Three charged in brutal beating of six year old girl
Butler County Domestic Relations Court filed three charges in the case of Linda Carol Gumm, six, who remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Arbutus Gumm of Peastown Heights faces child abuse and neglect charges, while Denny Lawson of Thomas Read is charged with neglect. The child suffered welts, bruises, a concussion, and malnutrition. Bond and hearings may be set Monday.
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Jess Dennis
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Arbutus Gumm
Thomas Rd
Peasttown Heights
Denny Lawson
Thomas Read
Dennis
Linda Carol Gumm
Arms shipments reach Cuba as Castro forms militia
Reports from Havana say ships from European ports delivered arms to Cuba in recent days with sources naming Italy and possible Belgian factories and Yugoslavia. Fidel Castro left Havana with Havana University militia as about 350 students boarded a train to Oriente Province for Sierra Maestra training to defend against invasion.
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Judge Fred B. Cramer Seeks Reelection to Butler County Court
Judge Fred B. Cramer announced he will run to succeed himself as judge of the Common Pleas Court of Butler County for the term starting February 9, 1961. His candidacy appears on the May 3 primary ballot.
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Butler County Bar Associations
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Middletown Woman Injured in Furnace Blast at Home
A 68 year old Middletown resident, Alta Alexander of 2201 Fernwood Street, was found unconscious in a gas filled basement and taken to Middletown Hospital with severe scalp lacerations and possible skull fracture. The blast blew off the furnace door and smokestack after she went to basement to light the gas furnace. Police reported the incident occurred around 9:30 PM Friday, with the victim later regaining enough consciousness to reach a first floor bedroom where a daughter in law found her.
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Alta Alexander
Fernwood St
Middletown Hospital
Farris Ratliff
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Alexander
Charles St
Tulsa World Chief Norris Henthorne Retires From Posts
Norris G. Henthorne announced his retirement as president of World Publishing Co and editor of the Tulsa Daily World effective. No successor was named.
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Okla
Norris G. Henthorne
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World Publishing Co
Tulsa Daily World
Wrong Name Is Given In Cafe Brawl
Police corrected a cafe brawl report in Middletown after identifying the assaulted woman as Olene Clemmons Hollow of Woodlawn Avenue. She had given a false name as Mrs Blanken... Detectives said Gene Blankenship, 23, of Hamilton, was stabbed and hospitalized with a deep left hip wound. Mrs Blankenship said she has been separated since October and does not live at 512 Baltimore Street.
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Middletown
Friendly
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Olene
Clemmons
Grunewald Named to Office on Church Board in Philadelphia
The Rev H C Grunewald pastor of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church was named a board member elect for the Board of Christian Education and Publication in Philadelphia. He will take office February 1 as part of a three member class. The board works on a nursery section of a new million dollar curriculum for the United Church of Christ slated for fall 1960. The curriculum study began in 1952.
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H. C. Grunewald
St. Paul's
Theft reports and vandalism in local briefs
Police notes list groceries worth two dollars taken from Mrs. Edwin Schiller at 4205 Central Ave and a 1954 car with Pennsylvania plate L 84446 from Ernest Bray at 257 Yankee Rd. Vandals broke six windows at Mt. Zion Baptist Church 1502 Baltimore St. State troopers recovered cars stolen from William Conrad 2108 Logan Ave and Wilburn Setters 546 Crawford St.
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Central Ave
Pennsylvania
Ernest Bray
Yankee Rd
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Baltimore St
William Conrad
Logan Ave
Wilburn Setters
Crawford St
Girl Strangled Near Beheading Site In Birmingham
In Birmingham an 18 year old factory worker Pauline Blaney was found strangled on a Friday night near the YWCA area where Stephanie Baird was harmed ten days earlier. Police report no immediate suspects.
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Stephanie Baird
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Prince Bernhard to visit Mexico City for goodwill trip
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands will arrive in Mexico City on January 11 for a three day goodwill visit, according to Mexican officials.
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Raker Promoted at Armco Eastern Sales Office
Robert S. Raker of Middletown rises to assist the Armco eastern area sales manager, succeeding retiree George E. Leighton. A longtime Armco veteran since 1930, Raker has held multiple sales roles and is active in Boy Scouts, church, and local associations.
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First Methodist Church
Senator Stennis Proposes Arbitration for Steel Wages
Washington AP Senator John Stennis proposes arbitration of labor disputes in steel and other basic industries under established wage and price yardsticks. He suggests a party system like the agricultural program and extension of Taft-Hartley 80 day injunctions to six months plus creation of a new arbitration agency using the FMCS as a nucleus to issue enforceable decisions.
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John Stennis
Stennis
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Budget Keeps Ike Away From Golf
President Eisenhower spent Saturday pushing budget language for an 81 billion dollar balanced budget, focusing on the State of the Union message and a civil defense conference set for Jan. 25. He skipped golf due to weather and church, reserving time for the forthcoming address to Congress.
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Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Maurice H. Stans
Congress
State of the Union
Middletown Marks A Wet Start And Dry Finish To 1959 Weather
The city endured a flood in January with 5.81 inches of rain over 32 hours and a river level of 20 feet 5 inches. January total reached 7.39 inches, while September brought the year's driest month with 1.95 inches. Snowfall totaled 5 inches on March 12 as a new date record, and the average annual temperature was 54 degrees with a low of minus 35 in January and a high of 98 in August.
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Middletown
Red Cross
Ohio
Hit and run damages parked car in Middletown
A hit and run crash was reported by Middletown police by 9 30 p m involving an unknown car that struck a parked station wagon owned by Gilbert J Rivers 36 Detroit Michigan at First Avenue and Crawford Street at 445 p m. Damage was about 150 dollars.
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Gilbert J. Rivers
Detroit
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Crawford Street
Squad Aids Child in Convulsions at Lawn Avenue
Fire department emergency squad aided Rick Dunn a 22 month old boy at 1518 Lawn Ave yesterday afternoon. The child who lived at 2013 Erie Ave was suffering convulsions and was taken to a doctor’s office for care.
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Rick Dunn
Erie Ave
Teamwork Two amphibious exercise to run near Bangkok
Australia Britain France Thailand and the United States will conduct an amphibious reconnaissance drill named Teamwork Two in the Gulf of Siam from January 28 to February 7. The exercise involves multinational forces testing landing capabilities and cooperation in a simulated coastal operation.
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Australia
Britain
France
Thailand
United States
Gulf of Siam
Fogarty Resigns To Join Miami Herald
Fred Fogarty night news editor of the Zanesville Times Recorder resigns to take a post at the Miami Herald in Florida.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Fred Fogarty
Zanesville Times-Recorder
Miami, Fla
Herald
Radio Teletype Links Moscow and New Delhi for Forecast Data
Direct radio teletype communication opened Saturday between Moscow and New Delhi to exchange weather and other data for long range forecasts.
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New Delhi
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