Explosion Burns Local Resident
Lois Kirk, 27, suffered severe burns after fumes from gasoline used as an indoor insecticide ignited near a pilot light. The fire, started by a stove or water heater, damaged the home at 1821 Woodlawn, with $3,300 in damage. Sam Kirk and two young children fled the building minutes before the blast. Fire crews from multiple companies and an emergency squad battled the blaze. Mrs. Kirk was hospitalized in fair condition.
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Lois Kirk
Woodlawn
Kirk
Sam
Lovell to Lead Portsmouth Bigelow Methodist Church
The Rev. Charles W. Lovell, longtime associate pastor in Middletown, will assume pastorage at the Bigelow Methodist Church in Portsmouth. He will be succeeded in Middletown by the Rev. Joseph Snyder from Aldersgate Church in Toledo, assigned by Bishop Hazen G. Werner at the Ohio Conference in Lakeside. Snyder, a 1942 Ohio conference entrant, has pastored at Aldersgate Columbus Mt. Vernon and now brings a 14 year old son and nine year old daughter. Also announced, the Rev. Clifford Bingham moves from Okeane to Cincinnati Elmwood Place Methodist Church.
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Charlies W. Lovell
Middletown
Hazen G. Werner
Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Lakeside
Snyder
Louis Walter
Aldersgate
Columbus
Mt. Vernon
Clifford Bangham
Okeane
Cincinnati Elmwood Place Methodist Church
Five Injured In Collision On Route 25 At Millikin Rd
Five people were injured in a two car crash at Route 25 and Millikin Road one mile south of Monroe. Dale Miller 27 pulled onto Route 25 into the path of Dorac Banta Jr 34. Miller was admitted to Middletown Hospital. Patricia 26 Mark 3 Lynn 2 Schweikert of Cincinnati and Banta were taken to Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Investigation continues.
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Millikin Rd
Monroe
Dale Miller
Grand Ave
Dorac Banta, Jr
Forrest Park
Lil
Miller
Middletown
Banta
Patricia
Mark
Lynn
Schweikert
Cincinnati
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Cub Scouts Pack 4 Award Ceremony Highlights
Franklin special report notes Pack 4 at Presley Hall awarded silver arrow points to Tommy Thomas Frank Dennis Tom Shera James Fout Donald LaBlanc Gary Antrican Larry Harville Jerry Harville Richard Hunts berger Bear badges to Gary McKella William Dwinell Mike Shaffer Wolf badges to Mike Shaffer Gerald Apgar one year pins to Richard Huntsberger David Heney three year pins to Harry Hannah Jr Dwight Biecner Donald Miller bobcat initiations to James Brewer Jimmy Dawson David Cox Steven Boyer Thomas Miller Gary Moore Den mothers Mrs Ray Presley Mrs Regas Marianos honored after three years of service Hannah calls for new den mothers.
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Gerald Apgar
Richard Huntsberger
David Heney
Harry Hannah Jr
Dwight Biecner
Donald Miller
James Brewer
Timmy Dawson
David Cox
Steven Boyer
Thomas Miller
Gary Moore
Ray Presley
Regas Marianos
Hannah
Judge Hurt In Michigan Fishing Accident
Judge John Kiracofe of Preble County Common Pleas Court is hospitalized at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton for surgery on a torn tendon above the kneecap. The injury ended a Michigan fishing trip for Kiracofe and two companions, Walter Earley and Mal Clear, after their boat mishap near Burt Lake. Court sessions will be continued until he can return or arrangements are made.
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Michigan
Kiracore
Walter Earley
Mal Clear
Burt Lake
Kiracofe
City visions reshape streets and skylines for the 21st century
Editors foresee a return to livable street life with city centers revived and transit lines running cleanly while cars move to outer fringes. They describe rebuilt business zones with towers in landscaped malls and highways fused with atomic- powered foundations.
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Col
W. A. Hardenbergh
Public Works Magazine
George B. Roscoe
North America
Jones Family Denies Party Image Amid Tokyo Death Case
Relatives and friends in Middletown challenge wire service portrayals of Tad Jones Jr. as a party man while Tokyo police consider the death of Thomas Albert Dwight Jones Jr. in a hotel room shared with Joseph Crowley and Frederick Kissinger.
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Tokyo
Thomas
Albert Dwight Jones Jr
Middletown
Jones
Ndaw
Joseph P. Crowley
Yale
Crowley
Frederick M. Kissinger
Maryland
Parked Autos Damaged in City Weekend Crashes
Police report four accidents this weekend involving parked vehicles causing $200 in damage. Notable incidents include Joseph Kramer's 58 year old crash on Sutphin Street and Camilla Ware's collision with Catherine Jones at Grove Street.
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Joseph Kramer
Elwood St
Willard McDaniels
Central Ave
S. Sutphin St
Camilla Ware
Young Sr
Catherine Jones
Grove St
Ware
Jones
Area Girl To Be Seen on New York TV Shows
Miss Patricia Brown a 15 year old area girl from Red Lion and former Middletown resident will appear on Ed TV shows in New York City today. She won the Rising Generation contest from a Dayton TV station earning four days in New York and TV appearances. Her mother and daughter left Thursday by plane.
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New York
Sullivan
New York City
Patricia Brown
Middletown
Red Lion
Arthur Maze
Edward Short
van Avenue
Brown
Kay Starr
Dayton
Brush Fire On Baltimore Street Sparks From Locomotive
Firemen battled a brush blaze in a field on the 2300 block of Baltimore Street on Saturday afternoon. Investigators reported sparks from a passing locomotive started the flames.
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Baltimore Street
Reserve Wing Headquarters At Wilmington
The 4th Air Reserve Training Wing will be activated at Clinton County Air Force Base on Tuesday July 8 with Col Frederic G Hutch taking command. The wing will oversee Air Reserve centers in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee and multiple training wings are planned to supervise over 100 centers nationwide. Activation adds few local families as only headquarters moves to Wilmington Clinton.
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Wilmington
Special
4Th Air Reserve Training Wing
Clinton County Air Force Base
Frederic G. Hutch
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennesee
Clinton Air Base
Continental Air Command
Huich
249Th
Clinton
Galeese dies after long illness in Middletown
Thomas A. Galeese 50 a Middletown figure in politics, business and Elks dies after a five month hospital stay from lung cancer. He and his father ran Galeese Brothers grocery, he served as Third Ward Democratic Committeeman and Butler County party treasurer, and deputy registrar of motor vehicles. Survived by wife, daughter, siblings and grandchildren. Visitation at J Fr Baker & Sons Funeral Home with a Requiem High Mass at Holy Trinity Church. Burial Woodside Cemetery.
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Thomas A
Tom) Galeese
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Galeese
John Galeese
Citizens Building & Loan Assn
Democratic Central
Butler County
Democratic Party
Elks
Sportsmens Club
Holy Trinity Church
Josephine Galeese
Bundy Apartments
Jean Knollmann
Cincinnati
Mary Catherine Galeese
Elizabeth Galeese
Rockford, Il
Ralph
John Gateese
J. FR. Baker & Sons
Walter A Leis Funeral Services Planned
Walter Allen Leis 72 of 3215 Omaha Street dies after two year illness. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev A M Wilson of the Trenton Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial follows and viewing today at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Walter Allen Leis
Omaha &T
McCoy-Leffler
A. M. Wilson
Trenton
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Goldman St
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Rosa St
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Theodore Johns
Vannest Ave
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Audrey Parker
Chrisiel Ave
N. Broad Street
Betty Fay
Verity Parkway
14Th Avenue
LaFayette Ave
Fay
Westinghouse
Melampy
H.P
H. P
Streamliner
Donald Pratt
Beaver Falls
Manchester Hotel
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Ith Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Koninier
May
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Freeman's
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Perkiest
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