Tornado, Floods Hit Darke County and Versailles
A twister struck near Greenville Darke county causing flash floods and debris. Middletown reported 1.08 inches of rain and minor lawn damage as sewer systems held. Versailles faced six hours of street flooding while Swamp Creek rose, evacuating four residents.
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Middletown
Upper Darke
Greenville
Miami Valley
Robert Holida
Holida
Versailles
Darke County
Versaille
Ansonia
Car Slips On Curve Near Franklin In Two Car Crash
A wet Pennyroyal Road collision near Franklin sent three people to Middletown Hospital. Louise Colliero visit head injury. Ernestine Garrison 16 cut behind ear. Leonard Collier 26 left leg abrasion and head bump. John Banks 18 charged with reckless operation.
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Pennyroyal Road
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Louise Colliero
Leonard Collier
Pennyroyal Rd
Ernestine Garrison
Ernest Garrison
S. River St. Franklin
John Banks
Wilson
Collier
Banks
Two Franklin Residents Treated After Early Morning Crash
Two Franklin residents were treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after an auto accident about 3 a.m. today. They were Donald Kidwell and another occupant. Police cited no serious injuries and the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Donald Kidwell
Man Fined In Municipal Court For Resisting
Judge J. T. Lamb fined Otis Coffey 22 for resisting an officer in yesterday afternoon's court session. William Day 25 was fined 25 for driving without a license. Richard Byrd 53 was fined 25 for menacing and threatening the complainant Myrtie Byrd, with the fine suspended if he does not reappear. Lamb also ruled on five intoxication cases and three disorderly conduct charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Lamb
Otis Coffey
Wayne Ave
William Day
Taylo Ave
Richard Byrd
Burton Rd
Myrtie Byrd
Lamb
Three Toledo Men Missing In Lake Erie
Three Toledo men, Paul Stubblefield 40 Walter Griffin 50 and Kenneth Corks 21, were missing after their 14 foot outboard capsized six miles west of Port Clinton in Lake Erie. The boat was found Monday night by Port Clinton Fish Co. boats after Coast Guard crews searched the area.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Toledo
Lake Erie
Here
Paul Stubblefield
Walter Griffin
Kenneth Corks
San Beach
Schramm
Lowanna Smith
Sycamore St
Franklin drivers fined jailed for drunken driving
In Franklin court yesterday Judge J. T. Riley sentenced two men Roscoe Holt 25 of Forest Ave and Henry Rowe 39 of W Second St to three days in jail and fines as part of drunken driving charges Holt also faced a three year license suspension and a second charge of driving without an operator license Rowe received a four and one half day license suspension. Additional fines were levied for reckless driving and assorted bond forfeitures.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Roscoe Holt
Forest Ave
Henry Rowe
W. 2Nd St
Holt
William Edester
St. River St
John Banks
Wilson Dr
Bank
John Clayburn
Dayton
Elmer Riley
Lynn St
Harry Winslow
Cub Circus To Be Reviewed At District Meeting
Pokey Griffith's district round table meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Legion Home on S Main Street M E Carruthers district commissioner presides Cub Scouts led by Herb Daniels review the circus project see a film on summer programming Dudley Inwood discusses Boy Scout leader issues Explorers plan a fundraising canoe trip next month with assistant district commissioner Ed Zickgraf Charles Lang serves as registrar
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Pokey Griffith District Roundtable
Legion Home
S. Main Street
M. E. Carruthers
Cub Scouts
Herb Daniels
Dudley Inwood
Explorer
Ed Zickgraf
Charles Lang
Woman Guilty Of Obscene Films In Cleveland Case
Mrs. Gertrude Gevaras operator of Jean's Fun House was convicted by a Common Pleas Court jury of possessing and exhibiting obscene movies. She faces 17 years in prison and fines up to 2000 dollars on each of two counts. Sentencing was held pending a motion for a new trial. Seven of fourteen confiscated films were shown to the jury and depicted women disrobing.
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Cleveland
Gertrude Gevaras
Jean
Common Pleas Court
Gevaras
Joan J. Mahon
Miami University Graduate Omitted From Earlier List
James R. Clark son of Mr and Mrs Robert I Clark of 2902 Central Ave earned a BA in arts and sciences at Miami University. His name was omitted from last week’s local graduate list.
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James R. Clark
Robert I. Clark
Central Ave
Miami University
Dayton Boy Drowns After Raft Tip in Pit
An 11 year old Dayton boy named James Lee Herring drowned when a raft tipped over at an abandoned gravel pit near Dayton Ohio. The incident occurred on day.
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Dayton
Ohio
Here Onoday
James Lee Herring
Local Girl Wins Bernard Murstein Scholarship at Miami University
Clara Jean Kocsis, Middletown High School graduate and National Honor Society member, receives the Bernard Murstein Foundation scholarship. The $300 yearly award supports a Middletown student attending Miami University as she seeks a French major and sociology minor with government work goals.
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Bernard Murstein
Clara Jean Kocsis
Albert Kocsis
Parks, Ave
Murstein
Girls’ Athletic Assn
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Koesis
Methodist Church
Marstein
Car Crash On Wicorf Street In Rain Injures Local Man
A rain collision at Wicorf Street and Grand Avenue yesterday injures Tren ton man Scott Banks 33 treated at Middletown Hospital for neck pain. Cars rear ended after Banks stopped for a red light and a truck ahead. driver June Leigh 133 Eaton Dr. involved. Totals and other minor city mishaps listed with names ages and addresses.
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Wicorf Street
Grand Avenue
Trenton
Scott Banks
E. Home Ave
Middletown Hospital
Banks
June Leigh
Eaton Dr
Bank
Millard Pelfrey
East St
Central Avenue
Mary Cummins
Park Forrest
Ill
Frankie Watkins
Andrew Sr
Charles Street
Fleming Road
Lee Garrison
Ferrer St
Excello
Yankee and
Jefferson Rounds
Area Home Is Shot Up On Millikin Road
Seven shots from a pistol or rifle were fired into the side of Talmadge Reed’s Millikin Road home near U S 25 around midnight. Reed, Sears Roebuck credit manager in Reading Ohio, said two bullets pierced a wall into the bathroom and landed in the tub. He and deputies investigated plaster damage and window-area lead to no injuries. Cause unknown.
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Hamilton
Millikin Road
Talmadge Reed
U.S 25
Reed
Sears Roebuck & Co
Reading
Ohio
Sheriff's Deputies
New Officers to Be Installed at Middletown Dinner
New officers will be installed and the National Quality Award presented at the annual Ladies Night dinner of the Middletown Life Underwriters Assn. at 6 p.m. tomorrow at LeSourdsville Lake.
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Middletown Life Underwriters Assn
LeSourdsville Lake
It Ain t No Offense in Vanceburg as Guns Appear in Public
In Vanceburg Kentucky residents openly carry pistols and rifles. Police say state law forbids concealed weapons only and the attorney general has been asked for guidance on the situation.
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Vanceburg
Kentucky
Prince Philip Celebrates 37th Birthday at Buckingham Palace
London AP report Prince Philip marked his 37th birthday at Buckingham Palace today with royal fans and a quiet family celebration. The occasion drew attention from the media and observers across the royal circle.
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London
Prince Philip
Buckingham Palace
Architects Propose Middletown High Annex Plans
The Board of Education approved final plans for a Middletown High School annex by A. M. Kinney Associates, including drafting, metal, auto, machine, wood shops, and a possible new dining area. Changes at Jefferson and Oneida Schools were also discussed, with extensions granted and staff appointments approved.
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A. M. Kinney Associates
Board of Education
Middletown High School
Court Upholds Pinball Laws
The Supreme Court refused to rule on the validity of Ohio and Toledo ordinances banning pinball games. Ray M. Benjamin and others argued pinball machines used for amusement amount to a regulated business, not a municipal prohibition, with about 540 pins valued at $200,000. The high court gave no reason for denying review in both cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Columbus
Ray M. Benjamin
G. D. Ferguson
Ohio Supreme Court
U.S
Benjamin
Tne
Toledo
Ohio
Don O. Feak
Feak
Township Trustee Injured In Tumble
Henry McLaughlin age 72 of Excell e was reported in fair condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after head injuries from a fall in bed at his home around 3 am McLaughlin long served as Lemon Township trustee.
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Henry McLaughlin
Excelle
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
McLaughlin
Lemon Township
Injured Retired Glass Worker Dies In Ohio Crash
In Zanesville Ohio AP a retired glass worker Jacob G Wickham age 77 died Sunday night from injuries suffered in a week earlier auto crash in Licking County.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville
Jacob G. Wickham
Licking County
Radar Unit Scheduled For 6 City Streets
Middletown police will use a radar unit next week on six streets Poinciana Road Hampton Place Shafer Street Aberdeen Drive Yankee Road and S Main Street to curb speeding and reduce accidents. Citations will be issued in Municipal Court. Further street lists will be announced weekly.
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Middletown
James Combs
Poinciana Road
Hampton Place
Shafer Street
Aberdeen Drive
Yankee Road
S. Main Street
Combs
Parking Lot on Park Board Agenda in Middletown
Middletown Park Board members will meet tonight at 7:30 in the board office of the Legion Home. They will discuss plans for a parking lot at Goldman Park and the summer program staff, plus toilets shelters and drinking facilities at Smith Park and property at Wilson School and Wildwood School.
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Middletown Park
Legion Home
Goldman Park
Smith Park
Wilson School
Wildwood
Teens Convicted in Crotona Park Baseball Bat Assault
In Bronx County Court three teenagers were found guilty of assault on teacher Arthur Santos and a pupil during a Crotona Park incident last March 24. Kenneth Swanson 16 Richard Curtis 17 were convicted of assault and robbery. Wayne Dowling 17 convicted of assault on the teacher. Ralph Boone 16 acquitted on all counts. Sentencing for the three convicted due July 11 with potential lengthy terms. Swanson to undergo mental examination at Bellevue Hospital amid trial behavior concerns.
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New York
Kenneth Swanson
Bellevue Hospital
Bronx
William Lyman
Ralph Boone
Crotona Park
Arthur Santos
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Santos
Robert Perez
Swanson
Richard Curtis
Wayne Dowling
J and L Plant to reopen in July for Cleveland works
J and L Steel plant in Cleveland will restart the first week of July with about 10 percent of 3,500 laid off recalled initially and rising to 76 percent of 4,500 by month end. One blast furnace to operate July 5, open hearth production soon after as orders improve for the third quarter.
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Cleveland
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
J. R. Powell
Powell
Bob Burns Daughter Out On Bail
Barbara Ann Burns daughter of comedian Bob Burns was released on $1000 bail after a 90 day jail sentence for dope addiction arrest. Municipal Judge Harold C. Sheppard called her a victim of circumstances and bad companions.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Ann Burns
Bob Burns
Hollywood
Harold C. Sheppard
Foley Construction Submits Low Ohio 128 Bid
The Foley Construction Co of Cincinnati bids $945,300 to relocate sections of Ohio 128 near Hamilton. Work to finish by July 1959 includes a four lane inner Hamilton highway segment.
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Foley
Ohio
Foley Construction Co
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Hamiltonian Is Charged With Fraud
FBI agents charged Milton L. Phillips, 42, of Hamilton with fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property. He allegedly swindled Paul Ortolf Jr. of $7000 through a "green money" scheme, took Ortolf to Corbin Kentucky, and vanished with accomplice John Vickers of Dayton. Phillips held on $10,000 bond and to be turned over to U S District Court at London Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
FBI
Hamilton
Milton L. Philip
U. S. District Court
London
John Vickers
Dayton
Phillips
Vickers
Paul Ortolf Jr
Ortolf
Corbin
Phllips
Missing Man Sought In Cincinnati
Police intensified the search for Joseph C. Berry 55 of St. Louis after his auto was found abandoned on a private lot in Cincinnati. Berry disappeared May 31 while visiting his son Clifford. The car matched Berry’s license plate and stains on the upholstery were to be tested for possible human blood.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Joseph C. Berry
Clifford
Berry
Technician Passes Tests
Miss Judith Ann Darragh of Chillacothe has passed registry tests for X ray technician at Middletown Hospital. She completed two years of training there before taking national exams at Cincinnati General Hospital and will continue in the local hospital X ray department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Ann Darragh
James Darragh
Chillacothe
Middletown Hospital
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New Castle
Tibball St
James Thomas
Springboro Rd
Cub Circus
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
M‘coy - Leffler
Rhkpreul
Hi Hime
Walter K. McCoy
Homer D. Leffler
Broad St
1St Ave
Scientific Optical Service
2Mart
Jefferson School
Armco Drainage
Brandenburg & Switzer
Oneida
B. D. Morgan Co
Vivian Ane Crout
A. E. Minnich
Aeronca
Howard Cromwell
Janice Litton
Norma Bowman
Emmett R. Watson
Roosevelt Juior High School
DeRusse Bragg
Maple Park
Edith Sigg
Jefferson
Lucy Weddle
McKinley Junior High School
Uder
Thomas FE. Arcure
Corning
Quentin W. Ciceron
Washington Court House
Omar Hacker
Manchester
Alice Hidy
Wayne
Mich
Elizabeth Patton
Mary T. Ramey
Miamisburg
Haskell Stanley
Pikeville
Katherine H. Steele
14Th St
Russell Martin
Blue Ball School
Cromwell
State Auditor's
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Joseph Woodruff
Susan Fout
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Wade E. Miller
Robert Wearly
Tabernacle
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