Middletown Scouts Head to National Jamboree in Colorado
Scouts from Middletown's Mound Builders Area Council, 60 youths plus leaders, travel today by special train with 600 regional scouts to the national jamboree in Colorado Springs. They plan camp setup for Friday night and two side trips to Mount Manitou and Air Force Academy among others. a 14 by 16 foot gateway marks their site, built by Armco Steel East Works carpenters. The six day jamboree is set to conclude Thursday July 28.
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Middletown
Mound Builder's Area Council
Colorado Springs
Ohio
Mount Manitou
Garden of the Gods
Art Pottery Plant
U. S. Air Force Academy
Cheyenne
Mountain Zoo
South Cheyenne Canyon
Seven Falls
Broadmoor
Armco Steel Corp
East Works
Mound Builders Council
Golden Jubilee Boy Scout Jamboree opens in Colorado Springs
First contingents of U S and world Scout units arrive at a 2400 acre Colorado site for the Golden Jubilee Jamboree. By Thursday night an estimated 55 000 youngsters will attend seven days of activities with units from all states and about 70 foreign countries.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
World Boy Scout
Colorado
Ridgefield
Conn
Troop 18 Wins Camping Honors
Boy Scout Troop 18 sponsored by the Civitan Club won the weekly troop skills contest at Camp Hook. The eight troops, with over 100 boys, competed in knot tying wood chopping tent pitching archery and compass reading for a totem pole prize.
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Boy Scout
The
Civitan Club
Camp Hook
Police Briefs Report Thefts And Vandalism
West Middletown resident Robert Chippendale said he was robbed on Sycamore Street by three companions, losing about 130 dollars but recalling no names. Orville Wages woke on a Yankee Park bench to find a 23 dollar billfold and a pocket watch missing. Yankee Pool saw more vandalism as youths cut the south fence and threw tables and benches into the water. no items reported stolen.
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Robert Chippendale
West Middletown
Rt. 1
Sycamore Street
Orville
Oneka St
Yankee Park
Yankee Pool
Louise Payne
Reynolds St
Leo Wilch
Wilch
N. Main
Ruth
Lynn Sal He
Park St
William W. Adkins
Yankee Rd
Sallie
Broad Street
Second Avenue
Adkins
Grove Street
Parkview Avenue
Douglas H. Little
Franklin Sr
Central Avenue
Shafer Street
Mary Feimley
18Th Ave
Gerald Jackson
Eenth Ave
Son
Yankee
Jackson
James C. Perry
Minnesota Ave
Wayne Avenue
Sutphin Street
Atlanta Man Arrested For Bombing Hoax
FBI agents in Cincinnati apprehended Dorsey Elmer Biggs, 53, at the Greater Cincinnati Airport after an American Airlines stewardess reported he claimed to have a bomb in his handbag. Biggs said the remark was a joke linked to a prior flight delay, and he was released on a $20,000 bond pending a hearing set for August 30 by Commissioner Robert C. Gerrulo.
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Covington
Robert C. Gerrulo
Atlanta
FBI
Dorsey Elmer Biggs
Greater Cincinnati
Here
American Airlines
Biggs
Oxford Firm Law On 2 Residences
An Oxford firm appeared as the low bidder on three of four contracts for the construction of two university residences at Miami University. Mahany Coal & Lumber Co. bids totaled 53 825 for general, 7 360 for plumbing, and 2 563 55 for electric. Heating and ventilating low bid was 6 656 from Rees Heating & Ventoring Co. The combined bid of 70 404 55 covers both prefab residences, to be built on Bishop Street between High and Church, on ground cleared by razing Bishop House, for rental to university administrators.
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Oxford
Miami University
Mahany Coal & Lumber Co
Rees Heating & Entoring Co
Hamilton
Firestone And Union To Open Negotiation
AP reports URW and Firestone Tire & Rubber Co begin wage talks in Cleveland. The United Rubber Workers represent about 18 000 Firestone workers across seven states. Other rubber firms plan wage- clause negotiations July 26 with Goodyear, U.S. Rubber, B F Goodrich, and U S Rubber in various cities. Current union wages range from 2 03 to 2 81 dollars per hour.
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Cleveland
United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
URW
Firestone
B. F. Goodrich
Columbus
Goodyear Tire Rubber Co
U.S. Rubber Co
Cincinnati
U.S. Rubber
Armco Engineering Names Browning Assistant Chief Engineer
Armco Division vice president C G Davies announced two personnel changes. Ward B Browning Jr becomes assistant chief engineer at Armco Division, with Charles G Kramer succeeding him as assistant works engineer at the Butler Works. Browning is a Cornell 1944 graduate and has held multiple Armco engineering roles since 1946. Kramer, a University of Kentucky graduate, joined Armco in 1946 and rose through electrical engineering ranks, including a two year Navy stint and a 1954 Armco International assignment in France.
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Armco
Armco Steel Corp
C. G. Daves
Ward B. Browning Jr
Butler, Pa
Charles G. Kramer
Browning
Cornell University
Army
Middletown
Butler Works
Kramer
Universiy of Kentucky
Middletown Works
Navy
Armco International Corp
Chatillon
France
One Person Hurt Damage High In 13 City Crashes
A woman passenger sustained a nose cut after a multi crash spree on N Main and surrounding streets. Police linked 13 separate incidents to careless driving, with Leo Wilch cited for the first crash.
Resident Hurt In Georgia Crash
Mrs Effie Dooley aged 57 of 2905 Grand Ave and her niece Mrs Donna LaPrade aged 30 of Dayton were injured in an auto accident near Macon Georgia late yesterday. They were taken to a Macon hospital where surgery was performed on Dooley for a ruptured intestine and broken kneecap. LaPrade was admitted with fractures of an arm shoulder and ribs. The two were en route to Florida for a vacation.
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Effie Dooley
Donna LaPrade
Dayton
Macon
Junior Red Cross Meeting At Oxford
More than 180 teenagers and 27 adults opened a week long Junior American Red Cross training center at Miami University Using Reid and Symmes Halls in the east campus area they conduct classes to improve local chapters through new activities and publicizing organization projects including member appeal.
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Oxford
American Red Cross
Miami University
Reid
Blue Cross Fee Hearing Set for Cincinnati Wednesday
A public hearing on Hospital Care Corp. proposed Blue Cross fee increases will be held Wednesday in Cincinnati, conducted by the Ohio Department of Insurance. The 20 to 33 percent rises target Blue Cross contracts with 33 percent for comprehensive plans and 8 to 13 percent for standard plans, effective Sept. 1. Blue Shield fees would not change. The firm cites rising hospital costs, wages, beds, and medical progress as drivers, noting 900 beds may be added in southwestern Ohio over two years, a 10 percent capacity rise.
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Hospital Care Corp
Blue Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio Department of Insurance
Columbus
Blue Shield
Ohio
Southwestern Ohio
Possible 32 Nuclear Tests Planned by United States
The United States plans 11 small underground nuclear explosions and possibly 21 conventional blasts over the next two years. The Defense Department document released by the Joint Senate House Atomic Committee details the shots aimed at improving detection of subsurface atomic blasts. President Eisenhower had announced a new series of underground tests on May 7.
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Washington
United States
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Civitan Official To Speak On Civitan Education
Dr. Roy D. Miller of Dayton will address the Civitan Club at noon tomorrow in the Manchester Hotel on Civitan Education. Miller serves as lieutenant governor of the Ohio district of Civitan International.
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Roy D. Miller
Daytona
Civitan
Civitan Club
Manchester Hotel
Miller
Ohio
Civitan International
Only Big Coil Left In Still Site Raid
A tip led Lt James Davis and Sheriff Paul Pell to a still on Stubbs Road near West Middletown. They found a large copper coil used to operate the still, in a wooded area after a five mile walk. Authorities plan horse patrols to search for additional still parts.
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James Davis
Butler County
Sheriff's Department
Stubbs Road
West Middletown
Montgomery County
Paul Pell
Davis
Whch
Pei
Governor DiSalle vows to serve out term amid resign rumors
Columbus AP report quotes Governor Michael DiSalle flatly denying plans to quit or seek a federal post. He cites possible emergency duties and recalls a 1950 Toledo mayoral moment when he briefly considered a national role, insisting he intended to remain in Ohio politics until his term ends.
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Columbus
Michael DiSalle
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Washington
Toledo
Out of the
Truman
Cuba
DiSalle
Davies To Review Steel Situation For Rotary Club
Clyde G. Davis of Armco Steel Corp will address the Middletown Rotary Club at its luncheon Tuesday. He will review the steel industry, describe Armco expansion and improvement programs in the Middletown area, and note his 38 years with the company.
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Clyde G. Davis
Armco
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Three Boys Nabbed Leaving Sully's Garage
Three youngsters spotted scrambling out of a window at Sully's Garage on Woodlawn Avenue were picked up by police and ordered to appear before juvenile authorities. A check showed a drill hand tools soft drinks and a key to the soft drink machine had been taken.
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Sully
Woodlawn Ave
Crash Victim Dies In Ohio Collision
William Gwinner 71 of Nova Ashland County died from injuries suffered last Thursday in a two car crash on Ohio 4 about 342 miles north of Bucyrus Ohio.
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Bucyrus, Ohio
William Gwinner
Nova
Ashland County
Gwinner
Ohio 4
Here
Belt A Tourniquet Man's Fast Work Helps Save Girl
A Middletown man, Jim Blaine, 43, applied a belt tourniquet and towels to a 13-year-old girl after a speedboat accident on Leach Lake near Hastings Michigan. The girl Connie Lee sustained severe leg wounds, was flown to Burgess Hospital Kalamazoo, and then transferred to the hospital for surgery and transfusion. Blaine and the Emrick family aided in the emergency transport to Hastings and Burgess Hospital, with the girl in fair condition.
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Middletown
Michigan
Connie Lee
Dorothy Lee
Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
Jim Blaine
Middletown Lincoln-Mercury
Emrick
Hce
Vickie
McCoy-Leffler
Burgess Hospital
Kalamazoo
Hastings
Connie
Leach Lake
Blaine
Donna Howard
Leonard Emrick
Vacationing party includes Modie town mother and Ledfords
The mother of the injured girl was in Modie town when notified of the accident and drove up Saturday. She returned with her daughter on the plane yesterday. Also in the vacationing group were Mrs. Blaine, Dave Howard, and Mr. and Mrs. Cale Ledford of 1907 Todd Ave.
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Modietown
Blaine
Dave Howard
Cale Ledford
Todd Ave
Output And Income May Reach Record
Washington AP reports 1959 may set records in output and income with government estimates placing production at 482 billion dollars and income at 400 billion dollars. The forecast, issued Sunday night, highlights a strong economy and rising national production.
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Washington
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William
Sanky
Pike's Peak
Japan
Troop
Oxford Firm Law
Firestone and
Union
Dyraan Bach
Eddie Stigler
Armco Engineering
Ward Browning JR
Butler
N. Maintreet
Rosenfeider
Gilbert Saylor
Lewis St
Second
Main
Vivian Wopperer
Harry D. Smith
Edward Swain
Harrison St
Saylor
Georgia
Harold
Davies
Rotary Club
Lake Middletown
Tytus Ave
South Main
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