City sees heavy Fourth of July weekend traffic mishaps
Police report fourteen auto incidents over the long weekend marring the city. Three people were slightly injured in seven crashes since Saturday, with two motorists arrested for careless driving. A three car Garfield Street crash harmed Mildred O Neill and damaged two parked cars, totaling $975 in losses.
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Middletonian
Mildred O'Neill
Sycamore St
Garfield Street
John O'Neill
Palme
O'Neill
Edward Mockabee
Garfield St
Lavier
Child Killed In Crash Has Relative Here
The five year old daughter of the nephew of a Middletown resident was killed in an auto accident near Napoleon Ohio Sunday afternoon. The Small family of Na beon were in a car rammed by a second vehicle in which two people died. Elizabeth died from injuries after the car rolled over several times. The oldest daughter, seven, remained comatose at Heller Hospital Napoleon. The mother Mrs Small and another child suffered serious injuries while two more children were treated for unspecified injuries. Mr Small had minor injuries and was discharged after treatment.
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Middletown
Napoleon
Ohio
Robert Small
Nabeon
Orrig Small
Wrenn Ct
Eizabeth
Smalls
Heller Hospital
Smeil
Small
Police Briefs Include Bite Incident and Non-Support Arrest
Mary Jo Cottengin a 2 of 2401 Wa Meta St was bitten on the jaw by a dog police were told at Middletown Hospital emergency room. Robert Newman 27 of 606 Charles St on a warrant charging non support. Officers answered fireworks complaints at multiple street locations over the holiday weekend.
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Mary Jo Cottengin
Wa- Meta St
Middletown Hospital
Robert Newman
Charles St
Sycamore St
Grand Ave
1St Avenue
Crawford Street
Roosevelt St
Garfield Street
Catalpa Drive
Willis Hensley Injures Foot Painting At Home
Willis Hensley 26 of Prospect Ave fractured his left foot when he fell from a ladder while painting at home Sunday morning. He is in good condition at Middletown Hospital.
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Willis Hensley
Prospect Ave
Middletown Hospital
Teen Driver Hits Stopped Car in Middletown Crash
A 16 year-old Middletown youth struck the rear of Lawrence McLaughlin's stopped auto at Bellemonte Street and Sunset Drive at 5 52 p.m. Damages totaled 115 dollars. A second collision involving Jack Carter and Helen Haile occurred in the 1900 block of Yankee Road at 1 23 p.m. causing 245 dollars in damage.
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Middletown
Lawrence McLaughlin
Carolina St
Bellemonte Street
Sunset Drive
Jack Carter
Sheridan Ave
Helen F. Haile
6Th Ave
Yankee Road
Auto collision damages total in two city wrecks
Damages totaling 300 dollars occurred when a car driven by John Hildebrand at Manchester Avenue and Clinton Street collided with a parked vehicle owned by Harry Zapp. A separate crash on Yankee Road and Verity Parkway left another 75 dollars in damage after a moving car struck a curb and sidewalk and fled, driver later leaving license number.
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Dennis L. Belcher
Brown's Run Road
West Middletown
Robert Neal
Crawford Sr
Charles Street
Columbia Avenue
Neal Auto
John Hildebrand
New Albany
Ind
David Baus
Cleveland
Manchester Avenue
Clinton Street
Harry Zapp
Lith Ave
Yankee Road
Ani Verity Parkway
Truck Crashes Into Parked Vehicle in Hamilton
Sigel Johnson of Franklin Route 2, age 29, rolled a parked coupe owned by Carl Nichols, 51, of Hamilton, in the 1100 block of 11th Avenue at 7 57 p m. Police said damage totaled 25 dollars.
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Sigel Johnson
Franklin Rt. 2
Carl Nichols
Hamilton
11Th Avenue
Bird in Hand Officers Nab Man on Warrant in Elsmere St Call
Officers responded to a report of a parakeet in a tree at 609 Elsmere Street. While searching they arrested Arthur Ward, 52, of the same address, on a drunkenness warrant. The bird flew away as Officer Judd climbed the tree.
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Elsmere St
Paul Judd
Delman Whitt
Judd
Arthur Ward
Bails Pal Out Of Jail Then Lands In Cell
In Steubenville Ohio Robert Fitzgerald 44 bailed out Henry Nixon 45 for disorderly conduct. Fitzgerald pocketed a fountain pen at the station and was charged with petty larceny while Nixon remained jailed. Ironically Nixon sought bail to leave.
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Pal
Steubenville
Ohio
Cleveland
Robert Fitzgerald
Henry Nixon
Bob Cuninghham
Fitzgerald
Witnesses Queried Over Army Education Service Indoctrination
Washington Senate Internal Security subcommittee questioned witnesses on Communist efforts to use the Army education service to indoctrinate GIs in a potential World War III. Chairman Jenner (R Ind) led the session.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Jenner
R-Ind
Army Education Service
Weekend: No Fatalities Amid July Fourth Highway Patrols
State patrolmen at Post 9 logged long shifts during the July 4 weekend with 21 investigated accidents and 50 arrests. No fatalities occurred in the county despite Ohio reporting 20 deaths statewide. Notable incidents include Harold Sexton cited for reckless operation after a two car crash on Rt 4 near Ohio 73, injuring him with a forehead cut. Alma Conley arrested for driving with faulty brakes after rear ending a car on Rt 2 near Blue Ball, with minor damages and no injuries. both drivers involved were from nearby towns.
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Ohio
Cpl
D. A. Girton
Harold Sexton
Dayton
Squire Weldon Hizar
Lebanon
Rt. 4
Ohio 73
Sexton
Guy Routzahn
Waynesville
Alma Conley
Middletown
J. T. Riley
Franklin Court
William Miller
West Middletown
Crate Miller
Real Estate Transfers in Middletown and Surrounding Areas
A sequence of property transfers listed for Middletown and nearby towns. Transfers show buyers and sellers including Aude Williams, Rebecca Williams, Sarah McCally, Edgar McGlosson, and many others, with parcel identifiers and prices ranging from no tax to thousands of dollars. Several transfers involve Middletown’s First National Bank and Middletown Federal, plus Venice Gardens and Queen Acres developments.
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Middletown
Aude Williams
Rebecca Williams
Sarah McCally
Edgar McGlosson
Roy Longman
Ruth Gustin
Charlene Seidner
C. E. Dumford
City of Midd
F. W. Brosius
George Dome Jr
Neil Ramsey
Robert Stoutenborough
Lieyvd Miller
County
Brookwood
Baker
M. R. Zimmerman
Norma Steele
Venice
Joseph Krieger
Aude Wil- Hames
Amanda
Tex
B. D. Morgan
G. A. Brann
Oneida
Robert Wheenlricht ‘O Russee
Fairview
Car Geers
Clem Imfeld Jr
Queen Acres
Judge Lamb to Address Kiwanis Club at Mannchester Hotel
Municipal Court Judge J. T. Lamb will speak at the Kiwanis Club noon meeting this Thursday at the Manchester Hotel. John McClure serves as program chairman.
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J. T. Lamb
Municipal Court
Kiwanis Club
Manchester
John McClure
Liberty Quotes From Famous Minds Across Independence Day
A collection of reflections from Emerson to Franklin on liberty independence and freedom. The piece cites remarks by Lincoln Shaw Marx Ibsen Thoreau Rockefeller Jr Santayana Wilson Jefferson Franklin Paine Adams Blaine and others, noting the U S birthday and notable quotes about responsibility and tyranny.
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New York
America
Emerson
Independence
Honor
Abraham Lincoln
Bernard Shaw
Karl Marx
Henrik Ibsen
Frederick Marryat
H. D. Thoreau
John D. Rockefeller Jr
George Santayana
Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Tacitus
Edmund Burke
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Frederic William Farrar
William Hazlitt
Thomas Paine
Woodrow Wilton
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
United States
James G. Blaine
Local man faces court for head injury to son
Ocie McCoy was arrested at his home on an intoxication charge after sending his three-year-old son to Middle town Hospital with a head injury and a forehead cut. Patrolmen Wilford Palmer and Alfred Back took him into custody at 1216 Walnut Street. police say he also struck his daughter and another son. He reportedly was drunk but cooperative during the arrest.
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Middletown Hospital
Wilford Palmer
Alfred Back
Ocie McCoy
Walnut St
McCoy
Robbery on Moore Street Watch and Billfold Taken
Joe Kindred reports two men robbed him in the 00 block of Moore Street at 2 30 a m yesterday. They took a wrist watch worth 40 dollars a billfold with no money and car keys. No description provided.
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Joe Kindred
Superior Ave
Moore Street
Kindred
Drive-In Door Wrecked at Point Drive-In Break-In
Police reported a break-in at the Point Drive-In on Tytus Avenue and Enoch Drive with a side door kicked in. Officers found at 1 17 am that apparently nothing was disturbed and nothing stolen.
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Point Drive-In
Tytus Avenue
Enoch Drive
Harold Gray
Robert Walton
Robert Nunamaker
Teachers To Tour Gardner Plant Tomorrow
Miami University's community resources workshop will tour the Middletown plant of the Gardner Board & Carton Co. The Middletown and Lemon Township teachers, forming this class, study ways to use industry to aid their pupils.
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Miami University
Middletown
Gardner Board & Carton Co
Lemon Township
At The Movies Tuesday and Wednesday Showtimes
Paramount presents Prince showings at 2 4 5 7 9 40 pm Tuesday and Wednesday. Strand lists Nei Garters at 1 30 4 50 8 10 pm Naked Jungle at 3 10 6 30 9 50 pm. Wednesday Highway Dragnet 1 30 4 20 7 10 10 00 pm Frontier Gal 2 45 5 35 8 25 pm.
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Prince
Man in custody after death by own action notes hoax case confusion
Warren County Sheriff contemplates charges against Leon Reece found alive in his father's Waynesville home four days after death notes allegedly linked to a drowning in the Miami River. Prosecution will decide after discussions with Prosecutor Marvin E. Young. Reece may face intoxication or disorderly conduct counts.
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Miami River
Warren County Sherif
Richard Satterthwaite
Leon Reece
W. Linden Avenue
Miamisburg
Reece
Satterthwaite
Marvin E. Young
Waynesville
Ohio 123
Chautauqua Road
Mother Who Abandoned Babe In Outhouse Faces Charges
Sheriff Satterthwaite filed a charge of assault with intent to kill against a 37 year old widow identified as Mrs Griffin who dumped her newborn baby in an outhouse in South Lebanon The child was rescued by Police Chief Spicer and both were treated at Middletown Hospital by Dr Williams before admission The mother’s husband was reportedly shot to death in Kentucky
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South Lebanon
Sheriff Satterthwaite
Griffin
Effie Johnson
Willard Spicer
Lebanon
Satterthwaite
M. Williams
Middletown
Kentucky
Family Supper On Park Program Details
Mid dletown public parks host Family Week events this week at Gardner Park with a covered dish dinner at 6 p.m. Ukulele Union will perform and a fathers versus sons baseball game is planned. Park supervisors Sue Bailey and Shirley Tewell ask each family to bring a covered dish and own service. Gardner Park representatives will join Fern Troutvine's program on WPFB tomorrow at 10 30 a.m.
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Middletown
Gardner Park
Sue Bailey
Shirley Tewell
Fern Troutvine
WPFB
Pink bollworm pest reduces cotton seed oil content
The pink bollworm pest can reduce the oil content of cotton seed by as much as 20 percent, signaling a potential impact on yields and processing.
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el AR Ce Oted
Joseph Urbain
LaVern Bare
Carl Durbin
New Miami
Charles Hurst
Burnett Armatrong
Trenton
Lizzie Stephenson
Cinn
Gas & Elec
Lemon
E. McNeeey
Viola Thurman
Union
Cora Stubbs
John Gardner
Milford
Curtis Brown
Paul Shartle
Roselawn
Clarence Pitthower
Midd. Fed
Samuel Stethem
Miami
Claude Horn
Midd
Leroy Greathouse
Earle Leidner
First
Nat'l Benk
A. ©. Lindberg
Central Life Inc
Oxford
W. B. Gomin
Nat'l — of
Oxf
Homewood
U. L
Streifthau’s
Central Ave
Middletown Journal
Walter N. Homer Scow-Lehler
Ny Nou
Broad Street
First Ave
Hone
D. W. Snider
Insurance Agency
Pickwick
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Paramount
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Babe
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