Tragedy Strikes Middletown Family With Second Loss
Lt. John E. Minor 28 was killed in a mid air collision near Buckeye Lake during a Navy training flight. His wife Loretta Bush Minor and mother Marguerite Minor survive, along with two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services set for Wednesday at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home with local Masonic rites.
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Middletown
John E. Minor
Marguerite Minor
Richard Minor
Lieutenant Minor
Buckeye Lake
Richard, Jr
Iwo Jima
Loretta Bush Minor
Robert
Joseph
Margaret Ann Bell
College Corger
Sandra
Ohio Wesleyan University
State of
McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home
H. H. Jung
St. Paul's
Driver Dalton Arrested for Drunken Driving
Franklin resident Lacy E. Dalton, 54, of Pennyroyal Hill, was arrested on a drunken driving charge at Sixth and Main Streets at 10:10 p.m. Sunday and jailed to await a 4 p.m. hearing before Judge J. T. Riley.
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Franklin — Lacy E. Dalton
Pennyroyal Hill
Sixth
Main Sts
Dalton
J. T. Riley
Bailey Dropped From Miami For Academic Failure
Jim Bailey of Hamilton, star in football and track at Miami University, is permanently dropped from the school for failing grades. The Mid-American Conference champion in the 100 and 220 yards for the past two years cannot re-enter. Bailey, a Hamilton Public High graduate, was a top all round athlete and would have had one more year of eligibility.
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Oxford
Jim
Bailey
Hamilton Public High School
Two Safety Council Units To Meet Tuesday
Two divisions of Middletown Safety Council will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Civ ic Building library. The Fire Prevention Division chaired by Vernon W. Moon and the Commercial Vehicle Division chaired by A. J. Frey will discuss plans to organize the first annual southwestern Ohio district truck roadeo, expanding beyond the Middletown district.
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Middletown Safety Council
Civic Building
Vernon W. Moon
A. J. Frey
Frey
Ohio
Truck Roadeo
Middletown
Dog Rabies Vaccination Plan Discussed at Meeting
Middletown health officials study a cost vaccination program for dogs with Dr. L. C. Neer announcing a 4 p.m. meeting with Drs. Bremer Lynch and Peck at city fire stations to discuss a clinic. State workers will assist, and vaccination aims to curb an area rabies outbreak.
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L. C. Neer
Neer
L. H. Bremer
L. C. Lynch
E. C. Peck
State Health Department
Ed Lykins
Middletown
Boeke Chosen Middleton Public Service Director In 1940s
A 47 year old Iowan, C A Sam Boeke of Fort Dodge, arrived to assume Middleton's first director of public service post. He will join H W Starick to review the citys heavy workload, meet department heads, and inspect active contracts. Boeke, civil engineer and former Fort Dodge city engineer, is married with a 17 year old daughter Cynthia and plans to buy a home.
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Middletons
C. A
Sam) Boeke
Fort Dodge
Iowa
H. W. Starick
Boeke
Iowa State College
Hardin County
Cynthia
Elmo Pt
Local Realtors To Greet State President Today
A Middletown Real Estate Board welcoming committee will meet at 3 p m at Hotel Manchester to greet J C Jackson president of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards. He will be guest of honor at the regular monthly meeting at LeSourdsville Lake tonight with more than 100 real estate men from Middletown and Hamilton. Roy Parsons Walter A Peacock and Maxine Hammond are among out of town guests attending the dinner.
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Middletown
Dayton
District Five
Maxine Hammond
House To Reconsider Security Boost Bill
Washington lawmakers revisited a bill to boost Social Security payments by about 300 million dollars. Rep. Coughton of North Carolina urged a measure close to the prior failed version, proposing an 85 dollar increase or 12 percent, whichever is larger, for beneficiaries.
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Washington
Coughton
D-Nc
Orthodox Mohammedans and the rule of imperfection
The text notes that Orthodox Mohammedans avoid building or weaving with straight lines or perfect symmetry, arguing that only Allah is flawless and that creating a perfectly ordered structure or rug is sacrilegious. It reflects a belief in divine perfection and human limitations shaping artistic and architectural practice.
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Allah
Nobel Awards Distribute Over Five Million Dollars
The Nobel prize awards have distributed more than five million dollars in total. Recipients across disciplines received funding, marking a record level of disbursement for the program this year.
Detectives Nab Five Juveniles In Massive Shoplifting Ring
A ring of five youths aged 13 and 14 stole hundreds of items from Middletown stores and were turned over to Juvenile Court. Items included jeans, sports shirts, trunks, socks, belts, swimming gear, knives, darts, golf balls, bracelets, and more from Central Store, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck and others. Some boys were on probation. others had little prior trouble.
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Middletown
John Fitzgerald
Sam Moore
Fitzgerald
John Ross Company
Montgomery- Ward
Sears- Roebuck
McAlpins
Allsports
Leo's
Kresge
Grant's
Gallagher's
E. C. Murphy
Grant
Cycle Rider Hurt Slightly In Accident
Four accidents were investigated in the city yesterday. A motorcycle rider, Charles Buchanan, 22, of 1717 Yankee Rd, suffered minor injuries after turning left and hitting a car driven by Clarence M. Meyers, 42, of Richmond, Ind at Verity Pkwy and Yankee Rd at 11:45 a.m. He claimed a signal was given. Meyers said none. Damages totaled 75 to the car and 15 to the cycle. Simultaneous crashes included Ralph E. Laurens, 29, and Everette D. Smith, 17, both cited for damages around 300 each at Verity Pkwy and First Ave due to Smith running a red light. James M. Crawford, 26, North Main St, Bellefontaine, sideswiped a parked car owned by Joe Kay, 21, minor damage on Tytus Ave. Fred Long, 39, reported a side swipe at Woodlawn Ave and another car fled. he estimated 75 in damages.
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Charles Buchanan
Yankee Rd
Clarence M. Meyers
Richmond
Ind
Verity Pkwy
Buchanan
Ralph FE. Laurens
South
Sutphin St
Everette D. Smith
Spiceland
Verity Pkvy
First Ave
Smith
James M. Crawford
South Main St
Bellefontaine
Tytus Ave
Joe Kay
Fred Long
Charles St
Woodlawn Ave
Soome
Ohio building contracts fall in April totals
Ohio construction awards in April reached 72.7 million, down 14 percent from March and 10 percent below April 1951. Four month 1952 total stood at 259.9 million, down 17 percent from 1951. Nonresidential April up 1 percent from March. residential 31.76 million, down 21 percent from March and 13 percent from April 1951. Public and private works and utilities 12.18 million, off 24 percent from March.
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Ohio
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Revolving Turret Attributed to John Ericsson
The contested invention, a revolving turret on a Monitor, is linked to John Ericsson though he did not claim it. Theodore Timby’s design influenced the concept, and many still credit Ericsson for the innovation in naval warfare.
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John Ericcson
Theodore Timby
Monitor
Erricccson
Children Treated After Local Injuries At Mid Dletown Hospital
Children were treated for minor injuries and released at Mid Dletown Hospital yesterday. Recipients included Shyri Smith 3 who cut her scalp after a fall, Roscoe Johnson 14 months with a fractured clavicle, Dennis Rose 5 who cut his left hand, Darlene Centers 2 with gravel in her nose, Steven Anderson 10 who cut his right outer eye from a fence set, Patty Sue Davis 7 who cut her foot, James Lee Cox 5 who lacerated his left heel, and Gay Sorrell 1 who cut her chin after a bathtub fall.
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Middletown Hospital
Shyri Smith
Vernon Smith
Germantown
Roscoe Johnson
George Johnson
Franklin
Dennis Rose
Edward Rose
Garfield St
Darlene Centers
Willie Centers
Fourth Ave
Steven Anderson
Kenneth Anderson
Central Ave
Patty Sue Davis
Marie Hillard
Wilbraham Rd
James Lee Cox
James Cox
Oneka
Gay Sorrell
Virgil Sorrell
Curtis St
YMCA Fun Club Tour Of Waterworks Visit
The YMCA Summer Fun Club will visit the city waterworks on West Columbia Ave Tuesday. Acting boys work secretary Dick Hofferbert reported it as the fourth rubber neck trip of the summer. All boys planning to go should be at the Y by 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
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YMCA
West Columbia Ave
Dick Hofferbert
Hofferbert
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly In Place
How to keep false teeth from slipping or wobbling while eating or talking. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for firmer comfortable hold. No gummy taste or sour odor. Helps denture odor. Available at drug stores. Ad text.
Starick Targets Finkelman Over Walks and City Project
Starick lashed out at property owner Harry A. Finkelman in a dispute tied to a Common Pleas Court restraining order blocking Kensington Street Highview Road and Grand Avenue improvements. The suit, filed by Maxwell Finkelman for Ralph and Margaret Scott Beatrice M. Finkelman and Harry A. Finkelman, argues new sewers would flood a ditch and damage property. Starick warned delaying the project could deprive Wilson school students of needed sidewalks and safety. The judge issued the restraining order last Wednesday, just before bids were due, and Starick plans talks with Fred J. Schatzmann to explore removal. Finkelman declined comment.
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H. W. Starick
Common Pleas
Kensington St
Highview Rd
Grand Ave
Harry A. Finkelman
Finkelman
Wilson School
Starick
Fred J. Schatzmann
Law
Maxwell Finkelman
Ralph Scott
Margaret Scott
Beatrice M. Finkelman
Three Fires Ignite City Blocks on Sunday
Three fires broke out Sunday between 3:40 p.m. and 8:10 p.m. with no injuries reported. A gasoline sparked small blaze in a rear garage at 1109 Young St started by Jim Combs after washing his hands in gasoline and lighting a cigarette. A bus owned by Oxford Coach Company appeared on fire at Baltimore and Yankee Rd due to brake smoke after the vehicle had moved. A rubbish fire under 1904 Yankee Rd garage door set fire to building paper boards. owner listed as Smith of 1707 Manchester Ave.
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Young St
Robert Lukens
Jim Combs
Central Ave
Combs
Robert Jordan
William Neal
Oxford Coach Company
Oxford
Baltimore
Yankee Rd
Ocen E
Smith
Manchester Ave
PakistanRecognizes Farouk As Sudan King
Pakistan, a major Muslim member of the British Commonwealth, recognized Egypt's King Farouk as king of Sudan as a courtesy with no political significance. The note said no other Commonwealth country endorsed the move, announced yesterday from Karachi.
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Karachi
Pakistan
British Commonwealth
Egypt
Farouk
Sudan
Commonwealth
Pec
Heatwave Pushes Middletown to 103 Degrees
The article notes a 103 degree high at 5 p.m. at Armco’s main gate and 94 degrees by 11 a.m. as 35,000 visitors packed LeSourdsville Lake. Officials report the largest number of swimmers in park history. A cold front from the Rocky Mountains is expected to cool the area by tomorrow night, with a chance of thunderstorms. In the south, 100 degree heat persists.
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LeSourdsville Lake
Armco
Mercury
Middletown
Rocky Mountains
Southlands
Police Briefs Report Multiple Local Thefts and Incident
Dick Creager 17 of 612 Seventh Ave reports a $50 watch theft from his clothing while swimming at the city farm Friday. Cecil Runyan notes a drive it yourself car stolen from 42 North Main St, license 127 QJ. Lou Stichreth 77 of Franklin Sr was treated for a hand cut at Middletown Hospital after police transported him from City Bus Station. John Sykes of Bundy Apts reports a horn stolen from his car parked behind the building. Richard Combs 24 of 600 Plain St arrested at Central Ave and Garfield St on careless driving charge.
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Dick Creager
Seventh Ave
Cecil Runyan
North Main St
Lou Stichreth
Franklin Sr
Middletown
John Sykes
Bundy Apts
Richard Combs
Plain St
Central Ave
Garfield St
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