Three Die In Early Morning US 127 Wreck Near Collinsville
A head-on collision on US 127 near a curve between Collinsville and Somerville left three dead and three injured, including Donald Taylor, a Cincinnati narcotics detective, and his wife Thelma Taylor. The victims were Langdon Jr., a Fisher body employee, Napier, and Taylor. The surviving children, Donna Jean and Glenn Taylor, were injured. The Taylors were en route to Michigan when the crash occurred at 12:05 a.m. The wreck halted traffic while ambulances transported the injured and deceased to nearby Hamilton area funeral homes. The crash marks Butler County’s 1955 death toll rise to 15.
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US. 127
Collinsville
Somerville
Walker Langdon Jr
Laure] Ave
Hamilton
U. S. 25
Sharonville
Dixie Hwy
Donald Taylor
Allview Co
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Police Department
Thelma Taylor
Mercy Hospital
Donna Jean Taylor
Glenn
Langdon
Taylor
Garret J. Boone
Napier
Griesmer- Grim
Nein
Camden
Inman
Michigan
Butler County
Man Charged With Casino Boy 17 Here
A 55 year old Middleton resident Charles McFarland faces a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court for cutting a 17 year old boy with a pocket knife. McFarland was arrested at his home and held on 2500 bond. The Lawson boy was treated at Middletown Hospital and later a doctor’s office for injuries to his back and left arm.
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Middletonian
Ruth Lawson
Charles McFarland
Smith Ave
Don Porter
Coy Hall
Paul Judd
McFarland
Lawson
Middletown
J. T. Lamb
Honest Man Pays Debt To Police
A nameless man entered the Brigham City police station and repaid $8 for two blankets taken three years earlier. He said a cold night prompted the theft and his conscience pushed him to settle the debt when he visited again.
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Brigham City
Utah
H. C. Hampton
Horse Collision Sends Rider to Hospital in Chicago
In Chicago the bicycle of 12 year old Herman Bishop collided with Robin King a white horse ridden by 15 year old Judy Marks daughter of a riding academy owner. Bishop suffered a brain concussion and was hospitalized. Separately about 34 percent of U S spectacles are bifocals or trifocals.
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Chicago
Herman Bishop
Robin King
Judy Marks
United States
Workman Injures Hand In Mishap
Alex Johnson of 708 16th Ave. mashed three fingers on his left hand in an Armco Steel Corp. accident at 1 20 p m yesterday. Six sutures were required at Middletown Hospital for the wound. Richard Jackson of 214 Webster St. tore a left knee after a bicycle fall at 9 14 p m yesterday. He was treated and released from Middletown Hospital.
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Alex Johnson
16Th Ave
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Hospital
Richard Jackson
Carl Jackson
Webster St
Grease Fire Smokes Up Tip Top Restaurant
A deep fryer blaze at the Tip Top Restaurant 2223 Central Ave caused heavy smoke but no damage. The fire started when staff ran out of grease and brought Company 2 to a still alarm at 2 34 p m. The building owner is W H Graff.
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Tip Top
Central Ave
Company 2
W. H. Graff
Weekend Movie Schedule At The Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie
The Paramount shows Lady and the Tramp West of Zanzibar Cell Block 2455 Death Row No Business Like Show Business Canyon Crossroads on Saturday and Sunday. Colonial presents Seven Year Itch. Dixie Cruise In screens Devil Makes Three Nebraska with late show at 1 10 a.m.
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Paramounst
Zanzibar
Davy Crockett Named Newborn Son of Local Family
A newborn boy named Davy Crockett arrives at Middletown Hospital last Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Crockett of 1321 Grove Sanes. The baby weighs five pounds and will meet eight siblings ranging from 10 months to 11 years old. Father is a transportation department worker for Armco Steel Corp.
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Bopa Crockett
Grove
Davy Crockett
David
Little
Middletown Hospital
Father Crockett
Transportation Department
Armco Steel Corp
France Extends Algeria State of Emergency Amid North Africa Unrest
French Assembly voted to extend the Algeria emergency for six months as nationalist violence rises in North Africa. In Casablanca clashes leave multiple dead and a curfew is extended for an Islamist holiday. Authorities release 100 Moroccan political detainees.
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Paris
French North Africa
French National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Algeria
Casablanca
Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Sultan
Ear speech held possible for pilots via ear microphone
OSU researchers say ear emitted speech is clearer than mouth speech in noise and could aid air force communications. They built a microphone to pick sound from the ear, noting 129 percent higher intelligibility and isolation from breath noise.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Henry M. Moser
Speech and Hearing Clinic
Air Force
International Bridge Across Soo Possible
A new state law clears the way for construction of an international auto bridge or tunnel between Sault Ste. Marie Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. It separates U S and Canadian ownership at the boundary and removes provisions to abandon the international railroad bridge.
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Lansing Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ont
U.S
Carillon definition: a mechanical chime set played from keys
A carillon is a keyboard instrument with a staff of bells rung by a mechanism operated from a keyboard. It produces music by striking bells at a distance and is typically housed in a tower or belfry.
Annexation Papers In City Hands
A Butler County Board of Commissioners resolution releasing an 827 acre tract for annexation to Middletown was filed with the City Commission. Petitioners' agent Marion F. Scott praised local support from the Middletown Chamber of Commerce and attorney Walter Bender as the city plans street work and enhanced services upon acceptance of the land.
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Butler County Board of Commissioners
Middletown
City Commission
Marion F. Scott
Brentwood Sr
Doris Kronborg
Charles W. Thompson
Mayfield
East End
Thompson
Barbara Park
Idlewild Subdivision
Oxford State Road
Jackson Lane
William Rothfuss
Burbank Ave
Rothfuss
Scott
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Roy L. Patterson
Walter Bender
Japanese Lear production stuns London with stark sets
Isamu Noguchi designs a radical King Lear in London featuring a torn cloak Lear and space fiction robes for others. Angular moving scenery aims to strip historical associations and reveal the play’s timeless mythic core. Critics worry the visuals overpower even Sir John Gielgud’s noble voice.
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London
Isamu Noguchi
Noguchi
Dresed Lear
Sir John Gielgud
Jet Ace To Marry Freed By Reds At Maxwell AFB
Capt. Hardd Fischer Jr. 30, divorced father and Korean War POW, plans to wed Mrs. Mary Jane Peterson of Des Moines Iowa at Maxwell Air Force Base. Peterson, widow of an Air Force lieutenant, began correspondence with Fischer after his capture by Chinese Communists.
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Montgomery
Ala
Air Force
Reds
Korea
Maxwell Air Force Base
Hardd Fischer Jr
Mary Jane Peterson
Des Moines
Iowa
Fischer
Rich Canadian mining center gets railroad
Mani touwa dge Ont real estate: a 24 mile CN line links a copper zinc silver district north of Lake Superior. Geco Co expects first ore in 1957, mining 3000 to 5000 tons daily. Ontario creates 15 million dollar improvement district over 12 square miles to support a new community with 32 homes by fall. Families live in tents and trailers as 160 workers endure rugged setup.
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Manitouwadge
Ont
Canada
Lake Superior
Canadian National Railways
Geco Co
Ontario
Munroe Wolfe
Marathon
Two Die In Crash East Of Warren
Two men were killed and a youth injured in a three car collision on Ohio 5 northeast of Warren. The state highway patrol identified the dead as Ted Rummel, 67, of Cortland and Leonard Gregory, 33, of Warren, drivers in two of the cars.
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Warren
Ohio
Ohio 5
State Highway Patrol
Ted Rummel
Cortland
Leonard Gregory
Singer Collapses at Home Amid Legal Battle
Los Angeles singer Yma Sumac is in doctor's care after collapsing at her home. Her husband Moises Vivanco, 38, was named in a paternity suit by 21 year old dancer Maureen Shea claiming he fathered her 9 month old twin daughters. Vivanco denies paternity and the suit seeks $500 monthly support. Shea was Sumac's former social secretary.
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Los Angeles
Yma Sumac
Moises Vivanco
Vivanco
Maureen Shea
Miss Shea
Miss Sumac
Man Killed in One Car Crash Near Bellefontaine
Wilbur Glenn McNabb 24 of 317 Lylburn Rd Middletown was killed in a one car crash at the Ohio 69 and 366 intersection just north of Lakeview Logan County. Passenger John Arthur Gross 29 of 225 Charles St treated for lip lacerations and abrasions. Car demolished after skidding off a curve and hitting a power pole. McNabb a Armco Steel Corp. employee and Korea veteran was pronounced dead at Mary Rutan Hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Wilbur Glenn McNabb
Lylburn Rd
Ohio
Lakeview
Logan County
Middletonians
Armco Steel Corp
Mary Rutan Hospital
Bellefontaine
John Arthur Gross
Charles St
McNabb
Two Arrested After Corner Crash No One Hurt
Two men were arrested after a $175 auto crash at Fairmount Avenue and Young Street. Jerome Huntsberger 17 and Stanley Ratliff 20, both of 1613 Yankee Rd, were charged with lacking licenses and related offenses. The collision involved a car driven by Huntsberger owned by Ratliff. No injuries were reported.
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Fairmount Avenue
Young Street
Jerome Huntsberger
Yankee Rd
Stanley Ratliff
Huntsberger
Eight Fined At Franklin Court For Traffic Violations
Franklin special report: Municipal Court fined eight people a total of 345 dollars amid a docket heavy with traffic violations. Judges also dealt with a church disturbance case involving Reaford McGuire Frank McGuire Jr and Jenis Tussey. Additional cases included license suspensions and bonds.
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Franklin
JT. Riley
Pennyroyal Hill
Reaford McGuire
Frank McGuire Jr
Jenis Tussey
Frank McGuire
Dessert Starts Backward Dinner
In San Diego a customer ordered strawberry shortcake in the mid afternoon and, still hungry, asked for fried eggs. Miss Muriel Kessel watched him eat the eggs and then asked if he would like soup.
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San Diego
Calif
Muriel Kessel
Miss Kessel
Thief Demands All But Pennies at Houston Store
A robber in Houston, Texas, demanded cash from a package store clerk saying to take all money except pennies and foreign coins. The clerk surrendered 82 dollars.
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Houston
Tex
Police Briefs Reported Thefts And Missing Person Return
William A Long of 1405 8 S Main St said his car with license 440MH was taken from that address Thursday. Benjamin Ray Reed of 1205 Elm St reported missing since last Tuesday but has returned home. Tiny Thomas of 912 8th Ave said someone entered her house Thursday night and stole her billfold. Marilyn Jackson, 29, was bitten on the left leg by a dog at 610 Wicoff St rear.
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William A. Long
S. Main St
Benjamin Ray Reed
Elm S&t
Tiny Thomas
8Th Ave
Marilyn Jackson
Wicoff St
Windshield Shot At City Street, Man Reports
Carl Kindell of 2514 Central Ave. told police a BB gun fired at his parked car on 4th Avenue near Main Street, shattering the windshield. He reported no injuries and no suspect information at this time.
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Carl Kindell
Central Ave
4Th Avenue
Main Street
Police arrest Thomas Pruitt on assault warrant
Last night officers arrested 24 year old Thomas Pruitt of 1606 Baltimore Street at his home on an assault and battery warrant.
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Thomas Pruitt
Baltimore St
Radio crash near KTAT injures driver and damages studio
Mrs Disrence Coombs crashed her car into the KTAT radio station in Frederick yesterday. Officials estimate station damage at 7000 dollars and car damage at 200 dollars. She was treated for shock at the local hospital.
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Frederick
Okla
Disrence Coombs
KTAT
Army Servicemen Notes From Ft. Knox And Abroad
Army Pvt. James C. Craycroft 18, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel J Craycroft of 1906 Oneka St, recently finished ten weeks of advanced training at Ft. Knox Kentucky under the new packet platoon system. Pvt. Craycroft plans to join a permanent training tank crew during his tour. He entered the Army December 1954 and completed basic training at Ft. Knox after attending Owingsville Kentucky High School. Pvt. Charles Fritz Foutz, son of Mr and Mrs Charles T Fouts of 1100 South Main St, a paratrooper with Company B 508th Regimental Combat Team, arrived in Japan in July as part of Operation Gyroscope. The mission moved the 508th to Japan and returned the 187th Combat Team to Ft. Bragg North Carolina. Foutz, former Middletown High School tennis player, plays tennis at Camp School with recreation facilities including tennis courts golf courses a swimming pool and a football field. Robert L Hastings, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph E Hastings of Fourth Street Waynesville, has been promoted to specialist third class in Hawaii with the 25th Infantry Division Tropic Lightning. The division continues post-trace training using Korea experience. Hastings entered the Army August 1954 and completed basic training at Ft. Knox. He graduated in 1953 from Otterbein College in Westerville. His wife Margaret accompanies him in Hawaii.
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Army
James C. Craycroft
Samuel J. Craycroft
Oneka St
Armored Replacement Training Center
Ft. Knox
Craycroft
Owingsville, Kentucky
Charles
Fritz) Foutz
Charles T. Fouts
South Main St
508Th
Japan
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Foutz
Middletown High School
Robert L. Hastings
Ralph E. Hastings
Fourth Street
Waynesville
Hawaii
25Th Infantry
Korea
Hastings
90Th Field Artilley
Otterbeis College
Westerville
Margaret
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