City Hikes Water Rates 100 to 125 Percent Effective Aug 1
City commissioners enacted an emergency ordinance raising water rates by 100 to 125 percent effective August 1 with monthly billing starting September 1. The plan funds a booster pumping station at Kensington Street reservoir amid shortages, estimated at 308000 dollars, with completion next summer. Minimum users will pay 100 percent more, others 125 percent. several city institutions will be charged for water.
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East End
Kensington Street
Clark
Mary Lord
West Middletown
Jacksonburg
Boy Burned In Gas Fire In Middletown
Three people were treated at Middletown Hospital after a gas fire incident. A 1year-old boy suffered third degree burns from a gasoline tossed on the fire at 4.25 p.m. Michael Herron 1103 Lafayette Ave was among the injured. Minne Puller 39 1204 Prospect Ave injured by a stab wound Baltimore Street. Troy Wasson 73 1113 First Ave treated for a head wound. Police said Mrs Fuller’s assailant is a mental patient on leave from Longview. Wasson said he was struck with a bottle and robbed of 55 dollars at his home.
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Middletown Hospital
Michael Herron
Lafayette Ave
Minne Puller
Prospect Ave
Baltimore Street
Troy Wasson
First Ave
Registration Urged For Middletown Summer School
Middletown High School Principal Herman H. Lawrence urged students in grades 7 through 12 to register for summer school. Registrations will be accepted Monday in room 109. Fees are 20 dollars for residents and 40 dollars for non residents.
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Herman H. Lawrence
Middletown High School
Water shutdown planned along Curtis Street to fix valve
Curtis Street from Yankee Road to Fairmount Avenue will have no water for four hours Sunday morning. Acting Public Utilities Director Kelsey Singleton announced the repair of a broken water valve at Armco Research. The outage will run from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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Curtis Street
Yankee Road
Fairmount Avenue
Kelsey Singleton
Public Utilities
Armco Research
No-Death Run Ends as Two Accidents Kill Two in Butler County
Two traffic accidents within an hour killed two people in Butler County ending a 26 day stretch without fatalities. John Martin Wensing, 20, died in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 75 near Cincinnati Dayton Road. Jeffery Lee Blackburn, 4, died after running into a car on Main Street Oxford while playing on a hillside.
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Hamilton
Butler County
John Martin Wensing
Aquadale Drive
Cincinnati
Cincinnati- Dayton
Jeffery Lee Blackburn
Lawrence Blackburn
Reily
Fourteen Fined At Franklin Municipal Court
In Franklin Municipal Court Friday fourteen persons were fined a total of 225 dollars for various violations. Seven others forfeited bonds totaling 155 dollars for speeding and related infractions. Names include Max Pemberton Carolyn Turner Joseph Rubins Larry Cole William Mains Jack Stonecipher James Couch and James Roberts Delmer Loving Theodore Davidson plus others listed with offenses such as defective brakes muffler and reckless operation.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Max Pemberton
Hawkins Road
Carolyn Turner
Lake Ave
Joseph Rublins
Union Road
Larry Cole
Ann Drive
William Mains
Branchester
Jack Stonecipher
S. River St
James Couch
Franklin - Lebanon Road
James Roberts
Dayton
Delmer Loving
Tibball Road
Theodore Davidson
Lynnwood Road
Public Hearing Set On Blue Cross Rate Increase
A public hearing on Blue Cross proposed rate hikes covering 15 southwestern Ohio counties is scheduled for June 22 in Wilmington. The session begins at 10 a.m. in the Denver Place School gym, with prior approval dated May 22 and protests from individuals and groups influencing the decision. Data supporting the rate changes is available in Columbus, and testifiers should notify the hearing officer or the Department of Insurance in advance.
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Ohio
Wilmington
William R. Morris
Hospital Care Corp
Cincinnati
Denver Place School
Department of Insurance
E. Rich St
Columbus
Morris
Howard J. Kirwin
Cited In City Crashes Report Across Several Incidents
A 47 year old woman Dema Moland sustained a leg laceration after a head on collision on First Avenue. Noah Lee Jr. was cited for wrong way driving after his car struck Willard Easter’s vehicle. Total damages ranged from 300 to 950 dollars across multiple Friday and today crashes including Santa Barbara Drive and Young Street locations.
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Dema Moland
Central Ave
First Avenue
Willard Easter
Plum Ave
Noah Lee Jr
Beverly Lane
Lee
Clifford W. Heil Jr
Moorman Drive
Ted Martin
Rosedale Drive
Elmo Place
Santa Barbara Drive
Heil
Homer L. Day
Pershing Ave
Joel F. Bailey
Baltimore St
Young Street
David P. Hicks
Wallace St
Hamilton
Tyrone Lewis Goodwin
Main Street
Lafayette Avenue
Godwin
Three Women Accused In Abortion Case Near Cincinnati
Hamilton police allege illegal operation performed on a 22 year old Cincinnati woman at New Miami. The patient paid $200 on May 25 and remains in Bethesda Hospital in serious critical condition. Charges filed Friday night by New Miami Police Chief Otis Kimbrell name Frances Hamilton 73 Florence G Lee 48 and Mary Miller 43. Hamilton and Miller allegedly signed statements admitting the operation. Hamilton previously served a Marysville Reformatory for Women sentence about six years ago.
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Hamilton
Butler County Grand Jury
Cincinnati
New Miami
Bethesda Hospital
Otis Kimbrell
Frances Hamilton
Elliott Ave
Florence G. Lee
Lockland
Mary Miller
Lincoln Heights
Kimbrell
Campanella Married in Manhattan Apartment Ceremony
Roy Campanella, 42, former Brooklyn Dodger catcher, wed Mrs Roxie Jaynes Coles in a May 8 ceremony held in his Manhattan apartment. The bride resides in the apartment next to his.
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New York
Roy Campanella
Brooklyn Dodger
Roxie Jaynes Coles
Manhattan
Driver Lucky In Wild Ride
Don E. Wilkens 30 slept at the wheel south of Lebanon and drove off U S 42 into a fence then down 450 feet along a ditch. He escaped with a neck whiplash and a bruised leg though the State patrol charged him with reckless operation after heavy car damage.
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Lebanon
Bellbrook
U. S. 42
Don E. Wilkens
Two Die In South Urbana Crash In Ohio
URBANA Ohio AP Arch L Smith 60 and wife Hazel 53 of Urbana died in a two car crash Friday night on US 68 about three miles south of Urbana. James Sparks 39 of Springfield was in serious condition at Mercy Hospital.
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Urbana, Ohio
Arch—_ L. Smith
Urbana
Hazel
UL. S. 68
Here
James Sparks
Springfield
Mercy Hospital
Cuban Executed as CIA Agent Ninth Day Pace
Havana reports the execution of Miguel Cesar Diaz Infante, an Interior Ministry official, on charges of spying for the CIA. The government says he confessed to sending economic information to the United States to disrupt distribution of basic Goods and provoke discontent. Seven others have been executed in the past nine days.
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Havana
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Miguel Cesar Diaz Infante
Ministry of Interior Commerce
CIA
Cuba
Miami Signals Go for Millett Hall Budget Move
Miami University trustees approve an 18.06 million dollar budget and 9 million dollar loan plan to fund Millett Hall and other athletic facilities. John D. Millett is named builder hall after his 11 years as president, with Millett leaving June 30 to join Ohio's new Board of Regents.
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Oxford—Miami University
John D. Millett
Assembly Hall
Withrow Court
Housing & Home Finance Agency
Millett
United States
Miami
Ohio
Board of Regents
Madison-Wayne Water Contracts Awarded by County
Butler County commissioners awarded 722 465 in contracts to Walter L Follmer Inc for mains and distribution and Universal Iron Works Co for two water storage tanks to build the Madison Wayne Township system. Middletown to provide water under contract.
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Butler County
Madison-Wayne Township
Walter L. Follmer, Inc
Hamilton
Universal Iron Works Co
Indianapolis
Malaysia Royalty To Visit Japan
The head of state and queen of Malaysia will arrive in Tokyo on June 16 for a 10 day stay, as announced by Japan's foreign minister in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Malaysia
Japan
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