Youths tied to 15 area break ins face grand jury
Police said two 18 year olds bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury admitted involvement in eleven area break ins netting more than 1000 dollars in cash and goods. One suspect Paul D. Carter 18 faces six charges with 3000 dollar bond while Otis J Coffey 18 has 10000 dollars in bonds on four burglary counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Grand Jury
Paul D. Carter
Sheridan Ave
Lanaane
Wulbial
Otis J. Coffey
State St
Coffey
Ft. Knox
Top
Clark
Ledford
Grand Jury Indicts Two In Sorrell Murder Case
A Butler County grand jury charged two men with first degree murder in the fatal beating of Hershel L. Sorrell near Todharter Road on Ohio 4. The panel also indicted a Hamilton woman for second degree murder in a separate stabbing case and listed 45 indictments against 41 defendants after five days of sessions.
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Sorrell
Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
P. P. Boll
Common Pleas Court
Harold Lloyd Burkhardt
Camden Rt
Richard Eugene Nolan
Atco Ave
Hershel L. Sorrell
West Middletown
Ohio 4
Todharter Road
Middletown
Burkhardt
Nolan
Annie Ruth Collier
S. Monument Ave
Henry Simmons
New Miami
Eee
Carter arrest linked to five local break-ins
Deputy Sheriff Richard De says five area break-ins between Christmas and the New Year were tied to Carter after his arrest in a downtown grocery. He allegedly admitted involvement in Carito's Inn burglary on U S 25 south of Monroe and other crimes including thefts at Gillen-Crowe's drug store and Walburg's market. Police report total losses around $152.60 with additional damages and missing items. Carter identified two accomplices who remain in custody as part of a repeating “gang.”
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Carter
Robert Ledford
Ledford
Peasttown
Matthew Deaton
Deaton
West Middletown Rt. 1
Floyd Oaks
S. Yankee Road
Nannalee Ring
Sohio Inn
U. S. 25
West Chesel Rt. 1
Gus Christy
Burbank St
Charles McGee
McGee's Grocery
Grand Ave
Richard de
Carito’s Inn
Monroe
Gillen - Crowe's Drug Store
Yankee Rd
Buford Lawson
Huntsville
Almer Gullett
Maud
Walburg
Enoch Dr
William Brewer
Frank South
Judge Hands Heavy Fines To DWTers
Judge J T Lambe presided over a busy Municipal Court docket placing two motorists under heavy fines and jail terms for drunken driving. Melvin Lee Christian 25 Jackson was fined 200 and costs three days in city jail and a six month suspended license. Homer Fultz 20 Box 68 Excello received a similar fine jail term and license suspension. Paul Margerum 21 605 Oberon Dr was fined court costs and given a one year revocation of driving rights for permitting an intoxicated person to drive. Disorderly conduct penalties included 25 fines and costs for Eugene Woodward 22 and Cletus Martin 22 with Earne Miller 29 fined as well.
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J. T. Lambe
Melvin Lee Christian
Jackson
Homer Fultz
Box
Excello
Paul Margerum
Oberon Dr
Local Court Fines Assault Battery and Drunk Driving
Clarence Mann 35 of 1708 Church St is fined 25 dollars and costs and given 30 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse for assault and battery with the jail term suspended. He also pays 10 dollars and costs for intoxication. Nicholas J. Constas 41 of Dayton is fined 20 dollars and costs for speeding 60 mph on Tytus Avenue and 10 dollars and costs for no operator's license with the latter suspended. Other hearings for Marion Richard Tolson 18 of West Middletown and Roy Stuart 55 of Vannest Street were continued Friday. Judge Lamb also dismissed charges against Merle Bowlin and John Blaylock and both were assessed court costs.
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Clarence Mann
Church St
Cincinnati
Mann
Nicholas J. Constas
Dayton
Tytus Avenue
Marion Richard Tolson
West Middletown
Police Recover Stolen 1949 Car in Middletown at Night
Middletown police recovered a stolen 1949 car at German Town Road and Verity Parkway at 2 15 a m today. The vehicle had been rented by Hughes Motor Co to Davis Body Shop staff over the weekend. No damage report available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Germantown Road
Verity Parkway
Hughes Motor Co
Davis
Franklin Judge Fines Pair In Traffic Cases
Judge J. T. Riley fined James Carrol of Franklin 25 dollars and costs for driving without a license and fined Louis Schuster of Cincinnati 25 dollars and costs for reckless operation. Schuster's license was suspended for three months.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
James Carrol
Louis Schuster
Cincinnati
Schuster
Local theft probe advances with recovered loot
Carter, with no prior police record, figures in a theft investigation as deputies recovered part of the loot. Deputy South, aided by Deputies Loren Gustin and Schutheisstt, led the inquiry.
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Ber
Carter
South
Loren Gustin
Schutheiss T
Fund Drives For $80 600 Given Okay
The Civic Association Review Board of Appeals approved six local fund campaigns totaling about $80 600. Drives include Butler County Polio Committee 276 dollars, Middletown Red Cross 29 180 for March, Cancer Society April drive with no goal, Butler County Adults Fund April mail drive 4 000, Butler County Tuberculosis drive 10 000 in December, and Muscular Dystrophy November with no quota. The board will approve any goal within its formula. Louis T. Kenney chairs the board.
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Civic. Association Review Board of Appeals
Middletown
Tom Venable
Association
Butler County
Polio Committee
American Red Cross
American Cancer Society
Crippled Children and Adults
Louis T. Kenney
Three Nominated As Trustees Of Middletown Hospital
Nominations for Middle town Hospital board seats announced by Charles E. Stutenroth. Don Carey and Colin Gardner III seek re election, while J D Sawyer is named to replace retiring Harry K Moore. Terms run three years to February 1957 with nine trustees total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Charles E. Stutenroth
Don Carey
Colin Gardner III
J. D. Sawyer
Harry K. Moore
Logan T. Johnson
E. A. Correa
R. Q. Millan
Louis T. Kenney
R. J. Walters
Middletown
Howard L. Chaney
Franklin
Foremen Hear Safety Tactics In First Parley
About 60 foremen attended the opening session of a safety management training course in the conference room of Seattle Bros. Machine Co. Paul Wilson of the Middletown Safety Council led the briefing. Evans of Armco Steel explained the foreman as a key safety figure and Dale Constiner of Shartles led the next discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shattle Bros. Machine Co
Paul Wilson
Middletown
Dale Constiner
Shartles
Thieves Loot Construction Site and Car in Weekend Theft
Contractor Marvin McQuinn reported over the weekend four steel columns and plates a sprayer and a salama stolen from a home under construction at 501 Thornhill Lane with a total value of 88 dollars. Bluford Bowman said thieves stripped four hubcaps and four chrome rims from a car parked behind Pat's Bar, value 52 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin McQuinn
Thornhill Lane
McQuinn
Bluford Bowman
W. Central Avenue
Pat's Bar
Pan-American Race Winner Here Tomorrow
C. D. Evans the 54 year old Pan American Mexican Road Race winner will appear at Howe Motor Co 701 Central Ave tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The veteran driver known as the worlds safest driver will present the Chevrolet used to cover 1958 1959 miles in five days and answer questions about the race and auto racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Evans
Will Opar
Howe Motor Co
Central Ave
Evans
Hig
Howe
William Howe
Polio Drive Sees 1954 Funds Stalling at Half
The polio drive trails 1953 totals at about 50 percent. Mayfield Women report $130.40 at the Central Avenue polio booth, lifting 1954 to $804.15 versus $1,632.25 last year. The Optimists staff today and the Colored Polio Committee takes over tomorrow.
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Mayfield
Central Avenue
Broad Street
AB and L Officers Re-elected at Annual Meeting 1953
The Ameri can Building and Loan Assn reelected its 1953 officers for another term at the annual meeting. Directors renamed include R. S. Weatherwax and A. James Moorman. 1954 officers listed are J. L. Glass president W. D. Vorhis vice president Moorman secretary manager and M. P. Schrock treasurer. Board members include Weatherwax Moor man Glass Vorhis H. K. Moore Vance E. Cribbs and Don Carey. C. E. Burke and Walter R. Bender were renamed legal counsel.
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The
American Building and Loan Assn
R. S. Weatherwax
A. James Moorman
J. L. Glass
W. D. Vorhis
Moorman
M. P. Schrock
Weatherwax
Glass
Vorhis
H. K. Moore
Vance E. Cribbs
Don Carey
C. E. Burke
Walter R. Bender
Legal Counsel
the Association
Driver Bond Set in Death Crash Arraignment
Glenn Boyd, 36, of 1606 Plum Ave., arraigned in municipal court on manslaughter charge in the traffic death of his niece Carolyn Jo Swope, 11. Bond $2,000 held for Butler County Grand Jury. alchol test disputed. incident near Peasttown. Funeral planned for Carolyn at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Joseph R. Baker & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Boyd
Plum Ave
Carolyn Jo Swope
Boyd
Butler County
Grand Jury
J. T. Lamb
Peasttown
Hamilton
Alpha
Stanford Boyd
Isaac
Violet Boyd
Joseph Swope
Erie Ave
Middletown
Swope
Swopes
At The Movies Showings At Paramount And Strand
The Paramount shows Paris Model at 1 15 4 10 7 15 and 10 15 p m Forbidden at 2 40 5 45 and 8 45 p m Strand runs Texas Badman at 1 30 4 30 7 35 and 10 25 p m Houdini at 2 35 5 40 and 8 40 p m Parole Inc at 1 15 4 40 and 8 05 p m My Son John at 2 35 6 00 and 9 25 p m available Wednesday.
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Parole, Inc
Son John
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Clinton Henry Jr
Donald Hall
James Lee Simpson
Stanley Drake
Thomas Lapsley
Dale Weaver
Robert Leonard
Clarence Ringer
Charles Bogan
Joe A. Frazier
Raymond Elam
George F. Barton
Marvin E. Stevens
Lemon Township
Woodrow Hamilton
George Cox
J. C. Mason
Arch Cockerel
Eugene Woodward
Garfield St
Cletus Martin
Earne] Miller
Rufus St
Martin
Ed Lefler
Ambulance Service
Ab&l
Chas D. Thomas Mer
S & Loan
At the Movies
Paramount
Wim. Schaeffer
Schomer
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Association
Ohio
First Mortgage
United States Bonds
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
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