Loot Theft Across Three Local Residences
Cash and other items totaling 620 dollars were stolen in two weekend break-ins. Thieves used a key to enter the trailer of Lawrence Ruhl and Thomas Holmes at 3810 Tytus Ave, taking 570 dollars from a hiding place a suitcase and two sport shirts. At 4129 Vannest Ave a clock radio a child’s gold ring and possibly more items were taken from the Anna Flinspach home after entry through the back door. A separate break-in at Wilson School 106 S Highview Road involved a glass cutter to enter a rear door, but only a broken freezer lock and sugar flour mixture were found. no items were reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Ruhl
Thomas Holmes
Tytus Ave
Anna Flinspach
Vannest Ave
Wilson School
S. Highview Road
Butler County probation revenue totals 242,629
Butler County Common Pleas adult probation shows 242,629 collected since 1952 with 129,942 restitution, 37,733 court costs, and 74,952 support. Workload rose from 143 to 638 cases. last year 33 revocations, 117 warrants, and 121 pre sentence investigations were filed. Bell patron Mabel Hubbard backed 1907 aviation group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas Court
William H. Powers
Powers
Cornerstone box opened revives town memory
A 40 year sealed cornerstone box from Calvary Methodist Church at 11 S Broad St Middletown was opened during worship. Contents include two old newspapers The News Signal and The Journal a leather bound Bible minutes of the Ohio Annual Conference 1921 and photos of the old church. John B Cunningham who made the box attended the reopening. The church now meets at Creekview School with a new building planned by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty
Calvary Methodist Church
John B. Cunningham
Middletown
S. Broad St
Creekview School
Paul McCauley
News- Signal
the Journal
Ohio
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Broad Street
Cunningham
Armco Steel Corp
Yankee Road
Chicago
Minnesota
Ashland
Newman. St
Trouble for Plane Not Pilot at Hook Field
At 12:50 a m a single engine Cessna piloted by Dave Maxwell landed at Hook Field but ran off the runway as the engine quit. Ptl John Lowe, aided by Sgt Larry White, hand cranked the engine and restarted it. Maxwell delivered a package to the Armco hangar before returning to Cincinnati.
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Hook Field
Ptl
John Lowe
Armco Steel Corp
Dave Maxwell
Greater Cincinnati
Lowe
Larry White
Armco
Cincinnati
Enrollee From Africa to Study Business at MU
Roger D Almeida of Dahomey will be Miami University's first enrollee under the African Scholarship Program of American Universities. He will enter in February after four months at the University of Michigan English Language Institute. About 60 Africans from French West Africa will study in the United States under the program, with grants for tuition and fees and other costs funded by participating colleges and the Agency for International Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Dahomey
Roger D' Almeida
Donald N. Nelson
Miami
Nelson
D'Almeida
University of Michigan
United States
American Uni
Africa
America
Agenccy For International Development
International Cooperation Administration
Madison Senior Wins Scholarship For Essay
A Madison High School senior won a one year college scholarship and $50. John Berg, 17, won first in speech and Sally Snyder, 16, won first in essay, each receiving $100. Ohio Council of Churches sponsored the event with about 2,500 teenagers competing at Veterans Memorial Hall in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Brandenburg
Germantown
Ohio
Madison High School
Dan E. Brandenburg
Veteran's Memorial Hall
Columbus
John Berg
Newscomerstown
Sally Snyder
Dayton
Weekend Accidents At Middletown Hospital
Two men were treated for injuries in weekend accidents at Middletown Hospital. Wayne Blevins, 21, of Columbus, fractured a right finger and received five stitches after falling from a cliff while coon hunting Saturday. George Carr, 25, of 4501 Trenton Franklin Road West Middleton, was treated with seven stitches after striking his head on a garage roof at his home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wayne Blevins
Columbus
George Carr
Trenton
Franklin Road
West Middletown
Parley Attendee Details Purdue Pest Control Conference
John R. Wills of Butler Co. Termite Pest Control attended the 26th Purdue University Regional pest control operators conference in Lafayette, Indiana. Topics included termite biology and the latest canal methods discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Wills
Butler Co
N. Verity Parkway
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Light speed distance from the moon observed
Light traveling at 185009 miles per second covers the Earth toward us in about 1.2 seconds, based on the moon’s distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imoon
Rail spokesmen to visit Middletown for whistlestop
Officials from five railroads will join a panel discussion aboard the Free Enterprise Special during a 30 minute whistlestop at 10 30 a m tomorrow at the New York Central station 400 N Sutphin St Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce will attend Civic students from Middletown Fenwick and Lemon Monroe high schools are invited to the session Some Middletonians will meet the train in Hamilton at 8 a m for breakfast with officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Enterprise Special
Eastern
New New York Central
N. Sutphin St
Middletown Area
Middletown
Fenwick
Lemon-Monroe
Four injured in area accidents over the weekend
Four were injured and three escaped serious harm in five area accidents over the weekend. Ethel Hinds, 38, of Hamilton, suffered compound fractures after veering off Stillwell Beckett Road to avoid a car, dipping into a 100 foot ditch, hitting a utility pole, and was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital. Mack Hunley, 36, of Hamilton, sustained facial lacerations and shoulder injuries when his car ran off Rt. 130 east of Rt. 127 at McGonigle, police said, and he was taken to Mercy Hospital. Jean Collie, 16, of Hamilton, was admitted to Mercy with multiple leg lacerations after an eastbound car she rode in overturned near Tylersville Road during a pursuit by a Hamilton cruiser. the driver fled. Lawrence Hughes, 19, of Middletown, suffered head injuries when his westbound car overturned on Rt. 73 near Rt. 177. he was treated at Mercy and may have inhaled carbon monoxide. A separate crash at Jefferson and Sheffield in Mayfield involved a stain wagon and a car driven by Wyvonia Brown, 23, with both vehicles colliding as Brown prepared to turn.
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Ethel Hinds
Hamilton
Richmond Road
Stillwell
Beckett Road
McGonigie
Depu
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Mack Hunley
Sinclair Ave
Rt. 130
Old Oxford Road
Rt. 127
McGonigle
Mercy Hospital
Jean Collie
S. 13Th St
Merley Hospital
Lawrence Hughes
Middletown
Rt. 3
Rt. 73
Rt. 177
Hughes
Newher
Frank E. Hurd
Jefferson Road
Wyvonia Brown
Sheffield St
Jefferson and
Sheffield
Mayffield
Hurd
Two Drivers Cited By Police In City Accidents
Charles Walt, 28, of 3118 Leiden Ave, escaped serious injury when his car jumped a curb at N Sutphin and Doty Streets. Walt, treated at Middletown Hospital, was charged with an accelerated distance violation after his car sideswiped an arch basin lid, struck a reflector sign and a tree, causing about 300 dollars in damage. Harold Brewer, 16, of 2012 Pearl St, was cited for failing to signal a turn and Leonard Campbell, 58, of 3117 Ottawa St, was cited for passing in an intersection after their cars collided at Yankee Road and 4th Avenue, with about 150 dollars in damage. Four minor accidents were also investigated yesterday and late Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Walt
Leiden Ave
N. Sutphin and
Doty Streets
Walt
Middletown Hospital
Sutphin
Harold Brewer
Pearl St
Leonard Campbell
Ottawa St
Yankee Road
4Th Avenue
Brewer
Campbell
Aristotle Granted Income by Alexander the Great
Archaeology and ancient history sources note that Alexander the Great provided Aristotle with a substantial income to support his research and philosophical work, enabling continued study and teaching at his Lyceum. The grant underscores the patronage links between ruler and scholar in classical antiquity.
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Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Four Middletown Area Teens Questioned in Lootings
Fairfield police questioned four youths aged 18 to 17 over a spate of looting crimes across Butler County. Don Creech, 18, is held for questioning and charged. the others face juvenile court. Incidents included pay phones, soft drink vendings, and ice machines in Middletown Eaton Blue Ball Monroe Wyoming Woodlawn and along I 75.
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Middletown
Fairfield
Eaton
Blue Ball
Monroe
Wyoming
Woodlawn
Don Creech
Maple Park
Central Avenue
Sutphin Street
Charles Street
Tytng Avenue
Germantown Road
U. S. 127
Interstate 75
Speaker for Civitan Club on salt uses tomorrow
Civitan Club members will learn of the many uses of salt at tomorrow's noon meeting at the Manchester Motor Inn. Gilbert F. Martin, public relations manager of Morton Salt Co. Dayton gales division, will use a color film to illustrate his remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
T Tomorrow
Manchester Motor Inn
Gilbert F. Martin
Morton Salt Co
Dayton Gales Division
Fire damages Sorg Mansion apartment kitchen again
A kitchen blaze on February 27 at 206 South Main Street Sorg Mansion damaged the third floor unit. Grease on the stove blamed for the fire. A second small fire yesterday at the Hollo Way Everage apartment caused no further damage to contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorg
S. Main St
Mimr
Holloway Everage
Stolen Receipts At John’s Truck Stop Engie’s Corner
A large envelope containing 111 in receipts and a 5 check was taken from a drawer at John’s Truck Stop at Engie’s Corner south of Middletown. Deputy James Davis says Bob Martin attended the stop and placed the money in a drawer at 1 am. The loss was discovered at 4 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Engie’s Corner
Middletown
James Davis
Bob Martin
Pow Wow Attracts 90 Cub Officials
Ninety Cub leaders from 24 packs of the Mound Builders Area Council attended a Roosevelt Junior High School Pow Wow led by Herbert Daniels. The training included four two hour sessions on handicraft games ceremonies and pack administration with a Blue and Gold Banquet by Lebanon packs 35 and 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicety
Mound Builders’ Area Council
Roosevelt Junior High School
Herbert Daniels
Lebanon
Deng of Cubs
Knights In Armor
Mitch
Dave Roberts
Dick Brodbeck
Dale Linebaugh
Hixon Files Petitions For Sheriff
James F. Hixon 48 filed petitions with Butler County Elections Board to seek the Republican nomination in the May primary. He had about 473 signatures. Appointed sheriff Jan. 19, 1961 to complete the Pell term after Pell’s Jan. 3 death. former Miami University safety director. previously Franklin County sheriff in Indiana for 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
James F. Hixon
Butler County Board of Elections
Hixon
Butler County
Paul A. Pell
Miami University
Franklin County
Indiana
Minister Delivers Sermon After Train Crashes Car
In Little Rock Arkansas the 70-year-old Rev. C. C. Williams faced a Missouri Pacific freight train after his car stalled on a crossings. He waved his hat signaling the train to stop but the car was crushed. He was unhurt and rode to his church to finish his sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock, Ark
C. C. Williams
Missouri Pacific
Williams
Highland Heights Presbyterian Church
Ex-Premiers Freed By Sudan Officials
KHARTOUM Sudan AP the government released 10 political prisoners including two ex premiers Ismail El Azhar and Abdalla Khalil Sunday. They had been held at Juba in southern Sudan since July on charges of criticizing the military regime. The former premier Abdalla Khalil saw his government ousted by Gen Ibrahim Abboud in November 1968 and parties dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khartoum
Sudan
Juba
Ismail el Azhar
Abdalla Khalil
Ibrahim Abboud
Integrated schools in Portuguese Africa census 1959
The 1959 census shows more than 5 000 integrated public and private schools in Portuguese Africa with over 600 000 pupils enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portuguese Africa
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Mabel Hubbard Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Aerial Experiment Association
Cornerstone
Mummert
Harding
Edward S. Mittenholzer
Sherman Ave
Marvar
U.S
Fably
Miami Chest
Madison
Berg
Sandra
Bryan Philips
Ken Philips
Man
Mayer Meat CO
V. Snider
William T. Snider
South Main St
Earl J. Hicks
Civitans
Devil of Crash
Man of God
Jos.r.baker & Sons, Inc
Manchester Ave
Middletown, Ohio
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