Nazis and States Rights Visitors at Middletown Summer Festival
An American Nazi Party organizer and States Rights Party members visited Middletown during the Summer Festival, arguing at the League of Women Voters booth but not revealing their identities. Black Nationalists also appeared at the Republican booth, while local volunteers reported mixed reactions from the public amid a high turnout for informational booklets on Middletown city government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Hayes
American Nazi Party
States Rights Party
Middletown
League of Women Voters
Adolph Hitler
League
Booth
Richard Smith
Youth Shot Twice At Yankee Road Incident in Middletown
A 19 year old white youth, Thomas P Woods of 614 Buena Ave, was shot twice in a May 3 early morning attack by a Negro youth at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway. Woods sustained chest and leg wounds and was taken to Middletown Hospital in serious condition. Police questioned several youths and pursued possible motives, noting no clear argument or race-related conflict at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Road
Verity
Thomas P. Woods
Buena Ave
Woods
Jewell
Wall
Franklin Man Bound Over On Fraud Charge
A 55 year old Franklin man, Jack William Singleton, bound over to Butler County Grand Jury on $2,500 bond for defrauding a Middletown man of 12400. Warrant signed by Hubert Hannah says trucks were to be delivered from Detroit. Singleton waived preliminary hearing. More court actions include fines for various defendants on charges from weapons to drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Middletown
Butler County
Munici
Pal Court
Jack William Singleton
Marvel Drive
Vincent Sisson
Singleton
Hubert Hannah
Dixie Highway
Detroit
Mich
Hannah
Franklin County
Dean Morey
Garfield St
Morey
Sidney R. Phipps
Middletown Rt. 1
Polly Ann Reed
First Ave
Peggy Jean Ivey
S. Clinton St
William Haller
Driver Unphased By Crash Near Fantasy Farm Motel
Hamilton County Deputy Harold May investigates an unusual late night crash on Route 4 near Fantasy Farm Motel. A caller reported an overturned compact car. the driver allegedly flipped it upright, retrieved a popped windshield, and drove off with California plates heading north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Harold May
Rt. 4
Fantasy Farm
Dep
California
Cleveland man killed in Toledo area traffic crash
A Cleveland man Albert Crowley, 62, was identified by police in suburban Oregon as the pedestrian killed when struck by a car Thursday in a Toledo area traffic accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Albert Crowley
Oregon
Richmond man fined after punching Ohio patrolman
A Richmond man, 28 year old James McCarty, paid a $75 fine in Judge Albert Herrick's municipal court for tossing a punch at Ohio state patrolman Marvin E. Holbrook on June 25. The incident followed an arrest for a traffic violation after a near riot at a motorcycle show at Warren County fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Richmond
Ind
Ohio
James McCarty
Albert Herrick
Marvin E. Holbrook
McCarty
Warren County Fairgrounds
Holbrook
Workable Program certification renewed for Middleton
Congressman Rodney M Love announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has recertified the Workable Program for Community Improvement of Middleton. Recertification keeps Middleton eligible for federal loans grants and housing aids tied to the program while not granting approval for any specific aid. The program shows how the community will use local resources to eliminate blight and requires annual progress to maintain eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney M Love
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Middleton
Love
Gaines Pressley Elected President of National Hairdressers
Gaines Pressley of Marietta Georgia has been elected president of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association. The announcement comes from Houston. The new president will lead a national group of professionals in 1930s era trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Tex
Gaines Pressley
Marietta, Ga
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Restroom Bomb Turns Out To Be Waterlogged Toilet Part
Lebanon Ohio authorities investigated a bomb threat at a Sohio service station on U.S. 22 Twenty Mile Stand. Officers found a suspicious cylinder in the ladies room that was plunged into water and later determined to be a spring toilet tissue dispenser part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County Sheriff's
Twenty Mile Stand
U.S. 22
Dave Bullock
Ten Accidents In City Injure Two And Cite Five
Police investigated ten accidents since yesterday on S Main Street and surrounding avenues. John King Jr., 26, suffered facial and elbow abrasions. Tom Hayden, 8, injured when his bicycle was struck. Charles Knopp, 23, escaped citation. King’s car damage about $3,000. total damages near $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sible
King
S. Main Street
Middletown
Hayden
Charles Knopp
Plymouth St
Central Ave
Knopp
Housekeeper Sues Estate for Back Pay
A former housekeeper for the late Charles C. Lunsford sues in Butler County Common Pleas Court for 1535 dollars claiming 31 weeks of services from Jan 1 to Aug 6 1963 plus 542.50 for food and 217.50 for storage rent from Oct 15 1963 to Mar 15 1966.
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Hamilton
Charles C. Lunsford
Butler County Common Pleas Court
William R. Hendrickson
Alice Mashier
Bethany-Mason Rd
Richard Lunsford
Richard
Fairfield
Teen and man cited in two-car collision on Columbia Avenue
At 5 10 p m on Columbia Avenue and Verity Parkway Donald G Mosley 19 of 1721 Germantown Road and Jerry Hurley 32 of 2206 Woodlawn Ave collided causing 475 damage Mosley cited for failure to yield Eugene A Ignes 30 of 8302 Lower Carlisle Road struck a tree stump at 9 11 p m in front of 306 Broad Street causing 150 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald G. Mosley
Germantown Road
Jerry Hurley
Woodlawn Ave
Columbia Avenue
Verity Parkway
Mosely
Eugene A. Ignes
Lower Carlisle Road
Broad St
Park owner vows defiance of civil rights order
L. D. Bud Baker said Millville Park will not comply with an Ohio Civil Rights Commission order to cease discrimination. He warned the pool and park would close if the July 31 deadline is enforced, insisting the private club rights are violated and vowing a court challenge. Baker’s attorney is Horace Baggett Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
Ohio
Civil Rights Commission
Millville Park
L. D
Bud) Baker
Baker
Commission
Old Mill Stream
Wilmington
Sycamore
Moraine
Lebanon
Sperling Faces Hearing on Housebreaking Charges in Ohio
William Otto Sperling, 33, a social worker at Lebanon Correctional Institution, is set for a Hamilton County Court hearing on two counts of housebreaking. Deputies say he admitted breaking into two suburban homes and cited debt and jail money as motives. An arrest followed when he attempted to withdraw money at a savings-and-loan institution. Two Dayton men selling shampoo and soap at Jefferson Road and old Route 235 held peddler licenses, but their license was valid only in Starke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William Otto Sperling
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Hamilton County
Sperling
Lebanon
Robert Stew
Jefferson Road
Old Rt
Terry J. Sparnes
N. Main St
David Lee Ennis
Lorimer St
Dayton
Starke County
Ohio
Dukeship: Highest Hereditary Rank in British Peerage
The dukedom stands as the premier hereditary title in the British peerage, conferring noble rank tied to cardinal duties and historical landholdings. It marks the apex of aristocratic privilege within the peerage system.
Six Arrested by Deputies at LeSourdsville Lake
Hamilton sheriff's deputies arrested six people at LeSourds ville Lake. Three adults were jailed while three juveniles were released to parents awaiting court. Albert L. Kahle 18 faced delinquency charges for allegedly furnishing a draft card to John G. Luttmiller 16 who tried to buy spirits. A 15 year old Middletown youth faced delinquency charges for intoxication. Douglas McKinney 16 and Edward J. Smith 20 were cited for disorderly conduct after a fight. Roger Melvin Elam 21 was charged with intoxication after being found asleep in another man's car. Elam and Smith were jailed. Kahle sent to county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
LeSourdsville Lake
Oram Fisher
Sheriff's Office
Albert L. Kahle
Atwood Terrace
Bellvue
John G. Luttmiller
Kettering
Joe
Elam
Smith
Middletown
Kahle
County
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Robert Petrocy
Richard Peters
United Nations
Peters
Middletonian
Alabama
Ested
Adolf Gitler
HAPF
Reichstag Fur
Foslalist
Dentiche Arbeiterparte
Seb Ghg
Goring Goebbels Murr
Germany
Hitler
Buddy Jewell
Skokiaan Drive
Mark Wall
Erie Ave
Armco Steel Corp
Sebastian Sohio
Ond St
Trenton
Ann Brewer
Oxford State Road
B. Franklin Leeson Jr
Miamisburg
Geraldine Benton
Hill Ave
WPFB
Dep. May
Middletown, Ohio
3Ar & Grill
Miami Valley’s
Anchester Moree
Niocletown
Paul
Galeers
Milton
Walburg Insurance Agency
Horace Baggett Jr
LCI
U.S
TEDS
Chari
Hardware & Rental
Tinner
Art Hyman
Breese CO
Clifton Ave
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