Middletown Planning Board Denies Park Bid in Subdivision
The Middletown Planning Commission approved final plat for Ayershire Village amid a dispute over carving out a three acre park near a school site. City Manager Thompson and officials argued the park was not on the master plan, while opponents urged replatting for playground facilities. Final action allowed cooperation with park and school boards, while preserving zoning and project costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayershire Village
Blue Ball Pike
Charles W. Thompson
Thomas Carlson
Parks and Recreation
William Owens
Middletown
Carlson
Owens
iSacre
Playfair Park
Thompson
Ayershire Corp
Henry Gallenstein
Cincinnati
Planning Commission
Elderly Man Wounded in Canal Street Incident
A 73-year-old man, John M. Wilson of 1502 Church St, was treated at Middletown Hospital last night for knife wounds to the face and back from an unidentified assailant at Canal and First Avenue. He required 28 stitches, hospital officials said.
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Middletown Planning
Sion
Park Board
Middletown Hospital
Canal and
First Avenue
John M. Wilson
Church St
Local Boy Hit by Car While Biking on Keister Road
Gary Nickel, 14, son of Mr and Mrs Wilmer Nickel of Germantown Rt 1, was struck by an automobile near Rt 4 on Keister Road while turning into a driveway on his bicycle. He was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment.
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Gary Nickel
Wilmer Nickel
Germantown
Rt. 1
Keister Road
Rt. 4
Middletown Hospital
Beekeeper Conflict Leaves Youth Stung in Swarm Incident
An 11 year old boy, Bill Ray Fryman of 3708 Vannest Street, was treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after a disagreement with a swarm of bees. He suffered multiple stings to the head and upper body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Bill Ray Fryman
William R. Fryman
Vannest St
Tragic fall claims Warren tree worker
Michael Doretich of Warren died after tumbling 30 feet from a tree while trimming branches in Bar letta Two. He worked for Davey Tree Co. of Kent and was on duty Friday when the accident occurred.
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Warren
Ohio
Michael Doretich
Doretich
Davey Tree Co
Kent
Barletta Two
Eagle And Silver Scouts Honored By Optimists
Optimist Club luncheon honors Eagle and Silver award recipients from the Mound Builders' Area Council. John E. Dolibois, former International War Crimes Tribunal member, recalls meeting Hitler Youth leaders and credits scouting with shaping his American identity. Special recognitions were given to Fern Troutvine of WPFB for broadcasting contributions.
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Boy Scouts of America
Germany
John E. Dolibois
International War Crimes Tribunal
Dolibois
Tribunal
Mound Builders’ Area Council
America
Manchester Hotel
Ray Young
Scout Council
Lou Rossi
Fern Troutvine
WPFB
Motorist Killed in Medina Area Crash
A 20 year old Strongsville man Brendan Joseph Richter was killed Friday night when his imported sports car left Ohio 252 north of Valley City and flipped over several times.
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Medina, Ohio
Strongsville
Ohio 252
Valley City
Brendan Joseph Richter
Prevention over rehabilitation urged for juvenile crime
Methodist Bishop Hazen G. Werner urged Ohio Methodists to emphasize prevention of juvenile crime, criticizing rehabilitation facilities as inadequate and overcrowded at the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster. He also called for ending secrecy around juvenile names. The piece lists elected delegates and lay leaders to the jurisdictional conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, including Drs. Webb Kelley Knight and Childs Slack Whitmore Milne Dickhaut with numerous lay delegates from cities like Xenia Columbus and Cincinnati.
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Lakeside
Ohio
Hazen G. Werner
Ohio, Conference of the Methodist Church
Lancaster
Werner Decclared
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lance Webb
Harold F. Kelley
John Knight
Columbus
Paul Childs
A. L. Slack
van Wert
Austin Whitmore
Toledo
W. Arthur Milne
Cincinnati
Walter Dickhaut
Lima
Trash Fire Extinguished Behind Logan Ave Address
Firemen were called yesterday to extinguish a trash fire at the rear of 1837 Logan Ave. No damage was reported.
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Logan Ave
Local Sea Scouts First To Cover Water Route From Indian Lake
Nineteen waterlogged Sea Scouts completed a six day 154 mile trek by life raft from Indian Lake above Bellefontaine to Miami River Park in Dayton area. Skipper Jimm Fay said it was a major two year project, never before attempted by rafts though canoes had done the route. After a rip near Piqua dam forced repairs, the group resumed night and day paddling with planned daily distances later boosted by extra trucking around Locking Port Dam to finish ahead of schedule.
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Indian Lake
Miami River Park
Bellefontaine
Monroe
Jimm Fay
Sea Explorer
Piqua
Fay
Lockingport
Miami River
Indiana Lake
Journal
Lalendorf
Boys delay landings on rain filled night trip
Night rain squalls slowed a group of boys en route to a planned landing above West Carrollton causing two hour delay. They pressed on to a point near Miami River Park before ending their journey. Parents and leaders awaited at the line. They will resume chores to fund a future trip likely to Canada two years hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Carrollton
Miami River Park
Canada
Trouble Grows In Jailhouse At Franklin
Franklin police arrested James Van 37 of Dayton on intoxication charges. A second charge of destruction of property was added after jail lockdown for damaging a jail bank and plumbing. Edward Barnes 27 of Scottsburg Ala was also charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol after an arrest on N Main Street. Investigators looked into destruction of a public phone booth torn from a booth in front of the Franklin Eagles Building.
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Franklin
James van
Dayton
N. Main Street
Edward Barnes
Scottsburg
Ala
Franklin Eagles
Dallas Reffitt
Gideon Rd
Central Ave
Woman reports attempted assault after meeting man at cafe
A pregnant woman told police a man she met at Poor Boys Cafe tried to attack her last night in his car behind Mayer Packing Co on Michigan Ave. She described the suspect as about 30, 5 feet 9 inches, 150 pounds, driving a 1954 green car.
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Poor Boys
Mayer Packing Co
Michigan Ave
Union Loses Election at John Ross Store
John Ross Store employees voted 58 to 8 against joining the Retail Store Employees Union AFL CIO in an NLRB election conducted by Case March of the Cincinnati office. Of 73 eligible voters, five were absent and two ballots challenged. The union may file objections within five days. if not set aside, they must wait a year for another election. The petition for the election was signed by 30 employees. Levey & Levey represented the store, which sought a court order limiting union activity at entrances. no court action has been taken.
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John Ross
NLRB
Afl-Cio
Case March
Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
March
Levey & Levey
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Police Briefs Include Stolen Bike and Car Recoveries
A bicycle owned by David McSwain at 412 Burton Rd was reported stolen yesterday near the Sunset swimming pool. TOM O FLYNN at 1028 Kunz Ave reported his car stolen from the Knights of Columbus lot and later recovered. City officials note a license plate loss by Francis Carmody and police investigated a break in at Water Refining Co on Manhattan St with a window entry and a broken soda machine.
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David McSwain
Burton Rd
Sunset Swimming Pool
City Commission
Francis Carmody
Tom O’flynn
Kunz Ave
Knights of Columbus
The
Water Refining Co
Manhattan St
Bicyclist Killed by Truck in West Lafayette
In Coshocton Ohio an eight year old named John Samuel Griffiths was struck by a truck and killed as he rode his bicycle into the street in West Lafayette on Friday.
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Coshocton, Ohio
John Samuel Griffiths
West Lafayette
Three Persons Injured In Aberdeen Drive Crash
Three persons were injured yesterday in a two car collision on Aberdeen Drive near Central Avenue. Janet Woodruff 28 cited for failure to yield right of way after her car struck Cash Wheeler 67. Woodruff car hit a tree after crossing the sidewalk. Edward and Wapella Carver 25 and 3 were treated and dismissed at Middletown Hospital. Elizabeth Wheeler 65 from the other car suffered a possible knee injury. Damage totaled 550.
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Lice
Janet Woodruff
Richardson St
Aberdeen Drive
Central Avenue
Aberdeen
Cash L. Wheeler
Grand Ave
Woodruff
Middletown Hospital
Wapella Carver
Edward Carver
Wheeler
Elizabeth
McCoy- Leffler
Grand Avenue
Crawford Street
Harry P Dixon
Curtis St
Stanley Waites
Fleming Rd
Dixon
Catherine Adams
Staten St
S. Main St
William R. Mullins
Bellomonte
Plow Follows Tractor Collides With Car Kills Driver
A farm plow broke loose from a tractor and struck a car on U S 23 eight miles south of Upper Sandusky Ohio injuring 42 year old Claude S Stine of Rt 2 Fremont. The collision occurred Friday and the driver was fatally injured.
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Upper Sandusky, Ohio
U. S
Claude S. Stine
Rt. 2
Fremont
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Clarence Ayers
Th Development Company
George Bakalas
Barbara Park
Paul F. Braden
East End
Phillips Petroleum Co
Highview Road
Melody Meadows
Madison Township
Manchester Manor
Manchester Road
Chet? Hardin
Oak Creek
Dodds
Verity
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Fred Hollen
Feul Steigerwald Jr
Optimist Club
Asher
Eagle
Luxembourg
Europe
United States
Hitler Youth Movement
Akron Boy Scout
P. W. Litchfield
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Co
Miami University
Paul Steigerwald Jr
Fred Hollon
Ship 88
Steigerwald
Westinghouse
Melampy
Westinghouse Laundromat
Tsu
Methodist Delegates
R. G. Warner
Vaughn Lewis
Xenia
Edward H. Laylin
Charles Jones
Lester S. Ivins
Defiance
Ralph J. Mericle
Delphos
William M. Judd
Andersonville
Fred Chambers
Luckey
Kenneth W. Hunt
Casstown
Burt Hodges
Granville
Warren C. Young
Russell Weatherwax
Paul W. Huenfeld
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Mary Lou
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