Traffic Lights Install Start August 3 in Middletown
The city awards plan to install a new 65000 traffic light system beginning August 3, expected to take about three months. One-way conversions on Manchester and First Aves and part of Main St follow completion. A truck rerouting plan proposed by Sam Redding prompted questions on legality and impact.
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City Commission
Manchester
First Ave
Main St
Sam Redding
Redding
Oxford State Rd
Franklin-Trenton
Middletown
Boeke
Wagner-Smith Company
Shafer-Neibar
Béeke
New York Central Engineers
Town Trucks The Problem Chief Claims
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore says transient truck traffic is not the problem in Middletown the trucks themselves create congestion and complaints. He notes trucks are vital to local business in this industrial town and describes them as a necessary evil while officers enforce a 60 minute parking limit and monitor moving violations such as speeding mufflers and gunning engines.
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Middletown
Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
South Lebanon Man Fined In Hit-Skip Case
A South Lebanon man, Hillard Spencer, 51, was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge J. T. Riley in Franklin Municipal Court for driving left of center and leaving the scene of an accident after a hit and run on June 13 near Red Lion. He must post 1000 dollars bond while further investigation continues. no injuries occurred but property damage was caused to a vehicle driven by Thomas Duane. Additional fines were handed to William F. Schoonover for speeding 25 dollars and costs and Marvin Rhoads for stop sign violation, 5 dollars and costs.
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South Lebanon
Hillard Spencer
J. T. Riley
Franklin
Spencer
Ohio
Red Lion
Thomas Duane
Akron
Twenty two to attend Legion Parley in Cleveland
Twenty two delegates from American Legion Post 218 will leave tomorrow for Cleveland to attend the three day Ohio Legion convention. Sam McAdow former local commander will chair the junior activities committee at the state meetings. Delegates include Roger Dillman Walter H Spindler McAdow Thomas Haney E A Lampe and Cecil Runyan among others.
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American Legion Post 218
Cleveland
Ohio Legion
Sam McAdow
Junior Activities Committee
Roger Dillman
Walter H. Spindler
McAdow
Thomas Haney
E. A. Lampe
Cecil Runyan
J. R. Cox
Marvin Blankenship
F. H. Gillespie
Robert Barnard
J. B. Strickland
Walter Pawelkoski
Harold Goetz
J. D. Sawyer
Raymond Skinner
Art Albaugh
Don Dillman
Robert Hawthorne
Patrick Diamond
R. C. Bogan
E. N. Steinbrecker
Bill Akers
City Commissioners Advance Street Projects and Happenings
Earl Cunningham questions annexation progress while street work may finish in three weeks with good weather. A sedan was purchased for the car pool at 1245 dollars, and 12969.05 was paid to Walter L. Follmer for resurfacing. Oak Knoll subdivision approval, Woodlawn Ave parking study, Legion street banner, and square dancing classes granted.
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Earl Cunningham
Highview Rd
Boeke
Ross Motors Company
Walter L. Follmer
Hamilton
Oak Knoll
Todhunter Rd
Yankee Rd
Woodlawn Ave
New York Central Railroad
Crawford St
At The Movies Showings for Paramount and Strand
Paramount screens Vanquished at 1 15 4 10 7 15 10 15 p m Jamarica Run at 2 35 5 40 9 45 p m Strand presents Over land Telegraph 1 15 3 45 6 30 9 10 p m The Glass Wall 2 15 4 55 7 40 10 10 p m
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Paramount
Overland Telegraph
Police Nab Suspects In Break-In Case
Two Middletown men were arrested on July 11 for a break-in at the Del Rio Rancho service station north of Hamilton. Merchants Policeman Al Carr aided by deputies recovered most stolen items including a battery charger and tools. Borders and Tallon are to appear before Squire Louis Bolser in New Miami.
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Middletown
del Rio Rancho
Hamilton
al Carr
Squire Louis Bolser
New Miami
Merle Borders
Fleming Rd
William Gene Tallon
West Middletown
Carr
Borders
Roy Crout
John Fitzgerald
Tallon
Fran. South
Bill Brewer
Two Crashes At Same City Intersection Reported
Police investigated two separate accidents at Charles Street with Manchester Avenue and later at Charles Street and Tytus Avenue. The first crash damaged two cars driven by James Strickland and Ronald Brannon, while a second incident involved Allen Youtsler's truck jackknifing to avoid a car and hitting Ronald Anderson's vehicle.
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Charles Street
Manchester Avenue
Tytus Avenue
Charles and
Tytus
James B. Strickland
Ellen
Brannon
Charles
Strickland
Allen Youtsler
Illinois Ave
Ronald Anderson
Grand Ave
Four Marines Return From Korea Discharged in San Francisco
Four local Marines will be among 2660 veterans of the 1st Marine Division returning from Korea aboard the transport Gen. John Pope in San Francisco. Cpl. James C. Conrad, Pfe Eldon J. Grathwohl, Cpl. Thomas E. Steward, and Sgt. Jack E. Wyant are named with their addresses in Pfe Hamilton and Oxford. The article notes irrigation possibly originated in Egypt per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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1St Marine Division
Korea
United States
John Pope
San Francisco
James C. Conrad
Moore St
Pfe
Eldon J. Grathwohl
South Eleventh St
Hamilton
Thomas E. Steward
Oxford
Jack E. Wyant
South Elm St
Break In Yields 50 At Drive In
A 4:06 a.m. break in at the Point Drive In on Enoch Drive and Tytus Avenue saw about 50 in coins taken from two jukeboxes and several cartons of cigarettes stolen. Entrance was via a rear window and the building ransacked. George Hawthorne, a driver for Miami Maid bakeries, discovered the theft during a delivery. The Point is run by George Taylor.
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Point
Enoch Drive
Tytus Avenue
George Hawthorne
Springfield
Miami Maid Bakeries
George Taylor
Rice papers not made from rice says Britannica
Britannica states rice papers are produced from parts of small trees found in Formosa swamps rather than from rice plants.
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Formosa
City to install 120 one way signs over three streets
Lt. James Combs announces 120 illuminated 12 by 36 signs will guide drivers as Manchester Avenue, Main Street and First Avenue convert to one way. Water Street may join northbound flow. changes aim to ease congestion and align with state rules ahead of November 1 switch.
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James Combs
Combs
Delman Whitt
Manchester Avenue
Sutphin Street
Main Street
Main
Central Avenue
City Commission
Water Street
First Avenue
West Middletown
First
Lt. Combs
Central
Mystery Clings To Disappearance Of Dorotha Maze
West Elkton 14 year old Dorotha Carol Maze disappeared after July 9 with no money or clothing. Butler County deputies seek information and plan to question a youth who says he gave her a ride to Camden. Daughter of Tom Maze, West Elkton. Contact authorities with any tips.
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West Elkton
Butler County
Dorotha Carol Maze
Loren Gustin
Maze
Camden
Tom Maze
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