Jones Seeks Ohio Senate Seat From Butler County
Charles H. Jones 43 a Republican state representative from Butler County announced his candidacy for the Ohio Senate from the Second Fourth District representing Butler Brown Clermont and Warren counties. A twice wounded World War II and Korean War veteran he holds a Silver Star Bronze Star Presidential Unit Citation and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster and is currently a colonel in the Ohio National Guard. He lives in Hamilton with his wife and five children.
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Hamilton
Charles H. Jones
Butler County
Ohio Senate
Ohio National Guard
Jones
Eaton Ave
School Bus Driver Cited After Crash
A Middletown woman suffered minor injuries in a school bus car collision on old US 25 at the north edge of Monroe at 7 45 this morning. Taken to Middletown Hospital by a passing motorist, Mrs Jack ie A Smith 35 810 Mary Eitta Sr complained of shoulder and neck injuries. State patrolmen charged Russe G Hiteshue 43 132 Ohio Ave Monroe the bus driver with an assured clear distance violation. Officers said Richard H Smith 83 husband of the injured woman stopped his southbound car to make a left turn into a private driveway. The Smith car was hit in the rear by the southbound bus, officers said. Damage was minor.
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Middletown
Monroe
Jackie A. Smith
Mary Eitta Sr
Russe G. Hiteshue
Ohio
Richard H. Smith
Smith
Shelter Makers Seek Out Frauds
A Nashville group of fallout shelter builders and suppliers formed an association to weed out fly-by-night operators selling inferior shelters. Described as the first of its kind in the nation, the project is a pilot effort, said Williams Faris, Davidson County civil defense director.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Williams Faris
Davidson County Civil Defense
Birch Society Grows Across California Leaders Say
John Birch Society founder Robert Welch reports more than 200 California chapters with 10 to 50 members each. He notes rapid national growth, branches in every state, and 35 paid coordinators, while denying secrecy.
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Los Angeles
Robert Welch
The
John Birch Society
California
Welch
Book Display Closes Jan 24 at Lincoln Elementary
An exhibit of 750 juvenile library volumes opened Jan 8 in Lincoln Elementary School’s final auditorium and will close Jan 24. Viewers’ registration shows scores of teachers and parents have examined the books, including 489 new primary and intermediate volumes and 261 for junior high youth from the 1961 lists of 34 leading publishers.
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Lincoln Elementary School
Burglaries Reported At Combs Sohio Station
Police said burglars pried open cigarette and candy machines at the Combs Sohio Service Station on Yankee Road last night, entering through a broken door but leaving empty handed. Middletown police arrested Evelyn R. Campbell James Ringel Robert Youtsler Earl Wilmot and Donald H Seeger on various charges. A theft of two hubcaps was reported at the Main Manchester lot. Dayton police hold two Middletown girls aged 13 and 14 who have been missing since December 3.
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Combs Sohio
Yankee Road
Middletown
Evelyn R. Campbell
Girard Ave
Franklin
James Ringel
Franklin St
Robert ,Youtsler
Tytus Ave
Earl Wilmot
Trenton
Donald H. Seeger
Middletown Rt
Dayton
New Fenwick Construction On Schedule For Fall Occupancy
Fenwick High School will be ready for occupancy by the last week of August the project is on schedule says David L. Smith Fenwick Boosters Club heard that weather may affect timing and the new building is planned to open with the 1962 63 school year James J Guyler of Guyler Buick Inc was named chair of the club ways and means committee to raise funds for furnishings John A Lawler Aeronca president spoke as booster leader Cyril C White presiding as club president introduced the speaker
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Fenwick High School
David L. Smith
Fenwick Boosters’ Club
Knights of Columbus
Smith
James J. Guyler
Guyler Buick Inc
Cyril C. White
John A. Lawler
Aeronca
Fire destroys paint company in Indianapolis
A spectacular blaze in Indianapolis may have been sparked by safecrackers using an acetylene torch at Lily Paint Products Inc. President Harold Teague estimates a $300,000 loss. Fire Chief Charles Hill said an acetylene torch was found near a damaged office safe and burglars possibly fled in fright.
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Indianapolis
Harold Teague
Lilly Paint Products, Inc
Charles Hill
Truck Driver Burned Extinguishing Vehicle Fire
A defective carburetor caused a $35 truck fire at Verity Parkway and Yankee Road injuring driver B. Walter who received first aid for a burned finger. Firemen said Walter was burned while using a fire extinguisher to fight the blaze. The truck was owned by Commercial Motor Freight Co., Dayton.
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Verity Parkway
Yankee Road
B. Walter
Walter
Commercial Motor Freight Co
Dayton
Deaths And Funerals Summary Of Local Notables
Three day old son of Pfc William D Harrison and his wife died in Augsburg Germany where the father serves with the Ninth Cavalry. The body will return to Middletown for services at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Also listed are deaths Bessie Abner 62 of Franklin and others including William W Howes former assistant postmaster general and capt Franks Hurley famed Shackleton photographer and Hannen Swafrer veteran Fleet Street figure, with brief funeral notices.
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William D. Harrison
Middletown
Augsburg
Germany
Ninth Cavalry
U. S. Army
Traci LaDonna
Herman Chester
Trenton
William Gray Harrison
Washington
William W. Howes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Howes
Huron
D.D
Walieway
South Dakota
Sydney
Australia
Frank Hurley
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Springfield
Ohio
C. Harold Warfel
Springfield South High School
London
Hannen Swaffer
Pope
Fleet Street
Charles J. Fisher, Camden, Dies at 86
Charles J. Fisher 86 of 74 N Main St Camden died Sunday at Gov Harris Nursing Home Eaton where he had been a patient two years He was a Camden area mail carrier for 20 years retiring in 1942 Born in Seven Mile Survived by nieces and nephews Services Thursday 2 p m at R C Nein Sons Funeral Home Rev Christian A Tirre officiating Burial Fairmount Cemetery Home tomorrow 7 to 9 p m
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Camden
Charles J. Fisher
N. Main St
Gov. Harris
Eaton
Fisher
Seven Mile
R. C. Nein & Sons
Christian A. Tirre
Fairmount Cemetery
Lawrence Surface dies at 70 in Wilmington
Lawrence Surface 70 retired farmer and former Waynesville resident died Sunday at his Wilmington home. Survived by daughter Reva Buckley Wilmington and son Elmer at home brother Howard Waynesville and one grandchild. Services 2 p m tomorrow Stubbs Funeral Home burial Miami Cemetery Corwin.
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Waynesville
Lawrence Surface
Wil
Mington
Reva Buckley
Wilmington
Elmer
Howard
Stubbs
Buring
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Tilton Seeks Return as Butler County Auditor
Ray Tilton, Butler County auditor, announces candidacy for re election filing nominating petitions with the Butler County Board of Elections for the Democratic primary on May 8. He has lived in Butler County over 30 years, studied in Lebanon public schools, and graduated from Bliss College. He earned a master's from Xavier University where he taught accounting and coached football at Hamilton High School. He is married to Lila Leigh with three children and resides at 5323 Charlene Drive Fairfield.
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Ray Tilton
Butler County
Tilton
Butler County Board of Elections
Lebanon
Bliss College
Xavier University
Hamilton High School
Lila Leigh
Phyllis Tilton Stone
Jo Ann Tilton Melling
James A. Tilton
Tiltons
Charlene Drive
Fairfield
50 Years In Prison Ordered For Rapist Braxton
Cleveland attorney Charles Braxton, 22, faces at least 50 years in prison for rape at knife point of three girls under 12 last spring and early summer. Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas J. Parrino ordered consecutive life terms in two cases and a third life sentence to run concurrently with the others.
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Cleveland (Ap
Charles Braxton
Common Pleas Court
Thomas J. Parrino
Braxton
Fled Reformatory Ohio Escapee Dies In Ditch
An 18 year old escapee from an Ohio reformatory died of exposure in a water-filled ditch after fleeing Taylor Township police. Douglas W. Wallace of Medina was identified. John Robert Chevalier of Trenton, Michigan, was captured. Gary G. Bogges of Miami, West Virginia, escaped.
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Detroit
Mich
Chilliscothe
Ohio
Taylor Township
Douglas W. Wallace
Medina
Trenton
John Robert Chevalier
Gary G. Bogges
Miami
W. Va
Wallace
Justifiable shooting ends UC student's death in Ohio home
University of Cincinnati freshman John W. Langhurst, 18, was shot at a Venice area residence by 82 year old Harry Demoret after allegedly entering an abandoned house with companions. Butler County prosecutor Robert Marrs found trespassing, not charges, justifiable homicide. Demoret described firing once inside and a second shot as Langhurst left the door.
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Hamilton
University of Cincinnati
Harry Demoret
Herman Road
Venice
John W
Jack) Langhurst
Forest Park
Cincinnati
Robert L. Marrs
Butler County
James F. Hixon
Sixteen Girls Invested into Brownie Troop Six
Sixteen girls were inducted into Brownie Troop 6 in a ceremony at leader Mrs Clarence Congleton’s home on Wilshire Drive. New Brownies include Marla Beebe Susan Boni Cindy Congleton Lori Cruse Becky Dowrey Jim Estill Susan Hodak Chevy Hursh Jan Litsakos Karen Lowe Marsha Rogers Jana Sheets Cathy Sixt Diana Toole Carolyn Van Gilder and Robin Willis assisted as assistant leader.
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Clarence Congleton
Wilshire Drive
Marla Beebe
Susan Boni
Cindy Congleton
Lori Cruse
Becky Dowrey
Jim Estill
Susan Hodak
Chevy Hursh
Jan Litsakos
Karen Lowe
Marsha Rogers
Jana Sheets
Cathy Sixt
Diana Toole
Carolyn van Gilder
Robin Willis
Robert Boni
Space Balloon’s Failure Probed Over Atlantic
Officials investigated a space balloon breakup high above the Atlantic Ocean after launch from Cape Canaveral. The balloon reportedly split while carrying excess air inside a canister aboard a single stage Thor rocket with a small amount of air left to aid inflation.
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Cape Canaveral Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Thor
Patrol Uses Plane To Nab Bus Driver
William C. Falk a 39 year old Oxford bus driver for Somerville schools pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence in county court. State patrolmen had surveillance after parent complaints and after ground units failed to stop him the patrol plane followed his routes and witnessed him running a stop sign on Rt 127 near Somerville leading to arrest.
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Clem Imfeld
Oxford
William C. Falk
Somerville
Falk
Rt. 127
Runaway Boy Found Here
An 11 year old Lebanon area boy who left home last Thursday was picked up in front of the Paramount Theater at 24 North Broad Street by police last night. He told officers he stood in front of the theater from about 6 p m to 9 p m before police questioned him. He first gave Tylersville Kentucky as his address, later admitting he left home with no destination and walked to the city. He was released to his parents.
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Lebanon Area
Paramount Theater
N. Broad St
Tylersville
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