Five More Taken in Gambling Raid
Police arrested five Middletown men in a raid on a gambling room at the Gem Smokery, 1700 Central Avenue. Those charged with operating or participating in the game were John, Ernest Lacy, Virgil Lacy, Ralph Brumley, and James Williams, with bond set at 50 to 300 dollars. Officers seized about a dollar in money, cards, a table, and a few chairs. The raid followed an officer observing the game in plain clothes then entering the room. Additional arrests from a prior raid at Gibby’s Smokery, 1234 Central Ave., on July 13, were scheduled for Monday court appearances.
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Middletown
Gem Smokery
Central Avenue
John
Illinois Ave
Ernest Lacy
Plum St
Virgil Lacy
Ralph Brumley
Central Ave
James Williams
Wayne Ave
Sam Moore
Earl Smith
Smith
Harold Gray
James Howerton
John Fitzgerald
Chief Moore
Mull
Gibby
At The Movies Showtimes Saturday
Paramount presents Safari at 1 15 4 10 7 05 and 10 00 p m Secret of Treasure Mountain at 3 00 6 00 and 9 00 p m Strand features Treasure of Pancho Villa at 1 15 4 40 8 15 p m World in My Corner at 3 00 6 30 and 10 00 p m Colonial screens Dallas at 1 15 4 40 8 20 p m Distant Drums at 2 45 6 20 9 50 p m
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Paramount
Treasure Mountain
Dallas
Franklinite Held For Grand Jury
Franklinite Special Walter Lambert 49 bound over to the grand jury yesterday on a $1000 bond by Judge J T Riley during Municipal Court. He was arrested earlier this week for allegedly passing a bad check of about four dollars. All traffic cases heard yesterday resulted in bond forfeitures including Montford G S ee r 21 18 N River St line $15 Frank Webb 22 737 Turner La operator s license $30 Wilber Huffman 51 700 S Main St Middletown speeding $15 Creed Perry 28 Grandview Addition speeding $15 John Ishmal McGuire 23 2115 Waneta St Middletown unnecessary noise $15.
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Franklin
Walter Lambert
5Th St
J. T. Riley
Lambert
Montford G. S$eer
N. River
Y Line
Frank Webb
Turner la
Boy Is Cited After Crash
A 17-year-old was cited into court after a 200 collision at Manchester Avenue and N Main Street at 1 30 p.m. yesterday. No injuries. Gary Lee Dennis 110 Ohio Ave Trenton charged with following too closely after his car hit a stopped auto driven by Chester Stewart 20 Lebanon Rt 1. Other city crashes: Clyde Shaffer Jr 19 610 Buena Ave and Patrick Rossi 1804 Winona Dr at N Verity Parkway and Nelbar Street at 7 a.m. $300 damage. A parked car owned by Margaret Wolfer 2901 Grand Ave and auto driven by Ronald James 16 324 Charles St at Central Avenue and Shafer Street at 9 10 p.m. 45 damage.
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Manchester Avenue
N. Main Street
Gary Lee Dennis
Ohio Ave
Trenton
Chester Stewart
Lebanon
Clyde Shaffer, Jr
Buena Ave
Patrick Rossi
Winona Dr
N. Verity Parkway
Nelbar Street
Margaret Wolfer
Grand Ave
Ronald James
Charles St
Central Avenue
Shafer Street
Giant swamp gum touted as Australia’s tallest tree
A 320 foot swamp eucalyptus discovered in southern Tasmania is believed to be the nation’s tallest tree and possibly the tallest of its kind in the world. Estimated age ranges from 350 to 400 years.
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Tasmania
Australia
16 Year Old Arrested In Holdup Try
A Middletown youth, 16, was arrested at his home after attempting to hold up a local couple with a .22 rifle. Det. Paul Fouts and Ptl. Howard Watson recovered the weapon. the suspect is in custody for juvenile authorities. The incident began with a report of a Negro man with a rifle on Curtis Street near 14th Avenue.
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Middletown
Paul Fouts
Ptl
Howard Watson
Curtis Street
14Th Avenue
John Fitzgerald
Andrew Stephens
Jack Crocker
William Smith
Woodside Ave
Smiths
Mayfield Youth Injured Seriously Hit By Auto
A four year old Mayfield boy Donald Ray Stevens was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after being hit by a car in front of his home on Carolina Street. He suffered a severe head cut a brain concussion and body bruises. The driver Stanley Fultz 18 said he was traveling 2 to 25 miles per hour when the incident occurred around 8 10 p.m. No charges were filed. Other local crashes: Samuel Walker 23 Columbus treated for facial cuts and arm injury after a two car collision on Ohio 73 west of Waynesville. Joseph Reno Dayton driver of the other car overturned after impact. Charles Owen 24 Middletown cited for no operator license after two car crash on Yankee Road. Rhodes eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Truman Rhodes treated for a cut on Omaha Street.
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Mayfield
Middletown Hospital
Donald Ray Stevens
Everett Powers
Carolina St
Pateclanen
Carolina Street
Stanley Fultz
Burbank Ave
Riggs
Middletown
Ohio 73
Waynesville
Charles Owen
1Éth Ave
Yankee Road
van. Rhodes
Mrs. Truman Rhodes
Omaha St
Omaha Street
Fishing Vacation Tragedy Claims Mason Couple
A Mason couple, David Bercaw aged 38 and Betty Lou 37, died in a late night auto crash near Jackson, Michigan while starting a fishing vacation. Their four-year-old daughter Brenda survived uninjured, eight-year-old Pamela Ball was injured with a broken collarbone, and Ball's family lives in Mason. Bercaw and Ball were employed at Deerfield Manufacturing Co. in Mason. Surviving relatives include Mrs. Bercaw's parents, two sisters, and three brothers and two sisters for Bercaw. Bodies to be taken to Gallimore Funeral Home.
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Mason
Jackson
Mich
David Bercaw
Betty Lou
Brenda
Pamela Ball
Glenn Ball
Ball
Bercaw
Deerfield Manufacturing Co
Walter Larrick
Lebanon
Charles Pate
Whittier
Calif
Joseph Baker
Cincinnati
Gallimore Funeral Home
Geo
Cities State Clash Over Highway Funding Formula
Ohio highway officials and Cleveland Mayor Celebrezze clash over a proposed formula for urban interstate cost sharing. Cities push for equal state contribution, arguing federal aid benefits rural areas at the expense of urban districts. Reform would cut city participation from 25 to 10 percent while rural interstate costs require state support.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Cleveland
Anthony J. Celebrezze
S. O. Linzell
Highway Department
Celebrezze
Speeding teens face license suspensions in Middletown
Two first offenders appeared before Juvenile Judge Harry Walsh. A 17-year-old was fined 3 and given a three month license suspension plus four traffic school sessions for speeds between 90 and 100 mph on Ohio 73 near Middletown. A 16-year-old was fined 2 and given a 60 day suspension plus four traffic school sessions for 75 mph in a 35 mph zone on N Verity Parkway. Both cited by police. no accidents occurred.
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Middetown
Harry Walsh
Ohio 73
Here
Middletown High School
Jubilee
LeSourdsville Lake
N. Verity Parkway
Jake Seibold
Police Briefs Capture Three Suspects in Local Case Files
Officers arrested James E. Combs aged 21 of 1220 Sycamore Street on a failure to provide charge. James Sterling, 36, of 803 Aeronca Street, held on a fugitive warrant from Owensboro Kentucky for non support. Ernest Igo, 27, of 1915 Casper Avenue, arrested on warrants charging assault and battery and non support. A Vatican Latin language magazine makes one concession to modern times with a subscription rate shown by a dollar sign.
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James E. Combs
Sycamore St
James Sterling
Aeronca
Ernest Igo
Casper Ave
Vatican
Three Injured in Industrial Accidents Reported
Three people were treated at Middletown Hospital emergency room for injuries from industrial accidents. J P Swanger, 50, of Cincinnati severed the tip of his right index finger at work for Viking Sprinker Co. Dex ter Back, 42, of Franklin, fractured his left wrist at Coolidge Corp. Ed Fields, 26, of Middletown, suffered facial cuts and a skinned ear from a fall at Hampstead Coal Co. Rickey Palmer, 9, of Park Street, treated for a cut finger at home.
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Middletown Hospital
J. P. Swanger
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
Viking Sprinker Co
Aeronca
Coolidge Corp
Dexter Back
Ellen Ridge
Franklin
Ed Fields
Middletown Rt
Fields
Hampstead Coal Co
Middletown OUAM Council Wins State Award in Derby
Middletown’s Alpha Council 326 Jr. OUAM captured first place in the state Jr. OUAM Achievement Derby, winning the coors for the second time since 194. The event grades councils by civic activity, with key points from a membership drive and a Citizenship Award given to a local senior. William Joleff placed third in the state in individual membership drive as Middletown’s council topped last year’s winner Tiffin, Ohio, by placing first and second respectively.
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Middletown
Alpha Council
Jr. Ouam
Debris Fire in Vacant Lot Blamed on Children
Children playing with fire were listed as the possible cause of a debris fire in a city owned vacant lot in the 2400 block of Elmo Place last night. Companies 2 and 4 answered the alarm at 8 43 p.m. No damage resulted.
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Elmo Place
Father Delivers Baby Before Doctor Arrives
A Franklin father of four delivered his fifth child, a girl, at home 1134 Thirkield St. at 7:45 p.m. after a Miamisburg osteopath reportedly refused to proceed without advance payment. A Middletown physician, summoned, was delayed by an emergency. The father, Robert L. Carver, watched the delivery until the doctor arrived. both mother and baby were reported well.
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Franklin
Miamisburg
Thirkield St
Robert L. Carver
Carver
Middletown
Bean
Central Avenue
Obituary for John A Hurston 46 Middletown native
John A Hurston age 46 formerly of Middletown died at 6 a.m. yesterday at Queen General Hospital Jamaica New York after a heart attack. He leaves five sons John Hurston Jr Dan Marvin Benjamin and Floyd all of Middletown a daughter Sylvia and seven sisters Ethel Reed Bertha Moss Ophelia Walker Jimmy Lee Paige Carnelia Strickland Pinkie Alexander Mary Wallace all of Jamaica Detroit. Services will be held Wednesday in Jamaica with Elder Bert Perkins of Middletown officiating and burial there.
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John A. Hurston
Middletown
Queen General Hospital
Jamaica
New York
Pvt
John Hurston Jr
San Antonio
Tex
Dan
Marvin
Benjamin
Floyd Hurston
Sylvia Hurston
Ethel Reed
Bertha Moss
Ophelia Walker
Jimmy Lee Paige
Carnel
Mrs Dovie Brockman dies at 59 near Oregonia
Services for Mrs. Dovie Brockman 59 who died Thursday night at her home near Oregonia will be held at 1 30 p m Tuesday at the Pentecostal Church at Clarksville Burial will be in Miami Cemetery Corwin Surviving are her husband Joseph two sons William of Hamilton and John of Batavia two daughters Mrs Bessie Griffin of Hamilton and Mrs Dessie Holsapple of Arcanum one brother and five sisters Arrangements are by the Oswald Funeral Home
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Dovie Brockman
Lebanon
Oregonia
Pentecostal Church
Clarksville
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Joseph
William
Hamilton
John
Batavia
Bessie Griffin
Dessie Holsapple
Arcanum
Oswald Funeral Home
Morrow Mourns Charles Eichholzer Retired Railroader
Charles Eichholzer, 80, a retired railroader, died at his home in Morrow. He is survived by his wife Lillian. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Yale Funeral Home with burial in Morrow Cemetery. Masonic memorial services will be held at 38 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home.
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Morrow
Charles Eichholzer
Eichholzer
Lillian
Yale
Morrow Cemetery
Masonic
Funeral Home
Hamilton Deaths Miss Anita Louise Falconi
Miss Anita Louise Falconi 36 of 1122 Chestnut Street dies with services at 8:30 a.m. today at Brown Dawson Funeral Home.
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Anita Louise Falconi
Chestnut St
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Deaths Across States Claim Notables
Frank E. Howe 85 a founder of the Bennington Banner and long serving editor publisher died Friday. He was Vermont lieutenant governor, speaker of the House, president of the state AAC and Bennington postmaster. Tom Brady 107 ex slave and one of Mississippi oldest Negroes died earlier in the week. Joseph P. Glaser 71 past president of the National Council of Catholic Charities died Friday in Detroit.
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Associated Press
Bennington
Frank E. Howe
Bennington Banner
Vermont
House of Representatives
Ben Harrisville
Miss
Tom Brady
Mississippi
Detroit
Joseph P. Glaser
National Council of Catholic Charities
Optimists view film at luncheon meeting
Optimists and Optimist Club members watched the film Bradshaw's Billions sponsored by Kodak Co at a luncheon yesterday in the Manchester Hotel. Hugh Cook screened the movie. Opti-Derby chairman set final meeting for Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the CG&E Building on Mary Etta Street, announcement states.
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Optimist Club
Bradshaw's
The
Kodak Co
Manchester
Hugh Cook
Opti-Derby
Cg&e
Mary Etta Street
Franklinites Vote on Three Mill Tax Levy
Franklin council quickly approves placing a three mill tax levy on the November ballot. The unanimous ordinance suspends readings for three votes and calls for a three year levy from 1957 to 1959 to fund operating expenses. Funds are earmarked for a new fire truck street equipment repairs and parks and recreation.
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Franklinites
Franklin
Franklin Youth Arrested After Auto Accident
A 20 year old Franklin youth was arrested for reckless operation after his car sideswiped another at J Street and Park Avenue. The 3:45 a.m. crash caused about $700 in damage. Jerry Adams of 711 Lake Ave was charged with reckless driving. his vehicle struck Harm Leesens of 861 Beech Dr on Cedar Street.
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Franklin
J Street
Park Avenue
Jerry Adams
Lake Ave
Adams
Harm Lee Eens
Beech Dr
Cedar
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Fort Hayes
Radio
Crystal Dining Room
Duncan Hines
Capitol
Tom Baird, JR
Butler
DRY Cleaners
St. Clinton
Samuel Walker
Joseph Reno
Dayton
Iun
Reno
Barton Sales & Service
Rickey Palmer
Viola Palmer
Park St
Ouam Council
Christian
Science
Warren Koon
Foursquare Churches
Dewey E. Morrow
Vradelis
Robbins & Myers
Atlas
Broad St
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