Storms leave Middletown utility lines down and trees toppled
Two afternoon thunderstorms toppled trees and darkened parts of Middletown as winds reached about 55 mph. Ohio Bell and CG&E crews restored service by 10:30 p m after outages affecting roughly 800 telephones. Fire hazards arose from lightning hits at the Danford home and other locations, with several minor accidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Park
Fred Danford
Alameda
Middletown Exchange
J. R. Miller
Middletown
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Miller
Robert Holida
Linden Avenue
Logan Avenue
Holida
Taylor St
Cincinnati waitress Patricia Brashear identified as shooting victim
The body of 22 year old Patricia Brashear, a Cincinnati waitress, was found shot in eastern Hamilton County. Kenneth L. Thompson, 24, surrendered in Dayton after being sought for days. police planned to arrest him. The case followed reports of a man telling cafe patrons he had seen a woman thrown into weeds by four motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Patricia Brashear
Kenneth L. Thompson
Dayton
Thompson
Miss Brashear
Winnie Dies After Typhoon Hits Formosa and Philippines
Typhoon Winnie dissipated over mainland China after carving a deadly path through the Philippines and Formosa. The storm left at least 11 dead and caused extensive crop damage and millions of dollars in losses across the two regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Chiina
Philippines
The Correct Name of the Statue of Liberty
The article asserts the statue’s proper title is Liberty Enlightening the World, noting that the established name signifies the monument’s purpose to illuminate mankind.
Violent Storm Rips Miltonville Causing Wide Property Damage
A heavy windstorm struck Miltonville near Trenton late yesterday afternoon, uprooting trees breaking windows and cutting power for about three hours. Firefighters cleared debris through the night while a child suffered a foot injury and the local cemetery and homes faced significant damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miltonville
Trenton
Here
Banker's Wife Injured In Wet Pavement Crash Near Lebanon
Edna Waggoner 73 of Lebanon was critically hurt in a two car collision on Ohio 48 north of Lebanon. Her husband Charles Waggoner 74 president of Lebanon Citizens National Bank, was treated in good condition with facial cuts and knee bruises. Driver Herbert Napier of Lebanon Route 1 faced charges after passing in a no passing zone and hitting the Waggoner auto head on. Napier received treatment for leg and arm bruises. Charles Waggoner had been Republican nominee for state representative in Warren County primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Jesee Senny Ee
Ohio
Lebanes
Jam Valley Hospital
Dayton
Edna Waggoner
Orchard Ave
Charles Waggoner
Lebanon Citizens National Bank
Herbert Nap
Lebanon Rt. 1
Waggoner
Napier
Eas
Warren County
Man Falls From Auto on Ohio 4 Hospitalized for Hip Injury
A man fell from a car on Ohio 4 a mile north of Middletown and sustained a hip injury. The car, driven by Robert King, 29, Middletown Rt 1, was southbound when it rounded a curve. He was treated at Middletown Hospital. A passenger, Mrs. Geraldine Combs, 28, also from Middletown Rt 1, was treated for cuts and contusions after her car overturned on Rt 4 near the Butler Montgomery County line. A child in the car reportedly climbed onto the driver's lap, causing the vehicle to veer left of center and leave the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Riley
Monroe St
Raymond Huffman
Central Ave
Central Avenue
Bellomonte Street
Riley
Huffman
Alto Riley
Monroe Sr
Middletown Hospital
Hilda Trent
Nelson Rd
Robert Bunnell
Princeton Ave
Charles Street
Tytus Avenue
Richard Hammond
Middletown
Raymond Rose
Dietown Rt. 1
Fair
Ohio 4
Robert King
Geraldine Combs
Germantown
Rt. 1
John Combs
Rt. 4
Butler
Montgomery County
Big Topples Spills Cargo On Busy Intersection
Waynesville special report cites Leonard Wells 43 of Middletown as driver after his tractor trailer overturned at Routes 73 and 42. He blamed brake failure but received a reckless driving citation from the Highway Patrol. Cardboard cargo spilled, landing in front of Morris Fulkerson service station. Wells due in Waynesville mayor's court Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
Highway Patrol
Leonard Wells
Middletown
Morris Fulkerson Wells
Sailors Recalled After Philippine Sea Duty
SAN DIEGO AP recalls sailors from the USS Philippine Sea hours after arrival from a Western Pacific deployment. Police and sheriff's officers assisted in notifying the crew as an extra security precaution due to the international situation. The antisubmarine carrier then headed home to its port at Beach, California, about 100 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Philippine
Western Pacific
Navy
Ss Beach
Church Picnic Planned for Lakeside Park Dayton
Members of the 11th Avenue and Lincoln Street Church of God will depart for a picnic between 10 and 10 30 a.m. Saturday. The event, to be held at Lakeside Park in Dayton, was announced by Rev. William Reynolds today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
Church of God
Lakeside Park
Dayton
William Reynolds
Storm Hits Trenton and Nearby Areas
A reporter describes lighter damage at Elk Creek Road near Trenton and Miltonville where a woman returning to Miltonville from Trenton noted the wind and rain intensified as she approached the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonville
Trenton
Elk Creek Road
Miltonville
Donna Shrout Named Chairman of New JA Club
Donna Shrout, a 1958 Lemon Monroe High School graduate, was elected chair of the Middletown Junior Achievement Executive Club planning committee. Other members include Von Ketron Bill Enz Mrs Jean Howard and Pat Wireman. The group plans a second meeting before school opens and notes nearly 200 former Achievers have earned executive pins for membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Shrout
Lemon-Monroe High School
Middletown
Junior Achievement Executive Club
M.G. McGall
von Ketron
Bill Enz
Jean Howard
Pat Wireman
McCall
Civitan Club Hosts Scout Troop 18 Picnic Court of Honor
The Civitan Club meets at Camp Hook with Boy Scout Troop 18 and parents. The troop is sponsored by the club. A troop court of honor and an aquatic show follow the picnic, then a visitors camp fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Camp Hook
Middletown Seeks 45 Day Urban Renewal Approval
City commissioners hear plan to complete first phase of urban renewal within 45 days to establish eligibility for federal aid. The move includes contracting Birmingham consultants Wilican Leman Associates to prepare data for the Garfield area and public hearings on zoning changes for Germantown and Manchester roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Wilican, Leman & Associates
Birmingham, Mich
Garfield
Middletown Dog Show Set For Sunset Park
A city wide dog show sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department and the Middletown Dog Training Club will be held Thursday at 7 p m at the Sunset Park tennis court. Prizes include smallest best trained best groomed ugliest and best dressed dogs. Dogs must be leashed and at least three months old. Entries can be registered with playground directors or judges before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Parks and Recreation Department
Middletown Dog Training Club, Inc
Sunset Park
Goring Victim Improves After Bull Attack
Howard Elliott, 51, in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after being gored by a bull on his farm at 5850 Millikin Rd. He sustained chest and abdomen wounds while he was bringing cows in from the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Howard Elliott
Mercy Hospital
Millikin Rd
Elliot
Trusteeship Granted in Municipal Court
Goes In Trusteeship Bill Perry of West Middletown Route 1 entered trusteeship in municipal court yesterday, listing debts totaling 448.0 owed to four creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Perry
West Middletown Rt 1
Muunicipal Court
Man Held In Alleged Attack Bound To Jury
Roy Harrison Johnson, 30, was bound over to the Butler County grand jury on a felonious assault charge for an alleged attack on a seven year old girl near Sunset Park. Johnson pleaded guilty to the charge and waived a preliminary hearing. Judge Lamb set bond. A doctor reported the girl was not raped. Other matters: Lat Markham, 33, fined $25 for beating a dog with a car jack. grand larceny charges against LeRoy Smith dismissed. disorderly conduct against Corble Johnson dismissed for absence of complainant. Alfred Downs, 49, sentenced 30 days in county jail for vagrancy.
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Sunsset Park
Butler County Grand Jury
Roy Harrison Johnson
Leibee Sr
Lamb
Johnson
Markham
Sycamore
Margaret Henderson
LeRoy Smith
Hudson Ave
Corble Johnson
Sheridan Ave
Iharge
Alfred Downs
Police Briefs Report Thefts and Break‑ins
Thefts included four hubcaps from Opal Johnson of Tinglehart Street and a damaged billfold. A break-in at Smith Farm Park clubhouse yielded about 100 dollars in baseballs and 12 dollars in bats. Police say two siblings aged 3 and 4 were moved by a 16 year old boy in an alley near their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Johnson
Tinglehart St
Billfeld
Smith Farm Park
Good Samaritan And Motorist Killed By Lightning
A motorist from Los Angeles and a man who stopped to help died when lightning struck their car on U S 40 during a rainstorm in Greenup. Mrs Livingston, 36, and Glenn Franklin Hartman, 33, New Carlisle Indiana, were killed. The Livingston couple’s others were burned. the remaining salesman escaped with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenup
Orville Livingston
Los Angeles
U.S. 40
Guas
Stateabies
Succumbs To Polio in Cleveland Hospitals
A patient in Cleveland dies from polio after receiving three shots at local hospitals. The AP report notes the treatment attempts and public health response as officials review care standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Alytic Par
Five Bond Issues Approved for November Ballot in Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County commissioners approved placing five bond issues totaling 14.385 million dollars on the November ballot. The largest issue covers 10 million dollars for roads and bridges projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cuyahora County
Board seeks way to cut cost of new MHS annex
Middletown Board of Education weighs reducing storage and office space in proposed Middletown High School annex before architects prepare working drawings. President Joseph Woodruff said Clyde Pierson will review duplications in shops. A board meeting may be delayed until Pierson can join. Harold Goetz Jr. to discuss steel panel color for Sherman School auditorium gym addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Middletown High School
Joseph Woodruff
Clyde Pierson
Trades and Industry
Woodruf
Woodruff
Harold Goetz Jr
Sherman School
Miami Valley Business Off Shows May Declines
The May 1958 Miami Business Review reports Miami Valley business activity fell from May 1957 across five indicators. Bank debits for five cities fell to 2,052,922, Fourth District totals to 11,870,000, postal receipts to 27,520,000, building permits to 9,008, and sales tax receipts to 3,144. The stock index for ten Miami Valley firms was 298.1 in May, down from 300.2 in April and 299.4 in May 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Mimi Valley
Miami Business Review
Miami University
School of Business Administration
Federal Reserve District
Miami Valley
Boy Injured in Fall At Local Pool Incident
Ray Feliner 16 of 3012 Ottawas Street was listed in good condition at Middletown Hospital after a fall about 9 PM. He sustained skull and back injuries reportedly linked to an incident at Yankee swimming pool, though pool staff had no record of the accident. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Feliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Feliner
Ottawas St
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Swimming
Morris Feltner
Ottawa Street
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Elmo PL
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Morgenthaler
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Winnie
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
N. Broad ST
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Lodge
Karim Azkoul
Abdul Abbas
Iraq
Taysir Toukan
Jordan
By Max Summers
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Elk Creek
Miltonville Cemetery
Howe Road
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Sol Shafer
Sinesh Olten Rothann
Meee
Madison Township
Colored News
New JA Club
Elite Cor Crawford
LOGAN
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Germantown Road
Manchester Road
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