South Lebanon Chief's Son Denies Guilt in Shooting Case
Gilbert Smith Jr. 30 of South Lebanon denied guilt when arraigned before Mayor William Fraser and held to the Warren grand jury under a $1000 bond. Police Chief Gilbert Smith Sr. posted bond. The shooting occurred at the Stepp home on Sage Street after a dispute over a warrant for Smith’s arrest. Tipton, 29, was grazed on the scalp. Smith was dragged from the car and beaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Lebanon
Lebanon
William Fraser
Gilbert Smith Jr
Warren Grand Jury
Gilbert Smith Sr
W. H. Fulkerth
Smith
Morris Tipton
Alberts St
Dayton
Nellie Stepp
Sage Street
Tipton
Viola Smith
City Zoning Ordinance Sections Are Approved
City Planning Commission approved three sections of a proposed zoning ordinance at a special meeting in the city manager's office. One section creates an industrial buffer between plants and homes, while two define terms. a public hearing before passage remains. The panel also gave final approval to Oak Knolls subdivision and tentatively approved Lee Land Heights, with other zoning matters not decided.
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City Planning Commission
al Neff
Commission
City Commission
Neff
Oak Knolls
Tod Hunter Road
Lee Land Heights
Grand Avenue
Gideon Street
Yankee Road
Smith Avenue
Life Squad Aids Dr Arnold Leeds After Heart Attack
Dr Arnold Leeds aged 68 of 2913 Elmo Street was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Fire department responders found him in breathing trouble at his home about 10 p.m. He has a severe heart condition and was transported by Schramm ambulance.
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Arnold Leeds
Elmo St
Middletown Hospital
Fire Department
At The Movies Schedule Snapshot
Paramount and Strand theaters show Mighty Joe Young Isle of Dead Fort Ti Thunder in the East Circus Days Tropic Zone Sword of Venus with multiple daily showtimes across Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Ti
Witnesses Gather for 8 day convention near New York
In Piscataway Township New Jersey a vast trailer city for 30 000 Jehovahs Witnesses sprang up on sun baked farms to house part of the throng for an eight day international convention in Yankee Stadium 26 miles away The convention opens tomorrow in New York and about 70 000 witnesses are expected to attend with many staying in hotels or with friends Registrations surged to 1888 an hour and reached over 16000 by midnight with groups arriving all week transforming the road to the grounds into a summer shore like main route
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Piscataway Township
N.J.P
Yankee Stadium
New York
Jersey Shore
Illinois plans Lincoln Memorial replica in Logan County
Illinois will build a two story log and frame replica of the old Logan County Court house where Lincoln once practiced law. The state bought the one acre site for one dollar. Lincoln's tomb is in nearby Springfield, the Civil War President's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Ill
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
State Division of Parks
Logan County
Lincoln
Springfield
FDA Accuses Doctor of Misbranding Pills
DETROIT The federal Food and Drug Administration accuses Dr. Charles I. West 44 of misbranding vitamin pills and selling them as a cure all. Dr. West who operates Medical Discoveries Inc stood mute on arraignment Friday on a 2 count criminal information charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Charles I. West
West
Medical Discoveries, Inc
Private Eye Case Delayed In Municipal Court
A Franklin case involving a self described private detective who allegedly caused a disturbance was continued until Friday. Virgil S. Fox, 28, held on $1,000 bond, faces charges of driving while intoxicated assault and battery driving with a suspended license and carrying a concealed weapon. A revolver was found in the glove compartment when police arrived. Fox, from Tennessee, was arrested at Tibball Street. In related state patrol cases Judge J T Riley fined Opal Corner $15 and costs, $10 suspended, for no license, and $10 and costs each for Ernest Smith and John Fortney for yellow line violations.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Franklin City
Virgil S. Fox
Tennessee
Tibball
Fox
Erbey Worley
Franklin Police
Worley
Riley
Opal Corner
Middletown
Ernest Smith
John Fortney
Farmersville
Hubert Benton
Malvern St
Lewis C. Fuller
Sutphin St
Bellomonte Street
Benton
Fuller
Iruck
John Combs
Arnold Ferguson
Soviet Tanks Bring Terror To Berlin
East Berlin becomes an armed camp as two Soviet armored divisions return after martial law and settle in for a long stay. Propaganda shifts to warnings of a fascist underground amid strikes in the Soviet zone and popular anger over refused U S food aid valued at 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Zone
Salesman Fails In Dollar Icebreaker Gimmick
Ogden Utah. Melvin Jones an Ogden insurance salesman tried to sell one dollar bills door to door as a break the ice gimmick. The sale price was 65 cents but he found no buyers. One prospect said her husband had said this morning that the dollar is worth about 55 cents today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
Melvin Jones
Jones
Dancing Date Delayed By Whim
Denver woman Carroll Medina 31 tried to recover a lipstick from a roof after it bounced out a window. She leaped 12 feet to reach it and sprained her ankle, was taken to Denver General Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Carrol Medina
Miss Medina
Denver General Hospital
Woman Is Injured Four Held In Accidents Here
One woman suffered a sprained neck as a car collision at Main Street and First Avenue at 3 30 a m left her hospitalized. Four others faced court citations after separate crashes, including drunken driving and hit and run incidents in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Elizabeth Hendricks
South Main St
Main Street
First Avenue
Robert Clair
Miami St
Trenton
Mike Hendricks
Clair
Hendricks
Truck Crash In Lafayette Ave Strikes Parked Car
A truck driven by Mr. Kaka narin of Trenton hit a parked car driven by 23 year old Joseph Sappenish of 1103 Lafayette St. in the 1100 block of Lafayette Avenue at 5 14 p m yesterday.
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West Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Sheri McQuinn
Maple St
Swisher Auto
Clifford F. Cook
West Sixth Ave
Swisher
McQuinn
Cook
Harlin Hensley
East Fourth St
Franklin
Tytus Avenue
Verity Parkway
Hensley
Herman W. Chaney
Ohio Ave
Kakanarin
Trenton
Joseph Sappenish
Lafayette St
Lafayette Avenue
Step-Brother Last To See Missing West Elkton Girl
Dorotha Carol Maze, fourteen, disappeared after a meeting at the U B Church in West Elkton on July 9. Gerald Brown, nineteen, step-brother named as the last to see her, is in county jail for fines and charged with various offenses. Brown says he was with the girl in the church and does not know her whereabouts. The case fuels concern in West Elkton as deputies weigh foul play versus a possible runaway. Maze is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Maze. Heavier details include Brown’s charges and a combined fine of two hundred fifty dollars with 88 days to serve if unpaid.
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Eaton
Dorotha Carol Maze
West Elkton
U.B
Floyd Spitler
Gerald Brown
Justice of the Peace
Frank Elmes
Brown
Tom Maze
Elmes
Stroller theft reported near Yankee Road cafe
Mrs. Glenn Gomin reported the theft of a baby stroller valued at 16 from the side of a Yankee Road cafe yesterday. Police arrested George McCorkle, 39, Lakeview, at Germantown Road and Tytus Avenue last night for driving while under the influence. Byron Ferguson, 52, Dayton, was arrested at Clinton Street and Reynolds Avenue at 3 05 p m yesterday for physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence. the car was impounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Gomin
Yankee Road
George McCorkle
Lakeview
Germantown Road
Tytus Avenue
Byron Ferguson
Dayton
Clinton Street
Reynolds Avenue
Dulles on peace and Europe unification
Dulles urged that Germany unite under a new government with Austria freedom and outlined talks with British and French ministers. He warned Eastern Europe’s resentment endangers Russia and peace, defended NATO as essential, and urged European unification to curb Soviet pressure while backing Laos Cambodia and Viet Nam independence to halt Communist aggression.
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Eastern
Europe
Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Atlantic Community
U. S
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Indochina
Free World
A Growing Share Receive Social Security Benefits
Two out of every five persons aged 65 or older are now receiving monthly social security payments under old-age and survivors insurance.
ROTC Cadet Leads Field Training at Fort Sill Camp
Army ROTC cadet Richard L. Coddington son of Mr and Mrs Paul E Coddington of 2906 Elmo Place heads a D Battery unit as cadet battery commander during week three of the six week artillery summer camp at Fort Sill Oklahoma He is among over 2300 ROTC cadets from 48 states and abroad in the program toward a degree and commission as a second lieutenant in the artillery branch.
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Richard L. Coddington
Paul E. Coddington
Elmo Place
5Th Battalion
Fort Sill
Okla
Coddington
Var Flows
Ohio Guardsmen at Camp Perry 15 Day Training
Middle Town soldiers from the Ohio National Guard attend the ONG 371st AAA Group’s annual 15 day training at Camp Perry Ohio. The Battery A 180 AAA Gun Battalion crew fires a 90 millimeter artillery piece and is regarded as Camp Perry’s crack anti aircraft gun crew.
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Wendel Beaty
John Sauter
Richard Grubbs
Don Snelling
Russell Purcell
Richard Helton
Dane Cheatham
Andrew Jackson
John Agoston
Harry Chamberlain
Middletown
Ohio National Guard
ONG 371St
Camp Perry
Car Hits Cow Injures Local Resident Near Middletown
An 18 year old Middleton resident Lester Eve of 1611 Hudson Street was injured when a car struck a cow at Waynesville and Springboro Roads at 10 20 p m Officials say the cow crossed the road after being struck and was hit into the path of the car Eve was treated at Middletown Hospital for a possible cervical spine fracture and dislocation and released Investigation was by the Xenia State Patrol post.
Subpoena Issued Against Truman Delayed By Court
Kansas City report says a subpoena to former President Harry S. Truman to explain why the United States entered the Korean War was stayed by court order pending a motion to quash. The subpoena was obtained by Fyke Farmer of Nashville, who challenges government tax collection for war purposes. Truman was told to appear Monday but will not due to the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
United States
Fyke Farmer
Nashville
Tenn
Truman
Not Everyone Wants Annexation By Middletown Outskirts
Opposition to annexation plans surfaced as Lemon Township trustees report many petitions and inquiries from subdivision residents. They seek forms on resisting annexation and question bond issues for fire districts and schools. Township officials say details will be provided and note 50 miles of streets exist with 10 miles to be sealed this year. The 1954 budget was adopted and sent to the county auditor for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
William C. Miller
Lemon Township
Miller
Henry McLaughlin
Wayne Ludwig
Vision
Mystery of Everett Turner Disappearance Baffles Police
Police seek clues in the disappearance of Everett Turner 44 of 303 Lylburn Street He left for work at United Welding Co a week ago Friday carrying about 500 His brother-in-law Rodney Jones says they visited the Grand Hotel Hamilton and Turner later woke in a corn field Jones suspects they were duped Turner is described as 5 feet 11 inches 165 pounds with dark complexion eyes and hair and had disappeared before but returned then
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Everett Turner
Lylburn St
Turner
Ona
United Welding Co
Rodney Jones
Grand Hotel
Hamilton
Middletown
Jones
Middletown Seawage Bonds Sale for 4.5 Million Dollars
The City of Middletown Ohio invites sealed bids by July 29 1953 for 4 5 million dollars of Sewerage System First Mortgage Revenue Bonds to finance a sewage treatment plant and sewer expansion. Bonds dated August 1 1953 mature 1955 through 1984 with callable dates. Bids meet par plus accrued interest or 98 plus accrued interest with 45 000 dollar certified check. Delivery in Middletown or other city at purchaser cost.
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City of Middletown
Ohio
Sewerage System
Middletown
E.S.T
Butler County
First National Bank of
Inc
United States
Congress
Messrs. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
Cleveland
City OF
H. E. Newlin
Tot Drowns In Mop Bucket In Columbus Home
Eleven month old Carl Dale drowned in a mop bucket of water in his Columbus home yesterday. His mother Mrs Calvin Dale left the room briefly as the baby slipped his head into the bucket while the floor was being cleaned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Carl Dale
Calvin Dale
Social Security payments aid 800000 children's survivors
More than 800000 children receive monthly old age and survivors insurance benefits after the death of a parent, reflecting the scale of Social Security support for dependent families. The figure underscores ongoing reliance on the program to provide financial stability for orphans and their dependents.
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Life Squad
Paramount
Zenith
EAITH
Lewis Drugs Inc
Lincoln Memorial
FDA
Doctor
Fred Stein Insurance
Fifteenth Ave
Lesourdeville Lake
Karl Taylor
Eddie Kadel
Central Church of Christ
First
A.e
the Friendly Christ Centered Church
Bible School
Church OF Christ
David Swisher
Fleming Rd
William Fryman
Union Road
Joseph R. Carnele
West Middletown
Auburn Street
Fryman Auto
Charles E. Oliver
Camden
John Norman
Box 75
West Central Avenue
Dulles
Austria
Butler
DRY Cleaners
Clinton ST
National Guardsmen
Vance Russello
B. L. Dawson & CO
Clark St
Christ
Howard Sears
Grace Baptist Church
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
WPFB
Park
2Nd Ave
Central Ave
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