Memorial Day weekend traffic in area posts light patrol
Area highways reported unusually few incidents during the 1954 Memorial Day weekend with patrol activity described as exceptionally light.13 accidents were logged over three days, four injuries reported none serious. A Dayton man, Parnell Brown, 22, was arrested for failing to stop. four others, including Rosa Lee Allen, 4, and June Henderson, 23, sustained minor injuries. A collision on Ohio 741 and U S 122 damaged a tractor and truck, with the tractor demolished.
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Men of Post
Butler County
U. S. 25
Warren County
Ohio 741
U. S. 122
Parnell Brown
Camel St
Dayton
Brown
Franklin Municipal Court
Middletown Hospital
Rosa Lee Allen
Camel
June Henderson
Hartford St
James F. Lake
Mulberry St. Lebanon
Lake
Weekend Marked By 23 City Mishaps and 4 Hurt
A Middleton resident escaped with minor injuries after his car rolled three times following a collision at Young Street and York Avenue. He was cited for failure to yield right of way and treated for a facial laceration. The weekend total reported 23 incidents with four injuries.
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Young Street
York Avenue
Ernest Cook
Grove St
Middletown Hospital
Cook
Lawn Avenue
Finley Street
8Th Avenue
Main Street
Stanley Street
Boeke
Clark Street
Fleming Road
South Street
Wilson Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Lafayette
Minnesota Streets
Eisenhower urges unity against communism at Columbia speech
President Eisenhower delivers a 30 minute address at Columbia with a large audience including college presidents. He condemns attempts to censor ideas while warning against labeling every opponent as wicked or treasonous. He stresses America’s unity in opposing communism and critiques self styled censors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Columbia
America
Butler County Grand Jury Returns Thirty-Eight Indictments
The May term grand jury returned 38 indictments against as many defendants, with five cases ignored. Among those: Douglas Lee Patton for second degree murder in the Wilbur Highley shooting. Don Kirby and Guy Bishop for obtaining money under false pretenses over a furnace scam. multiple burglary and larceny charges in Middletown. and armed robbery cases involving Union Township residents. The panel examined 82 witnesses, visited facilities, and reported conditions satisfactory given circumstances.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Douglas Lee Patton
3Rd St
Trenton
Wilbur D. Highley
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Don Kirby
Guy Bishop
Alabama Gibbs
Gideon
Middetown
Roy Johnson
Woodford Briscoe
Harry Long
Robert W. Jones
James Albert Davis
James Henry Heiser
Elmer Lewis
Robinson
William Childs
Herman Stahl
Henry Clay Saylor
Oxford
Raymond Hensley
Frederick Neal
Clayton Neal
Union Township
Carroll Declan Martin
William McPherson
Abraham Moulton
Hamilton
James Cox
Lenville Jackson
Lemon Township
Butler County
Stores Open Tonight Amid Bold War Time Speech
Mid dletown Retail Merchants Assn member stores will stay open Monday hours from noon to 9 pm after yesterday’s holiday. A speaker warned against dissent seen as disloyal subversion while outlining two broad policies: cooperative peace rooted in justice and a strong security posture for America and its friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Retail Merchants Assn
America
Regular Old Goose-Drowner Deluges Middletown
A 20 minute downpour drenched Middletown with 0.72 inches of rain, causing street and basement flooding. The storm knocked out power at several firms including Crystal Tissue Co and Gutters overflowed as lines and sewers filled. Utilities reported widespread outages and planned repairs depended on further squalls.
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Middletown
Lonnie Gibson
Miami Conservancy District
C. T. Morningstar
Water Works
U.S. Weather Bureau
Morningstar
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Huntsville
Crystal Tissue Co
Harding Jones Co
United Welding Co
Middletown Sand & Gravel Co
George J. Kuehnle
Cg&e Northern Division
Hugh Harvey
Amanda
LeSourdsvile
Bethany
State Highway Patrol
Hamilton
Club Plane Damaged In Crackup Near Indian Lake
Middletown flying club members John Welling and Roy Cox escaped injury when their small Cessna tiedown plane crashed into a farmer's clover field near Indian Lake after stormy takeoff. Damages were estimated at 450 dollars and repair expected in about two months. The duo, on their way to Canada for fishing, hauled the plane back to Middletown by private truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
John Welling
Vannest Avenue
Indian Lake
Welling
Roy Cox
Germantown Road
Cox
Canada
MacMillan Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W J MacMillan of 3009 Stevens Ave mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Married June 1 1904 in Ramsey New Jersey they now reside in Middletown and are parents of four children with twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr MacMillan works as an engineer for McGraw Construction Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. MacMillan
Stevens Ave
Ramsey
N. J
Middletown
MacMillan
Robert W
Paul D
Margaret Backes
Trenton
Helen Hope
Richfield
N.J
McGraw Construction Co
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount and Strand theaters preview this week's schedule. On Tuesday Paramount screens Loop Hole Carnival Story and Lili in multiple showings. Strand features Canyon Passage Has Anybody Seen My Gal with additional Cease Fire and Scarlet Angel on Wednesday.
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Paramount
Gal
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Pana
Ma Avenue
Woodrow Birchfield
Linden Ave
Chester Cottingim Jr
Germantown Rd
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Central Avenue
Brown Cornett
Burbank Ave
Otto Myers
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Jack Saat
14Th Ave
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14Th
Ada E. Watson
Mohawk St
Nolin Lans
Rothman
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New York Stock Exchange
First National Bank
Greene and Ladd
First National Bank Bldg
Ohio
City & State
C. L. Hodson
Capital Finance Corp . A
Teddy
W. W. Gray
Teddy Roosevelt
R. B. Hannah
John Chamberlain
Korea
William Gomin
Weith
Co. A. Boeke
Public Service
the Order
Waterbury
Champion Heating
Central
McCoy-Leffler
Walter N
Homer D. Nco Leeeler Funeral Home
Broad Street
First Ave
Bruce and
Libby Sant
Robert Sant
Central Ave
Zenith
Lewis Drugs, Inc
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Central Branch
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