Fenwick Plans New High School On Manchester Road
The Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati announces a purchase of 182 acres on Manchester Road for a Fenwick High School to serve Middletown and nearby towns. Armco donated 14 acres. the site aims for occupancy by September 1962 with about 500 students.
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Fenwick
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
John L. Oberlander
St. John’s Church
Wienanlantinn
BivEe Seicevivil
Purchi
Stevens Avenue
Sunset Street
Armco
Middletown
Oberlander
John A. Lawler
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Armco Park
Middletown Board of Education
Wildwood School
S. Main Street
Old South School
Catholic Archdiocese of
Cincinnati
Karl J. Alter
Lawler
Father Oberlander
Sylvester Huser
St. Mary's Church
Leo Herlihy
Holy Trinity Church
Lawrence Krusling
Armco Steel Corp
Man Hurt Critically In Crash Near Gratis
Doctors at Middletown Hospital treated Larry A Staats 21 of Germantown for critical injuries after a one car crash on a Preble County road. George McKinney and James Clark of Farmersville also injured with cheek contusions and unknown injuries respectively as authorities investigated the gravel skid and location near Gratis.
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Middletown Hospital
Larry A. Staats
Pennsylvania Ave
Germantown
Preble
George McKinney
Farmersville
James Clark
Rt. 1
Gratis
Strike Hits Commuters Strands Long Island Rail Riders
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen began a 12:01 am Sunday strike against the Long Island Rail Road leaving about 175,000 commuters seeking alternate transport. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller failed to end the dispute and formed a board of inquiry to study Long Island commuter rail service.
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New York
Brotherhood of Railroad
Long Island Rail Road
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Long Island
Cycle Ride Into Tent Nets 10 Days Cycle Ride Into Tent Nets 10 Days
Roy Ashcraft of Cleves was convicted of malicious destruction of property for driving a motorcycle through a revival tent in Cincinnati. Judge Robert Wood set the maximum penalty, 0 days jail and a WD fine, after a trial that followed the tent’s collapse during youths demanding Black congregants leave. Saffelder and Broxterman were acquitted. all three bound to the grand jury.
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Cincinnati
Roy Ashcraft
Cleves
Robert Wood
Ashcraft
Maurice Ivie
Kettering
Ohio
Ivie
Jean Saffelder
Richard Broxterman
Wood
Grand
RUMORED RATIONING OF SUGAR IS DENIED
Middletown grocers rejected talk of sugar shortages and rationing. Market managers said there is plenty of sugar and the only limiting rule is one five pound bag per customer with other groceries. Eight major markets confirmed no rationing and dismissed headlines about Cuban sugar quotas affecting local prices.
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Middletown Grocers
Middletonians
Middletown
Salt Lake City Girl Crowned Miss Universe 1960
Linda Bement an 18 year old from Salt Lake City won the Miss Universe title in Miami Beach over 14 semifinalists from 15 nations. Daniela Bianchi Rome was first runner up and Elizabeth Hodacs Vienna second runner up.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Linda Bement
Salt Lake City
Linda
Daniela Bianchi
Rome
Italy
Elizabeth Hodacs
Vienna
Austria
Nicolette Caras
Johannesburg
South Africa
Maria ‘Teresa del Rio
Madrid
Spain
Van Wounded On Garfield Street Night Shooting
An unidentified man was shot in the lower leg near Garfield Street and Hudson Avenue around 1130 p.m. yesterday. Police believe a woman fired the shot. The victim was taken to Middletown Hospital by ambulance. No further details were available at press time.
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Garfield Street
Hudson Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Police Briefs: Thefts and Break-In Reported
Police report multiple thefts including a bicycle from Christy Waxweiler and fender skirts from Neil Blankenship, plus coinage and a silver dollar from Eldon McLaughlin. A break-in at an empty house on Tytus Ave caused about $200 damage. Juveniles suspected. A fight at Middletown Shopping Center involved three men with no serious injuries.
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Christy Waxweiler
Milton Rd
Neil Blankenship
Garfield St
Eldon McLaughlin
Main St
Young St
Tytus Ave
Mildred Geran
Clark Sr
Middletown
Boy Breaks Wrist In Fall From Tree Near Home
A 14-year-old Franklin boy, Donald Gray, son of Eddie Gray of 707 Forest Ave., fell from a tree near his home last night. He was treated for a fractured right wrist and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after care. He arrived at 6:40 p.m.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Donald Gray
Eddie Gray
Forest Ave
Truman Still Keeping Plans Secret for Democratic Conclave
Independence Missouri AP reports Harry S Truman continues to keep politicians and the public guessing on whether he will attend the Democratic National Convention. Indications suggested a statement might come Saturday, but his office said nothing to announce.
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Harry
Harry S. Truman
Obituary for Mrs Daisy Griest Baker
Services for Mrs Daisy Griest Baker of 411 Garfield St who died at home yesterday will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mc Coy Letiler Funeral Home. Burial in Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
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Daisy Griest Baker
Garfield St
Mc.Coy-Letiler Funeral Home
Springboro
Funeral services for Omar E Leslie at McCoy Leffler
Omar E Leslie, 58, of 2018 Well Rd, died of a heart attack Friday. Funeral services scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with cremation to follow. Friends may call today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Omar E Leslie
Well Rd
McCoy-Leffler
Boy in Ballet Outfit Foiled Access To Boys Room
In Norman Oklahoma a fourth grade student dressed as a ballet dancer with lipstick and rouge tried to enter the boys room at Washington School party. Custodian William Floyd Duty stopped him at the door.
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Norman
Okla
Washington School
William Floyd Duty
Pro Castro Radio Commentator Shot in Havana
In Havana, Jose Pardo Linda, a staunch pro-Castro radio and TV commentator, escaped unharmed when his car was sprayed with bullets in Vedado after leaving a station. A companion, Jose Antonio Matos Gonzalez, was wounded in the neck. witnesses said the attackers fled amid traffic. Pardo later appealed for doctors for his injured associate.
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Havana
Jose Pardo Linda
Pardo
Vedado
Jose Antonio Matos Gonzalez
Wilmington Man Killed In Crash Near U S 22
AP reports a two car crash on U S 22 two miles west of Wilmington Ohio on Saturday killed Howard L Haines of Rt 5 Wilmington. State Highway Patrol said the wreck caused injuries that proved fatal.
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Here
Wilmington
Ohio
Howard L. Haines
Rt. 5
State Highway Patrol
U. S. 22
Troubles Grow For Man Held In Shotgun Death
Illinois salesman Harry Jordan faces a holding order as a suspect in a deadly shotgun attack on James Horn and a forged check case in Michigan. James Horn, 21, Detroit, was killed during a magazine sales attempt in Ohio. Neighbor Lester Hoy, 77, Galena, identified Jordan in a separate robbery bluster. Authorities continue autopsy results to determine Joseph Schmelzer’s cause of death.
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Delaware
Ohio
Harry Jordan
Jordan
Eaton County
Charlotte
Mich
Danville
James Horn
Detroit
Joseph J. Schmelzer
Licking County
Schmelzer
Summit Station
Horn
Sheriff's Deputies
Lester Hoy
Galena
Hoy
Newark
Tobacco ad spend rose as cigarettes hit record use
U S citizens smoked about 456 billion cigarettes last year, 45 percent more than 1953. Americans and Canadians spent over $7 billion on tobacco products in 1958. To reach more customers, the tobacco industry increased its newspaper advertising investment in 1959 by about 21.6 percent over 1958.
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U. S
Canada
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