City’s 1953 tax dollar revealed in Middletown report
City manager Howard H. Kramer releases Middletown annual financial report showing 34 cents of every dollar goes to personnel and property, 20 cents to debt service, with total indebtedness rising to 10.55 million. Sanitary sewer revenue bonds and special assessments drive debt growth, while streets consume 18 cents and general government 10 cents.
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Middletown
Howard H. Kramer
Department of Public Welfare
Police and Firemen's Pension Fund
Conservancy
Commission Debates New Streets and Alcometer Ordinance
The City Commission will discuss street improvements in Douglas Park Subdivision and consider an emergency ordinance to allow police use of an alcometer. A draft resolution for street work is read, with estimates from Don Broughton and B. D. Morgan Co. A new Fire Station No. 4 prep work and oaths for three fire captains and new firefighters are listed.
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B. D. Morgan Co
Division of Fire
Driver Cited After Three Cars Ram In Hamilton
Mt. Healthy driver Peter W. Minnich 32 faces reckless driving charges after a three car crash at Pleasant and Clinton in Hamilton injuring six. Victims include Earl Gentry 94 Robert A. Rose 35 Thelma Jean Howard 17 Louise Howard 67 Trevenion Hilbert 37 Beverly Hilbert 10.
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Hamilton
Mt. Healthy
Pleasant
Clinton Avenues
Peter W. Minnich
Mt. Ae Rt
Earl Gentry
Tyley Ave
Gentry
Robert A. Rose
Peck Ave
Minnich
Rose
Thelma Jean Howard
Hamiton
Louise Howard
Trevenion Hilbert
Beverly Hilbert
Seven Boys Tour of Mitown Ice and Coal Co
Seventy six members of the YMCA Boys Summer Fun group tour the Mitown Ice and Coal Co facilities led by Richard Roof John Stonerock Mike Lanson Bob Ashcraft and Jim A Clark. Tomorrow the group visits the US Naval Science Laboratory at Mil ami University at 8 a.m. All boys must sign up at the YMCA and pay one dollar for round trip bus fare by 6 p.m. tonight.
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Mitown Ice & Coal Co
YMCA
Richard Roof
John Stonerock
Mike Lanson
Bob Ashcraft
Jim A. Clark
US Naval Science Laboratory
Milami University
Indiana Driver Fined After Crash
Squire Lammie Bailey fined an Indiana man ten dollars and costs for failing to stop within an assured distance after ramming into an auto that had started to turn off Howe Road three miles west of Route 122 in West Middletown. George W. Evans, 30, of West Middletown Route 2, was attempting a left turn into a private drive when Joseph Randall, 32, of Liberty, Ind., drove into the rear of Evans vehicle. Damages were minor and there were no injuries.
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Squire Lammie Bailey
Indiana
Howe Road
Rt. 122
West Middletown
George W. Evans
Rt. 2
Joseph Randall
Liberty
Ind
Evans
Randall
Armco Wins Honors With Annual Report
Armco Steel Corp's 1953 annual report to shareholders received a Merit Award in Financial World trial magazine's international competition. Armco won in the steel industry division for twelve consecutive years under the direction of Hugh W. Wright, with judges praising editorial and statistical content and presentation.
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Armco Steel Corp
Financial World
Trial Magazine
Armco
Hugh W. Wright
Hamiltonian Held In Assault Case
Bond of $2.00 set in Municipal Court for Fred Walker 46 of 614 McKinley Ave bound to county grand jury on assault on a child under 16. Incident said to have occurred Friday night in a hallway on Maple Avenue. He was fined $100 and costs for drunkenness and $90 suspended fine reimposed.
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Hamilton
Fred Walker
McKinley Ave
Maple Avenue
Grass fire at Ray Wells home causes no damages
Firemen report a grass blaze in the yard of Ray Wells at 2007 South Ave. Flames spread from a rubbish fire in a wire basket but caused no damages yesterday according to morning reports.
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Ray Wells
South Ave
New Plan Adopted to Remodel Lincoln Fieldhouse
Lincoln Board of Education will remodel the front of Lincoln School fieldhouse for classrooms using the inspector’s plan. Commissioner Orville Corson had blocked the back wall plan due to setback rules. plans now call for using the west wall with work drawn by architect Harold Goetz at an estimated cost around 10 000 dollars.
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Board of Education
Commissioner of Inspection
Lincoln School
Hugh Butler
Orville Corson
Lincoln
Carson
Ohio
Corson
Harold Goetz
Garage door injures 3 year old in Middletown home
Patricia Griffith, 3, daughter of Herman Griffith, was treated at Middletown Hospital after a garage door fell on her head at 1707 Florence St. A skew scalp cut was noted and an X ray showed no apparent skull or neck injuries. The girl was released the same night.
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Middletown
Patricia Griffith
Herman Griffith
Florence St
Child Bitten by Dog. Joyce Hayes Injured on Garfield Street
Joyce Hayes, 10, daughter of Mrs. Clara Hayes of 29 S. Clinton St, was bitten by a dog on Garfield Street and sustained an abrasion to the right leg after treatment was dismissed.
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Joyce Hayes
Clara Hayes
S. Clinton St
Garfield Street
Missing boy found at Sunset Pool
Dennis Miller three year old son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Miller of 108 Sierra Road was missing from home for under an hour yesterday. Police detective Louis Janka was at the Miller residence when the child was returned from Sunset Pool at 4 22 PM.
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Dennis Miller
Lloyd Miller
Sierra Rd
Louis Janka
Miller
Sunset Pool
Pro Merger Signatures Near Seventy One Percent
The Lemon Township and Middletown school merger petition drive shows 439 signatures, about 71 percent of the 624 voters contacted. Precinct chairs report variable results across areas with progress toward the 872-signature goal and plan a second canvass meeting at Lemon-Monroe High School next Monday.
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Citizen's Committee
Lemon Township
Middletown
Lemon-Monroe High School
County Board of Education
Girl 14 Reports Man Tried To Lure Her
A 14 year old girl on Main Street reported a man about 30 attempted to lure her into his car yesterday afternoon near Columbia Avenue. She said he wore beige trousers a red and blue sweater and claimed the name Ray from Hamilton. Police could not locate the car or man matching the description.
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Main Street
Columbia Avenue
Ray
Hamilton
Po Ce
Woman abducted by men forces in 1939 car at Clark St
Officers are summoned to 330 Clark St where a man says several men forced a woman into a car. The vehicle is described as a 1939 model. The woman instructed him to call the police.
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Clark St
First Polio Case Reported in Butler County
Butler County reports its first polio case of the year with Darla Sue Hollowell admitted to Mercy Hospital. The Hamilton child, daughter of Darrell and Mrs. Hollowell of 153 Thomas Ave, was diagnosed with polio yesterday afternoon.
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Butler County
Mercy Hospital
Darla Sue Hollowell
Thomas Ave
Hamilton
Darrell Hollowell
Franklin approves $250000 school bond by 73.6 percent
Franklin voters approve a $250,000 bond for a 30 room junior high school, with 690 for and 248 against, raising total potential funding to $500,000 including a planned state grant. Superintendent Burns notes strong turnout at 938 ballots and expects state approval around August 1 for building plans and site selection.
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Franklin
Franklin Board of Education
Junor
Top Ten Placed In State Dental Exam
W Frederick Schmidt son of Mr and Mrs John F Schmidt of 412 Franklin St ranked among the top ten in a field of 156 in the Ohio State Dental Board state exams. Schmidt trained at Miami University two years and finished at Ohio State and isInterning at the U S Public Health Hospital in Baltimore. Another former MHS student Wilbur Neel son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur C Neel of 12 Santa Fe Rd also passed, with a Bowling Green State University BS and an Ohio State DDS, planning to practice at a new Dayton clinic at Knollwood.
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W. Frederick Schmidt
John F. Schmidt
Franklin St
Ohio State Dental Board
Schmidt
Miami University
Ohio State
U. S. Public Health Hospital
Baltimore
MHS
Wilbur Eocene Neel
Wilbur C. Neel
Santa Fe Rd
Bowling Green State University
Neel
Knollwood
Dayton
Resource Group To Study Sorg In Community Workshop
Middletown and Lemon Township teachers part of Miami University community resources workshop tour Sorg Paper Co. tomorrow under Dr Bertis Capehart to prepare a handbook teaching how local industry can aid daily lessons.
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Sorg Paper Co
Middletown
Lemon Township
Miami University
Bertis Capehart
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount lists Student Prince showings at 2 4 7 9:40 p.m. Wednesday and 1 4 7 9:55 p.m. Thursday Back Horse Can yon shows at 1 4 7 9:55 p.m. Drums Across the River at 2 5 8:40 p.m. Strand shows Highway Dragnet 1 4 7 10 p.m. Frontier Gal 2 5 8:25 p.m.
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Paramount
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John A. Lawler
Middletown Catering Service
Bob Ridpath
Thomas Brunjes
Robert Nelson
Glenn Selby
Ries
Benjamin Moore
Aqua L. & S. Paint Store
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J. Forrest Burns
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IBM
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