City Commission Passes Pole Ordinance for Rear-Lot Erection
After a week’s delay, the City Commission approved a pole ordinance restricting utilities to erect poles at rear lot line easements. The measure, effective in 30 days, carries a 500 dollar daily fine for violations and met no public comment. CG&E pledged compliance but sought clarification to avoid costly redesigns for existing subdivision projects.
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City Commission
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
William K. Robinson
Cg&e
Robinson
Commission
Francis Carmody
Thinag Lo C
Rating Was Superior Troupe Told
Middletown High School's Troupe 918 received a superior rating for Act III from Elizabeth the Queen at the sixth National Dramatic Arts Conference held at Indiana University June 18 23. The rating reflected judge ballots and the National Board of Senior Councillors vote.
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Middletown High School
Maxwell Anderson
Indiana University
National Board of
Leon C. Miller
Florence Powell
Middletown
Local Theaters Schedule Four Films This Weekend
Paramount presents Great Locomotive Chase showings at 1 15 3 25 5 30 7 45 and 9 55 p m Friday and Saturday Strand screens Road to Denver Escape to Burma with showings 1 15 4 40 8 10 p m and 2 50 6 25 9 55 p m Colonial offers Grapes of Wrath 1 15 4 40 8 10 p m Tobacco Road 3 00 6 00 9 50 p m
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Paramount
Great Locomotive Chase
Denver
Burma
Tobacco Road
Collections Start Monday In New North Middletown Area
The city will begin regular garbage collection Monday in the newly annexed North Middletown area. Dan Kothe, director of public utilities, notes the private contractor has discontinued service. The city truck will collect today and tomorrow upon request, with a tentative schedule by street and notices by telephone. Rates are $4 for three months, $7.75 for six months, and $15 per year, payable in advance.
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North
Middletown
Dan Kothe
Public Utilities
Kothe
North Middletown
Avalon
Rose Lawn
Maple Park
Dixie Heights
Manchester
and Country
Lee Landside
Ay Heights
Dix Road
Sawyer Road
Fisher Road
Sunset Street
Vannest Street
Riverview
Spring Hill
Wreck Victims Remain In Poor and Serious Condition
Two cars collided on Tylersville Road east of Ohio 747 injuring nine people. Gloria Hobbs 11 holiday visitor in Hamilton remained in poor condition with hip rib and clavicle fractures while Ellen Williams 33 of Hamilton stayed in serious condition with probable hip fracture and severed hand tendon.
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Tylersville
Ohio
Mercy Hospital
Hamton
Gloria * Hobbs
Hamilton
Ellen Wiliams
Brother Admits Norwalk Slaying
SANDUSKY Ohio Sheriff Alton T Young said Robert E Miller 23 a Norwalk tree trimmer was killed by his brother Peter 28 who confessed using a brick The motive was described as Robert being raissing a slang term referenced in the report
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Sandusky
Ohio
Robert E. Miller
Norwalk
Alton T. Young
Robert
Peter
Manslaughter Charge Dismissed in Dixie Highway Fatality
Hamilton report states Ayden Combs 44 of Sycamore Street had second degree manslaughter charges dismissed by Judge Frank Wes sel. The case stemmed from a June 25 traffic death of Daniel Horn Jr. 51 of Shade Kentucky at Dixie Highway and Belle Avenue. Combs said he did not see Horn until he stepped into the truck’s path.
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Hamilton
Ayden Combs
Sycamore St
Frank F.wessel
Combs
Daniel Horn Jr
Shade
Dixie Highway
Belle Avenue
Middletown Man Fined Jail Time for Driving While Intoxicated
Roy Ashley, 35, of 3118 Andrew Street Middletown, was fined 100 dollars, sentenced to three days in jail, and had his driving privileges suspended for one year for driving while intoxicated.
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Roy Ashley
Andrew St
Middletown
Auto Crash on Central Avenue Leaves Two Injured
A Middleton man driving 1953 car at 80 to 90 mph ran a red light at Clinton Street, striking Edward Corey in a southbound car and knocking over a parked auto. He fled the scene, was jailed for careless driving, and two injured occupants were treated and released.
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Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Middletown Hospital
Chalmer Chapman
Woodlawn Ave
Martin Carson
Moore St
Chapman
Clinton
Edward Corey
Seneca St
Corey
Central
Foy Amburger
Lafayette Ave
Eagle Alley
Frank Stewart
Bonham Rd
Marvin Dilley
Corwin Rd
Hamilton
Stewart
John Fitzgerald
S. Clinton Street
Reynolds Avenue
Dogs injure three and workers suffer accidents in Middletown area
Three dogs bit or scratched residents sending one adult to Middletown Hospital and injuring a nine year old. In separate incidents two people were treated for on the job or home accidents including a wrist fracture and a hand injury from a lumber mishap at Square and Marro Construction Co.
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Middletown Hospital
Dwight Meehan
Monroe St
Mrs. My Hummel
Germantown
Jerry Margerum
Glenn Ave
Trenton
Joe Kahanek
West Middletown Rt. 1
Tommy Hover
John Hover
1725
Jackson Sn
Jimmy Francis
Morrow
Square & Marro Construction Co
Police Briefs report two larceny charges in city jail
Thomas Spicer Jr. and Floyd Nickells were charged with larceny in warrants served in the city jail. Spicer allegedly stole pipe dies valued at 6 dollars and Nickells a copper wire and a copper monkey totaling 57.50 dollars from Armco yesterday. Ervin Slam Jr. was arrested on two menace and threat warrants, and Bobby Smithson reported bicycle theft from Sunset Park.
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Thomas Spicer, Jr
Howman Ave
Hamilton
Floyd Nickells
N. Grimes Sr
Spicer
Armco
Nickells
Ervin Slam Jr
Reynolds Ave
Bobby Smithson
Baltimore St
Sunset Park
Miami Air Proj ects Radar Post
Col. Ernest J. White of Miami University will terminate duties at Oxford tomorrow. He will be reassigned to Stewart AFB New York as vice commander of the first semi automatic radar unit in the United States. The unit will include about 10 000 men and handle fighter planes guided missiles antiaircraft and radar control. He reports to his new post August 1.
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Oxford
Ernest J. White
Miami University
Col. White
Air Force Reserve Officers Corps
Stewart Afb
New York
United States
White
City's Underground A Mystery Maze Of Water Lines
City commissioners heard of four water main breaks within two weeks, and two outside city limits, with ongoing talks of a city wide study and valve replacement program. City Manager Thompson blamed outdated records and faulty information from contractors for mislocated lines and slow shutoffs during emergencies.
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Thompson
Charles W. Thompson
William W. Denham
Square & Marra
Dan Rothe
Optimistic Bethel AME Club to Sponsor Pro Am Event
The Optimistic Club of Bethel AME Church will host a pro am for the church building at 6 p.m. Sunday with Mrs. Robert Green as club president and Rev. A. L. Maura of Glen Dale delivering the sermon. Senior Choir will back a lawn fete at 831 17th Ave Friday from 5 30 p.m. Mrs. Helen Reed chairs. The Rosebud Club meets at 904 8th Ave Friday 8 30 p.m. Fellowship services Sunday 2 30 p.m. at Holiness Tabernacle Church of the Universe 1200 Garfield St under Rev. W. B. Kilgore and Bishop H. K. Kilgore with clergy from Springfield Ohio Richmond Ind and Cincinnati involved.
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Optimistic Club
Bethel Ame Church
Robert Green
A. L. Maura
Glendale
Enn
Jerry Glover
17Th Ave
Helen Reed
Rosebud Club
Bertha Wardrow
8Th Ave
Holiness Tabernacle Church of the Universe
Garfield St
W. B. Kilgore
H. K. Kilgore
Charles Purling
Springfield
Ohio
Booker Davis
Richmond
Ind
Mattie Price
Cincinnati
July Rainfall Surpasses June Figures Early in 1956
Weather notes show July accumulates 2.64 inches in five days versus June's 2.55 inches for the month. May leads 1956 rainfall with 3.94 inches and year total reaches 20.43 inches, while 1955 six months had 20.14 inches. Yesterday's rain added 0.25 inches to July.
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Bernard L. Gibbons
East End
Sutphin Street
State Highway Department
Rt. 122
Dayton
Blue Ball
William Reed
Vanderveer St
Reed
N. Main St
E. Central Ave
Walter H. Crane
Middletown Journal
Wallard Lawson
Eleanor Smith
Tytus Ave
S. Main Street
William Tyra
Yankee Rd
Howard Stewart
East St
Franklin
Lafayette Avenue
Morgan Dickerson
West Middletown
Miami Air Projects
Radar Post
Ady
Lady Borden
The
Borden Company
Vienna
i _water
Henry Avenue
Catalpa Drive
Miamisburg
Colored News
Elite
Central Ave
Crawford ST
Robbins
Myers
Nincow
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