County Plans Juvenile Detention Center Near Butler County Home
County Commissioners cleared the way for a new juvenile detention center adjoining the Butler County Home. A steering committee recommendation to proceed with plans and bids was approved, with drawings by Frederick Winkler showing room for 10 boys and 6 girls. The county has 98 605.68 from veterans housing sale to use for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruler County
Butler County
David Black
Ben van Gorden
Frederick Winkler
Middletown
Student Nurse Pushed Off Hospital Rooftop
A student nurse, Miss Andy, died after a fall at Mercy Hospital. A Piqua Central High School graduate from 1955 she trained at Mercy since last August and lived at Gonzaga Hall. She is survived by her mother, two sisters, two brothers and a half-brother, with relatives noted in Piqua and Seven Mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Piqua Central High School
Mercy Hospital
Gonzaga Hall
Buckeye St
J. C. Crow & Sons
Piqua
Ilene Andy
Kivelyn Musco
Imogene Freels
Charles Andy
Panama
William Andy
Heisman Sawyer
Seven Mile
Man Fined One Cent in Franklin Court
Franklin Special local report records Judge J. T. Riley fining Webb 22 of Webb Street one cent for a yellow line offense on U S 25. Webb sought leniency citing family needs, but the court fined him one cent plus costs. Other cases include Lanter and Henshell fined 25 each for manager misconduct and damage, Chastine ordered on bond, Shackleford fined 10 for vehicle registration, and bond forfeitures for several speeding and centerline offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
J. T. Riley
Webb
S. Main
U. S. 25
Riley
James Lanter
Hamilton
Roy Henshell
Sycamore St
George's
Homer Chastine
Sycamore
Andrew Shackleford
Manchester Rd
Robert Cramer
Oakwood
Arthur Morgan
Monroe
James Ireland
Miamisburg
Three Held in Lewisburg Robbery Case
The Preble County sheriff reports three men in custody in Dayton and here in connection with an armed robbery at a grocery service station on U S 40 last Monday. Lawrence Lloyd 22 was arrested in Wengertown near the Preble Montgomery line. William Johnson 21 is held in Dayton as the other bandit. Jack Hammel is accused driver of the getaway car. Johnson and another man face a similar hold up in Waynesville Warren County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mincks
Lewisburg
Dayton
William Lewis Johnson
Jack Hammel
Johnson
Waynesville
Warren County
Seven Mile Superintendent Steps Down for Columbus Grove Post
Paul R. Needles resigns after twelve years as Seven Mile Schools superintendent effective March 1 to lead Columbus Grove in Putnam County. William E. Steed named to succeed him as high school principal and athletic staff. new principal to be named later. Needles previously served Fairfield and Navy before becoming Seven Mile superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Needles
Seven Mile
Columbus Grove
Putnam County
John D. Blackford
Butler County
William E. Steed
Seven Mile High School
Needles
Blackford
Fairfield Schools
U.S. Navy
Slasher Receives Six Month Term in County Jail
Lee Rumley 27 of East Avenue was sentenced by Judge P P Roll after pleading guilty to assault and battery for a December free-for-all in which three men were slashed. He must restitution to the victims and five year probation on release. other cases referred for pre sentence study and Walter Kain received a year with ten months suspended for failure to provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Common Pleas
P. P. Roll
Lee Rumley
East Ave
Rumley
John Willis
Middletown
Walter Kain
Paris Birthplace Share Affects City Demographics
About 48 percent of Paris residents were born in the city, highlighting a strong local population base while implying significant in migration and diverse origins shaping demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Robbery suspects in Dayton cafe hit with black panty masks
Dayton police hold three men and a woman after a cafe robbery that owner Frank Demus says netted 3 508.63 dollars. Henry Hoerner 23 and Eric Whiteacre 33 with siblings Chris 25 and Helen Whiteacre 27 are in custody for armed robbery and concealing stolen property. Detectives recovered 3 972.80 dollars. part of it linked to a Dec. 6 Spot Cafe theft and a prior 2 500 holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Demus
Henry Hoerner
Hoerner
Chris
Eric Whiteacre
Whiteacre
Helen
Heerner Brothers
Zimmerman
Greene County
Whiteacres
Grover O'Connor
Booby Trap Kills Coal Mine Operator in Marion County
Police investigate the booby trap slaying of Claudie Keeton a 48 year old coal mine operator and father of six in Marion County Keeton was killed when a dynamite charge under a small building exploded as he stepped to flip a switch Coroner Erlie Jeffrey noted a half case of dynamite connected to a generator system for three mines was used Berryhill who leased the mines with Keeton suggested the trap could target either man and motives remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Alan
Claudie Keeton
Erlie Jeffrey
Keeton
Claude Berryhill
Marion County
Wood- Burleson Coal Co
Berryhill
Dayton-Xenia Road Project Advances in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Highways is drafting a preliminary report for the Dayton Xenia Expressway final segment from Dayton east city limit to Greene County, costing about 3 million dollars and 2 1/2 miles long. The route is tentatively placed 1000 feet north of the existing Ohio 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Highways
Dayton-Xenia
U.S. 35
Dayton East Corporation
Greene County
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Man Dies on First Anniversary of Wedding at Plant
John Rudolph 73 was killed at the plant where he worked 52 years when struck on the head by an air brake handle. The accident occurred Friday, marking his first wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Rudolph
Zanzibar Clove Trade Shapes Island Economy
Cloves, long used to flavor ham and other dishes, are now primarily grown commercially on the African island of Zanzibar where the spice is highly valued. The cloves were once so precious they functioned as money in local exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Deaths And Funerals For Cheryl Ann Barber
Services for Cheryl Ann Barber two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Burton Barber 11 McKinley St will be held at 2 p m Monday at Holy Trinity Church Rev Joseph Hess camp will officiate Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at McCoy Leftier Funeral Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Sunday The child died Thursday at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn where she had been a patient since Jan 7 of Okeana and a brother Charles Kennedy Requiem High Mass will be sung at St Susanna Church at 9 30 a m Tuesday with burial in West Chester Cemetery Friends may call at Gallimore Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Ann Barber
Burton Barber
McKinley St
Holy Trinity Church
Joseph Hess
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy Leftier
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Okeana
Charles Kennedy
St. Susanna Church
Wit
West Chester
Gallimore Funeral Home
Services for Cora Lee Weaver Drury
Funeral services for 24 year old Cora Lee Weaver Drury will be held at 1 p m Tuesday at the Second Baptist Church with the Rev Rollen Hans officiating burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at Bailey Funeral Home after 6 p m Monday. The deceased died at Middletown Hospital Wednesday from wounds after being shot by her father last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Lee Weaver Drury
Louis
Second Baptist Church
Rollen Hans
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Sue
Middletown Hospital
Obituary for James E. Ellis of Mt. Crab and Mt. Orab
Services were held for James E. Ellis 79 at Thompson Funeral Home in Mt. Crab. Surviving are four sons including James and Marvin of Middletown, four daughters, two sisters, a brother, 34 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He died Tuesday at his Mt. Orab home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ellis
Mt. Crab
Thompson
James
Marvin
Middletown
Mr. Ellis
Mt. Orab
Jessie McPherson Boice McPherson Dies in Sleep at 76
Jessie McPherson Boice McPherson, 76, died in her sleep at the home of sister Hattie Swanger on Curry Road where she resided. Surviving relatives include sisters Lilly Combs and Lucinda Ashcraft of Middletown, sons Lester and Carl Boice of Middletown, daughter Mrs Roy Smith of Middletown, brothers Clarence and Lyman Rogers of Monroe, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Mae Boice McPherson
Hattie Swanger
Curryer Rd
Lilly Combs
Lucinda Ashcraft
Middletown
Lester
Carl Boice
Roy Smith
Clarence
Lyman Rogers
Monroe
McCoy-Leffler
Services for Willie Shorter Held in Inkster
Willie Shorter 28 of 918 9th Ave. Inkster Mich. will have services at Stone Funeral Home Inkster with burial at Westlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Jordan Eve Funeral Home here today 7 to 9 p m. He died Wednesday at Middletown Hospital after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Shorter
9Th Ave
Stone Funeral Home
Inkster
Mich
Westlawn
Shorter
Middletown Hospital
George Kennedy dies at 67 in Hamilton
George F. Kennedy 67 died yesterday morning at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. A Pisgah resident, he is survived by his wife Marie and a daughter Mrs. Cleo Broermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Kennedy
George Francis Kennedy
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Pisgah
Marie
Cleo Broermann
Camden native Chester T. Lamb dies in Cambridge Ohio
Chester T. Lamb 75 a Camden native and former sales representative for National Cash Register Co Savannah Ga died Wednesday afternoon in Cambridge Ohio Hospital. Survived by two daughters Betty Paine Jacksonville Fla Jewel Kepler Meade Pa one sister Mabel Fisher Des Plaines Ill and one brother Russell E. Lamb Columbus. Services were held this afternoon at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home with Rev Louis A Bangertey officiating. Burial in Fairmont Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Chester T. Lamb
Cambridge
Ohio
National Cash Register Co
Savannah
Betty Paine
Jacksonville
Fla
Jewel Kepler
Meade, Pa
Mabel Fisher
Des Plaines
Ill
Russell E. Lamb
Columbus
R. C. Nein &Sons
R. C. Nein &Sons Funeral Home
Louis A. Bangertey
Fairmont Cemetery
Mrs Anna Pressel Dies After Illness in Germantown
Mrs Anna Marie Pressel 61 of 70 Elm St Germantown died Thursday night at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton after a long illness. Survived by husband Burnett four sons George Jelley Robert Pressel Pressel Tacoma Wash Russell Jelley Connecticut one daughter Phyllis Scenter Germantown one sister Flora Erisman Mi amma sburg one brother Frank Langelier New Bedford Mass six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p.m. at Brough Memorial Home burial Hillgrove Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Anna Marie Pressel
Elm St
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
First Lutheran Church
Daughters of Liblerty Lodge
Miamisburg
Resi
Burnett
Phyllis Scenter
George Jelley
Robert Aesel
Pressel
Tacoma
Wash
Russell Jelley
Connecticut
Franklin Cliff Reeves 95 dies in Hartman Tennessee
Cliff Reeves 95 of Hartman Tennessee died Tuesday. A former Red Lion area resident he is survived by his wife Mabel son William Clifford Reeves of Bryan Ohio three grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Will Hunt of Red Lion and Mrs Anna Reeves of San Francisco California Funeral services were set for Saturday in Harriman with burial Monday at Springboro Cemetery Eaton Funeral Home to handle grave side service Reeves farmed in Red Lion area and later ran a dairy business in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin — Cliff Reeves
Hartman
Tenn
Red Lion
Mabel
William Clifford Reeves
Bryan
Ohio
Will Hunt
Anna Reeves
San Francisco
Calif
Harriman
Eaton Funeral Home
Springboro
Indiana
Mary E Lenihan Rites Held At St Mary Church
Mrs. Mary E. Lenihan aged 85 of Sunnybreeze Rest Home to attend Requiem High Mass at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Church with funeral services following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Lenihan
Sunnybreeze Rest Home
St. Mary Church
Drug Firm Guilty In Salk Case
A jury in Oakland awarded 147300 to two children harmed by injections of a faulty Salk vaccine in 1955, against Cutter Laboratories. The panel found no direct negligence but ruled Cutter marketed vaccine causing polio under warranty law, with appeals expected. The verdict may affect 31 more Cutter suits and others against drug firms.
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Oakland
Calif
Cutter Laboratories
Cutter
Robert K.cutter
Belli
Lloyds of London
Anne Elizabeth Gott
Idanker
Providence
R.I
James Randall
Monrovia
Anne Elizabeth
Santa Barbara
Calif) College
James
Victim of Apartment Fire In Middletown Is Hurt
Herbert P. Kraft aged 57 of 205 Yankee Road was in fairly good shape at Middletown Hospital after firemen rescued him from a smoke filled apartment. He suffered burns to face arms and hands and investigators suspect smoking in bed may have started the blaze causing about 2100 dollars of damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert P. Kraft
Yankee Rd
Middletown Hospital
Kraft
Celina Woman Killed Week After Son Died
Mrs. Jennie Snavely aged 68 of Celina was killed and six others injured in a two car crash seven miles south of Van Wert at the U S 127 and Ohio 81 intersection. Her son William had died earlier in Celina after injuries from a Portland Indiana accident last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Wert
Ohio
Jennnie Snavely
Rt. 4
Celina
Here
U. S. 127
William
Portland
Ind
Willard Trucker Fire Fatality Claims 20-Year-Old Mechanic
John Kelly a 20 year old mechanic was killed when a fire on a truck wheel he was welding exploded on Friday in Willard Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Ohio
John Kelly
Driver Faces 3 Charges After Car Strikes Woman
A 32 year old Middleton man, A T White of 1721 Pleming Rd, faces auto theft, driving under the influence, failure to yield to a pedestrian, and fleeing the scene after his car struck Maggie Cole at Clinton Street and Vail Avenue. Cole, 41 of 2105 Sheffield St, was treated for leg abrasions and hip and knee bruises and released from Middletown Hospital. White fled the scene then abandoned the car at 48 N Verity Parkway before being arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonian
Clinton Street
Vail Avenue
A. T. White
Pleming Rd
Maggie Cole
Sheffield St
Middletown Hospital
N. Verity Parkway
Pil
Donald Wallace
Paul Judd
Carl Ambrogey
White
Wallace
Wilford Palmer
N. Clinton Street
Earl Kidd
West Middletown
Hamilton Races Fixed Report Hits Hamilton Track
A Kentucky probe reports possible race fixing at Hamilton Ohio race track. Ohio officials delay action while awaiting further information and plan to bar implicated individuals pending investigation. Hamilton halted thoroughbred racing last year as the site converts to harness racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Hamilton
Romney
Ohio Racing Commission
William Cull
Columbus
Cull
Ohio
Ohio Commission
Butler County
Robert Marrs
Kentucky Racing Commission
Marrs
Fairgrounds
Racing Commission
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Audi Park
Henderson
Fairgrounds Speedway
Louisville
Kentucky Raceway
Florence
Hamilton Track
William Snyder
Cleveland
Firemen Aid Two Middleton Residents
Two Middleton residents assisted by the Fire Department emergency squad yesterday were admitted to Middletown Hospital. Rolla Bailey Sr., 78, of 100 S Sutphin Sr., and Mrs Lida Peck, 60, of 502 Aberdeen Dr., were aided at home and taken to the hospital by Baker and Wilson ambulances respectively.
Big 3 Of Pros Safety Week Named
The top three in High School Safety Week are Dan Yost of Fenwick Danny Young of Middletown and Jo Ann Meadows of Monroe. They led in school written tests on traffic and safety rules and in driving exams run by Middletown and Monroe police and highway patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Yost
Fenwick
Danny Young
Middletown
Jo Ann Meadows
Monroe
Middletown Safety Council
R. E. Bennett
Gage
Auto Crash Victim Admitted To Hospital
William E. Duncan, 39, Franklin Route 1, was in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after a one car crash on Weidner Road south of Springboro last night. He was admitted at 12:15 a.m. with a possible chest injury. no other details are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Duncan
Franklin Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
Weidner Road
Springboro
Duncan
Missing Anna Sue Reffitt Found By Police
Police said 17 year old Anna Sue Reffitt of 406 Gideon I Road had been missing since Wednesday morning and was located yesterday. Thefts reported yesterday included tools from Floyd Brewer’s car on Main Manchester lot and two bundles of newspapers from E Central Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sue Reffitt
Gideon I
Floyd Brewer
West Middletown Rt. 1
Main- Manchester
E. Central Avenue
Ohio man killed in Adrian Michigan car crash
Adrian Michigan police report a fatal collision Friday involving Charles Lee Rang, 23, of Toledo Ohio. He was alone in the vehicle according to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian, Mich
Charles Lee Rang
Toledo
Ohio
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Citizens’ Committee
New York
Gordon Augspurger
Shady Knoll
Blue Ball
Greentree Road
Cit
John Andrew
Salem
Mass
Los Angeles
Omilla Marshall
Po Bled
Prosser Ave
Sarah Tali
Sarah Bernhardt Pars
Sultan Ibrahimi
Cheryl Barber
Cora Lee Drury
Jessie McPherson
Anna Pressel
Cliff Reeves
Michael
Jacqueline Flannery
Totty
Tolly
Salk
Albers Supermarket
B. D. Morgan
Bellomonte St
Henry McKinney
6Th Inve
Manchester Avenue
Federal Savings & Loan Assn. Savings & Loan Building
Central Ave
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