Zoning Board Approves Red Lion Lot Rezoning to Business
The Clear Creek zoning commission approved rezoning a Rt 741 north of Red Lion residence A to business. The owner is Bernis Bailey of Bob Phillips Realty, Middletown. They also approved a 200 by 300 foot Rt 48 lot owned by Leslie Rossman of Springboro for a produce stand, rezoned from residence to business, at the Springboro Township building.
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Springboro
Clearcreek
Red Lion
Bernis Bailey
Bob Phillips Realty Co
Central Ave
Middletown
Rt 48
Leslie Rossman
Springboro Township
Medicine Sure Packs A Wallop
Joseph Suber, 57, pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Pittsburgh saying the alcohol came from medicine that smelled and tasted like whisky. The judge dismissed the case with court costs.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Suber
Suber
Venezuelan Rioters Sent To Jungle Penal Colony
President Betancourt ordered hard labor in a remote jungle penal colony for nearly 20 rioters blamed for violence in Caracas. After fires, looting, and attacks on police, 21 people were wounded as police restored order.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Velazquez
Venezuelan Congress
Rafael Leoni
Interior Ministry
Chambers of Commerce
Confederation’ of Labor
231 Pound Policeman Suspended in Cincinnati
Ted Millward a 25 year old patrolman in Cincinnati was suspended after failing to meet an official weight limit. He weighed 231 pounds at 6 feet 1⅛ inches and was ordered to reduce to 214 but did not. A hearing before Safety Director Cris Hamilton is set for next Friday. Five other officers face weight related trouble but Millward is the only one suspended.
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Cincinnati
Ted Millward
Cris Hamilton
Millward
Miami Center Named for German Test Competition
Oxford Miami University is among seven centers for a national German test with a five week Germany visit as top prize. The American Association of Teachers of German sponsors the contest to honor strong high school students. Dr G L Matuschka oversees Miami area tests. Applications via Dr Henry Tapp at Kent State University by January 15, with a 25 cent fee.
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Oxford
Miami University
Germany
American Assn. of
G. L. Matuschka
Miami
Henry Tapp
Kent State University
Obituary for Lulu Ent Johnson 85 in Peasttown
Lulu Ent Johnson 85 died at Kelly Hale Hospital Wilmington at 11 37 a m after admission Jan 5. Native of Butler County she lived in Peasttown 15 years, wife of Charles deceased 1920. Survived by daughters Genevieve Kleissler and Doris Banker sons Norman and Dale, sister and brother, six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Services Thursday 2 pm Webb Funeral Home Hamilton Rev Laurin E Detwiler officiating burial Millville Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow after 4 pm.
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Lulu Ent Johnson
Doris Banker
Peasttown
Kelly Hale Hospital
Wilmington
Johnson
Butler County
Charles
Genevieve Kleissler
Maplewood
N. J
Banker
Norman
Collinsville
Dale
Hamilton
Hallie Sloneker
Oxford
Harry Ent
Indianapolis
Webb Funeral Home
Laurin E. Detwiler
Millville
Ballard Rites Planned for Mrs Ballard at West Elkton
Mrs Mary Emmaline Ballard 70 died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton at 3 10 pm after a Sunday heart attack at her Somerville Road home She lived 24 years in the area born in Jonesville Va She was a West Elkton Friends Church member and charter member of the Progressive Garden Club at Jacksonburg She survived by husband William three sons and five daughters including Opal at home and Maxine Pierson of West Elkton among 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Burial is at Woodside Cemetery Middletown Friends may call at Nein Sons Funeral Home and at the church Thursday after 12 30 pm prior to service at West Elkton Friends Church
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Middletown
Veda Davis
Springfield
Lorraine Howell
New Madison
Virginia Hancock
Fairborn
Opal Ballard
Maxine Pierson
West Elkton
West Elkton Friends Church
Woodside Cemetery
R. C
Obituaries for James Henley and Anna Kihn
James Henley, 80, of 342 Heaton Street, will have a 2 p.m. service tomorrow at Brown-Dawson Funeral Home. Anna Kihn, 85, of 1121 Grand Boulevard, will have a 2 p.m. service tomorrow at Ninth Street EUB Church.
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James Henley
Heaton St
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Anna Kihn
Grand Blvd
Ninth Street
Notable Obituaries Across Cities Reflect Silent Era to Cold War
A batch of obituaries reports De Sacia Mooers Lewis, 72, former leading lady for Tom Mix, died after a six week illness. George W Perkins, 64, ex U S ambassador to NATO and ex assistant secretary of state, died of a heart attack. Catholicos-Patriarch Melkhisedek III, 989, head of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1952, died. Gilmor Brown, 73, Pasadena Playhouse founder, died. Rolla K. Meacham, 73, longtime John Deere manager in Minneapolis, died of a heart condition. Maj. Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, 80, former commander of the 9th Army, died of leukemia.
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Hollywood
de Sacia Mooers Lewis
Tom Mix
Lewis
de Sacia Mooers
New York
George W Perkins
U.S
NATO
Moscow
Melkhisedek III
Tass
Palm Springs
Calif
John Deere Co
Minneapolis
SAN Francisco
Kenyon A. Joyce
9Th Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Brooklyn
Nevil Shute Dies Author of On the Beach
Melbourne AP British author Nevil Shute Norway died at 60 after a stroke in hospital. A noted aviator and novelist he wrote On the Beach and The Far Country among others. His works include Pastoral Requiem for a Wren and In the Wet. He studied at Oxford and was a Royal Aeronautical Society fellow.
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Melbourne
Nevil Shute
Shute
America
Norway
Oxford University
England
The
Royal Aeronautical Society
Lebanon Teens Named Alternates for Service Academies
Two Lebanon High School seniors were named alternates by Congressman Clarence J. Brown. George Wayne Hause, son of Mr and Mrs George Hause, attends the U S Air Force prep school at Ft Belvedere and is an alternate for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. John Singleton, senior and star football player, is an alternate for the U S Military Academy at West Point. Both took preliminary exams last November in Springfield.
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Lebanon
Clarence J. Brown
George Wayne Hause
George Hause
Clare Road
Air Force Prep School
Ft. Belvedere
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Lebanon High School
John Singleton
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Fred Singleton
North Lane
Hause
Singleton
Springfield
Rescue Teams Rushing In To Greek Floods
Rescue teams and salvage crews rushed to Comotini in northeast Greece after two days of heavy rains. The town of 35,000 was turned into a six foot flood, 800 houses destroyed, over 10,000 homeless, one dead, four missing, and 10 injured. Bridges and rail lines were wiped out as the government declared a state of emergency.
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Athens
Greece
Comotini
Thrace
Group Formed To Save College Corner School
A citizens committee called Save Our School formed in Oxford to delay the dissolution of the unique two state College Corner School District. The public meeting at Union High School aims to halt the joint board’s order and seek a financial solution with Indiana and Ohio officials. The district, operated for over 50 years, faces dissolution after Ohio voters rejected a 10 mill levy. Indiana residents already cover their share of costs. The building sits on the state line with Indiana and Ohio doors.
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Oxford
Save Our School Citizens
College Corner
Union High School
Gilbert Hill
Howard Fry
Union County
Ind
Preble County
Ohio
Joint Board of Education
Indiana
State Line
United States
Dayton Rubber Strike Ties Up Dayton Co Production
About 1,170 members of United Rubber Workers Local 178 walked off at the Dayton Rubber Co in Dayton Ohio in a wage and contract dispute. The old contract expired November 15 and talks have continued since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
Dayton Rubber Co
Alston To Show 1959 World Series Film for Miami Students
Walter Alston of Darttown and Miami University graduate will present the official color film of the 1959 World Series. The Miami University Center ballroom will host the Wednesday 7:30 p.m. screening arranged by the student program board. The event is public with no seat reservations.
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Oxford
Walter Alston
Darttown
Miami University
Los Angeles Dodgers
Miami
Miami University Center
University Center
Somerville Area Burglary Probed by Sheriff Office
EATON The office of Preble County Sheriff Floyd E Spitler is investigating a burglary on Pleasant Valley Road. The Scianambio residence on Somerville Rt 2 reported thefts totaling 250 dollars including jewelry 60 dollar movie camera a dress 13 dollars and liquor.
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Eaton
Preblem
Floyd E. Spitler
Pleasant Valley Road
Angelo Scianambio
Somerville
Rt. 2
Diphtheria Kills Girl Amid Immunization Drive
In Hamilton 285 diphtheria shots were given at Fairfield North Elementary after a second grader died of diphtheria at Mercy Hospital. 104 throat cultures were collected from close contacts. all tests were negative. Dr Witkow urged completing immunizations for diphtheria tetanus whooping cough smallpox and polio.
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Hamilton
Butler County Health Department
Fairfield North
Mercy
Health Department
Alexander Witkow
Witkow
Armco Association Names Four New Directors
Four Armco Association directors were elected unopposed after the annual election in districts 2 5 7 and 11. Sherman Steele Robert Koontz John Dumphy and Fred Finney will serve three year terms with installation and officer elections set for tonight at the Manchester Hotel. A separate Armco Colored Association election of directors is planned for next Tuesday with installation and officer elections on January 26 at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Assn
Sherman Steele
Robert Koontz
John Dumphy
Fred Finney
Steele
Koontz
Dumphy
Finney
Kenneth Giltrow
Manchester
Armco Colored Assn
Films For Sportsmen Show Tonight At Club Meeting
Color films of the Alcoa High way through Canada to Alaska and winter sports in Michigan will be shown during tonight's meeting of the Sportsmen's Club beginning at 8 p.m.
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Sportsmen
Alcoa Highway
Canada
Alaska
Michigan
Sportsmen's Club
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