohio 747
Princeton
James Eads
Middletown
Rt. 1
S. Main Street
Fire crew aids 21-year-old at Crawford Street incident
The emergency squad responded at 8 04 p m yesterday to 522 Crawford Street aiding Jack Rowland 21 of City Hotel who has a nervous condition. He was not hospitalized.
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Crawford St
Ite
Jack Rowland
City Hotel
Red Cross Kickoff Inspires Middletown Campaign Volunteers
More than 100 volunteers left the kickoff breakfast inspired by Nan dor Uray a Hungarian refugee who gave five dollars from his first American paycheck to the 1957 Red Cross Fund campaign in Middletown The event at the Manchester Hotel followed Uray s talk and aid from Red Cross during refugee camps and Camp Kilmer N J Campaign chair James Purvis urged participation not handouts and outlined a local quota of 16783 to stay local and 1 264 to the national and international Red Cross with 2000 volunteers across five campaign divisions at the helm of Richard Ismour t L Morton Taylor Wylie Mitchell Richard Miller and Oliver Seitzer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona Asher
Middletown
Red Cross Fund
Nandor Uray
Uray
American Citizens Club
Manchester
Ment
Beckett Heating
Frank Dobrozsi
Red Cross
Kilmer N. J
Hungary
James Purvis
Purvis
Red Crosse
Dave Regan
William Robinson
Robert Millan
Richard Ismourt
L. Morton Taylor
Wylie Mitchell
Richard Miller
Oliver Seitzer
RED Cross Exchange
Asher
Middletown Hamilton Tie In Road-eo Draw
Middletown and Hamilton deadlocked for the second straight time in the Road-eo series with a 0 0 score amid a basketball game at Cincinnati Gardens. Two Butler County accidents during the contest period included a fatality involving Middletown area teenagers. Hamilton, as loser, will choose which half of the period to keep the traveling trophy until the next Big Blue-Middle game in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Hamilton
Cincinnati Gardens
Butler County
Cincinnati
Achiever Firms Name New Officers
Wrenn Clippers junior achievement slate dominated by Coopers with Judy Cooper re elected treasurer Karen and Brenda kept secretary and vice president posts Jim Updyke elected president Jerry Avis joined as new sales manager Air Raiders slate re elected Pat Averdick president Audrey Petercit treasurer Betty Webb secretary Don Ireton vice president Anna Hill sales manager Larry Shackelford production manager Susan Phillips personnel manager
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrenn Clippers
Coopers
Wrenn Paper Co
Judy Cooper
Karen
Brenda
Jim Updyke
Jerry Avis
Air Raiders
WPFB
Commission asks study correction center plan referred to city manager
Middletown Municipal Commission last night referred to City Manager Charles W. Thompson a proposal to build a 100 man correction center on part of Smith Farm at an estimated cost of 100000. Plans include rehabilitation for minor offenders funded by a bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
City Commission
William W. Denham
Smith Farm
Donham
J. T. Lamb
Louis A. Rossi
Ohio
Butler County
Charles W. Thompson
Department of Planning
Doty
Curtis St
United Cerebral Palsy Inc
Penfield
Jacoby Avenues
21 Indicted At Hamilton Deny Guilt
In Hamilton a grand jury recalls session indicts 21 defendants. Guilty pleas from Donald James Harry Hoover and James Centers. Raymond White not guilty on all counts. Middletown and Madison Township residents face charges including abduction grand larceny and forgery. Five defendants failed to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County
Grand Jury
Donald James
Harry Hoover
James Centers
Madison Township
Raymond L. White
Woodlawn Ave
Middletown
Sealtest
Ollie Lee Lige
Verna English
Benjamin K Little
Jamies Kelly
Grand Five
Fred ‘Taylor
Three union delegates to push jobless pay rise
Aaron Fields announced three Local 112 officers will attend Ohio General Assembly sessions to back a bill raising unemployment compensation. Arthur Glove Clay Lansdale and James Lewis, officers of the United Paperworkers of America CIO, represent Sorg Paper Co. workers and will work with the Columbus CIO Council on the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio General Assembly
United Paperworkers of America, Cio
Aaron Fields
Arthur Glove
Clay Lansdale
James Lewis
Sorg Paper Co
Fields
Columbus Cio Council
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Kires
C. V. Dunham
Leb
Man
Sworthmore
Suse
Central Ave
Commis
Sion
United Cerebral Palsy
Delta Sigma Chi
The
Knights Templar
United States
Forest Service
Dave Combs
Verity
Penney’s
Mildred Warstier
Gardner Board and Carton CO
Middletown, Ohio
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