Two Men Probe 15 Year Old After Daylight Car Abduction
Middletown police continued an investigation into a 15 year old Hamilton girl who was forced into a black car by two white men at S Main Street and 9th Avenue. She was taken to Smith Farm where she was assaulted and robbed of $5 before being dumped near the Municipal Aborton. The girl received clothing at a nearby home and a medical check showed injuries. A separate report of an 18 year old girl hurt by two men near West Middletown was referred to a deputy sheriff.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Pistol Point
S. Main Street
9Th
10Th Avenues
Smith Farm
West Middletown
James Greenfield
Barber price increases set for Monday
Beginning Monday most local barbers will raise shave and haircuts by two bits. Men’s trims go from $1.25 to $1.50 and children’s from $1 to $1.25. Shaves rise from 75 cents to $1. The Butler County Barbers Association says the rise follows the general upward trend and is justified. About 10 Middletown shops belong to the association.
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New
Butler County Barbers Association
Middletown
City Faces Rash Of Thefts In Local Reports
Police logged multiple thefts including 55 dollars in cash a purse and a camera. James Spence said a woman took 50 dollars from a bar on Canal Street. Josph Beal reported a floral dress thief grabbed a purse containing 5 dollars and keys at Gallahers Drug Store. A vehicle camera was taken from a parked car. Two folding chairs were later recovered in Armco Park and a pair of shoes and a milk box were reported stolen from Mrs Armbruster.
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James Spence
Franklin
Wonder Bar
Canal Street
Josph Beal
W. Vine St
Oxford
Gallaher
David Reynolds
Mary Etta St
Charles Armbruster
Barnitz St
Armco Park
Armbruster
Accident Victim Kenneth Shepherd Reported Fair
Kenneth Shepherd a 13 year old boy was listed in fairly good condition by Middletown Hospital after an Elk Creek Road automobile collision Wednesday night. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Shepherd of Trenton Route 1 with possible back and pelvis injuries.
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Kenneth Shepherd
Middletown Hospital
Elk Creek Road
Young Shepherd
Roy Shepherd
Trenton Rt. 1
Police arrest Joseph Gebhardt on disorderly conduct
Police last night arrested 24 year old Joseph Gebhardt of 1009 Sergel and 1509 Woodlawn Avenue on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Joseph Gebhardt
Sergel
Woodlawn Ave
Four Dayton Residents Injured In Germantown Crash
Four Dayton residents sustained minor injuries when their car crashed on Rt. 4 at the base of a hill near railroad tracks in Germantown. The vehicle skidded 152 feet, clipped a utility pole, and struck a tree. A traffic light fell as hot wires burned cables. Three injured were treated and released at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Jack Bullard remains hospitalized with a fractured vertebra. Passengers included Charles Price, Fugate Pherby, and Norma Ruth Wolfe.
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Germantown
Dayton
Walter Rockey
Rt. 4
Dayton’s
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Rockey
Jack Bullard
Charles Price
Harshman St
Fugate Pherby
Norma Ruth Wolfe
Kings Highway
Couple marks 76th wedding anniversary at 100
Hobart Oklahoma details a centenarian rancher W W A Fullingim who turned 100 yesterday and plans to celebrate his 76th marriage to his wife who will be 96 in November. The couple expects anniversary celebrations on August 10.
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Hobart
Okla
W.W. A
Fullingim
Southwest
Oklahoma
Crime Spree by Kids Nets Jewelry and Eggs
Franklin police and firemen chased a trio of young thieves ages 8 9 and 10 who cut through a screen door to grab a box of costume jewelry valued at about 40 dollars. The loot was found along the Miami River while a Rhine stone necklace was recovered from a tree by the fire department. A bucket of eggs stolen from a nearby farm remains missing as investigators search for it. Chief Chamberlain cites the weather as a factor in the crime spike.
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Franklin
C. E. Chamberlain
Miami River
Chamberlain
Sewer Work Narrows Manchester Main Intersection
City will block part of the Manchester Avenue and North Main Street intersection for sewer construction starting Monday. North south traffic will be diverted east of the barrier with only a partial closure for about three weeks, then the whole area will be barricaded and Main Street traffic halted.
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Manchester Avenue
N. Main Street
Howard Kramer
Kramer
Foley Construction Co
Main Street
Manchester
Main-Manchester
Split vote hints at Stevenson challenge in 1956 nomination
A New York split over 1956 Democratic nominating favor points to a potential battle. Sen. Lehman backs Adlai Stevenson while city mayor Wagner supports Stevenson. Carmine De Sapio and state chairman Prendergast back Harriman, risking a holdout of New York's 97 votes at Chicago. Harriman’s rise after becoming governor strengthens Stevenson’s position elsewhere.
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Jack Bell Washington
New York
Sen
Lehman
D-Ny
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Averell Harriman
Robert F. Wagner Jr
New York City
Stevenson
Carmine G. de Sapio
Tammany
Democratic National
Chicago
Wagner
Harriman
Mehl Challenges New Hiring Rules at Butler County Home
Paul J. Mehl, reinstated as superintendent of the Butler County Home after a 90 day state suspension, protested county commissioners new regulations restricting hiring and firing authority. The board and Prosecutor Jackson Boch questioned legality while Mehl urged authority to fill vacancies without prior approval and oversight of purchases, sales, and monthly reports. An inventory was conducted by Thomas Feltz, clerk of the county commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Mehl
Butler County
State Civil Services Commission
Mehl
State Board
County Commission
Jackson Boch
Meir
Thomas Feltz
Six Installed By Optimists In Luncheon
Six new members were installed by the Optimist Club at its lunch meeting. Pins and creed copies were presented to Max McCall Tom Carlson James Weldon Robert Huntszinger Roy Hardin and Robert Copeland. Quentin R Reeder reported on the Montreal convention and the club's growing size. Pete Howard announced all 50 Derby cars underway. James Finley of Coca Cola spoke on company history and plant operation.
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Optimist Club
Max McCall
Tom Carlson
James Weldon
Robert Huntszinger
Roy Hardin
Robert Copeland
Quentin R. Reeder
Optimist
Middletown Club
Montreal
Reeder
Pete Howard
Opti-Derby Inspection Committee
Louis Rossi
Barnitz Field
James Finley
Coca Cola Co
Driver Loses Control In Middletown On Highland Street
A 16 year old Middletown driver lost control and backed over a curb striking a small tree at 1609 Highland St causing about 125 dollars in damage. Police credit the spin to the northbound vehicle in the 1600 block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Highland St
William Apking
Coles Rd
Highland Street
Future Teachers Cheating Scandal Rocks Soviet Institute
Moscow reports a 1955 cheating scandal at the Pskov Pedagogical Institute. Fourth year students in the literary college used crib notes to aid their history of Russian literary language exams, signaling broader concerns about integrity among prospective teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscowp
Soviet Union
Teachers Gazette
Ministry of Education
Pskov Pedagogical Institute
Auto Thief Gets Two Year Term
Albert A. Thomas, 32, pleaded guilty in Cincinnati to stealing an auto in Middletown and driving it to Cynthiana Kentucky. U S. Judge John H Druffel sentenced him to two more years in federal prison. Thomas previously served 20 months after a 1954 five year sentence for stealing a Greyhound bus.
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Cincinnati
Middletown
Cynthiana
U.S
John H. Druffel
Albert A. Thomas
Thomas
Texas U To Be Open To Negroes
UT regents announced an historic decision to admit Negroes to the main UT campus beginning fall 1956 if not overcrowded, with immediate graduate school admission for qualified students regardless of color. They also ordered admission of all qualified students to Texas Western College in El Paso starting this fall.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas Regents
Tom Sealy
Texas Western College
University of Texas
el Paso
Professor Berkman Cleared to Collect Herb Along NM Highways
Prof Anton H Berkman of Texas Western College has permission from the state highway department to collect heliopsis scabra from New Mexico roadsides. The plant identified as a herb, adds the report.
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Santa FE
N.M
State Highway Department
Anton H. Berkman
Texas Western College
New Mexico
Franklin Judge Cracks Down On Gangs with Fines and Prison
Franklin Municipal Judge J T Riley ordered strict penalties after a Sunday fracas involving Franklin youths and five Toledoans. Harold Lanter 19 received 200 dollars and three months in county jail on assault charges. Eugene Jones 19 paid 50 dollars for participating in the violence. Three Toledoans were cleared of malicious destruction, while Steve Pigg of Carlisle faces grand jury on rape with a minor. The docket included 43 cases, with others fined for reckless operation or disorderly conduct.
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Franklin
J.T. Riley
Riley
Middletown
Harold Lanter
Toledo
Lanter
Eugene Jones
Steve Pigg
Carlisle
Carelisle
Orman Hicks
Miamisburg
James Ross
Edgar Cates
Four Hurt In Head-On Crash East Of Franklin
Four Middletown area residents suffered minor injuries in a head-on collision on Shorts Road two miles east of Franklin last night. Injured were Glenn McGraw Nina Slatton Earl Tice and Billy Slatton who were taken to Middletown Hospital by Anglesby Ambulance Franklin.
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Middletown Area
Shorts Road
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Glenn McGraw
West
Middletown
Anglesby
McGraw
Slatton
McGraw Auto
Tice
Combs Home Burglary Report Details Purse Thefts
Purses and several billfolds were stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Combs at 311 McKinley Street in a Thursday night break in. Mrs. Combs retired around 11 pm leaving a door unlocked and a light on. Sally Combs daughter had her purse stolen from a chair and two billfolds were later found in a yard at 214 Monroe Street. Police reported the entry through the front door.
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Alton Combs
McKinley St
Combs
Harold Gray
Lois Janka
Sally
Monroe St
Strike Ends At Hamilton Safe Workers Reach Pact
Hamilton workers at Mosler Safe Co resume full production Monday after an eight day walkout ends with a new collective bargaining agreement. About 600 hourly employees of Safe Workers Organization Chapter 2 approved the pact giving an eight cent hourly wage increase plus fringe benefits.
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Hamilton
Mosler Safe Co
Safe Workers Organization
Chapter 2
Knights of Pythias Cavalcade to Springfield Old People's Home
Hubert Wilson a grand trustee leads an auto cavalcade from Hamilton to Middletown and on to the Springfield Old People's Home. The Past Chancelors Association will hold its July meeting at the home with an old time basket picnic on the lawn. Several grand officers are expected to attend.
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Hubert Wilson
Lafayette Lodge 37
Knights of Pythias
Hamilton
Middletown
Springfield
Chancelors’ Assn
The
K of P
Girl 16 Hurt In Eaton Auto Collision
A 16-year-old Kentucky girl Betty Jones of Frakes was critically injured when she darted into the path of a car at the U S 40 and U S 127 intersection eight miles north of Eaton. Dr Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond Indiana treated her for severe head injuries. The driver George A Knorr 49 of Columbus was not held.
At The Movies Showtimes and Double Features
Paramount runs This Islang Earth and Man from Bitter Ridge across sessions on Saturday q at 1 15 4 10 7 15 10 10 p m. Buck Privates and In the Navy play at Strand with 2 50 6 40 10 p m and 1 35 5 00 8 20 p m respectively. Colonial features Gange Busters and Five Guns West with 2 30 5 00 7 35 10 15 p m and 1 15 3 40 6 15 9 p m. Dixie Cruise In presents Law and Order at 8 30 and midnight plus The Clown at 10 20 p m and a late show at 1 30 a m.
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Bitter Ridge
Islang
Buck Privates
Lady Sylvia Furniture Co Ad Promises Easy Terms
Mrs. I. D. Calvert of Hamilton Ohio switches to Lady Sylvia for appliances furniture and carpeting. The ad cites brands like Admiral Crosley Bendix RCA Mengel Lane Bulova and others at 55 South Main Maytag and encourages readers to visit for easy terms.
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I. D. Calvert
Haver Hill Drive
Hamilton
Ohio
Lady Sylvia
Lady Sylvia Furniture Co
South Main Street
Maytag
Admiral
Crosley
Bendix
RCA
Mengel
Lane
Bulova
Sylvia
Adv
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