Police Briefs Report Arrests and Theft Incident
Police early today arrested Gerald Pergram, 18, for being AWOL from the Navy. Cecil Reynolds, 27, of Richmond, Ind., was taken into custody on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. A resident, Joe Higdon, reported thieves broke a child's bank and took about $22.50. A window was shot out of Willard Horne’s car at Cherry Street and Lafayette Avenue. damage estimated at $25.
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Gerald Pergram
Yankee Rd
Navy
Cecil Reynolds
Richmond
Ind
Joe Higdon
18Th Ave
Thievea
Willard Horne
McCurry Ave
Cherry Street
Lafayette Avenue
Thompson To Report On Planning Body's Status
City Commission will hear City Manager Charles W Thompson report on the organization of the City Planning Commission. Debates focus on voting rights of the chairman and city manager and possible appointments to fill two vacancies created by death and resignation. Contested items include pay hikes and health insurance contributions for city workers.
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Thompson
City Commission
Charles W. Thompson
City Planning Commission
Planning Commision
Planning Commission
A.C. Neil
Paul Kordenat
Sioners
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Virgil T. Clark
Nightmarish New Year carbon monoxide tragedy unlocks
Ten Middletown residents exposed to deadly fumes from a faulty furnace were rushed to Middletown Hospital. Fred Denniston Sr and seven others were admitted after a nightmarish sequence beginning New Year’s Eve with a furnace malfunction and a small pipe leak. Drs Roberts Smith and Patrolman Crocker also treated exposure.
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Middletown Hospital
Fred Denniston
Lylburn Rd
Fred Jr
B. H. Roberts
Jack Crocker
Mrs. Denniston
Bert Elam
Fred (Denniston) Sr
Fred Denniston Sr
Carl
Middletown
Smith
Fred Sr
Elam
Dr. Roberts
Ptl. Crocker
Dennistons
Elams
Car thefts lead to parolee arrest in Dayton and Middletown
Dayton police nabbed 21 year old parolee Anderson Melton after a car theft on 8th Avenue and the recovery of a second stolen vehicle. Melton was held for investigation and parole violation after jumping from a car and being fired at. A car reported stolen from Nathaniel Domineck was recovered at 7 02 a m in Dayton. Police traced both incidents via a state auto message and await link between the Dayton and Middletown thefts.
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Dayton
8Th Avenue
Middletown
Anderson Melton
Melton
Montgomery County
Nathaniel Domineck
910Th Ave
Ptl
John Combs
Datyon
Oneida PTO Plans Dinner. Awards Given At Meeting
Oneida School PTO held a meeting showing a feature film Route to Happiness and short cartoons. Mrs John Moore and Mrs Alvin Stafford were named co chairmen of the planning committee for a dinner next month. Fifth grade teacher Mrs Bernice Caudill won the room attendance prize.
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Oneida School Pto
John Moore
Alvin Stafford
Bernice Caudill
Safe 3 Days Then Car Stolen Near Rt 22
Roger T. Douglas' 1947 sedan broke down on Route 22 three miles south of Morrow. He abandoned the car promising to return in a few days. Residents reported the vehicle, Sheriff Dick Satterthwaite logged sightings until Douglas called again at 10 p.m. to say he had come for it, but the car had disappeared.
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Morrow
Roger T. Douglas
Rt. 22
Here
Columbus
Dick Satterthwaite
Douglas
Satterthwaite
Mass Opens 50th Year At Hamilton Catholic High
The golden jubilee celebration of Hamilton Catholic High School opened with a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St Stephen Church and a dinner at the American Legion Auditorium. Archbishop Karl J Alter of Cincinnati celebrated the mass, assisted by Mons Basil Haneberg. Bishop Clarence G Issenmann of Columbus, a Hamilton Catholic graduate, spoke before about 400 attendees. The event also marks 50 years of service by the Society of Mary which has run the school since its founding.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Catholic High School
St. Stephen Church
American Legion
Karl J. Alter
Cincinnati
Basil Haneberg
Clarence G. Issenmann
Columbus
Kiwanis Film Preview Set for Ohio USA at Manchester Hotel
Kiwanis Club will feature a film titled Ohio U.S.A. presented by Herb Austing and Bill Miller of Standard Oil Co. The program, chaired by Arthur Hauselman, is scheduled for tomorrow at noon at the Manchester Hotel.
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Herb Austing
Bill Miller
Standard Oil Co
Ohio U.S.A
Kiwanis Club
Arthur Hauselman
Manchester
Armco fronts report strains from Cuba to Leopoldville
Armco International reports disruptions at its Leopoldsville Congo office as riots killed at least 35 Africans and injured 100. Native flats looted and burned. staff worked intermittently. Plant manager Hassoun's car was wrecked by stoning. Hassoun escaped. Armco has offices in Leopoldsville and Elizabethville.
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Armco
Havana
Cuba
Armco International Corp
Batista
Leopoldsville
Belgian Congo
Associated Press
Brussels
Robert Eaton
Hassoun
AIC
Paul Hassoun
Armco International
Elizabethville
Justice Is Fast In Car Theft Case
Milford woman Betty Lou Maloney, 19, was arrested at home on auto theft charges. She was arraigned in Loveland Municipal Court, bound over to the Warren County grand jury on a $3,000 bond and jailed in Warren County. A 13-year-old accomplice is held in Clermont County juvenile authorities.
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Lebanon
Milford
Betty Lou Maloney
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Loveland
Warren County
Grand Jury
Jess Wilson Jr
Loveland Rt. 1
South Lebanon
Hamilton Man Pleads Guilty In Shooting
Hamilton special report: Frank Drake aged 53 of 1160 N 3rd St pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the Oct 14 fatal shooting of Charles Taggart aged 53 of 2027 Clark St Williamsdale. The incident occurred during a Del Rio Rancho alteration at N 3rd Street Extension where Drake worked. Prosecutor Robert Marrs urged a plea to the lesser charge.
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Hamilton
Frank Drake
N. 3Rd St
Court of Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Charles Taggart
Clark St
Williamsdale
del Rio Rancho
N. 3Rd Stret
Drake
Robert Marrs
Moyer Re-elected Madison School Board President
Hubert E. Moyer was rechosen as president of the Madison Local School District Board for Education. William R. Billett was named vice president and C. H. Sigel clerk, all re elected for one year. Board members include Edsell Peck Clifford Selby and Homer Weikel. Superintendent is Herbert Henderson.
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Hubert E. Moyer
Madison
William R. Billett
C.H. Sigel
Edsell Peck
Clifford Selby
Homer Weikel
Herbert Henderson
Forty Years With Armco Chapter Published by Chapple
Bennett Chapple Sr. former Armco vice president distributes a second book “Forty Years With Armco” with notes on retirement and “Poetry At Armco.” Introduction by Armco president Ralph L. Gray praises Armco spirit. The book, a private printing, follows his earlier “Seventy Years in Seventy Minutes.”
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Armco
Bennett Chapple Sr
Middletown Steel Company
Chapple
Ralph L. Gray
George M. Verity
Tam
Epiphany Bonfire Lights Middleton As 3,000 Trees Burn
A burning bonfire lit 3,000 Christmas trees at Gold man Park during Epiphany ceremonies. Spectators gathered near Highland Street and South Avenue as city officials Francis Carmody and Tom Carlson spoke. The Civic Chorus performed with Louis John Johnen directing and Valda Wilkerson accompanying. Reverend C N Flanigan explained Epiphany's meaning, marking Middleton's fourth annual observance under Keep Christ in Christmas.
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Iona Asher
Goldman Park
Highland Street
South Avenue
Carlson
Charles Coburn
Trustee enters in debt case for R J Morris in court
R J Morris of West Middletown Rt 2 was placed in trusteeship in municipal court yesterday after listing debts totaling 1704.32 owed to 11 creditors. The action names Morris and the creditors and records the court’s acceptance of the trusteeship.
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R. J. Morris
West Middletown Rt. 2
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Hamilton Catholic High
Congo
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Daniel
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Tom Carlson
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