City Commissioners approve five appointments and three ordinances
City Manager Charlies W. Thompson confirms five appointments to fill posts vacated earlier this year. Appointees include Kenneth Jefferies purchasing agent, Fred Hampton assistant building inspector, Robert L. Taylor assistant building inspector for heating and plumbing, LaRue Eisele finance clerk, and Wesley Jones a 90 day survey appointee for the urban renewal program. Three ordinances pass including initial zoning for North Middletown, jail breaking offense, and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Charlies W. Thompson
Kenneth Jefferies
McKinley St
Harlan D. Helsel Jr
Fred Hampton
Bellomonte St
Robert L. Taylor
Calumet St
LaRue Eisele
Columbia Ave
Wesley Jones
Michigan Ave
Middletown
Middletown Planning Commission
Woodsdale Road
Dix ‘Road
Martha Storck
Woodsdale Rd
Martin B. Miller
New Rt. 25 Plans Said Due By Fall
Ohio officials announced that plans for the U.S. Route 25 freeway from Cincinnati to Dayton will reach the Columbus Highway Director’s office by September and be sent to the Bureau of Public Roads for approval. If approved, bidding will start later, with most work ready for the 1958 season and possible winter drainage and bridge work. The Middletown interchange and exact routing were not disclosed.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Charles Noble
State Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Noble
Washington
Highway Department
Middletown
Blue Ball
Thefts reported to city police yesterday
The police brief notes thefts including eight hubcaps a radio a battery a carburetor a clutch a pressure plate and two tires and wheels from Middletown Auto Sales. a set of oxygen gauges about 25 feet of hose and a burning torch from Cohen Bros Inc 1723 Woodlawn Ave. a bicycle from Charlies Huff 13 Fairmount Ave. and a tennis net from Forest Hills Country Club.
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Middletown
Cohen Bros. Inc
Woodlawn Ave
Charlies Huff
Fairmount Ave
Forest Hills Country Club
Two men arrested on warrants and underage sale charge
Yesterday police arrested Ed ward Hogston age 25 of 1111 1st Ave on a Hoon support warrant. Ken neth Bliven age 80 of 3217 Bexley Dr was taken for selling intoxicating beverages to a minor.
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Cers
Edward Hogston
1St Ave
Kenneth Bliven
Bexley Dr
Fire Destroys Cars in S0.N Verity Lot Blaze
Firefighters quelled a blaze caused by hot insulation dropping on 10 cars after a tree-side electrical fault on Verity Parkway. Estimated damage set at 75 dollars as the E R Motors lot suffered the incident yesterday.
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E&r Motors
N. Verity Pkwy. Company 1
Servicemen News Highlights ROTC And Training
Midshipman John R. Davis sails on a six week summer training cruise to South America, Panama and the Caribbean with 2000 ROTC midshipmen from 38 colleges. Pvt Thomas E Fealy begins eight weeks basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri under the Reserve Forces Act. Five ROTC cadets from local area prepare for six weeks training at Fort Campbell Kentucky by August 2. While Pfe Robert E Lewis returns to the 392nd Army Band at Fort Lee Virginia after Nav School of Music graduation.
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John R. Davis
Raymond Davis
Hawthorne St
South America
Panama
Caribbean Sea
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
Davis
Ohio State University
Thomas E. Fealy
Milo L. Fealy
Victoria Dr
Franklin
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ft. Campbell
Joseph C. Alspaugh
Clarence M. Alspaugh
Franklin Rt. 2
John E. Blust
John B. Blust
Fleming Rd
University of
Jesse D Lawson
Tytus Ave
Eric L. Back
Edgar L Back
Crescent Blvd
Western Kentucky State College
Marvin B. Pierson
Clyde D. Pierson
Aberdeen Dr
University of Cincinnati
Naval School of Music
Washington, D. C
Pfe
Robert E. Lewis
N. F. Lewis
Second Ave
392Nd Army Band
Ft. Lee
Middletown Driver Arrested After Two Car Crash
Eddie Jamison, 28, of 702 20th Ave, was charged with careless driving after his vehicle crossed the center line and collided with Lois Cramer’s car on S Main Street near Barnitz Field at 9 39 p m. Damage totaled 75 dollars to Cramer’s car. No injuries reported.
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Middletonian
S. Main Street
Barnitz Field
Eddie Jamison
20Th Ave
Lois Cramer
Aberdeen Dr
Cramer
Jamison
Casino Owners Told To Figure Tax Over Again
The U S Tax Court ordered four former Jungle Inn owners to redo 1948 and 1949 tax returns after upholding most of an IRS challenge. John Farah Ralph Coletto Edward Tobin and Anthony Tobin of Ohio ran the Youngstown casino where gambling was widespread and bingo showed a loss to draw patrons. IRS charged underreported receipts and based taxes on estimates.
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Washington W
Youngstown
U.S
John Farah
Ralph Coletto
Cleveland
Edward F. Tobin
Anthony Ooe
Warren
Ohio
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Woman Struck on Highway Near Mansfield Killed
Mrs Vera Miller 44 of Mansfield was struck by a car Wednesday night while crossing Ohio 13 to reach a soft drink stand where her son worked. The Ohio Highway Patrol said the accident occurred less than a half mile from Mansfield after her husband let her out of his car. The driver was not held.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Vera Miller
Ohio Highway Patrol
Death Ties Auto Crash Fatal For Columbus Ex-Cop
In Columbus a Tuesday auto collision proved fatal Wednesday for Donald L. House er, 30, a former policeman who retired in 1950 after injuries from a motorcycle chase.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donald L. House Er
Fleeing the Scene Case Involving Gibbs Set For Wednesday
Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb will announce next Wednesday his finding in the fleeing the scene of an accident case from July 9 in which Rollie Lee Gibbs, 45, Somerville Route 1, was involved. Gibbs was fined 200 dollars, jailed three days, and given a one year license suspension for driving while intoxicated. The incident on Curtis Street injured four pedestrians including a mother and child.
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J. T. Lamb
Lamb
Rollie Lee Gibbs
Somerville Rt. 1
Aen
Curtis Street
Gibbs
Buy
Boy Slashed By Broken Bottle In Franklin
Dallas Retherford aged 15 son of Charles Retherford was treated at Middletown Hospital for a deep cut and a lacerated tendon after cutting his left middle finger on broken pop bottles. Cecil Stamper 12 son of Bert Stamper fractured his right ankle after jumping from a log in the emergency room.
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Dallas Retherford
Charles Retherford
W. 7Th St.Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Cecil Stamper
Bert Stamper
Ellen Dr
Burg Fireworks Spoil McNabb Plant July Fourth Revelry
In Miamisburg last night a delayed Fourth of July celebration erupted from the William M. McNabb Paper Co. plant. Citizens flooded telephone lines as rockets and firecrackers shattered the quiet, sparked by workers who had planned an event weeks earlier but forgot to notify the town.
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Miamisburg
William M. McNabb Paper Co
Youth, 17, Draws Third Penal Term
A 17-year-old Middletown boy received a third penal term in three years for auto theft. He had prior sentences at Boys Industrial School and was sent to the Mansfield Reformatory after a July 12 chase with Merle Allen, 19, ending in a crash on Central Avenue.
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Gibbs
Girard Avenue
Curtis Street
William Crawford
2Nd Ave
Mike
Betty Wilson
Carryer Rd
Curtig Street
Cliff Crawford
Gibbs Auto
Middletown
Boys Industrial School
Butler County
David Black
Mansfield Reformatory
Jacob Seibold
Merle Allen
Yankee Rd
Central Avenue
Allen
Butler County Grand Jury
Jerry IC
Manning
Douglas St
Citywide bike tag shortage sparks license delay
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore announced a temporary bicycle license shortage after many licenses sold at city fire stations. A new supply has been ordered and should arrive within a week to ten days.
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Joseph Blackmore
Tavern Here Gets Nightclub Permit
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control announced a D3A liquor permit issued to George W. Clayton Sr. and Harold Wells operators of the Friendly Tavern 333 Charles Sr. The permit allows the establishment to stay open until 2 30 a m for sales of liquor by the glass.
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George W. Clayton Sr
Harold Wells
Friendly Tavern
Charles Sr
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
The-Glass
Scheduled Today To Set Up Aeronca Vote
A payroll employee at Aeronca Manufacturing Corp will vote Aug 1 in an NLRB election at the Cincinnati regional office. The UAW AFL-CIO seeks bargaining rights with Aeronca at Middletown and Miamisburg plants, while an Aeronca Independent Union faces disqualification and calls for voting no union. Alton Combs, Middletown attorney, says a steering committee of 12 workers will not be represented in NLRB election arrangements. A handbill circulating among workers urges a no union vote and threatens a new independent union if the UAW loses.
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Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
NLRB
Middletown
Miamisburg
Aeronca
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers, Afl-Cio
Iplants
UAH
Aeronca Independent Union
Alton H. Combs
Independent Union
UAW
Murder charge sought for man in Dorothy Taylor death
Blaine Cornelius, 35, faced with a requested murder warrant by a Hamilton County justice of the peace in connection with the beating and strangulation death of Dorothy Taylor, 35. A 15 year old witness Roy Huffine said he saw a man assaulting a woman. Cornelius reportedly admitted the killing during police interview.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Blaine Cornelius
Dorothy Taylor
Here
Miss Taylor
Roy Huffine
Carl J. Meyer
Cornelius
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Charles W. Thompson
Publi Service
Booker
Seldon Avenue
Robert Gray
Armrel Paving Co. Inc
Carmody Boulevard
William W. Denham
Boeke
North Avenue
Sutphin Street
Magnavox
Angler
Rogers
Melody
Central Ave
Pvt
Fealy
Sandra Riddell
West Middletown Rt. 1
John Burks
Garfield St
Main Street
National Guard Armory
Arthur Sixt Jr
Forest Glenn Jr
David Darrell
South Ave
Parkview Avenue
North Pole
Jack Benny
Mary Ana Stone
London
Los Angeles
Benny
Donald Porter
Julius McIntosh
Bie
McIntosh
Dewitt Boyd
Anther Cafe
Meyer
Central Pastry
Tennessee
City Bldg
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