Carmody Honored With Good Government Award At July 4 Celebration
Francis Carmody, Middletown City Commission chairman, received the Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce Good Government Award at Barnitz Stadium during the annual Fourth of July program attended by about fifteen thousand. Jaycee president Gary Klouman praised Carmody for his impact on local progress, then Carmody led the Pledge of Allegiance as a fireworks-filled program closed the celebration. The event, begun in 1940, featured the American Legion Band with support from the Federation of Musicians and Music Performance Trust Fund, plus Rainbow Girls drill team and the Middletown Barbershop Chorus.
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City Commission
Francis Carmody
Middletown
Carmody
Earl Mendelhall
American Legion
American Federation of Musicians
Music Performance Trust Fund
Jaycee
Widening of 14th Avenue Underway Between Main and Verity
The north side of 14th Avenue is being widened by four feet from Main Street to Verity Parkway, leaving total street width at 38 feet after last year’s south side expansion. Projected by C A Boeke, construction by B D Morgan & Co includes curbs and gutters, with traffic restricted but no full street closure.
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14Th Avenue
Main Street
Verity Parkway
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
B. D. Morgan & Co
Boeke
Fireworks Complaints Report Quiet Fourth of July Week
Police Chief Joseh Blackmore reports a quiet Fourth of July weekend with 13 complaints over two days. A smoke bomb damaged paint on a porch at 817 15th Ave. and another bomb was found on a city bus near Barnits Stadium. no damage occurred. Officers also responded to Sunset Park after a box of fireworks was found under bushes at midnight.
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Joseh Blackmore
15Th Ave
Barnits Stadium
Sunset Park
Bridge Collapse Prompts Criminal Inquiry in Cherokee
Cherokees at Bryson City investigate a swinging bridge collapse Sunday that sent fifty people into the Oconaluftee River, killing two women. Dist. Solicitor Thad D. Bryson Jr. plans to review possible criminal negligence and may involve the State Bureau of Investigation.
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N.C
Dist
Thad D. Bryson Jr
Bryson City
Oconaluftee
Bryson
State Bureau of Investigation
Fourth of July weekend ends with one fatality in Butler County
Three people suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at Seneca and Waneta streets during the Fourth of July weekend. Wallen G. Rudd and his family were treated at Middletown Hospital for rib contusions knee cuts and bruises while Thomas Spencer faced the crash that occurred at noon. State patrol notes a holiday weekend average for accidents with nineteen incidents and seventy four patrol arrests plus one fatality and twelve injuries. Carolyn Johnson was treated at Middletown Hospital for injuries after an accident in Gratis.
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Seneca and
Waneta
Middletown
Butler County
Wallen G. Rudd
Hendricks Dr
Jean
Richard
Rudd
Thomas Spencer
Logan Ave
Carolyn Johnson
Fred Johnson
Ohio
Gratis
Middletown Hospital
Four Die In Area Holiday Tragedies
Four people died in area holiday incidents including a mother and child unseen in deep water and a hit skip fatality. Nancy Mack, two, died from chest injuries after being struck by a blue gray 1947 or 1948 Pontiac. The Reece woman, a librarian driver, was found drowned. Police detained four men who were released. Services set for noon at New Era Baptist Church with burial at Woodsides Cemetery.
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Middletown
George Caywood
Girard Ave
S. Verity Parkway
Central Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Stewart
Brenda
Linda
Asberry Arnold
Statham, Ga
Randolph Mack
Statham
New Era Baptist Church
Joseph Pate
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Holiday Tragedy Toll Called Disastrous
Middletown Safety Council Director Paul Wilson called the Fourth of July weekend disastrous with two local traffic fatalities and two drownings in Hamilton. He corrected the tally to one traffic death and one murder, citing the hit and run of two year old Nancy Mack on Baltimore Street as cold-blooded murder.
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Middletown Safety Council
Pail Wilson
Middletown
Hamilton
Nancy Mack
Baltimore Street
Five motorists held after July Fourth city wrecks
Fifteen traffic incidents over the Fourth of July weekend injured one child fatally and led to five arrests. A two car collision at 1609 Yankee Rd caused about 700 in damage, pushing a Horn auto into a fence. Opal Beckett was arrested for failure to yield after a Main Street collision with James Staton at 10 a.m. damage totaled 119.
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Yankee Rd
Sumiay
Walter Tapp
Pershing Ave
Hubert Horn
Opal Beckett
Miamitown
Main Street
James Staton
Vannest Ave
S. Main St
Weekend emergencies fill Midletown Hospital ward
A three day holiday weekend overwhelmed the Midletown Hospital emergency ward with injuries. Trobert Baty, 6, son of Otis and [unspecified] Baty, required minor surgery after a metal pipe near Sunset Pool tore into his underarm when he slipped and fell head first into the area.
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Middletown Hospital
Trobert Baty
Otis Baty
Highland St
Sunset Pool
Baty
Local children treated for injuries after falls and burns
Becky Stone thirteen suffered a knee cut after a bike fall. Dixie Lykins ten required six stitches in a left ankle from a home fall. Ruth Busenlechner fractured a left wrist in a home fall and was released. Mrs Raymond Trent nineteen sustained first degree burns from a gas stove explosion and was dismissed after treatment.
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Becky Stone
William Stone
Monroe St
Dixie Lykins
Rector Lykins
Elwood St
Ruth Busenlechner
Clark St
Raymond Trent
Tex
West Middletown
Bank Regulators Call For Nationwide Bank Statements
Washington reports the comptroller of the currency ordered a statement of the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Thursday June 30.
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Washington
Firecrackers Blamed for Lumber Sheds Fire
Cincinnati marshal cites children playing with firecrackers for two lumber storage shed fires last night. Estimated damage set at $8000.
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Cincinnati
Walter Zimmer
Traffic Accidents Reported With Minor Damage
Several minor damage crashes were recorded since late Saturday. Cases include Pauline Fetters driving a car and a parked auto on S Verity Parkway 3 10 p m yesterday. Joseph Hackett and Arthur Horwitz involved with a parked auto on 10th Ave at 9 45 p m yesterday. Jeannine Davidson Luther Rose at Lafayette Avenue and Yankee Road at 9 45 p m yesterday. Dan Laneford with a parked car at 1612 Baltimore Street and an unknown vehicle also listed there.
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Pauline Fetters
S. Verity Parkway
Joseph Hackett
Gien Ln
Arthur Horwitz
Grand Ave
10Th Ave
Jeannine M. Davidson
Central Ave
Luther Rose
Mohawk St
Lafayette Avenue
Yankee Road
Dan Laneford
Baltimore St
At The Movies Showings This Week
The Paramount Strand Colonial and Dixie Cruise cinemas list showings for Tuesday and Wednesday. Titles include Stranger on Horseback Purple Plain Man from Bitter Ridge This Island Earth Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki Yellow Mountain New York Confidential Top Banana The Americano Susan Slept Here Naked Spur Carten Carnival and more with various afternoon and evening times.
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Bitter Ridge
Island
Waikiki
New York Confidential
The
Americano
Susan
Dixie Cruise
Funeral Wednesday For Mrs. Crosley
Cincinnati mourns Eva Emily Crosley 43 wife of Powel Crosley Jr owner of the Cincinnati Redlegs She died Sunday night of cancer They married in October 1952 and had no children in the Crosley household services set for Wednesday
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Cincinnati
Eva Emily Crosley
Powel Crosley Jr
Cincinnati Redleg Baseball Club
Overheated Icebox Motor Burns Kitchen
A blaze caused by an overheated refrigerator motor damaged the kitchen of a two story apartment at 1732 1734 Columbia Ave. The gas line leaked fumes requiring gas masks for entry. Firemen from Companies 1 and 4 responded at 5 53 p m. to the alarm.
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H. H. Palmer
Columbia Ave
One Minor Mishap Mars Franklin's Holiday Record
Franklin's holiday period saw one traffic mishap as Julius Christie 39 of Oak Park Illinois turned onto Main Street colliding with Carl Bowles 37 of Franklin riding a motorcycle. Bowles sustained a minor cut and Christie’s car incurred 75 dollars in damage.
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Franklin
National Safety Council
Julius Christie
Oak Park
Carl Bowles
S. Main
6Th Sts
Bowles
Christie’s Auto
Oxygen's Heavy Weight Relative to Hydrogen
The statement notes that oxygen is approximately sixteen times heavier than hydrogen, reflecting their molecular mass difference and the relative densities of the two elements.
Tunneling of Interceptor Begins Excavation of First Shaft
The northern interceptor sewer project starts with a first shaft on the east side of N Main Street midway between Manchester and Central avenues. Three shafts will be sunk along Main Street as tunneling extends north and south while traffic may be hindered earlier. Foley Construction Co of Cincinnati leads the north section, also building the Bulls Run outlet near the Sorg Paper Co. plant.
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N. Main Street
Manchester
Central Avenues
Howard Kramer
Main- Manchester
Main St. Kramer
Main Street
1St Avenue
W.est Avenue
Foley Construction Co
Cincinnati
Bulls Run
Sorg Paper Co
Johnson Recovering From Heart Attack
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson was said to be in serious condition but making satisfactory progress after a heart attack. He remained at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland and will miss the Senate for the rest of the session.
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Washington
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Senate
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
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America
Nancy
Muriel Mack
York Avenue
Rufus Mack
Wiley Redding
Paramount
Mrs. Crosley
A Brothers Inc
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Lamneck Street
Company 3
Charles St
Edna Wells
N. Broad St
Riggs
Farlher
Lewis
Mars Franklin
Pac
Norare
Vance Russflo
Middletown Dist
Hone
Liberty
U.S
Second Avenue
Broad & Verity Parkway
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