Democrats Eliminate County Job In First Meeting
In Hamilton, the Democratic controlled county commission moved to abolish the $10,000 a year position held by Victor Simpson, transferring duties to county engineer Jesse Pochard. The change aims to repurpose staff for other engineer tasks, with Gordon Augspurger named president and Arthur Reiff as vice president. Louise Hoelle was named clerk of commissioners, and several other staff reclassifications followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butcher County Commission
Victor Simpson
Jesse Pochard
Simpson
Gordon Augspurger
Arthur Reiff
Ross Snyder
Reiff
Ben
van Gorden
Augspurger
Harry Shafer
Commissioners’ Office
Brenda Hollingsworth
Jesse Golden
Howard Farthing
Tom Biggs
Marie Clark
John Mengelkamp
Red Bud Inn owner bound over on assault charges
Dayton man Brave Byrd and tavern owner James S. Madden faced grand jury action on multiple assault with a dangerous weapon counts. Madden, 42, and Byrd, 33, pleaded innocent as bonds totaling 4500 and 2500 were set. Several other local individuals faced charges or warnings, including grand larceny cases tied to a Corvette top theft and driving while intoxicated penalties.
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Red Bud Inn
Dayton
J. T. Lamb
Butler County
Grand Jury
James S. Matden
Logan Ave
Madden
Byrd
Dee
Ann McMurray
Scott McMurray
West Alexandria Rt. 1
Richmond
Ind
Nelson McMurray
Madjeen
Red
Grand
900 Club
Robert Henry Morgerson
Jackson St
Excello
Morgerson
Edward Wilkinson
Yankee Rd
Brown Junior Smith
Glenn Ave
Smith
Indiana
Fenwick High ‘School
6Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
Record Gas Usage Hit as Cold Snap Persists
Cincinnati Gas and Electric officials report a record gas-usage rate of nearly 26 million cubic feet per hour yesterday across the system. Industrial users were asked to reduce heating use while temperatures rose from early morning lows to around 23 above zero by noon. Weather varied by locality with Warren County noting cooler readings along the Whitewater Miami River corridor.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Northern Division
Robinson
Warren County
Miami River
Near
Middletown
Jaycees Adopt Almanac Again for Fourth of July Display
Jaycees will reuse their All-Sports Almanac project to raise funds for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Tom Strait, chairman of the almanac committee, announced the plan after a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce room. The sales drive is tentatively set for February 20 to March 14, with Rogert Hart as vice chairman and Paul Bishop, Craig Tyler, John Baker, and Harlan Grund assisting.
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Jaycees
Tom Strait
Strait
Chamber of Commerce
Rogert, Hart
Paul Bishop
Craig Tyler
John Baker
Harlan Grund
Newton Heads Lebanon Board
William G. Newton was elected president of the Lebanon Board of Education succeeding Edward Allum. William Shorts will remain as clerk with a raise from $260 to $380 per month until a replacement is found. Supt. Oscar Musgrave named acting principal at Francis Dunlavy Elementary School after William Butler’s resignation. The board moved meetings to the second and fourth Mondays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
William G. Newton
Board of Education
Edward Allum
William Shorts
Oscar Musgrave
Francis Dunlavy
William Butler
PTO Postponed to January 13 at Amanda School
The Amanda School PTO postpones its January meeting to January 13. The organization will meet at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium.
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Amanda School Pto
Giant Tree Burning Marks Epiphany Event in Goldman Park
An Epiphany program culminates with a giant bonfire of discarded Christmas trees at Goldman Park tonight, starting at 7 p.m. City officials and church leaders will speak, with singing by the Middletown Civic Chorus and local choirs. Residents may place uncollected trees at Goldman Park before the event and organizers advise dressing warmly and bringing flashlights.
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Goldman Park
City Commission
Francis Carmody
C. N. Flanigan
Bethel Ame
Middletown
No. 2 For Warren County Car Skids Into Train
A 16 year old driver James Martin Brothers and 11 year old David Brothers were involved when a car skidded into a moving Pennsylvania train at Oregonia Ohio. David Brothers died from a fractured skull and brain laceration. James Brothers survived with possible skull wrist and hip fractures. The crossing has no warning signals. David was a sixth grade student at Oakwood Avenue School Lebanon. Funeral plans pending.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Oregonia
Here
David Brothers
Kenneth Brothers
Oregonia Rt. 1
James Martin Brothers
Bridge Street
George Carrell
Jack Whitaker
Columbus
Cincinnati
James
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Oakwood Avenue School
Edward
Paul
Patricia
All Well At Armco's Cuba Office
Armco International Corp reports Havana office security restored after Christmas contact failures. A cable message from Havana signed by Richard Young confirms all Armco families safe and returning to work. Only one American, William Jones, is stationed there among 34 employees, all other staff are Cuban.
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Armco International Corp
Havana
Cuba
AIC
Middletown
Armco
Batista
Fidel Castro
A. R. Edwards
Armco International
Richard Young
William Jones
Easton Re-elected SPRINGBORO School Board President
Noel Easton was re-elected president of the Clearcreek Local Board of Education at a reorganization meeting. Roy Wilson was re-elected vice president and Mrs. Helen Prickett was named to continue as clerk to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springboro
Noel Easton
Clearcreek
Board of Education
Roy Wilson
Helen Prickett
Woodruff Re-Elected As Middletown School Board President
Joseph Woodruff was re-elected to a fifth term as president of the Middletown Board of Education. Donald E. Reichelderfer named vice president, with James Finley Mary Litsch and Dr. William Owens on the board. Clerk Susan Fouts reappointed. Tilmon Ellison kept as legal adviser with salary increase to 4 000. Dr. Benjamin Sawyer to continue as school doctor at 3 300 base plus 35 daily clinic pay. Temporary budget set at 50 percent of 1959 budget, meetings fixed for the second and fourth Mondays at 7 30 p m at Middletown High School.
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Joseph Woodruff
Board of Education
Donald E. Reichelderfer
James Finley
Mary Litsch
William Owens
Susan Fouts
Tilmon Ellison
Ellison
Finley
Miami Gets Russian Salute For Sesqui
Miami University at Oxford celebrates its 1959 Sesquicentennial as President John D. Millett displays a Russian letter from I Grivkov of the USSR. The note acknowledges an American educators’ visit to the Soviet Union and expresses hope for stronger mutual understanding and friendship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Oxford
Miami ‘University
Miami
John D. Millett
I. Grivkov
Central Committee of
The
Educational and Scientific Workers’ Union of the Ussr
Miljlett
L. Warren Nelson
Russia
Millett
Grivkov
U.S. A
Soviet Union
Police Briefs: Woman Injured After Fall on Dark Street
Mrs. Margaret Walters aged 58 of 312 Clark Street reported she fell in a hole in the 200 block of Dark Street this morning, injuring her leg. She was not hospitalized.
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Margaret Walters
Clark St
Dark Street
Merel and Gerald Nester Arrested on Warrant Charges
Police arrested Merel Nester, 21, and Gerald Nester, 23, both of 339 Webster Street, on assault and battery warrants from Franklin.
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Merel Nester
Gerald Nester
Webster St
Franklin
Officer Arrests Fred Osborn For Careless Driving
Officers last night arrested 19 year old Fred Osborn of Fairborn on N Ver ity Parkway on a careless driving charge.
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Fred Osborn
Fairborn
N. Verity Parkway
Young Dad Charged In Wife's Death
In Dayton Ohio James Rose 19 faces attempted first degree murder charges after he shot his wife Linda 18 mother of a 3 month old. Police report he initially claimed the gun was empty but later admitted the shooting was deliberate during a lie detector test. The slain woman had saved pennies for nine months to buy the pistol.
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Dayton, Ohio
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
James Rose
Linda
Rose
W. C. Stevens
Dayton Police Department
Franklin Council Gains Member Loses Another
Clark In Daniels Out Franklin Council expands by adding Lloyd Ritz reports an income tax ordinance draft for Feb two meeting. City to seek illegal water user list, discuss water contract with Montgomery County. Bethel Baptist Church lease not renewed. City to appoint inspectors, adjust street charges, and repair a broken sewer line under the Great Miami River.
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Franklin
Lloyd Ritz
John Heintz
Montgomery County Commissioners
Chautauqua
Heintz
Seibert Construction Co
Croll Farm
Rt. 123
Ger Wag
Great
Miami River
Helfman and Rogers Named To Citizens Board
Dr Hyman Helfman and Robert F E Rogers were elected to three year terms on the board of the Citizens Building Loan and Savings Association at the annual stockholders meeting, filling vacancies from the Galeese deaths. Robert B Dell was re elected to a three year term. other holdovers named. Officers were re elected for one year. Assets in 1958 rose 29 percent.
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Hyman Helfman
Robert FE. Rogers
Citizens Building Loan & Savings Assn
John F. Galeese
Thomas A. Galeese
Robert B. Dell
Wasre
Dave Finkelman
Erle Hanson
Joe S. Thomas
Allen H. Bechtel
Finkelman
Hanson
Gough Lamb Cleaners
Bechtel
Rita Fitzwater
Franklin Council Sees resignations and vacancies grow
Franklin Special Council seats shift as Herbert Daniels resigns to take Monsanto advisory post effective Jan 19. Ed Clark fills vacancy temporarily while Harold Bennett Way’s seat remains, and planning board member Walter Martz also resigns for business reasons. Clark, 45, Armco metallurgical worker, previously served on council. Daniels’ departure follows earlier resignations as city grapples with new government.
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Earl Barnhart
Daniels
Monsanto Chemical Co
Miamisburg
Franklin
Miami V
Olivet College
University of Michigan
Deardoff Rd
Walter Martz
Maple St
Two Drivers Charged In 2 Car Crash At City Intersections
Police charged James Cornett 25 of Shafer Street with careless driving after a wreck at Shafor Street and Fleming Road involving James Zimmerman 26 of Cincinnati who turned left unsafely. No injuries reported and damage listed at 550 dollars. A third incident on Walnut Street caused 225 dollars damage when Charlie Green Jr. 28 hit a parked car. An alley collision on Central Avenue involved Donald Hedges 27 and Franklin Neal 49 with 125 dollars damage.
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Shafor Street
Fleming Row
James Cornett
Shafer Sr
James Zimmer
Cincinnati
Cornett
Shafer Street
Fleming Road
Zimmer
Charlie Green Jr
Walnut St
Walnut Street
Ametia Smith
Central Avenue
Donald Hedges
Cleveland St
Franklin Neal
Midway St
Christmas Island Phosphate Deposits Highlighted
Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean hosts one of the globe’s largest phosphate deposits, noted for its rich mineral resources and strategic significance in regional industry.
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Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
Mens Garden Club To Install New Officers
The Men's Horticultural Society of Greater Middletown will install new officers at the Firemen's Club on Carmody Boulevard during a Wednesday meeting at 8 p m. James Agoston serves as president, Art Hounshell as treasurer, Vic Wootan as vice president, and Tony Agoston as secretary. Ben Thome of Cincinnati will speak on gardening in general. All men in the Middletown area interested in gardening are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Horticultural Society of
Greater Middletown
Firemen's Club
Carmody Boulevard
James Agoston
Art Hounshell
Vic Wootan
Tony Agoston
Ben Thome
Cincinnati
Middletown Area
Agoston
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Allison Ave
A. R. Maslar
Noah Powers
Brell
Charles Street
James Ellis
Casper Ave
Rolen ‘Meadows
Donald Moore
Columbia Ave
Cleo Rainey
Lake Ave
Newton
PTO
Ralph Young
Warren Coun
Easton
M‘coy-Leffler
Graneudk Heme
Homer D. Leffler
Mortician
Broad St
1St Ave
Penese
Middletown High School
Woodruff
Stephen Gross
Gross Construction Co
Wildwood
Dad
Central Ave
Davidson
Middletown Shopping Center
Clark
Franklin Council
Bethel Baptist Church
Coun
Cil
Brown Avenue
Tibball Street
Helfman
Rogers
Board of Citizens Bal
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Jerry
Ritz
Paul Smith
Mens Garden Club
United Air Lines
West Coast
California
First National Bank
North Main Street
Sanitone
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