Franklin Firemen Charges Dismissed To Stop Publicity
Franklin Civil Service Commission dismissed charges against six firemen who had resigned, accepting their resignations effective immediately and closing the case to protect the city from adverse publicity. Chairman Wells Bridge and L. G. Shawhan cited the city’s betterment and aim to attract industry as reasons for the decision. Safety Service Director Robert Borden had led the charges prior to the hearing.
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Franklin
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Wells Bridge
L. G. Shawhan
Safety Service
Robert Borden
Sis
First National Bank of Middletown Increases Capital Stock
The First National Bank of Middletown receives OCC approval to raise capital stock from 1,000,000 to 1,100,000 and surplus from 1,000,000 to 1,060,000 after selling 4,000 shares at 40 dollars each. Proceeds allocate 100,000 to capital and 60,000 to surplus, totaling 2,160,000 in capital and surplus and enabling loans up to 216,000 per individual.
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First National Bank of
Middletown
U.S. Comptroller of Currency
Comptroller
Calvin Verity
First National
Verity
Firemen Fight Rural Wheat Field Blaze
A Rt 4 farmer burned straw post harvest, igniting about ten acres. Monroe Fire Department, led by Chief Earl Hieshue, fought the flames until around 10 PM. The fire angered the farmer, who attempted to have the crew arrested for trespassing.
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Rt. 4
Earl Hieshue
Monroe Fire Department
Monroe
Woman Conned Out Of $9 And Wrist Watch In Middletown
Bertha Johnson of 1323 Walnut Street reported two suspects used a confidence game yesterday on Manchester Avenue. Police described a 40-year-old man 6 feet 4 inches tall and a 20-year-old woman 5 feet 4 inches tall as the con artists who swindled her of nine dollars and her wrist watch after claiming to have found a pocketbook with 2100 dollars.
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Middletown
Bertha Johnson
Walnut St
Theodore Thompson
Coy Hall
Manchester Avenue
Deep Fryer and Bicycle Stolen from Plum Avenue Home
Mrs. Carrie Boyd reported a theft from 1602 Plum Ave where a $29.95 deep fryer and a bicycle were taken. Police say the items were stolen while she was at work and the house was unlocked at the time.
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Carrie Boyd
Plum Ave
Bicycle theft report at Sunset Pool
Police logged a theft in which a bicycle with license 15-299 was taken from Billy Uhl of 1804 Brentwood St at Sunset Pool yesterday.
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Billy Uhl
Brentwood St
Sunset Pool
Firemen exams set for August 17 in city building
Civil Service Commission chairman Wells Bridge announced examinations for seven call firemen positions and one full time slot at 8 p.m. in the city building on August 17. Six of the posts are currently filled by temporary appointees. The date for the assistant fire chief exam will be announced later.
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Franklin
Civil Service Commission
Wells Bridge
Bridge
Fire department reshuffle after conduct issues and resignations
Firemen quit after unresolved discipline and a move to appoint Edgar Farmer as chief, effective August 1, following the announcement that the current assistant chief would assume the top role. The departures come amid ongoing concerns over conduct and duties.
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Edgar Farmer
Exoneration of Covington Firemen at Closed Hearing
Fire chief Roger C. ODonnell led a bid to drop charges against six Covington firemen after a two hour session. The six men submitted resignations and the Civil Service Commission accepted the agreements, with mayor John Shotwell commending the hearing’s conduct and dismissal of charges.
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Roger C. O'Donnell
Covington
Ohio
O'Donnell
Central District Firemen’s Assn
Civil Service Commission
Shawhen
Borden
O’donnell
Bill Sturgis
Clarence Bell
Ben Morgan
Melvin Wilson
Donald Light
Chris Dwinnell
John Shotwell
Fire Department
Blaze Destroys House at 3121 Morgan Street Excello
A morning fire at 3121 Morgan St in Excello fully destroyed a rear house owned by George Fletcher and unoccupied. The blaze reached at 2 15 a.m. South Middletown firefighters found the front duplex undamaged and no injuries were reported.
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Morgan St
Excello
South Middletown
Wilbur Stouse
George Fletcher
Kramer Fired as Middletown City Manager After Resignation Refusal
Former Middletown city manager Kramer refused to resign prompting a second meeting. He said the two year administration had been generally successful and noted it was unexpected to be discharged. Kramer submitted a petition signed by 20 residents asking to retain him. He may seek other work as he holds engineering licenses in two states.
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Kramer
Commission
Middletown
Milton, Org
Petoskey
Traverse City
Mich
City Commission
Cyclone Fence Co
Cincinnati
Forest Hills Pool Clamps Down After Vandalism Surge
Forest Hills Country Club trustees move to end after hours vandalism at the pool by enforcing 8 pm closing for all. An armed guard will patrol all night while non members trespass after hours, leaving broken glass and litter and cars left in the lot past dawn.
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Forest Hills
Forest Hills Country Club
Dope Addict Bound for Grand Jury Dies by Carbolic Acid
John E. May 40 of Lebanon Kentucky died at his mother's home in Lebanon after allegedly drinking carbolic acid. He had been bound to the Butler County Grand Jury in Municipal Court here on June 27 on a narcotics charge. May was arrested June 22 near Peasteown on Ohio 4 by sheriff's deputies who found a hypodermic syringe and needles, plus a heated liquid in a spoon and white pills. He had requested admission to the Federal Narcotics Hospital at Lexington.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Lebanon
Middletown
John E. May
May
Ohio 4
Peasttown
Federal Narcotics Hospital
Lexington
Police Briefs Sam Lowe Arrested On Warrant
Sam Lowe, 56, of 1913 South Ave, arrested early today on a warrant charging conversion of three gallons of white paint valued at $9.60 for personal use on June 6. Complainant: James Enright. Lowe is a painter.
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Sam Lowe
South Ave
James Enright Lowe
Arrests Hit City Night Police Log
Police last night arrested Frank Owen 41 Richmond Ind on a driving while intoxicated charge. A home entry attempt at 1014 Yankee Rd involved a cut window screen. Ronald G Gunkle 36 1502 Smith Ave was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging defrauding Mid-Town Motors by a $30 check. Nina Vinson Ester Quinn and Loretta Flagg were arrested on disorderly conduct warrants. James Riffe 41 216 Garfield St was arrested on an assault and battery charge. Ervine Caudill 37 Dayton was arrested on a Juvenile Court warrant charging non support.
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Frank Owen
Richmond
Ind
Yankee Rd
Ronald G. Gunkle
Smith Ave
Mid-Town Motors
Roy Lavoy
Nina Vinson
Michigan Ave
Ester Quinn
Garfield St
Loretta Flagg
James Riffe
Ervine Caudill
Dayton
At The Movies Showtimes Across Theaters
Paramount shows Land of the Pharaohs and Annapolis Story with varied late afternoon and evening runs. Strand features Sign of the Pagan and Murder Is My Beat plus Jump Into Hell and Four Guns to Border across Thursday and Friday. Colonial presents Hansen and Gretel Underwater and Seven Year Itch with multiple daily slots. Dixie Cruise In lists Blazing Forest and Pride of the Blue Grass on Thursday and Friday evenings.
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Annapolis
Hell
YMCA Girls Tour Coca Cola Plant
Forty one members of the YMCA Girls Division toured the Coca Cola plant yesterday morning. Mrs Della Mary DeJerus supervised with Junior Leaders Carol Sue Jones and Sharon Cowgill. William Stevens explained bottling washing and electric eye processes. The group received cokes and booklet souvenirs. next tour to city water works set for 9 30 a m Wednesday. parental consent forms required.
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YMCA
Della Mary DeJerus
Carol Sue Jones
Sharon Cowgill
William Stevens
Clubs Wrecked In Gang Wars In Montreal
Unidentified gangs raided two midtown Montreal night clubs in what police see as a war for cabaret control. Gunfire at the All-American Bar and Grill and the Montmartre Cafe caused no injuries. Similar raids hit the El Morocco and the Downbeat yesterday.
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Montreal
Montmartre
Size of African porcupine dwarfs most species
The African porcupine is the largest living porcupine, measuring over three feet in length and weighing 40 to 60 pounds.
Boy Hurt On Bicycle Identified In Ohio Crash
A 13 year old boy named Robert Riley of Farmersville Rt 1 was identified nine hours after a bicycle collision with a car near Poasttown Ohio. He remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital with a head injury and body abrasions. Driver William Byrd of 511 14th Ave said he did not see the boy before impact.
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Ohio
Poasttown
Middletown Hospital
Robert Riley
Farmersville
McCoy-Leffler
William Byrd
Riley
Byrd
14Th Ave
Dayton
Mrs. Stahl In Critical Condition After Embankment Crash
Mrs. E. A. Stahl, 69, of 2506 S Main St, remained in critical condition at Hamilton's Mercy Hospital after a car driven by her niece Susanne Ware, 29, plunged down a 40 foot embankment on N B Street near West Elkton Road. Ware, a McKinley Junior High School teacher, was treated for a lower lip laceration and released.
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E. A. Stahl
S. Main St
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
N. B. Street
West Elkton Road
Accident Prone Youth Ponders Web Of Fate
Eleven year old Billy Amburgey has fractured both hips within weeks causing long hospital stays and crutch use. After a fall at home he now faces another operation at St. Elizabeth Hospital Dayton while his mother notes the irony of a routine checkup turning into a major injury.
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Vannest St
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Norning
Billy
Bunion Amburgey
Civitan Club Sponsors Second Nursing Scholarship
Civitan Club members, at a noon Manchester Hotel session, voted to sponsor a second three year scholarship for training at the Middletown Hospital School of Nursing beginning this fall. The club also announced a poison ivy spraying project at Camp Hook with E S Sherron as project chairman. The crew will work this Saturday afternoon, and next week's luncheon moves to the Fresh Air Camp with Joe Priest in charge.
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Civitan Club
Middletown Hospital School of Nursing
Manchester
Camp Hook
E. S. Sherron
Fresh Air
Joe Priest
Tax Help For Middletown Vendors From Ohio Official
Mrs. Virginia Trumbo of the Ohio Department of Taxation will assist vendors in Middletown next week to prepare Ohio sales tax reports. She will operate in the county treasurer's office at the City Building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Carl Wedekind announced the arrangement. Veteran's Day is now the official name for Armistice Day.
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Virginia Trumbo
Ohio Department of Taxation
Middletown
Ohio
Carl Wedekind
Wedekind
Trumbo
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