Jury Finds Brooks Guilty of Manslaughter in Roy Cyclist Death
A Butler County jury found Dewey G. Brooks of Asheville guilty of second degree manslaughter in the May 16 hit run that killed 16 year old Kenneth Joe Schell and injured Sammy Blackburn, also finding him guilty of speeding and not guilty of reckless driving. Brooks faces a one to 20 year sentence.
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Butler County Common Pleas Court
Dewey G. Brooks
Asheville
N. C
Kenneth Joe Schell
Dayton
Brooks
P. P. Boll
Schell Boy
Sammy Blackburn
U.S. 25
Gano
Irene Penland
Ohio
Penland
Weekend Showings at Theaters Paramount and Strand
Paramount hosts Tropic Zone at 1 15 p.m. 4 56 p.m. and 8 25 p.m. Scared Stiff shows at 2 45 6 20 and 10 p.m. Strand presents Fort Vengeance at 11 15 a.m. 4 15 7 18 and 10 15 p.m. Guerilla Girl runs 2 40 5 40 and 8 40 p.m. Friday. Saturday Guerilla Girl at 1 55 5 20 and 8 50 p.m. Fort Vengeance at 3 25 6 55 and 10 10 p.m.
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Paramount
Prom Jubilee Movie Shown On Channel 5 Sunday
Motion pictures of Middletown High School Prom Jubilee will air at 2 p.m. Sunday on WLW-T Channel 5. The 12 minute program covers the $2,000 party at LeSourdsville Lake with interviews from sponsors and seniors.
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Middletown High School
Channel 5
Wlw-T
LeSourdsville Lake
McGuire Sister
Arthur Godfrey
Drum Bugle Teams Vie Sunday in Legion Contest
The American Legion drum and bugle contest occurs Sunday at Armco Park with Legion Post 218 hosting and delegates from 90 posts in six southwestern Ohio counties meeting in Middletown to elect district officers for 1953 54. Admission is 1 for adults. children accompanied by parents free. Six teams entered with possibly three more by Sunday including the Forestville Corps of Post 318, 1952 Ohio champions.
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American Legion I
Armco Park
Legion Post 218
Ohio
Middletown
Legion
Sunny
Forrestville Corps of Post
Heat Wave Continues As Temperatures Hit 92
The report notes humidity remains high while temperatures rose to the low nineties. Overnight lows fell to near 60, improving sleep briefly before another warm day with rain in the forecast. A heat wave grips the south central region with showers expected tomorrow morning.
Police Project Aims Battery Donation for Wheelchair User
Patrolman Larry White leads a city wide drive with about 60 contributors giving 25 to 50 cents each to buy a second battery for Bruce Reynolds who uses a motorized wheelchair from the Armco Employees Independent union. The fund to date totals around 15 dollars as officers organize a public effort at the City Building.
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Larry White
Bruce Reynolds
Armco
Bruce
White
AEIF
Joe Blackmore
Ed Poling
Sgt
Polling
Dan W. Kothe
Commission Holds Back On Sewer Bond Parley
Cincinnati bond buyers asked to submit a proposal to purchase Middle town sewer mortgage revenue bonds but no meeting is set. City manager Starick says he cannot arrange today. A lone bid at 3.838 percent was rejected as too high and would raise sewer charges. commissioners hope for a lower rate and a private negotiated sale. Starick will consult with financial advisors before further steps.
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Cincinnati
City Commission
Middletown
H. W. Starick
Starick
Six Accidents Reported In City No One Hurt
Six accidents occurred in the city yesterday with no injuries. Total damage reached several hundred dollars. An accident at Yankee Road and South Main Street caused $275 damage when Anna Sue Smith hit Willie White Jr. while turning.
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Yankee Rd
South Main St
Anna Sue Smith
Young St
Willie White, Jr
White
Youth Blocked In Plans For School Raid
Lancaster police stopped a 16 year old Middletown youth intent on staging a single handed raid on the boys industrial school to free a friend. Officers seized two .22 rifles 500 rounds of .22 shells and six .25 20 shells found under his raincoat after a resident grew suspicious. The fugitive confessed his plan.
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Lancaster
Middletown
Emergency Squads Respond Twice To Local Incidents
Police and five emergency squads were on two calls last night. William Russell, 71, of 5 North Clinton Street, was struck by a car and later became ill at 1025 Central Ave. He was admitted for observation at Middletown Hospital. Mrs. Beulah Boyd, 28, of Dayton, was taken from the Standard Oil Station lot on First Ave and Main St to a hospital for kidney treatment.
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Central Ave
William Russell
North Clinton St
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Russell
Standard
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Carl Kollstedt
Hamilton
Butler County
Jackson Bosch
Frank Schwab
Frank P. Cleveland
Hamilton County
Garrett J. Boone
al Mahatha
Danny Brown
al Honerlaw
Sharonville
Cullen Rothermel
Harry Bowlus
Clifford Stitzel
Josephine Jefferies
Rollie Hollingsworth
William Cox
Robert Cornelius
Dolly Kehm
Charles Rooke
Dorothy Gillespie
Stella Martin
Lillian Harris
Fire Department
Seventeenth Ave
Charlotte Curtis
Green
Etree
Doellmann’s
George W. Dougherty
Pleasant Ave
Sixth Ave
Versie A. Combs
Oxford St
Iit
Combs
Minnesota St
Dewey Smith
Malvern St
James E. Staton
Casper St
Staton
Donald Long
Tytus Ave
C. B. Wilmore
John Reeve
Harold Ashcraft
Forrest Ave
Norwood
Ashcraft
Manchester Ave
Main St
Reeve Auto
Nettie L. Schroff
William B. Schuler
Waynesville
Freeman's
Magnificent Diamonds
Dad
Seersucker
Wembley
Hardwick
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