Armco Train And Auto Collide No One Is Hurt
A Middletown motorist, Chester Back, 41, crashed into an Armco freight train crossing Curtis Street after 1 am. Back’s car, valued at $400, was totaled. The brakeman and engineer reported signaling and braking, but Back attempted to cross. No injuries. Two more accidents followed: Lucian Davis, 31, towed with $250 car damage, cited for failing to register. Phyllis Barker, 16, cited for driving without a license after a Moore Street collision in rain. $150 total car damage. In a separate crash at 1:45 pm, Dewey Roberts, 47, with a temporary permit, veered into a house at 846 Sixth Ave. car damage $300, house $50.
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Middletown
Chester Back
Brentwood St
Back
Curtis St
Pennsylvania Railroad
Armco
Buck
George Fowles, Jr
Glen McDowell
Trenton
Wayne Ave
Moore St
Lucian Davis
Davis
Phyllis Barker
Arlington Ave
Dewey H. Roberts
Sixth Ave
Roberts
William Helton
Wilber Dennis
Middletown Enrolled in Ohio Traffic Safety Contest 1952
Middletown joins the Ohio Traffic Safety Contest for cities over 4 000 population. Safety director Paul E Wilson states the city will cooperate with all levels of government to reduce traffic accidents while the Ohio Traffic Safety Council notes the rising danger and awards based on yearly safety improvements.
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Ohio
Middletown
Paul E. Wilson
Wilson
Ohio Traffic Safety Council
Ohio Department of Highways
At The Movies Local Showings This Weekend
Paramount offers Quebec and Detective Story showings with multiple matinee and evening times Saturday and Sunday. Strand presents Riding The Outlaw Trail Jim Thorpe All American Desert Fox and Tanks Are Coming with varied schedules across Saturday and Sunday.
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Paramount
Quebec
Jim Thorpe
Life magazine features Middletonian Roehll and Bennett family
Life magazine this week highlights Middletonian Dr. Walter H. Roehll amid the Donner Pass snowbound City of San Francisco tale. Also featured is Betty Lee Bennett, 10, youngest girl to solo an airplane, with her father Alfred Bennett, former Aeronca official now vice president at Taylorcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation
Taylorcraft
Miami Student's Name Is Forged in Oxford Fraud
A stranger used a forged Miami University student I.D. to pass fraudulent checks in Oxford this week. The man, about 27, cashed checks for 40 dollars each on a non resistant bank in a distant city. The badge bore the name Robert Ecks and carried the man’s photo, Oxford police said.
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Oxford
Miami University
Bcard
Robert Ecks
Maimi
Horseshoe Bar Fire Call Ends as Smoke No Fire Found
Three fire companies responded to a late Friday call at the Horseshoe Bar on South Main Street when an overheated electrical refrigeration system filled the restaurant with smoke. No fire or equipment damage was reported.
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Horseshoe Bar
South Main St
Middletown Sees 1.21 Inches Rain as River Rises
Weather updates show 1.21 inches of precipitation in 24 hours in Middletown, Ohio. Miami River levels climbed three feet to a seven foot six inch stage by 11 a.m. with ongoing rain until tonight. Expect a low near 25 to 30 degrees and a mostly cloudy, colder Sunday.
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Middletown
Ohio
Miami
State Highway Patrol
Monroe
Collinsville
Local Births Reported in Lebanon and Nearby Areas
Vital statistics list multiple births: Mr and Mrs James Miller Lebanon welcomed a girl yesterday. Albert Canter 1805 Manchester Ave welcomed a girl yesterday. Causby King 405 Garfield St welcomed a girl yesterday. Adam Roth 3015 Ottawa St welcomed a boy today. Howard Parsons 201 Garfield St welcomed a boy today. Don Murphy 2420 Superior Ave welcomed a girl today. Everett Morrison 1600 Plum St welcomed a girl today. Robert Chippen dale 1115 Young St welcomed a girl today.
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James Miller
Lebanon
Albert Canter
Manchester Ave
Causby King
Garfield St
Adam Roth
Ottawa St
Howard Parsons
Don Murphy
Superior Ave
Everett Morrison
Plum St
Robert Chippendale
Young St
Hospital Patients and Surgical Cases List
In The Hospital Mrs Derinda Duncan of Hill Ave medical Ian Silar of South Clinton St medical Mrs Elbert Reed of Franklin Elmer Cassidy of Hughes St surgical Arnold Sutton of Girard Ave Raymond Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs Ray Mitchell of Mohawk St medical Mrs William Tirey of Hill Ave Miss Barbara Conrad daughter of Mr and Mrs George Conrad of McKinley St Arthur Tyng of Armcour Donna Richardson daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Richardson of Franklin Miss Gladys McPeek of Arling ton Ave Mrs Norman Lambert of Florence St Janet Fore daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Fore of Middletown General Delivery Marcia Chenoweth daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Chenoweth of Oxford St James Bullock of Taylor Ave Mrs Earl Beckman of German town Route 1 Mrs Delmus Brown of North Sutphin St Joan Ashcraft daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyman Ashcraft of Sixteenth Ave
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Derinda Duncan
Hill Ave
Ian Silar
South Clinton St
Elbert Reed
Franklin
Elmer Cassidy
Hughes St
Arnold Sutton
Girard Ave
Raymond Mitchell
Ray Mitchell
Mohawk St
William Tirey
Barbara Conrad
George Conrad
McKinley
Arthur Tyng
Armcour
Donna Richardson
Wayne Richardson
Gladys McPeek
Arlington Ave
Norman Lambert
Florence
Janet Fore
Cecil Fore
Middletown General
Delmus Brown
North Sutphin
Joan Ashcraft
Lyman Ashcraft
Sixteenth Ave
Elderly farmer saves trapped well digger in Alabama cave-in
Dave Anders, 70, spent five desperate hours with John S. Bell, 34, after a cave-in buried Bell toe to head in a 30 foot well at Furman Alabama. Anders cleared dirt and held an oxygen tube to Bell as rescuers freed them. Dr. E G Burson called it a miracle and impossible to repeat.
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Furman
Ala
Dave Anders
John S. Bell
Anders
Bell
Lovebirds Locked In An Iron Cage Wedding Delayed
In Spartanburg South Carolina a would be bride and groom were detained in county jail after going to the courthouse for a wedding. They stumbled on the steps and were assisted by officials who directed them to the jail where the ceremony could not proceed due to intoxication.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Jack Fowler
A. A. Keates
F. S. Moore
Salvation Army Captain Sharp Resigns After Ill Health
Captain Kenneth Sharp who led the Salvation Army here for six years was honored at a farewell party as he and Mrs. Sharp transfer to Sidney Ohio. Captain William Prescott will replace him February 13 and bring his wife and two children. Prescott recently opened a new Salvation Army building in Chillicothe last June. The post ranks third in the territory. Attendees included Rev. R. W. Loway and others.
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Kenneth Sharp
Sharp
Salvation Army
Sidney, C
William Prescott
Prescott
Chillicothe
Acci
Safe Drivers Honored At Awards Presentation
Arthur J. Frey led Middletown Safety Council’s awards night as about 400 citations were given to drivers who logged 1951 without an accident. Twenty drivers earned 20 year safe driving honors among the 28 firms, with five firms winning group awards. The event at Gas and Electric building featured a buffet after presentations by Frey and Safety Council President Harry Hadley.
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Arthur J. Frey
Middletown
Frey
Ed Brelsford
Ed Blevvins
Jesse E. Bendel
Athos Brewer
Louis Mehl
Edgar Downey
Raymond Mayne
Aldie Lloyd
Lawrence Dugan
Charles E. Howlett
Andrew Downey
Walter Chandler
Calbert Heslin
Frank Filoso
Harvey Kurth
Paul Drug
Harold Hannah
Walter Cavolt
Roland
Stokes Dairy Products Company
Middletown Water Works
Moore Plumbing Company
Safety Council
Ray Collingsworth
Charles Dumford
Sam J. Tutt
A.J. Fray
C. J. McCullough
Milton Proctor
Schraffenberger's
Denny Lumber
Gem City Ice Cream
Diver Coal and Feed
Reed Klopp
Central Meat Market
Health Department
Wilson Funeral Home
Gough Lamb Cleaners
Meeker Plumbing
U.S. Post Office
Sorg Paper
Miami Valley Canteen
Mathews
Acme
State Highway Department
Armco Drainage
Crystal Tissue
Parrot Coal
Otto L. Long
Maxberry Funeral Home
Buckeye Paper Products
Blevins Electric
R.F. Nickell and Son
Grand Iron and Metal Products
Shattle Brothers
Middletown Ice and Coal
Second Offender Is Sent To Jail In DWI Case
Judge Alton H. Combs presided in Municipal Court Friday over a second DWI case within a year. Middletown motorist Everett Dowling, 43, of 708 Buena Ave, was fined 200 dollars plus costs and ordered to serve 10 days in Butler County Jail. Dowling’s driving privileges were revoked for three years. He was arrested last Sunday on South Verity Parkway after prior drunken driving fines in March.
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Alton H. Combs
Middletown
Butler County
Everett Dowling
Buena Ave
Dowling
South Verity Pkvy
Police Briefs From Miami Terminals and Local Crimes
A Friday morning break in at the Miami Terminals saw a north side window pried open and a desk drawer disturbed with $2 missing. Burgin Collier reports a stolen 1950 model car radio from his parked auto at Shartle Brothers Machine Company lot. Bessie Rogers says a blue cortle purse with $30 and a black billfold bearing Violet Rogers name was taken from the Ohio Bus Line terminal restroom. Russell Allen, 32, was released to a deputy to face a justice court. Wayne Chambers, 20, was arrested early Saturday andheld for the Army on AWOL charges. Robert J. Daugherty, 52, was arrested near Central Ave and Broad St on a driving while intoxicated warrant.
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Miami
Burgin Collier
Girard Ave
Shartle Brothers Machine Company
Bessie Rogers
Leslie
Blue Ball
Ohio Bus Line
Clinton St
Violet Rogers
Russell Allen
South Main St
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Justice of the Peace
Robert J. Daugherty
YMCA
Central Ave
Broad St
Stewart M. Smith
Sir Samuel Baker Named Governor of African Sudan
Sir Samuel Baker, famed British explorer, was appointed governor of African Sudan in the early 1870s by the Egyptian khedive.
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Sir Samuel Baker
African
Sudan
Bus Hits Ditch To Miss Car Near Eaton
Greyhound bus traveling east on U.S. Route 35 near Eaton swerved to avoid a car, slid into a deep ditch, and with 35 passengers aboard came to rest 15 feet off the road. All occupants escaped serious injury, one woman fainted, and passengers were moved to another carrier after the 2:30 p.m. stop.
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EATON
Greyhound
Here
Edward F. McMurrer
Indianapolis
Floyd Spitler
Alexandria
Man Dies in Cincinnati Sewer Cave In
Ray Winchell thirty six? No. Ray Winchell of Beckley West Virginia died Friday when a sewer ditch caved in at Finneytown Cincinnati burying him under ten tons of earth.
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Cincinnati
Ray Winchell
Beckley
W. Va
Finneytown
Dayton Woman Killed After Bus Stop Incident
Dayton authorities report Mrs. Bertha O'Brien, 59, was struck and killed Friday night when she stepped from a bus into the path of an oncoming car. The accident occurred in Dayton, prompting an investigation by local police.
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Dayton
Bertha O'Brien
Barkley Pauses Flight After Nausea During Speech
Vice President Alben Barkley, 74, planned a flight to Kansas City despite a recent bout of nausea after delivering an hour long speech to the Missouri Bar Association in Jefferson City. A physician treated him in his hotel room and he hoped to proceed.
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Jefferson City
Alben Barkley
Kansas City
Missouri Bar Association
Barkley to speak at Midwest Democratic Conference
Senator Barkley was slated to deliver a luncheon address and lead a panel at the Midwest Democratic Conference in Kansas City Kansas today, highlighting party policy and regional issues.
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Barkley
Kansas City
Kan
Juvenile Judges Elect Columbia Ohio Leader at Convention
Judge Russell H. Kear of Upper Sandusky was elected president of the Juvenile Court Judges Association at its two day convention in Columbus Ohio on Friday.
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Columbus, O
Russell H. Kear
Upper Sandusky
Juvenile Court Judges Association
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ANCE
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Glenn Wilkinson
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Beatty
Electronic Shop
Iglebart
Wayne Chambers
Ninth Ave
United States Army
Roy White
Attention Elks
Westinghouse
Laundromat
Diom
Teig
Union Sanitary
U. S
Park and 2Nd Avenue
Central Avenue
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