Hollywood Residents Seek 1 Month Delay on City Improvement Plan
Hollywood residents asked City Council to delay a $226000 package of sanitary sewers water lines and street repairs for a month. Spokesmen Ed Gray and Chester Payne urged postponement citing high costs, with a potential $1021 per property over 10 years. Residents debated prioritizing water and sewers over street work as hearings continue.
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Franklin—Hollywood
Leland Orendorff
Ewing
Carl Morgan
Gray
William Dwinelly
Ed Gray
Chester Payne
Hollywood
Ed Clark
Health Department
Clark
Auditor Named In Franklin
Franklin city council appointed Charles Franer to replace Paul Gaynor as city auditor effective Aug. 1. Franer, 25, lives at 15 Farm Ave. and is a Franklin High School graduate who studied two years at Miami Jacobs Business College in Dayton. He has bookkeeping experience with W. R. Hackett in Dayton and has worked as a cost clerk at Crystal Tissue Co. in Middletown since 1954.
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Franklin
Charles Franer
Paul
Pat) Gaynor
Franer
Farm Ave
Franklin High School
Miami- Jacobs Business College
Dayton
W. R. Hackett Produce
Crystal Tissue Co
Middletown
Midget Jap Sub Found Off Pearl Harbor Site
Navy divers found a Japanese midget submarine about a mile outside Pearl Harbor, lying upright in 70 feet of water and encrusted with marine growth. Three such subs were used in the December 1941 attack. one was sunk inside the harbor and another beached at Kaneohe. The Navy believes this is the third submarine.
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Honolulu
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Kaneohe
Oahu
State Opens 7th Self Serve Liquor Store in Dayton
Ohio opens its seventh self service liquor shop on Thursday at Breitenstrater Square Shopping Center in Dayton. Liquor Director Richard C. Crouch announced the store will handle specialty items, following Columbus where the first self service store began last January on an experimental basis.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Richard C. Crouch
Breitenstrater Square
Daylight Saving Time Not Observed in Texas Cities
A notice states large Texas cities do not observe daylight saving time. It notes that some regions align with standard time year round, affecting schedules and official timings across major urban areas. Public transit, business hours, and broadcast schedules may require adjustment.
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Texas
Whisman Slaying Charges Formally Filed
Louise Whisman 30 faced second degree murder charges after confessing to shooting her sleeping husband Kenneth Whisman. Police said she would be arraigned Friday afternoon in Municipal Court before Judge J. T. Riley. Custody of the five Whitman children remained unresolved as they were placed with a sister of the victim, Imogene Stover, who offered to care for them if finances allow.
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Franklin
Louise Whisman
Kenneth
Frank Harbach
J. T. Riley
Whitman
Whisman
Imogene Stover
Dell Avenue
Cop Robbed To Pay Bills in Miami burglary scheme
MIAMI AP A Miami police officer Frank Anastasio 27 faced grand larceny charges after claiming he was behind on bills following four and a half years on the force. He helped stage a bowling alley break in in Hialeah earning about 200 dollars. Another suspect Marshall King 19 was charged and about $1000 was stolen in the June 18 burglary.
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Miami, Fla
Miami
Hialeah
Frank Anastasio
Anastasia
Marshall King
Burglar Will Hear "Thou Shalt Not Steal" Message
In Cleveland, thieves who burglarized Simpson Methodist Church Tuesday will be told “Thou shalt not steal” via a tape recording. The message plays from two tape recorders stolen with the church. Pastor Rev. Dane Carmany, 46, who is blind in one eye and has only five percent vision in the other, recorded his sermon last Sunday. The sermon is titled Expert Advice.
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Cleveland
Thives
Simpson Methodist Church
Dane
Carmany
Bids for Middletown street resurfacing readied
City Commission met to review the 1960 T-35 hot mix resurfacing bids. Armco Paving Co. proposed $65,000 for 4% miles, a per unit price of $11.95, about 18 percent under last year. Also discussed were auto inspection advocacy, a quit-claim deed to Robert Neison for Countryside subdivision, and financing for a 1969 sidewalk curb and gutter program.
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City Commission
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Robert Neison
Nelson
Draft Rockefeller Motion Aims At GOP Nomination
A San Francisco attorney announces a 2 pm news conference to disclose details of a draft Rockefeller movement. The plan seeks to back New York governor Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination and would spread to at least 19 other states starting this week.
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San Francisco
Rockefeller
California
New York
William M. Brinton
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Post 1 Scout Gets Eagle Award
James Collie 17 son of Mr and Mrs Pat Collie Jr 509 Burton Rd received the Eagle Scout award during camp fire ceremonies at Camp Hook He is a Life Scout since April 1959 Explorer Post 1 sponsored by First Presbyterian Church He served four years with Scout Troop 1 member of Post 1 for 18 months He completed two canoe trips with Post 1 During the troop court of honor 24 merit badges were awarded to Robert Ziegler Craig Messenger Gary Perkins George Staley Steve Oakley and Ricky Radabaugh All except Radabaugh became Star Scouts Second class badges went to Robert Hall David Tewell Tom Willis Ricky Thompson and Kenny Henderson.
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James Collie
Pat Collie Jr
Burton Rd
Camp Hook
First Presbyterian Church
Collie
Scout Troop 1
Post 1
Robert Ziegler
Craig Messenger
Gary Perkins
George Staley
Steve Oakley
Ricky Radabaugh
Radabaugh
Robert Hall
David Tewell
Tom Willis
Ricky Thompson
Kenny Henderson
Postmaster Named in Eight Ohio Communities
Washington reports the Senate confirmed postmaster nominations for eight Ohio communities including Edna M. Montange of West Chester.
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Washington
Senate
Ohio
Edna M. Montange
West Chester
Two youths praised for finding stolen papers and bonds
Lee Kenedy and David Gibbs reported finding insurance papers two savings bonds worth 1200 dollars an auto title and checks at West Middletown bridge after a burglary at Jack Bush Jr 165 West Alexandria Road. Authorities credited their honesty and recovered items. Other loot including a Luger pistol 40 rounds and 525 dollars cash remained missing from both Bush and Vance Russello homes.
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Jack Bush Jr
West
Alexandria Rd
West Middletown
Lee Kenedy
Girard Ave
Bush
David Gibbs
Todd Rd
Franklin
Theridge
Jess Denis
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Vance Russello
Hill St
Dennis
Russello
Next Few Years Critical Gavin Addresses 82nd Vets
Gen James M Gavin ret says the next few years will be critical for America and may be the last. He cites Khrushchev’s warning and travels to Huntsville to meet with Wernher von Braun. The 82nd Airborne Association names Sgt Maj Douglas R Swanson trooper of the year. The 307th Engineers are part of the 82nd Division.
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Miami
Fla
America
James M. Gavin
Khrushchev
Gavin
62Ad Airborne Division Assn
Huntsville
Ala
Wehrner von Braun
Association
Indianapolis
Douglas R.swanson
Chicago
307Th Engineers
307Th
82Nd
Board approves Soviet tour for 30 school superintendents
The Board of Education approved inviting Supt. Howard Cromwell to join a 30 member American group touring the Soviet Union next fall. The itinerary includes stops in Copenhagen Helsinki Leningrad Moscow Tbilisi Kiev Berlin and New York City with hotel briefings in New York and a six day school visit in Leningrad. The trip is sponsored by the American Association of School Superintendents and the National Association of Secretaries of State Teachers Associations. In other action the board awarded a $12,770 remodeling contract for the high school print shop to David L. Smith to create four dark rooms and two studios and discussed next year’s budget for approval at the next meeting.
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Board of Education
Howard Cromwell
Soviet Union
Cromwell
Mamnattan
New York
Copenhagen
Denmark
Helsinki
Finland
Hesinki
Soviet Airlines
Leningrad
Moscow
Tbilisi
Tiflis
Black Sea
Stalin
Kiev
Ukraine
Warsaw
Berlin
New York City
American Assn
National Assn
David L. Smith
B. D. Morgan Co
Lhop
Smith
Israel’s UN-Created Modern State Origin
A historical note states that Israel became the first modern state officially established by a United Nations framework. It outlines the UN’s role in recognizing or facilitating state creation, marking a milestone in postwar diplomacy and international governance.
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Israel
The
United Nations
Lincoln’s 1860 bank check for $3 to a sick man
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln wrote a casual bank check signed A. Lincoln. The small sum of three dollars was payable to Mr Johns, described as a sick man, reflecting his informal approach to money matters.
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Abraham Lincoln
A. Lincoln
Johns
Bank vault mix up shocks Middleton residents
The Cincinnati Gas Electric Company clarified that a vault referenced in a CGE report was an electrical vault under the sidewalk, not a bank vault. First National Bank stated no water reached its vault and safety deposit boxes were unaffected.
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Cincinnati Gas Electric Co
CGE
First National Bank
Pilotless plane causes Columbus wreck during storm
A motorist exiting his car after a collision was stunned to learn a pilotless plane broke free from a private airport mooring during a storm. The craft rose about 50 feet then fell onto the expressway, damaging J. Oliver Browder’s car but leaving him unharmed.
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Columbus
J. Oliver Browder
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