Cincinnati Murder Victim's Services Held Here
An elderly Cincinnati woman, Leona Muncie McCracklin, 66, was murdered in her tenement. Funeral services are arranged. her body to be taken to Carpenter Cemetery, Kentucky. Police filed murder charges against 21-year-old Robert V. Mohrhaus, an ex convict, who admitted killing for money after netting $15.04. Mohrhaus is held without bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Cincinnati
Leona Muncie McCracklin
Carpenter Cemetery
Omer
J. R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home
Chester Muncie
Highland Ave
Winfred Munkie
Moore St
MecCrocklin
Robert V. Mohrhaus
Mohrhaus
Boys Industrial School
CP Fund Reaches 4525 In Middletown Drive
United Cerebral Palsy fund in Butler County totals 4525 with Hope Walk and mail gifts. Friday night 450 volunteers raised about 4000 for Middletown CP treatment at the Armory, aiding 23 children under therapist Myron Swack.
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United Cerebral Palsy
Jack Frisbie
Middletown
UCP Treasury
Frisbie
United Cerebral Palsy Assn
Butler County
P.O
Armory
Myron Swack
Aerial Survey Maps Due Here Early In July
Delivery of topographical maps from an aerial survey of eastern and southeastern Mid dletown suburbs is due July 1. C A Boeke, director of public service, said Aero Service Inc of Philadelphia conducted the April survey over an 8000 acre area in one day. Data will help locate storm and sanitary sewers and may be sold to real estate developers to defray costs.
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Middletown
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Aero Service Inc
Philadelphia
Man Jailed For DWI Charge In Lemon Township
Lawrence Combs aged 37 of 5331 Middletown Hamilton Pike was fined 300 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Lemon Township Justice of the Peace W M Hendrickson for driving while intoxicated. He was arrested Sunday near LeSourdsville Lake by Constable Jack Deaton and Deputy Sheriff Frank Rogers. Combs already faces a five year license suspension from Middletown Municipal Court for a prior DWI offense.
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Lawrence Combs
Middletown-Hamilton Pike
Court of
Lemon Township
W. M. Hendrickson
Combs
LeSourdsville Lake
Jack Deaton
Frank Rogers
Middletown
Miami University seeks FCC permit for educational TV channel 14
Miami University filed with the Federal Communications Commission for an educational TV station on Channel 14. The low power, free air system would air programs from its campus closed-circuit TV, limited to the school. The two year experiment is funded by the Fund for the Advancement of Education and staffed by volunteers, focusing on teaching purposes on campus.
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Miami University
Federal Communications Commission
Miami
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Levee Road Bids Sought for Carmody Boulevard
City announces advertising for bids to build Carmody Boulevard atop the new Miami River levee. The 26 foot wide asphalt road runs from Central Avenue to Germantown Road, connecting Route 4 and 122 with a guard rail along a 2 1/2 mile right of way.
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Miami River
Charles W. Thompson
Central Avenue
Germantown Road
Thompson
Miami Conservancy District
World War I Veterans Plan Gab Fest Reunion
World War I veterans gather at the Legion Home for an annual gab fest to reminisce about 1918 memories. The 6:15 p.m. fish fry starts the event followed by open conversation and an officer election and organizational constitution drafting.
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Legion Home
Cinderella Show Raises Red Cross Funds in Middletown
Three Middletown girls Judy Wells Margie Wells and Donna Wills staged a backyard version of Cinderella charging admission and turned 184 dollars to the Red Cross, boosting the chapter treasury.
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Treasury of
Middletown
Red Cross
Judy Wells
Margie Wells
Meadow Ave
Donna Wills
Donna
Police Briefs Note Multiple Local Theft Reports
Police logged a series of thefts including a license plate stolen from Willard Pence on Prospect Street and a bicycle taken from Charles Mitchell at Tytus and Illinois Avenues. Arthur Frazik of Middletown Auto Sales reported hubcaps and chrome panels stolen and interior damage. Dealers license plate theft, 12 hubcaps missing, and several local residents reported losses.
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Willard Pence
Prospect St
Charles Mitchell
Longfellow St
Tytus
Illinois Avenues
Arthur Frazik
Middletown
Verity Pkwy
Frazik
Robert Bush
Kunz Ave
Bob Minor
Heber-Jones Agency
Annie Amos
17Th Ave
Glenn Williams
Elwood St
Thefts of Flags Reported From Club and Golf Course
The police logged reports yesterday of two flag thefts, an American flag taken from the Girls Club and a golf green flag missing from Verity Golf Course. Authorities investigate the incidents and review security footage for leads.
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Verity Golf Course
Dayton Rubbers shows 13 percent sales gain for six months
Dayton Rubber Co. reports first six months of its fiscal year ending last November totaled 34.32 million dollars, a 13 percent rise from the prior year. Profits reached 1.093 million dollars with earnings per share of 1.49 based on 703,134 shares.
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Dayton, Ohio
M—Dayton Rubber Co
Local Youth Jerome Kindred joins Harvard Glee Club Europe tour
Jerome C. Kindred son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Kindred of 2307 Superior Ave heads with 41 other Harvard Glee Club members on an eight week Europe tour. The senior will perform in over 30 concerts across six European nations including the Holland Festival at The Hague Brussels Paris Rome Berlin Albert Hall London and the Maggio Musicale in Florence. Most members are not music majors representing 16 fields from chemistry to classics.
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Jerome C. Kindred
Cecil Kindred
Superior Ave
Harvard Glee Club
The
Glee Club
G. Wallace Woodworth
Jonathan Thackeray
Athens
Harvard
Formances
Hague
Brussels
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Albert Hall
London
Maggio Musicale
Florence
Gasoline price hike hits Middletown area
Gasoline prices in the Middletown area rose four cents a gallon effective last midnight. Cecil Runyan, president of the Southwestern Ohio Gasoline Dealers Assn., said all affiliated dealers joined the raise. Sohio officials said the increase mirrors Eastern U S price trends and is the first rise since May 1954.
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Middletown
Cecil Runyan
Southwestern Ohio Gasoline Dealers Assn
Ohio
Standard Oil of
Hie
Sohio
U. S
Four Drivers Cited In City Traffic Accidents
Four motorists were cited into Municipal Court and two were slightly injured as seven city traffic mishaps occurred yesterday and today. Names include Patricia Walck cited for following too closely after a collision at Verity Parkway and Garden Avenue. Others faced charges for following too closely and disregarding a railroad crossing. Damages ranged from 90 to 700 dollars with injuries reported and one train encounter noted.
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Sarah Hays
Monroe
S. Verity Parkway
Garden Avenue
Patricia Walck
Middletown Rt. 3
Vernon Mercer
14Th Ave
Willard McDaniels
Woodlawn Ave
Middletown Hospital
Woodlawn Avenue
Elsie Downs
McDaniels
City Street Department Truck Involved In Mishap
A City Street Department truck was involved in a mishap amid other urban incidents. Details remain limited but officials addressed the event and nearby traffic disruption.
Queen For A Day Contest Deadline Friday
The Gold en Helmet VFW Post invites local women to enter its Queen For A Day contest with a Bermuda trip for two as the prize. Nearly 19 entrants have joined so far, with applications due by Friday midnight. Voting costs one cent per vote, and the coronation is Aug 3 at Le Sourdsville Lake.
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Golden Helmet
VFW Post
Cyprian Klamp
Alden Williams
the Post
Bermuda
TWA
Inventrie
Middletown
Le'Sourdsville Lake
VFW
Klamo News
S. Main St
Ten girls in Lima car crash injures one bruised toe
Ten high school girls packed into a single car rolled into a ditch near Lima on Sunday night. Driver Joyce Sweeney, 17, said confusion when another car approached at a hill crest caused sideswipe and the car rolled over. Patrol described them as packed tight with little room to move.
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Lima
Ohio
Joyce Sweeney
State Highway Patrol
Steps To Close Franklin Dump Prompted By Threats
Council discussed city issues including a possible shutdown of the Franklin dump after Paul Smith said Tom Cook, developer of Fairview subdivision, may hire an attorney to close it if council failed to act. Mayor Black said spraying and rat control are ongoing and a bull dozer may aid future landfill work.
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Franklin
Paul Smith
Smith
Council
Tom Co
Fairview Subdivision
Cook
C. Black
Black
Gordon Tinch
Tinch
John Hoffer
Break-In At Florist Net $10 And Loot
Thieves entered the Boulevard Gardens florist at 2300 S Verity Pkny. through a back door and stole about $10 including $5 in change, pennies from a cabinet, and a register. An account book was also taken. Det Roy Crout reported the 7 am incident.
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Boulevard Gardens
S. Verity Pkny
Roy Crout
Middletown
T. Sendzimir
West Middletown
N. Verity Pkvy
Spring Hill
City Salaries To Be Aired
City Manager Charles W Thompson will present final report and recommendations on city employee salaries at the city commission meeting at 2 p m tomorrow. He says there is virtual agreement on the terms of the offer and may consult the employees committee first. Last year workers received a four cent hourly boost across the board. The commission recently discussed whether to grant an across the board rise or adjust specific salary inequities.
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Charles W. Thompson
City Commission
Thompson
Cleveland boards urged teen driver education expansion
Cleveland school board member Mrs Norma F Wulff urged a compulsory driver education program for teenagers. As chair of the Greater Cleveland safety council schools committee she said schools should expand driver training to cut down the rising rate of traffic deaths.
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Cleveland
Norma F. Wulff
Greater Cleveland Safety Council
Golden Agers Seek Big Turnout for Club Meeting
President Harry Gordon requests a big attendance for a special program at tomorrow's Golden Age Club meeting. The group convenes at 1 20 p.m. at the Civic Association auditorium.
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Harry Gordon
The
Civic Association
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount presents The Searchers Song of the South on Tuesday and Wednesday at listed times. Strand features Man in the Gray Flannel Suit City Across the River Desperate Hours and Price of Fear across posted slots. Colonial screens Mystery of the Black Jungle and Jaguar Tuesday and Wednesday. Dixie Cruise In shows Living Swamp and Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
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Dixie Cruise
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