Middletown Jaycees Honor All-America City Status
The Junior Chamber of Commerce unanimously praised Middletown residents for the All-America City selection. The resolution credited the Industrial Council and the presentation committee while stressing that every resident shares the honor and pledging continued effort to build a better Middletown. Robert McIntyre urged being different and oneself, and members contributed college books for an international Jaycee program.
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Commercce
Middletown
Industrial Council
Robert McIntyre
The
Toastmasters Club
Ike Sends Salute for Middletown All America City Honor
President Eisenhower telegrams Middletown officials congratulating the city on its selection as one of 11 recipients of the All America City Award. The message praised responsible citizenship and pride, received at 7:34 p.m. and delivered to the City Building.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middletown
White House
Francis Caramody
Carmody
Two Children and Man Hurt in Mishaps
Two children and a man were injured yesterday and treated at Middletown Hospital. Davi Tibbs, 10, broke his right knee while playing football at a friend’s home. Katherine Hudson, 8, broke her left arm after a fall at home. James Thienemann, 33, injured a finger changing dies at the Shuttle Division of the Black Clawson Co.
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Middletown Hospital
Davi Tibbs
Roy Tibbs
Wilbraham Rd
Katherine Hudson
Carl Hudson
Dix Rd
Black Clawson Co
James Thienemann
Catalpa
Lull in serious highway accidents across two counties
A lull in serious crashes continued in Warren and Butler counties with only one minor school bus car accident yesterday. No crashes were reported Monday or Wednesday, six minor accidents were investigated Tuesday, and the bus collision involved Ella Rea Keeton’s Madison Township bus near West Middletown.
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Warren
Butler
Franklin-Trenton
Rt. 122
West Middletown
Madison Township
Ella ‘Rea Keeton
Raymond Sampson
West Middletown Rt. 1
Post
Broken Gas Line Blamed For Fire At Coolidge Corp Site
A broken gas line caused a fire that damaged $100 in contents of a one story tarpaper Coolidge Corp building at Enoch Drive and Atco Avenue. Firefighters received the alarm at :24 p m and were called at 3:07 p m to the rear of 2828 Willibrham Rd to extinguish a grass fire from burning rubbish with no further damage.
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Coolidge Corp
Enoch Drive
Atco Avenue
Willbraham Rd
Dell Again In Race For Ohio Senate
Edward Dell, former municipal judge, circulated petitions for state senator at a Hamilton Democratic Executive Committee meeting. Dell previously served in the Ohio Senate in 1955 56 but lost re election in 1956 to William Beckett. The committee endorsed Harry T Wilks for Congress in the May primary and backed reappointment of Harry B Grevey and deputies J Earl Gray John Lenihan and Frank Dobrozsi.
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Edward Dell
Hamilton
Dell
Ohio Senate
William Beckett
Harry T. Wilks
Wilks
Harry B. Grevey
Butler County Board of Elections
J. Earl Gray
John Lenihan
Frank Dobrozsi
Grevey
Future Roads Pictured For Kiwanis In Ohio Talk
Giles B Weise, director of public relations for Division 8 of the State Highway Department, spoke to the Kiwanis Club about the highways of the future. He described a new Interstate design with no at grade crossings and explained traffic growth projections into 1965 and 1975, noting U. S. 25 relocation in northern Ohio as part of future highway development.
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Giles B. Weise
Kiwanis Club
Weise
Division 8
State Highway Department
Kiwanians
Ohio
United States
U. S. 25
Sewage Plant on Oxford State Road Opens for Operation
City Manager Charles W. Thompson announced the Oxford State Road sewage treatment plant began operation last night after a test run. An open house will follow in a month or six weeks. Officials had hoped to open by December 16 but delays occurred.
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Oxford State Road
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Mound Builders Meet Saturday in Diamond Gardner Hall
A conference for Mound Builders Area Council commissioners will run 9 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. tomorrow in the Diamond Gardner auditorium. Donald Skinner presides with Sam Caruthers Russell Elker and George Bundick assisting. Films on unit budget planning charter review and district operation will be shown plus a lunch in the cafeteria.
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Mound Builders Area Council
Diamond Gardner
Donald Skinner
Camp Hook
Skinner
Poke
Griffith
Sam Carruthers
Scout
Russell Elker
George Bundick
Monroe Club Becomes Monroe Parent Teacher Organization
Monroe Elementary Mothers' Club voted to change its name to the Monroe Parent Teacher Organization at a regular meeting. Dean A. Girton noted more home accidents occur on Saturday afternoons, with men affected more than women, and the session closed with two safety films.
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Monroe Elementary Mothers’ Club
Monroe Parent Teachers Organization
Dean A. Girton
Safety Council
Zanuck to Marry Lilia Gentle in Hollywood Match
Actress Lilia Gentle aged 17 will marry Dick Zanuck aged 23, son of producer Darryl Zanuck, in Hollywood on Monday.
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Hollywood
Lilia Gentle
Dick Zanuck
Darryl Zanuck
Miami Dean Sees No War in 1958 Says Sputnik Impact Doubted
Miami University Dean William E. Smith predicts no U S war in 1958 despite Sputnik impact. He notes U S deterrents include air patrols with nuclear warheads since October and advances in missile technology and delivery capabilities, while Russia dominates some strategic positions.
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Oxford
Miami University
William E. Smith
United States
Smith
Miami
Graduate School
America
Sputnik
Europe
Russia
Eurasia
Adult Class Registration Tops 188 at Local School
Thomas F. Webb reports 188 adults registered for the second semester of evening classes with expectant rise to 250. The notice invites new registrants in English math social studies and various lab classes at the high school office of H. H. Lawrence from 10 am to 4 30 pm on school days next week.
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Thomas F. Webb
H. H. Lawrence
Youth Beaten In Ride Home in Hamilton
Richard Hobbs, 18, of Hamilton, was beaten and robbed of 25 dollars by two men who offered him a ride home from a cafe. He was hospitalized in fair condition with severe head injuries after being dragged from the car near the Valley Drive-in Theater on U.S. 127. Hobbs reported the attack to sheriff's deputies at a truck stop after the men fled.
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Hamilton
Richard Hobbs
Vine
Sheriff's Deputies
Mercy Hospital
Hobbs
Sheriff's
Vaugin's Point
Erie Boulevard
Dixie Highway
U. S. 127
Valley Drive-in Theater
New Miami
Colored News Elks Memorial Services and Church Events
Memorial services for Elks at New Hope Baptist Church Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. Rudolph Pringle will speak. A fish fry is set for Saturday at noon at Mrs. Marjorie Stone’s home. Phillips Chapel CME hosts a 3 p.m. Sunday program led by Mrs. Hattie Holmes and includes several contestants. A tea follows. Missionary Circle of New Era Baptist Church hosts a 3:30 p.m. public meeting with Rev. Abraham Swanson of Cincinnati as guest speaker.
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Elks
Silver Leaf Lodge
New Hope Baptist Church
Rudolph Pringle
Marjorie Stone
9Th Ave
Phillips Chapel
CME
Hattie Holmes
Odessa Parsons
Julia Francis
Catherine Watson
Garret
Eleanor Monjard
Trotter
Mary Watson
Nira Jones
Abraham Swanson
Cincinnati
Missionary Circle of the
New Era Baptist Church
ONeill Declines Clemency In Cincinnati Murder Execution
Governor C William ONeill refuses clemency for 23 year old Robert W Mohrhaus whose fatal stabbing of Leona McCracklin during a Cincinnati burglary earned a death sentence. Mohrhaus on death row since Oct 19 1956, execution set for tonight after prior delays.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wgov
William O'Neill
Robert W. Mohrhaus
Cincinnati
Mohrhaus
Leona McCracklin
Pearl Harris
Maude Miller
Covington
Old Sailor Halsey Retires From Active Duty
New York reports Admiral William F. Halsey says ill health forces him to leave active leadership as a national monument. He remains hospitalized after a stroke last July and has sought $350,000 to save his flagship in San Diego, currently at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The piece notes the 1924 Democratic convention requiring 103 roll calls for John W. Davis’s nomination.
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New York
W—Fleet
William F
Bull
Halsey
USN
San Diego
Calif
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Blue Crutch Day Postponed to Jan 18 in Butler County
Butler County polio drive leader Charles Reuthe says Blue Crutch Day lunch will be held Saturday January 18 instead of tomorrow. Organizers plan to award tiny crutch buttons to March of Dimes contributors during the event.
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Charles Reuthe
Butler County
Winslow Named Controller of Armco Drainage & Metal Products
Fred L. Winslow is named controller of Armco Drainage & Metal Products Inc by S. R. Ives president of Armco Steel Corp. He joined Armco in 1939 as sales correspondent and has held multiple finance and leadership roles including assistant controller since 1950. Winslow is a University of Illinois graduate with a degree in foreign commerce.
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Armco Drainage & Metal Products, Inc
Fred L. Winslow
S. R. Ives
Armco Steel Corp
Winslow
Armco
Armco Drainage & Metal Products
Southwestern
Armco Drainage
The
University of Tilinios
Franklinite Faces Ten Charges In Bad Checks Case
Miss Mayme Chrisman 42 of Franklin bound to the grand jury under 10000 bond on four charges of issuing bad checks. Previous court bound over 6000 bond for six bad checks. Arrest followed release from Dayton Workhouse. Complaints filed by Elmer C. Woltering and Eugene Shafer of Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Mayme Chrisman
S. Main ‘St
Franklin
Frank F. Wessel
Middletown
Dayton
Elmer C. Woltering
Eugene Shafer
Woman Faces Charge As Tipsy Driver
A local woman, Pauline Fetters, 34, of Locust Grove, was charged with driving while under the influence after a two car collision on Yankee Road at 9:35 p.m. A southbound Fetters car struck Grover Moore’s parked 1950s vehicle, causing $300 damage and injuring Fetters with lip and knee injuries.
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Yankee Road
Pauline Fetters
Hickory St
Locust Grove
Grover Moore
Yankee Rd
Moore
Man Shields Charity Box In Lexington Store Plot
Lexington shop owner Louis Prow recounted an unnamed man walked in and forced a $20 bill into a March of Dimes collection container. Prow said the donor claimed he had heard a container had been stolen.
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Lexington, Ky
Louis Prow
Prow
Twin Sisters Die Within Hour of Each Other
Twin sisters Mrs. Janette Hamlyn of St. Louis and Mrs. Rose Herley of Grantsburg Illinois died yesterday within an hour and 45 minutes. Hamlyn succumbed to pneumonia in a St. Louis hospital. Herley died at Grantsburg 120 miles southeast of St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Janette Hamlyn
Rose Herley
Grantsburg
Hamlyn
Grand Jury Indicts 30 Defendants in Butler County
Butler County Grand Jury returned thirty indictments against twenty seven defendants. Notable cases include Frank Reichert charged with second degree manslaughter in a three car crash near Pisgah. Middletown defendants charged with burglary and larceny include Mark McChone Charles Clouse Nada Reeve Roscoe Stacy John Willis and Robert Patterson. The panel urged separate juvenile detention quarters and criticized jail facilities dating from 1850.
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Franklin John Reichert
Mason Rt. 1
Xavier University
Cincinnati
Bernard Beaman
Dayton
U. S. 42
Pisgah
Butler County
Reichert
Beaman
Mark M. McChone
Charles Clouse
Nada Birgie Reeve
Nada Birgie Spurlock
Roscoe Stacy
John Willis
Robert Patterson
Middletown
Donald Wells
Johnnie Rufus Walker
Jackson Creech
Fire damages Faith Mission Church in Franklin
Special report from Franklin states the Faith Mission and Baptist Church at 284 Olive Street suffered a basement fire late yesterday afternoon. Pastor Claude Holt blamed an overheated stove. Mrs. Ruth Livesey of 282 Olive Street sighted smoke and called the fire department, which contained the blaze quickly with damages estimated at two hundred dollars.
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Franklin
Faith Mission and Baptist Church
Olive St
Claude Holt
Ruth Livesey
Dobrozsi Wins Speaking Honors
Ralph Gaynor led the Toastmasters meeting with the topic The Beginning Speaker. John Dobrozsi won for most improvement with Who Has Charge of Traffic in Middletown. Charles Doring was best critic and Lester Leturger delivered an ice breaker speech.
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Ralph Gaynor
Toastmasters Club
John Dobrozsi
Middletown
Charles Doring
Lester Leturger
Midletown Auto Show Planned at National Guard Armory
The Optimist Club and the Mid dletown New Car Dealers Assn announce a Mid dletown Auto Show to be held at the National Guard armory on 5 S. Main Street. The show runs Jan 31 to Feb 3 with final arrangements signed by Eugene Switzer Herbert Chandler Charles Terhune and Richard Jones.
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Optimist Club
Middletown New Car Dealers Assn
Middletown
National Guard Armory
S. Main Street
Eugene Switzer
Herbert Ic. Chandler
The
Optimists
Charles P. Terhune
Richard Jones
Dealers Association
Legion Auxiliary Plans for Mid-Winter Conference
Post 218 auxiliary met to discuss attending the mid winter conference February 27 at Neil House in Columbus. They also planned a Valentine’s dance February 15 and invited members to attend the Franklin post auxiliary meeting January 20.Mrs. J. B. Strickland presided.
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Legion Auxiliary
Post 218’S Auxiliary
Neil House
Columbus
Franklin i Post’s Auxiliary
J. B. Strickland
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Ike
Streifthau’s
Tee
Central Avenue
Office Outfitters Inc
N. Main
Mound Builders
Monroe Club
Zanuck
William J. Miller
King
Colored News
O'Neill
Democratic Party
John W. Davis
Ad&mp
Franklinite
Grand Jury
Middetown
Dobrozsi
Armory
SALES
Melampy’s
Tavatiao
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