Calm Before Storm Routine Day for Ohio State Patrolman
State Highway Patrolman Sam Sparrow logged an eight hour patrol on routes 4 25 and 747 with journalist in car. He issued nine warnings and searched for a stolen car while avoiding arrests or accidents. He noted a high accident volume in his district and emphasized strict enforcement to prevent crashes.
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Sam Sparrow
State Highway Post
Rt. 4
Journal
Sparrow
Goffos
Middletown
Montgomery
Hamilton
Monroe
U.S
Ohio
Park Dances Lure Teens Despite Girls Leading
At Yankee Pool, 10 dancing pairs are all girls as boys watch on. Jon Schaffer, the park dance director, says maturity and preference shape the scene, with police and directors keeping order. Parents attend, music is chosen by kids, and many calls follow his paper announcement.
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Yankee Pool
Jon Schaffer
Jon
Painter paints wrong house by mistake on Elmo Place
Charles Elsner, a Fisher Body employee and part time painter, begins painting 2606 on Elmo Place and finishes a coat on three sides before realizing he painted the wrong house. The Craft home at 2604 had been the contract, and the mix up ends with the Craft house receiving the final coat.
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Charles Elsner
I. W. Craft
Elmo P
Elmo Place
Fisher Body Co
Elyner
Charles Hanger
Carolina Street
Pye
J. W. Craft
Elizo F
Hanger
George
Mail Carrier Recalls Barking Dogs and A Strange Package
Carl Thomas profiles Middletown Post Office retiree Phrl Whisler after almost 40 years. He recalls dodging barking dogs, reports to the postmaster to halt mail at unfriendly homes, and recounts a battery operated brush package incident. He plans Florida, Alaska, Hawaii trips and reflects on a long service career with Armco, the Army, and post office work.
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Phrl Whisler
Middletown
Park Place
Whisler
Armco Steel Corp
Army
Armco
Charles Street
Manchester Avenue
Annex
Florida
Alaska
Hawaii
American Legion
National Assn. of Post Office Supervisors
Crawford Street
Phl
Journal
Thomas
New Director Named At Center
Marion S. Parish 33 new director of psychiatric social services at Lower Miami Valley Guidance Center Hamilton Ohio. Parish formerly Cincinnati native Ashland Kentucky veteran World War II 1950 Miami University graduate 18 months as case worker Butler County Department of Public Welfare. His wife also a social worker recently with Cincinnati Family Service Bureau.
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Lower Miami Valley
Mystery Lanterns Guard Middleton Gardens From Beetles
Yellow lanterns spotted around Middletown turn out to be Japanese beetle traps from the U S Department of Agriculture Plant Pest Control division. The glass traps baited with anethole and eugenol test for beetle presence, with 100 traps deployed this summer.
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George Knapp
Park Place
First National Bank
Federal Agricultural Services
Terney
Middletown
City Commission
Board of Health
Park and Recreation Department
Board of Education
State Highway Department
THE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Research Service, Plant Pest Control Division
Marvin Flake
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Lebanon
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Berm
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Cpl
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Butler
Warren Countess
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Franklin
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By Carl Thomas
Highland County
Moore Rd
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