Community Effort Theme For Chamber"s Meeting
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce sets its annual meeting for 7 p m Thursday in the Grand Ballroom of the Manchester Motor Inn with a theme Follow Through In 62 emphasizing community wide effort. Ed Cohn retiring president says committee reports and visual displays will dominate, with speakers including Bill Verity and City Commissioner William Denham among others. Over 500 tickets are sold and available at the Chamber office or Curry Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Area
Richard Wilmer
Bill Verity
Cohn
Sam Tutt
Transportation Committee
Ray Hermes
M. C. Patton
John Anderson
Area Development
William W. Denham
City Commission
Jim Curry
Curry Motors, Inc
Jim Guyler
Franklin Driver Cited In Crash on West Second Street
A Franklin truck driver Elbert Gordon, 40, was cited for assured clear distance after a minor two vehicle collision on West Second Street at 4 55 p m yesterday. Mae Patterson, 34, was the other driver. Gordon, driving a one ton truck, caused slight damage to Patterson’s car. no damage to his truck.
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Franklin
West Second Street
Elbert Gordon
Kenny Lane
Mae Patterson
Vernon St
Gordon
Patterson
Massing Bavaria Woman Burns Brewery to Stop Husband Drinking
A 33-year-old Bavarian housewife burned down the local brewery on Saturday to stop her husband from drinking. Police quoted her saying the blaze would prevent beer production and his drinking. The woman’s name was withheld pending investigation. Damage estimated at $62,500 with no injuries reported.
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Massing
Germany
Democrats Rally on Kennedy Anniversary in D C Armory
About 6000 Democrats gathered at the District of Columbia Armory for an inaugural anniversary dinner backing Kennedy New Frontier program. The event raised about 550000 toward a 1 million deficit from the 1960 campaign, with figures from Vice President Johnson to rank and file present. Former President Truman praised Kennedy as wise and vigorous and urged tariff reduction authority in talks with the European Common Market. Bailey said the large crowd refutes Republican charges of rising right wing conservatism.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
District of Columbia
John M. Bailey
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Truman
Big Booms Backfire At Ohio School Site
In Findlay Ohio construction crews at the $4 million Findlay Senior High School site have tried tunneling for a week. Frozen ground hinders digging while two days of dynamite blasts crack windows up to three blocks away, with little effect on the earth.
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Findlay, Ohio
Findlay Senior High School
Air Force fires Titan missile in salvo drill
AP dispatch reports at Vand enberg Air Force Base California the Air Force fired a Titan intercontinental missile on Saturday and then began prepping another in the first salvo firing drill. Also notes protests in Cambridge Maryland riot conditions and public reaction. Hoffa to address B and C convention in Cleveland while James Row an faces union questions in Memphis restaurant incident. Goldwater mocks State Department as Alfalfa Club weighs presidential nod.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Cambridge, Md
Cleveland (Ap
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of ‘Teamsters
Jeanne
Bakery & Confectionery Workers
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Alfalfa Club
State Department
Canada Brazil and Sweden Consume Over A Ton Fuel Wood Per Capita
A study shows Canada Brazil and Sweden each use more than a ton of fuel wood per person annually. The data highlights high household reliance on wood energy across these nations.
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Canada
Brazil
Sweden
Dividend Days Continue Monday in Middletown
Middletown area residents who were blocked by bad weather from downtown sales will get another chance tomorrow. Most merchants will extend the Dividend Days sale with prices in effect until 8 30 p.m. Merchants said the decision followed Saturday crowds and patrons who could not complete their shopping in time.
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Middletown
Mrs Lena Getter obituary 73 at Middletown Hospital
Lena E. Getter 73 of 200 Harrison St died at 1 50 p.m. yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a stay since Sept 27 Born in Franklin she moved to Middletown in 1910 She attended First Methodist Church and Circle 9 Surviving are husband W W Getter two sons Robert E Getter Arlington Heights Ill and Richard W Getter Middletown a sister Mrs Roy Schmidt Miamisburg and five grandchildren Funeral 10 a.m Tuesday at Riggs Funeral Home with Dr C F Wintrigham of First Methodist Church officiating Burial Woodhill Cemetery Franklin Calling hours 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m Monday at the funeral home
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Lena E
Mom) Getter
Harrison St
Middletown Hospital
Franklin
Getter
Middletown
First Methodist Church
Circle 9
W W. Getter
Robert E. Getter
Arlington Heights
Ill
Richard W. Getter
Roy Schmidt
Miamisburg
Riggs Funeral Home
C. FE. Wintringham
Woodhill Cemetery
Death of Ten Month Old Susan Thompson in Middleton
Ten month old Susan Jane Thompson of 3117 Omaha Street died at 5 40 p m yesterday at Middleton Hospital. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Susan Jane Thompson
Omaha St
Middletown Hospital
Charles Thompson
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Henry W. Kramer dies at 80 in Eaton
Henry W. Kramer, 80, retired millwright, died Saturday. Surviving is his wife, Mary. Funeral services are pending at Barnes Funeral Home.
Eaton widow Minerva Brubaker Brubaker dies at 86
Minerva Brubaker Eaton, 86, widow of Oris Brubaker, died Saturday in Eaton. Survived by daughter Edith Handley of Columbus, three grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 p.m. Barnes Funeral Home. Burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call today after 4 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Eaton
Minerva Brubaker
Oris Brubaker
Edith Handley
Columbus
Barnes Funeral Home
Mound Hill Cemetery
Actress' Daughter Marries Advertising Man in Leesburg
Mary Heller Halliday 20, daughter of actress Mary Martin, wed Anthony Weir 25 of Langhorne Pa., Saturday in Leesburg Virginia. Weir, an advertising executive, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter John Weir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg, Va
Mary Heller Halliday
Mary Martin
Anthony Weir
Langhorne
Weir
Walter John Weir
Swans Named Angus Confound Dartmouth Officials
Dartmouth officials investigated why two swans gifted by Halifax to the city three years ago did not produce offspring. Mayor I W Akerley said Agnes the supposed female was revealed to be Angus, explaining the lack of little swans.
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Dartmouth
N.S
Halifax
I. W. Akerley
Agnes
Angus
Judge Confirmed in Puerto Rico District Court
The Commonwealth Senate approved Luis Negron 1 as a District Court judge in San Juan. Negron, son of a well known Democratic official, is believed to be the youngest district court judge named on the island.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth Senate
Luis Negron
Negron
Popular Democratic Party
Island
Whale shark does not attack humans or fish
A brief note states that the whale shark does not attack humans or fishes, clarifying its peaceful behavior toward other sea life and people.
Drivers Cited In City Car Crashes In Middletown
Middletown police logged seven accidents yesterday with no injuries and four citations. James Iezzoni 68 was cited for failing to yield at a stop sign after turning in front of Earl Carpenter on Sutphin Street and Linden Avenue. Damages totaled 175 to Iezzoni’s car and 300 to Carpenter’s. Carpenter’s passenger supported his account. Edward Loewe 30 was cited for following too closely after a collision on Bexley Drive involving Patty Ann Smith 21. Smith’s car sustained 150 in damage and Loewe’s 50. Thomas Hutchinson 16 was charged with unsafe lane change during a three car crash on First Avenue causing $40, $90, and 75 in damages to three vehicles and a parked car.
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Middletown
James Lezzoni
Baltimore St
Sutphin Street
Linden Avenue
Iezzoni
Earl Carpenter
Sherman Ave
Carpenter
Edward E. Loewe
Bellomont St
Bexley Dr
Patty Ann Smith
S. Main St
Bexley
Loewe
Smith
Thomas M. Hutchinson
Orchard St
First Ave
First Avenue
Hutchinson Auto
Hutchinson
Billy C. Powell
Grand Ave
Joe L. South
Arnold T. Osborne
Seneca St
Middeltown
Clifford Jarrell
Elwood St
Osborne
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Jarrell
Central
29 Cases Go Before Grand Jury
A Hamilton grand jury term will consider 29 tran scripts involving 18 defendants, including an armed bank robbery case and a second degree manslaughter case from a pedestrian death in Middletown. Names include Roscoe Tommie Thomas and Arnold Osborne, with additional unrelated larceny, burglary, and auto theft charges pending. Prospective jurors from Middletown and nearby areas are listed.
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Twinbrook
Citizens Bank
Middletown
Roscoe
Tommie) Thomas
Cincinnati
Thomas
Millville
Raymond Fucrman
Alvin L. Peters
Harold Morris
Robert Eugene Timler
Kenneth Ray Gibbs
Andrew Wagster
Grant C. Fritsche
Norbert L. Thomas
Mary Joan Thomas
John Henry Knight
Leonard North
Clarence McQueen
Eddie Ehrnschwender
Floyd Miller
Paul Douglas Carter
Patricia Kemplin
Curtis H. Nickell
Chester Clifton
Ollabelle Urmston
John Walter Sebastian
John H. Larson
Janet Martin
Romida Dye
Franklin
Arshal Leon Clark
West Middletown
Kats Evidence Still Convicted in Italy Case
Elisabetta Guglielmetti, 31, was convicted in Turin after chewing a forged promissory note to pay a $2,300 debt. Police said she forged her father's signature, admitted the fraud, and the court sentenced her to eight months in jail.
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Turin
Italy
Elisabetta Guglielmetti
McWhorter cited after stop sign collision in West Middletown
Police cited Ralph McWhorter, 40, of West Middletown on failing to yield at a stop sign after a collision at Shafer Street and North Avenue yesterday at 12 35 p m. Estimated damages were 25 to the McWhorter auto and 50 to John A Welling s car of 42 from 2015 Middletown Eaton Road.
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Ralph McWhorter
West Middletown
Rt. 1
Shafer Street
North Avenue
McWhorter
John A. Welling
Middletown-Eaton Road
Car Damaged During Fire
A backfire in Harold Price's car carburator caused about 200 in damage yesterday. Firemen answered Carmody Blvd and Central Ave at 4 30 p m to extinguish an engine fire. They remained 11 minutes. Later smoking coal in an automatic stoker at Barkeley Electric caused smoke but no fire after 8 15 p m inspection.
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Harold Price
Liberty- Fairfield Road
Hamilton
Carmody Blvd
Central Ave
Barkeley Electric
Two Are Killed In Preble Crash
A man and a woman died when a tractor-trailer struck their car on U S 40 near Gettysburg in Preble County. Martha Rose, 27, Eaton, and James H Lovett, 24, Eat on, were the victims. Lovett died at Reid Memorial Hospital after the crash. The truck driver, Dale F Brown, 30, Dublin Ind., was uninjured. The Golay Co tractor-trailer carried insulation board. Rose’s body to Kessler Funeral Home. Burial Paint Creek Cemetery. Services at Barnes Funeral Home Monday.
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Eaton
U.S. 40
Gettysburg
Ohio-Indiana Line
Martha Rose
Eaton Rt. 3
James _ Herbert Lovett
E. Main St
Dale F. Brown
Dublin
Ind
The
Golay Co
Cambridge City
Lovett
Rose
Charles Houser
Rader
U.S. 127
H&h Lumber Co
New Hope
Preble
Roe
Kessler
New Paris
James
Ruth
Dale
Virginia
Tafta
Elvis
Jeff
Nancy Rader
Joyce Erisman
Sarah Wheeler
Rebecca Raider
Ruth Pier
Hamilton
Roscoe Rader
Jacksonburg
Debra Rader
Sarah Miller
Wauchula
Barnes Funeral Home
Paint Creek Cemetery
Missing 15 year old girl prompts police alert and more arrests
Mrs Flora Gilbert reports her daughter Marie Ann Onkst missing since 8 a m Thursday. Details include age height eye color and clothing. Police issued a state message. Also reports of attempted car abduction, arrests for drunk disorderly conduct resisting arrest speeding bench warrants and break in at E A Lampe home with a 17 inch portable TV missing. Additional notes list suspects and locations including Germantown Dayton and Wexford Town.
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Flora Gilbert
Malvern St
Marie Ann Onkst
E. A. Lampe
Sherman Ave
Lampe
Howard Schueller
Aberdeen Dr
Conscience Money Sent To London Borough Clerk
A Willesden London Borough clerk returned 10 pounds of his wages anonymously with a typed note saying he had not been pulling his weight for weeks. A council spokesman said the gesture could come from any of about 300 employees and there was no clue to the sender.
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London
Willesden
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Memphis Municipal Airport
Union Sanitary
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Jas. Perkins Strebee
U.S
Dniong Middletown’s Finest Cleaners
Park St
Tnd Avenue
West Central Avenue
Gideon Td
Strand Theater
Lena E. Getter
Susan Thompson
Henry W. Kramer
Kats
EN Daily
Mation's Leveest Tax Service
United
Robert Rogers
Lynn Diver
Friend Rd
Germantown
Harry H
Mossman Rd
Wex Middletown
Fisher
Vradelis
RCA Victor
Broad St
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