Daytonian Wins Jaycee Bike Race
A 21-year-old Dayton man won the cross country bicycle race with a 31.32 minute time on a 13 mile course. Joe Killinger took second and Dave Myers third. Ralph Jones was the top local finisher in seventh. The event drew 600 spectators and featured local safety checks, a slogan contest winner, and donations from area merchants.
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Dayton
Jaycees
Mike Manzo
Sunset Park
Joe Killinger
Dave Myers
Hamilton
Ralph Jones
Grand Ave
The
Amateur Bicycle League of America
Ptl
Jack Combs
Middletown Police Division
Jaycee
Ernie Bratcher
VFW
James Curry
Middletown Safety Council
Robert Moore
Jake Sieb
Bicycle Institute of America
Jack Hartman
Rome
Middletown
Commission Faces Light Agenda Tonight
A light agenda is prepared for the City Commission meeting at 8 o'clock tonight. Items include ordinances to fund the city share of Madison Township line, to amend the traffic code to conform with state law, and to modify regulations on intoxicating liquor in motor vehicles.
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Madison Township
Injured Pastor Stull Serious After Ohio 123 Crash
The Rev. Henry Hopkins, 54, of 260 Allen St Franklin, was listed in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after his vehicle skidded into a car on Ohio 123. The other driver, Grover Brannon, 40, of Ferguson Ky, and his passenger Jayne Brannon, 9, were also involved. Jayne was listed in good condition with a possible skull fracture.
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Henry Hopkins
Allen St. Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Ohio
Grover Brannon
Ferguson
Jayne Brannon
Brannon
Jury Indicts to Middletonians
Nine people escaped injury in seven Middleton traffic mishaps since Saturday evening. Ruth Adams 58 of Franklin was charged with driving while intoxicated after her car crossed the center line on N Verity Parkway and damaged yards. Other incidents include a crash near Garfield Street, a rear auto-ram collision on 5335 Garfield, and a fleeing-the-scene charge against Thomas Crekbaum. Damages totaled about 462.
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Middletown
Ruth Adams
N. Verity Parkway
Adams Auto
Wrenn Court
William Blankship
Hawkins Rd
Garfield St
Charles Day
Gideon Rd
Oxford Mother 26 Charged With Murder
Fifteen Middletonians were among 29 defendants in 25 indictments from the Butler County Grand Jury. Lonje Silverstein, 26, of Oxford, faces second degree murder for the death of her year old son found in the bathtub April 8. Susan Jane Williams, 28, of New Miami, also charged with second degree murder for the stabbing of her husband, Roosevelt Williams, 53. Arraignments set for Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
Fred Cramer
Lonje Silverstein
Oxford
Susan Jane Williams
Morris Ave
New Miami
Roosevelt Williams
Six Hurt In Area Crashes
Six persons were injured, two seriously, in two separate highway crashes yesterday afternoon. Nancy Oliphant, 45, of 2117 Queen Ave, listed in satisfactory condition after the southbound car driven by Hobart Oliphant, 62, pulled from Greentree Road onto Ohio 741 and struck a westbound vehicle driven by France Hobbs, 72. Mrs Oliphant had a fractured left leg and internal injuries. Libbie Hobbs, 44, suffered arm abrasions and was cited for failure to yield right of way. In the second accident on Pennyroyal Road, Franklin youth Terry Hanes, 2, suffered a severe head laceration but was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital. J Hanes, 3, received hand and head bruises. the driver had head and right cheek cuts and chest and nose injuries.
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Daniel Hellmuth
Lebanon
Norma Jean Bush
Wilb Oham Road
Middletown
Thomas Crekbaum
Arlington Ave
Bobby Plythe
Waynesville
Central
Moore
Kenneth Berg
Shawnee Dr
Lafayette Avenue
Trine Street
Nancy Oliphant
Queen Ave
Hobart Oliphant
Greentree Road
Ohio 741
France Hobbs
S. Verity Parkway
Libbie Hobbs
Hobbs
Pennyroyal Road
Interstate 75
Franklin
Margie Hanes
Lynn Drive
Middletown Hospital
Terry Hanes
John Hanes
Tito and Jovanka begin six day Finland visit
Belgrade AP reports President Tito and his wife Jovanka departed Belgrade for a six day visit to Finland. Tito travels with a small entourage and plans official talks on bilateral relations and regional issues. The trip follows a period of intensified diplomatic engagement between Yugoslavia and Nordic states.
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Belgrade
Tito
Jovanka
Finland
Lives Well Cryer Urges Monroe Seniors
Dr Donald W Cryer former pastor of the First Methodist Church Toledo returned as baccalaureate preacher at Lemon Monroe High School speaking on On Whose Side Are You He urged choosing rightly stressing freedom of will and responsibility and urged good sportsmanship and honesty in youth society
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Donald W. Cryer
Toledo
First Methodist Church
Lemon - Monroe High School
Cryer
The
Methodist Church
Dr. Cryer
God
Princeton
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Oxford
Ohio
Freud
Jung
Alder
Work Hard Hold Ideals Fenwick Grads Advised
Joseph F Woodruff told Fenwick High School graduates to practice high ideals and work hard. He urged youth to avoid complacency and the pull of excuses, praising workers who give a full day’s effort for a full day’s pay, while noting a trend toward “outs” and “in it.” The 76 graduates received diplomas as Theodore Spellmire and Sharon Galeese led with valedictory and salutatory remarks.
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Paul Sullivan
Joseph F. Woodruff
Fenwick High School
Theodore Spellmire
Sharon Ga
Woodruff
Religious Viewpoints At MHS Baccalaureate
The Middletown High School baccalaureate speaker urged graduates to seek significance love and security through religion. Rev Robert K Foster aligned Freud Jung and Adler with scripture noting true fulfillment comes from fearing God and trusting divine provision over worldly security.
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Middletown High School
Robert K. Foster
Foster
Freud
Jung
Adler
Inner citadel of the soul as true security
A quotation asserts that genuine security rests not in insurance or defense departments but in the inner realm of spirit and religion. It emphasizes that even with natural upheaval there remains a spiritual fortress that cannot be damaged.
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Insurance Company
Department of Defense
Call for youth to embrace old-fashioned values
Woodruff urged youths to reclaim old-fashioned ideas and loyalty to the country. He asked why taking an oath of loyalty feels distasteful and called for more people who respond emotionally to patriotic symbols like the flag and national anthem. He praised honesty, courage, thrift, and strong religious feeling.
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Woodruff
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TESA
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Wilbraham Rd
Curry Ford
Totus Ave
Lloyd Estes
James T. Baker
Thaddeus Shields
Mary Elizabeth Shepherd
Albert Steton
Jimmy Lee Spicer
Charles W. Smith
Ronald L. Kinner
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Jerry C. Chambers
Richard Edwards
Elmer R. Sullivan
Eddie M. Kirby
Paul E. Kirby
Robert G. Morgan
Gilbert Jones
Pauline Spicer
Thomas B. Dennis
Amos Grigsby
Monroe
Jesus Christ
Peope
NCR
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Cononwealth
Central Ave
Main
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