City bids opened for 59 street resurfacing project
Hamilton firms Walter Follmer and Don Cisle and Franklin firm Armie Paying Co. bid on resurfacing and manhole work. Low bid by Follmer. Project covers 4.56 miles on 59 streets with 12 main streets in T-35 plant mix and 47 with seal coat. Work to begin this month per C A Boeke.
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Hamilton
Franklin
C. A. Boeke
Walter Follmer
Don Cisle
Armie Paying Co
City Commission
Boeke
Follmer
Baltimore Street
Main Street
N. Sutphin Street
Grand Avenue
McKnight Drive
Lafayette Avenue
Girard Avenue
South Avenue
Stanley Street
Shafer Street
Columbia Avenue
Jackson Street
Man Arrested Over False Rumor Spread About Police
A Middletown man Donald White was arrested early today on a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly spreading false rumors that Sgt Harold Gray accepted a $48 bribe. White was taken into custody at 12:50 a.m. by Sgt Gray and Patrolman Gilbert LaFayette at his home.
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Middletown
Donald White
Sutphin Sr
Harold Gray
White
Gray
Gilbert LaFayette
Police Court Docket Light Cleared In Municipal Court
Only two cases were disposed of in Municipal Court yesterday as Judge J. T. Lamb handled a light docket. A non stipendiary charge against George Coint was dismissed at the complainant’s request. Thomas Lowe was bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury on a conversion charge after pleading guilty. bond set at 2500.
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J. T. Lamb
George Coint
Logan Ave
Della Blount
Thomas Lowe
Butler County Grand Jury
Yeterday
Lowe
Heber Jones
Sergeant Sentenced for Gambling at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Army sergeant Philip De Polo, 29, Havre de Grace Maryland, admitted taking government money from the post theater and gambling it. He received 18 months in prison and a $2900 fine after losing $600 at a race track then $1500 more and going AWOL. He gambled for two months in the South and had 14 cents when arrested.
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Baltimore
Philip de Polo
Havre de Grace
Post
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
de Polo
South
Paramount and Strand Showings This Weekend
Paramount theater schedules Black Horse Can yon Drums Across the River Hell Below Zero Massacre Canyon with showings on Saturday and Sunday. Strand presents Little Big Horn Riot in Cell Block 11 Untamed Heiress and Bowery Boys Meet Monster with listed matinee and evening times.
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Black Horse Canyon
Massacre Canyon
Modern timekeeping contrasts sidereal and solar time
The piece explains two time scales, sidereal time as exact and solar time as imperfect except near March 21, noting solar time dominates daily use. It contrasts precision with common usage.
Clevelander Faced With Deportation
Otto Adolph Fuerst, a 69 year old Cleveland man born in Germany, was arrested for failure to register as an alien. He posted 500 bond and awaits a hearing. Fuerst's case cites nonregistration from 1951 to 1954 with a 1944 enemy alien record and a 1948 citizenship application still pending.
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Cleveland
Otto Adolph Fuerst
Germany
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Fuerst
Marine Corps
Viola Sparks seeks 1400 dollar judgment from Howard Laws Clyde Laws and Ollie Laws
Viola Sparks of 1150 Harmon Ave Hamilton files a common pleas petition against Howard Laws Clyde Laws and Ollie Laws all of Maud Hughes Rd Hamilton Rt 1 claiming loans totalling 1400 dollars with 1000 given April 28 1955 and 400 on May 25 1953.
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Viola Sparks
Harmon Ave
Hamilton
Common Pleas Court
Howard Laws
Clyde Laws
Ollie Laws
Maud Hughes
Hamilton Rt. 1
Divorces Filed in Multiple Simultaneous Cases
Dorothy A. Wilhem of Oxford sues Dale R. Wilhem for neglect and cruelty. Norma Jean Smith, miner of 110 Moore St., sues Billie Darrel Smith of 2401 Minnesota St. for cruelty. Warren Brown of Hamilton sues Alice Brown for neglect. Arlene Gorsuch of Hamilton sues Edward Gorsuch for neglect. Mary Smith of 1805 Sheridan Ave. sues Cecil Smith of 1334 Reynolds Ave. for neglect and cruelty. Lorena Clark of 3908 Vannest Ave. sues Claude Clark for neglect and cruelty. Tila Williams of Oxford Rt. 2 sues Roger Williams Jr. for neglect and cruelty. Paul Hegedus Jr. of West Middletown Rt. 1 sues Lucille G. Hegedus of Hetzler Road for neglect. Bonnie Menninger, a minor of Hamilton, sues William Menninger, also a minor, for neglect and cruelty. Bobbie Marie Drake of 3004 Ottawa St. sues Winfred Drake at the same address for neglect.
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Dorothy A. Wilhem
Oxford
Dale R. Wilhem
Norma Jean Smith
Miner
Moore St
Billie Darrel Smith
Minnesota St
Warren Brown
Hamilton
Alice Brown
Arlene Gorsuch
Edward Gorsuch
Mary Smith
Sheridan Ave
Cecil Smith
Reynolds Ave
Lorena Clark
Vannest Ave
Claude Clark
Tila Wiliams
Roger Williams Jr
Paul Hegedus Jr
West Middletown
Lucille G
Child neglect cases filed in court records from multiple guardians
Rose Ann Carter a minor of Peast Town Heights from Jack Carter address 1707 Sheridan Ave shows neglect and cruelty Amy Kendrick 18 S&S Broad St from Millard Paul Kendrick neglect Judge Fred B Cramer Susie Mokry 1122 4th Ave from Joseph Mokry 100 N.W. 133rd St Miami Fla neglect and cruelty Judge P P Boli listed in docket
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Rose Ann Carter
Peasttown Heights
Jack Carter
Sheridan Ave
Amy Kendrick
S&s
Broad St
Millard Paul Kendrick
Fred B
Cramer
Susie Mokry
4Th Ave
Joseph Moxkry
N.W
Workers in Tokyo Textile Plant Draw Lots For Jobs
Workers at a textile plant north of Tokyo draw lots to keep or lose their jobs as the Asahi Evening News reports. The lucky ones keep employment while the unlucky face dismissal.
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Tokyo
Asahi Evening News
Thief Grabs Watch and Purse Near Logan Avenue
Mrs. Mabel Helton reports a young man about 22 stole her white leather purse and wrist watch as she walked at Logan Avenue and Crawford Street. The thief wore a white shirt and tan trousers and fled. 1:35 a.m. call. A second theft: Willard Romans says a steel trash burner worth 12 dollars was stolen from his Elwood Street property.
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Mabel Helton
Waite St
Logan Avenue
Crawford Street
Dan Pelfrey
Robert Nanamaker
Willard Romans
Elwood St
Paul Fouts
Louis Janka
One Driver Is Arrested Six Auto Mishaps Reported
A motorist was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a four thirty nine p m crash at Grand Avenue and Highview Road. Eliott Shields, 38, Germantown, posted a .32 alcometer reading. Six accidents were reported with damage totals ranging from 15 to 200 dollars involving drivers John Raisch, William Norvell, Lee Roy Brown, Robert Nagle, James Burgin, Frank Doughman, Homer Burton, and Joann Lemmons.
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Eliott Shields
Germantown
New Alcometer
Shields
John Raisch
Miamisburg
Highview Road
Raisch
Raisch Auto
James Burgin
Brill Dr
Frank Doughman
Buena Ave
Central Avenue
Verity Parkway
Construction Bill In Final Stages
A Senate passed military construction bill would authorize 837 million dollars for 300 Army Navy and Air Force projects in the United States and overseas. Much of the spending targets secret projects and the measure now goes to conference.
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Washington P
Senate
United States
First Alcometer Test Yields Very Intoxicated Reading
Middletown police test the citys new alcometer on Robert Lee Edwards 22 of Dayton after a reckless drive on Ohio 4. The machine shows a 37 reading meaning very intoxicated and the suspect will be arraigned in Municipal Court at 1 30 p.m. Edwards is jailed after being stopped near Engles Corner.
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Middletown
New Alcometer
Division of Police
Robert Lee Edwards
Pleasant Ave
Dayton
Ohio 4
Engle’'s Corner
Edwards
Here
Ohio
Engle's Corner
Alcometer
Poet’s Work Set To Music At Lewisohn Stadium
Dorothy Adair discovered the 1941 five stanza poem Return and has set four stanzas to music. Soprano Mary Henderson will sing the piece next Tuesday at Lewisohn Stadium in New York. The author, named Jerry Evans, is asked to supply the missing fifth stanza to claim any royalties or honors.
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New York
Jerry Evans
Lewisohn Stadium
Dorothy Adair
Mary Henderson
Miss Adair
Father and Son Struck by Car in Route 28 Incident
In Salem New Hampshire Ablan Assad 78 of Lawrence Massachusetts and his Lebanese son Assad Assad 42 newly arrived from Lebanon were struck crossing Route 28 by a car. Both suffered non fatal injuries and were taken to Bon Secours Hospital in Methuen Massachusetts.
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Salem
N. H
Ablan Assad
Bon Secours Hospital
Methuen
Mass
Assad
Lawrence
Assad Assad
Lebanon
United States
Helicopter Lands In Traffic Jam In Spartanburg Intersection
A Navy helicopter, unable to navigate a thunderstorm, landed amid a traffic jam in Spartanburg DC. Witnesses said traffic from all directions converged as the aircraft touched down in the intersection. The pilot reported zero visibility in the storm.
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Spartanburg
D.C
Navy
Qine Crash Victim Improves While Other Remains Severe
A head on collision in the 3900 block of Grand Avenue left Kenneth Wells 42 of Lebanon Rt. 1 in slightly improved condition with loss of an eye and facial injuries. Arthur Clark 51 of 814 Clarendon Ave remains in fair condition with multiple fractures and severe facial injuries. A Wells trailer and his vehicle were demolished.
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Grand Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Kenneth Wells
Lebanon Rt. 1
Arthur Clark
Clarendon Ave
Sedan survivor riffs on odds after cliff fall
Clayton Johnson, 83, rode his sedan over a 150 foot Griffith Park cliff, then walked up the mountainside to flag a motorist for help. He told rescuers he dozed off and escaped unharmed, joking he may live to 100 if he quits driving.
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Los Angeles
Clayton Johnson
Johnson
Griffith Park
Ten-year-old boy uses shotgun to stop fox raid on hens
In Cohocton New York Justin Wager reports his ten year old son Robert shot a gray fox after it killed 50 young broilers in two months. The boy waited with a chair and a 12 gauge shotgun and fired twice to kill the animal, the first shot causing him to lose his balance.
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Cohocton
N.Y
Justin Wager
Wager
Robert
Collision at Verity Park Way injures two drivers
A crash at Verity Park Way and 1st Avenue at 9 30 a m involved a truck driven by William Mead ows 44 Toledo and a car driven by W E Baker 34 801 Auburn St The damage totaled 25 dollars
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William Meadows
Toledo
W. E. Baker
Auburn St
Verity Parkway
1St Avenue
Village Vote tainted To Higher Court
Hamilton residents faced a district court of appeals review as village incorporation ballots opened at 6 30 a m The appeal could nullify results if the court later favors the petitioner and keeps the Fisher Body plant American Dynamid and Chemical Co and Associated Aircraft Corp on the ballot The district would add 1640 eligible voters amid prior defeats and ongoing efforts to curb annexations by Hamilton in Butler County Ohio.
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Hamilton
Fairfield Township
District Court of Appeals
Robert L. Marrs
Mt. Pleasant Pike
Marrs
Fisher Body
American Dynamid & Chemical Co
Assocated Aircraft Corp
Butler County
Too Particular Sheep Stir Salisbury Cemeteries
A Salisbury news item reports A City Manager S C MacIntire borrowed 15 sheep to eat excess vegetation in an old cemetery. The flock mainly grazed the middle of the lot and did not reach the edges.
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Salisbury
N.C
S. C. MaclIntires
Police Briefs Signal Domestic Incidents And Pet Bite
Harold Basford, 38, of 1820 Grand Ave., arrested on intoxication and assault and battery charges yesterday. A dog bite left leg injury reported for Thomas Brosh, 7, of 702 Elwood St. Cornelius McKinney Jr., 22, of 190244 Woodlawn Ave., arrested yesterday in the 2100 block of Central Ave. on careless driving charge.
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Harold Basford
Grand Ave
Thomas Brosh
Elwood St
Cornelius McKinney, Jr
Woodlawn Ave
Central Avenue
Middletown Airman Drowned in Korea Han River
Airman 2-c Gene A. King, 28, of Middletown, drowned July 4 in the Han River while on duty in Korea. His body was recovered two days later. Survived by wife Mrs Lowell Viel King, mother Mrs Louetilla Perry, daughter, father Robert W. King, four sisters and two brothers. War Department has not announced burial plans.
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Middletown
Korea
Han River
Fifth Air Force
Gene A. King
Garfield St
Lowell Viel King
Louetilla Perry
8Th Ave
King
Japan
Duluth
Minn
Robert W. King
Springfield
Bertha Sankey
Hamilton
Florence Cargill
Doris King
Mary Ann Davis
Omar
W. Va
William R. King
Charles A. King
War Department
True Tale of Cyrano de Bergerac Real Person
Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac was a real French author who inspired Rostand's play. He died in 1655, and the drama reflects many authentic aspects of his life and legend.
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Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
Rostand
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Homer Burton
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Joann Lemmons
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