Four vehicle crash injures six in Middletown and Butler County
Six people were injured in traffic accidents across Middletown and Butler County. A Highland Street collision destroyed one car and involved three vehicles causing injuries to Robert South Glenn Brown and Shirley Schenck. Debris damaged vehicles with totals from $150 to $300. Other crashes at Nelbar N Sutphin Streets and Manchester Avenue N Main Street left several with non life threatening injuries. Police cited several drivers for traffic violations and assessed vehicle damage around $800 or less.
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Middletown
Butler County
Highland Street
Two Youths Killed in Truck Train Collision Near Chillicothe
Two Jackson County youths Herman Nickiels aged 19 and Johnny Williams aged 18 died when a flatbed truck they were driving loaded with pulpwood was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at a crossing about two miles southeast of Chillicothe on U S 35 30. They had delivered pulpwood to the Meade Paper Corp plant and were returning to Oak Hill.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Jackson County
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Herman Nickiels
Johnny Williams
Meade Paper Corp
Oak Hill
Baltimore and Ohio
82 Tags Added To Police List
The Journal reports 82 license tag numbers added to the impounding list for unpaid traffic tickets in Middletown. Police aim to clear backlogs as owners are warned their autos face impoundment with a $5 towing charge and $5 impounding fee. Check with the traffic bureau if your tag appears.
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Middletown
Traffic Bureau
Flu closes Tokyo schools amid outbreak warnings
The Tokyo metropolitan government ordered closing two more kindergartens and 192 primary classes and 12 junior high classes due to a sweeping influenza epidemic. The measures bring total closures to 10 kindergartens and 1,374 classes across primary, junior, and senior high schools. Four deaths linked to flu are reported.
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Tokyo
Driver Hurt Cited In Two Car Crash At Rufus Street
A Middletown man was injured and cited after a two car crash at Rufus Street and Hood Avenue yesterday. Ronald D. Nicholas, 26, suffered right knee abrasions and was not treated. He was charged with failure to yield right of way at an unmarked intersection. Sherman Williamson, 25, of 2001 Woodlawn Ave. drove the other car, which was knocked into a fire hydrant and then into its left side.
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Charles W. Hurst
Amlamo Road
Manchester Avenue
N. Main Street
Hurst
Harrold C. Grunewald
Kenwood Drive
Grunewald
Lloyd Clemonds
Vannest Ave
Walter Stamp
Shafer, Sr
Middletown
Rufus Street
Hood Avenue
Ronald D. Nicholas
Keays Ave
Nicholas
Sherman
Williamson
Woodlawn
Bold Lumberjack Takes Stage In YMCA Travel Series
Don Cooper, inspired by his grandfather’s Alaska tales, presents a six year in the making color film at Roosevelt Junior High auditorium as part of the YMCA Travel And Adventure Series. The lecture features howling blizzards bears and mountain bush pilot attempts plus Cooper’s trademark humor.
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Don Cooper
Alaska
Roosevelt Junior High Auditorium
YMCA
Lumberjack
Cooper
Coop
Spokane
Wash
Roosevelt Auditorium
Japan
Switzerland
Deaths And Funerals Former Middletown High School cook dies
Mrs Myrtle M Jefferson 70 of 007 Yankee Road died Saturday 11 45 am at Middletown Hospital after a week of serious illness. A 25 year Middletown school board employee she retired June 1958. She was a Pythian Sisters leader and First Evangelical United Brethren Church member. Survived by husband Homer a son Wilam Dayton daughters Mrs Wallace Baldwin Middletown and Mrs Robert Daggett Dayton three brothers Carl Mullen and others. Memorial services set at Wilson Memorial Home Monday 7 30 pm with callers 3 5 and 7 9 pm. Burial Woodside Cemetery Tuesday 2 pm.
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Myrtle M. Jefferson
Yankee Road
Middletown High School
Middletown Hospital
Jefferson
Middletown School Board
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Pythian Sisters
Franklin
Homer
Wilam
Cincinnati
Wallace Baldwin
Middletown
Robert Daggett
Dayton
Carl Mullen
Rayburn Pushes Rules Plan to Break GOP Southern Bloc
Speaker Sam Rayburn refused compromise on enlarging the House Rules Committee. He aims to add three members to the 12 member panel to crack a 6 6 deadlock and curb conservative influence blocking Kennedy administration programs. The issue heads to a likely tight vote on Tuesday.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
House Rules Committee
Kennedy
Rayburn
House
Rayburn-Known Rift Over Vote Delay Reaches Final Stage
The vote was postponed again amid reports he lacked enough support. Rayburn remained confident as he announced no vote would occur next Tuesday. The battle pits 79-year-old Speaker Rayburn against 78-year-old Rep. Howard W. Smith with talks of back channel offers having ceased.
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Rayburn
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Williams Sr. funeral services set for Monday at 2
Funeral for Percy Tracy Williams Sr. 72 of 910 Sixth Ave. will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Second Baptist Church. He had been ill three months and died on arrival at Middletown Hospital early yesterday.
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Percy Tracy Williams Sr
Sixth Ave
Second Baptist Church
Willams
Middletown Hospital
Local Middletown Woman Slashes Wrists in Crisis
A 1 M-year old Middletown woman cut her wrists in personal crisis and was admitted to Middletown Hospital yesterday after police responded at 12 33 p m.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
India to Face Locust Plague, Swarms Threaten India and Pakistan
An Antilocust Research Center official says new locust swarms will likely invade India and Pakistan after May 1, with possible swarms reaching Arabia earlier. The UN FAO group studies a 3.75 million dollar fund to combat the plague.
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Rome
OWL Campus Hosts Ohio Wesleyan High School Music Festival
More than 1,200 high school students and their music supervisors are expected at Ohio Wesleyan University campus for the annual high school music festival. Students will form two bands a chorus and an orchestra and rehearse during the day for a public concert that night.
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Delaware, Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
May McAvoy Released From Medical Center
Former film star May McAvoy, 56, was released from UCLA Medical Center after a week of treatment for an arterial obstruction. She once co starred in early films with the late Al Jolson and was among Hollywoods top salary actresses.
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Los Angeles
May McAvoy
Ucla Medical Center
Miss McAvoy
al Jolson
Hollywood
Soloists Shine at Monroe High School Pop Concert
The Lemon Monroe High School Concert Band led by Paul Morrow staged its seventh annual Pop Concert. Featured soloists included Bob Young trumpet and Gary Moore saxophone and oboe. selections ranged from La Mandolinata to Saxes Wild and Windjammer with Gershwin and Prokofieff pieces. The program highlighted descriptive works and lively performances amid enthusiastic, cold-weather applause.
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Lemon-Monroe High School
Paul Morrow
Bob Young
Gary Moore
Young
Herman Bellstedt
Moore
Harold Walters
New York
George Gershwin
Porgy and
Bess
Jacke Strifthau
Pat Berry
Diana Diehl
Prokofieff
Osterling
Blue Cross Operating Costs Drop for Southwest Ohio Plan
The Blue Cross Plan based in Cincinnati reports December 1960 expenses at 18 percent per contract and 7 cents per member while December hospitalization costs reach 2.875 million with 23 321 admissions. End-year membership climbs to 1,431,219 across 15 counties, up 12,173 from 1959.
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Hospital Care Corp
Cincinnati
Earl H. Kammer
Blue Cross Plan
Board of
Kammer
Southwestern Ohio
Blue Cross
Ohio
Fatal fall on scaffold at church worksite
Norman L. Kreuser aged 56 died from head injuries after slipping from a nine foot scaffold at the First EUB Church. Employer B. B. Guinn said Kreuser, an employee of Miami Construction Co., fell when another worker bumped him causing loss of balance.
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Norman L. Kreuser
Red Bud Drive
EUB
B. B. Guinn
Burton Road
Miami Construction Co
Kreitzer
David L. Smith Construction Co
Smith
Guinn
Obituary for Mr Kreitzer with family survivors listed
Mr Kreitzer is survived by a son Peter M in the Navy at Los Angeles a daughter Mrs Michael Mitsoff of Middletown his mother Mrs Cora Kreitzer of West Middletown two sisters Mrs George Bnxing of West Middletown and Mrs Lilian Downing of Cincinnati and four grandchildren He was born in Dayton and lived here 40 years He belonged to the First Baptist Church Visitation 6 to 9 p m Monday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home Funeral 10 30 a m Tuesday at the funeral home Rev Walter G Weber officiating Cremation will follow
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Kreitzer
Peter M
Navy
Los Angles
Michael Mitsoff
Middletown
Cora‘Kreitzer
West Middletown
George Bnxing
Lilian Downing
Cincinnati
Dayton
First Baptist Church
Officer Barrett in good condition after assault incident
PTL David Barrett 21 of Grand Ave beaten in a fight early yesterday at the Country Kitchen Restaurant. He was described in good condition with severe facial and back bruises and no fractures. Leroy Doty 29 La Salle Mich and Paul Garland 41 Melvindale Mich released on 1600 bond each after arrest for assault and battery resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. hearings set in Municipal Court tomorrow.
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David Barrett
Grand Ave
Middletown Hospital
Leroy Doty
la Salle
Mich
Paul Garland
Melvindale
Country Kitchen
Tytus Ave
Barrett
Doty
Garland
William McKenzie Reports Car Stolen on Charles Street
Police brief: William McKenzie reported his car stolen from the 300 block of Charles Street. No address listed.
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William McKenzie
Charles Street
Police Detain 75 Year Old Fli Hodge on Public Intoxication
Police yesterday arrested Fli Hodge, 75, who was at large from home on charges of intoxication cadging and vagrancy.
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Arrowet Fli Hodge
Middletown Girl Held by Police on Delinquency Charge
A teenage girl from Middletown was detained by city police yesterday and will be held for Montgomery County juvenile authorities on a delinquency charge.
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Middletown
Montgomery County
Vandalism Report at Local Bowling Alley
Officers yesterday answered a call to 1821 Howard Ave where Herbert Fawley said a window on his station wagon was smashed and blood smeared on the front seat. The vandalism occurred at a nearby bowling establishment.
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Howard Ave
Herbert Fawley
Break-in At Milton Road Home Reported By Police
Police reported a break-in at the home of R. Weatherwax Sr. at 3101 Milton Road. Entry was made by breaking the front door glass yesterday, with nothing visible stolen.
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Sven
Weatherwax Sr
Milton Road
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