Flash Flood Soaks Middletown City in Morning Downpour
Early today Middletown faced widespread flash floods with water three feet deep in streets from Upper Arlington to South Highlands. Debris filled roads as sewer inlets clogged. morning rain totaled 1.56 inches with 0.91 inches in the final hour.
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Upper Arlington
Aberdeen Drive
Hampton Place
Sunset Swamp
Bulls Run
Sunset Park
Bellomonte Street
Middletown
Itehlands
South Highlands
Dick's Creek
Riverview Drive
Vannest Avenue
Fulton Lane
Sheldon Road
Sheldon
Kellemonte Street
Aberdeen
Ardmore Drive
Park
Upper Arangen
Charles W. Thompson
Onc
Blue Ball Pike
C. T. Morningstar
Rain Floods Hit Ripe Ohio Crops Across State
Ohio farmers face possible losses up to half their crops as wet weather slows harvest of wheat barley oats and rye. The Extension Service notes grain elevators swamped and harvested moisture at 20 to 22 percent, above the safe 14 percent. The Columbus Weather Bureau warns soils stay cloudy and drying slows in the coming days.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
B. Wood
State Aarfnchures Extension Service
Wood
Columbus Weather Bureau
Red Cross Finishes Warren County Fair Aid
Middletown Red Cross finished duty at Warren County Fair along with Hamilton Red Cross. Led by Joseph Priest, five Middletown first aid instructors handled minor injuries with 30 to 35 customers treated Saturday.
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Middletown
Prowler in the Nude Chased From Front Yard on Marshall Road
Police answered a call at 11 10 p m to the 300 block of Marshall Road. A resident said he chased Nature Boy out of his front yard. The nude prowler was not located after a search of the area.
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Nature Boy
Marshall Road
Shaky Pop Delivers Twins On Unexpected Night
Owen Case and his wife Katherine welcomed twin girls at Middletown Hospital after a late-night birth. The babies Helen Ann and Mary Katherine weigh four pounds one and a half ounces and two pounds fourteen ounces. Owen works in Armco Steel Corp. accounting and took the day off to celebrate.
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Owen
Katherine
Middletown
Helen Ann
Mary Katherine
Works Accounting Department
Armco Steel Corp
Ashland Group Praised for Teacher Workshop Impact
Ashland educators and industrial leaders toured Middletown High School displays from a yearlong Community Resources Workshop open house. Superintendent William Shatties praised the program and suggested starting a similar project in Ashland next spring, linking teaching with college credit and widespread participation.
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Ashland
William Shatties
Swatties
Mexico City
Shuttles
Edward Seamon
Middletown
Middletown High School
Grand Jury To Get Bad Check Case
Franklin special report: Jona than Jones, 37, Springfield, bound over to Warren County grand jury on three counts of passing checks with insufficient funds. Bond set at 5000. Other Monday cases criticized by Municipal Court Judge J T Riley include Edna Hobbs 3%, Miamisburg fined 253 and costs with three years probation for assault and battery. A 66 day jail sentence suspended. James E Stewart 30 Cincinnati improper operation 50 and costs (costs suspended). Lincoln Rose 25 Franklin disorderly conduct 25. Charles Andley Jones Franklin fictitious license plates 10 and cost. Forfeiting bonds Byron Morris Jr 2 Franklin operating Vehicle without license 25. James Kay Leonard 18 Franklin noise Violation 15. Russell Rowley 35 Dayton reckless operation of motor vehicle 25. Herbert Parker 30 Franklin speeding 15. Eugene Rich 29 34 Crawford St Middletown noise violation 15.
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Franklin
Springfield
Jonathan Jones
Warren County Grand Jury
J. T. Riley
Riley
Edna Hobbs
Miamisburg
James E. Stewart
Cincinnati
Lincoln Rose
Charles Andley Jones
Byron Morris Jr
James Kay Leonard
Russel Rowley
Dayton
Herbert Parker
Eugene Rich
Crawford St
Middletown
Derby Hopefuls Race In Street
Officers responded to Sherman Avenue and Ross Street at 1 48 p m yesterday about youths racing their soap box derby cars on the street. Police advised the youths to find another racetrack and return home.
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Sherman Avenue
Ross Street
Community Group Meetings Schedule Listings
A compiled list of local meetings for Tuesday and Wednesday across Middletown and nearby areas. Fire departments, civic clubs, veterans posts, and service organizations share times from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at various venues, including churches, armories, and halls.
Seventh Middletown Workshop Marks Its Seventh Year
After representatives of the tree sponsoring groups spoke a teachers skit modeled on This Is Your Life was performed. The piece titled Mr. Workshop Seven reminded the audience this is the seventh year of the Middletown workshop.
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Ralph ‘Edwards
Middletown
MU Readies For Workshop
More than 30 elementary teachers are expected for Miami University three week workshop in science teaching. Dr L Warren Nelson director says the program will develop simple teaching aids from common materials and discuss aims and integration with other subjects. Industrial field trips are planned.
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Oxford
Miami
University
L. Warren Nelson
Ohio
Miami University Opens Second Summer Session
Oxford special report states Miami University begins the second term of its summer session with an enrollment estimated at 1100 to 1200 students. The second session typically runs about two thirds of the first term, which this year exceeded 1900. The session ends August 26.
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Oxford
Miami University
Boy, 6, Turns In False Alarm Here
A six year old boy turned in a false box alarm at Sherman Avenue and Moore Street yesterday bringing firemen at 4 14 p m. Companies 2 3 and the emergency squad responded. Police directed traffic and said his mother would take care of him.
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Sherman Avenue
Moore Street
Blount Named Alumni Director at William Jewell College
Ballard B Blout formerly of Middletown has been named director of alumni activities at William Jewell College Liberty Missouri announced by Dr C Sylvester Green vice president for public relations Blount succeeds P Caspar Harvey who retired after 38 years Blount will supervise alumni records coordinate programs in Missouri and western United States and assist in alumni events He is a Jewell alumnus graduated 1954 and has served as an admissions counsellor and pastor in several Missouri cities including Wheeling Kansas City and La Junta Cal He served 40 years in World War II with the Air Transport Command in Brazil and is active in Liberty Lions Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Middletown
Willam Jewell College
Liberty
C. Sylvester Green
Bount
P. Caspar Harvey
Missouri
United States
Walter Pope Binns
Blount
William Jewell
Central Baptist Seminary
Wheeling
Kansas City
la Junta
Cal
Brazil
Air Transport Command
Acte
Lions Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Golden Age Club Plans Anniversary Party
The Golden Age Club will host a 60 plus members anniversary party tomorrow. The event honors members with pathdays or wedding anniversaries and is set for 1 30 p m in the Girl Scout Room at the Civic Association building.
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Civic Assn
National Guard Company D
107Th Armored Cavalry
Armory
Franklin Foe
Golden Age Club
Harry Gordon
Civic Association
Kiwanis Club Meeting Set At Camp Hook
The Kiwanis Club will meet at Camp Hook in the Boy Scout dining hall starting at 12 15 p m. Program chairman Wesley E McComb announced the gathering and invited members to attend.
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Kiwanis Club
Boy Scout
Camp Hook
Wesley E. McComb
No Evidence Found to Tie Teen to Fatal Traffic Crash
Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb dismissed a second degree manslaughter charge against Clifford Griffen, 19, in the July 12 single car crash that killed his cousin Joe Griffen, 20, near Franklin. No autopsy was performed and coroner Dr. Garret Boont could not confirm the cause of death, with the body shipped to Tennessee.
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J. T. Lamb
Clifford Ray Griffen
Union Rd
Franklin
Joe Griffen
Olive St
Frankin
Monroe
Garret Boont
Butler County
Lamb
Boore
Tennessee
Boone
William M. Stover
Middletown Hospital
Griffen
Clifford Griffen
Sheriff's
No Kidnap- Just A Catnap
Police responded to a report at 1817 Grand Ave about Carl Espo sito a five year old boy missing for over an hour. He was located 45 minutes later at 1819 Grand Ave on a porch swing unaware of the search.
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Grand Ave
Carl Esposito
Middletown Safety Council to Hear Budget Report
The Middletown Safety Council board meets Friday at 11:90 a.m. in the Civic Association to hear a budget committee report. The 1959 budget must be approved by the safety board and submitted to the Civic Association by July 29, per Council President Wylie Mitchell.
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Middletown Safety Council Board of
Civic Association
Safety Board
Wylie Mitchell
Fellowship Dinner Set for Sunday Services at CME Churches
The final fellowship dinner of the conference year is planned at Philips Chapel CME Church. Maudesteen Jackson and the Lane Metropolitan CME Church organist from Cleveland will provide music for the 11 a.m. service while Rev Cedric Rodney preaches at the 3 p.m. service.
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Philips Chapel
CME
Maudesteen Jackson
Lane Metropolitan Cme Church
Cleveland
Cedric Rodney
Estimation of a Man's Blood Cells Lighting a Bulb
A historic claim states that normal blood cells hold enough electricity to light a 25 watt bulb for about three minutes.
Man Sent To Prison In Burglary
Judge Fred B. Cramer of Butler County Common Pleas Court ordered Dubey, on probation for a prior burglary, to five years probation and $1300 restitution for a break in at Wolpert paint store after being found with a screwdriver in front of Bobo's service station. Clarence Carson and Donald Skelburg were placed on five year probations for related theft offenses. Marie Hall received ten years probation for possessing a hypodermic needle and unlawful narcotics procurement after purchasing narcotics under assumed names.
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Hamilton
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Dubey
Bobo
10Th Street
High Street
Breskin
Wolpert
Fairfield
Clarence Carson
Pleasant Ave
Donald Skelburg
Marie Hall
Wittman St
Divorce Remarry Timeline Averages Three Years In U S
The typical time before remarriage after divorce in the United States is about three years. This reflects common dating patterns and restarting personal relationships after divorce.
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The
United States
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