Hitchhiker Fends Off Attacker in Germantown Narrow Escape
Dayton hitchhiker Raymond Ballinger, 26, said three unidentified men attacked him near Mullberry and Center streets after midnight. He reported one struck him while the others rushed him, but Ballinger fought them off without loss of property. Police gave first aid and pursued no arrest at that time.
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Germantown
Dayton
Walter Rockey
Mullberry
Center Streets
Raymond Ballinger
Montgomery St
Robert Bailey
Ballinger
Bailey
Radar Catches Speeders in Virginia for First Time
Virginia state police used radar to check speeds for the first time yesterday and issued 41 speeding tickets after the 1954 Legislature legalized radar use for speed enforcement.
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Richmond
Virginia
Damaged car tied to Ohio 4 incident under police look
Police investigated a damaged car found near the corporation limits on Ohio 4 a mile north of the attack scene. A motorist reported two men walking fast on Ohio 4 miles north of the car. The owner said the car was taken without consent as Germantown police probed a possible tie between the two incidents.
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Corporation Limits
Ohio 4
Bailey
Hamilton
Germantown
Dale Riffe to announcer on Ruth Lyons show
Dale Riffe, a Lemon-Monroe High School student, won a teen announcer contest on the Ruth Lyons show after an audience request. With Willie Thall away for three weeks, Riffe will lead off the three week competition to become a television announcer, after a prior drum of radio work in Dayton.
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Dale Riffe
Lemon-Monroe
Marian Riffe
Manchester Rd
Ruth Lyons
Wlw-D
Wlw-T
Miss Lyons
au@dience
Florida
Dale
Wing
Daxton
Dle
Crosley Broadcasting Co
Channel 2
Willie Thall
Boy Injured Slightly As Car Hits Bike
A youth named Jerald Pendergrass 11 from Baltimore Street received minor facial pain after his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Margaret Haber at Michigan Avenue and Baltimore Street at 6 55 p m He was examined at Middletown Hospital. The city incidents also include a street sweeper collision with Emma Hale s car at 8 a m in front of 2015 Woodlawn Avenue causing 250 in damage and 10 to the sweeper. Additional crashes at Manchester Avenue Charlies Street and Yankee Road Grove Street left totaled damages of 30 and 250 respectively.
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Middletown Hospital
Michigan Avenue
Baltimore Street
Jerald Pendergrass
Baltimore St
Cas
Margaret D. Haber
McKinley St
Pearl Wright
Wayne Ave
Emma E. Hale
Grand Ave
Woodlawn Ave
Hale Auto
Clarence Sims
Yankee Road
Grove Street
Michael Fisher
Martin Rush Opens Medical Practice Here
Dr. Martin Rush a Middletown native and Rhodes Scholar has opened an office at 2713 N Verity Parkway after completing an internship at Dayton's Miami Valley Hospital He is a Middletown High School graduate who served as a B 24 pilot in Europe and studied at Miami University and the University of Cincinnati He and Mrs Rush have four children including David and Cynthia Jane and fostered Cathy and Keith Miller.
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Martin Rush
Middletown
University of Oxford
England
Rush
N. Verity
Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
Middletown High School
Miami University
University of Cincinnati
Miami
Armco
David
Cynthia Jane
Cathy
Keith Miller
Senate confirms Brett for Mint director post
Washington confirms President Eisenhower nominates William H Brett of Alliance Ohio to be director of the mint for a five year term.
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The
Senate Today
Eisenhower
William H. Brett
Alliance
Ohio
Colored News Program at New Era Baptist Church Sunday
The Young Women's Guild and the New Era Baptist Church senior Choir present songs with narration at 6 p.m. Soloists include Mrs. Tyler Acker Mrs. George Jones and Mrs. Daniel Whitner with narrator Mrs. Calvin Did lick and pianist Mrs. Harold Moon. The program features classical and gospel numbers and ends with A Long Peace by Sibelius. A special choir rehearsal will be held at 6 30 p.m. The Ministers Alliance adds a public program at Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe at 3 p.m. Sunday with Rev E E Jones as president and Rev S M Dillard as speaker.
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Young Women's Guild
New Era Baptist Church
Tyler Acker
George Jones
Daniel Whitner
Calvin Didlick
Harold Moon
Johnson
Maiotte
God
Luther
Jesus
Bernard
Matheson
Ministers’ Alliance
Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe
E. E. Jones
Auto Fire On Nelbar Street Prompted Fire Crew
An overheated radiator ignited the engine of a car owned by Robert Morris at 3031 Tytus Ave but caused no damages according to the fire department. The blaze occurred on Nelbar Street with a false alarm at 1636 Central Ave earlier, marking the third such call by telephone in the past week.
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Robert Morris
Tytus Ave
Nelbar Street
Central Ave
Boone Sr. Dies at 61 Famed Tobacco Auctioneer
Robersonville North Carolina reports the death of P. E. Boone Sr a Winchester Kentucky native aged 61. He spent four decades as a tobacco auctioneer and farmer and died of heart disease. He appeared on national network broadcasts from 1947 to 1951 performing the auctioneer chant.
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America
Winchester, Ky
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