Driver Faces 3 Charges In Central Avenue Fatal
Gordon E. Mattox, 35, credit manager for Lady Sylvia Furniture, died at Mercy Hospital after being struck on Central Avenue by a southbound car driven by Kenneth L. Hogan. Hogan, 31, was charged with second degree manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, and leaving the scene. Mattox had been driving a pickup that was struck before he fell against the truck. Hogan reportedly admitted drinking beer and fled the scene briefly before police detained him. This marked Hamilton and Butler County’s first fatal of the year.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Gordon E. Mattox
Chase Ave
Central Avenue
Lady Sylvia Furniture Co
Mercy
Polic
Kenneth L. Hogan
Lester Ave
Central
S. 4Th Street
Hogan
Mattox
Hanover Street
Stanley Link
The
Lady Sylvia Co
Dale Lindsay
Arlington Ave
Link
Lindsay
Train Hits Car Injures Youths Near Seven Mile Crossing
Two Hamilton residents were injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck their car at the Spring Road crossing near Seven Mile. Arthur Chestnut, 19, was in fair condition with a left leg fracture and possible chest and knee injuries. Passenger Junior Harris, 19, suffered head cuts and facial bruises. The northbound train was en route to Chicago. the accident occurred at 3 56 p.m. Ended involved Henry Lines of Richmond Indiana. Driver Chestnut said he did not see the train.
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Hamilton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spring Road
U.S. 127
Seven Mile
Arthur Chestnut
Mercy Hospital
Junior G. Harris
Parrish Ave
Chestnut
Chicago
Henry Lines
Ichmond
Ind
22 Die In Bus Crashes In Mexico
Toluca reports two bus crashes killing 22 people and injuring 35. A collision at Tizayuca left six dead and nine injured while another bus careened on a hill near Tocuca, crashing into a wall after brake failure.
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Toluca
Mexico
Tizayuca
Tocuca
GOP Chooses New PR Chief
William C Strand, a 46 year old Interior Department official and former newsman, was named public relations director for the Republican National Committee. He will assume the post January 20, succeeding L Richard Gaylay. Strand now assists Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton and directs information for the department, with past work at the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Times Herald.
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Washington W
William C. Strand
Interior Department
Republican National Committee
L. Richard Gaylay
Strand
Interior
Fred Seaton
Chicago Tribune
Old
Washington Times Herald
Trucks Damage Yards and A Home Break-In Reported
West Middletown and West Chester saw trucks tear up front yards while a Monroe construction site was robbed of an electric oven and top. Debris damaged fences, a kitchen wiring panel was cut, and a stove removed. A local man euthanized two pet sheep after dog bites.
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West Middletown
West Chester
Monroe
Lee Wood
S. Vine
T N- Branklin
Henry P. Hannah
Box 106
John James
Clyde Vogel
Allison Avenue
Hamilton
Salvation Army Christmas Cheer Drive Surpasses 1956 Total
St Maj Charles M Johnston reports Salvation Army Christmas Cheer 1957 tops 1956 by 345.81 dollars with a grand total of 11 220. Contributions from kettles and booth 4890.12 mail appeal 6027.83 and War Cry 902.05 boosted the result though kettles lagged 123.58 behind last year Four hundred forty seven families sought aid two received checks rest food baskets 2186.31 was the food cost Toyland held 1240 toys for 200 mothers 562 toys candy and oranges distributed seven parties aided 341 children total Toyland cost 1957 1957 1 957 88.
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Salvation Army
Charles M. Johnston
Lofficer
Citadel Corps
Booth
Army
Kettles
Citadel
Legion Home
Lebanon State
Maj. Johnston
Real Estate Board Officers Install Tomorrow at Manchester Hotel
Newly elected officers of the Middletown Real Estate Board will be installed at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Manchester Hotel following a dinner meeting of realtors and their wives. A social hour begins at 5:30 p.m.
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Middletown Real Estate Board
Manchester Hotel
Furnace clog causes smoke damage at residence
A clogged oil furnace filter caused minor smoke damage at the home of Dale Pyle on Martz Paullin Road in Franklin. The Franklin Fire Department responded to the 11:45 a.m. call Saturday.
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Franklin
iDale Pyle
Martz-Paullin Road
Franklin Fire Department
Findlay Gift Assures Jaycees Youth Forum End Year Banquet
At a state Jaycees meeting the forum chair announced a $1,000 Findlay industrialist gift to fund the end of year banquet. Local attendees included Middletown Jaycees president Jim Jownsley and VP Drake Montague. Goodman outlined forum aims and the W. W. Sebald award project. Deger fielded questions amid reports of 49 requests from Jaycees to adopt the Middletown started youth activities forum, with 38 from Ohio and one from Zurich Switzerland. Twenty programs have started.
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Youth Acivities Forum
Findlay
Jim Jownsley
Presdent
Middletown Jaycees
Drake Montague
Knight Goodman
Paul Deger
Goodman
W. W. Sebald
Deger
Middletown
Ohio
Zurich
Switzerland
Woman Slightly Hurt in Garfield Street Collision
A two car crash at Garfield Street and Waodlawn Avenue left Janice Schulz with a cut to her right foot and Clinton Moss charged with failure to yield right of way. Police said Moss was cited into Municipal Court. Several minor accidents were also reported.
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Garfield Street
Waodlawn Avenue
Clinton Moss
Walnut St
Janice Schulz
Linden Ave
Atkinson Elected President Of Square Dancers Club
Joe Atkinson named president of Two-by-Four Square Dance Club succeeding Roy Stutz. Atkinson, a General Electric employee in Cincinnati, also heads the Y's Men's Club. New officers include Andy Harger vice president Mrs Darrell Hatton secretary and Al Carson treasurer. The club with 100 plus members meets on the second and fourth Saturdays and will host the Lima Square Dance Club on Saturday January 25.
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Square Dance Club
Joe Atkinson
Atkinson
General Electric Co
Cincinnati
Roy Stutz
Y's Men's Club
Andy Harger
Darrell Hatton
al Carson
Satuday
Lima Square Dance Club
Shooting Victim Cora Weaver in Serious Condition
In Middletown Hospital is Cora Lee Weaver, 24, shot Saturday night by her father after a squabble over a comb. She is paralyzed from the hips down. Frank Weaver, 59, is being held for investigation.
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Middletown Hospital
Cora Lee Weaver
Miss Weaver
Louis Pl
Frank Weaver
Busy Session Ahead For School Board
The Board of Education opens its first regular meeting of the year at 7 30 p m at the high school. On the agenda is selecting architects for the Mayfield school addition and changes to plans for a new auditorium, a gymnasium at Jefferson school, and a proposed inter communications system for Middletown schools now lacking one.
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Board of Education
Mayfield School
Jefferson School
Middletown
Neff to Address Miami Ohio Society Engineers Meeting
Allison C. Neff former president of the Ohio and National Society of Professional Engineers will speak at 8 p.m. in the Cincinnati Gas and Electric auditorium on Mary Etta Street. He chairs the NSPE committee studying the AIEE lanity plan to unify engineering societies and will report the proposal and methods to meet its membership condition. Program chairman is Ed Brown with Robert Weatherby presiding.
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Allison C. Neff
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
National Society For Professional Engineers
Miami
Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Mary Etta Street
Neff
NSPE
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
AIEE
Ed Brown
Robert Weatherby
Boy Breaks Wrist in Fall From Horse
A 13 year old boy Tom Ortman son of Thomas S. Ortman 404 Bellomonte Street suffered a broken left wrist after a horse fall. He was treated yesterday afternoon at Middletown Hospital and released.
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Tom Ortman
Thomas S. Ortman
Bellomonte St
Middletown Hospital
Penny Saved Pays for Anadarco Marriage License
William Allen and Mary Galloway paid for their marriage license in pennies after saving them together, explaining the coin stash funded their official paperwork in Anardarko Oklahoma.
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Anadarko, Okla
William Allen
Mary Galloway
Youth Out Of BIS Arrested In Saturday Assault
Willie Frank Adams a 17 year old from Middletown jailed again after the assault and robbery of a woman on Yankee Road. Police say he used a pass key to enter the home and beat Mrs Elizabeth Ross before stealing her purse and papers. Adams previously admitted 25 prowling incidents including wire cutting and purse thefts.
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Willie Frank Adams
Middletown
Adams
Nicholas Rd
Dayton
S&h Avenue
Elizabeth Ross
Yankee Rd
James Howerton
Joseph Albert
Robert Sloan
8Th Ave
Ross
South End
Springboro Driver Cited In Route 122 741 Collision
A Springboro driver was cited for failure to yield at 8:30 am when his east bound car collided with a west bound vehicle at Routes 122 and 741 in Red Lion. Carl Porter 21 and Joe Campbell 25, both Springboro and Spring Valley residents, were involved. Campbell received hospital treatment for facial and knee injuries.
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Middletown
Yankee Road
Rt. 63
Monroe
Carl L. Frye
N. Sutphin Sr
Yankee
Art Eugene Boyer
Roger Carter
Elm Street
Boyer
Grace Frye
N. Sutphin St
Middletown Hospital
Spr
Red Lion
Carl Porter
Springboro
Joe Campbbell
Spring Valley
Minor Local Fires Contained With $170 Losses
Firemen yesterday checked two minor blazes causing $170 damage. A fire at 1919 Wayne Ave caused $110 damage and may have started from a cigarette. Another blaze at 1809 Woodlawn Ave damaged a living room for $60, possibly sparked by a cigarette.
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Wayne Ave
Woodlawn Ave
Weikel Named To New Board
The Ohio Education Association announces Homer Weikel Garfield School principal named to the newly created Personnel Standards Commission. The two year term ends December 31, 199. The commission defines interprets professional standards of conduct for teachers, studies local functions and investigates alleged denials of professional status. Seven members include a superintendent, an assistant superintendent, an elementary principal, three teachers, and the chairman.
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The
Ohio Education Association
Homer Weikel
Garfield
Personnel Standards Commission
Damage Hit Two Cars in Franklin Collision
Franklin of two cars sustained damage totaling 650 dollars in a Saturday afternoon crash at Canal and 4th streets. Gary Sturgis, 16, of 610 East 2nd Street, pulled from Canal and struck the side of Robert Harrison Jr., 33, of 25 North Main Street. Harrison's car damage was about 450 dollars.
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Franklin
Canal
4Th Streets
Gary Sturgis
2Nd St
Robert Harrison Jr
N. Main St
Harrison
Ex-Con Admits Slaying Former Middletown Resident
Harold Middlekauff Jr. 35, a jobless ex convict, admits stabbing Beryl Creech 44 in Los Angeles last Dec 7 in self defense after Creech visited to collect rent. He drove Creech’s car to near Lytle Creek and buried the body in a shallow grave eight miles northwest of San Bernardino. Creech, a Douglas Aircraft machinist, had lived in Middletown 17 years before moving to LA. The suspect, jailed on suspicion of murder, gave the tale after a lie detector test. Cremated remains will be shipped to Riggs Funeral Home in Middletown. Creech leaves a widow Georgia and four children plus extensive other relatives.
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Creech
Middletown
Los Angeles
Newport
Jessy Brewer
DeCourcey, Ky
Nora Faulkner
Middle
Arthritis Rheumatism Vital Facts Explained Free Book Offer
Public service notice offering a free 36 page illustrated booklet on arthritis and rheumatism. Describes causes, effects and a drugless treatment method, with no cost or obligation. Mail to The Ball Clinic Dept 1922 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
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