Budget At Stake Fourteen-Point Commission Vote On Charter Change
Middletown City Commission weighs emergency ordinance to place a two mill increase before voters in November. Amendment would raise operating millage from 4.75 to 75 mills, adding about $300,000 to bridge a near $160,000 year end gap if approved. Four of five votes required, 60 days before the general election, for passage. Also reviewing a resolution to proceed with the new downtown lighting system, already approved two weeks prior.
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City Commission
Middletown
Tilman Ellion
Robert Lukens
City
Lukens
Thompson
Three-Year-Olds Injured In Middletown Accidents
A trio of three year olds were injured yesterday in Middletown. Jennifer Bolin suffered a fractured left arm and is in good condition at Middletown hospital after falling on home steps. Marla Adams sustained a long gash above her right eye and required fifteen stitches after colliding with a window fan. Rodney Hampton received minor back and left arm injuries when he tumbled from a moving car at Highland Street and Grand Avenue.
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Middletown Hospital
Jennifer Bolin
Ira Bolin
Sheffield St
Marla Adams
Charles Adams
Middletown Rt. 3
Rodney Hampton
Ernest Hampton
Highland Stt
Highland Street
Grand Avenue
Changing Lanes Charges Brought In Two Crashes
Two Middletonians cited in municipal court on changing lanes charges after city crashes. Bernard Hughes, 4, 415 Crawford St., collided with a pickup driven by Junior Aderholt, 19, in Germantown Road block at 6:10 pm. $75 damage. Kenneth Yarber, 28, 508 S Main St, hit Gerald Cox, 28, West Middletown Rt 2, Central Avenue block at 11:10 pm. about $70 damage. Other accidents: Lou Sample, 1002 Midway St., vs George Kakagen, 67, Hamilton, on S Broad Street alley at 9:31 am. $30. Glenn Boyer, 38, Miami... Rt 2, and Bella Popovic, 55, WPFR, at Central and Lat Avenues at 9:20 pm. $10. Marshall Agnew, Hamilton, with Elinor Conway, 130 Yankee Rd., at N Verity Parkway and Elwood Street at 10:39 pm. $30.
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West Middletown
Portugal’s long road to independence stated
Portugal has been an independent state since the twelfth century, underscoring its enduring sovereignty and historical development as a distinct nation in Europe.
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Portugal
Wives Organize To Push City Employes Pay Plea
An auxiliary group named the City Employes Auxiliary formed by city employes wives and husbands met at the Firefighters Clubhouse to press for higher pay. About 200 attended as J T Huntsbarger urged action. They plan a 7 30 p m meeting next Tuesday and will attend the City Commission session August 14.
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Middletown City
Firefighters
City Employes Auxiliary
City
J. T
Ted) Huntsbarger
City Commission
Cty
Charles W. Thompson
Arrests in Dayton Dope Probe Mark Major Narcotics Sweep
Dayton police and federal agents seized 11 suspects in a sweeping narcotics roundup described as the most important in years. Indicted quietly after grand jury action, the defendants face possession and sale counts. Key officials led the raids and pledged ongoing investigations. Names and counts include Marion Miller six, Harold Stokes six, Robert Osborne four, Lucius Harris two, Shelley Edwards two, Robert Batties two, Donald Brooks four, Otis Phillips two, Herbert Robinson two, Caldwell Webb four, and Carl Sheffield two.
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Dayton
Ohio
Richard C. Grundish
Ross Ellis
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics
Albert Cook
Marion F. Miller
Harold Stokes
Robert Osborne
Lucius Harris
Shelley P. Edwards
Robert L.batties
Donald Brooks
Ortis Phillips
West Elkton 4H Club Meets for Preble County Fair Prep
West Elkton 4H Club members plan a Friday meeting August 2 at 10 30 a m at the school. Mrs Preston Back, club leader, asks members to bring lunch in a suitable container and the completed project book. Judging details and exhibit instructions will be explained by the advisor. Mr and Mrs Orville Whitt of Miami Florida visited with Mr and Mrs Preston Back and family.
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West Elkton +H
Youths Death Near Hamilton Ruled Self Inflicted
HAMILTON Special Don ald Steiger 20 of 2792 Hamilton Mason Rd was found dead early today in a pasture on the Lewis Hoskins farm 8625 Princeton Rd Coroner Dr Garret J Boone said the gunshot wound appeared self inflicted A .22 revolver was found near the body Steiger employed by Frank Messer Construction Co of Cincinnati and had been despondent recently He is survived by his parents a brother and grandmother Funeral services set for 10 am Friday Klaus Funeral Home Greenwood Cemetery.
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Hamilton
Donald Steiger
Hamilton Mason Rd
Lewis Hoskins
Princeton Rd
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Steiger
Frank Messer Construction Co
Cincinnati
Blue Ball social notes from Brown and Wells Road
Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor called on Mr and Mrs Wilson Willams after visiting Mr and Mrs Lee Creech of Brown Ky. The Kelloughs spent a week at Sandusky Bay with boating and fishing. They were joined by Alvin Knabel and children of Wells Road. Mrs Huber Hendrickson visited the Bairds of Oxford State Road. Mrs Joe Baird and daughter JoAnne called on the Arthurs at Bethany.
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Blue Ball
Robert Taylor
Wilson Willams
Lee
Creech
Brown, Ky
Sandusky Bay
Lake Erie
Wilson Kellough
Wells Road
Kelloughs
Alvin Knabel
Huber Hendrickson
Joe Baird
Oxford State Road
JoAnne
Arthur Baird
Bethany
Two youths arrested in Preble County auto theft case
State Highway Patrolman Don Edwards nabbed two boys aged 15 and 14 in Preble County after a Celina stolen car case. A west Manchester housewife alerted authorities following a call about the vehicle. The pair provided rural route addresses backing Celina and Fort Recovery as the chase unfolded. The car had been taken earlier Monday.
Sam Hayden Dillon Named Monroe County Superintendent
Sam Hayden Dillon of Glouster was chosen as the new superintendent of Monroe County schools and will assume the job on August 1. He succeeds the prior administrator and brings local ties to the Woodsdfield, Ohio, district.
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Woodsfield
Ohio
Monroe County
Sam Hayden Dillon
Glouster
Motorist Warns of Fire at Kensington Home
A motorist near Armco Steel Corp. spotted smoke from a window and alerted Mrs. Prows, allowing firefighters to contain a bedroom blaze at 529 Kensington. Estimated damage was 3000 to the building and 1500 to contents. Lightning is suspected. The Prows family evacuated for the night.
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Armco Steel Corp
Jon Oo
Kensington
Jess Border
Prows
Border
Armco International Corp
Scientist’s preservative is made free for meat
Ohio State University scientist Dr. Fred E. Deatherage patented a method to preserve meat without refrigeration using antibiotics fed to animals or injected after slaughter. The patent, applied for in 1944, was designated for free use by the United States and involved field tests in Australia, New Zealand, and Cuba.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
United States
Fred E. Des Deatherage
Deatherage
Australia
New Zealand
Cuba
Teenagers Hurt In Crash Near Oxford State Road
Two teenagers received minor injuries in an evening accident on Oxford State Road west of Rt 25. Violet Simms 18 Germantown A 4 and Peggy Brown 16 Germantown Rt 1 were passengers in a car driven by Anthony Andres 35 Baltimore St. They were taken to Middletown Hospital. Simms had scratches and Brown minor head and neck injuries. State patrolmen reported Andres failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the road and struck a bridge.
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Oxford State Road
Violet Simms
Germantown
Simms
Miss Brown
Andres
Porter McCauley Arrested After Hotel Dispute
Oklahoma City police seized a .38 caliber pistol and arrested Harris McCauley, 38, after he allegedly backed his demand for service with a firearm. Porter Sam Barnes testified the man was irate when ice water was not delivered to his hotel room. Investigation for assault with a deadly weapon opened.
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Oklahoma City
Sam Barnes
Harris McCauley
McCauley
Privacy at new Ohio mental hospital for elderly patients
In Columbus dayton State Hospital will add a psychogeriatric building for patients over 65. Dr. C Earl Albrecht cites privacy and elbow room as key aims. The unit will house 10 patients, with 75 percent ambulatory and 25 percent non ambulatory, financed by a 150 million dollar voter authorized bond issue and General Assembly appropriations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton State Hospital
C. Earl Albrecht
Ohio Department ‘of Mental Hygiene and Correction
General Assembly
Reservoirs Guarded After Mystery Threat
Santa Barbara authorities placed guards around six reservoirs after an anonymous letter threatened to poison the water supply unless paid $25,000. The threat prompted increased security measures while investigators seek the letter writer.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Oman Attacks Boosted by Open Assaults, Bahrain Report
A British spokesman said Royal Air Force Venom fighters intensified strikes on Oman rebels by attacking them openly for the first time, boosting efforts in the conflict shown from Manama Bahrain.
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Manama
Bahrain
Royal Leir Force
Oman
Aeronca mill seeks bargaining rights by new independent union
A newly formed Aeronca Employes Committee, Inc. asks Aeronca Manufacturing Corp. to recognize it as bargaining agent for 806 employees across Middletown and Miamisburg plants. An election ordered by NLRB will decide if UAW or no union prevails. Meanwhile internal AIU turmoil leads to lawsuits and court records.
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Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Alton H. Combs
Middletown
John A. Lawler
Aeronca
Aeronca Employes Committee, Inc
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Lawler
Miamisburg
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers, Afl-Cio
Aeronca Independent Union
Independent
NLRB
Independent Union
Clara Augspurger
Aeronca Employe
AIU
UAW. Co
Robert Agee
Butler County Common Pleas Court
UAW
George Wilkin
Wilkin
Sut
Ghost Town Art By Prot In Magazine Ford Times
Edwin Fulwider, Miami University art professor, contributes six color lithographs to the August Ford Times as cover and center spread. The ghost town series features Mukilteo Washington Metamora Indiana Moscow Ohio Van Tassell Wyoming Ophir Colorado and Virginia City Montana. Fulwider includes descriptive notes printed on his press and notes Mukilteo was shown at the Library of Congress exhibition.
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Oxford Special
Edwin Fulwider
Miami University
Ford Times
Fulwider
Gale
Mukilteo
Wash
Library of Congress
Metamora
Ind
Moscow
Ohio
van Tassell
Wyoming
Plains Town
Ophir
Colo
Railroad Town
Virginia City
Mont
Idaho
Dog Joins Sheep On 400-Mile Trip
In Bellefontaine Ohio a two year old cons of a railroad livestock supervisor trained dog wandered into a sheep car during a train stop to water the animals. The Louisville Kentucky to New York train traveled nearly 400 miles to Buffalo before the dog was discovered on board.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Buffalo
Fred Crone
Louisville
New York
Buffalo i
Marriage license filed by Olive and Branch in Little Rock
A Little Rock couple began their life together after taking out a marriage license. The pair identified as Billy Olive and Lorene Branch, setting the stage for a peaceful life ahead in the city.
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Little Rock
Ark
Billy Olive
Lorene Branch
Rotary Officers Meet Governor at Middletown Club
Rotary officers and local president Richard A. Wilmer with all committee chairs met yesterday with district governor William H. Hiestand to review plans for the coming year. Hiestand outlined ties between local clubs and Rotary International and spoke on advancing international understanding goodwill and service in the club and community.
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Middletown
Rotary Club
William H. Hiestand
Richard A. Wilmer
Hiestand
Rotary International
Rotary
Police arrest Sam Collins on fraud warrant
Police last night arrested Sam Collins of Oxford State Road on a warrant alleging he issued an $811.69 check February 4 with insufficient funds. The charge was filed by Wayne Am burgey. Thefts reported include a bicycle from Larry Campbell at the Yankee Road Pool a hubcap from Charles Terhune and drinks sold from trucks at Middletown Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
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Sam Collins
Oxford State Road
Wayne Amburgey
Larry Campbell
Main St
Yankee Road Pool
Charles Terhune
Arlington Live
Middletown
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
S. ‘Pity Pkwy
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