John Herr Dies in Middletown Traffic Crash
John C. Herr 59 of 2923 Princeton Ave died in a motor vehicle crash on N Verity Parkway when his car struck a concrete abutment on the New York Central bridge. Coroner Dr Garret Boone said Herr died instantly from a sheared heart with massive internal injuries. he was a Gardner Division salesman for Diamond National Corp. Funeral set for St Johns Church with services at Schramm Funeral Home.
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John C. Herr
Princeton Ave
Garret Boone
Butler County
Boon
Herr
Mr. Herr
Middletown
New York Central
N. Verity Parkway
Gardner
Diamond National Corp
Ohio
Indiana
Mr. Hert
St. John’s Church
Woodside Cemetery
Schramm Funeral
Holy Name Society
One Accident Reported At City Intersection
A city accident left no injuries but resulted in a $200 collision citation. Jean Lynch, 28, Waynesville Route 1, was charged with failure to yield right of way after her car ran a stop sign at the Columbia Avenue Grimes Street intersection. Daniel L. Daly, 65, Mary Etta, was eastbound and collided with Lynch at 10:30 am, spinning her vehicle onto the sidewalk.
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Columbia Avenue
Grimes Street
Ima Jean Lynch
Waynesville
Lynch Auto
Fire at Cincinnati auto linked to faulty brake
Firefighters arrived at 6 17 p m to 1211 Curtis St to find a blaze in the right rear wheel of an auto owned by Robert R Wells Cincinnati The fire caused about 50 in damage and was blamed on a faulty brake by the firemen
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Curtis St
Robert R. Wells
Cincinnati
Man Denies Address in Grand Jury Hit Arrest
William F. Lawson, 55, bound to the Butler County Grand Jury on a bad check charge here Friday, does not live at 1126 Lafayette Ave. Margaret Miller, who lives there, told the Journal yesterday. The Lafayette Avenue address was listed for Lawson on police records at the time of arrest.
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William F. Lawson
Butler County Grand Jury
Lafayette Ave
Margaret Miller
Journal
Lafayette Avenue
Lawson
President Eisenhower’s Quail Hunt Nets 12 Birds Daily
President Eisenhower bagged 12 quail in the first session and another 12 in a second, matching the daily limit. He hunted on the Blue Springs plantation of W. Alton Jones, joined by his party and Secret Service chief James J. Rowley, before planning a Sunday return to Washington.
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Albany
Eisenhower
White House
Secret Service
James J. Rowley
Blue Springs
W. Alton
Pete) Jones
Cities Service Co
Washington
Large land reform in Mexico turns acres to small farmers
Mexico City AP reports that in the last 45 years about 100 million acres have been distributed to small farmers. A 1915 law post revolution aimed to break up large estates and parcel land to landless peasants, according to the Federal Agrarian Office.
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Mexico City
Federal Agrarian Office
Humphrey Appeals for Alaska Delegation Votes
Sen Hubert H. Humphrey pressed Alaska for nine Democratic convention votes in Ketchikan with Gov William A. Egan welcoming him but offering no pledges. He urged delegates to back his presidential bid while Alaska prepares to choose its first ever delegation and key party posts on Sunday.
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William J. Tobin
Ketchikan
Alaska
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
William A. Egan
Allons
Minnesota
Humphrey
National Party Committee
Sen
EF. L. Bartlett
Centenarian Mary Elizabeth Ridelberger Dies at 100
Mary Elizabeth Ridelberger, a former Hamilton resident aged 100, died Friday in Dayton. Funeral services are Monday at James R. Zettler Funeral Home with a Requiem High Mass at St. Stephen Church. Burial in St. Stephen Cemetery. She formerly ran a Dayton grocery with her husband Joan Ridelberger. She is survived by seven nephews and three nieces.
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Hamilton
Mary Elizabeth Ridelberger
Dayton
James R. Zettler
Pleasant Ave
St. Stephen Catholic
St. Stephen
Ridelbergs
Eisenhower
John XX
Glenhaven
Joan Ridelberger
Eidelberger
Alfred Bonner
Theft and vandalism report at Middletown area
Police notes list thefts of two hubcaps from Denvis Lykins and one from Larry Smith plus a 196 model car with plate W2SLS belonging to Robert Yegg at Arnold Drive. Vandals using a 4B gun fired at a newly built house on Heinkel Road, Konrad Heinkel owner, damage about $150.
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Denvis Lykins
Hill Ave
Larry Smith
Ellwood St
Robert Yeggy
Arnold Dr
Middletown Shopping Center
Konrad Heinkel
Heinkel
Men Exposed To Radiation At Los Alamos Jug Breaks
Four men were exposed to radiation at Los Alamos when a jug of plutonium broke. Contamination on three scientists and a technician was washed off as investigators conduct detailed exams to determine if inhalation requires special treatment.
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Los Alamos
Man Placed On Probation For A Year
Cecil McQueen 23 of 623 Dayton Oxford Road was placed on probation for one year by Municipal Judge J T Riley after an assault and battery charge. A 30 day jail term was suspended. Carolyn McQueen 18 was treated at Middletown Hospital for contusions of both feet after she alleged her husband drove a car over her feet during a domestic argument.
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Franklin
Cecil McQueen
Dayton-Oxford Rd
J. T. Riley
McQueen
Carolyn
Middletown Hospital
Local Court Fines Range For Multiple Offenses
Judge Riley fined James Sexton 40 of Mentz Road for disorderly conduct ten dollars with no costs. Pearl Stultz of Middletown paid ten dollars for passing at an intersection. Devona Downing twenty three or nineteen of Trenton faced twenty five dollars plus costs for improper left turn. Clarence Jackson twenty four of High Street fined twenty five dollars plus costs for disorderly conduct. Two other persons were fined for speeding. Bonds forfeited include Joe Young Middletown for disorderly conduct one dollar and Junior Jackson for disorderly conduct twenty five dollars plus. William Lewis sixty seven of Cincinnati for passing on a bill fifteen dollars. Clyde Mullins twenty three of Milamisburg for no operator's license twenty five dollars. Nine persons charged with speeding.
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Riley
James Sexton
Mentz Rd
Pearl Stultz
Catalan
Middletown
Janior Jackson
William Lewis
Cincinnati
Clyde Mullins
Milamisburg
Middletonian charged after fleeing crash on Waneta Street
Two state patrolmen arrested a Middletonian at his home and charged him with fleeing the scene of an accident on Waneta Street near Yankee Road. No injuries were reported. Bluford Lacher of Windsor Road was also charged with improper backing after backing out of a lot and striking a parked car owned by James Newkirk on Finley Street.
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Middletonian
Waneta Street
Yankee Road
Bluford Lacher
Windsor Rd
R. W. Lawrence
Sam Rhodes
Lacher
James Newkirk
Finley St
Patr Ofmen
Death Listed An Accident
Will J. Irwin, 63, former head of the Ohio Department of the 40 ot 8, died from injuries in a traffic crash on the Berea freeway Brook Park suburb. Deputy Coroner Adelson said chest injuries caused death. Irwin, of Olmsted Falls, was returning from a Legion meeting when his car struck a stopped vehicle. He led Irwin Inc., an engraving and printing firm.
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Cleveland
Will J. Irwin
Ohio Department of the 40
Otc
Irwin
Olmated Falls
Legion's Child Welfare
Irwin, Inc
Georgia Man Executed in Electric Chair
A 16 year old Negro, Homer Bunckley, died in the state prison electric chair for slugging and robbing a woman storekeeper. A jury convicted Bunckley without mercy, making the death sentence mandatory. The Supreme Court upheld the verdict, ruling Bunckley’s admission of guilt sufficient to support the jury decision.
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Georgia
Reidsville
Homer Bunckley
Bunckley
Supreme Court
Middletonians Protest Use Of Cowan's Water
The protest targets a requested water use from Lake Cowan near Wilmington. Mayor Bates Harcum and State official Herbert Eagon note the request involves Clinton County Water Co. and bases of study by the National Resources Board. Proponents include Middletonians R L Bookwalter and Fred Ross concerned about recreation impacts.
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Lake Cowan
Wilmington
Bates Harcum
Associated Press
Clinton County Water Co
Columbus
Herbert Eagon
State Department of Natural Resources
Clinton County Air Force Base
$25 000 Sought In Boy Death
Mrs Mima Watts of 2481 Lennox Ave sues Harry G Hoffman operator of a Fairfield Township school bus for 25000 claiming negligence when the bus ran over her son Edwin Lee Baker after he left the bus. She seeks funeral costs and damages for pain and suffering. The suit follows charges against Watts and her husband for child neglect after deputies found four children in a filthy home.
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Hamilton
Mima Watts
Lennox Ave
Edwin Lee Baker
Harry G. Hoffman
Seward Rd
Fairfield
Hoffman
Fairfield Township
Baker
Mothe
Watts
Hus
Miami University Center classes signups surge at Middletown
Two hundred and fifty persons have signed for Miami University Center classes starting February 1 at Middletown High School. Registrations continue weekdays 8:30 am to 4 pm and Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7 to 8:15 pm. Adult evening school registration shares the same hours, with classes beginning January 26.
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Miami University Center
Middletown High School
Middletown High
Taft School Association to hear on testing program
Lawrence Johnson, coordinator of special education in the Middle town school system, will speak on the schools testing program at Taft School Association meeting Tuesday night. The program at 8 9 p.m. features fifth grade vocal numbers directed by Loretta Neri, and a chicken dinner is planned for February 27.
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Lawrence Johnson
Middle‘town
Taft School Assn
Loretta Neri
Divorce Cases Rise in Butler County in 1959 Report
Butler County Court of Domestic Relations shows 1959 divorce filings up from 1958 with 1,275 new cases and 1,042 filed in 1958. Pending cases climbed to 1,634 while divorces granted fell to 552. Civil and criminal totals also rise, with 892 civil and 377 criminal filings in 1959.
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Butler County Court of Domesti Relations
Joseph P. Kiep
Kiep
First Architect of the Capitol Dr. William Thornton
William Thornton, the original architect of the United States Capitol in Washington D C, also served as head of the U S Patent Office during an earlier period in his career.
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William Thornton
National Capitol
Washington D. C
U. S
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Dodds Monument
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Ennes
Florsheim
Trylersville Road
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13Th
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Miami
Central Ave
Paramount
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
Strand Ridge
Central Avenue
Strand
West Central
First National Bank
Second Avenue
Broad
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
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