City Opens Three Pools For Summer Season Saturday
Middletown starts a new swim season with Ross Kramer pool director since 1945 back in charge. Jim Dillon leads the programs with a Learn to Swim safety series beginning June 16 sponsored by the Middletown Parks and Recreation Department and the Red Cross. Registration runs Monday through Saturday with sessions at Sunset Yankee and Douglas pools, including adult and children classes and junior Red Cross life saving July offerings.
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Ross Kramer
Jim Dillon
Middletown
Middletown Department of Parks
Sarah O'Neil
Red Cross
YMCA
Dillon
Laget
Yankee
Douglas
Sunset
Sunset Pool
Yankee Pool
Kramer
County Seeks Fresh Water Pact With Middletown Officials
Butler County officials pressed Middletown to renew water supply beyond city lines in a closed session. The proposal includes master meter or direct delivery to outside customers with county billing and maintenance by the county, while the city still maintains its own lines and charges 45 cents per outside customer for line upkeep. The prior contract ended June 1, 1954 after disputes over line maintenance.
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ED Edmiston
Butler
Middletown
Zone Hearing Tonight On Four Rezoning Requests
Public hearing on four North Middletown rezoning proposals will be held at 7:30 p.m. in City Commission chambers. Proposals include changing M-1 to B-2 on Germantown Road parcel north of the canal, Atco Avenue lot from R-1 to neighborhood business, Atco Avenue and Manchester Road intersection from R-1 to B-1, and a lot at Vannest Avenue and Manchester.
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Middletown
City Commission
Germantown Road
Atco Avenue
New York Central
Manchester Road
Vannest Avenue
54 MHS Grad Wins Art Award
Richard Gray, a 1954 Middletown High School graduate and junior at the Dayton Art Institute, won the Industrial Design Scholarship for the next school year. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard E Gray of 1150 N Market St and now lives in Troy.
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Richard Gray
Dayton Art Institute
Institute
Richard E. Gray
N. Market St
Middletown
Troy
City Commission Reaffirms Water Policy Amid Zoning Debate
Chairman Francis Carmody stated the city will not change its water policy and must serve annexed areas before new obligations. The meeting focused on zoning after a letter from attorney Ben M. Kitchen for Mr and Mrs Vernal Gross sought to rezone property at Central Avenue and Marshall Road from residential to business use.
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City Commission I
City Commission
Ben M. Kitchen
Vernal Gross
Central Avenue
Marshall Road
Two Charges Filed After Franklin Wife Shooting
Franklin special report identifies Jack Crawford Burton 37 of Dallas Texas as the defendant in a Monday night shooting at 811 South Main Street. He faces two charges shooting with intent to maim and carrying a concealed weapon and is to be arraigned in Municipal Court tomorrow. Mrs Maxine Burton was wounded. she is in Middletown Hospital with satisfactory condition. Burton claims the gun fired during a struggle over a .386 caliber revolver. He is jailed in Warren County Lebanon.
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Franklin
Jack Crawford Burton
Dallas
Tex
S. Main St
J. Ty Riley
Maxine
Eace
Burton
Middletown Hospital
Warren County
Lebanon
Mexican Visitors Name 12th Member For Middletown Experiment
A 12 person Mexican group will visit Middletown from June 25 to July 25 under the Experiment in International Living. Leader Georgina Flores and 11 others from Mexico City Oaxaca Veracruz and Veracruz state will stay with local host families to study American life. The delegation includes a doctor pediatrician lawyer teacher engineers and secretaries aged 20 to 33. All speak English and the program aims to foster cross border understanding through living exchanges as Middletown joins 50 host cities nationwide.
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Middletown
Thomas E. McGraw
Sorg
United States
McGraw
Georgina Flores
Oaxaca
Mexico
Juan Ortega
Mexico City
Fernando Labistida
Onofre Zapico
Veracruz
Norma Hernandez
Cecilia Chulia
Mexico Ciy
Gustavo Rivera
Alba Guzman
Martha Beauregard
Elia Martinex
Hermelinda Fernandez
Cardenas
Ana Quiroz
Police Compile New List Of Unpaid Tickets
Police warn motorists in Middletown that a new impounding list of unpaid parking tickets will be shared by police and patrols. Anyone with two or more tickets dating back to March 1 faces possible impound and must pay the ticket plus towing and impounding fees to recover the car. Officials urge drivers to check at the Traffic Bureau for outstanding warrants and settle all owed tickets to avoid penalties.
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Tom
James Combs
Traffic Burdauhead
Middletown
Combs
Traffic Bureau
Sion
National Safety Council
Smith Farm Pond
Driver Cited After Two Car Collision on Smith Avenue
A Middletown man was cited in Municipal Court after a two car crash in the 1600 block of Smith Avenue at 4 15 p m yesterday. Damage estimated at 150 dollars with no injuries. Bruce Brooks Jr 27 1611 Taylor Ave was charged with pulling from a curb when unsafe after his car struck a west bound auto driven by Patricia Puckett 17 S Grimes St police said.
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Middletown
Smith Avenue
Bruce Brooks Jr
Taylor Ave
Patricia Puckett
S. Grimes St
Middletown Planning Board zoning clash delays city proposal
At a public hearing the plan board rejected a Ladislas Segoe Associates recommendation for a northeast neighborhood business area and residents from the south side protested. Commissioners deferred action on rezoning the Lorillard tract and praised the planning commission while approving fish purchases and radios for city cars.
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Middletown Planning Commission
Ladislas Segoe
Miller
Ben Kitchen
Middletown
Lorillard
Stevens Avenue
Boy on Bicycle Struck by Car on Boyle Road
Hamilton special report: Bill Willsey 10 son of Russell and Mrs Willsey of 1151 Boyle Rd suffered scalp lacerations and head injuries around 5 55 pm Wednesday after a bicycle he rode from a nearby driveway was struck by a southbound auto on Boyle Road south of Stahlheber Road. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment. Deputies said the cyclist was hit by a southbound car driven by Gladys Mae Reece 35 of 11900 Oxford Rd.
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Hamilton
Bill Willsey
Russell Willsey
Boyle Rd
Boyle Road
Stahlheber Road
Mercy Hospital
Gladys Mae Reece
Oxford Rd
Falls Injure 2 Children and a 71 Year Old Woman
Two children and a 71 year old woman were injured in falls yesterday and admitted to Middle town Hospital. Ricky Berger age 4 of 147 East 6th Street Franklin is in fair condition with a head injury and a large forehead cut that required 16 stitches. Mrs. William Cunningham of 2017 Logan Avenue is in fair condition with a fractured right ankle. Sue Hedges age 3 daughter of Don Heages of 623 Cleveland Street suffered a head injury and is in satisfactory condition.
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Middlestown Hospital
Ricky Berger
Richard Berger
E. 6Th St
Franklin
William Cunningham
Logan Ave
Sue Hedges
Don Heages
Cleveland St
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William Rathman
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William W. Denham
Martin B. Miller
American Waterworks Assa
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