Firebug Busy Again In Warren County Mystery Blaze
The tenth in Warren County mystery fires struck near Waynesville late last night. Chief William Sawyer said an incendiary blaze almost destroyed a north of town four room frame house on Ohio Route 42, owner listed as Dewey Lamb. The structure had no power and was not occupied. Firemen battled the flames past 9 pm, saving only walls. Authorities plan to ask the state fire marshal to investigate the latest case, part of a string of weekend blazes that have caused substantial damage and earlier deaths.
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Waynesville
Warren County
Here
William Sawyer
Sawyer
Twins Trick Backfires On Boy In Hospital Shot
Stevie Cox attempted to dodge a tetanus shot by using his twin Donnie s name at Middletown Hospital after a puncture wound from Fresh Air Camp. Lab staff mistakenly administered the injection to the misidentified Dann ie Cox, prompting a morning visit by Mrs Cox to resolve the mix up.
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Wiley
Middletown Hospital
Stevie Cox
George Cox
Oxford State Rd
Fresh Air Camp
Donnie
Stevie
Danny Cox
Dannie
Cox
School Worker's Appeal Tonight
A Civil Service Commission hearing is set for 7 30 tonight to hear the appeal of Granville Wagner a Judy Drive custodial worker at Barnitz Stadium and other school sites who was dismissed last month. Officials say Wagner was not under Civil Service and had not taken the unskilled workers exam due to term slack.
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Civil Service Commission
Granville Wagner
Judy Drive
Wagner
Barnitz Stadium
Servicemen News Highlights Training and Deployment
Pvt Nevil A Curry son Mildred lives 4002 Vannest Ave recently completed Army Automotive Maintenance School at Ft Chaffee Ark learning maintenance repair and inspection of vehicles. Delbert N Nickell seaman apprentice son of Charlies Nickell 2016 West Rd recently returned to San Diego aboard destroyer USS Agerholm after Western Pacific duty with Destroyer Division 12 in the U S Seventh Fleet.
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Pvt
Nevil A. Curry
Mildred
Vannest Ave
Army
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Curry
Delbert N. Nickell
Charlies Nickell
West Rd
San Diego
Calif
Agerholm
Western Pacific
Destroyer Division 12
Quail Missile R D Contract Won by McDonnell
The Air Materiel Command awarded McDonnell Aircraft of St Louis a 4,539,772 contract for research and development of the Quail, a new Air Force missile.
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ST. Louis
Air Force
McDonnell Aircraft, Co
St Louis
Air Materiel Command
Girl Scout Camp Opens Next Sunday Prematurely
A reporter wrote about the opening of the Girl Scout camp at Stonybrook for next Sunday July 21 but an editor ran the advance story a week early. The piece notes the camp begins next Sunday and cautions that newspapers can publish ahead of schedule.
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Stonybrook
Iona Asher
Camp aides prepare Stonybrook site near Waynesville
Program aides from day camp spent the weekend at Stonybrook near Waynesville setting up the established camp. Workers raked the ground and cleaned the sugar camp with volunteers Shirley Owens Barbara Slamka Robyn Velte Kathy Killworth Suize Davis Suzie Current Linda Carter Sue Carter Mrs William Stail emith and Margaret Bailey assisting in the effort.
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Stonybrook
Waynesville
Shirley Owens
Barbara Slamka
Robyn Velte
Kathy Killworth
Suize Davis
Suzie Current
Linda Carter
Sue Carter
William Stailemith
Margaret Bailey
Power Is Stolen From Barn At Oxford State Road
A power lawn mower valued at 90 dollars was reported stolen from a barn at the home of P J Mellaughlin 1224 Oxford State Rd. A door was broken to gain entry, according to sheriff's deputies.
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P. J. MelLaughlin
Oxford State Rd
Sheriff's Deputies
Federal Aid For Flasher Protested
Hamilton special report: Butler County officials file formal protest against the state highway department and the Pennsylvania Railroad over federal aid for installing flasher lights at the crossing on Trenton Road Hamilton Williamsdale. They say PUCO ordered the lights despite no county request for aid and fear the funds would be diverted from other railroad projects.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Trenton Road
Williamsdale
State Highway Department
Franklin
PUCO
Pochard
PACO
Highway Department
Middletown
Suit Filed For $100000 In Mishap In Ohio
Euelah Butler of Wade Mill Road sues Bernard Riglang owner of B R Grain and Coal Co and Gulf On Co for injuries from an April 25 auto crash. Butler rode with her son Jerry when their car was struck by trucks from the named firms as it halted to turn left. Action filed in Moe County Common Pleas on a Saturday.
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Hamilton
Euelah Butler
Wade Mill Road
Bernard Riglang
B & R Grain and Coal Co
Gulf On Co
Coal and Grain Company
Moe
County Common Pleas
Church Educator Dies in Indianola Iowa
Dr John L Hillman 92 Methodist educator and clergyman dies in Des Moines funeral set for Tuesday in Indianola He once led pastorates in Marion Youngstown Toledo Columbus and Cleveland and was a close friend and neighbor of Warren G Harding in Marion
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Indianola
Iowa
John L. Hillman
Ohio
Marion
Youngstown
Toledo
Columbus
Cleveland
Hillman
Des Moines
Warren G. Harding
Fire at Loblaw Supermarket Causes $100,000 Damage
Heat from an overheated refrigeration motor sparked a blaze at the Loblaw Supermarket on Lincoln Highway. Fire Chief Charles Bryan said the flame’s intensity cooked meat inside the cold storage as firefighters battled the blaze in East Liverpool Ohio.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Loblaw
Lincoln Highway
Charles Bryan
Hospital denies link to door-to-door nursing course
Middletown Hospital has no connection with a door to door practical nursing course. James Elder, the hospital’s personnel manager, warned that a man making calls here claimed graduates would be guaranteed jobs at Middletown Hospital. Elder stressed there is no tie-in between the course and the hospital.
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Middletown Hospital
James Elder
Elder
Workshoppers In Last Week Of Mid dletown Uni Workshop
The last full week of the Middles town Miami University workshop includes a landllane visit to Fresh Air Camp today a trip Tuesday to Cincinnati Gas Electricity Co facilities and a visit to Aeronca Wednesday morning Additional time is set for discussions and paperwork on Projects of the five week workshop helping Middle town area teachers learn more about community resources A showcase at Middletown Tech School July 22 with displays and a dinner evaluation at Manchester Hotel July 23 ends the workshop.
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Middletown-Miami University
Tee
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Aeronca
Middletown
Manchester
100 Expected At USW Confab
United Steel Workers District 25 will hold its training institute on the Miami University campus July 21 27 with about 100 attendees. Dr. Fred Cottrell of Miami coordinates the program to teach union officers parliamentary procedure labor law and related topics. Miami is among several state universities hosting the project.
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Oxford
United Steel Workers District 25
Miami University
Fred Cottrell
Miami
French Fighter Tours Country on Cross Country Junket
A World War I French Nieuport fighter flown by Frank Tallman, 38, Hollywood, crossed the country en route to Little Rock Arkansas. The aircraft, part of a cross country tour to promote the Ricks Memorial Trophy jet race and the U.S. Air Force anniversary, buzzed Dallas Hensley Field yesterday to the delight of a handful of World War I pilots.
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Dallas
Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Air Force
Hensley Field
Frank Tallman
Hollywood
Miami Men Get Ford Fellowship 1957 58 Scholars
Three Miami University men are among 126 Ford Foundation fellowships awarded to professors and graduate students at 40 universities in the United States and Canada. Charles Hindersman, instructor of marketing in the School of Business Administration, and Harold Jasper and Richard Vosburgh, Miami Business Administration graduates, have been on the faculties of Illinois and Indiana universities the past year. Jasper previously taught at Miami in 1955 54 and held roles in sales and market research before returning to Miami in 1955.
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Oxford
Miami University
United States
Canada
Ford Foundation
Charles Hindersman
Miami
School of Business Administration
Harold Jasper
Richard Vosburgh
Miami School of Business Administration
University of Illinois
Indiana University
Jasper
University of Pennsylvana
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Shillito’s
Cincinnati
Crosley Broadcasting Co
Mom Squeals To Cops On Oldest Son
In Tokyo a mother, 49, informed on her son Masao Takarada 26 and two others about a payroll raid plot. Masao’s 24 year old brother Akira, a film star, was not implicated. Police arrested the trio outside the bank after the mother tipped off the former employer.
Peron Honors Simon Bolivar in Caracas Wreath Ceremony
In Caracas Juan D. Peron, exiled Argentine leader, placed a wreath before the Simon Bolivar monument. The bouquet bore the label Argentines resident in Venezuela. The event drew under 200 attendees and included chants of Long live President Peron. The display underscored lingering tensions as Argentina and Venezuela severed formal ties over restrictions on the exiled dictator's activities.
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Caracas
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Peron
Jaycees Plan Drive to Grow Ohio Membership
E J Platt of Canton urged a statewide push to raise Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce membership from 9 870 to 12 000 by year end. About 250 Jaycee officers from 40 cities concluded a two day convention in Marietta Ohio on Sunday.
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Marietta
Ohio
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
E J. Platt
Canton
Ohio Jaycees
Ohio Cities
Detour Signs Blamed For Rt. 4 Crash
Detour confusion near Leoardsville on Rt. 4 led to a head on collision yesterday injuring three Middleton residents. Willie Marvin 27 said detour signs misled him and he collided with Fred Beaver 49 of Hamilton. Injured were Marvin Armstrong and Edith Walden all treated and released from Mercy Hospital in Hamilton.
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Leoardsville
Rt. 4
Willie Marvin
8Th Ave
Fred Beaver
Hamilton
Marvin
Rose Armstrong
Sycamore St
Edith Walden
17Th Ave
Mercy Hospital
Two hurt as cars collide on Rt 127 north of New Miami
Mercy Hospital admitted Woodrow White 42 of 1881 Oxford Middletown Rd Somerville with head cuts and Jerry Lakes 19 of Hamilton with severe head cuts and chest injuries after White halted and was hit from behind on Rt 127 north of New Miami. Deputies said White car lacked lights. witnesses noted the White vehicle had no lights at impact.
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Mercy Hospital
Rt. 127
New Miami
Woodrow White
Oxford- Middletown Rd
Somerville
Jerry Lakes
Hamilton
White
Lake
Body found in Saginaw Bay after boating accident
The body of Carl Mannon, 34, of 3037 Yankee Rd., was recovered about three miles south of the site where he fell from a motorboat on June 29. Recovery reported at 9 a.m. today. McCoy Leffier Funeral Home handling incomplete funeral arrangements.
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Carl Mannon
Yankee Rd
Saginaw Bay
McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home
Driver Cited After Crash at Fleming and Franklin
One motorist was cited into Municipal Court after a two car collision at Fleming Road and Franklin Street yesterday. No injuries were reported. John Depew, 23, 2610 Yankee Rd., was charged with failure to yield right of way after his car collided with an auto driven PL at 5 20 p.m. Damage totaled 140 dollars.
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Fleming Road
Franklin Street
John Depew
Yankee Rd
Traffic mishaps in city with multiple injuries and damages
Yesterday several minor crashes occurred. Col in Kincaid West Middletown Rt 1 backed into James Stiles 22 Auburn St in the 100 block of N Verity Parkway at 7 17 p am causing 105 dollars in damage. Robert Henshul 36 1004 Girard Ave collided with an unknown motorcyclist who fled the scene. Henshul reported about 10 dollars damage to his vehicle and the noon collision was reported.
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Colin Kincaid
West Middletown
Rossellini Bergman To Stay Apart In India
Italian director Roberto Rossellini says he cannot return home for the summer with Ingrid Bergman. he is ill with flu in New Delhi and will stay to finish documentary films for the Indian government, while Bergman plans a villa summer as usual. Reports said government pressure and a business link with Sonali Das Gupta circulated.
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Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Miss Bergman
Italy
Rossellini
New Delhi
India
Home Ministry
Sonali Das Gupta
Bombay
iHe
Promoters Held After Lorain County Raid
Six men named as promoters of an obscene film show were held by Lorain County deputies after a raid Saturday night. Local officials reported the operation involved distribution and exhibition activities at a venue in Lorain.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Tragedy Near Lebanon Fairgrounds Claims Father and Infant
A Miamisburg father Charles M. Norris, 23, and his six month old daughter Rebecca Jane died in a one car crash near the Lebanon county fairgrounds late Saturday. Norris was driving at high speed when he tried to pass another vehicle, struck a guard rail, and overturned, landing in a yard. The mother, Mrs. Kell en Norris, 20, suffered multiple injuries and is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with fever. all three were thrown from the car on Rt. 48. Services for the father and child will be held in Ashland, Kentucky.
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Lebanon
Miamisburg
Charles M. Norris
Main St
Rebecca Jane
Middletown Hospital
Kellen Norris
Rt. 48
W. H. Fulberth
Norris
Robert E. Walker
N. Broadway St
Warren County
Lazear Funeral Home
Ashland
Five Injured In Varied Mishaps In Franklin City
Carl Frisbie of Shaker Road Franklin underwent surgery for partial finger amputation after cutting it on a meat saw at Pat's Supermarket where he works. He was released from Middletown Hospital. Wallace Walters, 5, Franklin, son of Tracy Walters, was admitted for observation after falling from a tricycle and striking his head on cement. Harry Taylor, 64, of 251 Yankee Road, treated for multiple finger lacerations after hand caught in an electric fan at home. Shirley Davis, 12, 4002 Jewell Street, dismissed after treatment for right leg lacerations from a bicycle pedal. Gaynelle Crenshaw, 37, 2113 Central Ave, treated for minor cuts from a hand cut on glass.
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Carl Frisbie
Shaker Road
Franklin
Pat's
Middletown
Wallace T. Walters
Fanklin
Tracy Walters
Harry Taylor
Yankee Road
Shirley Davis
Jewell Sr
Hobart
Gaynelle Crenshaw
Central Ave
Elks nominate Robert L Blackledge for exalted ruler role
SAN FRANCHSCO JPA Kearn ley Neb attorney Robert L Blackledge, 57, is slated to become the Elks grand exalted ruler as the 93rd Grand Lodge Convention opens. He’d lead about 1.2 million Elks with eight other officers elected. assets total 276 166 771. last year about seven million spent on charitable welfare patriotic efforts including nearly three million for youth. Outgoing ruler Fred L Bohn urged Americans to praise juvenile decency over delinquency.
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San-Pranchsco
JPA Kearnley
Neb
Elks’ Grand Exalted
Heler
Grand Lodge
Robert L. Blackledge
Elks
John W. Delehand
Lincoln
Nebraska
Victor Anderson
Lee A. Donaldson
Order
The
Fred L. Bohn
Zanesville
Ohio
Reina del Pacifico Cleared to Sail from Reef Ordeal
The British cruise liner Reina del Pacifico, 17,287 tons, resumed its voyage from Bermuda to Liverpool after a three day grounding off Batavia. Seaworthy status declared, 432 of 556 passengers aboard during the incident remain aboard for the return passage.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Reina del Pacifico
Liverpool
Batavia
GOP Sees Big Gains In South
New Orleans reports Republican official I Lee Potter predicting Dixie gains in 1952 and 1956 point to a future two party system. He urges more candidates to offer voters a choice and notes 68 of 114 southern seats were bare in 1956, yet analysis shows twice as many southern voters backed straight Republicans in 1956 as in 1852.
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New Orleans
I. Lee Potter
Dixie
Potter
South
GOP National Committee
Louisiana Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
GOP
Sovern
Crash Kills Ohio Man Near Brownsville Pa
A 23 year old Middlefield Ohio man Harison Horseman died Sunday when his car veered through a guard rail and plunged about 50 feet down a rural road embankment near Brownsville Pennsylvania. Officers say he appeared to fall asleep at the wheel.
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Brownsville
Middlefield
Ohio
Here
Harison
Gulf Waters Warmer By About Nine Degrees Than Atlantic
A comparison notes the Gulf of Mexico water temperature runs roughly nine degrees warmer than the Atlantic Ocean. The finding highlights regional thermal variation and potential impacts on marine conditions and coastal weather patterns.
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Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Piqua Plant Vote Expected By Week’s End
Washington report notes the Piqua Ohio atomic energy plant would supply municipal power as part of a 370 million dollar authorization for six projects. The measure faces a vote likely by week’s end in the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee.
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Washington
Piqua
Ohio
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
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Long Insurance Agency
Central
Bulletin
Bergman
Lebanon Fairgrounds
Middletown Journal
Piqua Atomic Plant
Statie
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