Flooding Widespread Across Miami Valley Strikes Middletown Area
Valleywide damage from rampaging waters floods roads basements and streets in Middletown and surrounding towns. Excello bears the heaviest damage outside Middletown as 25+ families evacuated. Franklin reports rising river nearly flood stage and dozens left homeless. Germantown sees floodwaters behind the dam while Trenton remains dry inside limits. Route blocks and flooded underpasses disrupt travel across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Miami Valley
Excello
Eagles Corner
Trenton
Franklin
O. E. Chamberlain
Cincinnati
Musk Oxen Found Fossilized in Northern Alaska
Skeltons discovered in northern Alaska indicate musk oxen roamed the region less than 150 years ago, challenging assumptions about their historical range and prompting ecological interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Warren Banks Report 17 Million In Resources
Warren County banks total resources reach 17 346 832 across five institutions led by Lebanon Citizens National Bank and Franklin National Bank. Deposits total 15 699 824 with 4 615 908 loaned to business and residents. Liquid assets include 11 137 197 in cash and government bonds, offering about 71 percent liquidity. FDIC insures accounts up to 10 000 per depositor, with夫妻 coverage up to 30 000 per couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County
Lebanon Citizens National Bank
Franklin National Bank
First Mason Bank
Waynesville National Bank
First National Bank of
Morrow
Hovsehold
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Butler County Seniors to Take State Scholarship Test
A total of 74 Butler County seniors will participate in the State Scholarship Test this Friday. Test sites are Hamilton High School for Fairfield Hanover Morgan Oxford Reily Rose Seven Mile and Union, and Middletown High School for Lemon Monroe Trenton and Wayne. Names of certified participants from each school are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
C. H. Williams
Fairfield
Hanover
Morgan
Oxford
Reily
Rose
Seven Mile
Union
Hamilton High School
Lemon-Monroe
Trenton
Wayne
Middletown High School
Emon-Monace
Mararet Ashmore
Raymond Blevins
John
Seven Kansans Die as Auto Hits Bridge Abutment
An automobile plunged into a deep slough near Kingman Kansas after a tire blew out. Seven people died including Ida May Thomas and her children Leland Eugene Lonnie Gene Carol and Linda. Betty Thomas 13 survived by crawling through a broken window. The group resided in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
Kan. U
Betty Thomas
Ida May Thomas
Betty
Connie Mae Anderson
Carol Lynn
Thomas
Leland Eugene
Lonnie Gene
Carol
Linda
U.S. Highway 54
Wichita, An
Britain Told to Cut Imports to Prevent Bankruptcy
In London the Conservative government urged a further 150 million pound yearly reduction in imports to avert national bankruptcy. Chancellor R A Butler announced in Parliament that the move follows a prior 350 million pound cut and calls for a major drive to boost domestic production and export earnings to support the free world against Communist aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Butler
Fiji Hurricane Leaves 12 Dead in Suva
A devastating hurricane struck Suva Fiji with winds near 150 mph causing at least 12 deaths and hundreds injured. The three hour storm collapsed concrete buildings and wrecked harbor installations as waves hit the capital, destroying hundreds of homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suva
Fiji
Fiji Islands
Girl Scout Leaders Plan Evening Screening of Two Films
Middletown Girl Scouts Leaders Club sets 8 p.m. Wednesday at council offices in the Civic Association. Mrs. Charles Schneider announces two motion pictures, Troop Finances and Program Planning, will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaders Club
Middletown
Mend Hydraulic Bank Repair Underway After Flood
Francis Carmody chairman of the City Commission announced early this afternoon that immediate steps are being taken to repair the break in the hydraulic bank that let flood waters into Harlan Park. Filling will start today or early Wednesday. Backwater from the Great Miami River overflowed the bank Monday morning, washing out sixty to seventy five feet of the bank. A quick study will be made to guard against future trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Carmody
Harlan Park
Carmody
Miami
Taft Stassen Ike Race Looms In New Hampshire
The Associated Press reports a three way GOP race shaping up in New Hampshire March 11 with Eisenhower qualified, Taft ready to enter, and Stassen possibly filing. Taft campaigns in Florida while Stassen kicks off Illinois efforts. MacArthur’s withdrawal letter sparks GOP debate as Alabama Republicans form a pro Eisenhower group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Ted Johnson
Concord
Bob Taft
Florida
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Illinois
Decatur
Truman
Orlando
Sen
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Sen. Brewster
R-Me
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
South
USSR protests Middle East defense command plan
Moscow reports say Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko summoned US Britain France and Turkey representatives to protest a Middle East defense command. The notes called the proposal an encirclement and were delivered at the foreign office after a Dec. 19 reply by the four powers defending regional security under UN charter provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Middle East
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
Turkey
Foreign Office
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Animals Flee Floods Reach Town Amid Hectic Rescue
Animals fled rising river bottoms Monday and some moved into town seeking refuge. Patrolman Harry Richardson on German town Rd noted two opossums in a tree beside him. Moments later a man carried a third possum by the tail, likely destined for a frying pan or roaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Richardson
Germantown Rd
Soviet Union reports 16 percent rise in 1951 production
Moscow announces 1951 industrial production up 16 percent from 1950. Worker and peasant income rose 10 percent. Overall output exceeded plan by 34 percent though timber cotton growing and railways lagged. Steel output up 15 percent. concrete figures not given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Statistical Administration
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
U.S
U. S
Hynes Advanced To Rent Office Post
Thomas M. Hynes a rent representative in Butler County has been promoted to associate area rent director. The change became effective December 9 with official notice yesterday. He will remain in Butler County while taking on duties at the Cincinnati area rent control branch office. Hynes a Glendale resident has served with the Rent Office since October 1945 and led Butler County since 1948 after earlier duty in Clinton County and Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Hynes
Butler County
Hynes
Cincinnati
Glendale
Wilmington
Clinton County
Five More Bodies Found In Cairo Rioting Toll Rises
Cairo authorities confirmed five additional deaths in the ruins of the British Turf Club and Shepheard's Hotel, raising the total to 67 from Saturday's mob violence. Fire crews and smoldering ruins remained as officials checked for any American casualties.
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Cairo
Egypt
Shepheards
U. S
Lamar Maliner
Eroatian Authorities
School Dental Program Under Discussion By Civic Leaders
Middletown civic leaders meet to plan a school dental program. The State Health Department will send a mobile unit within two months to survey grade students and will loan a dental chair for use in a school, space provided by the Board of Education. The Board may hire a part time school dentist and a dental hygienist to lead health education. Local clubs may donate around 400 dollars for instruments. Participants include Dr. L. C. Neer and other health, school, and dental officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
L. C. Neer
State Health Department
Board of Education
Board of Health
Neer
Firemen Aid Flood Victims Across Erie Areas
Fire department records note flood emergency action by city crews from 5 10 a m to 12 30 p m Monday led by Assistant Fire Chief Robert Lukens. Firemen assisted residents in Erie and Elwood helping victims and transporting one person on a stretcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Robert Lukens
Middletown
William Fishbaugh
Roads Freed As Floodwaters Recede In Area
Patrol posts report water levels dropping with several routes opening. U S Route 25 is open while State Route 4 near Middletown to Peast town remains closed for road damage. Poasttown bridge warned unsafe. Route 73 and US 42 closures persist. two minor accidents reported. no drownings yet. Cincinnati patrol predicts crisis by Wednesday.
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Post 9
State Highway Patrol
Middletown
Peasttown
Poasttown Bridge
Excelle
Trenton
Spring Valley
Xenia
Waynesville
Crowin
Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
Duff's Employes to Vote On Union at Hamilton Plant
The National Labor Relations Board ordered two elections at Duff's Baking Mix division in Hamilton. Production and maintenance workers will choose representation from International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America CIO Local 160 or none. Firemen will vote for International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers AFL, the Brewery Workers Union, DPOWA local, or neither.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
Duff
American Home Foods, Inc
Hamilton
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
AFL
The
Brewery Workers Union
Tar Fire at Garfield Street Residence Causes No Damage
Fire crews answered two calls yesterday, first at 418 Garfield Street by 10 30 AM to a tar bucket fire at Pearl McCarthy home reignited roof repair. A heated kettle of roofing compound sparked the blaze but was extinguished with no loss. Fire companies 1 and 3 and the ladder wagon responded to the second false alarm after 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield St
Pearl McCarthy
Woman Hurt In Fall Explosion Burns Man
Two domestic accidents were reported at Middletown Hospital. Elizabeth Cockerham, 60, of Middletown Route 1 fell in her home at 7 p m, suffering a broken left arm and elbow. Gene Roberts, 25, of 629 Wilson St, was treated and released after a hot water heater exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Elizabeth Cockerham
Route 1
Gene Roberts
Wilson St
Hawaiian trip resumes after snowbound City of San Francisco
Mr and Mrs F H McGraw and Dr and Mrs W H Roehls of Middletown faced days of delay as their waterbound train The City of San Francisco was snowbound. They missed the broadcast of Queen for a Day but resumed travel to Hawaii after the drift and WLW network program backstopped their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. McGraw
W. H. Roehls
Middletown
San Francisco
WLW
Roehlis
the McGraws
Hawaii
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Warren Banks
Bill Churchman
Lois Grewe
David Himes
Adolphus Johnson
Wanda Quinn
Frieda Baker
Warren Burkhardt
Jewell Brown
Patricia Henryy
Patricia Kuffer
Mary Lee Malcolm
Kenneth Millice
Gail Moore
Dixie Rice
Barbara Strong
Laucille Crout
June Carson
Loretta Francis
Tom Cassidy
Fred Toth
Ross Flenner
Herbert Ehresman
Ronnie Baker
B.egoodrich
Garoet Gucarrie
Silvertown
Bargeio
BP Goodrich
BF Goodrich
Central Ave
Lee Ee Gi
Fruehauf Trailer Company
E. W. Robertson
Spring Grove Avenue
Kirby
Associated Press
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Ussr
Harry Millhoff
State Dental Health Division
Wade E. Miller
Elmo Lingrel
Mabel Gardner
William Storer
Health Board
Duffs
Darling & Company
Everett Minge
Tytus Ph
Ffor
Termite Service
Roy White
Dial
Louis F. Jones
Mgr
Day Senne
Sherman Ave
Charles
Gernantown
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